The Bossticks - Sleep Rituals, Wellness Routines, & Managing Stress For A More Fulfilling Life Ft. Gracie Norton & Lauryn Bosstick

Episode Date: September 6, 2024

#749: On today's episode, Lauryn is sitting down with Gracie Norton, who found her passion for health & wellness through her personal experience battling PCOS and began sharing her journey on social media and her podcast, "Wellness Her Way". In this episode, Gracie and Lauryn dive into regulating stress, their personal wellness routines, & sleep rituals they incorporate into their lives to achieve wellness abundance.  To connect with Gracie Norton click HERE To connect with Lauryn Bosstick click HERE To connect with Michael Bosstick click HERE Read More on The Skinny Confidential HERE To Watch the Show click HERE For Detailed Show Notes visit TSCPODCAST.COM To Call the Him & Her Hotline call: 1-833-SKINNYS (754-6697) This episode is brought to you by The Skinny Confidential Head to the HIM & HER Show ShopMy page HERE to find all of Michael and Lauryn's favorite products mentioned on their latest episodes. Visit goodinaturals.com to shop Nite Nectar and shop.gracienorton.com for Gracie's eCookbook, Cooking Up Wellness.  To watch our previous episode #542 with Gracie Norton click HERE.  This episode is sponsored by SunBum Use one time code SKINNY at checkout for 15% off your purchase at www.sunbum.com. Produced by Dear Media

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When my shoulders get tense and my breath gets shorter, I'm like, okay, I need to like pause what I'm doing and like take a moment and just do some deep belly breaths. Or, you know, the way that I look at a certain situation or handle a moment, I'm like, I can reflect and I know immediately what tool I need to put into place. And that comes from making so many mistakes. But I think the biggest thing is just knowing how to manage my stress throughout the day. Breathwork is the best thing. It's so simple. And I think a lot of people are like, oh, there's no way that taking a deep breath is going to like change anything for me right now. But if you can pause and take four deep belly breaths, your body has no other option but to calm down, even if it's just a little bit.

Gracie, what did you have for breakfast today? This morning. This morning. Well, okay, I'm traveling. So it looks a little bit different when I'm traveling. Okay. But I don't eat eggs for breakfast. And it's so funny because when I share these recipes, people are like, oh my gosh, I can't

believe you're having like meat for breakfast. That's so weird. But your body doesn't know the difference between like a morning and night. So good food is good food any time of day. But this morning I did a bagel with smoked salmon, cucumbers and onions, watermelon, and pineapple. And I had a lymphatic tea. Are you working out when you're on a trip or do you just keep it for when you're home? No, I'm working out. So last night, I was pretty tired, but like, I have to move my body just a little bit, especially because I was on a long flight. So I knew that I was going to get in an inclined walk and then I did a full body dumbbell workout. And it was like 30 minutes, but it was effective. It like put my mind in a good place and I felt really accomplished before I went to bed.

Brian Holiday came on the podcast and told me that he has a travel routine and an at home routine. Do you differentiate the two or are you more fluid? when you're traveling, what's the differences? Yeah, I'm super fluid when I'm traveling because, you know, generally if it's traveling for work, like my mind is in a very different place like yours. I'm like in the zone. So you have to condense it. Like when I'm at home, I'm unwinding and it's like I'm doing all the things. When I'm traveling, it's like you only have so much time in the morning. So it's like, what are the non-negotiables? Okay. So if I'm traveling, it's tongue scraping. I do bring my supplements. I'm taking my supplements. But I have to have a good oral care routine. and then yeah, I love movement. I love a little bit of journaling, but again, like, I'm not going to pack my journal every single time. But yeah, you have to be able to condense it, you know? So I think being consistent, though, is like the most important thing because when I travel, that's when my body tends to fluctuate the most. And I think people are so concerned about packing like 20 outfits and doing all this stuff. And I'm like, if you weren't saving a little bit of room for like your snacks and your supplements, like you weren't going to feel good in the clothes anyways. So my theory is always like saved.

that extra room for your supplements and for your snacks. Like I've got meat sticks, electrolytes, my AG1, you know, my ice roller. Like, I bring all of that stuff with me. What meat sticks are you eating? Okay, paleo valley and chomps. If you have not had a paleo valley meat stick. So good. Oh my gosh. Okay, it's juicy and it's like, I don't know, it's so different than the other meat sticks because it's so much easier to digest. So I have one in my purse, but like, yeah, I'll eat that on the go. And then when I'm at home, like I said, my routine is like very much more like romantic and lengthy and I'm doing all the things. When I'm at home in Austin, go pull the Cinderella clip of her fluffing her pillow with the birds, putting the fucking the edges up and like she pushed the clock. That's like how I

feel at home. And then it's like exactly like you're saying when you're traveling. It's like you just, you got to put your head down and you got to do the work. Yeah, but I think that's why it's so important to have a place that like your living environment is so important because you have to have that switch. Like for me when I was living in LA because home was the stress, it was like everything was just in the same place and there was no off switch. So like I didn't have that place where I could go home and like have the long routine and just like have that place where I could unwind. Tell me really from a micro perspective what the difference between you living in LA. I talked to us about what that looked like as from a routine perspective to the difference to where you are now because I think the evolution of

that is inspiring to someone who's listening that doesn't know where to start. Yeah, well, when I live in LA, it was, I didn't have as much time. And we just talked about this when you were on my podcast. I think time is your greatest asset, right? Like I'm sitting in traffic longer, it's just taking me longer to get from place to place. I'm spending, I was spending a lot more energy on other people. And when you're in a place that feels like home and you have a sanctuary, like you have more time to reflect. You have more time to figure out what's working and what's not. And so when I'm at home, I feel safe and I feel like my nervous system is just more regulated. Like when I was living in LA, I was in a constant state of fight or flight. And I talked about this the first time I was on

