The show and community was founded by Amy Sherman who hosts the podcast and leads the community. Amy is a marketing and social media executive who left corporate after 20+ years to pursue her dream of building her own community of like minded beauty and wellness lovers. More on the backstory here and here.

The weekly podcast is your go-to for feeling better - without the overwhelm. Amy explores simple, realistic ways to support your well-being, from quick practices to tools that actually fit into real life. She sits down with experts, founders, and thought leaders, asking the questions we’re all thinking (but maybe not saying out loud), trying trending hacks, and discovering emerging brands - all with a dose of fun, honesty, and laughs. Topics span beauty and lifestyle product recommendations and reviews, skincare, movement, hormone health, perimenopause and menopause, plus lifestyle, longevity, and mindset.

Launched in January 2021, Wellness Junkies was originally co-founded by Amy and her sister-in-law Katie when they realized there was not a space to talk openly and honestly about taking care of themselves in a way that didn’t feel so serious and aspirational. They wanted a space that was more relatable and fun like chatting with your best girlfriends.

Amy and Katie were connected by their journey to optimal well-being while managing their autoimmune and nervous system conditions. This led them to deep research, trial and error, and leaning on each other. Katie lovingly refers to herself as a human science experiment and Amy as a practitioner of wellness and beauty hacks.

Listen to Wellness Junkies here