Teacher to Taster, Inside Out Intestines, and More with Jenn Trepeck

Jenn Trepeck: 00:00:19

You know, we can walk in a room and forget why we walked in there, but a song comes on and we know every single word to a song that we haven't heard in, you know, 30 years. It's crazy.

Danny Brown: 00:00:31

Hi, and welcome to 5 Random Questions, the show with unexpected questions and unfiltered answers. I'm your host, Danny Brown, and each week I'll be asking my guests five questions created by a random question generator.

The guest has no idea what the questions are, and neither do I, which means this could go either way. So sit back, relax, and let's dive into this week's episode. Today's guest is Jenn Trepeck.

Jenn has been described as a force of nature in the wellness space, with recognition in Podcast Magazine's 40 Under 40, International Women's Podcast Awards, Ear Worthy's Independent Podcast Awards, and Women who Podcast magazine. She is an optimal health coach, podcaster, and business coach.

Her work grew of Jenn's own weight management saga and learned a nutrition education we're all supposed to know when, but no one ever taught us, which allowed her to say she kicked her food issues.

After over a decade of working with clients, Jan started the Salad With a Side of Fries podcast to pay it forward and help even more people help themselves. Based on science, yet lighthearted, Jenn uncomplicates wellness and supports people in living their happiest, healthiest lives.

So, Jenn, welcome to 5 Random Questions.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:01:38

Thank you. I'm so excited to be here.

Danny Brown: 00:01:40

I am excited to have you here.

As I mentioned in the green room pre recording, you came highly recommended by a joint, you know, connection friend, Frank Racioppi over at Ear Worthy. So super happy to have you here.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:01:52

Well, thank you. I appreciate it. He's the best.

Danny Brown: 00:01:56

And as I mentioned, your podcast is called Salad with a Side of Fries, which is the perfect name for the goal of the show. And I buy into it completely - in an episode of the Simpsons, and this isn't part of the random questions. I'm just curious about this.

In an episode of the Simpsons, there was a song that had the words, you won't win or you don't win friends with salad. So if you were looking to win someone over with salad, what one would you make?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:02:19

That is a great question. I would have to ask them questions first to find it, right? Like some people, my sister, for example, does not like anything sweet in a salad.

For other people, they're like, wait, that makes the difference now. I totally enjoy this. Maybe to change it up, I would do if I didn't Have a chance to ask them questions.

I would do a salad that's a mix of vegetables and zero lettuce. Add some cheese in there, some nuts, kind of change it up and give people a new experience of a salad. And I would add in there something warm.

So it's a combination of cold and warm and no lettuce.

Danny Brown: 00:03:00

I like that. And the lettuce part is awesome because I enjoy. I guess it's called a tuna salad, but it's basically tuna.

And then there's a bunch of veggies mixed in with some corn, et cetera. It's cornovich. I don't know, but. But there's no lettuce. So my daughter says, well, that's not a salad because there's no lettuce in it.

And I keep saying, but it doesn't. I don't think it has to have a lettuce to be salad.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:03:21

Yeah, no.

Danny Brown: 00:03:22

Anywho. Well, I will go with that. As I say, as someone that goes with salads without lettuce, I'm all in for that.

So good to know that the expert is too awesome. And speaking of all in, it's time to get all in on this week's five random questions. So, Jenn, are you ready for the hot seat?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:03:40

I'm as ready as we're gonna be.

Danny Brown: 00:03:42

Alrighty, let's bring up the random question generator. Ah, perfect question for a foodie like yourself, Jenn. Question number one. What is your favorite condiment?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:03:54

Oh, this is so hard. Okay. As a kid, it was ketchup. My sister and I put ketchup on everything.

Now I think I'm gonna go, well, the health coach in me is gonna say, my favorite condiment is grains. And people are gonna be like, what? Grains are a condiment? Yes. That's putting them in proper proportion.

But really, condiment wise, I will go with tahini.

Danny Brown: 00:04:23

Okay. What is tahini?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:04:25

So tahini is made out of sesame seeds. It's very common in Middle Eastern cuisine. But you can use it as a dipping sauce.

You can use it, mix it with other things to make any other kind of sauce, but I find it delicious. And when I'm ordering food, because I don't always have groceries, I often am choosing tahini based dressings.

You can mix it with tuna, you can mix it with anything.

