Age Like a Badass Mother: Healthy Aging, Plant-Based Nutrition & Longevity

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  Ep. 118: Who the Hell is Lauren Bernick? Re-meet the Host, Hear Wild GenX Childhood Stories 15.09.2026 23min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Who the Hell Is Lauren Bernick? Meet the Host There are millions of people out there vying for your attention, telling you what’s wrong with you so they can sell you something to fix it. I don’t want to be one of them. I want Age Like a Badass Mother to be a place where women can get smart, honest information about health and aging without being made to feel broken, inadequate, o...
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  Ep. 117: Margaret Cho on Menopause, Growing Up in a Gay Bookstore, and the Love Boat 08.09.2026 40min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Margaret Cho has been making people laugh, making people uncomfortable, and saying things that other people probably wish she wouldn’t for a very long time. In this conversation, we get into menopause, aging, sex, body image, queerness, Hollywood, and the weirdness of watching your parents get older. Margaret talks candidly about her own experience with menopause, inc...
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  Ep. 116: Why Are You So Bloated? The Chinese Medicine Solution with Dreena Burton 01.09.2026 28min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Why are you suddenly so bloated, gassy, or uncomfortable after eating? In this episode, Lauren Bernick and Dreena Burton explore bloating, gas, digestion, fascia, jaw tension, stress, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, including the Chinese medicine concept of “dampness” and its connection to the Spleen and Stomach. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, late summer is associa...
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  Ep. 115: Health Misinformation: The Hidden Agendas Behind What We’ve Been Told About Food & Disease with Nelson Campbell 25.08.2026 1h 1min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. How much of what we’ve been told about food, nutrition, and disease is actually true? Nelson Campbell joins Lauren Bernick to unpack the health misinformation that has shaped how we eat, think about disease, and understand what it means to be healthy, as well as the powerful interests that may have influenced what we've been told. In this fascinating conversation, Lauren Bernick ...
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  Ep. 114: Holy Sh*t, I’m 58! I Had a Freakout, Then I Realized Something 18.08.2026 6min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Holy sh*t. Lauren is 58. And for a minute, she has some feelings about that. Sixty suddenly feels close. And Lauren realizes that some of what she's feeling isn't actually about how she feels at all; it's about how she thinks society expects a 58-year-old woman to feel. The truth is, this is Lauren's happiest, most productive time. Tune in to hear this mini-episode where she ta...
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  Ep. 113: Dr. Ellen Langer - The Mindful Body: Thinking Your Way to Chronic Health 11.08.2026 52min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Dr. Ellen Langer is a Harvard professor who literally wrote the book on Mindfulness in 1989. She has been referred to as the “Mother of Mindfulness.” Through her famous counterclockwise study, where she put men in their 70’s and 80’s in an environment that was 20 years in the past, she illustrates how our mindset can influence our physical health. Spoiler, they all became “...
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  Ep: 112: Has Healthy Aging Gone Too Far? Finding Balance in the Age of Biohacking 04.08.2026 14min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Between face yoga, red light therapy, lymphatic drainage, dry brushing, supplements, meditation, strength training, and the endless stream of health advice flooding social media, taking care of ourselves has become a full-time job. In this solo episode, Lauren asks a question many of us are wondering: Has healthy aging gone too far? Using biohacker Bryan Johnson's highly publiciz...
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  Ep. 111: What Toxins and Psychedelics Taught Me About Being Authentic with Dr. Nikki Siso 28.07.2026 59min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. What do toxins, psychedelics, and authenticity have in common? More than you might think. Dr. Nikki Siso shares her personal and professional journey toward deeper self-awareness and healing. We explore how environmental toxins, emotional burdens, and even the roles we play in everyday life can disconnect us from who we truly are. She discusses the impact of toxic load on health,...
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  Ep. 110: Can Fascia Work Improve Lymphatic Drainage, Reduce Puffiness, and Support Immunity? 21.07.2026 22min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this mini-episode, Dreena Burton joins Lauren Bernick to explore the surprising connection among fascia, lymphatic health, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dreena explains the role of the San Jiao, also known as the Triple Burner meridian, and how stimulating this energetic pathway may help improve fluid movement throughout the body. You'll learn how fascia, the body's connec...
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  Ep. 109: Think You've Heard Enough About Hormones? Not If You Have Brain Fog, Hot Flashes, or Low Libido 14.07.2026 1h 11min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Hormones can feel like a mystery, especially when symptoms like brain fog, weight gain, hot flashes, low libido, UTIs, and even frozen shoulder seem to come out of nowhere. In this episode, I sit down with hormone specialist and pharmacist Dr. Tiffany Ruder to separate fact from fiction and help you understand what may really be happening inside your body. Dr. Ruder explains how ...
