A young lady sharing stories about the medical world while bringing inspiration and hope to her guests and audience with the power of the light of life. New episodes every Friday.
Jeff discusses how meditation benefits your every day life. He says even if you just take 20 minutes a day to meditate, you will be much less stressed. He also mentions the 5 Regulations to meditate successfully. Jeff also mentions you can order his book, The Yielding Warrior, for FREE! Jeff's website: theyieldingwarrior.com/book
Naomi went under anesthesia last week. This was the first medical procedure she's had in almost 7 years. Naomi opens up about her feelings of the hospital and surgery. She surprisingly acknowledges how desensitized she is and wonders if there is anyone else out there who feels the same way.
James and Naomi are friends from the CHD community. James was born with the heart condition Tetralogy of Fallot, which consists of a defect in each chamber of the heart. 4 different defects. James discusses his experience in the hospital after his open heart surgeries and how he became involved in the CHD community. James also encourages everyone to take care of your mental health and bravely opens up about his struggle with PTSD.
Disclaimer: If you have medical conditions, please stick to Western, modern day medicine. If we are born with a defect, there is nothing we can do in Eastern to "heal" us. We need to keep our prescription medications, we need hospitals and technology. Francisco shares what chiropractors do to help patients relieve back pain and joint pain,
Michael was born with Pectus Excavatum. Pectus Excavatum is an encaved chest where the two chest cavity bones were indented. Michael shares how difficult it was to breathe and the pain he was in prior to his surgery. The surgery to fix his chest involved pushing out the chest cavity bones to properly align with the ribcage. Michael shares he can no longer feel the middle of his chest because of the operation. Naomi reveals she can't either. They both conclude it's due to the cartilage that needs...
It's no secret that doctors who work in hospitals are insanely overworked. So many lead to burn out and dangerously high levels of stress. Ethan is an attorney/agent for doctors in the medical field, helping them maintain a schedule so that they can take care of their patients, but in addition, take care of THEMSELVES. Ethan also shares the cold hard truth: Doctors are SUFFERING, financially and mentally. He shares a heartbreaking story about a doctor who called him asking for a lawyer. She stat...
Breast cancer, emergency heart transplant, bitter divorce, and your child dying. Just one of these alone would be traumatizing to go through on its own, but Laura went through all four of these tragedies within... ONE YEAR. Yes, one YEAR. Maybe it is time to take a step back and reflect on how good we really have it. Laura's resilience is unfathomable. Her strength is admirable. Naomi personally believes it is a full-blown miracle Laura was able to keep her SANITY. If Laura can learn to cope and...
Roman shares his story.
Roman shares his story.
"I had a horrible cardiologist. He just would not listen to me or take anything I said seriously and would dismiss my symptoms." Krista shares this among her many unfortunate experiences with doctors in the medical industry. Naomi relates, adding, "Please get a second opinion from a different doctor from a different hospital." There IS such thing as bad doctors. Either they don't understand your case enough, or simply don't care. Specifically look out for doctors who are dismissing your symptoms...
Tiffany Rich was born with cystic fibrosis, a congenital lung defect that impacts the fluids produced in your lungs, like mucus, and digestive juices as well. Tiffany discusses how she was on the transplant list for 3 years before receiving a pair of lungs. Tiffany also brings awareness to the fact of how important organ donation is and encourages everyone to register to donate organs after passing. Naomi also encourages this, adding you can donate blood while still alive.
Andrew suffered a major injury from a mild accident. As he was chopping wood with his uncle, a disc in his neck slipped and left him with damage in his neck. Andrew discusses physical therapy, occupational therapy, and how the support from friends and family helped him recover. Andrew also gives inspiring advice to people who have disabilities.
Ashley and Naomi are longtime friends. They went to the same high school together. Today on The Light of Life, Ashley bravely shares what she has been going through within the last few years. She is currently is acute chronic heart failure and a transplant may be in her future. Ashley gives inspiring advice to not give up when things are looking bleak. Ashley and Naomi both confirm heart failure can happen to older people as well as people of any age with congenital heart disease. Both Naomi and...
David had a very turbulent childhood. He says himself his parents should have never been married and were constantly screaming at each other. Growing up in a stressful environment can cause children behavior issues and mental health issues. David shares he resorted to self-sabotage and carried the trauma with him until he sought help in his late 20s. David gives helpful advice to anyone who has trauma from childhood.
This week on The Light of Life, Naomi speaks with Darlene. Darlene shares her story living with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and POTS. She also discusses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how many different types of scary and disturbing events can cause it.
In 2014, Daniel began having consistent, excruciating headaches for over two weeks. Two weeks into his headaches, he started having vision problems. He decided to go to his optometrist. While there and after his optometrist examined his eyes, Daniel was handed a note that read: "YOU NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY." Once Daniel arrived at the hospital, BRAIN SURGERY. Daniel had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. Daniel spent two years in rehabilitation relearning how to walk, talk, and ...
Heather is a health coach specializing in emotional eating. Heather talks about various topics such as how mental health impacts your physical health and also discusses her book she had written about her own journey.
