Episodes

  • Toks Olagundoye on Health, Harmony, and the Planet

    Toks Olagundoye on Health, Harmony, and the Planet
    Jul 8 2025
    Born to a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father, actress Toks Olagundoye is a native of Lagos, Nigeria. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Smith College. She is best known for her role as Olivia Finch on the newest iteration of the sitcom, Frasier, Kemi Talbot (the Kamala Harris character) on Veep as well as alien matriarch Jackie Joyner-Kersee in her first series regular job, ABC's The Neighbors. As a breast cancer survivor and thriver, Toks talks about the importance of early detection, not to fear the treatments, and to always have a loud best advocate with you for appointments. She leads a vegan lifestyle and cares deeply for the preservation of our planet, advocates recycling and repurposing clothes and uses socializing as an excuse to host clothing swaps. Toks has joined forces with Recycle Across America to promote awareness and the standardized recycling labels. Toks uses her platform to engage in and promote substantive discussions on living in tune with yourself and the planet, environmental action and sustainable living. Potential resources for Recycling: *Habitat for Humanity *Goodwill *Recycle America.org *Ridwell.com *Tetracycle.com You can also look up local recycling and local sanitation organizations. Website: www.heatherthomson.com Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Louie Schwartzberg, director, producer, cinematographer

    Louie Schwartzberg, director, producer, cinematographer
    Jul 1 2025
    Louie Schwartzberg’s latest film, Fantastic Fungi, now on Netflix explores the world of mushrooms and all the uses to help save the planet. Louie has spent his notable career providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg is a visual artist who breaks barriers, connects with audiences, and tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people, and places. Fantastic Fungi, explores the world of mushrooms and mycelium and illustrates how this fascinating organism can provide sustainable solutions to some of the world’s greatest problems, treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and PTSD, saving the bees, cleaning the atmosphere, and shifting consciousness. Louie has also directed the Soarin’ Around the World; the most popular motion simulator ride film now playing at Disney Theme Parks globally and many more beautiful projects. Find out about them in this In My Heart conversation with Louie and Heather. SPONSOR: AquaTru - Receive 20% Off any AquaTru purifier! Just go to www.AquaTru.com and enter code “HEATHER“ at checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • Dan Buettner, National Geographic Explorer

    Dan Buettner, National Geographic Explorer
    Jun 17 2025
    Dan Buettner, National Geographic Explorer, writer, and founder of Blue Zones: areas where people live long, healthy, happy lives. Blue Zones are areas across the globe where people tend to live the longest and have remarkably low rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. Dan explores what elements make up these blue zones, including food, community, joy, purpose, and more. Listen to Dan and Heather talk about the 5 food groups that are best for a long life, and the perfect combination of a grain and beans to make a complete protein. He has appeared on CNN, Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America, Primetime Live, and the Today show to discuss his Blue Zones research, and he has delivered more than 500 keynote speeches over the last 10 years. SPONSOR: Zbiotics Go to www.zbiotics.com/Heather and use code HEATHER at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of Zbiotics probiotics. Zbiotics has a 100% money-back guarantee, so if you are unsatisfied in any way they will refund your money, no questions asked. Thank you Zbiotics for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Functional Nutrition: A Holistic Approach to our Health

    Functional Nutrition: A Holistic Approach to our Health
    Jun 10 2025
    Andrea Nakayama is a Functional Medicine Nutritionist and the founder of the Functional Nutrition Alliance. Functional Nutrition serves the needs of the individual. It recognizes each person’s unique capabilities for making the diet and lifestyle modifications that foster the physiological and psychological shifts that enable their body to cultivate its healing potential. Functional Nutrition does not exist in isolation of other health or medical support, but in tandem with it. Over two decades ago, Andrea’s husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor and given 6 months to live while she was pregnant with their first and only child. In response, she doubled down on an area she was passionate about – nutrition – in an attempt to extend his lifespan beyond his 30s. They made it over two years, he got to meet his son, and in the wake of his death, she discovered that she had developed Hashimoto’s. Andrea kept on professionally with her nutrition and functional medicine path and shares with all of us this way of managing our health. She knows that a functional nutrition approach is the answer to our healthcare crisis, both for individuals and for society at large. Website: www.Heatherthomson.com Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins
  • Carole Radziwill and Heather: Friends Talk About It All.

