The Health Journey Nobody Believed: PCOS, Hair Loss, Hypothyroidism & Building Milamend with Mila Magnani

Leo Skepi: On Hate, Healing, and Why He Opened the Bible

In this episode, Leana sits down with Leo Skepi, TikTok's most unapologetically real creator, host of the Aware and Aggravated podcast, and someone whose depth goes far beyond what most people see on their FYP. Leo opens up about being bullied as a kid, coming out as gay, a year of daily cocaine use, giving away over half a million dollars for the wrong reasons, and how he ended up reading the Bible trying to figure out how Jesus loved people who wanted him dead. This conversation goes places you will not expect. If you think you already know Leo, you don't. Leana and Leo get into: * Growing up Albanian, coming out nearly dead at birth, and being bullied relentlessly in school and how fighting back forged the protector side of Leo that still shows up today * Coming out as gay, being disowned by his grandmother, and navigating faith in a community that was not always welcoming * Why Leo started reading the Bible, not for religion, but to understand how Jesus loved people who hated him to death, and what that restraint actually looks like * Looking at God as a verb and the mindset shift that changed how he handles conflict, rage, and misalignment in real time * Giving away over $500,000 in a single year and why God had to jolt him out of it - the difference between giving from love and giving to feel worthy * The real weight of having a massive platform, the feelings no one can understand but you, and how Leo holds that privately * His evolving relationship with fitness and discipline - why stoicism and grinding yourself into the ground is over, and what actually lasts * Why you do not need a religious community to have a relationship with God, and how he navigates backlash for sharing his faith journey publicly * His Houston pop up where 5,000 people showed up, his new merch drop, and what he is quietly plotting next "I used to scream at God. Like, actually, just like how I would cuss out somebody I don't like." — Leo Skepi TOPICS DISCUSSED (00:00) Intro (00:46) Welcome & Guest Introduction (02:38) The Pop-Up Store: 5,000 People Showed Up (03:48) Who Was Leo as a Kid? (06:32) The Duality: "Little Leo" & the Protector (07:53) Albanian Culture & Where His Personality Comes From (09:54) Before Social Media: Nursing School & a Toxic Ex (10:53) Suicidal Thoughts & What Kept Him Going (15:16) Turning Inward: Journaling & Self-Knowledge (18:33) Prayer as an Open Dialogue (26:38) Faith Background: Finding His Own Path (27:46) Why He Started Reading the Bible (28:50) "God Is a Verb" (33:27) Navigating Scripture Without Gatekeepers (38:49) Giving $500K Away & Learning the Hard Lesson (44:16) Relationships & What Money Can't Buy (46:48) Cutting People Off & Communicating First (52:04) Loneliness, Solitude & Finding Himself (54:32) The Isolating Side of Fame Nobody Talks About (57:41) Thick Skin, Hate & Online Critics (1:01:16) Weight Loss & Dropping the Grind Mentality (1:14:58) Sharing His Bible Journey Online (1:16:37) Coming Out: Resisting His Sexuality & Finding Peace (1:19:33) Celibacy, Scripture & Homosexuality in the Bible (1:23:37) Coming Out to Family (1:25:18) Why He Thinks Souls Choose Their Parents (1:28:22) Jesus Loved the Outcasts (1:30:35) What's Next & Where to Find Leo _____ Stay connected with Leo Skepi: Instagram: @leoskepi TikTok: @leoskepi Stay connected with Leana Deeb: Instagram: @leanadeebb / @beinghumannpodcast TikTok: @leanadeeb / @beinghumannpod _____ Thank you to our sponsors! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code LEANA at https://www.oneskin.co/LEANA [https://www.oneskin.co/LEANA%20] #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Health Journey Nobody Believed: PCOS, Hair Loss, Hypothyroidism & Building Milamend with Mila Magnani