your podcast. This is when I got really ill. Like stress can affect your health in ways, especially women, that we don't realize. And my body was just giving me so many signs that I needed to slow down. But obviously I didn't until like I didn't have an option. So yeah, my routine, so different when I was here. Like I didn't even have one because I didn't have the time to really implement one. So when you say you didn't have one, is this looking like you are staying up until 10 p.m.? Oh my God, later. I wasn't going to sleep until like 3 a.m. most nights. I was eating breakfast at a different time every day, sometimes skipping lunch. Like my mind was not even focused on me. And similar to you, like you have to have that era where you're saying yes to everything and you're networking and you're

putting yourself out there. Like, I think you have to go through that. But there has to, to be a moment where you put yourself first and where you like give yourself that space to like show yourself love and like have that 10 minutes in the morning whatever that looks like I was rolling out a bed I was having a coffee right away I was having like a smoothie after that which was spiking my insulin and then I was like doing my emails I mean I was just doing everything wrong everything wrong and what does your life look like today like we obviously see it on TikTok and Instagram but what is it really look like from a level that maybe we don't see. Yeah, I mean, so I love to wake up and do my routine, right? I know you love oral care as much as I do. Give us every little fucking, I'm going to give you,

I know you love your details. I'm back of your routine. I know you love it. Okay, so I'm waking up and I'm tongue scraping because digestion starts in the mouth. And if you are not taking care of your oral health, like it's so connected to your gut health. And so I think that's the first place that a lot of people need to start. So tongue scraping, flossing, brushing my teeth, oil pulling. You like oil pulling? I do like oil pulling. That's something that I wish I could do more of, but sometimes it's like you don't have the fullest, but you're supposed to do it for like 10 to 15 minutes for it to be effective. I love oil pulling. I love it. I think it's great. But it doesn't happen every single morning. That's a great product for you to launch some oil. Yes. Oh, that would be good. Yeah.

I know you have your coconut oil lube, so you just, you have the coconut oil, but it's just for different purposes. Yes, I use my coconut oil lube so I don't get UTIs. Go ahead. Exactly. And then, yeah, and then I'll do a little bit of skincare. And I'm somebody who, like, I don't want 100 skincare products. I went through the phase where I was like scrolling on TikTok and talking to friends me and like, oh, what do I need? I'm like, less is more for me. I want a good sunscreen. So I'll put that on. I'll do lymphatic drainage. I'll use your ice roller. Right. You'll use a lot of primally pure, right? Love primarily pure. It's amazing ingredients. I think if you're somebody that's trying to make swaps, like the products that you're, you know, ingesting. and putting onto your skin and that you have in your space are important to know what you're using. So primally pure is incredible. And then, yeah, I'll do facial manipulation and massage my face. And then, yeah, I'll head into my kitchen and I'll have my bone broth.

And I like to get sunlight right away too. So I'll just make my bone broth. And what I've been loving lately, if you're new to bone broth, do you drink it in the mornings? I just already copied you. I already know what you're going to say. Okay. So you can do if you don't like the taste, you can do a chocolate bone brothel. And this is, if my people are trying to reduce caffeine, because like I said in the past, I was like waking up and having all this coffee.

If you want to make that transition, you have to try this. It's the Paleo Valley chocolate bone broth. I ordered it this morning. I saw it on your Instagram. I was like, I'm wearing. It's like a chocolate mixed with chai latte. It's so good. It like hits the spot first thing in the morning. So I've been making that lately and I'll do it with like cashew milk and I'll froth it up on the stove top. I'll put cinnamon in there. It's creamy. It's smooth. It's chocolatey. It's delicious. Do I have to heat it up if I'm traveling because I got it to my hotel? No, you can put it in a smoothie. You can literally put it in anything. I love Paleo Valley. I love their product. Yeah, her story's incredible too. Yeah, incredible story. And she, the protein, or the bone broth that you have has a lot of

protein in it, which is amazing. So you're having protein first thing in the morning, which is huge, because that was one of the biggest changes that I made that really impacted my hormone health. So yeah, I'll have my bone broth latte. I love getting sunlight in my eyes. I think that's, you know, one of the biggest change is about moving to a incredible, like being in a good living environment with the sunshine being in Florida that's had a big impact on my mood that a lot of people don't realize. So I'll go and get some sunshine, do a little bit of stretching, and then I'm making breakfast. And like I said, my breakfast looks different every single morning, but I'll do like chicken sausage, I'll do quinoa, I'll do frozen veggies. It's super simple. It's like pre-cooked meat.

The veggies are already ready to go. My quinoa is already cooked. It takes me like 10 minutes. I'll add avocado, some nuts on there for a little crunch, and I'll have my breakfast, and then I'll get started with work. Now, here's the question that I always wonder when I see you in your kitchen doing your morning like food. Are you filming that when you're actually making it, or is this batched content? Like, how do you think about you actually making it and eating it, and then you actually creating content? I love this question. Pia just asked me this, and she was like the first person to bring it up. So I'm making everything and eating it in real time. So like I'm not going to batch because like I feel like my content and when I get excited about

a recipe, if I'm going to film it, like I'm too excited. I want to eat it right away. You know, so I'll wake up and I'll be like, okay, I'm going to plan up my meals. And then if I'm going to be cooking it anyway, it's like why not just film it and share it with everybody. So it's not like you have a day where you just shoot a bunch of content. You're actually like waking up and we're seeing you make your breakfast. Exactly. Yeah. And I wish I was better. Yes, there's like an off video if I'm traveling, I'll batch or whatever. But nine times out of 10, you're seeing. seeing me do it like right in the moment. I like that though. It feels like we're in the kitchen