    Carole Radziwill and Heather: Friends Talk About It All.
    Jun 3 2025
    Widely recognized for her role, over six seasons, on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York (RHONY), Carole Radziwill first started her career as a journalist with ABC News. While working for the doc unit, Peter Jennings Reporting, she not only reported on foreign stories in Cambodia, Haiti, India, but was also stationed in Israel during the 1990 Gulf War. Her story on Vietnam Vet Bobby Muller's anti-landmine campaign in Cambodia would earn Radziwill the first of three EMMY Awards. Carole left ABC News in 2003 to write her first book, What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love. Published in 2005, it had twenty weeks on The New York Times Best-Sellers list. Her first novel, The Widow's Guide to Sex & Dating, was published in February 2014. Heather and Carol, friends since RHONY days, talk about the Housewives’ times, Carole’s career as a journalist as well as her MOTH story performance- an incredible personal true story called the Cartier Curse. Carole and Heather also talk skin care, products, procedures as well as the play Carole is producing off- Broadway called Curse of the Starving Class, written by Sam Shepard with Calista Flockhart and Christian Slater. The play runs until April 6. Here’s the link to get tickets. www.thenewgroup.org You can find Cartier Curse on the MOTH podcast. (on Apple and Spotify) You can follow Carole on IG: https://www.instagram.com/caroleradziwill/ Website: www.heatherthomson.com Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSOR: AirDoctor: Head to www.AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code HEATHER to get UP to $300 off today! AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee, plus a 3-year warranty—an $84 value, free! Get this exclusive, podcast-only offer now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Women: Stepping into our Power and Purpose

    Women: Stepping into our Power and Purpose
    May 27 2025
    Vanessa Cornell is a teacher and masterful space holder who convenes women through her groups, courses, and retreats to unlock their power and purpose. Vanessa graduated from Harvard and went on to work at Goldman Sachs. She then dedicated ten years to growing, birthing and raising her five children. After a lifetime of overachieving and overgiving, Vanessa felt deeply disconnected from herself and experienced a breaking apart of everything she had known. Since her personal awakening, discovering her true self, Vanessa has dedicated herself to giving women the tools and confidence to step into their power and lead lives of joy and purpose. In 2017 she founded NUSHU, a women’s community grounded in wellness and empowerment that hosts retreats around the world. Vanessa’s three loves in life are herself, her work, and her family. About NUSHU: NUSHU offers immersive, heart-centered retreats designed to foster deep connection, personal growth, and self-discovery through safe, supportive environments. Core to all NUSHU retreats is community building – a place to be seen and understood, and is often a catalyst for cultivating new friendships that continue to build long after the retreat ends. Website: vanessacornell.com NUSHU Website: nushu.com Her handles are: @VanessaCornell @NUSHU Vanessa is offering listeners a bonus of audio and some written material on her daily practice. Go to: www.VanessaCornell.com/HEATHER and you will receive this offer. Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSOR: Go to www.AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code HEATHER to get UP TO $300 off today! AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee, plus a 3-year warranty—an $84 value, free! Get this exclusive, podcast-only offer now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Tina Knowles-Lawson: American Business Woman & Fashion Designer

    Tina Knowles-Lawson: American Business Woman & Fashion Designer
    May 20 2025
    Tina Knowles-Lawson and Heather chat about their history working together on House of Deréon and Miss Tina, advocating for the Heroes Act, the importance of instilling a sense of charity at a young age and celebrate the bond they still have with each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Inspiring Women as Leaders with Devaa Haley Mitchell

    Inspiring Women as Leaders with Devaa Haley Mitchell
    May 13 2025
    For Dr. Devaa Haley Mitchell, transformation isn’t just a concept—it’s a way of life. She’s dedicated to helping people reconnect with their deepest selves, unlock their leadership gifts, and step into their full potential. As the Co-Founder of The Shift Network, a multiple 7-figure educational platform, Devaa has helped bring life-changing programs to over 3.2 million students worldwide. In addition, Devaa was Founder and Host of the Inspiring Women with Soul series, which served over 130,000 women from more than 160 countries. Through her private practice, Devaa supports her clients with Soul and Strategy Coaching to work on both the “inner” work of feminine leadership as well as the “outer” work of visionary strategy and implementation. She also offers a comprehensive Midlife Chrysalis process to support women in navigating the many changes that happen in midlife. Devaa’s website is: https://devaa.com Dynamic Manifestation Video Series with DevaaSign up at www.devaa.com for free instant access to her Dynamic Manifestation Video Series — a powerful 3-part journey to help you consciously create the life your soul is longing for. This transformational series will guide you to align your energy, elevate your vision, and take inspired action toward your most radiant life. To register, scroll down below the header, and you'll see the sign-up form. Website: www.heatherthomson.com Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSOR: ZBiotics Company: Go to www.zbiotics.com/HEATHER and use HEATHER at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. ZBiotics has a 100% money-back guarantee, so if you’re unsatisfied for any reason they will refund your money, no questions asked. Thank you ZBiotics for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins