What if your breakfast could support your hormones, your cholesterol, and your gut health — without feeling like “health food”?

In this episode, we sit down with Gita Chakrabarti, founder of gutBFF Granola, a Bentonville-based brand making plant-diverse, crispy, and seriously delicious granola designed to support real gut health.

After a career spanning retail, consulting, and manufacturing, Gita felt called to pursue her true passion: creating food that improves health. Through navigating her own journey with PCOS, fertility, and cholesterol — without pharmaceuticals — she experienced firsthand how powerful dietary change can be. That journey led to the creation of gutBFF, a granola that delivers 20 different plants (including Lion’s Mane!) in every serving.

We talk about:

• Using food as a foundation for healing

• The importance of plant diversity for gut health

• Entrepreneurship and building a local brand

• What it really takes to pivot toward purpose

Gita lives in Bentonville with her husband and 12-year-old daughter and loves yoga and travel. Originally from South Carolina, she’s lived all over the world — bringing global perspective into every batch she makes.

You can learn more about gutBFF and connect with Gita here:

Instagram: @gut_BFF

Facebook: gutBFF

Website: www.gutBFF.com

And if you’re local, we proudly carry gutBFF at The Wellnest Shop 💛

Shop online at https://thewellnest.shop

What does it really mean to age well and how much power do we actually have over the process?

In this episode, we're joined by Lisa Bell Henson, RN, MBA, a holistic nurse coach, educator, and community leader whose career has spanned from the ICU bedside to the corporate boardroom and everywhere in between.

With over 25 years of experience in healthcare, fitness, and wellness education, Lisa shares how lifestyle choices profoundly shape the aging process, especially for women. Drawing from her work as a former ICU nurse, pharmaceutical and nutritional executive, group fitness instructor, and adjunct professor at the Alice Walton School of Medicine, Lisa offers a grounded, compassionate perspective on health that blends science, movement, and whole-person care.

We talk about:

• How lifestyle impacts aging more than we’ve been led to believe

• Why community connection is essential to healing

• Her work with the Whole Health Collective and the vision behind The Hub, a new space for community healing and connection in Northwest Arkansas

Lisa is also a longtime health writer, having authored the first fitness and health column for the Evansville Courier & Press and continuing to write for the Enterprise Leader. Most recently, she was a Weaver Award recipient, supporting her mission to inspire positive lifestyle change at the community level.

This conversation is honest, empowering, and deeply human — perfect for anyone curious about aging, wellness, and living with intention.

🔗 Learn more at www.LisaBellHenson.com

📧 Connect with Lisa: LisaBellRN@gmail.com

In this episode, we sit down with Nicole Austin, founder of Soul Glow Guru, Rogers, AR business owner, holistic health practitioner, and author of The Alpha Gal.

Nicole shares her powerful journey of becoming “The Alpha Gal”—not by choice, but by survival. Raised in Northeast Arkansas by a single mother and deeply influenced by her grandmother’s legacy of natural healing through herbs, vitamins, water, and prayer, Nicole’s roots in holistic wellness run deep.

After years working in the chiropractic field and navigating her own life-altering health challenges, Nicole followed her calling to become a Certified Herbalist and Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, with a mission to make genuine wellness accessible—not a luxury reserved for a few.

This conversation explores:

• Living with Alpha-Gal and chronic illness

• The connection between survival, intuition, and healing

• Breaking down barriers to holistic health

• Turning pain into purpose and community impact

The Alpha Gal by Nicole Austin is available now: https://a.co/d/2erIoDM

Follow & connect with Nicole:

Instagram: @youglownicole

Facebook: Soul Glow Guru

www.itsglowtimenwa.com