The Liz Moody Podcast

We’re back with another edition of healthy cooking secrets, and this one is holiday themed. We get into every aspect of having a happier, healthier holiday, including: ALL the tips to make cooking holiday meals less overwhelming the best entertaining secrets, including genius menu planning advice, exactly how to time your food, and the one thing that will make any party memorable super pragmatic tips to make entertaining WAY less stressful tools for dealing with anxiety during the holiday season how to survive stressful family and in-law situations little ways to feel healthy throughout a more indulgent season delicious traditional and modern foods to try for Hanukkah, Christmas, and Thanksgiving advice for navigating the holidays as a single person the best make-ahead meals to get your veggies in all season long how to make mocktails that are actually delicious how to deal with pressure around drinking if you’re sober curious or just want to drink a little less, and how to overcome social anxiety without drinking My guests and I would love to see how you’re incorporating these tips into your life and hear your thoughts on the episode!! I’m @lizmoody, and in order we had: @serenagwolf, @thecuttingveg, and @orchidsnsweettea_.PS: My very first product is live!!! Go to htdeck.com to snag your Healthier Together Deck, which has 150 conversation starters in 6 categories! It’s the perfect holiday gift for friends, family members, romantic partners, co-workers…or, of course, yourself. Find out more at htdeck.com—this is a self-funded limited run and these will sell out!!PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice! Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Pique Tea. I LOVE their Ginger Digestion Elixir, the Mint Herbal and the Hibiscus Beauty Elixir. I’m also OBSESSED with their Daily Radiance Liposomal Vitamin C and their matcha is one of the best around. Pique is currently offering an exclusive bundle which includes their Sun Goddess Matcha, Pique Glass Beaker, and two limited time offer bonus gifts: a handheld frother and detox book worth $45, for FREE. You can also get an additional 5% off on the bundle OR anything else on piquetea.com/lizmoody using my code LIZMOODY.This episode is sponsored by GoMacro, and you MUST try their Oatmeal Chocolate Chip bars. You can get a whopping 30% off your order of $50 or more PLUS free shipping by going to gomacro.com and using the code healthiertogether.This episode is sponsored by Modern Sprout, a small, Chicago-based company that basically makes it super easy for you to bring more plants into your life. I highly recommend their hydroponic grow kits if you’re interested in adding some plants you can’t kill to your life! You can use code Liz21 for 15% off your order on modsprout.com.This episode is sponsored by Nuzest, one of my favorite protein powders. It’s 98% digestible (a rarity in the protein powder space) and—get this—it actually tastes good. I recommend the Digestive Support Line—they have a Probiotic Vanilla and a Probiotic Cacao. You can use the code “LizHT” for 20% off your order on http://nuzest.us/LizHT.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is all about my nose job! I’m 3 weeks out from surgery, and I wanted to share with you all of the normally not-talked about details. I invited Zack on to get his view on taking care of me, plastic surgery and more, and I also answered all of YOUR questions. We talk about: Why I decided to get a nose job How I chose a good doctor How I prepped for surgery What no one shares about recovery The most useful things I bought that helped me get through the first few weeks How much it cost What Zack thought about me getting plastic surgery, how loopy I was when I woke up from anesthesia, my face looking crazy, and more My thoughts on plastic surgery both for aesthetic and functional purposes The regrets I have and so much more! If you want to see before and after (and during!) images, or if you have anymore questions, hit me up on Instagram—I’m @lizmoody!PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice! Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Pique Tea. I LOVE their Ginger Digestion Elixir, the Mint Herbal and the Hibiscus Beauty Elixir. I’m also OBSESSED with their Daily Radiance Liposomal Vitamin C and their matcha is one of the best around. Pique is currently offering an exclusive bundle which includes their Sun Goddess Matcha, Pique Glass Beaker, and two limited time offer bonus gifts: a handheld frother and detox book worth $45, for FREE. You can also get an additional 5% off on the bundle OR anything else on piquetea.com/lizmoody using my code LIZMOODY.This episode is sponsored by Seed, the makers of one of my all-time favorite supplements. Their Seed Daily Synbiotic is a game changer—it contains both pre- and probiotics, survives INTACT all the way into your gut, AND contains the most studied and powerful strains of probiotics out there. You can get 15% off of your first month’s supply of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic by going to seed.com and using the code LIZMOODY.This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley, who make incredibly high quality supplements. If you’d like to check out their Turmeric Complex, Vitamin C, Neuroeffect, or any of Paleovalley’s other amazing products, head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off.This episode is sponsored by Airocide, the makers of the air purifier that single handedly eliminated my allergies. You can get $600 off any of the air purifiers on their website by using my code LIZ600 on Airocide.com. I personally have the APS-200 PM 2.5, but they just released the Aria, which is even cuter and has an even lower price point, so that’s probably what I’d go for!Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m so excited to welcome Vanessa Marin to the pod! Vanessa is a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in the sex therapy field. On this episode, we talk about: what a sex therapist is and exactly what they help with how to overcome shame around sex or types of sexual activities how to feel more confident (and body confident!!) during sex exactly how to navigate conversations about what you want sexually both early in a relationship and later down the line what to when your partner gets butt hurt by you sharing how you feel her best tips for keeping sex interesting in a long-term relationship the one sex position we all should be doing (but aren’t!) how to up-level oral sex how to not feel embarrassed about smells, looks, tastes, etc during oral sex what causes low libido (and exactly how to fix it) her surprising thoughts on scheduling sex a genius 5 minute, science-backed practice to fire up your libido one homework assignment we can all do to improve our sex lives TODAY To celebrate this episode, Vanessa has kindly agreed to give three lucky winners one of her courses for FREE—you can peruse all of her offerings over at vmtherapy.com.To enter, just make sure you’re following both @lizmoody and @vanessamarintherapy on Instagram, and then comment under the post about this episode one thing that you loved or learned. You can also get a bonus entry for sharing the episode on your stories!PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice! Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Modern Sprout, a small, Chicago-based company that basically makes it super easy for you to bring more plants into your life. I highly recommend their hydroponic grow kits if you’re interested in adding some plants you can’t kill to your life! You can use code Liz21 for 15% off your order on modsprout.com.This episode is sponsored by Dame Products, a female-owned, science-grounded line of products designed to make sex more enjoyable for peoeple with vulvas everywhere. I highly recommend the Arc, the Eva, the Pillo, and the lube. Visit www.dameproducts.com and use the code HEALTHIERTOGETHER at checkout for 15% off your purchase.This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley, who make incredibly high quality supplements. If you’d like to check out their Turmeric Complex, Vitamin C, Neuroeffect, or any of Paleovalley’s other amazing products, head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re taking a bit of a left turn today with an episode I am personally VERY excited about, which is all about How To Look Cute. Basically, this year, I realized how little my clothes reflected or conveyed who I am as a person, and it became my personal mission to figure out this whole style thing, which is how I discovered today’s amazing guest, stylist extraordinaire Charly Goss.On this episode, we talk about: her personal story, including how having tongue cancer twice impacted her life why fashion matters for so much more than just how you look one piece that every person should have in their closet to make any outfit instantly more stylish one thing people inadvertently do that makes them less stylish how to find shoes that are fashion forward but comfortable enough to walk in what clothing has the highest comfort to style ratio her surprising thoughts on how to dress for certain body types (what short people should wear, what pear shaped people should wear, etc) a genius tip to know what