Reality Check Podcast

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check, Jess and Jill pull back the curtain on what it actually looks like to build a health tech startup while running businesses, coaching clients, raising families, and trying to stay healthy in the process. This is an unfiltered founder’s file on Solvi, the health app they are building to connect people with whole-person, root-cause providers while helping users improve their daily health foundations be...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check with Jessica and Jillian, Jess and Jill break down how to interpret hormone labs beyond “normal” and why so many women are told their bloodwork looks fine while still dealing with fatigue, PMS, heavy periods, irregular cycles, acne, hair shedding, low libido, bloating, cravings, anxiety, poor sleep, stubborn weight changes, night waking, mood swings, and a body that no longer responds the way it used...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In Episode 104 of Reality Check with Jessica and Jillian, Jess and Jill break down the vision behind Solvi, their new health app designed to make root cause healthcare, functional health support, and whole person care more accessible. This episode covers what the Solvi app is, why it was created, and how it plans to change the way people find qualified health providers. Jill and Jess explain how Solvi goes beyond a basic provider di...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check with Jess and Jill, Jess and Jill break down what chronic inflammation actually is, why it matters for fat loss resistance, and how it affects metabolism, hormones, digestion, thyroid function, blood sugar, and recovery. Inflammation is one of the most overused words in health, but most people are describing symptoms instead of the process itself. Puffiness, bloating, fluid retention, fatigue, joint ...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this 100th episode of Reality Check with Jess and Jill, Jessica and Jillian pull back the curtain on what they’ve been building behind the scenes and where their work is heading next. They share the story behind Solvi, a new health tech platform designed to connect users with vetted providers who look at the full health picture instead of treating symptoms in isolation. This episode dives into the evolution of Fueled,...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check with Jess and Jill, Jess and Jill break down one of the most misunderstood gut symptoms women deal with: bloating. This conversation explains why bloating is not one single diagnosis and why reducing it to food intolerance misses the bigger clinical picture. They walk through the major gut patterns that can contribute to bloating, including low stomach acid, poor upper GI breakdown, weak enzyme or bi...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check with Jess and Jill, we break down one of the most misunderstood topics in health: lab interpretation. We unpack the difference between conventional lab ranges and functional lab ranges, what standard reference intervals are actually designed to assess, and why a lab result can look “normal” on paper while someone is still dealing with fatigue, hormone symptoms, digestion issues, inflammation, poor re...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Root cause health has become one of the most overused phrases in the wellness and functional health space, but much of what gets called root cause care is still symptom chasing in a more sophisticated form. In this episode of Reality Check with Jessica and Jillian, Jessica and Jillian break down what true root cause health actually means and why real healing is rarely about finding one single issue like hormones, gut health, thyroid...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! If you’ve been tracking your macros, lifting consistently, and doing all the “right” things, but still feel like your body isn’t responding... this episode will help you understand why! Your metabolism isn’t broken, but it is adaptive. And if you’ve spent years in a calorie deficit, dealing with high stress, poor sleep, or inconsistent recovery, your metabolism is simply responding to the signals it’s been given. In this episode, Je...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In a world where every scroll is a new “health hack,” the problem is rarely a lack of information. It’s the constant stimulation, the constant urgency, and the quiet disconnection from how the human body actually regulates. In Episode 90 of Reality Check, Jess and Jill unpack the idea of finding vitality through simplicity and why your energy, sleep, mood, and metabolism often improve faster when you remove a few key stressors inste...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! This episode breaks down why needing appetite suppression to maintain fat loss is rarely a “your body is broken forever” situation. It’s usually a missing foundation problem: lost muscle, a downshifted metabolism from chronic under-fueling, poor insulin sensitivity, and zero metabolic infrastructure built while the scale was dropping. This is not an anti-GLP episode. It’s an anti-misuse episode. Jess and Jill unpack what GLP-1 agoni...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! The internet is arguing about the “new food pyramid,” so we pulled it up for the first time, live, on this episode to share unfiltered thoughts! In this episode, Jess and Jill give a live, coach-brain breakdown of what the updated pyramid actually emphasizes (and what people are conveniently cherry-picking for content). Spoiler: for general health guidelines, it’s far more reasonable than the outrage would suggest. We get into: - Wh...

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! There is a disconnect between the life many women want and the way their goals are structured day to day. Not because the goals are unrealistic, but because they are not built to account for real life, real energy, and real capacity. In this episode, Jess and Jill break down a practical framework for designing goals that align with your current season, physiology, and priorities. They explain how tools like the Wheel of Life reveal ...