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A Healthy Way to Blend Families with Maria Natapov

Release Date: 02/20/2023

How to Keep Your Home Healthy and Lower Your Cancer Risk with Tee Forton-Barnes

Green Living with Tee

This episode is dedicated to my mother, Mary Forton, as her birthday is this week and she would have been 94. She taught me as a young child in the ’60s and ’70s about organic food, avoiding processed and fast food, staying away from chemicals in cleaning supplies and personal care products and so many other tips on living a low-tox life. Do you check the ingredient list of the products that you buy? In this episode, we delve into the hidden dangers of toxic chemicals lurking in your everyday household products. Discover why common cleaning supplies, laundry detergents, and personal...

Marla Mervis-Hartmann: Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Eating

Green Living with Tee

In this episode, Tee welcomes Marla Mervis-Hartmann, creator of . Marla opens up about her struggles with emotional eating and body image issues. She shares her transformative journey of self-compassion and self-friendship, which helped her overcome years of dysfunctional eating and negative body image. Marla explains how societal pressures and mixed messages about body appearance contribute to emotional eating, and emphasizes the importance of addressing internal feelings of inadequacy as a root cause of weight and food issues. Throughout the conversation, Marla offers practical tools and...

George Siegal: Homeowners Be Aware

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is delighted to welcome George Siegal for an informative conversation about what to look for and what questions to ask when you are buying or renting a home. George is an impassioned filmmaker, with a new documentary coming out this summer titled , casting a spotlight on the impacts of substandard home construction on both homeowners and communities. This film continues his commitment to revealing critical housing issues, as seen in his previous work, The Last House Standing, which uncovers the high price of inaction in the face of disaster. Siegal’s debut film, License to...

Dr. Richard Chen: How to Deal with Toxicity for Your Health

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is excited to welcome Dr. Richard Chen for a wonderful conversation about integrative medicine and taking control of your health and well-being. Dr. Chen is an integrative medical doctor with 31 years of experience. In this chat, Tee and Richard discuss the burden of toxins and their impact on health. Dr. Chen, who transitioned from a traditional family doctor to integrative medicine, shares his journey, emphasizing the use of food as medicine and various integrative modalities. The conversation covers common illnesses linked to toxins, with a focus on autoimmune diseases,...

Mory Diané: Revolutionizing Green Beauty with the Rover Refillable Skincare Roll-On

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is delighted to welcome Mory Diané the founder and designer behind the revolutionary device, created under his engineering design company, Cleyx. Mory shares his journey from the Ivory Coast to the U.S., his academic and professional background in civil engineering and the power industry, and his shift towards environmental sustainability. Mory and Tee discuss the inspiration and development of Rover, a refillable, biodegradable roll-on dispenser designed to reduce plastic waste in the beauty and personal hygiene industry. This insightful conversation covers the...

Chwynyn Vaughan: Why Botanicals Are Better for Your Health Than Artificial Fragrance

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is excited to welcome Chwynyn Vaughan to the podcast for an incredibly insightful look at the benefits of organic botanicals for our health and skin. For more than 3 decades, Chwynyn has embraced a clean, toxin-free lifestyle. Chwynyn’s desire to use pure products coupled with a deep love of botanicals, regenerative gardening, and foraging wild plants, led her to create her all-natural handcrafted skincare product line, . In this episode, Tee and Chwynyn dive into the world of botanicals and their myriad benefits, especially for skincare. Botanicals are plant-based scents...

Jenn Trepeck: The Facts About Food Labels

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is excited to welcome Jenn Trepeck for an in-depth conversation about how we can truly read labels on our food products. Jenn has been described as “A Force of Nature” in the wellness space, recognized as one of Podcast Magazine’s 40 under 40, and nominated for the 2022 International Women’s Podcast Award for Visionary Leadership. She is an Optimal Health Coach, Podcaster, and Business Consultant. In this episode, Tee and Jenn tackle the pervasive myths, misinformation, and faulty marketing tactics in the food and diet industry. Jenn shares her expertise pointing out key...

Ginny Dent Brant: The Relationship Between Plastics and Cancer

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is happy to welcome her Friend Ginny Dent Brant back to the show for a talk on the emerging research regarding the relationship between plastics and cancer. Ginny is a speaker and writer who has battled cancer, ministered around the world, and served as a counselor, educator, wellness advocate, and adjunct professor. Her recent book, was written with commentary from an oncologist and medical researcher, Dr. Robert Elliott. In this episode, Tee and Ginny discuss the pervasive issue of toxic and potentially cancer-causing chemicals in plastics. Ginny shares her personal...

Sage Dammers: Why Adaptogens Are Great for Your Health

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is delighted to welcome Sage Dammers for a deep dive into the many health benefits of adaptogens and natural herbs. Sage is the Co-founder and CEO of , an innovative and environmentally-conscious chocolate retailer who are committed to providing the world’s most delicious, pure, and toxin-free chocolates and drink mixes. In this episode, Sage shares how his journeys around the world led him to insights and breakthroughs on how adaptogens can help the body respond to stress, anxiety, and fatigue. With a background in Taoist tonic herbalism and nutrition, Sage explains the...

Tanya Willis: Chemicals That May Promote Obesity

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee is excited to welcome her friend and fellow podcaster Tanya Willis to the show for an insightful and eye-opening look at obesogens and how they are affecting our health and happiness. In this chat, Tee and Tanya discuss the prevalence of these obesogens—environmental chemicals found in everyday household products that contribute to obesity. Tanya shares her inspiring journey from a stressful office job to a fulfilling career in fitness, health coaching, and hosting the . In addition, Tanya explains how obesogens interfere with our metabolism and hormones, often beginning with...

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Stepparenting can be a rewarding and life-giving experience for men and women at all stages of life. However, anyone who has experienced the process of step-parenting and living in a blended family knows that it comes with profound challenges. Our guest today is helping stepparents transform from family chaos into meaningful and harmonious co-parenting by applying both her life experience and extensive training into coaching and therapeutic techniques that are helping to heal wounds and form lasting bonds.

Maria Natapov is a Step Parenting Expert and Trusted Advisor to Divorce Professionals, Financial Advisors, and Parenting Coaches. Maria offers a caring and playful coaching approach where clients feel energetically held and empowered to joyfully and confidently blend their families.

Maria knows from experience that stepparenting isn’t something you pick up from scrolling the internet or crowdsourcing your friends. She believes that forging a relationship with your stepchild means learning to find your voice and hearing theirs.

As the daughter of divorced immigrant parents and a stepparent herself, Maria understands blended families' communication and connection challenges and the vital importance of healing pain and preventing further harm by establishing innovative parenting support systems.

Through her signature 4-step energy-focused process combined with Rapid Resolution modality, Maria helps families transition from chaos to harmony. She enables stepparents to strengthen their values, foster partner alignment, create trust with stepchildren, and enhance the community with birth families by building on their existing skills, experiences, and strengths.

Maria has helped numerous blended families foster more harmonious family dynamics through her VIP Stepparenting Breakthrough support model and her podcast, Synergistic Stepparenting. To learn more about how to work with Maria, visit her website at SynergisticStepparenting.com.

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