Danny Brown: 00:04:58

Yeah. And is there, like, is there a set flavor to it? Has it got any kick or is it just like a no kick?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:05:03

I mean, you could add spice to it, you know, or add it to sriracha and give it, you know, new Life. But it kind of. Because it's made out of sesame seeds, it has, I guess, maybe more of an earthy flavor.

But then, you know, you could take the tahini and mix it with Greek yogurt and get like an even creamier kind of dressing. Or you could mix it with olive oil and vinegar and, you know, thin it out and get, you know, so I. It's versatile. You could.

You could add like honey or maple syrup and, you know, put it to the sweeter side. Or like you said, add something and make it spicy.

Danny Brown: 00:05:42

It's funny how our taste buds change over the years. My daughter, she's 13 now, and when she was about 8, 9, I'm going to say she loved her spicy foods, man.

So if we'd go to, like a restaurant or whatever, we'd have these little challenges, like a spicy food challenge, where who would eat the spiciest food and then the loser is to pay up 20 bucks. And obviously she never lost. She always ate the spicy sauces and that, and I would be the one that coughed first.

But now in the last year, she kind of went off that and she's kind of coming back on. Like, recently, she's gone a weird phase where she's adding chipotle to every single thing. So chipotle on a burger, chipotle on a salad, Chipotle.

I'm pretty sure she would have it on pancakes if we didn't have syrup in the cupboard. It's just weird how, you know, how you adapt and change to that.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:06:25

For sure, for sure. Taste buds continue to change.

Danny Brown: 00:06:29

Well, and that's it. I mean, I love.

My mum used to love making, like, I'm from Scotland originally, so part of the natural food there, if you like, was a lot of meat, a lot of beef, et cetera, but you always mixed it up with a lot of spice. So lots of black pepper, you know, ground and et cetera, lots of salt and other kinds of spices.

And I used to hate that because it was too peppery, and now I can't get enough of black pepper. I would like my daughter over chipotle. I just put black pepper on anything and everything that I can.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:07:02

Yeah, I'm not. I'm not a salt person, so I'm much more of a pepper person than a salt person.

But I've gotten into, like, I always keep some truffle salt in my apartment because you could just steam veggies and put some truffle salt on it. And it's amazing.

Danny Brown: 00:07:18

I am like. And this is why I should never do episodes where food is one of the questions. Because every time we finish recording, I want to go, truffle salt.

Is that actually dessert truffle then, or is that a different kind? No, different kind.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:07:31

No, it's savory. It's like the mushroom truffles.

Danny Brown: 00:07:33

Okay, all right.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:07:35

But by the way, that's real. It's called food porn. Well, I call it food porn, but it's real. It's. You know, our brains are wired to then want to go eat when we see food.

Danny Brown: 00:07:45

Yeah, hundred percent.

I had an episode about three, four episodes back, I think, with Colin True from the Rock Fight podcast, and he was talking about what he would do if I ever visited him in SoCal. He'd make this pizza that he's well known for similar. And he described how he'd make this pizza, et cetera. And I was savoring.

I was struggling to go through the rest of the questions because I was just thinking.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:08:04

Right. All you could think about is pizza. Yeah.

Danny Brown: 00:08:07

I don't know. Like I said, my daughter loves her food and definitely loves her Chipotle.

So I don't know what that would be like, you know, if that's gonna be her wedding day dressing on her table. That'd be kind of weird, having all the guests. You have to dip your cake into some Chipotle or something.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:08:22

I mean, why not?

Danny Brown: 00:08:24

Well, exactly. Why not? Indeed. Why not? Well, speaking of why not, why not? Let's have a look. A good one. To open up the episode there.

Let's have a look at question number two. Okay, question two. Jenn, what kind of music do you like to listen to?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:08:41

So just, like, our taste buds change. Right. I'm definitely, you know, typical top 40, but. And back into my research brain. So really interesting.

We all gravitate toward the music that we listen to in our teens and college years.

So for me, it's a lot of a very wide range of everything from, you know, Eminem, you know, sort of East Coast, west coast rap, you know, Tupac and Wu Tang and all of that, which is probably not what people would expect from, you know, little white girl from the suburbs of Detroit. And. And then there's also. I grew up in the era of all the boy bands, so I still, you know, Justin Timberlake, NSync, Backstreet Boys.

There are just certain songs that you forget that, you know, and then they come on, you know, earlier today, Green Day came up in a conversation.

