Episode 90: Tending to Your Health With Cherie CalbomEpisode 90: Tending to Your Health With Cherie Calbom
The Well-Tended Life
Keri Wilt talks with health author and juicing expert Cherie Calbom about her journey from chronic illness to everyday wellness habits, focusing on small, sustainable changes. Their conversation covers juicing, seed oils, gentle detoxing and the link between emotional stress and physical health.
50:37•14 Oct 2026
Juice, Seed Oils and Tiny Steps: Cherie Calbom on Caring for Your One Body
Episode Overview
- Lasting health change comes from consistent, intentional choices rather than perfection or quick fixes.
- Simple habits like increasing daily water, walking regularly and adding one glass of fresh juice can make a noticeable difference.
- Juicing helps people reach a higher intake of vegetables, especially greens, in a quickly absorbed form.
- Common seed oils such as corn, soy and canola appear widely in processed foods and may be better replaced with oils like olive, coconut or avocado.
- Emotional health practices such as prayer, meditation, breathing and releasing "toxic thoughts" are as important as food choices for overall wellbeing.
“Nothing on earth tastes as good as good health.”
What can we learn from those who have battled addiction to sugar, stress and junk food rather than alcohol? This conversation on The Well-Tended Life zooms in on tending "the one garden we all live in – our bodies," with health educator and juicing pioneer Cherie Calbom, affectionately known as The Juice Lady. Keri Wilt chats with Cherie about her journey from chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and total burnout to a life built around vegetables, juicing and intentional self-care.
Cherie shares how a five-day vegetable juice fast sparked dramatic changes in her body and convinced her that, as she puts it, "this has got to be a way of life" rather than a quick fix. Anyone stuck in cycles of unhealthy coping – whether with food, sugar or overwork – will recognise the pattern of false starts and setbacks she describes. The episode stays very practical.
You’ll hear tiny first steps like adding just one extra glass of water a day, daily walks around the neighbourhood, and cleaning up the pantry one item at a time. Cherie breaks down why juicing can be such a powerful tool, why she aims for an 80/20 veggie-to-fruit ratio, and how a single glass of fresh juice can help people who "just don’t eat vegetables" get vital nutrients.
Things take a sharp turn when she calls modern seed oils "silent killers" and explains how common "vegetable oils" such as corn, soy and canola ended up in almost everything – and what to swap them for instead. She also links physical health to emotional habits, talking honestly about anxiety, overthinking and the importance of letting go of "toxic thoughts" as well as toxic foods.
If you’re working on treating your body with more kindness in recovery or simply feeling run-down and stuck, this chat offers a gentle nudge: what if better health really is built "one intentional choice at a time"?
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