Nourish Me: Integrated Wellness Conversations

EP 038 A Summer of Connection: 🎉 Celebrating 3 Years of Nourish Me & 3 Ways to Improve Mental Health, Energy & Well-Being

This June marks a special milestone—the third anniversary of the Nourish Me Podcast! 🎉
What began as a simple mission to inspire people to get off their screens, reconnect with nature, and cultivate deeper relationships has grown into a global community of listeners in more than 40 countries. Thank you for being part of this journey!
This episode explores one of the most powerful tools we have for improving our energy, mental health, and overall well-being: CONNECTION.
In this episode, you’ll learn: • Why connection may be our greatest human advantage in an AI-driven world • How intentional breathing helps regulate the nervous system and improve focus • The surprising health benefits of sharing meals and gathering around the table • Why “green time” may be one of the most effective forms of self-care available • Simple ways to reconnect with yourself, others, and nature this summer
My challenge to you this month:
✓ Take a daily breath break
Grab your free Breathwork Guide here: https://joannepavin.myflodesk.com/breathworkguide
 ✓ Share one intentional meal each week
 ✓ Spend more time in nature and less time on screens
Because while technology continues to advance, our ability to connect—with ourselves, each other, and the natural world—remains one of the most important predictors of a healthy, meaningful life.
As John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”
This summer, don’t miss it.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and supporting Nourish Me for the past three years.
Stay nourished,
JoAnne
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037 Financial Wellness: Rethinking Your Relationship with Money (The Human Side of Money) | Linda Grizely

As we close out April—both Stress Awareness Month and Financial Literacy Month—this episode brings together the powerful connection between money, stress, and overall well-being.
In this conversation, I’m joined by Linda Grizely, CFP®, financial wellness speaker, personal finance educator, and host of the Real Money, Real Life™ podcast.
Linda helps individuals and organizations understand how financial stress impacts focus, engagement, and performance—and how to build confidence and clarity with money in a practical, judgment-free way. She is also the creator of the MeMoney® Method, a mindset-first approach that helps people move from guilt and overwhelm to intention and alignment.
In this episode, we explore:
Why money is emotional—not just logical
How childhood experiences shape financial habits
The five money personalities and why one-size-fits-all budgeting fails
The link between financial stress, mental health, and relationships
Practical tools to reduce overwhelm and build awareness with money
This is more than a conversation about finances—it’s about self-awareness, behavior change, and learning how to make decisions that support a more nourished, intentional life.
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ResourcesWhat's Your Money Personality Quiz: https://bit.ly/MonPersQuiz
What's Holding You Back from Financial Confidence Quiz: https://bit.ly/FinConfidQuiz
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EP 036 The Flow Habit with Laurie Smith: Reclaiming Your Spark in a Distracted World

What if the answer to stress, burnout, and constant distraction isn’t doing more—but learning how to come back into flow?
In this episode, I sit down with Laurie Smith, author of The Flow Habit, to explore how we reconnect with our natural state of presence, creativity, and ease—even in a world that pulls us in a thousand different directions.
Laurie shares how a simple 5–10 minute daily practice became a global flow movement, along with the science behind flow states and why they are essential for our nervous system, our creativity, and our ability to perform at our best.
We explore:
What it really means to be “in flow”
The neuroscience behind flow and why it feels so good
How to reconnect with your spark through small, daily practices
Why joy is a powerful driver of performance and clarity
How flow impacts leadership, wellness, and the way we show up in our lives
Laurie also shares a powerful life-changing story that brought her into a deep state of peace in the midst of chaos—and ultimately shaped the work she does today.
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EP 035 Awakening, Meditation, and Intuition: Coming Back to Yourself with Bonnie Piesse

In this episode of the Nourish Me Podcast I’m joined by Bonnie Piesse a soul alignment and manifestation coach, singer-songwriter and actress - best known for her role as Aunt Beru in the Star Wars series. Bonnie is the host of Your Quantum Life podcast, and is also known as one of the NXIVM whistleblowers featured in the HBO docu-series The Vow. 
Together, we explore what it really means to come back to yourself in a world that constantly pulls you outward.
Our conversation goes beyond traditional wellness. Bonnie shares her journey from Hollywood and music into profound spiritual awakening, and how meditation, breathwork, and deep presence opened the door to intuition, healing, and transformation.
In this episode, we explore:
– Why so many people feel overwhelmed and disconnected
– The role of the nervous system in stress and healing
– What it means to soften, surrender, and trust yourself
– Simple ways to ground your energy and come back to your body
This episode is especially aligned with Stress Awareness Month—a reminder that the most powerful shift isn’t doing more, but reconnecting to what’s already within you.
✨ Stay until the end for a guided meditation with Bonnie to help you regulate your nervous system, release tension, and return to a place of calm.
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EP 034 Beauty in Balance: Beyond the Chair with Kelly Stobart