We all started singing Green Day, so it really runs the gam, but it's amazing how today, you know, we can walk in a room and forget why we walked in there, but a song comes on and we know every single word to a song that we haven't heard in, you know, 30 years. It's crazy.

Danny Brown: 00:10:00

Well, my wife always described her. When we first met, she was very much into emo. Heavily into emo and still is.

Nothing wrong with emo, but she always called herself, like, an eclectic punk because she also loved Backstreet Boys. That's who she grew up with in. In high school. That was her soundtrack. Backstreet Boys, NSync, all, you know, all the classic pop. So you see this.

This.

This person that dresses a certain way at the time, but then if Backstreet Boys comes on, she'll be singing along, sweetest little voice, doing the harmies. And I think, hold on a minute. Aren't you like a screamo or something? So it's cool how you say that.

What we listen to is basically the soundtrack of our lives because it does follow us all the way through. Right?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:10:40

Yep.

Danny Brown: 00:10:41

Now I'm trying to remember, are you married, Jenn?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:10:43

I'm not.

Danny Brown: 00:10:44

Okay. So I was going to say. I was just going to ask her. I wasn't being personal there.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:10:47

Sorry.

Danny Brown: 00:10:48

Came across. I was just curious.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:10:49

I'm an open book.

Danny Brown: 00:10:50

Yeah, Well, I was just curious. So let's say you do get married, Jenn.

What would be, I guess, your wedding song or if you had two choices, so your wedding song from back when and your wedding song right now, as you are now, today.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:11:05

I don't know. I may be the only female who has never planned out her wedding to choose it now.

I think it would have to be some song that meant something to me and this person, you know, like. But I think back in the day, I don't know, what was the song? So a friend of mine. Now I'm going to memories. A friend of mine in high school wanted to.

I don't know if she wanted to walk down the aisle to this song or have it as her first dance. And now I can't even think of who sang it. But the lyrics are like, you know, meet me at the altar in your white dress. Let's get married. Like, now.

This is going to drive me nuts that I can't think of who it was.

Danny Brown: 00:11:55

Yeah, I can't. I'm a slightly older generation. I can't think of it. But I bet my wife would know if she was here.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:12:01

I'm gonna. I know. I think your wife and I are the same. I might Google it. While we're. I don't want to mess anything up in technology, but.

Danny Brown: 00:12:09

But that would be the one. Yeah.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:12:11

Yeah. I mean, that's what I think of as far as, like a wedding song from when, you know, we were kids.

But I have to give my friend Lindsay credit for that one.

Danny Brown: 00:12:18

Like I said, I'll drop in the show. I know when we got married, we played our dance, or wedding dance, I guess the first dance was the song I Do by Dashboard Confessional.

Very little known song. I think it was a B side actually of one of their songs I would recall.

And nobody knew it obviously, apart from us, but we were like singing it along and what have you.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:12:36

No, I was gonna say that just reminded me there's a song I Will by the Beatles that I do remember learning and thinking this would be a great wedding song. So maybe it's that one for me. Yeah.

Danny Brown: 00:12:48

And I'd be. I feel with the Beatles you're gonna have a better chance of more people knowing it as well.

That being said, if your guests are, you know, primarily your friends and people you went to school and college and with, they're gonna know whatever songs you pick, really. So they should. Or else they're not friends and kick them out the way in. Barry.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:13:04

Yeah.

Danny Brown: 00:13:06

Awesome. Well, that was like a nice little jump back in time and music. I'm always a fan of music questions because it's always interesting to hear.

You know, you mentioned it, you've got that eclectic appeal, you know, which. Which makes it fun when you listen to music, I feel.

And you know, when you do have kids, if you have, if you have kids down the line, it's funny watching them sing the songs that you played, you know, whilst they were little ones, so obviously they were taking it in without you knowing it. And then they sing the words back, thinking really, of course it gets interesting if it's like X rated and they've picked that up.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:13:37

Exactly. I see it with my nephew, he's 11. And you know, every now and then I'm like, ooh, okay.

Danny Brown: 00:13:45

Yeah, well, it's like my wife and I have this running. Not argument as such, but this running kind of disagreement.

Like she'll play the full explicit versions of the song and the kids are both teens now, so I guess I should be standing back a bit, you know. But she'll play the full explicit versions of songs and I'll play the radio friendly version.