trends are going stick around and are worth investing in and which are more fleeting which fashion rules we should follow and which we shouldn’t listen to the one theory that will make anyone instantly stylish (both in your clothing and home decor!!) her shocking take on what “basics” you should spend money on her specific favorite stores for shoes, bags, trendy items, jeans, and more the ACTUAL difference between pricey jeans and more affordable ones the 5 items everyone should have in their closet I’m actually so excited to hear your thoughts on this episode—I’ve been absolutely loving our Instagram conversations about style and trends—so please screenshot as you’re listening and share any thoughts, feelings, and reaction on Instagram—I’m @lizmoody and Charly is @charlygoss. If you love the episode, I’d also just SO appreciate you spreading the word, whether it’s on social or to a bestie in real life.If you’d like to check out the transcript for this episode, head over to lizmoody.com/charly-goss-transcript.PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice! Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Seed, the makers of one of my all-time favorite supplements. Their Seed Daily Synbiotic is a game changer—it contains both pre- and probiotics, survives INTACT all the way into your gut, AND contains the most studied and powerful strains of probiotics out there. You can get 15% off of your first month’s supply of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic by going to seed.com and using the code LIZMOODY.This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley, who make incredibly high quality supplements. If you’d like to check out their Turmeric Complex, Vitamin C, Neuroeffect, or any of Paleovalley’s other amazing products, head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off.This episode is sponsored by GoMacro, and you MUST try their Oatmeal Chocolate Chip bars. You can get a whopping 30% off your order of $50 or more PLUS free shipping by going to gomacro.com and using the code healthiertogether.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a brand new episode of my How I Learned To Love My Body series featuring lovely Britney Vest, whom you might know as @fittybritttty. Britney is a fitness and wellness influencer and the founder of WVVY, a super cute line of size inclusive activewear.On this episode, we talk about: How to set boundaries around body and appearance conversations with family members How to overcome negative childhood body experiences Her weight loss experience and how that impacted her relationship with her body (in good and bad ways) How she switched from being focused on her weight to being focused on wellness as a whole How to love working out How to not compare your body to your friends’ How to balance plastic surgery and bodily changes with loving yourself I would love to hear what you learned listening to this episode, so definitely screenshot and tag me (@lizmoody) and Britney (@fittybritttty) on Instagram.PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice! Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Kyoto Botanicals, the first CBD brand I’ve recommended on this podcast! Right now, I’m loving their Warmth tincture, which has turmeric and cinnamon, and the Warmth balm, which is so helpful for headaches and sore muscles. You can get a whopping 25% off your order (AND they always have free shipping!) by using the code “HEALTHIERTOGETHER” at kyotobotanicals.com.This episode is sponsored by Nuzest, one of my favorite protein powders. It’s 98% digestible (a rarity in the protein powder space) and—get this—it actually tastes good. I recommend the Digestive Support Line—they have a Probiotic Vanilla and a Probiotic Cacao. You can use the code “LizHT” for 20% off your order on http://nuzest.us/LizHT.This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley, who make incredibly high quality supplements. If you’d like to check out their Turmeric Complex, Vitamin C, Neuroeffect, or any of Paleovalley’s other amazing products, head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Wendy Suzuki, a leading expert in neuroplasticity and psychology from NYU, shares insights on transforming anxiety into a powerful tool for growth. She discusses how stress impacts brain health and presents effective strategies to combat anxiety, including a simple five-minute practice. The conversation dives into the effects of childhood trauma and offers techniques for self-kindness and optimism. Dr. Suzuki also reveals the science behind the best workouts for anxiety reduction and how to harness creativity from anxious feelings.

