Meditation, Microdosing, & Magnesium 👀

🍵 The Green Tea

ah.mi health

May 23, 2025

Hi there!

Welcome to The Green Tea, ah.mi’s bi-weekly newsletter sharing a healthy dose of real-life wellness from our community.

In this edition of The Green Tea:

The 30 day meditation introductory course recommended to Rach by ah.mi subscriber, Jenn
An Instagram live from our friend Natalie Gee (Co-founder of Gee Beauty) about her personal experience with GLP-1 microdosing, plus a link to our ah.mi article sharing real stories from our community about personal experiences with weight-loss drugs (*paid ah.mi subscriber content*)
The magic sleep concoction used by Colleen Wachob, Co-founder & Co-CEO of mindbodygreen
Three “Greek Yogurt with a twist” recipes when you need an afternoon pick-me-up (one from celebrity trainer & Nutritionist, Harley Pasternak)

Let’s get into it…

🍵 READ/LISTEN:

→ Rach’s Free Introduction to Meditation 30 Day Course

This isn’t the first time Rach has tried to get into the routine of meditation, but the 30 Day Introductory Course by Sam Harris on the Waking Up App is working for her. It was recommended by ah.mi subscriber, Jenn Jordan. We also recently found out Rach’s mom (who has been meditating for 25+ years) uses the app, so it must be good.

Rach is on Day 20/30 of the Intro Course and loves it because:

“Each meditation is 10 minutes and it is guided but not in a story/distracting way - Sam Harris guides you by having you pay attention to sounds and feelings.
I do it on weekday mornings while the house is still sleeping and the coffee brews. When I’m done, I know i’ll have a hot cup of coffee ready for me - good motivation!
Meditation on the weekends isn’t happening… yet.”

Link here to a free 30 day trial of the Waking Up App so you can try it!

→ Nat Gee’s Instagram Live on Microdosing Weight-Loss Medications

Our friend Natalie Gee, Co-founder of Gee Beauty, recently did an Instagram Live about her journey microdosing GLP-1s. This was her first time she shared about this online. Her goal? There should absolutely be no shame no matter what path people choose to take. She started this journey last April and didn’t tell anyone, but now she’s answering all the questions and going to be sharing more about it. You can watch Nat’s Instagram Live here.

→ The Weight-Loss Drug Debate: Real Stories, Real Perspectives (*paid ah.mi subscriber content)

While we’re talking about GLP-1s…

A few weeks ago, we shared a newsletter featuring deeply personal stories from people who have used weight-loss drugs - raw, honest accounts of their inner thoughts.

The consensus? There’s a stigma, but also a growing acceptance. More people are starting to see these drugs as another tool—one that requires the right mindset and lifestyle changes to be effective.

Paid ah.mi subscribers can read our ah.mi article that includes the personal stories we shared here.

🍵 PRODUCT RECS:

→ The mindbodygreen Sleep Concoction

Last week at a founder dinner in Miami, Rach got to sit with Colleen Wachob, the Co-founder of mindbodygreen. There were so many health and wellness swaps during the entire dinner. One thing that stuck with Rach was Colleen’s bedtime formula she said had been game-changing for her sleep after having a history of terrible sleep.

Colleen told Rach she puts mindbodygreen’s tart cherry magnesium powder in a little water and drinks it around bedtime.

“Tart cherry is clinically shown to improve sleep duration and exercise recovery, and 59% of people struggling with sleep are not consuming enough magnesium.” - mindbodygreen.com

Rach has been trying it for the past week and loves it. She says she drinks it like a shot before bed mixed with a little water. 🥃 Rach’s husband, Glenn, is also converting to it; we both previously took magnesium capsules.

Link here to buy mindbodygreen’s Magnesium+ Rest & Recovery Powder.

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🍵 EASY RECIPES:

→ Greek Yogurt w/ a Twist

As of today, we are DONE with our no added sugar challenge - a group of us committed together for 3 weeks this month via a Slack group (read more here).

It was HARD, but so eye opening how much junk/added sugar is in the everyday foods we were eating. Hoping to keep with the mentality and awareness of how addicting sugar can be.

A go-to for so many as an afternoon pick-me-up snack is greek yogurt with some type of twist. Perfect for your “3 o’clock hanger” and refreshing for hot summer days.

Rach uses Fage 2% greek yogurt with raspberries and these Lily’s dark chocolate chips with no added sugar.
This week celebrity personal trainer and nutritionist Harley Pasternak shared his Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Yogurt Banana Parfait. He uses PB2 Powder, nonfat greek yogurt, half sliced banana, & chocolate chips. He said, “The macros on this are incredible! 250 cal; 22g of protein; 6g of fiber. Unlimited happiness!”
Jordan has been really loving mixing plain Greek yogurt (Siggis - no added sugar) with peanut butter and dipping apples in it. You can even mix a little vanilla protein powder in. She said, “It’s so good and will actually hold you over.”

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