And you can tell when the kids have been in the car with mum because when they come home it's like. And Then it's like just tripping off all these F bombs. Like, no, no, I don't want to be that old fuddy guy.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:14:13

Rein it back in.

Danny Brown: 00:14:14

Yeah, rein it back in. Exactly. Exactly. Alrighty. Well, that was a nice little musical interlude. Let's have a look at what question number number three is.

Oh, this is an interesting one. And I kind of feel I might know your answer based on you and your background, Jenn.

But question number three, would you rather not be able to use your hands or not be able to walk?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:14:40

This is so hard. But I think not be able to walk because. Right.

If I think about, you know, even capacity to get around, there's so much advancement in wheelchairs and even, you know, automatic ones or even if they're manual, at least you have your arms to do things, your arms to eat, you know, or an arm or a hand to be able to, like, operate the wheelchair as opposed to being, you know, not having arms and being able to get around.

But I will say I have seen videos on the Internet of people who don't have arms and the things that they learn to do with their feet or other parts of their body is amazing to me. And, yeah, it's just incredible.

Danny Brown: 00:15:38

Yeah, I watched a video once, funnily enough. It was about someone who lost their arms to illness.

And not their arms as such, but maybe just above the elbow bone, there was some illness that they had and they had to have both their, I guess, forearms not chopped off. That's a horrible thing to say. Amputated. Amputated. Thank you.

And they really learned to use their other limbs, so their feet, their legs, et cetera, to write, to cook, to, you know, do the work that their hands would normally do. And they were doing it better than I could even imagine, like writing or painting or something.

Like if I'm, you know, fuller limbed with fingers, et cetera.

And I could never in a million years create the artistry that these people came out with, that person came out with from this, like, video I was watching. It's crazy.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:16:25

Yeah, it's amazing. The human body, the human spirit, just incredible.

Danny Brown: 00:16:30

Well, and that's, I think that's, it's like you say it's an interesting one because you do. You try to think, okay, well, what do I use my legs for? And I guess primarily it's getting around.

So, you know, it's walking, it's running, it's gone upstairs, going downstairs, etc, and thankfully there are a technology, you know, so stairs, lifts, cars, wheelchairs, etc, that can still get you around prosthetics. You know, you look at some of the prosthetics now, they're amazing. You look at some of the athletes that can run on these like prosthetic legs.

It's got like the sort of bendy and blades, the blade runners. And it's crazy to think what, you know, what can be done now.

And then you say, okay, well if I did, you know, if I, if I couldn't use my arms, does that sort of make it far, far less things I could do? Or like you said, can I now reprogram my brain and limbs to do the work that that could done.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:17:23

I work out with a woman actually who lost her leg below her knee from an accident with the subway. And she has that kind of prosthetic, you know, that's, it's like bent and she can bounce on it, but she unbelievable, this woman.

Danny Brown: 00:17:42

Well, and that's it, I feel. And obviously we can't speak to it because we're, I'm not going to say healthy. That's the wrong thing to say.

We're both full limbed, I guess, or we've got the capability to use all limbs. But yeah, it's like thinking about that, I think I couldn't do that.

But I guess you, your mind just tells you, well, you're going to do that, you know, and then you do.

And it's like, you say, it's like it's super inspiring to start with, but it's just, it also humbles you to think, well, you know, maybe you shouldn't just be such a, you know, perfectionist if you like, because guess what, you don't have to be so called air quotes perfect to live out a full life.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:18:21

The interesting thing when it comes to this kind of stuff, I always like to make sure that we aren't comparing trauma, drama, pain, and rather letting someone like. Because some people will say, well, if they can do that, right, like, who am I to complain about?

And rather than looking at it that way, I like to think about it as inspiration, inspiring, you know, that if they can do this, so can I. There's nothing holding me back, you know, like slight tweak.

But it's one of those things where I see it all the time, where people start to compare themselves to other people and almost use it to try to shame themselves into some sort of, you know, quote unquote motivation or something, rather than letting it just truly inspire.

Danny Brown: 00:19:22

No, and that's a great point. I mean, you must suit yourself, obviously, your coach and your work that you do in the podcast. You must see it yourself.

And from, I guess, a far less relatable topic, I guess. But I see it with podcasters. I work at a podcasting company and help podcasters with their podcast, et cetera. But you see it a lot.

