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The Health Sessions

The Health Sessions covers all aspects of health in a fun laid back manner. We connect with leading global health and wellness experts to share the best of the latest science and thinking, empowering people to turn their health and lives around.
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Episodes

Jake Steiner - How You Could Have 20/20 Eyesight Naturally

This week, I'm excited to welcome Jake Steiner. Jake Steiner (SHTY-nuh) is a passionate advocate for eye health with a unique perspective: that we can reverse myopia (AKA nearsightedness) naturally. After a decade of research, Jake compiled enough peer-reviewed academic data to back his hypothesis that we've been looking at myopia all wrong, that the 100-billion-dollar-per-year retail optometry industry is little more than a cash cow, that our eyes are not broken, and that myopia is reversible. ...

Nov 13, 201952 min

Clint Ober - Everything You Need To Know About Grounding

This week, I'm excited to welcome Clinton Ober who is CEO of EarthFX Inc., a research and development company located in Palm Springs. He first learned of grounding when marketing and installing Cable TV systems in Billings, Montana in the early 1960’s. A decade later, he formed Telecrafter Corporation and built it into the largest provider of cable installation services in the United States. This company specialized in proper grounding of cable installations for safety and signal stability. In ...

Oct 22, 201956 min

Dr Krista Burns - Simple Steps to Identify and Address Digital Dementia

This week I'm excited to welcome Dr Krista Burns. Krista is a certified postural neurologist, certified posture expert, a doctor of chiropractic, and she has a PhD in global health policy. So, she has a few qualifications. She is also a highly sought-after speaker and author of the textbook, The Posture Principles. Her goal is to inspire audiences worldwide to understand the importance of posture—which, as you may know, is declining rapidly with the speed of technology. Questions we ask in this ...

Oct 11, 201947 min

Dr Sarah Ballantyne - Everything You Need To Know About The Paleo Diet

This week I'm excited to welcome Dr Sarah Ballantyne. She (a.k.a. The Paleo Mom) is the creator of the award-winning blog www.ThePaleoMom.com, cohost of the top-rated and syndicated The Paleo View podcast, and New York Times Bestselling author of four books: the most comprehensive Paleo guidebook to date, Paleo Principles; the definitive Autoimmune Protocol guidebook, The Paleo Approach; and two AIP cookbooks, The Paleo Approach Cookbook and The Healing Kitchen. Questions we ask in this episode:...

Sep 13, 201919 min

Dr Brian Brown - How to Beat Burnout & Reclaim Your Health

This week I'm excited to welcome Dr Brian Brown. After overcoming a battle with depression and a 390 pound life, Dr. Brian Griffin Brown shut down his traditional psychiatric practice to start his own integrative-medicine clinic, allowing him to meet the needs of his clients more deeply, spend quality time with them, and get to the root causes quickly. He has helped thousands of people over thirty-five regain control of their happiness. For years, he practiced the not-so-subtle art of “chemical ...

Sep 04, 201951 min

Dr Stan Rodski - The Neuroscience of Mindfulness

This week we welcome Dr Stan Rodski to the show. Stan Rodski is an Australian neuroscientist in private practice specializing in brain performance. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology and a doctorate of science in biological statistics. Dr Rodski has worked as a psychologist for over 30 years and more recently has focused on the neurosciences. Stan has helped many people, schools, sporting teams and organisations with improving performance and in particular memory, concentration, agility an...

Aug 26, 20191 hr 3 min

Catharine Arnston - Discover the most nutrient dense food in the world

Catharine started ENERGYbits after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would help her heal. Catharine immediately sprung into action to help her sister research alkaline foods and in the process she discovered algae. When Catharine learned that algae was the most alkaline, plant-based, nutrient-dense food in the world and had been used for fifty years in Asia to improve health and longevity, she knew she had discovered something big (an...

