Episode 118

Common Sense Consciousness (feat. Sahara Leigh)

Published on: 3rd November, 2021

Everything from our food choices to the underwear we select each day can come down to our awareness of our own constitution. Really! This week, Jenn sits down with Sahara Leigh to discuss practical, everyday applications of Ayurveda. We can use these tools to help us identify when we're out of balance, find balance within ourselves and even improve our relationships. Really! Eating ice cream in the bath tub, could be an answer. It is for Sahara. Listen now to understand why!

Outline:

  • Welcome back & intro today's topic
  • Meet Sahara Leigh
  • Sahara's story - from performer in NYC hit by a car to learning wellness in San Francisco
  • How Sahara found Ayurveda
  • The 5 Element Theory of Ayurveda
    • Air, fire, water, earth, ether
  • 3 Doshas of Ayurveda
    • Vata, pitta, kapha
  • How to identify your dominant dosha & that of others
    • Pulse
    • Cadence of their speech
    • Body language
  • Tools to bring us back into balance
    • The environment
    • How we feel in the morning
    • Go for opposites
    • Hot/cold, wet/dry
    • Food: seasonal & local
  • What sugar and dairy cravings mean
  • When to drink Champaign or bubbles & how to choose your cocktail
  • Common Sense Consciousness
    • Pause, perceive, play
  • Sahara eating ice cream in the bath tub
  • Online dosha test 
  • Final thoughts

Links:
Become a Member
Connect with us! FB Page & Private FB Group & Jenn's Instagram
Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan
Sahara's Website, IG, FB, November 21, 2021 Workshop
Online Dosha Test

Quotes:
"You're not crazy. You're not bipolar. You're having a bit of a reaction to gluten." – Sahara Leigh
"I learned a lot of communication skills through Ayurveda."  – Sahara Leigh
"A beautiful indication of being out of balance is when we show those negative aspects of ourselves."  – Sahara Leigh
"I'm a food-driven animal."  – Sahara Leigh
"When I think of Ayurveda, I think of awareness."  – Sahara Leigh
"We can use food to bring us back into balance."  – Sahara Leigh
"The earth provides everything you need at every single moment you need it."  – Sahara Leigh
"Cravings are beautiful cues, not something to feel guilty about."  – Sahara Leigh
"Ayurveda is common sense consciousness."  – Sahara Leigh
"Look at what you naturally gravitated toward, and away from, as a kid." – Jenn Trepeck

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!