Thursday Tea with Sami
"Thursday Tea with Sami" offers insightful conversations on living well, blending practical tips and inspiring stories to help you nurture your mind, body, and spirit. Each episode dives into everyday habits that can lead to a healthier, more balanced life.
Episodes
Clean Beauty, Real Health: What's Really in Your Products with Lynn Power
This week I'm joined by Lynn Power, founder and CEO of Masami (a clean premium haircare brand), Isle de Nature, and Power Beauty Collab — a collective supporting over 65 indie beauty and wellness founders. After nearly 30 years in advertising working on major beauty brands, Lynn made the leap into building clean, high-performing products ...
Building Hope When Life Feels Heavy, with Dr. Sarah Porter
Hope isn't just something we have or don't have — it's something we can actively build. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Sarah Porter, a consulting psychologist, keynote speaker, and self-proclaimed "Hope Hustler," to explore what hope really is, why it matters more than ever, and how we can strengthen it even in our hardest seasons.
Sarah is a Stanf...
From Rock Bottom to Resilience: Colin Potts on Faith, Loss, and Learning to Walk Again
In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, I sit down with Colin Potts, COO at Regenerative Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, whose life has been shaped by extraordinary loss and an equally extraordinary will to keep living fully. By age 33, Colin had lost both parents, two siblings, and all of his grandparents. After 21 surgeries o...
Grief, Loss, and the Power of Connection with Laura J. Cramer
In this episode, I sit down with Laura J. Cramer, founder of Waiting Room Publishing, a Seattle-based indie publishing company creating thoughtful magazines for hospice care, funeral homes, and palliative care settings. Laura's path from professional ballet dancer to journalist to publisher was shaped by profound personal loss — in 2021, she lost bot...
Loneliness has been compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day in terms of its health impact — and yet we rarely think of our relationships as part of our health routine. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Lauren Messina, couple and family therapist and co-owner of Evergrow Therapy and Wellness Collective, to explore why connection is one of the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and how it shapes everything fro...
Hi everyone, and welcome back to Thursday Tea with Sami! ☕ This week I'm sitting down with Dr. Hilary Claire — clinical psychologist, holistic parenting mentor, and host of the Wild and Well podcast — for a conversation that goes way beyond burnout. We're talking about depletion, emotional regulation, environmental medicine, and why picky eating is so much more than a "difficult phase."
Dr. Claire special...
Chronic Illness & the Nervous System: Healing the Mind-Body Connection with Christina Kantzavelos
What if chronic illness isn't just something happening to your body, but a signal that your whole system — mind, body, and nervous system — needs attention? In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with Christina Kantzavelos, a trauma-informed therapist and holistic practitio...
What if your skin could tell you something your doctor hasn't figured out yet? In this rich and wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with Dr. Sharad Paul — physician, professor, and author of Biohacking Your Genes — to explore the surprising connections between skin health, nutrition, genetics, and emotional well-being.
Dr. Paul opens with a guiding principle that shapes his entire pract...
High performance isn't reserved for professional athletes.
In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, I sit down with Dr. Jonathan "JJ" Jenkins, clinical and sport psychologist, educator, and co-author of Mentality Wins, to explore how the same mental skills used by elite athletes can help all of us navigate pressure, build resilience, and thrive in everyday life.
Together, we discuss what it means to perform under pr...
What if the key to better energy, focus, and mental clarity wasn't a 60-minute workout — but a few minutes of movement sprinkled throughout your day? In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, Dr. Sami Estrada sits down with Lois Manzella Marchitto, health and fitness expert with over 20 years of experience and founder of Fitness Knocking, to talk about one of the most accessible wellness tools out there: move...
In this episode, Dr. Samia sits down with Amber Mikesell, founder of Suivera and author of Silence Your Inner Critic, to explore how our inner dialogue quietly shapes everything — from how we sleep and move, to how we show up in relationships and make daily choices. Amber shares her personal journey through a life-altering health crisis at 21 that led her to integrative health and Eastern philosophy, and expla...
Do you look like you have it all together on the outside while quietly running on stress, overwhelm, and survival mode on the inside? You're not alone — and there's actually a name for it. In this episode, Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with licensed therapist and coach Alyssa Booth to unpack the "go-go-go crash cycle" — the exhausting pattern that keeps high-functioning women, perfectionists, and people-pl...
Ever feel drained just looking around your home? You're not imagining it — your environment has a real impact on your stress levels and mental clarity. In this week's episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with Tina O'Keeffe, professional organizer and Chief Organizing Officer of Stow and Behold, to talk about what clutter is really costing you — and what you can do about it.
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What if your skin condition was actually a signal — not just a symptom to manage? In this week's episode, Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with Gayle Pritchard, a holistic therapist and rosacea mentor who spent over 10 years navigating her own chronic skin journey before finding relief through a whole-person approach.
Gayle shares how she moved from frustration and conventional treatments to embracing aromatherapy, ...
Is anxiety running your life — or is it trying to help you? In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, licensed professional counselor and nervous system expert Alexandria Williams joins us to completely reframe the way we think about anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation.
Alexandria shares how anxiety isn't a flaw or a malfunction — it's a signal, like a check engine light, trying to get your attenti...
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In this special anniversary episode, Dr. Samia Estrada pauses to reflect on one full year of Thursday Tea with Sami. Released on a meaningful date — her grandfather's birthday — Sami shares the personal story behind why this podcast exists and the core lessons that kept showing up across every conversation this year.
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What if connection is one of the most powerful forms of medicine we have?
In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with Tamika Carlton, relationship coach and host of The Real Connect, for a heartfelt conversation about how connection, emotional wellness, boundaries, and daily routines shape both our mental and physical health.
Tamika shares her personal journey into relationship coaching...
Can what you eat affect your mood, your cravings, and even your recovery from addiction? In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, host Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with Charlotte Abbate, Certified Nutrition Specialist and Certified Dietitian Nutritionist, to explore the powerful connection between food, brain chemistry, and mental wellness.
Charlotte breaks down how whole food nutrition supports addiction recovery, ...
Did you know your home could be quietly working against your mental health, sleep, and daily habits — without you even realizing it? In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, Dr. Samia Estrada sits down with Rebecca West, author of Happy Starts at Home and design psychology specialist, to explore how our living spaces shape everything from how we cope with stress to how well we sleep, eat, move, and even heal...
What if the anxiety, brain fog, or depression you've been struggling with isn't just in your head — but in your airway? In this episode of Thursday Tea with Sami, Dr. Sami Estrada sits down with Dr. Max Kerr, a dentist and sleep health expert, for a conversation that just might change the way you think about sleep forever.
Dr. Kerr shares the deeply personal story of how his mother-in-law's stroke and his partn...
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