You see them look at other podcasters and the numbers they share, the guests they have on, the places being included in the news, etc. And they think, well, why should I bother? I'm never going to get to that. But you shouldn't really like, you see, don't use the competition.

Use it as an inspiration. Well, how can you improve your audio, how can you improve your video, how can you improve your guest outreach, all that kind of stuff.

It's not about, you know, matching that person who may not actually be sharing their correct numbers about their success, but just how can you make little tweaks to your own enjoyment, etc.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:20:15

Yeah, exactly.

Danny Brown: 00:21:42

Well, let's have a look at question number four. Question number four. As a child, Jenn, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:21:54

I wanted to be a teacher. Well, okay, so kindergarten, first grade, I wanted to be a teacher. I think I just.

I didn't love my kindergarten teacher, but I loved my first grade teacher.

And then I wanted to be a little older, so this must have been, I don't know, later in elementary school, maybe middle school, I wanted to be a psychologist. And if I had, I ended up going into business and then later into health and wellness.

So now I say if I had a to do again, I probably should have gone to med school, but here we are. So at first it was a teacher and then a psychologist. You.

Danny Brown: 00:22:33

Well, I always wanted to be a journalist, you know, and I studied really hard at school when it came to English, for example, because I thought, that's gonna be the one that gets me there. And then I discovered girls and my interest in careers took a nosedive, you know, so here I am, a podcaster.

But no, it's interesting you mentioned, I mean, e. You mentioned that. I think you think it was in, like, junior kindergarten where you wanted to be a teacher because you didn't like your JK teacher.

So it's almost like you're already thinking, how can I replace this person? Because I know I can do. Do better than what this person's bringing to the class.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:23:10

And the irony of it all, I guess, is like, if I think about what I do now with my clients, it is a bit teacher, it is a bit psychologist, it is a bit, you know, health, medical, but not Medical or, you know, I'm not licensed in those things, so I can't say I do that. But it kind of encompasses all of those pieces which, you know, maybe we.

Danny Brown: 00:23:34

Know well, and that's it.

Was there any, like, particular from the psychology part, referencing an elder episode again, I had a gentleman on called Bob Le Drew who was thinking about becoming a psychologist in university, and that came from a personal tragedy that happened to his family, and that's what sort of made him think, okay, I want to do this for X reason. Was there a reason in particular that you were thinking psychology? Was it the attraction of psychology from TV shows or.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:24:03

That's a good question. I think. I don't think there was anything specific. I do remember saying at one point, like, I don't think you need meds for everything.

I don't know where I got that idea. I don't know what that, you know, came from on either side of that, either meds or not, you know, But I've always been fascinated by human behavior.

So what makes us do what we do? How do we tick? Why do we do certain things? So, I mean, maybe it was just some of that.

Danny Brown: 00:24:33

Well, it's like you say, though.

I mean, on your journey with your own health and changing around, you know, and where you are with the podcast and what you talk about now, like, psychology definitely does play a part in that quite heavy part. Well, why do I eat this versus this? Why do I drink this versus that? Why does this food have a certain effect on me?

You know, I guess that's more physical and psychology, but it comes into so much use from. From that aspect, I would imagine, too.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:24:57

Oh, a thousand percent.

And the interesting thing is that, you know, when I was struggling with my own saga of, you know, trying to figure out my health and my weight and all that stuff, I thought it was psychological, right? It's like, what's wrong with me that I just can't not eat, you know, the free breakfast, you know, in the office at work or something?

And what I really came to learn is exactly what you said, that it's much more biochemical, that it's not as much psychological. Although even what we're experiencing in our minds is also very connected to the nutrients we eat or don't eat.

But learning that shifted everything for me into something that was logical. And so it allowed me to stop feeling like I was a failure or something was wrong with me.

And I see that shift with podcast listeners, with my clients all the time, because I think now this is sort of A sidebar in a soapbox. But the wellness world has really gone off the rails and is selling shame and blame disguised as health.

And the bottom line is that's not the case at all. And so it's really. Everything I do is to help people, you know, reclaim that.

Danny Brown: 00:26:18

Well, I was going to ask you about that, and I'm, you know, I'm glad you brought that up there, because I could imagine. I know, certainly, I know, like a chap over in the UK, podcast and consultant, and he gets so enraged on LinkedIn. You have to follow him.