with you doing, making what you're making. Yeah. And sometimes I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm so tired. Or like, I don't want to be on camera right now. But I'm like, you know what? Like the other night, I was doing a beef bowl. I love my beef bowls. I'm like, I just started my period. I'm like, so tired. I'm like, actually, this is good because a lot of people that, you know, are in that place. Like, that's exactly how they feel. So it's like, I'm exhausted. But like, here's how I put together a quick meal. let's, let's freaking go. I think that it's real too. It's just like we're sometimes we don't want to be on film and sometimes we are exhausted and I think just putting it out there like that feels authentic. Yeah, and you have to get past that. I'm like, you need to just hop on and do your thing. So that's

something I've gotten better about over time. It's just like uping on real time, you know, making my food. What does wellness look like stringed through your day? And I'm not talking about your nighttime routine yet. What are the moments that we're maybe not seeing on social media where you implement little things for yourself? Yeah, I think the biggest thing that I've noticed and one of the most useful tools is like now I know how to pay attention to my stress. And that's not something you see, right? It's like a feeling. And I know that you know this. It's like, I know now like when my shoulders get tense and my breath gets shorter, I'm like, okay, I need to like pause what I'm doing and like take a moment and just do some deep belly breaths. or, you know, the way that I look at a certain situation or handle a moment, I'm like, I can reflect and I know immediately what tool I need to put into place. And that comes from making

so many mistakes. But I think the biggest thing is just knowing how to manage my stress throughout the day. And like I said, breathwork is the best thing. People, it's so simple. And I think a lot of people are like, oh, there's no way that taking a deep breath is going to like change anything for me right now. But if you can pause and take four deep belly breaths, your body has no other option but to calm down, even if it's just a little bit. That's so weird that you say that. Ariel's here with me. And we just had Dr. Andy Gelfin on the podcast. And he told me that after I do anything that's high cortisol, like even this would be considered high cortisol because of the lights. Yeah, you're performing. You're performing. Yeah. He said, I need to go take five minutes.

And I need to down, well, he said, downgrade my nervous system. system. And then I was like, oh, I do Wim Hof all the time. And he's like, no, no, no, that's the opposite of what you need. The intense breathwork is a little bit different. He said, that's hyperventilate more. And he said, you're making it worse. Like spiking your stress. So I think that that is really good advice is to find pockets throughout your day that you can like, you can just take a couple breasts, which sounds people are like, what do you mean? Like we're breathing all the time. But it's like intentional breathing. It's intentional breathing. But like that's the biggest thing. Because when I, you know, hadn't been diagnosed with PCOS yet and I had all the stress in my life. Like, I couldn't clock

the stress because I was just stressed 24-7. But for me now, like, I know if I'm like hopping on a call or I'm recording or I'm filming, like, I know now when I feel tense and like when I need to take that beat, even if it's just two minutes, I think being able to identify that and give yourself that time. So that's one of the things that I'm doing on a daily basis is managing my stress throughout the day. I think that's really good advice. Are there any other little things that you do throughout your day that you think make a big difference. This could include putting something in your water. Yes. So this is exactly what I'm going to say. Because being able to stay hydrated and do it throughout the day, like if you're busy, you forget to, you forget to hydrate as you take a sip. So one of the things

that I love to do is, yeah, you just sex it up. Put fun ice cubes in there, whether it's like an ice cube with cucumber or a lemon, chlorophyll drops. I love adding colostrum into my water. I mean, there's so many things that you can add to just to like remind your body to drink water because a lot of people like I said just forget. Get a cute jug or it stays cold. I love the brumate cups. I don't know what you're talking about. You have to send this the link. Yes. They're great. It's just like I was never a cup person until I started getting their cups. And it's like the way, this sounds so weird. The way the straw feels in your mouth, the way the weight feels in your hand. It's like your ice roller. It's like the weight of it is just nice. And the straw is great. So like find a cup that you. You love that helps you stay hydrated throughout the day. And yeah, that's another thing that I'm doing all day long is just like putting little little things into my water. What does your work day look like to take you in tonight? So are you on conference calls? Are you mixing it up every day? What's like a day in the life of you? And you could even walk us through Monday through Friday if you theme days. Yeah, I don't necessarily theme days. I need to. Like I need to go and listen to your podcast on how you

like plan out your weekend and batch everything. That might not work for I think the way you do. it might be the thing that works for you. Everyone's different. Yeah. Yeah. So after I wake up, I'm usually, I film right away. So I like to get that done because I like to just be able to edit and like kind of clock out. And then after that, I'm doing like more creative things. So whether it's planning content or researching a guest for the podcast, I focus on more like creative things in the afternoon. And then I have to be done like at a certain point because I'm, I, like I said, I don't like to be stressed at night. I don't want to be working too late.

And so I try to sign off by like, I don't know, five o'clock. Five o'clock. Yeah. And what happens at five o'clock? So after that, it's like low light immediately. I like yell. I don't yell, but I like, I talk to my boyfriend. I'm like, okay, no overhead lights.

Like, I can't. The lights need to go off. You and I feel like have like sensory. Yeah, it's like sensory overload. It's maybe, I think it's called like a high, sensitive person. I have that. It's like too much, too many sounds at once. and too much light is like, I need low volume and I need low light and I just need like calm.

My favorite thing to do when Michael walks in and flicks every light on in the house because his parents never gave him a dimmer is to say is he's talking and I'll be like, why are you screaming? Even though he's not screaming. I do that and it makes, I feel so bad. I only do it to like my family. I'm like, can you like, for me? I'm like, why are you? I go like this like a scared, like a scared cat.

