Candice Kumai is an internationally-renowned wellness writer, chef & content creator, described by ELLE magazine as “The Golden Girl of the Wellness World.” Her new book, Kintsugi Wellness, is a guide of the Japanese traditions and principles that have cultivated her inner-strength, given her a gracious life, and provided the tools to live well.
I am so excited for this conversation. Candice talks about the years it took to grow her success in the wellness industry, growing up with a Japanese mother and a Polish-American father, and rebuilding her life after falling apart.
Radically Healing Candice
Radically Inspired Clarity
Candice Kumai Answers…
Radically Loved Quotes
“Social media is stressful. We can simplify it by staying true to who we are.”
“I didn’t realize my full potential until I was broken.”
“Because I took my mask off, so many people have come to me with love.”
“You have to work towards a goal that matters. I don’t need to show off, I open up my heart and show my bravery.”
A Little More About Our Guest
Candice is a classically trained chef, former line cook, former tv host, former-model-turned wellness journalist, & five-time, best-selling author of Clean Green Eats, Clean Green Drinks, Pretty Delicious, Cook Yourself Sexy, and Cook Yourself Thin. Candice sits on The Well+Good Council and was recently named one of Arianna Huffington’s “Top 20 New Role Models in 2017.” Born and raised in California to a Japanese mother and a Polish-American father, in Carlsbad CA, Candice grew up in a mixed culture home – celebrating Japanese traditions and cuisine from a young age, and honing a cosmopolitan perspective that continues to inspire her work today. She contributes to numerous, national wellness & lifestyle publications including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Bon Appétit, Shape, Yoga Journal, Men’s Journal, Wall Street Journal, Well+Good, Popsugar, Girlboss and Byrdie. A Top Chef alumna, Candice has appeared as a regular judge on Iron Chef America & Beat Bobby Flay. Candice is a lover of vegan cake baking, matcha making and is a total sneakerhead. Candice loves her avocados, her cat Sisi, and a good-ass barre class. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and hasbeen represented by WME IMG for 8+ years.
Learn more at www.candicekumai.com and check out her new book, Kintsugi Wellness. You can connect with Candice on Facebook @CandiceKumai, Instagram @Candicekumai, and Twitter @CandiceKumai.
Lauren Eckstrom is a Holistic Yoga Flow Teacher and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor based in Los Angeles. The intention with her practice is to take people on a journey inner-weaving safe, sound, creative sequencing, yoga philosophy, story telling, subtle anatomy, meditation and pranayama.
Her book, Holistic Yoga Flow: The Path of Practice, is the foundation of her 200-hour teacher training and breaks down the philosophy and yoga poses. Lauren leads Holistic Yoga Flow workshops, retreats and teacher trainings in the Los Angeles area and internationally.
In our conversation, Lauren talks about how her yoga practice supports her on and off the mat, bringing mindfulness to social media, why teacher training is really life training and so much more juicy goodness. Lauren has such an incredible presence. She is a shining light in the world and I can’t wait for you to get to know her.
Radically Supported Lauren
Radically Inspired Clarity
Lauren Eckstrom Answers…
Radically Loved Quotes
“If we don’t understand the inner-workings of the philosophy on some level, it’s a disservice to us.”
“What are you practicing right now? Are you practicing being annoyed or patient?”
“To be present is the biggest gift of life. We can be with whatever is here and we don’t have to fix it or make it better.”
“Gratitude is a medicinal emotion. It puts us into a place of looking at what we have instead of what we want.”
A Little More About Our Guest
Lauren Eckstrom is a Holistic Yoga Flow E-RYT Yoga Alliance-certified yoga teacher and certified mindfulness meditation instructor. She guides some of the world’s most well- known musicians, filmmakers, executives and Fortune 500 companies in both yoga and meditation. She co-created the 30 minute, 30 day online yoga program Yoga 30 for 30 which has been downloaded in all 50 US states and over 44 countries across the world. Lauren travels internationally for workshops and festivals teaching signature Holistic Yoga Flow masterclasses. Learn more at laureneckstrom.com/ and on Instagram.
Lisa Bilyeu is the Co-Founder of Quest Nutrition, President of Impact Theory, and Co-Host of the Sheroic Podcast. After the success of the Quest Bar, Lisa and her husband realized that health isn’t just about the body, it’s about the mind. Seeing the need to take care of the mind, they created Impact Theory to end the poverty of poor mindset and make meaningful change.
In this next level conversation, Lisa shares how she built up her self-confidence, why you can’t trust your emotions until your ‘sober moment’, using failure as a tool to empower, and so much life-changing wisdom. You won’t want to miss this one!
Radically Empowered Lisa
Radically Inspired Clarity
Lisa Bilyeu Answers…
Radically Loved Quotes
“Female empowerment is all inclusive. It’s not about bringing men down, it’s about raising women.”
“You can evolve, but you have to do it for yourself. No one is going to do it for you.”
“Failure can be amazing. The thing that separates successful people is that they use failure as a tool.”
“Perspective is everything.”
A Little More About Our Guest
Lisa is living proof that Darwin was right when he said it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but rather the most adaptive to change. She began her professional career in film, moved briefly into administration, and then, as a founding team member at Quest Nutrition, she took on logistics - building the company’s fulfillment department from scratch and helping facilitate the company’s rise to #2 on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies. She then returned to media helping build the company’s revolutionary in-house media team, producing content that has been viewed over 100,000,000 times. As co-founder of Impact Theory, she’s combined her highly developed skills as a creative producer with her drive to help people build things that matter. Learn more at Instagram and Impact Theory.
Jocelyn and Aaron Freeman are the authors of The New Power Couple: Designing An Abundant Life And Relationship That Lasts Forever. Their vision as a couple is to experience joy, massive contribution, and financial abundance through speaking, mentorship, and investing so they can empower couples to live their dreams together.
I’m thrilled to have the Freemans on the show. Their book helped me see my personal relationships in a new way and changed my perspective on how we create relationships in the world.
This new power couple shares their crazy relationship story from pushing each other away to form a strong marriage, why creating a couple’s vision will save your relationship, leadership in this age, and more.
Radically United Jocelyn and Aaron
Radically Inspired Clarity
Jocelyn and Aaron Answer…
Radically Loved Quotes
“We had different ideas of how things should be so we asked ourselves, ‘How do we live a life of ‘and’ and not a life of ‘or’?’”
“Relationships do complete. There’s going to be the next teacher on the way.”
“Being a leader takes you stepping into your authentic self.”
“The most self-aware, transformed people still make assumptions.”
A Little More About Our Guest
Jocelyn and Aaron Freeman could not have felt farther from being a New Power Couple when they first met. Not only did Aaron attempt to end things with Jocelyn early on, but he also owned books about lifelong singlehood. Meanwhile, Jocelyn was caught in a pattern of dating certain men over and over. However, using the principles they share in their book and programs, Aaron and Jocelyn evolved together, diving into personal and spiritual development. The couple shifted their life trajectory from climbing the corporate ladder as a nurse and engineer to being social entrepreneurs, speakers, business and healthy lifestyle coaches, startup investors, and authors. This book is one step in their journey to do just that and ignite thriving relationships, which they believe will ultimately lower the divorce rate. Learn more at www.meetthefreemans.com