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Are your favorite foods secretly sabotaging your health?

Learn how to break free from processed foods and embrace clean eating.

In this episode of Mitlin Money Mindset®, Larry Sprung interviews Jen Smiley, founder of Wake Up and Read the Labels, about her mission to transform health through mindful eating. Jen shares her journey from personal health struggles to empowering others by teaching how to spot hidden additives and choose clean ingredients.

Jen discusses:

• How ultra-processed foods impact health and contribute to inflammation, fatigue, and other issues
• The importance of reading food labels and avoiding misleading packaging claims
• The transformative potential of swapping common ingredients for healthier alternatives
• Her entrepreneurial journey, creating resources like Online Courses and an app to support clean eating
• Strategies for making cleaner food choices more accessible, affordable, and impactful for families
• And more!

Resources:

• Mitlin Financial  
• The JOY and Productivity Journal by Lawrence Sprung 
• Download Your Free Copy of the Couple’s JOYful Money Guide

Connect with Larry Sprung: 

• LinkedIn: Larry Sprung
• Instagram: Larry Sprung
• Facebook: Larry Sprung
• X (Twitter): Larry Sprung

Connect with Jen Smiley: 

• Website: TheLabelLetter.com
• Youtube: Wake Up And Read The Labels 
• Facebook: Wake Up And Read The Labels
• Instagram: Wake Up And Read The Labels 
• Podcast: Wake Up And Read The Labels 

About Our Guest:

Jen Smiley suffered from asthma, stubborn weight, and inflammation for most of her life. Specialists kept testing and prescribing medications with no real answer as to why this is happening. Nothing changed until Jen decided to read the back of a seemingly healthy food product and noticed she was consuming ingredients she couldn’t even pronounce. This sent her on a Wake UP! Mission to find foods made with real ingredients she could recognize and pronounce. After years of research, she found every clean swap making her menu expand instead of the usual restriction and her health took a complete turn for the better. She started Coaching family and friends – all of which saw better bloodwork results, physical and mental changes and word of mouth spread creating Jen to be a food coach.

In 2019, Jen launched Wake Up and Read The Labels, a wellness company dedicated to helping consumers understand what’s actually inside of their food and revolutionize their grocery shopping. But it didn’t stop there – Jen launched The Label Letter, a weekly digital newsletter which includes anti- inflammatory recipes, clean food product swaps, dining out tips plus non- toxic essentials that are made with real ingredients embodying a true anti- inflammatory way of life that can help people feel their best. 

Wake Up also has other digital products to help you find clean food swaps – product recommendation sheet, membership app, online course and cookbook.

Disclosure:

Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest’s content linked on this site.

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Larry Sprung Host Mitlin

Lawrence “Larry” Sprung, CFP® is a husband, father, entrepreneur and mental health advocate.

Larry is the author of the Amazon Bestselling book “Financial Planning Made Personal” and the also host of the Mitlin Money Mindset™ a podcast that reminds you to ask yourself “What did you do today that brought you joy?®”

In 2004 he founded Mitlin Financial, Inc. naming the firm memory of Larry’s wife’s grandfather, Mitchell, and his mother, Linda. During his career, Larry has found that a lot of industry terms and concepts can seem confusing to outsiders. That’s why he works with the families he serves to break down complex financial topics into easy-to-understand concepts.

In recognition of Larry’s significant contributions to his profession, he has received quite a few awards. In 2021, Larry was named to the Investopedia 100 Top Advisors in 2021 and was even more humbled to make their Top Ten list for 2022.

Outside the office, one of Larry’s greatest passions is raising awareness for mental health. He spent over 12 years serving on the National Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and sits on its financial and investment committees. With his wife, Denise, he has raised more than $1.7 million for the organization through the Keith Milano Memorial Fund. The fund was created in memory of his brother-in-law.

Larry values his family tremendously and his desire to do right by his wife and two sons drives who he is in and out of the office.