StRest with Kerstin Lindquist

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist knows her way around a beauty routine. But putting lard on her face? She has questions.

Charles Mayfield, regenerative farmer, Farrow Skincare founder and co-author of the Paleo Comfort Foods series, joins Kerstin to explain why he built a skincare business around pig fat. They start with tallow versus lard: what each is, why Charles uses both, and how he thinks about the skin’s oils and barrier.

Charles shares the sunburn story that led him to experiment with lard and makes his case for a simpler routine. Kerstin brings he...

This is StRest! For her 49th birthday, Kerstin Lindquist sits down with her husband, Dan, in Montana for an honest conversation about 23 years of marriage.

Kerstin talks things through. Dan gets quiet. They discuss what happens when those two responses meet, what it is like to share a marriage with someone in the public eye, and why knowing what needs to change does not always make change easy. Dan opens up about his experience with ADHD, his routines and the challenge of taking action before a crisis forces him to.

The conversation turns to some...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist came ready to talk about seed oils. She did not expect the conversation to turn into a debate about protein powders.

Dr. Cate Shanahan, a family physician and author of Dark Calories and Deep Nutrition, joins Kerstin to explain her approach to food and why she questions common nutrition advice. They discuss her views on cholesterol, the eight refined oils she avoids, the fats she uses for cooking, and the role of sugar and flour in her framework.

Then comes the question that catches Kerstin off guard: Where do protein...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with QVC fashion designer Renée Greenstein, founder of Women with Control and Attitudes by Renée, for an honest conversation about faith, confidence and the health scare that changed her priorities.

After nearly 20 years of living with diverticulitis, Renée describes worsening symptoms, repeat hospital visits and being told she could have died. She opens up about her fear of surgery, having part of her colon removed and taking four months away from QVC to recover. For the first time, she was ready to put her health before her car...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist welcomes back Dr. Ben Edwards, founder of Veritas and host of You’re the Cure, for an honest conversation about faith, fear, identity, measles and finding peace when life feels uncertain. They explore his four pillars of health—peace, movement, hydration and nutrition—and why he now puts peace first.

Ben shares how public criticism and the pressure of his work have challenged his trust in God. He reflects on separating his identity from his medical title, recognizing people-pleasing and being honest about fear rather than pretending it is not there. He also e...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Will Cole, functional medicine practitioner, author and host of The Art of Being Well, for an honest conversation about burnout, grief, gut health and finding a way forward when doing everything right no longer feels like enough. They explore the personal experiences behind Heal Your Cells, his book with Dr. Josh Axe, and why Will believes caring for your health means making room for your emotional and spiritual life, too.

Will shares how his father’s sudden death came during years of nonstop work, a book launch and a...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dan Wheeler, former QVC host, author and co-founder of Fearless Faith, for an honest conversation about caregiving, losing a spouse, trusting God and finding love again. The longtime friends revisit their QVC years, including unforgettable moments with 50 Cent and Willie Nelson, before opening up about the experiences that changed Dan’s life.

Dan shares how his wife Beth’s stage four cancer diagnosis shifted his priorities from work to being present with her. He reflects on three years of caregiving, the pressure of putting on a happy face on live...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Jennie Garth, actress, designer and author best known as Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210, for an honest conversation about depression, divorce, motherhood and choosing yourself after 50. Jennie shares why she stopped hiding behind a happy face and started making room for a life that feels more like her.

Diagnosed with depression at 18, Jennie opens up about medication, the shame she once carried and why she now speaks openly about her mental health. She and Kerstin discuss protecting sleep, setting work boundaries and quieting a racing mind. They also explore...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Peter A. McCullough, an internist, cardiologist and epidemiologist, for a wide-ranging conversation about Alzheimer’s risk, cancer detection, obesity, COVID-19, vaccines and the daily choices he believes can protect long-term health. Kerstin begins with a clear disclaimer: several of his positions are controversial, and her goal is to help listeners hear another perspective, ask questions and speak with their own doctors.

Dr. McCullough explains why Alzheimer’s is personal. His father died with the disease, his mother is currently living with it, and he is focused on protecting his...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with beauty entrepreneur Sara Happ for a raw conversation about building the lip-care company that carried her name, losing control of what that name represented, and walking away from the business she created.

Sara shares how a lip scrub she mixed in her kitchen grew into a major beauty brand and led to an eight-year run on QVC. She explains why the QVC set became one of her safest places, what changed after outside investors entered the company, and why she could no longer look customers in the eye and...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Liz Roman—better known online as The Poop Queen—for a direct conversation about constipation, bloating, Hashimoto’s, hormones, and what to do when you feel terrible even though your labs are called “normal.”

