Closer Every Day Podcast
Closer Every Day is a whole-person health podcast for anyone ready to live healthier, happier, and longer. In bite-sized 10–20 minute episodes, host Jess DePhillips sits down with experts to unpack what it really takes to build lifelong wellbeing — one habit, one insight, one percent at a time. New episodes drop regularly, packed with real conversations and practical takeaways you can start using today. Closer Every Day was founded on the belief that lasting health isn’t built in one big leap — it’s built one percent at a time… One percent closer to your best self — every single day.
Episodes
Pastor Ashley Lentz joins Jess to explore how faith and science work side by side to support your mental, emotional, and spiritual health 🙏🏼. They dig into psychology, doubt, and the biblical women who modeled real strength 💪🏻, plus simple habits like gratitude, breath prayer, and stillness.
Faith answers the "why." Science answers the "how." Together, they help you stay grounded and choose joy.
Ready to get 1% closer today? Tr...
Welcome to Closer Every Day! In this episode, host Jess DePhillips sits down with Tara Sayer, a former ICU nurse and personal trainer turned functional and integrative medicine provider. Tara's approach is simple: find the root cause instead of masking symptoms.
They dig into women's integrative health, including hormone basics (estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone), how cortisol and insulin fit into the picture, and the common...
In this episode of Closer Every Day, Aunica Krier and Amanda Stickrod, co-founders of Premiere Dance Project, share how they launched a thriving dance studio in their early 20s, and the habits, leadership shifts, and mastermind groups that helped them keep growing.
They talk about balancing fitness, family, and farm life, the power of time-blocking and delegation, and practical steps you can take to level up personally and professi...
This week Olga Reding joins Closer Every Day and shares her journey from Moldova to the U.S.
She talks about the grit it took to earn a double major and graduate debt-free. She also explains how learning the effects conventional beauty products can have on the body led her to founding Olga's Organics. Olga opens up about the challenges and rewards of building an organic-certified makeup company, balancing it with motherhood, and ul...
In this episode, host Jess DePhillips sits down with Dr. Justin Behnke, who breaks down how everyday posture can affect your entire life. Dr. Behnke shares how movement habits quietly accumulate into pain, walks through what actually happens during a chiropractic adjustment, and clears up common misconceptions around chiropractic care.
He also dives into practical movement assessments, the role of muscle activation, and the emergin...
Lean muscle mass isn’t just about how you look — it’s one of the biggest predictors of women’s long-term health. This week host Jess DePhillips sat down with personal trainer, Katrina Ellensohn. The ladies talk about why strength training is key to preventing frailty, osteoporosis, and dementia as we age.
We cover it all: starting with small stabilizing muscles, progressive overload, the post-workout nutriti...
Emily Loose, a mom of four and longtime esthetician, joins Closer Every Day to share her health routines and the life-changing moment when her 10-year-old son, Jamison, was rushed to the PICU with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
She recounts early symptoms, urgent care missteps, how she advocated for her son, the ER turnaround, and how quick treatment saved him. The episode covers their adjustment to living with type 1 diabetes, the r...
In this episode, Whitney Carlson, Founder of WellHaus in West Des Moines, IA, shares her wellness journey. From Pilates instructor and personal trainer to business owner and ultra-marathoner, Whitney discusses the origin and meaning of WellHaus. She also shares the benefits and best practices of cold plunges and contrast therapy and services she offers- including sauna, red light, and massage.
Whitney and Jess discuss pushing...
Host Jess DePhillips introduces the Closer Every Day podcast and explains its mission: helping listeners become 1% closer to their best selves by exploring health, longevity, and overall well-being with expert guests and practical advice. In this episode, Jess breaks down what’s ahead: supplements, hormones, cold plunges, IV infusions, and all the latest wellness trends we’ll be digging into together. This is Closer. ...
Welcome to Closer. In this intro episode, host Jess DePhillips sits down with the most important guest of all — her daughter, Alyx — for an unfiltered conversation recorded on a drive to Iowa City. They talk about Alyx’s upcoming sophomore year, her calling toward medicine and her drive to help as many people as possible. The ladies reflect honestly on what it was like for Alyx growing up with a mom ...
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