61 | Stress Management + Everything You Need to Know About Adaptogens
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🗓️ 3 March 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Today’s guest is Nadine Joseph, founder and CEO of Peak and Valley, a conscious company that combines ancient wisdom and modern science to make everyday wellness essentials.
Nadine has a unique background entrenched in both the worlds of wellness and that of the scientific community. She combines the experiences gleaned from her time studying and conducting neuroscience research at both Johns Hopkins and UCSF with her holistic wellness upbringing.
In this episode, we talk about…
- How stress impacts the body.
- Practical tips for managing stress.
- What adaptogens are, and how they can help us manage stress.
- Ways to make exercise nourishing, not stressful.
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| 0:00.0 | On this show I have talked at length about the importance of eating enough protein |
| 0:04.7 | but sometimes eating protein throughout the day can be a challenge. However, |
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| 0:57.0 | Welcome to the Balance Black Girl Podcast. We're putting Black Girl Magic in motion. This show is dedicated to reinventing |
| 1:06.2 | wellness for women of color. I'm your host Lestrandra Alfred. |
| 1:10.3 | Thank you so much for tuning into this week's episode of Balance Black Girl. |
| 1:14.0 | If you are a new listener welcome. I am so excited to have you. My name is Les. I am your host and if you are a returning |
| 1:21.2 | listener, welcome back. so happy to have you here again. |
| 1:27.0 | Today's show is going to be all about stress |
| 1:31.2 | and stress management, which could not be more timely for yours truly. |
| 1:39.6 | Last year I had a bit of a stressful year especially if you listen to the solo episode I did |
| 1:46.4 | a few weeks back where I just talked about a lot of the transitions I had with my career, |
| 1:51.1 | with my move, all of the travel that I did. It was just, it was a lot. And I told myself that in 2020 I was going to sit down, I was going to get my life right, I was going to not travel so much I was going to have less on my plate that |
| 2:06.0 | was what I told myself and you know that's not that's not looking like what's |
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