I’m so excited to welcome my personal dermatologist, Dr. Samantha Ellis, to the podcast. Dr. Ellis is a board-certified medical and cosmetic dermatologist. In addition to her private practice, she’s a Clinical Instructor of Dermatology at UC Davis, serves as a dermatology consultant for cosmetic companies, and has published multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and authored several medical textbook chapters on things like immunology, dermatologic surgery, cosmeceuticals, and skin aging. This episode is all about the secret things that people are doing to solve their skincare issues and gorgeous, glowing skin.On this episode, we talk about: when you should go to a aesthetician or facialist versus a dermatologist for skin issues exactly what facials are effective for and when you shouldn’t waste your money what skincare issues can be solved with skincare and which skincare issues need treatments whether lasers, retinol, botox, and filler are actually safe or can have negative long term effects (and exactly how we know) her thoughts on at home treatments like light therapy, micro needling, and more the best treatment for sunspots, redness or rosacea, acne, acne scarring, crepe-y neck or chest skin, fine lines and wrinkles, and large pores the one treatment you should do for gorgeous, glowy skin the one super common type of filler Dr. Ellis thinks is dangerous the most transformative thing we can all for our skin at home a GENIUS tip to keep your hands looking amazing To celebrate this episode, Dr. Ellis has very kindly agreed to offer a FREE virtual cosmetic skin consultation to one listener. You can talk to her about skin problems, and she can recommend topicals, treatments, and more for your specific skin and goals. To enter to win, just make sure you’re following @lizmoody and @drsamanthaellis on Instagram and then leave a comment on my in-feed about this episode saying one thing you learned after listening to the full episode. I’ll announce winners in my stories—good luck!PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice! Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Garden of Life, the only collagen I’ve trusted for years. To try it for yourself and let them know you found them through me, use this link to check it out (it won’t cost you anything extra): https://amzn.to/3hkzfnFThis episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens, one of my favorite supplements. Visit athleticgreens.com/healthiertogether and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today.This episode is sponsored by GoMacro, and you MUST try their Oatmeal Chocolate Chip bars. You can get a whopping 30% off your order of $50 or more PLUS free shipping by going to gomacro.com and using the code healthiertogether.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m so excited to welcome Courtnie from @courtandnate to the pod to talk all about van life!I discovered Court and Nate’s page on TikTok during quarantine and became completely fascinated with the idea of living in a van, traveling between all of these beautiful places. And while this episode will answer all of your voyeuristic questions about van life, like how they deal with pooping and how much it costs and if it’s actually as aesthetic as it looks on social media, it ended up really being about the ideas behind van life. Namely: simplifying things. Scaling back, paring down. Living with intention. Not working a ton of hours just to get a promotion to get more money you don’t have time to spend. Not filling a house with things that stop bringing you joy after having them for a few weeks. Thinking about what life you REALLY want, and what makes you ACTUALLY happy.On this episode, we talk about: why they decided to do van life and how they got started her advice to anyone who wants to make a life change or take a big risk what a normal work day looks like while living in a van relationship lessons from living in a van how to separate your worth from what society deems fiscally valuable exactly how to simplify your life (and become way happier in the process!) the surprising benefits of NOT striving for wealth or professional success all the dirty deets of peeing and pooping in a van the most beautiful places she’s been in her van life the best and worst parts of van life the one diet that completely changed her relationship with food and helped her heal her disordered eating her healthy morning and evening routines how to be who YOU are, outside of other people and society’s expectations I’ve been thinking about a lot of what we discussed in this episode for weeks, and I’d LOVE to hear your thoughts, so definitely tag me on social media—I’m @lizmoody, and Courtnie is @courtandnate.PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice! Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley, who make incredibly high quality supplements. If you’d like to check out their Turmeric Complex, Vitamin C, Neuroeffect, or any of Paleovalley’s other amazing products, head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off.This episode is sponsored by Seed, the makers of one of my all-time favorite supplements. Their Seed Daily Synbiotic is a game changer—it contains both pre- and probiotics, survives INTACT all the way into your gut, AND contains the most studied and powerful strains of probiotics out there. You can get 15% off of your first month’s supply of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic by going to seed.com and using the code LIZMOODY.This episode is sponsored by Garden of Life, the only collagen I’ve trusted for years. To try it for yourself and let them know you found them through me, use this link to check it out (it won’t cost you anything extra): https://amzn.to/3hkzfnFThis episode is sponsored by GoMacro, and you MUST try their Oatmeal Chocolate Chip bars. You can get a whopping 30% off your order of $50 or more PLUS free shipping by going to gomacro.com and using the code healthiertogether.