He's really funny. He gets so enraged on LinkedIn.

A lot of the shows and advice that's been given out about the podcasting space by people that are just out to make a fast buck and take advantage. And I'd imagine similar in the wellness industry.

It must really, like, piss you off when you see some people give the advice they give, because it goes maybe against what you're saying, but it's so bad.

And it's just like the quick, easy buck and the quick, easy fix that some people are hoping to find without knowing actually why they're doing what they're doing.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:27:02

Yeah. It's frustrating. And there are even people in my space, right.

Where I watched one yesterday where this woman was just, like, ranting, you know, was so infuriated, and she was speaking exactly what I say all the time and, you know, appreciate somebody voicing it.

But the other, I think the piece that's maybe even more complicated when it comes to health is that with the things that people are sharing, it's not that something's patently false. It's not that they're completely wrong.

It's that it ignores the nuance and doesn't give the detail that actually allows somebody to make whatever that recommendation is work for them. And so that's what's frustrating. You know, it's like even every fad has a foundation in some really interesting science and research and biology.

It's that it snowballs into something far different than what it was intended for without conversation of the consequences or without conversation of details of implementation and how we do these things. You know, like, even just calories in, calories out, theoretically, yes, that will make the number on the scale go down.

But does that translate to health? Right. And what. What are those calories made of? Because that's really what makes the difference.

ke, but, you know, if you ate: 1200

Danny Brown: 00:28:51

Way, for whatever sound like the Skittles.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:28:54

Do not recommend. But, you know, and they go well. And I'm like, no, not well. Because what you've just said by saying calories in, calories out is what matters.

You are creating a situation, and I see it over and over and over where people are under eating and over exercising, completely deteriorating their health.

Danny Brown: 00:29:14

And then they're asking, why am I not getting like thinner, stronger, fitter, et cetera. Because like you say, they're not doing it. I mean, it took me, I went back like twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen.

I had a really, you know, I was a bit of a more svelte person than I am today.

I had a really good fitness kick and I got like personal trainers, et cetera, and they taught the importance of like healthy fats, which I never knew about. You hear the name fat and you immediately think, oh, bad, don't eat fat. But healthy fats you actually want to put in your body, right?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:29:42

Yeah. Every cell in your body has a lipid layer, right? Or a fatty barrier around the outside of every cell.

So if we don't have fat, we compromise the integrity of every single cell in the body. Like that's a problem, you know, I mean, and then there are vitamins that require fat for your body to use and absorb.

And so it's, you know, it's all the research, by the way, on fat being the enemy was one study in the 70s that has never been able to be replicated. You know, people don't even know your body creates its own cholesterol.

And so if you eat cholesterol, your body will make less, you know, but it always maintains a certain level of cholesterol where, like, by the way, the egg is probably not the problem with your cholesterol.

Danny Brown: 00:30:30

And what do you think? I know, like our kids, schools getting really good. School boards are not the school.

The school's pretty good as well, actually, but the school board's getting really good at educating more in life stuff as opposed to the normal school topics, etc. And they're getting into, you know, they have a really good dietary lunch, etc.

And why certain foods are good, certain foods actually good, et cetera. Do you think more schools need to be doing that, more boards?

Because you mentioned a great point about the name and shame or feeling Shame, because you're doing X, but you generally find that as an adult, when you're looking at, you know, yourself a little bit more conspicuously, I feel. Do you feel if we started earlier in life, it would give us a bit more understanding and less putting so much on us?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:31:15

Yes. And, you know, yes, we need to start it earlier. And the idea.

I mean, I get what you're saying as far as, like, we think about it more as we get older, but there are kids as young as 5 years old who are saying they can't eat something because it will do something, you know, aesthetically with their body. Like, they see. Even as young as, you know, two or three years old, they see how you look at yourself.

So, yes, we want to start earlier, and we have to shift the dynamic of, with ourselves and each other, of what they're seeing and when it comes to what they're learning and improving, that it is such an uphill battle because, you know, in the US Even the schools for dietitians and nutritionists are still based in some old research, and they. Those schools are very much funded by Coke and Pepsi and Unilever and Kraft.

And so even if we start earlier, it's also what we're teaching earlier and how we're teaching it in the language that we put to things. So. Yes.

Danny Brown: 00:32:29

And it reminds me that there was a little meme a while ago where it put a comparison chart about why McDonald's cost 2 bucks for a Happy Meal, and then fruit and veg cost 10 bucks for the equivalent weight or something. And that's why we have shoes, et cetera.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:32:46

One of many reasons.

Danny Brown: 00:32:47

Yeah, I hear you. My daughter's very.

She's, like, in competitive cheer, so her team's very on the ball when it comes to nutrition, et cetera, and how that affects your body and how that affects your strength, et cetera. So I will be directing her to your podcast. Anyway.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:33:03

Well, thank you.

Danny Brown: 00:33:04

You're very welcome. You're very welcome. And speaking of very welcome, we welcome question number five. Okay. Easiest one, too, to finish off with. Here we go.

Jenn, question number five. How long does it take for you to get ready in the morning?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:33:23

It depends, right? Like, there's the 15 minute version and then there's the hour version, you know, But I can.

If I'm not washing my hair, I can be ready in, like, 15, 20 minutes. You know, body shower, get it together.

But if I'm washing my hair, if, you know, I don't know what I'm wearing or figuring that out, then it's closer to an hour.

Danny Brown: 00:33:54

All right. And you have like a set routine. I know my daughter has a very specific routine. My son, less so. He's kinda, he's my son. He's a boy. He's all over the.

He's a teen boy. He's all over the place. He does what he does. But yeah, I mean, it's like, say my daughter asks me or my kids ask, why don't I grow my hair out?

And I said, well, A, it's gray, but B, I don't have to comb it, I don't have to worry about it. I just get up and it's ready to go. Obviously you have lovely long hair. My, my daughter has long hair.

I'm guessing that takes a little bit longer to get just so maybe.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:34:26

Well, that's just it, right? So if I wash it and I have to, my hair is curly and I wear it straight for everybody who can't see on video.

And so if I'm going, you know, from washing my hair, it takes longer. Like drying my hair itself is about 20ish minutes, so that's what really makes a big difference.

But if I'm just body shower getting ready, I can fix my hair in, you know, a couple minutes.

Danny Brown: 00:34:52

And is there one like you mentioned there, Obviously you've got naturally curly hair, but you wear it straight, so this may even be the answer, who knows?

But is there one like, cheat that you would love that you wouldn't have to worry about in the morning that would save you X amount of times, even on the times where you normally have to spend a long amount of time getting ready, like the hour plus, etc.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:35:14

Yeah, I mean, I guess if my hair would dry in, you know, 30 seconds and look like I did it, that would be amazing, you know. But there, you know, I'm. I'm a skincare girl too.

And so there are some days, especially at night when you're like, some days it feels so good and it's a great part of the day. And other days it's like, I just don't feel like doing this. So that would be another one if it was like an easy button for all the skin care.

Danny Brown: 00:35:43

Yeah. I hear we, where we live in Canada, we are in like central to north Ontario.

It's a tiny little village and really harsh winters and lovely summers, but really harsh winter. So you can imagine what that does to your skin when you're outside.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:35:57

I grew up in Michigan, so I get it.

Danny Brown: 00:35:58

Yeah, there you go then. Yeah. The first year we Moved here, the winter was like minus 36 centigrade, which was super cold. I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit.

Very, very cold. And our eyebrows and all that were frosted on the walk to the school bus stop and coming back, etc. So I'm all with you on the skincare.

I've got a bunch of lotions that I should use more. I tend not to, though.

But yeah, if I could have something that would just make my skin feel good the whole day through as opposed to five o' clock at night, I'm looking red and blotch. I'm thinking, what's going on there? Why? Why is that happening?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:36:30

Yeah, for sure.

Danny Brown: 00:36:31

And I guess obviously I could just maybe eat certain foods throughout the day that would actually keep me looking better as well.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:36:38

Yeah, maybe. You know, there are different areas of the face that connect to different organs in the body.

So if we're having a consistent challenge somewhere, rosacea, acne, those kinds of things, like different parts of the face connect to different organs. And, you know, Chinese medicine. And then, you know, it's also said your skin is your intestines turned inside out.

So oftentimes what's manifesting in your skin is connected to what's happening in the gut.

Danny Brown: 00:37:07

Well, I did not hear. That's a very graphic description. To finish that.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:37:11

You're welcome.

Danny Brown: 00:37:13

Now I'm going to be thinking I'm going to look at myself in the mirror every time now. You know, walking by the mirror to like brush my teeth or grab a water or something. Okay. How's my intestine looking today? That's it. Going to be that.

Well, Jenn, we have reached the end of your time in the hot. The random question hot seat.

And thank you for sharing your answers there, as is only fair because I've had you on the spot for the last 30, 35 minutes or so. It is now time to flip over the question to yourself.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:37:38

Awesome. Well, my question to you is, who is your dream guest for this podcast?

Danny Brown: 00:37:45

Ooh. And it can be anyone. Doesn't have to be anybody. Anyone. Anyone at all. Yep. Living or dead? I guess living.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:37:54

Give me both.

Danny Brown: 00:37:55

Ooh. Okay. Okay. Living.

I would probably have to go with someone like Ryan Reynolds, who I think just because anytime I see him getting interviewed, he always seems genuine. Maybe he's not. Maybe that's a very slick facade. I don't think it is. He's Canadian. What. What can be slick about it?

But he always seems to be fun and ready put, you know, make fun of himself and not take himself too seriously. So I think he'd be awesome.

I think if I was going for someone that's no longer here, I would probably go with, I'm going to go with Joan of Arc, actually. Old histori... historian. She's not historian, very famous person from history. And I guess I'd be really curious as to.

Because you hear, you get to know historian history, you read up on her, etc. You know, her death and everything that led to that.

And I guess I'll just be curious as to, you know, we know like, I mean, I'm speaking as a, an older white male, very much of a privileged, privileged position. We know how difficult it is still today for women in, you know, in the world going back then when it was really bad as well.

How, how, you know, how difficult was it? And I guess it wouldn't be a random question episode then because I'd have to focus on her, her time then.

But I'd love to know the strength it must have taken at that time as being a woman, a female warrior, getting, I guess men to follow you into battle when it's such a non expected thing. And I'm trying to word this in a way that's not disrespectful. I'm hoping I'm doing that.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:39:41

Yeah, yeah, 1,000%. I totally get it. I love that. And for everybody on the Ryan Reynolds front, we can do this.

If all of us listening right now, go send a message to Ryan Reynolds on a social media app. Pick one, send him a message and say you have to go on the five random Questions podcast. We can make this happen.

Danny Brown: 00:40:01

That would be awesome. And I will have you on as a guest co host if we manage to do that, Jenn, I feel that would be like a special bonus episode all around. Excellent.

Well, thank you for that question and touch wood or the wood that happens then. And he's very active on social, so you never know. And if I have to buy a bottle of aviation gin, I will do that.

Ryan, I will put another $20 in your pocket because I know you need it, mate. So Jenn, I really enjoyed talking to you and getting to know your answers for the five random questions today.

For anybody that wants to check out your awesome podcast and advice, you know, maybe even hire as your coach and all the awesome advice you give, you know, for wellness and business, where's the best places to check out the podcast yourself and connect online, et cetera.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:40:41

Oh, thank you so much. This has been a delight. My podcast salad with a side of fries.

So wherever you're listening, start to type salad with and it'll probably pop up all social media. I am at JennTrepeck J E N N T R E P E C K Send me a message. I promise I will get back to you. I love hearing from you. So please send a message.

And then my website is as salad with a side of fries.com so you can send me messages there. You can book 15 minutes with me on my website. I love connecting with you and Shameless Plug.

My first book is coming out this fall called Uncomplicating Wellness. So stay in touch, check it out. We'll give you a link to all the goodies and everything and all the info will be on my website too.

Danny Brown: 00:41:26

That is awesome. And congrats on the book. That is awesome.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:41:28

Thank you.

Danny Brown: 00:41:28

And that comes out later this year. Later this fall was it?

Jenn Trepeck: 00:41:31

Or yes, as of right now, the publisher said late October.

Danny Brown: 00:41:34

So nice.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:41:35

Very exciting.

Danny Brown: 00:41:36

It's my birthday in October so I shall pick up a copy of that. Happy birthday. Thank you. Thank you. I should pick up a copy. Congrats. And as always, I will leave all these links links in the show notes.

So if you're listening to this in your favorite podcast app or online at 5randomquestions.com, just check the episode show notes and everything will link through to Jenn and all the awesome stuff you can find there. So again, Jenn, thank you again for appearing on 5 Random Questions.

Jenn Trepeck: 00:41:58

Thank you.

Danny Brown: 00:42:00

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