I'm like, why are you screaming? And then Zaza will be like, I'm going to have Zaza say, Dad, turn the lights off. My eyes are blue. She's amazing. Every morning we wake up and we go, our eyes are blue. Turn the lights down. That's hilarious.

I love that. She's going to be just like you. Oh my God. Like atrocious. Like how could you even think to have put the lights on in the morning when we can go outside and get it? Okay, so five o'clock, the lights go down. Go ahead. Yeah, the lights go down. I like to, I've been walking a lot in the evenings.

I actually have a treadmill on my balcony. And so I'll have dinner. And then I like to walk after because it helps with digestion. If you have gas or whatever, like it's going to help with that. I think walking is so great. So if you obviously want to do it in the morning and that's your thing, go and do that. But it's a great digestion hack. So I'll get a little walk on. And then, yeah, if I'm having like a full romantic evening routine, I'll do like a little bit of red light therapy. I'll hop in the sauna. I think heat before bed is incredible. I fall asleep quicker and I stay asleep throughout the night with a sauna session. And I'll use that time again to just like reflect on the day. What could I have done better? What did I get done today? Be honest with myself and check in.

And then come inside and I'll do some type of like evening beverage. I love drinking magnesium before bed because I just think that's like the one supplement when I look back at my journey. And I think about my stress and I think about my sleep. I had the biggest impact on so many aspects of my health. So I'll make like a little magnesium moktail. And then after that, I will, I think it's really great to have like a signature scent before bed. And we talked about this earlier. So whether it's a diffuser, whether it's an essential oil or a candle that you light to like signal to your brain, it's time to rest.

So I love having a signature scent. And it's a, I like the Osea, Vegas nerve oil, Vegas, Vagas nerve oil. I have to try that. It's so good. It's so good. And I know you like your scented neck pillow. My grandma antique neck pillow. Yes.

And then you know what I just are doing lately at night. That has been like so great. I brought one for you. I got this, um, this like hyluronic acid face mask and I sleep with it. Ooh, that sounds so nice. And your skin looks so freaking good in the morning. morning. Like, it is crazy. I've never used a mask that's like so transformative after one use. It's crazy. So I've been putting that on. I liked a mouth tape too. And then, yeah, it's lights out.

So we need to know the brand of the mask. They're going to ask. It's, I need to, it's in my bag right now. Okay. She has to grab it. We're going to put it in the show notes for you guys. Bio dance, biocology and a real deep mask. You know why I also like that too. Sometimes you're a little lazy to do the skincare routine. And like that's just a way to to kind of reap the benefits while you sleep. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I love that I can like wake up. And this is just as a recent, but like waking up and peeling off your face. And then you just, when you look in the air in the morning and you already feel like your skin is glowing, it's just like all this just sets the tone. It's just like a nice plump, glassy. I'm going to try it. I'm going to try it tonight. Yeah. But I'm a

big fan of winding down because you have to lower your stress. You have to get good sleep. Sleep is the one thing that affects so many different aspects of your health. It's the most important thing. Like you said, on your podcast, we just had Matthew Walker on and he's all about like his book, I think it's called like Why We Sleep. And he said in all the studies, it's, it's the most important thing. And it's, I feel like we've used not sleeping as almost like a badge. Yes. I want to talk about this. because I just had this conversation with a friend. And he was, he's also a sleep expert. And he's like, I talk to all of these very, like, successful business owners and people that are, you know, doing all these great things. And it's like, like, oh, yeah, I'll sleep when I'm dead. I'm hustling.

And he goes, I actually have a less respect for the people that disregard their sleep. Like, if you're going to brag and use it as a badge of honor that you only got three hours of sleep, I'm sorry. Like, how can you not put more time and energy into the one thing that's going to make you perform better. It's so true. Right? He's so right. He's so right. The sleep is like actually beauty sleep too. I sleep nine hours a night. I love, I don't fuck around with sleep. I love that for you. I love sleep. I'm the same way. I have to. I'm a grouch in the morning. If I don't, I can't think right. It's like my brain totally operates differently if I'm not getting good sleep. You know, I recently read that the most important supplement for women to take is magnesium. Yes.

And you have a little announcement to make and I'll let you make it. You guys, I'm so excited. So with magnesium being one of the most transformative supplements throughout my healing journey, I wanted to find a way to ritualize sleep and make it fun because like I said, I don't think enough of us prioritize it. So magnesium was that supplement for me that I knew I wanted to, yeah, bring to the forefront and remind people like how important it is to get good sleep and wake up. up not feeling groggy. That's the great thing about night nectar is that we have magnesium,

Lthianine, and tart cherry powder. So what this does is it helps you get the best rest. It's so fun because you can put it into like a prebiotic soda and make a little moktail. You can put it into water. But the thing about tart cherry juice, because I loved making mottails with magnesium and tart cherry juice, but it does have a lot of sugar. And it's kind of a lot of effort to go and buy the tart cherry juice and then you have to get the magnesium. It's like it's kind of a lot of moving parts. And so I was drinking it and I was like,

wow, this is so effective, but I want to have it when I travel because we just talked about like, I have to have my routine when I'm traveling and if you're going to be performing and all this stuff, like you have to get good sleep. So I'm like,

what if I put all of these components into one packet so that it's more accessible for everybody, it's more cost effective? And you can take it on the go. Like if you're in college, you can literally toss it in a water bottle, shake it up. Like, you don't have to put it in a fancy cup.

But if you're the person that wants to romanticize your evening routine, you can do the whole evening mocktail situation. I just think it's it's so accessible and I think it's one of those things that is going to be a great product for everybody to work into their night routine. I am so excited to try it. I've seen how hard you worked on this and I think that you're what you're essentially doing is you're selling time. Yes. Because you're right. I didn't do the tart cherry situation that you're talking about because to go and get like it was too many moving parts for me. It's kind of a lot. Yeah. Yeah. And now that I have this, I can literally just put it in my cup, put some water in it, and it's done, which is so nice. And you told me off air

that the tart cherry is just like, it's the most purest. Yes. Yeah. I love tart cherry juice because it's a natural source of melatonin and tryptophan. And so I loved the benefits that I felt, but like, you know, with somebody who had insulin resistance and struggled with PCOS, I think having that sugar before bed isn't always great for sleep and it's not great for insulin resistance. So I think being able to have the benefits in there and not have the sugar is, is great. It's genius. I want to know what you do with your weightlifting. You just talked about insulin resistance. I think weightlifting, for me, it's fixed my insulin resistance, which is so weird, but it has. Have you found that as well with strength training? Yeah, for me, it like it changes your entire body.

composition. And I think so many women look at weightlifting and you think, you know, oh my gosh, you think about like swinging a kettleball around and lifting 200 pounds. Like it doesn't have to be this thing that's so intense and so hard. Like I grab my 10 pound dumbbells or my 15 pound dumbbells and I'm outside on my balcony doing like an at home arm workout. And it's so effective. But yeah, the biggest thing for me is like it made me feel so much stronger. I felt like I had more energy throughout the day with weightlifting, and it transforms your body in a way that no other form of training does, in my opinion. Agreed. Couldn't agree more. And I think the reason is that I won't shut the fuck up about it is because I think that if a lot of women who are listening to this and

feeling stuck in their fitness routine just implemented twice a week, it has the power to transform your life. Yeah. And it doesn't have to be, like some people prefer to have a split. You know, like, oh, and Monday I'm working arms and Tuesday I'm doing glutes. And like, that's great. But you can also do, like, if you only have 20 minutes, I love grabbing my dumbbells. And I'll do like dynamic workouts. So it's like I'm doing a bent over row to an upright row. You know what I mean? Or an RDL to an upright row. Or I'm doing a reverse lunge to a curl. And I'm working my entire body. So when I have less time, I'm doing like these dynamic movements that are working every single muscle. But I think weightlifting is great for longevity.

It's great for our bone density. It feels amazing to be able to lift weights and to feel strong. And yeah, I think it's something that everybody can benefit from. But yeah, last night when I was, you know, at my hotel, I got in a quick full body dumbbell workout. It's, it doesn't have to be so overwhelming. And I think that the way, this is like very weird, even the way you feel in jeans feels different. Yes. Because like when I was in my early 20s, you know, if I wanted to like, like, tighten up for a trip, I would think, oh, like, I just need to eat a little bit less and go to Pilates. And I've realized that, like, as I've gotten older, that's not really at all the way that I should have gone about it. I should have been lifting weights and eating more protein. Yes, lifting weights, eating protein, incline walking, walking outside, being in the sun, breathing the fresh air. Like, I think, and we've said this, like, it's so simple. Just choose to focus. on those things and be consistent with it. But yeah, weightlifting totally transformed, transformed my body. And it's something that I do at least five times a week. So you do weightlifting

five times a week on the other two days. Are you doing anything? Because you know that this audience likes the minutia. Yeah. So I'm just going for walks. And then there's a Pilates studio that I love to go to. So I'll do a little bit of that. But yeah, on days that I'm not weightlifting, it's just walk. Walk and talk. I'll be on a phone call and go walk or I'm listening to a podcast and walking. like I love to get worked on because I always end up walking longer. Yeah. And I don't know. I have when I'm when I go on my walks, I walk kind of like by the ocean. Just like I'm clearing my mind. I'm almost like really creative. So I'm like if an idea comes to mind or if I am researching a guest, I'm listening to their podcast and taking notes. Like I always multitask when I'm walking and then I always notice that I end up like

extending the walk. That's smart. I love it. Yeah. You have a new boyfriend. We've seen him on social media. We see you guys cold plunging together. I got I had the pleasure of meeting him. at Dear Media in real life is adorable. How are you guys thinking about putting your relationship on social media? Like, is there a strategy? I know Michael and I are really thoughtful about the way we show up on social media, but also like our kids. Like we have conversation around that. Is this something that you guys have strategy around? Or is it just like when you want to film content, you film content? Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily say that we have strategy in place. I think because, because we happen to enjoy the same things and we have such a similar lifestyle.

Like, it happens so seamlessly. You can feel that. Yeah. So it's like, hey, I'm working out tonight on the balcony. Are you going to work out? Oh, why don't we just like film a set and then we'll do a quick video together? Like it's not always super planned out. But then if we have, for example, like a partnership or a brand deal, like yeah,

there's going to be more thought that goes into it. But it's been it's been so fun. And I know that you can relate to this. like working with your partner can kind of go one or of two ways. Like it can bring you closer and you can have a stronger bond or it can be something where you have conflicting ideas. And then it starts an argument. But like it's actually brought us so much closer together because we can bounce ideas off of each other. Like if he has an idea, he'll be like, what do you think about this? And like we're both so brutally honest with each other. We're like, yeah, that's awesome. We're like,

no, you should do it like this. And like, it's so funny because he knows my angles and I know his. He's like, all right, get on my good side. I'm like, okay, you get over here. Like, we are so straight with each other. So it's been, it's been really fun. But yeah, I think because our content is so similar, it's one of those things that's just so seamless. Or if I'm going to make him dinner, it's like, okay, I'll go ahead and film it. Do you want to jump in? Yeah. So you guys seem to me really to be in sync. Yes. You know, one of the most attractive things about him is that even just through social media, like when I first saw a social media before I met him, I could tell that he, he's, you know, He was somebody that had so much joy in his life.

