Untamed & Unfiltered Wellness
When stress, sleep, focus or energy start shifting and the strategies you used to rely on stop working, this podcast helps you understand why and shows you what to do next without spinning your wheels.
Untamed and Unfiltered Wellness is a grounded, no-nonsense podcast for people who want to live well in the real world, busy schedules, demanding jobs, aging bodies and all.
This is practical, integrative wellness for real life, not trends, not hacks and not one-size-fits-all advice.
You’ll walk away with clear insights, usable tools and realistic shifts you can apply immediately so your body and mind feel steadier, more supported and easier to live in.
Hosted by Jo Swensson, Herbalist and Founder of Olivia Bell.
Olivia Bell Co. - Where Modern Life Meets Ancient Roots.
Episodes
49 episodes
The Task Isn't the Point, The 10 Minute Task We Made Complicated
Growing up, a thank you note wasn't optional. Every birthday, every Christmas, every gift, you sat at the table until it was written. As an adult, that ritual quietly disappeared, replaced by a quick text, until a handwritten note in the mailbo...
Why You Should Get Excited About Dirt
I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole about Florida landscaping and came out the other side having learned about something called therapeutic horticulture. Turns out getting your hands in the dirt is backed by an entire field of researc...
The First Step to Ending the 3AM Wake-Up
The 3 A.M. wake-up may happen in the middle of the night, but the first step to fixing it starts before you ever get into bed.In this episode, we get into why most of us are not actually winding down at night. We are answering emails, wa...
Are You Waking Up Groggy Every Morning?
If you slept a full night and still woke up feeling like you have a hangover you didn't earn, then this episode is for you.In this episode we get into why waking up groggy has less to do with how many hours you slept and more to do with ...
Better Mornings Start With Knowing This One Thing About Your Body...Your Chronotype
There's a version of you that used to be up at 4:45 a.m. for a 5:30 gym class, no problem. And there's a version of you now where that same early hour feels like a personal attack. In this episode I talk about chronotype, the real, ...
Can Holistic Wellness Improve Energy Levels Naturally?
You're sitting in the drive-through, ordering the drink that has to get you through the next three hours. You've tried melatonin, sleep aids, maybe a prescription and you're still exhausted. In this episode I answer the question so ...
How Late it Too Late for Caffeine?
Ep 60: How Late Is Too Late for Caffeine?We know caffeine wakes us up, but do you know what it's doing to your sleep later that night?This episode is about why timing matters with caffeine, that five-hour half-life, how it ...
Can Holistic Wellness Help With Stress and Anxiety?
EP59: Can Holistic Wellness Help With Stress and Anxiety?Can holistic wellness actually help with stress and anxiety? The short answer is yes, but probably not in the way you're expecting.This week's episode drops on the Ju...
The Internet Is Not Your Wellness Plan
Episode 58: The Internet Is Not Your Wellness PlanEver find yourself 47 tabs deep into health research, more confused than when you started and doing absolutely nothing as a result? You’re stuck in exactly the place t...
Three Reasons You Wake Up Exhausted That Have Nothing To Do With Sleep
Episode 57: Three Reasons You Wake Up Exhausted That Have Nothing To Do With SleepYou're sleeping but you're not resting. You're waking up exhausted and you can't figure out why. In this episode I'm sharing something p...
Eating Doesn’t Have to Be This Complicated
Episode 56: Eating Doesn’t Have to Be This ComplicatedEating has become way more complicated than it needs to be.Calories, macros, tracking apps, food rules, restriction, meal plans and somewhere along the way,...
Intermittent Fasting After 40: What You Need to Know
Episode 55: Intermittent Fasting After 40: What You Need to KnowIntermittent fasting became one of the biggest wellness trends on the internet, but is it actually healthy for everyone?In this episode we break down the diffe...
Why Silence Feels Uncomfortable Now
Episode 54: Why Silence Feels Uncomfortable NowEver notice how the second things finally get quiet at night… your brain suddenly gets louder?In this episode, we talk about why so many people struggle to mentally shut ...
EFT Tapping | The Stress Tool That Isn’t As Weird As You Think
Episode 53:You can understand your stress intellectually and still feel completely overwhelmed physically.In this episode, we’re talking about EFT tapping, what it is, why people use it and why body-based tools are becoming...
Why Your Brain Was Never Meant for This Much Noise
Episode 52: Why Your Brain Was Never Meant for This Much Noise Constant noise has become normal. TVs in the background, nonstop notifications, podcasts during every quiet moment, scrolling before bed, multitasking throu...
Mental Clutter | Why You Can’t Focus and What to Do About It
Episode 51: Mental Clutter | Why You Can’t Focus and What to Do About ItIf you’ve ever sat down to do something simple and ended up doing nothing, this episode is for you.We’re not calling this procrastination anymore. What...
What 49 podcast Episodes Taught Me And What Comes Next
Episode 50 is here!I reflect on what 49 episodes have revealed about stress, sleep, movement, lifestyle choices and what it really means to live well in modern life. Plus: the unofficial Episode 50 awards and what’s next for the p...
Technology's Impact on Human Living
Technology promised more freedom, more efficiency and more time. So why do so many people feel distracted, overstimulated and disconnected from their own lives?In the final episode of the Living Well series, we explore whether t...
Living Life Even When You're Exhausted
We’ve built a life where almost everything is easier and yet, we’re more stressed, overwhelmed, and disconnected than ever.In this episode, I’m breaking down what actually happened. It’s not that stress disappeared...it changed.We...
Have We Lost Human Connection?
How long could you go without leaving your house? A day? A few days? Longer?In this episode, we’re digging into what modern life has quietly removed from our daily experience. Not just movement, but connection, presence and the need to p...
When Did We Stop Owning Our Health?
Most people don’t ignore their health on purpose, they’re just busy living on autopilot. Eating in the car. Multitasking through meals. Pushing through exhaustion. And when something finally feels off, we go looking for a quick fix. But what if...
Who Redefined Living Well?
Every generation inherits a definition of what it means to live well, but how often do we stop and question it?In this episode, we explore how society’s idea of the “good life” quietly shifted over the last century from slower, more phys...
What Does it Actually Mean to Live Well?
In modern life, most of us are doing everything we were taught to do: working hard, staying productive, building stability and keeping up with the responsibilities of daily life. Yet many people quietly feel like something is missing. Life can ...
Why Your Gut Still Feels Off Even When You're Eating Healthy
If your gut has been unpredictable lately, bloating, constipation, random reactions and you’ve already cleaned up your diet, this episode might explain why.A lot of gut advice focuses on food: probiotics, elimination diets, cutting glute...