Aug 16, 201951 min

Jema Lee - Health Advice Every Woman Should Know

This week we welcome Jemma Lee to the show. She is a coach, speaker, presenter, intimate event coordinator, a huge ambassador for making living healthy easy and she walks her talk! She teaches people the unique art of how to tune in and listen to their bodies to create radiant health and a balanced thriving lifestyle. Choosing vitality over burn-out, exhaustion, weakness, lethargy, tiredness, bloating, blemishes, obesity, confusion and frustration! Questions we ask in this episode: Does the perf...

Jul 23, 20191 hr 8 min

Jordanna Levin - How to Manifest the Life of your Dreams

This week we welcome Jordanna Levin to the show. She is an author, podcaster, manifestor, lunar lover and (closet) stand-up comic, who has a knack for taking mind-exploding spiritual concepts and making them digestible, relatable and applicable to everyone. Questions asked in the episode - Is it enough to simply want something to happen? - What everyday thoughts/traits/practices could potentially derail our goals? - What 3 tips could you offer those wanting to make changes in their lives? https:...

Jul 12, 201946 min

Andrew Taylor - I Ate Nothing But Potatoes For 1 Year. This Is What Happened…

This week we welcome Andrew Taylor to the show. At the beginning of 2016, in the depths of mental and physical despair, Andrew had a simple idea to treat food addiction by quitting food, in much the same way an alcoholic should quit alcohol. He ended up quitting all foods except potatoes, in a simple experiment to see what would happen. Pretty soon Andrew's story went viral around the globe as people were captivated by his incredible weight loss and physical and mental health improvements. So ma...

Jun 26, 201947 min

Annabel Streets & Susan Saunders - The Complete Guide to Ageing Well

This week we welcome Annabel Streets and Susan Saunders to the show. Annabel and Susan have compiled almost 100 short cuts to health in mid and later life, including: how, when and what to eat; the supplements worth taking; when, where and how to exercise; the most useful medical tests; how to avoid health-threatening chemicals; the best methods for keeping the brain sharp; and how to sleep better. The Age-Well Project is an essential handbook for making the second half of your life happy, healt...

Jun 19, 201956 min

Dr Stephen Hussey - Managing Type 1 Diabetes With a Ketogenic Diet

This week we welcome Dr Stephen Hussey to the show. He is a health coach who helps people achieve high levels of health. He specializes in heart health and autoimmune issues. Questions asked in the episode How did you previously manage your diabetes compared to what you do now? Do you think we should all follow a low-carb/keto-based lifestyle? How do you exercise to support your evolutionary beliefs? https://180nutrition.com.au/ 00:44 This week, I'm excited to welcome Dr. Stephen Hussey. Dr. Hus...

May 30, 20191 hr 3 min

Brian Richards - Is near-infrared the most therapeutic of saunas?

This week, I'm excited to welcome Brian Richards. In 2008 SaunaSpace founder Brian needed to make a decision: fill prescriptions for acne, insomnia, and adrenal fatigue, or take a chance with Near Infrared ( NIr) Sauna Therapy, as recommended by an alternative medicine doctor. For Brian, it was a no brainer. But there was a problem, at the time you couldn’t find an NIr sauna. So, he began his journey to change that. Over the following years, Brian became consumed with creating the perfect produc...

May 17, 20191 hr 3 min

Dr Christopher Shade - The Best Way to Detoxify Heavy Metals

This week I'm excited to welcome Dr Christopher Shade. Quicksilver Scientific Founder & CEO, Dr. Christopher Shade obtained his PhD in environmental metals chemistry from the University of Illinois. During his PhD work, Dr. Shade patented analytical technology for mercury speciation analysis and later founded Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. to commercialize this technology. Shortly after starting Quicksilver Scientific, Dr. Shade turned his focus to the human aspects of mercury toxicity and the...

May 03, 201951 min

Dr Glenn Livingston - Learn How to Never Binge Again

This week, I'm excited to welcome Dr. Glenn Livingston.He is the son of two therapists in a family of 20 psychologists, social workers, counselors, and therapists. Shortly after getting his Ph.D. (from Yeshiva University at the Einstein Medical Campus in New York City) Glenn built a 65 person practice in approximately eighteen months, and has now worked with well over 1,000 clients. When people's symptoms resolved, he invited them into his coaching practice until, five years later, he was workin...