I see that. And, like, loved life. Like, that is such an attractive quality to me. Like, you could just tell he was so content with what he was doing and that he was an independent person. And, you know, I obviously liked that he was taking care of his body and also enjoyed wellness. But I noticed that he just had that little spark of joy in his eye. And I was like, oh, wow, I'm really, like, I'm really attracted to that. And so I think because we both met at a time in our life.

where like I had just moved to St. Pete, I was perfectly content doing my own thing. I'm making new friends kind of establishing like a new life in a way, but also where I'm just like, I feel like I'm in a rhythm with like who I am and, you know, who I'm becoming. He was also in that place. So it was just the perfect time for both of us to meet. And I know that people always say like, oh, like when you know, you know where it's definitely meant to be, but it was like the timing could have been more perfect. It's funny. There's like this thing. I don't remember where it's from where it says, you know, so many of these people have like all these lists of things that they want from a person. And to attract that person, you have to be those qualities. Yes. And you know what? People, you're right. Yeah. It's like, oh, I want this. I want that. I want that. And it's like you want joy. But then if you're not joyful, you can't attract joy. You have to embody the things that you want. Because when you embody those things, like you said, you start to attract. And then that's with everything. in life. It's not even with a partner. It's like with the job. You want or the friendship that you want. And I think if you're not walking the walk, how would you ever expect those things to come to you?

They're not going to. And I think too, even like going like a step above is like not just being them, but actually your thoughts. So if you're someone who wants a joyful person and you try to be joyful, but you don't have joyful thoughts, I don't, I still don't think that's like enough. Like you have to really monitor the way your thinking because if you change your thinking you could change your life. I could not agree more. Yeah, so much of, you know, my healing journey was that mindset shift. And I remember when I was just like telling myself like, oh my God, these changes are going to be so hard and this is overwhelming. Like you also get to choose your heart. You get to choose the way you think and you get to choose your heart because being miserable is also really hard. You know what I mean? And being comfortable

is also really hard in the long. You do. You choose your hard. You get to do. You get to choose it. So for me, just like you said, that mindset shift and the way that you speak to yourself and the things that you say that you want, you have to become those things and you have to believe it. Like, you can't just sit there and be like, oh, you know, this is what I want, you have to embody it. You have to believe it. And you have to just do it. And my favorite is like when someone has such high expectations and like a list that is so wild, but yet they don't have the same expectation for themselves. It's like wild. I have a friend that is, love him to death.

It's like the list is like you've never seen anything like it. And I'm like, I said to him because we have a very like real relationship. I said, well, are you all these things? And like it's a good way to listen like I'm not saying I'm perfect.

There's been times in my past before Michael were the same thing. It's like if you want all these things but you're not holding your own self accountable. It's mismatched. It's so contradictory. right? Yeah, it's so true. And tell us really quick where you guys met. Okay, this is a funny story. So I had made a few TikToks about moving to St. Pete and a few TikToks about dating. It was just like,

I was fresh into dating. So I was sharing like my little hot tips. And somebody commented like, oh my gosh, you have to meet at Joey Mutio. Like you guys would be perfect together. And it's just so funny how much your community like knows you. You know what I mean? So they were trying to play matchmaker. Cute. in the comments and I clicked on his page and exactly what I just told you. Obviously, he's so cute. And so I was like, okay, I love that he's, that he's handsome. That's nice. But then when I saw how much joy he had in his eyes and got a glimpse of his personality, I was just like, okay, yeah, I think maybe there could be like something there, even if it's just a friendship. So yes, I DM'd him. That's his favorite part of the story. And then we went on a walk. And then we walked. And then we walked. like six or seven miles. It was crazy. And then to this day, he has not walked. I'm like, okay, why, you really were putting on a show because you won't even go on a mile walk with me now. He doesn't like to walk. Joey, wait, you have to take that comment. Can you find the comment?

We did. So when we moved in together, we did our video of moving in together as a response to the comment because we met on TikTok and now. It's kind of like a full circle moment. I think you need to send her some night nectar. I know. I have to send her some night nectar. But it was so funny because after that, After that first date, we had kind of talked about like red light therapy and our like wellness habits and stuff. And then I was like, oh, we'll do it together sometime. We'll sauna, whatever. He's like, okay, can we do that? Tomorrow my wrinkles can't wait. And I just thought that was so cute. I was like, yes, we can do it tomorrow. So then it was it. We hung out almost every day after that. And yeah, started dating right away. You guys are absolutely adorable. Yeah, we need to send Molly some night.

I would be crazy not to talk about beauty on this episode. Yes. What are the makeup, the skin, I mean, you told us skin with primally pure, but any like the deodorants you're using, are we, are you tanning? Like, give us like a little bit of like Gracie's beauty basket. Yes. Okay. So for makeup, I love say. I love say beauty. And I know that you like also like a light foundation. Because when you work so hard on your skin for me, like I don't want something that feels so heavy and so cakey. It's also aging. Yes. So I love say, I think it's like skin tan or say slip tent. Yeah. Okay. That's really great. It does. It does. It does. It does. It does. It does. It does. It does. It does. It does. It does. It's also aging. It. It's. It's. It does. It doesn't even look like foundation. It's completely weightless. It's great in the summer. So I always put that on my face. I love COSys. SPF. Goes on great. Easy to, you know, blend into your makeup. And then, so those are probably my two favorite clean beauty brands, COSys and, and say. For a tan, I love beauty by earth. So I am an avid self-tanner. Like I came out of the womb, self-taining. I've been doing it since eighth grade. It's kind of like an addiction. So, Beauty by Earth is so good because it doesn't transfer to your sheets.

