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.
Each episode explores the foundations of holistic living, including:
-Nervous system regulation and stress resilience
-Sleep patterns, recovery, and daily rhythms
-Blood sugar, hydration, and energy stability
-Environmental and lifestyle stressors most people overlook
-Herbal support and somatic practices for sustainable change
This is practical, integrative wellness for real lif, 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 education, herbal support and somatic practices meet everyday life.
Untamed & Unfiltered Wellness
What Does it Actually Mean to Live Well?
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Episode #44: 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 feel busy, efficient, and full… but not necessarily fulfilling.
In this first episode of a six-part series on living well, we explore a timeless question that philosophers, psychologists, and everyday people have wrestled with for centuries: What does it really mean to live a good life?
Using a quote often attributed to the Dalai Lama as a starting point, this episode looks at how modern culture may have quietly reshaped our definition of the “good life.” We’ll talk about the difference between productivity and meaning, why modern life can feel strangely disconnected from well-being, and how to begin reflecting on what living well might actually look like in your own life.
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering why modern life feels so busy but not always satisfying, this conversation will invite you to pause and reconsider the question at the center of it all: What does it mean to live well?
If you’d love to keep the conversation going, I’ve written a companion piece over on my Substack where we’ll explore this idea a little further and continue the discussion about what living well actually looks like in modern life.
And if you want to sit with the questions we talked about today, that’s also where you’ll find the journal prompts from this episode.
You can find the link here: Substack article
Substack blog: https://oliviabellwellness.substack.com
Website: https://oliviabell.co
I hope you find some time today for some peace, some plants and some paws!
☮️🌿🐾
Jo
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