Liz opens up about being diagnosed with childhood rheumatoid arthritis, struggling with painful periods and chronic constipation, and eventually discovering Hashimoto’s, Giardia, Candida overgrowth, and broader gut dysfunction through functional testing. Her own health journey led her to leave corporate human resources and build a practice focused on helping women understand their symptoms and search for r...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with longtime friend and former QVC host Nancy Hornback for a candid conversation about faith, motherhood, career, and learning to trust God through closed doors.

Nancy opens up about leaving QVC after 12 years, handling criticism, chasing purpose instead of money, and learning not to let rejection define her. She also shares why she chose to spend three months completely cut off from her family, phone, internet, news, and social media for Greg Gutfeld’s What Did I Miss?

That experience forced Nancy to confront control, fear, family responsibilities, an...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Jen Pfleghaar, a board-certified family nurse practitioner, author of The Perimenopause Reset, and women’s health advocate whose work brings together faith, integrative health, and the realities of midlife. Dr. Jen explains why she believes symptoms such as anxiety, heart palpitations, difficult PMS, weight changes, and disrupted sleep can be signals that something deeper needs attention rather than issues women should simply cover up.

Dr. Jen opens up about her own spiritual journey and how she became deeply involved in yoga, meditation, Reiki, crystals, and other New Age pr...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with beloved QVC personality and Denim & Company designer Gary Goben as he makes a major announcement about his future at QVC. Beginning January 1, Gary will reduce his television schedule while continuing to appear on the Tuesday morning and Sunday evening shows, along with Today’s Special Value days.

As Gary approaches his 70th birthday and 20th anniversary at QVC, he explains why he is ready to slow down after years of designing, presenting trends, developing products, and spending long days on live television. He also reveals what he plans to do...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with actress, producer, bestselling author, and podcast host Candace Cameron Bure for an honest conversation about turning 50, preparing for perimenopause, becoming a grandmother, facing imposter syndrome, and choosing purpose over constant achievement.

Candace explains why she was nervous about turning 50 and why she now believes every decade has been better than the one before it. After years of chasing goals and building her career, she says success is no longer about money, accomplishments, or the strength of her résumé. It is about legacy, family, faith, and fulfilling the purpose Go...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with functional nutrition practitioner and fitness coach Elizabeth Aylor for an honest conversation about eating disorders, chronic bloating, constipation, hormone imbalances, weight-loss resistance, and rebuilding a body damaged by years of restriction.

Elizabeth opens up about going from nearly 200 pounds to just 90 while eating 500 calories a day and training seven days a week. She explains why no one could convince her that she had an eating disorder and why she had to reach her lowest point before she was ready to change.

Even after returning to a healthier...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist reconnects with former QVC host Albany Irvin nearly a decade after their last meeting for an honest and heartfelt conversation about stepping away from television, rebuilding life after divorce, protecting her children, and trusting God through uncertainty.

Albany opens up about her decision to leave QVC at 44 without a new job, a finalized custody agreement, or a clear plan for where she would live. She shares how ovarian cancer, multiple surgeries, a shattered tibia, a frightening situation involving her daughter, and years of intense television schedules led her to question whether God...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Eve Henry — internal medicine physician, preventive health expert, integrative medicine practitioner and medical director at Function Health — for a straight conversation about cholesterol, heart disease, menopause, statins, metabolic health, GLP-1s and what women actually need to know about their labs.

Dr. Henry explains why so many women see their cholesterol rise in their 40s and 50s, even if they have always thought of themselves as someone with “great cholesterol.” She breaks down how estrogen affects cholesterol, why perimenopause and menopause can change the picture quickly, and why women sh...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Harry Slatkin — known as the king of home fragrance, co-founder of Slatkin & Co, QVC favorite, business builder and co-founder of Next for Autism — for a heartfelt conversation about fragrance, family, severe autism, stress, faith, health and turning deep pain into purpose.

Harry shares how he started his first business at 15, went from finance to fragrance, and helped change the home fragrance industry by bringing candles out of the home department and into the beauty world. He opens up about working with iconic names like Ralph Lauren, Vera...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Pastor Jonathan Miller — author of Healing Hurts, pastor’s kid, ministry leader and longtime pastor — for a powerful conversation about church hurt, family trauma, forgiveness, leadership, emotional healing and how God can turn deep pain into purpose.

Jonathan shares the story of how his life fell apart at age 12 after his father confessed to multiple adulterous relationships inside the church. He opens up about watching people he loved walk out of his life, the pain his family endured, his father’s prison sentence, his mother’s decision to stay, and the 18...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Chalene Johnson — New York Times bestselling author, fitness pioneer, host of The Chalene Show, entrepreneur and creator of Camp Be More — for an honest conversation about leaving the fitness industry, body image, GLP-1s, muscle, relationships and why life can get better after 50.

Chalene shares why she walked away at the height of her fitness career after realizing that the results being sold to women did not match what she had to do behind the scenes. She opens up about the pressure to become smaller, unhealthy exercise patterns, rapid weig...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Amie Hornaman — known as The Thyroid Fixer — for a direct and personal conversation about thyroid health, hormones, metabolism, weight gain, brain fog, fatigue, cholesterol, GLP-1s, dementia risk, and why so many women are told they are “normal” when they know something is wrong.

Dr. Amie shares her own pain-to-purpose story, including gaining weight while training for fitness competitions, being dismissed by six doctors, finally getting diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and discovering that standard thyroid care was not giving her the full answer. She explains why many doctors only test TSH...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Chaz Dean — celebrity hairstylist, photographer, salon owner, QVC beauty icon, and creator of WEN cleansing conditioner — for a personal conversation about stress, success, public criticism, clean beauty, celebrity clients, and the business pressure that comes with building a major beauty brand.

Chaz explains how he went from photography school to hair and makeup, why he created the cleansing conditioner category, and how WEN became a QVC and infomercial phenomenon. He shares stories from behind the scenes with Desperate Housewives, Oprah, Jenny Garth, Tori Spelling, Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huff...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Morley Robbins — certified health coach, mineral researcher, creator of the Root Cause Protocol, author of Cure Your Fatigue, and known as “the Magnesium Man” — for a deep conversation about minerals, fatigue, stress, copper, iron, magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin D, and why he believes modern health problems often begin with mineral imbalance.

Morley explains why he believes the body is designed to heal when it has the energy and minerals it needs. He breaks down the role of copper in iron metabolism, why he questions common iron, calcium...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Tabatha Barber — triple board certified physician, OBGYN, certified menopause medicine and functional medicine expert, author of Fast to Faith, and founder of a faith-centered medical practice — for a powerful conversation about fasting, hormones, cortisol, testosterone, nervous system regulation, and why true healing has to include both health science and biblical truth.

Dr. Tabatha shares why she believes women have to heal as whole beings: body, mind, and spirit. She explains how thoughts, shame, stress, fear, trauma, and false identity can affect hormones, weight, sleep, blood suga...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Jamie Winship — former Metro Washington, DC police officer, author of Living Fearless and The War of World Views, global speaker, identity teacher, and longtime voice on hearing from God — for a faith-filled conversation about fear, identity, conflict, listening prayer, and why peace starts inside the human heart.

Jamie shares why he believes all external conflict starts with internal conflict, and why the root of that conflict is fear. He explains how fear grows from a wrong view of God, a wrong view of yourself, and a wrong view of your...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Jordan Rubin — New York Times bestselling author, founder of Garden of Life, Beyond Organic, and Ancient Nutrition, regenerative farming pioneer, inventor, father of six, and widely known as America’s biblical health coach — for a faith-filled conversation about Healing Leaves, a tea seven years in the making.

Jordan shares how God first put the idea on his heart while he was listening to Ezekiel 47 in his prayer sauna. The verse says the fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing, and Jordan says that moment...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Andrea Donsky — nutritionist, menopause educator, entrepreneur, seven-time published menopause researcher, certified perimenopause and menopause health coach, founder of Morphous, and author of Nourishing Menopause — for a practical conversation about the symptoms, nutrition, supplements, and mindset shifts women need in perimenopause and menopause.

Andrea shares how one conversation at a party opened her eyes to the reality that menopause involves far more than hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings. Her research now tracks more than 100 symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, sleep issues, memory changes, anxiety, libido loss...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Pamela Shaw — mentor, coach, teacher, creator of the 90-Day Personal Growth Planner, and founder of Grace and Growth Academy — for a faith-filled conversation about purpose, stillness, goal setting, grief, health, and learning to live with intention.

Pamela shares how she moved from nearly four decades in direct sales into a new season of mentoring men and women in personal growth, habits, leadership, and faith. She explains why purpose changes through different seasons of life, why meaning matters more than chasing happiness, and why stillness is often the...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Antonella Nester — former QVC host, jewelry lover, cancer survivor, faith-filled storyteller, and full-time boat-life creator — for a raw conversation about losing her job, losing her house, facing leukemia and breast cancer, and finding a completely new life on the water.

Antonella shares what happened after she was let go from QVC, how the stress and heartbreak affected her body, and why she believes God carried her through the darkest season of her life. She opens up about chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, her husband’s heart attack, financial loss...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Debbie Allen Wright — board certified functional health coach, longtime friend, and fellow wellness researcher — for a real-life girlfriend conversation about toxins, clean product swaps, detox, caffeine, genomics, cholesterol, inflammation, blood testing, endometriosis, hormones, and learning how to advocate for your own body.

Debbie shares the app she’s been loving for product testing, why she’s rethinking everything from toilet paper to beauty products, and how small swaps can help reduce toxic load without making life feel impossible. Kerstin and Debbie also dig into detox programs, coffee...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Troy Spurrill — functional medicine doctor, chiropractor, functional neurologist, and founder of Synapse — for a direct conversation about trauma, chronic illness, vagus nerve stimulation, spirituality, sleep, root-cause healing, and what may really be driving symptoms that never seem to fully resolve.

Dr. Spurrill explains why so many people live with one part of the brain saying “go” while another says “stop,” and how that internal stress pattern can show up as fatigue, bloating, fibromyalgia, low motivation, jaw pain, poor sleep, hormone disruption, and chronic inflammation. He breaks down...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist delivers a direct solo episode on calling, purpose, money, influence, obedience, and the stories God uses to serve other people. Based on a workshop she taught for Zeal, she walks through how to name what you really want, uncover the deeper reason behind it, and stop pretending that success, money, and impact do not matter. Instead, she shows how those desires can be brought under God’s direction and used to serve others.

Kerstin breaks down the difference between calling and purpose, the “five whys” exercise, how to share your s...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Cynthia Thurlow — nurse practitioner, menopause expert, speaker, and host of Everyday Wellness — for a direct conversation about perimenopause, menopause, gut health, hormones, stress, sleep, trauma, and what women actually need to understand about their bodies in midlife.

Cynthia explains why so many women hit their 40s and 50s feeling inflamed, anxious, exhausted, and unlike themselves. She breaks down the gut-hormone connection, why trauma and chronic stress can speed up ovarian aging, how progesterone and estrogen shifts affect anxiety and mood, and why the “wheels falling off the bu...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Charlotte Gambill — author, speaker, mentor, and leadership coach — for a practical conversation about stillness, Sabbath, stress, health, grace, and what it really means to refill before pouring out.

Charlotte shares why so many women are running on empty, how ignoring the warning signs leads to burnout, and why being with God matters more than endlessly doing for God. She explains the difference between activity and presence, how stillness builds knowledge and peace, why nature helps reset perspective, and what it looks like to stop living with ever...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Doris Dalton — wellness physician, chiropractor, clean beauty founder, longtime QVC guest, and cancer survivor — for a candid conversation about illness, identity, beauty, toxic load, purpose, and the way life can redirect you when everything changes.

Dr. Dalton shares how a rare cancer diagnosis changed her body, her confidence, and her career, leading her to create products first for herself and then build one of QVC’s earliest clean beauty brands. She explains what clean beauty really means to her, why she believes U.S. s...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Clint Steele — dementia prevention and brain regenerative specialist, founder of The Better Brain Company, and author of 101 Brain Hacks To Prevent and Even Reverse Dementia (Including Alzheimer’s) — for a deep conversation about brain health, chronic stress, lifestyle, memory, and the daily habits he believes shape cognitive decline or recovery.

Dr. Steele shares why he believes stress is the biggest threat to the brain, how sleep, breathing, movement, blood sugar, trauma, and thought patterns all affect cognitive health, and why he thinks balance and leg streng...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Dr. Lee Warren — board-certified neurosurgeon, Iraq war veteran, trauma survivor, and author of The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery — for a raw conversation about PTSD, grief, chronic stress, prayer, brain health, and the connection between neuroscience and faith.

Lee shares how serving in Iraq, performing 200 brain surgeries in a tent hospital, and surviving repeated mortar attacks left him with PTSD — and how the 2013 murder of his son Mitch forced him to confront what healing actually looks like. He explains the brain scan moment that c...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Rebecca Murray — founder of One By One and author of Embrace the Journey — for a raw conversation about child slavery, rescue work, faith, waiting, grief, obedience, and what it looks like to say yes to God in impossible situations.

Rebecca shares the moment that changed her life forever: meeting a little girl on the streets of Sierra Leone who believed a cheap pair of flip-flops meant she had been bought. That encounter became the face behind the statistics and launched a lifelong mission to rescue children from...

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with John Woods — founder of Upright Africa, medical humanitarian, and longtime orthopedic spine surgery first assist — for a powerful conversation about purpose, service, faith, and what it means to follow a calling into the hardest places on earth. John shares how a 2011 trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo changed the course of his life, why he left a successful career in Manhattan, and how his work has expanded into Zambia.

John explains what it looks like to bring modern medicine to some of the most underserved comm...