Jenn Trepeck is a returning guest on this show, (her first episode was #211), and this time we dive into the powerful truths behind Jenn’s new book Uncomplicating Wellness—a fresh, grounded, refreshingly sane approach to health.

Jenn breaks down why so many people feel overwhelmed by the wellness industry 🤯—from diet culture to profit-driven food systems—and how this noise disconnects us from our own bodies.

✨ The magic? Her framework empowers you to tune out the chaos, tap into what actually works for you, and build a personalized “care team” so you can thrive with clarity—not confusion.

We explore the Bio Stack (fuel, movement, hydration, sleep, stress, connection) and why mastering these foundations unlocks the real power of any biohack. Plus, Jenn shares the mindset shift from self-criticism to momentum-building discipline that creates lasting motivation. 🔥

This conversation will help you redefine wellness from the inside out—simply, sustainably, and without the guilt. 🌱💛

Gift: My bullseye of change download – https://mailchi.mp/4ed8710c81d7/dwfywucjenntrepeck

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Episode Summary:

Key Takeaways

1. The Problem: The wellness industry is a “diet culture” driven by misaligned incentives (e.g., “sick care” vs. health, profit-driven food), causing information overload and making people feel broken when plans fail.
2. The Solution: “Uncomplicating Wellness” provides a framework to build a personal “care team” and navigate information, shifting focus from what’s wrong to what’s right for you.
3. The Method: Master foundational habits—the “bio stack” (fuel, movement, hydration, sleep, stress, connection)—before adding “biohacks” (e.g., supplements). This ensures you build a solid base and can actually feel the incremental benefits.
4. The Mindset: Shift motivation from self-criticism to positive momentum. Use discipline to build momentum, which then creates sustainable motivation.

Topics

The Problem: A Complicated Wellness Industry

1. The wellness industry is a “diet culture” driven by misaligned incentives, not personal health.
2. Medical System: A “sick care” model focused on disease states and interventions (pharma, surgery), not preventative nutrition or lifestyle.
3. Food Industry: Profit-driven; uses additives and fewer natural ingredients for shelf life and taste, not health.
4. Weight Loss Industry: Promotes quick fixes (e.g., GLP-1s) as the standard of care, often without addressing root causes.
5. Result → Information Overload: This creates confusion and “anti-nutrient fear-mongering” (e.g., about Brussels sprouts) that distracts from the real issues causing poor health.

The Solution: A Framework for Personal Wellness

1. “Uncomplicating Wellness” is a framework for discernment, not a rigid plan.
2. Goal → Personal Definition: Define wellness as having the energy to live your desired life.
3. Core Principle → Bio-Individuality: Recognize that while 99.9% of the human genome is the same, the 0.1% difference is significant. This means:
4. General recommendations (e.g., eat more vegetables) apply to most.
5. Specific implementations (e.g., broccoli works for me, not my mom) must be personalized.
6. Action → Build a “Care Team”: You are the expert on your body. Assemble a team (doctor, coach, PT) and make the final decisions.

The Method: Bio Stack Over Bio Hack

1. Bio Stack: The six foundational pillars of health that must be mastered first.
2. Fuel (nutrition)
3. Movement
4. Hydration
5. Sleep
6. Stress Management
7. Connection
8. Bio Hack: Incremental improvements (e.g., supplements, cold plunges).
9. Why this order matters:
10. If you’re at 30% health, a biohack’s 10% improvement is barely noticeable.
11. If you’re at 90% health, a 10% improvement is transformative.
12. You can’t supplement your way out of poor lifestyle choices.

The Mindset: Shifting Motivation

1. The Trap: Using self-criticism to “beat yourself into compliance.” This is unsustainable and leads to burnout.
2. The Shift: Move from focusing on what you don’t want to what you do want.
3. The Process:
4. Discipline: The initial effort to start.
5. Momentum: The progress generated by discipline.
6. Motivation: The sustainable drive created by seeing momentum.
7. Affirmation Strategy: Affirmations must be believable to the conscious mind.
8. Ineffective: “I am the healthiest I’ve ever been.” (Conscious mind rejects it).
9. Effective: “I am on my way to becoming the healthiest I’ve ever been.” (Conscious mind accepts it, enabling action).

Next Steps

1. Jenn Trepeck:
2. Book: “Uncomplicating Wellness” (available everywhere).
3. Website: asaladwithasideoffries.com
4. Podcast: “Salad with a Side of Fries”
5. Social Media: @JennTrepeck
6. Free Gift: “Bullseye of Change” worksheet (a framework for behavior change).
7. Melissa Deally:
8. Share Jenn’s book and free gift with the podcast audience.

Action Items

1. Email Jenn Girls Matters collaborative book info – WATCH (5 secs)

About the Guest:

Jenn Trepeck has been described as a “force of nature” in the wellness space. Recognition includes Podcast Magazine’s 40 under 40, nomination for the 2022 International Women’s Podcast Award (Visionary Leadership), 2024 and 2025 Ear Worthy Best Independent Podcast; plus winner of 2025 Women Who Podcast Award for Stellar Interview and 2024 and 2025 Ear Worthy’s Best Health Podcast. She is a Health and Lifestyle Coach, Podcaster, and Consultant. Jenn grew up the skinny one in a family of dieters which was awesome(!) until it went away. And so began her weight management saga. Ultimately though, Jenn learned the nutrition education we’re all supposed to know but no one ever taught us. This completely changed her life and allowed her to say she “kicked her food issues.” From then, Jenn set-out on a mission to pay it forward and help people help themselves. After over a decade of working with clients, Jenn started Salad with a Side of Fries podcast. Based on science, yet lighthearted, Jenn talks about living life while still making ourselves and our health a priority. Jenn’s debut book, Uncomplicating Wellness (October 2025), offers a science-based yet practical approach to cut through the noise of the wellness industry and help readers finally trust their bodies again.

Contact:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saladwithasideoffriespod/ https://www.instagram.com/jenntrepeck/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Saladwithasideoffriespodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/JenniferTrepeck

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jenntrepeck

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/jennifertrepeck

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@jenntrepeck

Website: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/

Podcast: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/a-salad-with-a-side-of-fries/

Book: https://a.co/d/0sjizWz

Email: Pr@asaladwithasideoffries.com

TOPICS:

We proposed focusing the conversation on my recently released, debut book, Uncomplicating Wellness.

How we can cut through the noise of diet culture, influencers, biohackers and headlines

The answer to wellness questions/health challenges is US, not the magic pill or plan your friend is following

The 6 elements of the biostack that truly deserve our time, effort; energy

About the Host:

Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner and a Board Designated Master Trainer of Hypnotherapy, Trainer of NLP, Time Line Therapy®, and NLP Results Coaching, helping people get to the root cause of their health issues and then get lasting results. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional medicine lab testing that helps you “see inside” to know exactly what is going on, and then provides a personalized wellness protocol using natural herbs and supplements. Melissa’s business is 100% virtual – the lab tests are mailed directly to your home and she specializes in holding your hand and guiding the way to healing so that you don’t have to figure it all out on your own.

Melissa has launched Amplify Impact Academy, with business partner, Billie Aadmi and together they train other coaches, practitioners and counsellors in the 4 mind-body healing modalities mentioned above, giving them powerful tools to use with clients to get results with greater ease, speed and grace. These courses teach life skills and anyone can take them, if you want to be a better leader, parent, partner, be empowered in your own life, these courses are for you!

Melissa’s passion project is her non-profit, Girls Matter (www.girlsmatter.ca), breaking the poverty cycle 1 girl, 1 family, 1 village at a time. The mission is to keep girls in school and stop teenage marriages, because school isn’t free in over 50 countries around the world and when parents have to make the difficult choices of feeding their kids or paying for school, food wins. And when the girls hit their teen years, they will often be married off so that someone else becomes responsible to feed them. Keeping girls in school instead creates a generational ripple effect, because an educated girl is more than twice as likely to ensure her own children are educated. Educating girls also grows the GDP of countries, when they get into the workforce. This is how together, we can change the world. Guests on this podcast are invited to donate to this important cause. Learn more here in this short video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R3-xqzJLZW14om1PhFClcU_oRSZ8zgip/view?usp=share_link

Melissa is also the winner of the 2024 Women in Podcasting Awards in the “inspiration & motivation” category and the 2021 & 2022 Quality Care Award by Business From The Heart and is also the recipient of the Alignable “Local Business Person of the Year “Award 2022, 2023 & 2024 for Whistler.

Melissa has been featured at a number of Health & Wellness Summits, such as the Health, Wealth & Wisdom Summit, The Power To Profit Summit, The Feel Fan-freaking-tas-tic Summit, the Aim Higher Summit and many more! She has also guested on over 90 different podcasts teaching people about the importance of prioritizing our health and how to get started.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/yourguidedhealthjourney

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