

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos
Heal Squad
Your go-to, daily podcast for taking control of your health. Hosted by Maria Menounos, 2x New York Times bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning journalist, and global leader in health. After surviving a brain tumor, pancreatic cancer, developing diabetes, battling infertility, and caregiving for her mother during her own fight with a brain tumor, Maria turned her personal health journey into the fuel that is changing how the world approaches health for the better. She brings together the top experts, thought leaders and inspiring healing stories to create a space for health exploration. Whatever health journey you’re on, we’re here to guide you with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions and take a proactive role in your physical, emotional, and spiritual health—because healing is possible and it happens here.Connect with Heal Squadhttps://www.patreon.com/HealSquadhttps://www.instagram.com/healsquad/https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmariahttps://www.youtube.com/@mariamenounos
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Jun 22, 2021 • 1h 24min
288. How To Break Bad Habits and Control Negative Thoughts
Originally Aired: November 11, 2020
How does one of the world's best quarterbacks, @RussellWilson, keep his cool under pressure?Mostly because of @TrevorMoawad, his mental conditioning coach, and one of the world's most sought-after experts, particularly in high-performance athletics.
Trevor is a pioneer in the "neutral thinking" thought space, and stresses the importance of avoiding negativity, monitoring our self-talk, and taking pragmatic action when faced with challenges. And how about this one: "So much of what defines a great performer is not what they’re willing to do, it’s what they’re willing NOT to do."
Make sure you subscribe to @BetterTogetherWithMaria by clicking the link tree in my bio :)
RESOURCES:
Trevor's Website: https://moawadconsultinggroup.com/
Trevor's Partnership w/ Russell: https://www.thinkbig-gofar.com/
Trevor's Instagram: @TrevorMoawad
Trevor's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Takes-What-Thi…
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Jun 21, 2021 • 54min
287. The Importance of Spirituality in Your Mental Health Journey
Originally Aired: September 28, 2020
Are you feeling emotionally and spiritually lost?
@DrAnitaPhillips has exactly what you need. Dr. Anita Phillips is a world-renowned expert lauded for her unique and powerful blend of spirituality and mental health advocacy. For centuries, spiritual communities and psychology communities have shunned each other, but Dr. Anita sees both spirituality and mental health as having inextricable ties.
For Dr. Anita, our mental health is directly tied to our beliefs about purpose, life, and deity. In a time where the world is in crisis, our beliefs about where we go after we leave this world, for example, have profound conscious and subconscious effects on our mental health. She provides POWERFUL excessive to help us get to these beliefs so that we can start having a foundation on which to anchor emotional wellness.
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Jun 18, 2021 • 1h 20min
Regular Guy Friday Ep. 19: Tale of Lobster Boy, Vampires and Mini Monsters Around Us + Their Toxic Effects
Hay Kweenz we fooled ‘em again!! It’s another edition of Regular Guy Friday, this week Kev and Kelsey bring you the wild tale of Kev’s past 90s adventures with “Grady ‘Lobster Boy’ Styles!!” The discussion leads to talks about the sociopaths, vampires and little monsters all around us, and the serious tole they take on our individual wellbeing. Kels shares her own personal adventures with mini monsters, upper endoscopies and the fun of anesthesia. Kelsey then reads a powerful passage by @Chimamanda_Adichie with regards to narcissism and behaviors today, and the duo discuss how it’s an inditement of all vs one generation, and how the passage should be used as a tool for all of us to self evaluate and improve..."what I find increasingly troubling: a cold-blooded grasping, a hunger to take and take and take, but never give; a massive sense of entitlement; an inability to show gratitude..." OUCH! Heavy and powerful stuff. BUT we of course end the episode reminding ourselves and everyone else that we are all still Kweens and how summer can be your moment to reset, pause or just blow steam: just be aware of whatever option you choose. Bye Beeeetches!
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Jun 17, 2021 • 1h 10min
286. How To Be More Productive in Your Day and Get Shit Done
Originally Aired: July 8, 2020
Overwhelmed? Not where you want to be in your life?!
Bestselling author of "Get S**t Done" Erin Falconer BLEW MARIA'S MIND today when she stressed the importance of checking in with ourselves.
Erin's revolutionary techniques to productivity will CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
take stock of what you ACTUALLY want
limit your goals to three major focuses
throw off the expectations of perfection
You can literally do a 180 on your own life!!!
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Jun 16, 2021 • 1h 22min
285. GaryVee on His Secret To Success, Avoiding Self-Sabotage, and the Jets vs. Patriots
Originally Aired: September 10, 2020
You've seen his videos, you know his voice, and chances are he's helped you CRUSH IT in your own life...
There's a reason everyone knows @GaryVee! He is one of the most popular and respected media gurus and online personalities in the world, and he practices what he preaches.
GaryVee has built multiple companies, brands, and perhaps most impressively a community of millions of followers who look to him for wisdom about self-esteem, achieving our goals, and as he says: CRUSHING IT.
As the CEO of VaynerX media, Gary has consulted with companies like Chase, Toyota, and Craft to teach them how to survive and thrive in a digital world, and his corporate advice can help you too.
But Gary is more than just a sharp media mind. He's a humble Russian immigrant who admits in today's conversation that his biggest fear isn't failure, or backpedaling, it's the fear of creating hurdles in his own life to prevent him from moving forward. More than money, fame, or success, Gary values freedom, and he says it's been the single biggest asset to building his companies.