Suzanne was not developing properly as a teenager. She was also told she would never be able to have children. Her reproductive organs never fully developed. This was due to a prescription of DES that her mother took while she was pregnant with her. DES is a medication that activates estrogen in order to prevent miscarriages in pregnancy, It sounds like a promising medication, especially if you want to continue pregnancy, give birth, and keep the baby. However, it has damaging side effects that ...
Disclaimer: Please consult with your doctor about stem cell activation patches before using. Deana's daughter was born with Cornelia-DeLange Syndrome, a rare brain defect that causes seizures and developmental delays. Each year was becoming increasingly difficult. Once Deana's daughter went into her teenage years, the situation progressively got worse. However, Deana discovered a cure to her daughter's condition! Stem cell patches. Stem cell patches are designed to stimulate your stem cells to r...
Can I have children? What is the hardest part of being in the hospital? Can you heal from PTSD over time? Naomi has never been ready to answer these questions and more... until now.
Warning: **This episode contains GRAPHIC DETAILS of physical abuse.** As sensitive of a subject as it is, it's quite horrifying how nobody discusses the issue that is abuse. Dana mentions October is child abuse awareness month and shares her story undergoing nearly her whole life being abused. She discusses about how she was physically abused as a child and also had an incredibly toxic first marriage. Dana also shares how abuse survivors have a much higher percentage rate of developing depressio...
Mental illnesses are just as damaging as physical illnesses. This week, Naomi speaks with Nick about mental health and self-esteem. Nick is a recovering alcoholic who shares his story and brings up key points to the stemming of mental illness. Trauma is known to be the biggest root cause of addiction, depression, anxiety, and other illnesses. Naomi and Nick both discuss in their experiences childhood trauma played a factor. Nick's website: www.cordbrick.com
Eating disorders have the highest-mortality rate out of every psychiatric illness. This week, Rebecca shares her story suffering from bulimia for five years before she sought help. Rebecca also shares what her life is like today and no matter how bad things can seem, you CAN recover! Rebecca is now a health coach working with Chemical Free Body helping people with mental health. She shares you can have a FREE 30-minute therapy session on the website www.wakeupfeelgood.com and www.chemicalfreebod...
Naomi and Roxanne uncover the questions of is there really an afterlife? Is there a heaven? Is there a hell? Both Naomi and Roxanne have had near-death experiences where both of their spirits left their corpses on Earth and experienced a spiritual journey outside of Earth. Naomi discusses the moment she came back to life through a portal back through the atmosphere and remembers the exact moment she was successfully resuscitated. Roxanne has had 4 near-death experiences she remembers as well. Bo...
As much as we would love to avoid it at all costs, we just cannot get away from stress. Christian shares how much stress can play a factor into deteriorating your own medical conditions. Most of the time, stress is also the root cause of chronic illnesses. Christian brings awareness to your mental health impacting your physical health, and in turn, your PHYSICAL health IMPACTING your MENTAL health! Naomi emphasizes how everyone talks about how mental heath impacts physical health, but no one tal...
Naomi shares an important step for everyone even without medical conditions - how to set up medical ID. It is much safer and convenient for confidential information. You can write all of your medical history into your phone. Here's how to do it: Go to settings Search "HEALTH" Click the white background with the red heart emoticon Click "MEDICAL ID" Click "SET UP MEDICAL ID" Medical ID allows you to type your medical conditions, medications, and allergies into your phone in case you ever need med...
Nearly 15 years ago, on July 30, 2008 Geo suffered a sudden, massive heart attack. Geo shares his story on The Light of Life discussing the five week long medically induced coma he was in and when he woke up on September 23, 2008 he was told he needed a heart transplant. He was immediately put on the list for a transplant and within 7 hours a heart was matched for him. He had his heart transplant the next day on September 24, 2008. Geo also shares his experience living with PTSD and spreads an i...
This week on The Light of Life, Naomi speaks with Dylan Lombard. Dylan shares his story living with MDP Syndrome, the rarest medical condition Naomi has ever heard of. MDP affects only 16 people in the entire world, Dylan being one of them. Dylan shares that the most challenging part of living with MDP is due to it being so rare and unheard of, thousands of doctors have not even heard of it. He also shares a heartfelt poem about how people can accept diversity.
This week on The Light of Life, Naomi speaks with Tim. Tim shares his story battling severe gastrointestinal issues which led him to create Chemical Free Body. Tim also shares the four secrets to healthy teeth and Naomi emphasizes these secrets are very important because your teeth impact your entire immune system, organs, and cardiovascular system.
It really, truly is a small world after all!! The host of The Light of Life, Naomi, has Ebstein's Anomaly. She's always been too afraid to talk about it because she didn't know anyone else who had it. This is completely changing today. Kimmie also has Ebstein's Anomaly. Naomi and Kimmie born with Ebstein's Anomaly. Identical. Naomi and Kimmie's tricuspid valve replaced at 14 years old. Identical. Naomi and Kimmie have met 1,000+ CHD patients but never another Ebstein's Anomaly patient. Identical...