May 02, 201956 min

Caspar Szulc - The Next Revolution in Medicine is Here

This week, I'm excited to welcome Caspar Szulc. Caspar was born in Manhattan, New York, and from an early age, he was exposed to a lifestyle of healthy diet, exercise, and a holistic and spiritual mentality by his father, a pioneer in integrative medicine, and mother, a psychologist. Caspar attended Boston University’s School of Management where he received degrees in Marketing and Finance. He then worked as a financial analyst before starting the venture now known as Innovative Medicine at the ...

Apr 29, 201959 min

Dr Paul Saladino: The Complete Guide to the Carnivore Diet

This week I'm excited to welcome Dr Paul Saladino. He obtained an MD from the University of Arizona. While there, he studied with physicians from the Center for Integrative Medicine, including Dr. Andrew Weil, New York Times bestselling author and a pioneer of the integrative medicine movement. In 2018, he completed his training through the Institute for Functional Medicine and became a certified functional medicine practitioner (IFMCP). He is passionate about finding the rootcause of a disease....

Apr 16, 20191 hr 7 min

Dr Valdeane Brown- Training the brain for more focus and clarity

This week I'm excited to welcome Dr Valdeane Browne. Dr. Brown had a long and varied history in the field of mental health before even pursuing his Ph.D. in Psychology. For over 25 years he taught Continuing Medical Education courses across a wide range of clinical topics including Rapid Transformation of Borderline Phenomenology, Dual Diagnosed Clients, Dynamics of Family Therapy, Working With Angry Adolescents. For many years he was a featured and keynote speaker at numerous national and inter...

Apr 10, 201954 min

Dr Nicki Steinberger - Wave Goodbye to Type 2 Diabetes

This week I'm excited to welcome Nicki Steinberger. She grew up in an Eastern European and French American family in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Nicki eats, lives, and breathes everything "holistic health," and loves teaching, writing, and speaking. She is the creator of the Holistic Lifestyle Practices (HLP) approach to reversing type 2 diabetes. With a focus on health psychology, her mission is to help everyday people take back their health and reclaim joy, vitality, and plenty. Dr. Nicki and...

Apr 01, 201945 min

Justine Switalla - Fit, Healthy & Strong in Mind & Body

This week, I'm excited to welcome Justine Switalla. She is passionate and is on a mission to impact and empower women around the globe. Having landed in Melbourne in 2005, Justine hit the ground running within the fitness industry and she hasn’t looked back. Questions we ask in this episode: How important is it to work on our mindset if we want to crush our goals? What strategies to do use to help with positive mindset? How important do you think it is to create time for ourselves? This week I'm...

Mar 25, 201952 min

James Swanwick - Why Blue Light is Harmful to Your Sleep

This week we welcome James Swanwick to the show. James Swanwick (born 1975) is an Australian-American journalist and television and podcast host based in Hollywood, California. He is best known as a former anchor on the Australia and New Zealand version of ESPN’s Sportscenter, which is produced out of ESPN’s global headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. He hosts a podcast titled The James Swanwick Show, and has authored three books. Swanwick is co-founder of international media agency Crocmedia. ...

Mar 20, 201951 min

Gary Collins - Simplify Your Life For Better Health

This week we welcome Gary Collins to the show. Gary Collins has a very interesting and unique background that includes military intelligence, Special Agent for the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Collins’ background and expert knowledge brings a much-needed perspective to today’s areas of simple living, health, nutrition, entrepreneurship, self-help and being more self-reliant. He holds an AS ...