It's a clear, it's a clear lotion. And if you're new, I don't know if I would recommend it because, you know, the good thing about foam is that you can kind of see where it goes. But it doesn't have as strong of a scent as other self-tanners. Oh, the scent is so bad. It goes on clear. It doesn't transfer to your clothes. So if you're wearing white, like you're not going to get the orange like armpit stains, which I've gotten so many times. I love that self-tanner.

And then if I need like a tan very quick, I'll do like a petagane or St. Trope. Like I have different tanning products for different needs. But Beauty by Earth is a really great one because it's got good ingredients. And then skincare, I love Dr. Dennis Gross. Vitamin C is like been one of the best products for my face. So I'll use his, I love just like things Dr. Dennis Gross. And then, yeah, we mentioned this but primarily pure. The face oil.

She's got a great cleansing. oil, there's a plumping mist that I love. It's just one of those places that I know when I'm shopping on their website that I don't have to worry about ingredients. A great brand. Yeah, and I'll be the first person to say too when it comes to like swapping your beauty routine and like making these cleaner picks, like you don't have to be so like aggressive about it. Like I still have products and I make a bag that aren't the cleanest because I'm somebody like I'm not going to make the swap until I really love the product and it works. I totally agree with you.

You know? Like my rare beauty mascara, I don't know that I could make a swap for that. Yeah, it's like, and I think that's important. Like, don't stress yourself out to change absolutely everything. I think the awareness, and this goes with every, you know, thing that you're changing in your, in your journey or of your routine. It's just like being aware and making a change based out of that in education, education, versus fear, it's so different. It's like you have more joy in it. You're going to maintain it. You're going to feel good making the decision. So, yeah, when I'm thinking about like buying beauty products and

skincare and all that good stuff, I'm like, what works? What do I like? Does it have great ingredients? And then, yeah, if I'm not ready to make a swap, I'm not going to make it. I don't blame you. I will tell you that plumping miss that you just mentioned. If you guys want to take your mouth tape off in the morning, I spray that on my face and it just removes it in one thing. Like it's not, it's really good for removal. Yes. And primally pure has, her husband does primally pasture. And they have some of the best organic raw honey I've ever had.

I haven't tried their honey. I need to try it. Bethany has to send you, Bethany. She needs the honey. It's that honey I've been using it every morning is so good. And that's what I put on the bowl of meat. Okay. The raw cheese with their honey.

Okay, I have to try that. You know what she did send me though? Which was so random and so hilarious was a coffee in my kit. Oh my God, I haven't tried that. Did you try it? I'm too scared. I haven't tried it yet. No.

If you try it, you could come give me one. I don't think I'm not the, I will say, I'm not the type of person. I feel like I need someone else to do that for me. I listen, I'll like I just, I want to do it. I'll do it. she was explaining the benefits and I'm like, this sounds great. But you do it first in the same thing. I'm like, I just don't know if I can do it.

I can have someone else do it. I cannot do that to myself. I cannot stick the thing up my ass. I mean, to be honest, like I've got so many routines. And now you all have to stick something up my ass with coffee. It just feels like a lot. It feels like a lot. And she was talking about the energy.

And I'm like, that's great. But like, I mean, it's going straight. into your system. I'm like, of course there's an energy boost. If Michael walks in and I'm on the floor with a fucking escort up my ass with coffee, I think that he may divorce. I feel like I've jumped the shark. Bethany, you can come to my house anytime and you can do it for me. I'll do that why I'm on a conference call. The way that it was explained was so graceful, though.

She's like, I sage the room and then I lay down the towel. And I'm like, she makes it sound so beautiful. and I can just imagine myself in the scenario and it's not beautiful. So I just like don't know if I'll ever get there. To the person on your podcast, I was just on your podcast who told you that you're not going to have a routine and say goodbye to your routine when you have kids. Bethany fucking sages the room and does coffee up her ass. So it is possible. If that's not inspirational, I don't know what is.

You can be a mother and you can have a routine. Stop with this narrative. I can't with the narrative of say goodbye to your. routine when you're a mother. And listen, I have help. We talked about this on your podcast, but there's also people who don't have a ton of help that they make it work. They wake up a little earlier. They put the kids to bed, maybe with a little melatonin or some tart cherry. Magnesium. Night early. And they go do their coffee in Emma. So you can make it happen. Anything is possible. I've always wondered, Gracie, what's in your bag? I feel like,

Mary Poppins. There's always a wide variety of things in my bag. So I will give you the tea. And speaking of tea, that's what we're going to start with. Okay, so I always bring these lymphatic tea strips. It's by a lexer. Elixir is the brand. And I take them when I'm traveling, it's like a little strip. I'll pop it into some hot water, mix it up with honey. So good. But I always have these in my purse. I also have some other supplements. I'll always. travel with my probiotic. I have some just-thribe probiotics and my omega-3s. This is by Nordic naturals. So supplements. And then I also love having my electrolytes. I know I have some in here somewhere. Yes. By element and it is the raspberry salt. So I'll just toss that into water when I'm

recording or doing interviews. And it gives me like that nice little boost of energy. So I've got that. Oh, and AG1. Oh, gosh. It's got my setting powder on it. That's disgusting. So they do one for my greens because usually when I'm on the go, I'm not getting in the vitamins and minerals. So we got to have those for snacks.

I've got some roasted and salted pistachios. Good protein. Keeps me nourished throughout the day along with my beef sticks. I always, always, always have a beef stick with me. I like paleo valley and I also like chomps. But quick protein. Hot Girls eat beefsticks, period. Okay.