In this debut episode of Being Human, Leana sits down with Mila Magnani, founder of Milamend, for a vulnerable conversation about PCOS and hormone imbalance. Mila opens up about spending years living in a body nobody took seriously. From stealing her dad's razor blades before school to manage facial hair, to passing out in SoulCycle at 16, to a Paris doctor telling her to simply "eat less and move more" after years of suffering. She shares how she took her healing into her own hands, built her own supplement protocol from scratch, and accidentally built a business that reached $250,000 in sales in a single week. This one is for every woman who has ever been dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told that what she is feeling is normal. Leana gets into: * What PCOS actually is and why it is so hard to diagnose  * Growing up as a Mexican immigrant in Dallas with undiagnosed hormonal issues  * Stealing her dad's razor blades at school to manage facial hair as a teenager  * Severe childhood allergies and weekly immunotherapy at the children's hospital  * POTS, spironolactone, and passing out in a SoulCycle class at 16  * A six month long period that no doctor could explain  * 30 pounds of weight gain, moon face, and hypothyroidism developing during Covid  * Panic attacks, night sweats, and irrational fears taking over her relationship  * The Paris endocrinologist who told her to "eat less and move more" and lit a fire in her * Lucas, her husband, finally understanding what women go through with doctors  * Building her own supplement protocol from scratch with her pharmacist  * Why most hormone balance supplements on the market are underdosed and ineffective  * The guide that went viral and led to $250,000 in a single week  * The hospital stay that changed everything and made her decide to share her story  * A shaman who told her she was put on this earth to help women heal  * The Paris woman with a wrinkle-lined smile who changed how Mila sees beauty  * Body image, moon face before and after, and beauty standards across cultures  * A singing talent she was never allowed to share, and why it still sits with her  * Her grandmother's connection to Hollywood and Vincente Minnelli  * Protecting independence as a founder and why she never wanted to raise VC  * Evil eye, superstition and why she waits to share things she is working on  * What it means to be human, through the lens of Aristotle, philosophy, and the soul "She lit a fire in me and I said, oh my God, I am going to prove you wrong." — Mila Magnani TOPICS DISCUSSED (00:00) Intro (00:08:30) Growing Up Different: Early Symptoms & Body Hair (00:08:59) The Doctor Who Said "You're Just Mexican" (00:14:11) Birth Control, Painful Cycles & No Real Answers (00:55:19) The Endocrinologist Who Told Her to Accept It (00:58:54) Building Her Supplement Stack with a Pharmacist (01:02:10) Going Viral on TikTok After a Life-Changing Surgery (01:05:06) The Supplement PDF That Changed Everything (01:07:59) From Guide to Product: Founding Mila (01:46:39) Beauty, Aging & the Woman in Paris (01:51:19) The Music Career She Was Never Allowed to Have (01:57:13) What It Means to Be Human _____ Stay connected to Mila: Instagram: @milamagnaniTikTok: @mila.magnani Stay connected with Leana Deeb: Instagram: @leanadeebb / @beinghumannpodcast TikTok: @leanadeeb / @beinghumannpod _____ More about Milamend: Milamend is a supplement company that specializes in Hormone Balance Supplements for PCOS Management. With only 16 ingredients, Milamend was created by a woman who found a supplement stack that finally helped her PCOS symptoms and turned it into a solution all women can try. Try Milamend at Milamend.com [Milamend.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

I Had to Let Go of People to Find Myself: Here's What God Was Teaching Me

In this solo episode, Leana gets real about the season she's currently in: one of realignment, protecting her energy, and learning to trust what God removes just as much as what He brings. She opens up about the dangers of the wrong circle, over-sharing your goals, and how people-pleasing quietly keeps you out of alignment with yourself. She also responds to a listener DM about navigating the desire for a partner while staying rooted in faith, and shares why loneliness is often a sign you're not pouring enough into your purpose. This episode is a reminder to lock in, guard your energy, and trust that God knows exactly what He's doing with your life. Leana gets into: * Why Leana chooses to have only one close friend and what that cost her to get to * The danger of oversharing your goals, even with people who seem to have good intentions * Evil eye, prayer, and why she kept an exciting podcast guest completely private until it happened * A real situation: being leveraged by someone she thought was a genuine friend * People-pleasing on the podcast and in daily life and how she's working to stop it * Love shouldn't feel hard: what healthy relationships actually look like * Men who feel threatened by ambitious women and recognising that pattern * The concept of naseeb (what's meant for you will find you) and how it applies to relationships * Responding to a listener DM: how to handle the desire for a partner while staying in faith * Why filling the void with the wrong person makes loneliness worse, not better * Loneliness is a selfish feeling and how pouring into others dissolves it * Locking into one thing instead of chasing every opportunity * Gary Breck's insight on isolation and craft * The nafs in Islam: battling your desires and impulses and how discipline wins that fight * Why gratitude needs to be practised at the same level in highs and lows * Curating what you consume: why scrolling politics first thing destroys your energyBeing grateful for what you have as a prerequisite for receiving more "God is not going to bring you this far just to leave you this far." — Leana Deeb _____ TOPICS DISCUSSED (00:00) Intro (01:45) Your Circle & Who You Surround Yourself With (05:10) The Danger of Oversharing Your Goals (08:30) Not Everyone Is Meant to Stay (11:20) People Pleasing & Losing Yourself (14:18) Not Every Person That Comes Into Your Life Is From God (17:00) You Attract a Reflection of Yourself (20:30) Loneliness Is a Selfish Feeling (23:15) Answering a DM: How Do You Deal With Not Having a Partner? (27:00) Naseeb — What's Meant for You Will Find You (30:45) Lock Into One Thing (34:00) Faith, Gratitude & Giving 100% Every Day _____ Stay connected with Leana Deeb: Instagram: @leanadeebb / @beinghumannpodcast TikTok: @leanadeeb / @beinghumannpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Why I Stopped Training with Music