In this episode, JoAnne is joined by her lifelong friend, Kelly Stobart—an incredibly talented stylist, educator, and creative force in the beauty industry with over 35 years of experience. Kelly’s journey has taken her from some of Chicago’s most prestigious salons to international training with the most respected names in the industry, including Vidal Sassoon and the legendary Oribe Canales. Her work has even extended to styling for runway shows in Paris and New York, bringing a global perspective to everything she does.
But beyond her impressive credentials, Kelly brings something even more powerful to her work—a deep understanding that what happens behind the chair is about far more than hair. It’s about connection, healing, creativity, and helping people feel seen.
In the upcoming episode we talk about self-care for caregivers, energy exchange, burnout, healing rituals, creativity, and why taking care of yourself first is essential if you want to truly serve others. This is an inspiring conversation about resilience, friendship, feminine wisdom, and the kind of transformation that happens from the inside out.
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EP 033 Stop Struggling, Start Thriving: Build Health Habits That Lasts with Michele Piedmonte

In this episode of the Nourish Me podcast, JoAnne Pavin sits down with Michele Piedmonte, Certified Health and Nutrition Coach and founder of JerseyRooted Health Coaching. Michele shares her journey from a conventional corporate life and party-driven city lifestyle to becoming a mom, navigating weight struggles, and ultimately finding a path to sustainable health.
 
They dive deep into why so many people stay stuck—not from lack of information, but from missing structure, consistency, and identity. Michele explains how she helps clients rebuild energy, restore metabolic health, and create lasting progress through habit-based coaching and personalized strategies that go beyond the scale.
 
If you’re ready to stop outsourcing your health, rebuild trust in your body, and become the kind of person who follows through, this conversation is for you. Your next step toward predictable, lasting results starts here.
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EP 032 Letting Go of 70 Pounds: A Nurse’s Personal Transformation and the Truth About GLP-1 Medications with Melanie Bassel

Nurse and mom of three, Melanie Bassel shares the powerful story behind her 70-pound health transformation. In this episode, we explore the science, stigma, and real-life experience behind GLP-1 medications—and what it truly takes to rebuild health from the inside out.
Melanie shares her personal journey with GLP-1 medication, weight loss, and reclaiming her health. As a nurse, mother, and caregiver, she opens up about how years of putting everyone else first, combined with PCOS, hypothyroidism, night shift work, and lifelong body image struggles, left her feeling exhausted, unhealthy, and hopeless.
Everything shifted after a doctor’s visit forced her to confront the reality of her health. From there, Melanie began using a GLP-1 medication as a tool, not a shortcut, and started making the lifestyle changes that supported real transformation. She explains how these medications work in the body, how they affect appetite, blood sugar, inflammation, and “food noise,” and why strength training, protein, hydration, sleep, and mindset are essential for lasting success.
The episode also explores the emotional side of change: childhood wounds around body image, the stigma surrounding GLP-1s, the fear of judgment, and the mental shift required to stop seeing weight loss as vanity and start seeing it as healing. Melanie shares what helped her navigate side effects, why “go low and slow” matters, and how losing over 70 pounds in less than a year has changed not just her body, but her confidence, energy, family life, and future.
This is a conversation is about more than weight,  it’s about identity, self-worth, modern women’s health, and what becomes possible when you finally decides to care for yourself as deeply as you care for everyone else.
You can find Weightless by Rocio Salas-Whalen MD, Allyson Ryan here https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/806992/weightless-by-rocio-salas-whalen-md/
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The Courage to Change: Women, Health & Reinvention (National Nutrition Month Series)

March is National Nutrition Month and Women’s History Month, and this month on the Nourish Me Podcast we’re exploring one powerful theme: the courage to change.
In this solo episode, JoAnne introduces a special March mini-series featuring conversations with women who have had the courage to transform their health, rethink their identities, and begin new chapters in life.
You’ll hear previews of upcoming episodes including:
• Melanie, a NICU nurse who lost nearly 70 pounds and shares her honest journey using GLP-1 medications alongside strength training and nutrition.
• Michele Piedmonte, a health coach who discovered that lasting change often requires accountability, confidence, and rebuilding trust in yourself.
• Kelly Stobart, a stylist and entrepreneur whose story of reinvention shows how unexpected life changes can open the door to new purpose.
JoAnne also shares a reflection on her own nutrition journey, including using advanced testing through Function Health, and introduces the evolving theme behind the podcast: Connection, Ritual, Wellness, and the Human Advantage.
Plus, save the date for an upcoming Spring Renewal sound and movement gathering with Lori.
This episode sets the stage for a month of conversations about courage, transformation, and what it truly means to nourish ourselves in a distracted world.
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• Save the date: Spring Renewal Sound & Movement Experience – April 18 https://www.joannepavin.com/events-and-classes.html