Mar 06, 20191 hr 13 min

Kayleigh Burns - Shark Biologist

This week we welcome Kayleigh Burns to the show. Kayleigh “Kay” works at One Ocean Diving on the North Shore of Oahu taking people from all around the world diving with sharks. Sharks are the worlds most misunderstood creatures that are vital for the health of our ocean’s ecosystems. By introducing humans to sharks she is able to change perceptions from fear to fascination in hopes of inspiring change for these animals. Her efforts in expanding environmental conservation can be felt heavily thro...

Feb 19, 201947 min

Alexx Stuart - Living a Low Tox Life

This week we welcome Alexx Stuart to the show. She is an educator, activist and change agent who runs online courses and hosts a podcast for those wanting to reduce their toxic load in everyday life. She's at the forefront of a movement that's non-judgmental, gentle on the body and skin, and tough on the companies selling produces masquerading as food or safe cleaning products. A columnist for Wellbeing magazine, she also a sought-after speaker and consultant to businesses committing to change f...

Jan 29, 201952 min

Dr Frank Shallenberger - Expert Anti-Ageing Strategies

This week we welcome Dr. Frank Shallenberger to the show. He is a six time grandfather and four time father. He is one of the originals. He has been practicing medicine since 1973 and has been a pioneer in alternative/integrative medicine since 1978. He is one of only 16 physicians in Nevada that are licensed both in conventional medicine as well as alternative and homeopathic medicine. This allows him to integrate the best of both approaches for optimal results. Dr. Shallenberger has revolution...

Jan 28, 201956 min

Lee Holmes - Heal Your Gut With Supercharged Foods

This week we welcome Lee Holmes to the show. She holds an Advanced Certificate in Food and Nutrition and is a certified holistic health coach (IIN), yoga teacher, wholefoods chef and bestselling author of the Supercharged Food series, which includes Eat Your Way To Good Health; Eat Yourself Beautiful; and Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian. She is a columnist for Wellbeing Magazine and Lifestyle Food Channel's Healthy Eating Expert, and her articles have appeared in leading Australian newspapers an...

Jan 21, 201942 min

Dr Stephen Cabral - Change Your Body. Change Your Life

This week we welcome Dr. Stephen Cabral to the show. Stephen Cabral developed his passion for health & wellness after going through severe health complications at the age of 17. He saw over 50 different doctors, tried over 100 different treatment protocols, but still saw no hope of recovery. It wasn’t until he met an “alternative” health doctor whom explained to him how he got here and how he could become well again, that he began his recovery process. It was at this young age that he knew h...

Jan 14, 201948 min

Martin Silva - Building Lean Muscle The Healthy Way

This week we welcome Martin Silva to the show. He is a true health guru. With a focus on nutrition and the best foods that we can be eating to maintain optimum health. Find out how Martin's life changed when he put health before aesthetics with a clean diet and a clean lifestyle. Questions we ask in this episode: What’s the minimum effective dose for exercise if I wanted to see real change in body shape? If I’m genetically lean, is it realistic to build and sustain muscle? What mistakes do most ...

Dec 19, 20181 hr

Christa Biegler - Understanding IBS, eczema & skin problems

This week we welcome Christa Biegler to the show. She is an award-winning dietitian nutritionist, online educator, and host of The Less Stressed Life podcast. She specializes in helping others increase their performance and uplevel their happiness by addressing gut health related issues and inflammation, including digestive issues (burping, bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, retaining water), eczema, brain fog, fatigue, joint or muscle pain, migraines, auto-immune conditions and food sensiti...

Dec 10, 201857 min

JJ Virgin - Linking Food Intolerances to Weight Gain

This week we welcome JJ Virgin to the show. JJ is a prominent TV and media personality, whose previous features include co-host of TLC’s Freaky Eaters, 2 years as the on-camera nutritionist for weight loss challenges on Dr. Phil, and appearances on PBS, Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, Access Hollywood, and the TODAY Show. She also speaks regularly and has shared the stage with notables including TD Jakes, Tony Robbins, and Brendon Burchard. JJ is the author of four NY Times bestsellers, The Virgin Diet, Th...

Dec 03, 201843 min
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