Also, for you sports fans, Gary and I go AT IT on the show in a Jets v. Patriots showdown. I HOPE we're still friends after that one…
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Jun 15, 2021 • 1h 35min
284. Set Yourself Free of Society’s Expectations with Glennon Doyle
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Gdl0u3XHbCk
Originally Aired: July 13, 2020
Feeling like you've hit your rock bottom? 3-Time NYT Bestselling author @GlennonDoyle can relate.
After a severe alcohol addiction, a crippling fight w/ bulimia, and a broken marriage, she's reinvigorated herself with yet another lauded book "UNTAMED" - where she teaches women everywhere including me, how to finally listen to that inner voice and chase the life we actually want to live. There's a reason Oprah Winfrey is producing a scripted film based on her life.
Glennon believes that women are tamed to shrink and disappear, rather than embrace the wild, beautiful lives that live inside each and every one us. Really, her message is simple: "Disappoint as many people as you can to avoid disappointing yourself."
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Jun 14, 2021 • 1h 9min
283. How To Find Your Voice and Make It Heard
YouTube: https://youtu.be/dvIsEDeubxw
Originally Aired: September 3, 2020
Tired of being told you’re ‘to this’ or ‘too that’? Feeling outcast, like you’re never accepted or enough?
Well Sah D'Simone is here to tell you to FORGET THAT. The author and spiritual activist passionate about the message of authenticity and self acceptance, created a space where everyone is welcomed, loved and appreciated for who they are. But Sah had his own journey to acceptance. After being ousted from the company he helped build, Sah began his spiritual voyage, traveling to India and Nepal to study under, among others, the Dalai Lama, and he's never been the same since.
Now, Sah is a beloved author and TED speaker whose #SpirituallySassy community is committed to inclusion and authenticity above all else, even in spaces that don't always welcome it with open arms. As a queer Brazilian immigrant, Sah noticed that many of the "tables" that preach inclusion didn't have a seat for him, so as he puts it, "he created his own table!”
Sah says that #forgiveness is the secret sauce to presence and has three pillars - forgiving yourself, forgiving those who have unintentionally harmed you, and even forgiving those who have gone out of their way to cause you harm.
Sah's undeniable charisma and beautiful heart & spirit make him a rising star in the world of empowerment spirituality - he’s amazing, such a big Sah fan.
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Jun 11, 2021 • 2h 4min
Regular Guy Friday Ep. 18: The Regular Guys (and Gals) Guide to Reset
Hay Kweenz, we fooled em again. We Regular Guys and Gals made it through another week! The duo discuss post-pandemic 'reset'. And on that note: trauma leaves you in all or nothing state. Divorce your story and own your positive truth. Leaders anticipate, losers react and winners respond. Life is a dance between desire and fear and complexity is the enemy of execution. Self-limiting beliefs turn into habits. Judge someone and surrender the ability to influence them. Don't stay in what you did. Don't view past with regret and future with fear. The end does not justify the means because the means becomes the end. Affirmation without discipline is a dangerous illusion. And while we need judgement detox, there IS a difference between judgement and being measured. We who don't want to be measured, don't want to be accountable. Yikes. New improvements for 'Better Together' when Maria returns to the starting line up. Kev bumps into billboard icon, Angelyne, in LA while Kels gets hit on three times in Boston. Seltzer alcohol drinks are the new nectar of Kweenz. And Kels ending the show by butchering the Kweenz tongue with a 'Bye Bi-tches', in favor of the accepted annunciation, 'Bye BETCHES' has us judging her and proving, once again, we Regular Guys and Gals have SO much more work to do. Bye Betches....
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Jun 10, 2021 • 52min
282. The Secret Habits of Multi-Millionaire Dean Graziosi: Every Problem is Solvable
YouTube: https://youtu.be/1YTaOdJebEo
Originally Aired: September 22, 2020
Feeling stuck? Like you're in a rut and can't seem to find a way out? You most likely need to shift your beliefs and focus...
Dean Graziosi, who you've probably seen on TV, YouTube, social media, or at a @TonyRobbins seminar, is one of the world's most celebrated self-learning experts, and today he helped us realize we ALL need to shift our beliefs and focus if we want to feel good & succeed.
When you put Dean on a mic, his wisdom is apparent and immediate. Today, he discussed how this pandemic can be an opportunity for us, why the pain of inaction can move us to make real changes, and why we feel most alive when we shift towards uncomfortable, imperfect, courageous action.
Dean also has incredible advice about our access to free knowledge and education, and for those of you struggling with decisions about whether you (or your kids) should go to college, he'll have thoughts for you.
Everyone NEEDS to hear this episode. I don't just say this because he's my friend, the proof is in the pudding(!!) Dean is one of the best and he can help us all change our lives by changing our minds.
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Jun 9, 2021 • 42min
281. Your Chronic Pain Relief Guide: How Realigning Your Hips Can Help You Realign Your Life
YouTube: https://youtu.be/NAdVQURTxzo
Originally Aired: July 20, 2020
#Egoscue practitioner @TheBrianBradley has worked with @TonyRobbins for nearly 30 years, and these practices have revolutionized the way Tony, and Brian's many high-profile clients, live their lives.
Today, we'll learn targeted, easy-to-apply "e-cises" that take about 5 minutes every day, and can promote everything from chronic pain management to cellulite reduction, even amplified immunity! 94% of patients who practice E-cises see measurable improvements.
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