In this solo episode, Leana comes back from the London Marathon and gets radically honest about where she is right now. She talks about breaking through the wall at mile 17, her complicated history with music and why she gave it up, and the faith dip she has never spoken about publicly until now. This one is less of a structured episode and more of a venting session, and that is exactly what makes it worth listening to. Leana gets into: * Running the London Marathon, going numb at mile 17, and why pushing through 26 miles is more of a mental battle than a physical one * How setting physical goals trains you to handle the pressure and pain that shows up in real life * Her history with music as emotional numbing, the withdrawals she went through when she gave it up, and why she no longer trains with it * The honest question she is sitting with: are we filling our lives with noise to avoid the feelings we actually need to face * Why she feels distant from faith right now and what it feels like to know the sweetness of closeness to God and then lose it * The moment she sat on her prayer mat and just started ranting to God out loud, and why she thinks you should try it too * The pressure of growing an audience online while still figuring out who you are as a creator and a host * How toxic environments can make you lose yourself without realising it, and why setting boundaries is how you find your way back * Why blaming the world for your circumstances keeps you powerless, and how taking ownership hands the control back to you * The verse she returns to every time life feels impossible, and what it actually means to find ease inside of hardship "God is not going to put me through something I cannot handle." — Leana Deb TOPICS DISCUSSED (00:00) Intro (00:46) London Marathon Recap (02:11) Marathon Is More Mental Than Physical (04:49) Running for a Purpose Bigger Than Yourself (06:01) My Relationship With Music (08:28) When Music Dependency Becomes a Problem (09:02) Music, Faith & What Religions Say (14:53) Turning to the Quran Instead (18:01) You Can't Have Both in Your Heart (20:36) Finding Balance, Not Extremism (22:15) Feeling Far from Faith Right Now (24:37) Platform Pressure & Locking Back In (27:35) Practical Steps When Struggling with Faith (30:29) When Staying Feels Scarier Than Leaving (31:12) Misalignment & Taking Back Control (34:17) Don't Numb the Pain, Sit in It (36:40) Closing _____ Stay connected with Leana Deeb: Instagram: @leanadeebb / @beinghumannpodcast TikTok: @leanadeeb / @beinghumannpod _____ Thank you to our sponsors!  Visit Carawayhome.com/LEANA [Carawayhome.com/LEANA] to take an additional 10% off using code LEANA on your next purchase Head to cozyearth.com [cozyearth.com] and use my code LEANA for an exclusive 20% off Use code BEINGHUMAN for 20% off at curehydration.com [curehydration.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Achieve Success While Staying True to Your Values: Devon Levesque on Climbing Mt Everest, Dealing with Loss, and Building a Multi-Million Dollar Company

In this episode, Leana sits down with Devon Levesque, Everest summiteer, entrepreneur, man of faith, and one of the most quietly influential people living life at full volume. Devon opens up about staring death in the face on the Hillary Step, losing his father at 16, building one of the cleanest supplement brands on the market, and why your values, not your goals, are what set you free. This conversation is raw, real, and deeply human. If you walk away wanting to do more with your life, that is exactly the point. Leana and Devon get into: * What it actually took to summit Mount Everest 47 days, avalanches, and a near-death moment on a six-inch ledge at 28,000ft * How losing his dad at 16 became the defining turning point that shaped everything about how he lives today * Why therapy, mental performance coaching, and seven-day phone detoxes are non-negotiables in his life * The five core values that run his entire schedule and how to find yours * The riverbank tool he uses to instantly disarm negative people without losing his peace * Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 fun, and why Type 2 is the one that actually changes your life * His 90/10 nutrition approach, the supplements he takes every single day, and why he goes directly to the source for every ingredient * Why faith, prayer, and leading others in gratitude are woven into everything he does * Sweet Honey Farm, Monroe Austin, and the Running Man Festival; the community-first projects he is building right now "If you don't control your time, someone else will." — Devon Levesque TOPICS DISCUSSED (00:00) Introduction to Devon Levesque (01:39) Climbing Mount Everest: The Journey Begins (11:51) Near-Death on the Hillary Step (20:24) Faith, God & the Afterlife (34:12) Daily Rules for a Fuller Life & Type 2 Fun (39:33) Core Values: The Framework That Changed Everything (39:51) Living by Your Values & Owning Your Time (56:25) Promix Origins: Finding the Baobab Seed in Africa _____ Stay connected with Devon Levesque Instagram: @devonlevesque [https://www.instagram.com/devonlevesque/] TikTok: @devonlevesque [https://www.tiktok.com/@devonlevesque] Stay connected with Leana Deeb: Instagram: @leanadeebb [https://www.instagram.com/leanadeebb/] / @beinghumannpod [https://www.instagram.com/beinghumannpodcast/] TikTok: @leanadeeb [https://www.tiktok.com/@leanadeeb] / @beinghumannpod [https://www.tiktok.com/@beinghumannpod] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]