Don't wait. There's more. There's more. There's always more. I've got my Adam Sandler wallet. This is a Saccharin wallet. And I swear by this thing, I've had this wallet for over five years. And you just, like, press the little look at the bottom and your card shoot up.

And it's just so efficient when you're traveling. It's not very cute, but it's efficient. And we need efficient. I'm usually dry and crusty when I'm traveling to. So I always have a body butter in my purse. This one's by Primely Pure. It feels so good. It's made with beef tallow and it smells amazing. So I always put that on me. And on my flights, I like to do, are you guys exhausted yet? Have all the things around my bag. But from my flights, I like to do some skincare. So I have this biodance, deep collagen mask. You put it on. It soaks into your skin. It turns clear. You rip it off. And it just gives you the prettiest glow. So I got a bit of skincare in there. Of course. gotta have my ice roller and I like the mini one from the Skinny Confidential because it's got a little

sculpting side and then it also has the flat edge and what I'll do is when I get to my hotel I toss it in a bucket of ice and it's just like immediately snatches me up and feels like heaven. What else am I missing? I've got my sleep mask so I can sleep nice in my hotel if there's any type of light coming through the window or if I'm on the plane lights out baby, sleep mask always. And while we're on the topic of sleep, I always have some night nectar on the go because you never know when you're just going to need to sip on a little magnesium moktail and knock yourself out. So got to have the night nectar, a little bit of hairspray,

because my hair's always flat to my head, so if I need a quick little in between interviews and touch up. Boom, we got the hairspray. I got my Amazon light for what I'm taking selfies because the lighting has to be. on point. And, oh, lips, because I'm always touching up my lips. I feel like your lips bring together your whole look. So, Refie Lip Liner and the shade Fawn.

This is just the perfect color for my skin tone. And then I never hear anybody talk about this, but it's the Gwen Stefani. What is this? What's the name of this? It's like a lip stain, and it's in the shade tomboy. And then I top it off with, oh, this old Henriksen. Oh, my gosh. If you're a lip mask early and you haven't tried the old Hennrickson, I've tried Lanash or Lanash, however you say it.

I've tried what's the other popular one, Road. This is literally top tier. So lip combo is ready to go. And a random box of matches. And I'm not really sure why this is in there. But that completes my bag haul. Hopefully you are not too overwhelmed. I carry a lot of things in my purse.

But you never know what you're going to need. So I like to be prepared. that is what's in my bag. Gracie Norton, where can everyone find you, pimp your products out, tell us where they can listen to your new podcast. Yay, okay. So you can find me on TikTok and Instagram

at Gracie underscore Norton. I have a YouTube launching soon where I'm going to be sharing in-depth routines and all that great stuff. So you can follow me on YouTube as well. In addition to that, I have a cookbook with all of my favorite recipes. It's called Cooking Up Wellness,

and you can just find that on my Instagram profile. So if you're new to eating healthy and you want to simplify your meals, definitely go look at that. If you download it right to your phone. And you can shop night nectar at www. www. That's g-o-o-d-I-N-A-T-U-R-A-L-S dot com. And I do have to say that I have your cookbook and one of my kids' favorite recipes is it's like a peanut

butter chocolate cup. Oh my gosh. Yes. These are so good because of Riesies are like. I mean, they're packed with sugar, but this is so easy to make, and I think it tastes just as good as a Reese's. It's like better. If you get Hugh Chocolate, you get the little muffin tins and you put the liner in the tin, you do a layer of chocolate, granola butter, a banana, and a layer of chocolate on top. It's like the cremiest reesies you'll ever have.

Is it so good? Rees or Reeses? Oh, gosh. This is a debate. Wait, I think it's Reeses, but I say everything wrong. It's rees. I say wrong, too. Wait, hold on. This is the first thing in the world that I've said right.

I was like, I'm pronouncing that wrong too. Fuck. Okay, a chocolate buttercup, whatever you want to call it. Okay, it's Reese's though, right? I think you're right. Okay, I just want to know. I'm definitely, I'm bashed everything wrong. Let me just make sure I want to confirm this for you.

Tell us about your product, where to find it, where to shop it. Yes. And then let's do a giveaway. What do you want to give away? Let's give away some night nectar. I would love to do that. How many boxes? Let's give away 10.

10 boxes of Gracie's new product, Night Necter. I am. drinking it. It's on my bedstand. All you have to do is follow at Gracie underscore Norton on Instagram and at Lauren Bostic. And tell us your favorite takeaway from this episode on my latest Instagram post. I personally love having Gracie on for multiple reasons. I just think she's a plethora of knowledge when it comes to beauty health, wellness, diet. And I think she's transformed and evolved her life. And it's so cool to see. Where can we shop your product? It's always an honor to come on. So thank you so much for having you back.

I feel like so much has happened since last time that we chatted. So it's so fun to like that. I loved that episode too, though. Everyone should go listen to you on that episode to get your journey. If you want to know more about my journey and my PCOS diagnosis and just dive more into it. I don't know what episode number it was. I'll leave it in the show notes. Yes.

And I also have, oh, that's the other thing. Wellness Hairway podcast. I go into full detail about my journey there. And I have plenty of like fun solo episodes where I just really dive into all the details. I bet your audience likes a lot of the solo episodes a lot from you. Yeah, the solo episodes have been so fun. I'm not surprised about that. And at first I was just like, you know, it's kind of interesting because you're pretty much

giving a speech, but it's been great to just like connect with them one on one. Michael loves his speech. It's like his favorite moment. And then he'll like post it and he'll be like, did you listen to my episode? And I'm like, are you fucking serious? I'm around you every goddamn minute. Oh my gosh. Thank you, Gracie.

Thanks for having me.