This episode is a big one.
For the first time on Oh Health Yeah, we’re sharing a real virtual session in a live podcast format. No scripts. No fluff. Just honest conversation and practical health strategy in real time.
We’re joined by our producer’s mother-in-law, Melanie, and we want to give her a huge thank you for her vulnerability and for being the first to test drive this new podcast format with us. She showed up with openness and courage, the episode turned out incredibly well, and because of that you can expect more sessions like this to appear from time to time.
Melanie shares a deeply personal health journey that includes multiple cancer diagnoses, major surgeries, diabetes management, recovery, sleep disruption, and the ongoing work of rebuilding strength step by step.
This episode gives you a front-row seat to how Healthy Is Wellness approaches real people and real health situations: personalized, practical, and grounded in small, sustainable change.
Inside this episode:
• Building a health plan during medical recovery
• Adjusting nutrition when your body has new rules
• Movement and PT after surgery
• Simple, effective stress tools
• Navigating medication-related sleep challenges
• Why small, repeatable habits create lasting change
If you’ve ever felt like your health situation is complicated, this conversation shows what practical progress actually looks like.
Real talk. Real health. Real progress.
🎧 Press play.

Bonus Episode
In this rapid fire conversation, we break down one of the most researched and commonly recommended supplements in health and performance: creatine.
We discuss why creatine supports both brain function and muscle performance, how it works inside the body, and why many people may not get enough through diet alone. The episode also explores dosing considerations, potential digestive side effects, and why talking with your doctor is important before starting supplementation.
This short format episode is part of our quick education series designed to answer common health and wellness questions in a simple and practical way.
If you have supplement questions or health topics you would like us to cover next, let us know and it may become a future rapid fire episode.

January is full of big goals and even bigger burnout.
In this final episode of our Where Do I Start? series, we break down the fourth pillar of health: activity and how to approach movement in a way that actually sticks.
We talk about why activity does not need to mean the gym five days a week, how choosing movement you genuinely enjoy changes everything, and why consistency on your worst week matters more than intensity on your best one.
You will also learn about one of our favorite low barrier strategies for movement: rucking. Walking, chores, fishing, or playing with your kids, all with a little added resistance to support muscle mass, calorie burn, and core stability without overhauling your life.
This episode is for anyone who has ever started strong in January and fizzled out by February and wants a better way forward.
Topics covered: • How to choose movement you will actually keep doing
• Why overtraining kills momentum
• What rucking is and why it works
• Muscle maintenance, calorie burn, and core stability
• Making activity fit real life, weather, work, and family
Try it out. Wear the backpack. Do the dishes. Go for the walk.
And if you give rucking a shot, let us know how it goes in the comments.