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  Ep. 108: You're Not Broken, It's the Food With Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT 07.07.2026 53min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Julieanna and Lauren talk about the concept of healthspan versus lifespan, the mechanisms of aging, the importance of a plant-based diet, and the role of phytonutrients. Then they get into a deep conversation about new evidence that women do need extra protein as they age. This is brand new information and the first time that Julieanna is speaking about this evolving topic. This ...
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  Ep. 107: How to Eliminate Limiting Beliefs with Shelly Lefkoe 30.06.2026 51min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Have you ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns, even when you know better? Maybe you struggle to speak up for yourself, set boundaries, stop people-pleasing, or finally go after what you want. You know what to do. You've read the books. You've listened to the podcasts. Yet somehow, nothing really changes. According to belief expert Shelly Lefkoe, the problem isn'...
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  Ep. 106: What Waking at 1:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., or 5:00 a.m. May Reveal About Your Body 23.06.2026 23min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Could your sleep struggles be connected to your heart meridian? In this week's mini-episode, Dreena Burton returns to explore the wisdom of Chinese medicine for summer, the season associated with the fire element, joy, connection, and the heart. Dreena explains how excess "fire" in the body may make it difficult to settle into sleep, why the heart is considered the home of the sp...
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  Ep. 105: Dr. Joel Fuhrman: Live to 100 in Good Health, Eat These Foods Daily 16.06.2026 59min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Dr. Fuhrman introduces us to the Nutritarian Diet; a diet of excellence that can help us live to 100 in good health. He also discusses the dangers of keto and paleo diets, emphasizing the negative impact of animal protein on lifespan. Additionally, he shares personal anecdotes of miraculous recoveries through a nutritarian diet. https://www.drfuhrman.com/guided-detox https://www....
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  Ep. 104: How to Get Glowing Skin and Healthy Hair Naturally 09.06.2026 20min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this mini-episode, Lauren Bernick tells you what really works to get glowing skin. She even admits to some embarrassing practices. Lauren believes that if you wouldn't want a product in your mouth, you shouldn't put it on your skin. She has real recommendations for what works. Lauren also dives into the science behind hair loss, the main cause, what to test for, and how to reg...
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  Ep. 103: Lessons: Embrace the Suck, Don't Squeeze the F'ing Cat, and Eat Plants with Molly Patrick of Clean Food Dirty Girl 02.06.2026 1h 2min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. We are hearing good stories and getting important lessons with Molly Patrick of Clean Food Dirty Girl. From her parents' incredible meet-cute to living in a teepee without running water or electricity as a child to her quitting smoking and drinking, she lays it out. Molly is big into allowing and letting. She had to be to give up her two bottles of wine a day and smoking ...
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  Ep. 102: What's the Deal With Lymphatic Drainage? Dreena Burton Explains 26.05.2026 22min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Curious to know what lymphatic drainage is, what it does, and how to do it? Tune in. In this mini-episode, Dreena Burton joins Lauren Bernick to explain the connection between fascia health, lymphatic flow, and overall wellness. Drawing from both fascia science and Chinese medicine, Dreena shares simple practices that may help support detoxification, reduce stiffness...
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  Ep. 101: How Intuition Can Heal You: Banya Lim on Depression, Gut Health & Body Wisdom 19.05.2026 44min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this episode of Age Like a Badass Mother, Lauren sits down with spiritual acupuncturist and healer Banya Lim to explore intuition, emotional healing, and the connection between the body, mind, and spirit. Coming from a long lineage of healers, Banya shares her personal journey through depression and gastrointestinal issues, and how meditation, movement, and learning to “feel d...
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  Ep. 100: Why a Plant Based Diet Is the Real Fountain of Youth: Healthy Aging Explained 12.05.2026 20min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Can food really help you age better? In this episode of Age Like a Badass Mother, Lauren Bernick breaks down why a whole-food, plant-based diet is often called the closest thing we have to a fountain of youth. Lauren shares how nutrition transformed her own health after reversing heart disease, and explains the science behind how plant foods support healthy aging from the inside ...
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  Ep. 99: Revolutionizing Health: Dr. Michael Klaper on Nutrition's Power to Reverse Disease 05.05.2026 56min

  Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. What if the key to preventing and even reversing chronic disease is already on your plate? Dr. Michael Klaper shares why nutrition is still missing from medical education, how a plant-based diet can transform health, and what every doctor and patient needs to understand about food and disease. Drawing on over 40 years of clinical experience and insights from his new book Moving M...