Pursuing Health

Aviva Romm, MD is a midwife, herbalist, and Yale-trained MD, Board Certified in Family Medicine with Obstetrics. A practitioner, teacher, activist and advocate of both environmental health and women’s reproductive rights and health, she has been bridging the best of traditional medicine, total health ecology, and good science for over three decades.  She’s a long-time home birth pioneer and birth activist. Her company’s philanthropic arm, DharmaMoms, provides funding for organizations working toward reproductive justice and birth equity in high risk obstetric communities. She’s also a world renown herbalist, and author of the textbook, Botanical Medicines for Women’s Health, as well as 7 other books, including Hormone Intelligence, an instant New York Times Bestseller, which explores the impact of the world we live in on women’s hormones and health, and brings us a new medicine for women that is at once holistic and natural, while being grounded in the best science and medicine have to offer. Her podcast, articles, books, and online programs help women take back their health and her innovative professional programs are educating a next generation of health practitioners. Dr. Romm lives and practices medicine in the Berkshires and New York City. You can connect with Dr. Aviva via Instagram. @dr.avivaromm Related Episodes: Ep 252 - Healing Autoimmune Disease with Dr. Erin Donaldson Ep 189 - Chris Kresser on HPA Axis Dysfunction and the Stress Response If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Adrian Bozman, known to many as “Boz,” has been a staple figure in the CrossFit community for over a decade.   Since starting CrossFit in 2004, he’s worked as a coach, a garage affiliate owner, a Seminar Staff flow master, and a CrossFit Education department member.  Most notably, he served as the longtime CrossFit Games head judge until this year, when he was selected to lead the programming for the 2022 CrossFit Games. You can connect with Boz via Instagram. @apbozman Related Episodes: Ep 27 - Adrian Bozman on Teaching CrossFit, Judging at the CrossFit Games, and Garage Gym Training Ep 90 - CrossFit Games General Manager Justin Bergh: The Man Behind the Magic If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Elijah “EZ” Muhammad is a 2x CrossFit Games athete, the Owner of Unorthodox Fitness, co-founder of Project Onyx, owner of Lift Heavy Often as in Everyday seminars, a former collegiate basketball player at Tennessee Tech as well as a father, husband, and an individual who is using his platform to do great things in the world. You can connect with EZ via Instagram @elijahEZmuhammad or his website EZMuhammad.com and you can get involved with Project Onyx via  @projectonyxdsm Related Episodes: Ep 260 - Tiny Habits to Create Behavior Change with BJ Fogg + Stephanie Weldy Ep 174 - Building Stronger, Smarter, High Character Kids: KidStrong If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Dr. Andrew Hill is the founder of Peak Brain Institute and a leading neurofeedback practitioner and biohacking coach for clients worldwide. He has lectured on psychology, neuroscience, and gerontology at UCLA’s Department of Psychology where he received a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience.   At Peak Brain, Dr. Hill provides individualized training programs to help you optimize your brain across goals of stress, sleep, attention, brain fog, creativity, and athletic performance. He is the host of the Head First podcast and continues to do research on attention and cognitive performance.   You can connect with Dr. Hill via Instagram @andrewhillphd and @PeakBrainLA   Related Episodes: Ep 193 - Superhuman: Dr. David Haase on Unlocking your Brain’s Potential   Ep 78 - Lifestyle and Brain Health with Dr. David Perlmutter   If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week.   Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Jason Wang is a former collegiate basketball player who started CrossFit in 2011.  He competed at West Regionals in 2017 as a part of Team Reebok CrossFit Ramsay.  Today, Jason lives in Calgary, Alberta and works out at CrossFit Currie Barracks with his close friends and box owners, Eric and Christi Barber. Outside of the gym, Jason is a corporate and securities lawyer at Bennett Jones LLP with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, financings and capital market transactions. Dr. Amer Johri is an associate professor of cardiology at Queen’s University, the Founder/Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Network at Queen's, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, and a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography.  He completed his research/clinical fellowship in imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital. You can connect with Dr. Johri via Twitter @amerjohri Related Episodes: Ep 92 - Bob Harper on Surviving a Heart Attack If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Dr. Lara Pence is a licensed clinical psychologist.  She holds her doctorate degree in psychology and her masters in business administration.  She is best known for her straight-forward approach to talking about mental health and the importance of building resilience in a society that prioritizes comfort and complacency over courage and challenge.  Dr. L works with executives, elite athletes, and entrepreneurs to elevate performance through curiosity and understanding of the mind/body connection.  In addition to her clinical practice, she is the founder of Lighfbox, the Chief Mind Doc of Spartan Race, co-author of 10 Rules of Resilience: Mental Toughness for Families, and is part of the expert team on CNBC’s No Retreat: Business Bootcamp. You can connect with Dr. L via Instagram. @drlarapence Related Episodes: Ep 101 - Dr. Joe Janesz on Building a Champion Mindset Ep 91 - Mind Over Matter: Improving Performance in Athletics and Beyond with Sports Psychiatrist Dr. MaryEllen Eller If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

As Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP, Kristen Holmes drives thought leadership by engaging with industry leading researchers and partners to better understand individual, team, and organizational biometric and performance data across high stakes verticals. Before joining WHOOP in 2016, Kristen was the Head Field Hockey Coach at Princeton University where she was one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, having won 12 league titles in 13 seasons and a National Championship. Kristen was a 3x All American, 2 x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball and recently inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2021 and was a 7-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team. Kristen blends her academic and applied background in athletics, coaching, performance technology, psychology, and exercise physiology to drive research, partnership, and product development initiatives to strengthen WHOOP as a leader in Human Performance. She holds a Masters in Psychology and Sports Performance from the University of the Rockies and is a PhD candidate in Psychology at the University of Queensland.   You can connect with Kristen and WHOOP via Instagram @whoop @kristen_holmes2126   Related Episodes: Ep 221 - Using Wearables to Improve Health, Recovery + Performance Ep 224 - What is HRV?   If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week.   Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Mark England is a TEDx speaker and co-founder and head coach of Enlifted. He has been researching, coaching and presenting on the power of words and stories for the past 15 years. Mark holds a Masters degree in education and was an elementary school P.E. teacher before getting into personal development.  Through his coaching program and his public speaking engagements, Mark gives athletes and professionals the tools they need to translate their inner conversations to take control of their lives and perform their best. You can connect with Mark via his website, his podcast,  or Instagram @enliftedcoaches, and you can listen to his TEDx talk here: Identity vs. Process: Reinterpreting Failure. Related Episodes: Ep 101 - Building a Champion Mindset with Dr. Joe Janesz Ep 84 - Chasing Excellence with Ben Bergeron If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Roger Boyer II, PhD, is an American citizen, Canadian citizen, and a citizen of the Anishinabek Nation, which is an Indigenous nation of 1.7 million people that stretches across parts of Canada and the American Midwest. In addition to his work in Indigenous healthcare as a director of comprehensive primary care, and involvement in other numerous healthcare improvement initiatives, Roger is the leader of CF Indigenous, a project aimed at cultivating a community of Indigenous CrossFit athletes. Canadian Indigenous suffer from chronic disease at rates far higher than the national average, and Roger himself was once in danger of becoming part of this statistic.  In 2017, he weighed nearly 400 lbs and was prediabetic and prehypertensive. Since starting CrossFit, Roger has lost over 150 lbs and seen numerous health improvements.  He believes CrossFit can be a catalyst for positive change within Indigenous communities, and through CF Indigenous he hopes to make CrossFit more accessible to other potential CrossFit athletes and coaches. You can connect with Roger and CF Indigenous via Instagram @cfindigenous or Facebook. Resources: Indigenous CrossFit Level 1 Scholarship Fund 215 Honor WOD Related Episodes: Ep 88 - From Hypocrite to Advocate: Rebecca Blonsky Ep 147 - Deborah Cordner Carson on Cancer, Racism, and Speaking Up If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

Motivation isn’t enough to create lasting behavior change. The secret to success?  Focus on consistency.   In the words of behavior scientist BJ Fogg, Ph.D., it’s important to “make the habit so tiny you can do the baseline habit on any day.”   Dr. Fogg is the author of the New York Times bestselling book “Tiny Habits” and the director of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University. He has spent over 20 years researching and teaching insights about human behavior with a special focus on health and productivity. Dr. Fogg and his colleague, Stephanie Weldy, M.Ed., recently joined me for a live Q&A-style webinar hosted by CrossFit Health which I’m sharing here.  We had a great conversation focused on why celebrating small habits is the key to creating huge transformations.  You can connect with Dr. Fogg via his Instagram (@bjfogg) Other ways you can learn more: Tiny Habits book on Audible Free 5-day Tiny Habits Program Behavior Design Bootcamp Tiny Habits Coach Certification Program   Related Episodes: Ep 91 - Mind Over Matter: Improving Performance in Athletics and Beyond with a Sports Psychiatrist Ep 257 - Motivational Interviewing for Behavior Change with Stephen Rollnick, PhD If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.