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode—a shiny, fresh edition of our How I Learned to Love My Body series—I have on the incredibly charismatic Achieng Agutu. Achieng is the founder of No Ordinary Noire, where she helps hundreds of thousands of women tap into their most powerful selves. She’s also been the center of campaigns for companies like Valentino, and featured in online publications such as Vogue magazine. And let me tell you—her energy is CONTAGIOUS, and if this episode doesn’t leave a smile on your face, I don’t know what to tell you.If you missed our first two episodes of this series, we had on the amazing Katie Sturino and a twofer with Raeann Langas and Kristina Zias, so definitely go check those out.On this episode, we talk about: what going to fashion week is REALLY like behind the scenes how Achieng deals with imposter syndrome including the exact mantra she tells herself her tips for anyone who wants to live a life their parents might not understand or support what it was like moving from Kenya to Indiana how the ideal body type in Kenya differs from the US how she deals with people’s judgement about her body a life changing healthy eating secret from kenya how she finds fashion that makes her feel comfortable and confident in her body a brilliant, practical way of dealing with comparison what’s in her mental health toolkit her favorite journaling prompts for confidence her secret to being confident even if other people tell you shouldn’t be Aa always, Achieng and I would LOVE to hear what’s resonating as you listen so tag me—I’m @lizmoody—and she’s @noordinarynoire.PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice AND you can subscribe to A Very Moody Morning, my brand new morning show podcast, which drops once weekly and features casual, fun convo, super intimate Q&As, and more. Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Nuzest, one of my favorite protein powders. Go to Nuzest.us/liz to get an amazing discount on your order.This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens, one of my favorite supplements. Visit athleticgreens.com/healthiertogether and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are kicking off a brand new series today called “How I Got My Dream Job.” It’s built on the idea that wellness encompasses feeling our best in every part of our lives, and our careers make up a huge portion of that.My hope with these episodes is that they’ll both demystify and maybe deglamorize quote unquote dream jobs a bit while also highlighting the behind the scene awesome elements that the public is typically less privy to. And of course, there’ll be plenty of pragmatic advice, whether you want to actually pursue the career or not—on this episode, for instance, we talk a lot about how to kickstart any creative process, dealing with jealousy and a surprisingly positive take on procrastination.My guest today is Andi Bartz, the author of NYtimes best-seller and Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here, as well as The Herd and The Lost Night, all of which you can find wherever books are sold. What it’s really like to work your way up the ranks of the NY magazine world Her advice for anyone who wants to work in editorial The less glamorous parts of travel writing that no one talks about Exactly how to pitch travel articles The top advice she’d give to people wanting to freelance write The trick she uses to actually complete her writing each day An inside look at her creative process How she silences her self-critic to actually create art Her surprisingly positive take on procrastination What happened behind the scenes to get her books optioned by Mila Kunis and Molly Simms/Netflix and selected for Reese’s Book Club What it actually feels like to become a NYTimes best-seller The surprising thing no one shares about your dreams coming true How much money (like, real figures!) she makes as a best-selling novelist and how much she made in her magazine career How she deals with jealousy Were you surprised about anything Andi shared about novel or magazine writing? Do you agree with our Emily Nagoski theory about creativity? We’d love to know so screenshot as you’re listening and tag us on Instagram—I’m @lizmoody and Andi is @andibartz.PS: My Patreon is live! You can join Green Smoothie Society and get access to ALL of my green smoothie recipes and advice AND you can subscribe to A Very Moody Morning, my brand new morning show podcast, which drops once weekly and features casual, fun convo, super intimate Q&As, and more. Get all the deets at patreon.com/lizmoody.This episode is sponsored by Kyoto Botanicals, makers of my favorite CBD. You can get a whopping 25% off your order (AND they always have free shipping!) by using the code “HEALTHIERTOGETHER” at kyotobotanicals.com.This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley, who make incredibly high quality supplements. If you’d like to check out their Turmeric Complex, Vitamin C, Neuroeffect, or any of Paleovalley’s other amazing products, head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices