The Liz Moody Podcast

This episode features Tara Schuster, an author, playwright, and accomplished entertainment executive. She served as Vice President of Talent and Development at Comedy Central where she was the Executive in Charge of ​Lights Out with David Spade,​ was the Executive in Charge of the Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning ​Key & Peele​, the Emmy® Award winning ​@Midnight​, and numerous other shows. She’s also the author of the amazing book, ​Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: and Other Rituals to Fix Your Life from Someone Who has Been There, which was our very first #LMbookclub pick. In this episode, we talk about: The self care practices she’s relying on to get through this pandemic Her 3-step plan for climbing out of bouts of depression or anxiety How she learned to love herself and when exactly it happened Her technique to deal with jealousy and envy The trick she uses to love her looks Her career progression, including exactly how she became a top exec at Comedy Central How she knew it was time to make the leap to work for herself How she developed a good relationship with money after having a crazy childhood Her advice to anyone looking to become a solo entrepreneur Her advice to anyone looking to climb a career ladder How she created her tribe of amazing female friends as an adult, including the brilliant trick she uses to uplevel the quality of women in her life How she got her book deal, and the exact path she used to start placing pieces in publications like the New Yorker How she overcame having parents who didn’t support her dreams—and the revelation she had about why they acted the way they did as a kid The realization that helped her finally forgive her parents for her childhood How she approaches dating and the fear of not meeting a dream partner You can find Tara on Instagram @taraschuster, and I’m of course @lizmoody. Screenshot and tag us both with your thoughts, feelings, and reactions to this episode!Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!This episode is sponsored by GoMacro. For all of May, GoMacro is going above and beyond and donating 10% of their net-proceeds from their Peanut Butter MacroBar to Farm Sanctuary. As one of the nation’s largest animal sanctuaries, Farm Sanctuary has rescued thousands of animals and has cared for them at its sanctuaries in New York and California.You can get a whopping 30% off your order PLUS free shipping by using the code “healthiertogether30” at GoMacro.com. I highly recommend you try the peanut butter, the double chocolate peanut butter chip, and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie!This week is also sponsored by SOUND. SOUND combines sparkling water with certified organic tea, botanicals and fruit extracts. They don’t use any sweeteners, so they’re both sugar and artificial sugar free, but they still somehow taste amazing. My very favorite one is Chamomile with Vanilla and Elderflower, which tastes just like cream soda, and Zack loves the Green Tea with Grapefruit and Mint and the Blood Orange and Vanilla with Black Tea. They’re one of my favorite soda alternatives, and they’re also an awesome base for mocktails or cocktails. You can get 20% off at drinksound.com by using the code LIZ. Enjoy!Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s super casual conversation, I had Zack answer YOUR dating and relationship questions. This is just one guy’s opinion (Zack can’t speak for all men!), but I loved his take on things. He answers: What’s up with guys ghosting? What made him finally propose/why a lot of guys wait a long time to propose What’s the best way to get guys to talk about feelings? How much does he think about body image? What’s his opinion on spirituality and out-there elements of wellness? Does he notice when women wear makeup? What does he think of it? On the flip side, does he notice when I wear sweatpants for months? What does he think of that? What’s the best way to meet nice guy? And more! Let me know if you like this format, and I can make Zack sit down for more Q&As. Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!I am SO excited about this week’s sponsor, SOUND. SOUND combines sparkling water with certified organic tea, botanicals and fruit extracts. They don’t use any sweeteners, so they’re both sugar and artificial sugar free, but they still somehow taste amazing. My very favorite one is Chamomile with Vanilla and Elderflower, which tastes just like cream soda, and Zack loves the Green Tea with Grapefruit and Mint and the Blood Orange and Vanilla with Black Tea. They’re one of my favorite soda alternatives, and they’re also an awesome base for mocktails or cocktails. You can get 20% off at drinksound.com by using the code LIZ. Enjoy!Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the third edition of Ask the Doctor, where I ask functional medicine doctors a ton of questions in a single episode so you can reap the benefits of all of their knowledge (check out the first episode, featuring Dr. Will Cole talking about inflammation, hormone balance, birth control, and more, here, and the second episode, which features Dr. Ellen Vora in the most comprehensive conversation about anxiety ever, here).This episode is all about gut health, and features the amazing Will Bulsiewicz, MD, known as Dr. B, the Gut Health MD. Dr. B is a board-certified gastroenterologist, a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and was chief medical resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and chief gastroenterology fellow at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. He’s authored more than twenty articles in the top American gastroenterology journals, and he just released his very first book, Fiber Fueled. This episode is SO comprehensive—I tried to ask Will basically every question about keeping your gut health, including: How alcohol consumption impacts the gut microbiome The best type of alcohol for gut health The cause of acid reflux and how to deal with it The best supplements for gut health (and the ones that aren’t worth your money) The number one thing you can do to help nurture a healthy microbiome The sneaky common beverage that causes a LOT of bloating The best type of diet for gut health Is collagen good for your gut? Is coffee good for your gut? Are food sensitivity tests worth the money? Does apple cider vinegar actually do anything for gut health? The best type of tea for gut health The types of herbs for gut health Is cooked food or raw food better for gut health? The one gut health mistake everyone makes Exactly hat to do when you know you’re going to eat a bad-for-you-meal The connection between gut health and hangovers What everyone gets wrong about FODMAPs And so much more! You can find out more about Dr. B at theplantfedgut.com. We’d both of course love to hear your thoughts and reactions to this episode, so please tag him (@theguthealthmd) and me (@lizmoody) so we can continue the conversation over there. We’ll also be doing a follow up on Instagram Live next week, so write down any of your follow up questions and stay tuned!Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!PPS: My Actually Delicious 10-Day Detox is on sale for 50% off for a limited time. It has 10 days of plant-based recipes to nourish your gut, skin, and general health. Find out more at lizmoody.com/ebooks.This episode is brought to you by Garden of Life, one of my all time favorite gut health brands. I take their magnesium chelate nightly to help avoid constipation and help alleviate anxiety, and I love their prebiotic powder, which we talk about a ton in this episode. I also take their Mood+ probiotic and it’s made a huge difference in the health of my gut and my anxiety.This episode is also sponsored by GoMacro. For all of May, GoMacro is going above and beyond and donating 10% of their net-proceeds from their Peanut Butter MacroBar to Farm Sanctuary. As one of the nation’s largest animal sanctuaries, Farm Sanctuary has rescued thousands of animals and has cared for them at its sanctuaries in New York and California. You can get a whopping 30% off your order PLUS free shipping by using the code “healthiertogether30” at GoMacro.com. I highly recommend you try the peanut butter, the double chocolate peanut butter chip, and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie!Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s super casual conversation, I’m doing my first ever Q&A! I’m a little nervous so please be kind to me! On this episode, I answer YOUR questions, including: What’s my morning and evening routine? What books have changed my life? What’s my attachment style and what’s Zack’s? How do we make it work? Can you eat meat and still have good gut health? What’s my favorite place I’ve traveled to? What diets did I try in the past that didn’t work? What are my thoughts on intermittent fasting? My healthy soda trick And more. Let me know if you like this format, and I can throw a few more Q&A episodes in. Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!This episode is sponsored by GoMacro. For all of May, GoMacro is going above and beyond and donating 10% of their net-proceeds from their Peanut Butter MacroBar to Farm Sanctuary. As one of the nation’s largest animal sanctuaries, Farm Sanctuary has rescued thousands of animals and has cared for them at its sanctuaries in New York and California.You can get a whopping 30% off your order PLUS free shipping by using the code “healthiertogether30” at GoMacro.com. I highly recommend you try the peanut butter, the double chocolate peanut butter chip, and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie!Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our second morning/evening routine episode! In these episodes, we shake things up a bit in this episode by going inside the morning and evening routines of some of the wellness world’s biggest celebrities. You can listen and just enjoy a sneak peek, or steal some of their genius ideas to try at home! In Part 1, I shared the routines of Minimalist Baker, Kale Junkie, Rachael’s Good Eats and The Cutting Veg. This week includes: Kelly LeVeque on fasted workouts for fat-burning and metabolically flexibility & a trick to find the positive in each day Laura Lea on night-time tricks to beat insomnia & an easy trick to keep cortisol levels low Inspiralized on time blocking tips for ultimate productivity & how to keep intimacy alive with kids in quarantine What’s Gaby Cooking on morning workouts & the benefits of skin fasting PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!This episode is brought to you by one of my Califia Farms. While I love the entire Califia line, their shelf-stable products are coming in CLUTCH right now—they have the oatmilk, almondmilk, creamer, and a ready-to-drink cold brew. You can find Califia products in pretty much any grocery store, but if you’re like me and trying to avoid going to the store, you can order them online! You can get 20% off at califiafarms.com using the code “healthiertogether20.”This episode is also sponsored by GoMacro. GoMacro is always my go-to bar because it’s the only one that actually fills me up. My go-to flavor is the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, but they actually literally JUST released a brand new flavor, Double Chocolate + Peanut Butter Chips. They taste like heaven and I truly can’t stop eating them. All GoMacro bars are made from simple, high-quality ingredients and are Certified Organic, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Kosher, Non-GMO, and soy-free. You can get a whopping 30% off your order PLUS free shipping by using the code “healthiertogether30” at GoMacro.com.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You guys asked me to do weekly episodes during this pandemic, so I will try my best to deliver! Every other Wednesday, I’ll do a more casual episode—maybe it’ll be a check-in with former guests, quick interviews, or Q&As (the other Wednesdays will still be our normal long form interviews!!).This episode is one of my most requested—a convo with my husband, Zack. We talk all about our lives in quarantine, and answer your most frequently asked questions!Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!This episode is sponsored by Skinny Dipped almonds, which I’m 100% obsessed with. They’re roasted almonds with a super thin layer of chocolate, and they also have a coating of maple syrup and sea salt that gives them a sweet & salty quality that’s utterly addictive. They’re truly one of my favorite snacks, and I can’t wait for you to try them. Get 20% off your order using the code “healthiertogether” on skinnydipped.com.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our first morning/evening routine episode! We shake things up a bit in this episode by going inside the morning and evening routines of some of the wellness world’s biggest celebrities. You can listen and just enjoy a sneak peek, or steal some of their genius ideas to try at home! This week, Part 1, includes:The Morning & Evening Routine Episode is here! Peek inside the routine’s of wellness world superstars, including: Minimalist Baker on How To Start A Journaling Practice, Dry Fasting, and Simplifying Down To Essentials Kale Junkie on How The Pandemic Impacts Eating Disorder Recovery & Finding Time For Your Partner While Full-Time Parenting Rachael’s Good Eats on Motivating Yourself To Workout, Skincare Secrets, And Structuring a Productive Day The Cutting Veg – The Best Online Workouts, A Genius Tidying Up Secret, & Making Time For Healthy Meals Shut the Kale Up on Being Gentle With Yourself As A Mom and Human & Finding Strength Through Struggle Stay tuned for Part 2, with five more power women of the wellness world!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!This episode is brought to you by one of my all time favorite brands, Garden of Life. I’ve been taking Garden of Life probiotics for more than four years. Their Mood Plus probiotic is formulated specifically to help with stress and anxiety, and it’s made a huge difference in my mental health. Zack also takes their Once Daily Men’s probiotic, and their RAW Vaginal Care line is an amazing secret weapon against any UTIs or yeast infections. Their Ultimate Care Probiotic is also a must-have in times like this, when we’re really trying to boost immunity!This episode is also sponsored by Skinny Dipped almonds, which I’m 100% obsessed with. They’re roasted almonds with a super thin layer of chocolate, and they also have a coating of maple syrup and sea salt that gives them a sweet & salty quality that’s utterly addictive. They’re truly one of my favorite snacks, and I can’t wait for you to try them. Get 20% off your order using the code “healthiertogether” on skinnydipped.com.Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features the amazing Jen Gotch, and I think it’s actually the perfect episode for this strange time. Jen is the Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Ban.Do, and the author of the new memoir The Upside of Being Down. On this episode, we talk about: Her mental health journey, including the various tools that have actually helped with her depression & anxiety How she created a workplace where people can cry How people can approach mental health struggles in a workplace Jen’s divorce plus dating in your 40s How to make good girlfriends as an adult Her unique approach to networking and how it’s benefitted her in her career How she cultivates her optimistic perspective and how other people can too Her relationship to her looks, including aging and acne, and how she finds confidence through it all (including her thoughts on Botox and fillers) You can find Jen on Instagram @jengotch, and I’m of course @lizmoody. Screenshot and tag us both with your thoughts, feelings, and reactions to this episode!Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!This episode is sponsored by Simple Mills, a company whose grain-free products I’m obsessed with. In this episode, I talk about the baking mixes specifically (the brownie mix, vanilla cake mix, and pizza crust!), which you can order on Amazon and find in most grocery stores.This episode is sponsored by Pukka, one of my favorite tea brands. They make incredible herbal teas with 100% organic ingredients, and they’re also certified Fair for Life. Beyond that, the Pukka bags are fully plastic free, and stitched together with 100% organic, non-GMO cotton. My favorite blends are Relax, After Dinner, and Tulsi Clarity, and Zack loves the Revitalize blend. You can find out more about Pukka at pukkaherbs.us.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, I sat down to chat with Lauren Bosworth, the former star of Laguna Beach & The Hills and the current bad-ass woman behind Love Wellness. We recorded this right after self-isolation for COVID-19 had begun, so it had to be virtual not in real life like most of my episodes, so please excuse any audio quality issues (although I worked with my editor to make it as good as possible!). This is a scary time, but I wanted to have this episode mostly NOT be about COVID-19, although we do of course touch on it briefly. If you want more resources and support around that, please come hang out on Instagram—I’m offering a ton of guidance, community, and fun dance parties there. But I hope this episode is a bit of a respite. Lauren talks about: How being on reality TV as a teenager impacted her personality Her secret to making homemade food healthy & delicious Her depression and anxiety journey and how she finally got the diagnosis that allowed her to heal How she deals with life-inspired anxiety, like the COVID-19 virus The cooking show cancellation that ended up being an unexpected positive Her breakup and why she’s embracing being single The practices she does daily for her mental & physical health How she started her mega-successful business, and her advice for any other entrepreneurs You can find Lauren on Instagram at @lobosworth, and we’d both love to hear your reactions to this episode, so please screenshot and write any thoughts or questions that come up as you’re listening and tag us both (I’m @lizmoody). All of the products form her amazing, woman-empowering company, Love Wellness, can be found at lovewellness.com.Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!This episode is sponsored by Garden of Life, one of my all-time favorite brands. I focused on immune-boosting staples here, including the Oil of Oregano I take whenever I am sick, the elderberry I take preventatively, and the Garden of Life Ultimate Care I take to support my gut health. You can find Garden of Life at Whole Foods, but the best way to support the podcast is to use the links here, which I’ve also put on my Instagram highlights. By using my links, it just tells Garden of Life that you found them through the pod, and it doesn’t cost you anything extra, so I’d massively appreciate it.This episode is also sponsored by Califia Farms! I’m a huge fan of all of Califia’s non-dairy products, but I especially love their non-dairy creamer (the one in the carton). I’m a huge fan of making caffeine-free lattes, with super weird flavors like Birthday Cake, Carrot Cake, and Churros, and I love using the Califia almondmilk creamer as the base for that, since it makes it super creamy and delicious. It’s also of course great in coffee or tea!You can find Califia Farms in pretty much any grocery store, or you can get 20% off online orders at califiafarms.com using the code “healthiertogether20.” If you need help deciding what to buy, hit me up on Instagram—I have lots of thoughts! I can’t wait to hear what you think!Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the second edition of Ask the Doctor, where I ask functional medicine doctors a ton of questions in a single episode so you can reap the benefits of all of their knowledge (check out the first episode, featuring Dr. Will Cole talking about inflammation, hormone balance, birth control, and more, here). This episode is all about anxiety, and features one of my favorite people in the wellness world, Dr. Ellen Vora.Ellen is a holistic psychiatrist who did her undergrad at Yale, then went to medical school at Columbia. Now, she has a private practice, is regularly featured on sites like goop and mindbodygreen, and she speaks around the country about natural ways of dealing with mental health. She’s also a yoga instructor and a licensed acupuncturist.I wanted to create an episode that was THE go-to episode for anyone suffering from anxiety, whether it’s chronic or more situational, or even if you want to help with someone you love who’s dealing with anxiety. This episode is SO comprehensive—I tried to ask Ellen literally any question I’ve ever had about anxiety, and I asked all of you on Insta for your questions too. We talk about: The top 3 low-hanging fruits for anxiety The one supplement Ellen recommends to everyone How to tell if hormone imbalances are at the root of your anxiety — and exactly what to o if they are How to treat anxiety or reduce stress when you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck How to actually find and build community and friendships How blood sugar massively impacts your anxiety—and the hack and definitive solution to fix it The ideal diet for someone with anxiety, including what a day on a plate actually looks like How caffeine impacts anxiety, and whether coffee can fit into an anti anxiety lifestyle How to taper off medication (and how to tell if you should) How alcohol impacts anxiety What to do about social anxiety Why you get anxiety the morning after drinking How to improve sleep but not let the idea of not sleeping making your anxiety worse How to stop spiraling when you feel like you’re hitting that point of no return with anxiety The one neurotransmitter that’s the key to alleviating anxiety How exercise impacts anxiety, and what types of exercise are best for anxiety How to help your partner when they have anxiety and how to tell your partner how to help you when you have anxiety Coronavirus, climate change and how to deal with REAL external things that cause anxiety You can find out more about Ellen at ellenvora.com. We’d both of course love to hear your thoughts and reactions to this episode, so please tag her (@ellenvoramd) and me (@lizmoody) so we can continue the conversation over there.A great kichadi recipe: https://www.mynewroots.org/site/2018/01/kichadi-realistic-reset/Enjoy!PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook. Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices