Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Hey, Heal Squad! We’re back with with the Gene Keys founder Richard Rudd, and this time, things get PERSONAL.Richard takes Maria deeper into her own Gene Keys profile, revealing what it says about her purpose, her relationship with struggle and resilience, and some of the shadows she may be here to work through. And let’s just say, there’s a moment where Maria literally calls the reading a “bullseye.” But before diving into Maria’s profile, Richard gets incredibly vulnerable about his own. He shares how being sent away to boarding school as a young child led him to emotionally shut down and repress years of pain and rage and the pretty wild experience that finally helped him release it. But here’s where it gets fascinating: Richard says hidden underneath that wound of repression was one of his greatest gifts: his intuition and access to a deeper wisdom that would eventually help him create the Gene Keys. And that leads to one of the biggest ideas from today’s conversation: What if the parts of ourselves we’ve spent years fighting are actually hiding something we need? Richard also shares why healing sometimes begins by simply saying YES to ourselves, why our need to control everything may actually be making life harder, and why some of us need to finally give ourselves permission for life to feel a little easier. If you’ve ever wondered why it can be so hard to let go of control or what gift might be hiding underneath your own wounds, there is SO much in this conversation for you. HEALERS & HEAL LINERS Your Deepest Wound May Be Hiding One of Your Greatest Gifts: Richard shares how his own wound of repression was connected, in his Gene Keys interpretation, to his gift of intuition and higher wisdom.  Sometimes Healing Starts With Saying YES to Yourself: Richard says that when he fully said yes to his own healing, the right people and experiences began appearing to help him face what he couldn’t face alone. His takeaway: we still have to be willing to open the door. Control May Be the Very Thing Keeping Life Hard: Maria’s Gene Keys reading sparks a powerful conversation about trying to control the details, our bodies, other people and everything around us. Richard’s message for Maria is especially powerful: give yourself permission for life to not be so hard. The lesson isn’t always to try harder, sometimes it’s learning to let go. HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host Medjet: medjet.com GUEST RESOURCES: Follow The Gene Keys on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genekeys/?hl=en More Info on The Gene Keys & Create Your Free Profile: http://www.genekeys.com Follow Gene Keys on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO7-rNNMA0NCGgY8xb9Tqxg Order The Gene Keys Book: https://genekeys.com/books/ ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

Hey, Heal Squad! Today, we’re diving into something Maria discovered recently and became completely fascinated by: The Gene Keys. And if you’ve never heard of them before, don’t worry, we’re starting from the beginning! The Gene Keys founder Richard Rudd joins Maria to explain what they actually are, how this whole system of self-discovery came to him, and why he believes so much of the wisdom we spend our lives searching for outside of ourselves may already be living inside us. And of course, Maria had the same questions you probably do: Is this like astrology? A birth chart? Human Design? Listen to Richard explain how it's different and why the things we struggle with most may actually be hiding some of our greatest gifts. He also gets into how conflict can contain the path to peace and why our trauma and shadow patterns could be connected to our own unique genius. We also get into the art of contemplation and how it can help us stop looking for someone else to tell us who we are and start reconnecting with our own inner wisdom. So if you’ve ever found yourself searching for answers about who you really are, why certain patterns keep showing up in your life, or what you’re supposed to take away from the hard stuff, this conversation may give you a completely different way to look at it all.And let’s just say, this is the PERFECT conversation to kick off everything we’ll be exploring at the upcoming Heal Squad Retreat at Canyon Ranch as we all work on finding our own guide back to ourselves. Enjoy! HEALERS & HEAL LINERS Your Shadow May Be Hiding Your Greatest Gift: Richard explains that the patterns and struggles we want to escape may actually contain the seeds of our creativity, wisdom and unique gifts. Stop Searching Outside Yourself for the Answer: Gene Keys isn’t about someone else telling you who you are. Richard says the wisdom is already inside your body, and the Gene Keys tools are simply meant to help you access it. There Can Be Something Beautiful on the Other Side of the Hard Stuff: Whether it’s anxiety, overwhelm, relationship struggles or trauma, Richard’s philosophy is that working through the shadow can reveal the lesson or gift on the other side, and that perspective can create hope. HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host Medjet: medjet.com GUEST RESOURCES: Follow The Gene Keys on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genekeys/?hl=en More Info on The Gene Keys & Create Your Free Profile: http://www.genekeys.com Follow Gene Keys on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO7-rNNMA0NCGgY8xb9Tqxg Order The Gene Keys Book: https://genekeys.com/books/ ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

Hey Heal Squad! Maria is back with another What Worked This Week, and this week she’s saving us money…givign us the ultimate tip for a nervous system reset…and helping us focus! First up, Maria shares the free app she’s been using to get rid of paper clutter and organize everything from contracts to old family photos. Then we get into something new she’s been experimenting with: CBG oil. Maria explains why she switched from taking it at night to the morning, what the early research says, and why she’s been noticing a major difference in her energy, focus and productivity.And because apparently feet are officially becoming a recurring character on this show (LOL!), Maria has another foot-health find: the ridiculously comfortable wide-toe socks she says finally give her toes room to breathe instead of squeezing them together. But one of her favorite discoveries this week: going outside as the sun goes down and sitting by the fire! Maria shares how two nights around the fire pit unexpectedly helped reset her sleep! Then, grab your phone because we’re doing a little financial cleanup. Maria walks us through the subscription check that puts back cash in her pocket. And somehow all of this leads to the bigger lesson Maria has been sitting with this week: What are we still carrying that we don’t need anymore? Not just papers, subscriptions or things cluttering our homes, but guilt, shame, self-criticism and the belief that we have to earn our healing. What happens if we just allow it. Maria shares the Louise Hay message that stopped her in her tracks and asks a question we may all need this week: What if instead of doing more, there’s something we finally need to put down? Enjoy this episode friends! Join us at our Canyon Ranch 2026 Retreat: https://www.canyonranch.com/lenox/retreats/heal-retreat-maria-menounos HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website: https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host Medjet: medjet.com Shop Maria’s CBG Oil & Alpaca Cloud Socks & More here:  https://shopmy.us/shop/mariamenounos ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

Happy Sunday! Welcome to Heal Squad's The Sunday Set Up. Life lessons to help you start the week. This week, we talk about one of the hardest words for so many of us to say: no. Not “no, because…” Not “no, but maybe…” Just no.We talk about why we feel the need to explain ourselves, especially when we’re used to giving so much of our time and energy to other people. And how the moment we start offering reasons for our decision, we may be handing someone else the opportunity to question those reasons, challenge them, and suddenly turn our boundary into a negotiation. We also talk the power of silence, why it can make us so uncomfortable that we start talking just to fill the space, and how learning to sit with that discomfort can help us stop giving our power away. Because we’re allowed to need time for ourselves. We’re allowed to rest. And we’re allowed to say no without convincing anyone else that our reason is good enough. This week, ask yourself: Where am I overexplaining my boundaries? Whose approval am I looking for when I say no? And what would happen if I simply said no — and let that be enough? Have a great week, Heal Squad. We’ll Talk Shawtly! Join us at our Canyon Ranch 2026 Retreat: https://www.canyonranch.com/lenox/retreats/heal-retreat-maria-menounos HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host Medjet: medjet.com ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

Happy Pot Luck Saturday! The Limited, Chess King, Buster Brown, Major Mudd, and a thousand Hickory Farms stores. Yes, we’re going back to the mall. We talk Merry-Go-Round, Casual Corner, Contempo Casuals, Wet Seal, Kinney Shoes and Thom Mcan. There’s Forenza, piano ties, wild patterns, leather jackets, Miami Vice looks, and enough questionable fashion choices to last well beyond the ’80s. We also talk waiting all day for a local TV legend who never showed up, Rex Trailer, Brady Bunch perms, and the stores that disappeared because they couldn't keep up with changing tastes and the changing mall. We talk about summer sausage, Easter baskets wrapped in cellophane, overpriced pears, edible arrangements, the possibility of a muffin basket, and whether a gift basket is actually better to look at than open. It’s a Pot Luck Saturday with mall memories, big hair, old-school fashion, gift baskets, spicy mustard, and one ice cream cone at the end of a very long Sunday shopping trip. We’ll talk Shawtly! Join us at our Canyon Ranch 2026 Retreat: https://www.canyonranch.com/lenox/retreats/heal-retreat-maria-menounos HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host Medjet: medjet.com ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.