Guest Speaker on Radio and Other Podcasts
In addition to hosting her own podcast series Practical Nontoxic Living, Sophia is also frequently invited as a guest on other platforms. Please browse below for some examples.
Be Well Podcast with Dr. Frank Lipman
Dr. Frank Lipman is a widely recognized leader in functional and integrative medicine, as well as a New York Times best-selling author of five books.
Feel Good Podcast with Kimberly Snyder
Kimberly Snyder, author of multiple New York Times bestselling books like The Beauty Detox book series and Radical Beauty (co-written with Deepak Chopra), hosts the top-rated Feel Good with Kimberly Snyder podcast. A certified nutritionist, Kimberly has worked with the entertainment industries’ top celebrities, including Drew Barrymore, Kerry Washington, Reese Witherspoon, and Channing Tatum. Kimberly invited Sophia for a chat on Kimberly’s Feel Good Podcast.
How to detox your home and practical nontoxic living
Sophia shared her nontoxic lifestyle tips on That's So Maven, a health and wellness podcast from blogger Davida Kugelmass of The Healthy Maven. Click here to learn more.
How to improve your health by detoxing your home and avoiding EMF
Serein Wu is a lovely influencer in beauty and self-care. In spring 2018, she invited me to talk to her about having a healthy body and healthy home by avoiding EMF, and detoxing your surroundings with Sophia Gushee. Read more at Behind the Beauty.
Expectful Podcast Guest
Worried about toxins but overwhelmed with where to begin with reducing your exposure to them? Listen to Sophia share her personal journey towards nontoxic living and how pregnant women and new moms can reduce their exposure to toxins in a practical, easy and informed way.
Sophia Ruan Gushée on the Just Jenny show
The Just Jenny Sirius XM radio show (Stars Ch. 109) has hosted guests like Larry King, Howard Stern, Dr. Frank Lipman, and Dr. Hooman Yaghoobzadeh.
Listen to Sophia's funny, relatable conversation with this renowned talk radio powerhouse below.
A New Type of Air Pollution in Your Home
Clean your home of a new type of air pollution: EMFs.
Sophia speaks to Leslie Reichert of Clean Green Talk about why EMFs (electromagnetic fields) are considered a type of air pollution, how we are exposed to EMFs in the home, and and how can they affect our health.
Things they talk about in this episode:
- Why EMFs are considered a type of air pollution, and how can they affect our health?
- How we are exposed to EMFs in the home?
- What inspired Sophia to learn about EMF pollution in the home?
- The health benefits that Sophia experienced from reducing EMFs in her home
- Steps that someone can take to reduce EMF exposure at home
- Sophia recently released a book, A to Z of D-Toxing, and she is launching a series of online courses at her D-Tox Academy to help others reduce their toxic exposures. Sophia explains.
Wellness Women's Radio
Sophia talks with Bridget Danner, Founder of Women's Wellness Collaborative, on hormone disrupting chemicals. Covered topics include:
- Sources of chemicals in our daily lives, and how prevalent they are in our environment.
- Endocrine disrupting chemicals: where they are found, and the effects of toxic exposures.
- Water filtration options and tips for buying organic food on a budget.
Preferred Radio: Home Health Care and Nursing Services
Sophia chats with Joel Markel, president and founder of Preferred Home Health Care and Nursing Services, and Marianne Levy. Topics covered include:
- The concern about inhaling chemical formulas.
- Fragrance: It can be made of up to 200 chemicals in proprietary blends (so manufacturers aren't required to disclose what specific ingredients are in their formulas). So, it's generally risky because many of these chemicals are tied to adverse health effects.
- Where is fragrance found? In cleaners and cosmetics, but in unexpected places, too -- such as garbage bags and toys.
- Nontoxic, DIY air freshener and cleaning recipes.
- How to listen to your body to help you detox.
- Plants can help detoxify your indoor air.
- What specific conventional items does Sophia avoid, and what conventional items does she allow into her home?
- What can someone do TODAY to help their health and the environment through detoxing?
The Monique Chapman Show
Sophia Gushee chats with Monique Chapman on her radio show, which strives to educate listeners on a myriad of ways to improve their lives, one step at a time. Topics covered include:
- Chemical regulation and the challenges in establishing proof of harm or safety
- Does the dose make the poison? As it turns out, low doses matter
- Certain populations (like children) are particularly vulnerable to the effects of chemicals
- Hormone disrupting chemicals and where they are found
- Contaminants in our food and water supply, like arsenic in rice, fluoride in water, and GMOs
- The state of our burdened immune systems
- Our interconectedness: We're all in this together.
"Sophia, you have created this beautiful resource for people!"
-- Leslie Reichert
Green Cleaning with Leslie Reichert
Sophia Ruan Gushée chats with Leslie Reichert of Green Cleaning about what inspired her to write A to Z of D-Toxing. Leslie described Sophia as an encyclopedia of knowledge in all areas of detoxification. Listen to them discuss detoxification and how taking simple steps towards detoxing your body and home can be beneficial.
Listen: Author Sophia Ruan Gushee A to Z of D-Toxing" on Spreaker.
Sophia discusses:
• An overview of why you should detox your home and habits.
• Why reducing toxins in consumer products you buy can benefit your health
• Sophia's simple, daily routines that she implements at home for her family.
• Key warnings about home furnishings, like mattresses, crib mattresses, and couches.
• Greenwashing. Marketing terms and communications that can mislead consumers.
• Detoxing a nursery.