Episode Highlights With Margie Bissinger Happiness is an inner state of health and peace that is not dependent on your circumstances It is also living your life in color What our “then I would be happy” stories can teach us Our base level of happiness, and how we can change it Why only a small amount of what contributes to happiness is external Is happiness selfish? How happiness is contagious, and how this helps those around you Happiness habits you can develop and strengthen The importance of ...
Mar 18, 2024•36 min•Ep. 764
Episode Highlights With Nathalie Niddam What bioregulator peptides are, and how they are different than regular peptides Bioregulator peptides are only 2-4 amino acids long These peptides only act as an epigenetic switch and can cross the cellular and nuclear membranes Bioregulator proteins are native to the body and are found in every life form How we can optimize these for better health These specific peptides can help the body regenerate The confusing naming system for these peptides Natural ...
Mar 14, 2024•25 min•Ep. 763
Episode Highlights With Nathalie Niddam What peptides are and why these chains of amino acids can be so beneficial Peptides are amino acids that are 50 or less amino acids in length, polypeptides are 50-100 Proteins are chains of 100 amino acids or more How peptides act as signaling molecules They are naturally occurring in the body but specific ones can be used in special ways Insulin is actually a peptide that we make and that we can take if needed Most peptides we take are naturally occurring...
Mar 13, 2024•37 min•Ep. 762
Episode Highlights With Katrina Foe Why blood sugar regulation is so important and the parts many of us get wrong Blood sugar dysregulation is a root driver in many types of chronic disease What markers to pay attention to when it comes to glucose regulation and metabolic health At-home testing you can do to check on these things The big issues that might be blocking your body from healing Optimal ranges for at-home and lab testing How to support the body in detox and reducing inflammation Other...
Mar 12, 2024•32 min•Ep. 761
Episode Highlights With Katrina Foe The root drivers of cancer and what we all need to know to avoid it Less than 10% of cancers are genetically inherited The root cause drivers of cancer and the tests that relate to them What the metabolic drivers of cancer are Preventative tests that can indicate early cancer risk How hormones relate to cancer Microbiome connections to cancer and what to know to improve it What angiogenesis is and why it matters How environmental toxins can relate to cancer Th...
Mar 11, 2024•37 min•Ep. 760
Episode Highlights With Kelly Kennedy What fascia is and why it is the fabric of the body Fascia is connective tissue made of collagen How fascia connects every single part of the body Fascia is a fiber optic network within the body How to address scars and tattoos so they aren’t harming the fascia or lymph system Why midline scars are more impactful to the body and what to do to address them How they address and treat scars Move differently and frequently — the best thing we can do for our fasc...
Mar 07, 2024•34 min•Ep. 759
Episode Highlights With Kelly Kennedy What the lymphatic system is and why it's so important A new framework for understanding the body We have three times more lymphatic fluid than blood in the body!! There are between 600-1,000 lymph nodes in the body The lymph system doesn’t move on its own Fifty percent of lymph nodes are in the gut Detoxification isn’t just about supporting the liver but mobilizing the lymphatic system because symptoms indicate the filters are dirty What causes lymph to get...
Mar 06, 2024•46 min•Ep. 758
Episode Highlights With Dr. Molly Maloof How it took her a decade to destroy her health and a decade to rebuild it Ways to begin creating compounded habits that actually stick Fundamental foundational habits to start with How to not break your mitochondria, and how to support them The reason to only do one thing at a time Important reasons to focus on sleep as the first habit What somatic experiencing is and how it can help separate the story we tell ourselves about our life from the felt experi...
Mar 05, 2024•25 min•Ep. 757
Episode Highlights With Dr. Molly Maloof What Adamo is and why she started it Adamo means to fall in love in Latin Why does love matter to longevity Loneliness is worse for you than smoking, drinking, or sedentary behavior The problem of declining sexual connection especially in long-term relationships The signal of loneliness is similar in the brain to a pain signal Women are oxytocin dominant, men are vasopressin dominant The magic of being feminine and the incredible capacity of women for sex...
Mar 04, 2024•39 min•Ep. 756
Episode Highlights With Dr. Ruth Roberts Why veterinary care has gotten so expensive and hard to find lately How Covid changed access to veterinary medicine for many people How to find good pet care in today’s world Ways to support your pets hormonally, especially after they are spayed and neutered How to find a good vet and how to ask good questions to keep your pets healthy Where to find and how to become a holistic pet health coach Resources We Mention Dr. Ruth Roberts - Website Holistic Pet ...
Feb 29, 2024•23 min•Ep. 755
Episode Highlights With Dr. Ruth Roberts What does real food for pets look like Home cooking for pets and why to consider it What pets need: proteins, vegetables, slow carbs, healthy fats Demystifying what pets need and how to feed them optimally The only foods to absolutely avoid for dogs and cats Nasty ingredients included in most pet food Incredible results pets have had from changing diet Supplements for pets Why our pets are exposed to more toxins than we are in our same environment Resourc...
Feb 28, 2024•30 min•Ep. 754
Episode Highlights With Jodi Cohen Why the vagus nerve is such a key to healing and nervous system health How pathogens in the mouth contribute to lymph and vagus nerve issues Where to focus on the neck and clavicle as a natural facelift There are more lymph nodes in the neck than anywhere in the body Why we might not actually be relaxed or in parasympathetic while we are sleeping Ways to help get the body into parasympathetic The opposite of I don’t feel safe is “I have choices” How we can help...
Feb 27, 2024•32 min•Ep. 753
Episode Highlights With Jodi Cohen Why topical remedies can be so effective How topically applied remedies enter the body and can be helpful even if you have digestive or other issues Topical remedies bypass the liver Ways to support topical remedies and get them through the skin Essential oils are so concentrated, and often less is more How to open up lymphatic points and help your body get the congestion out We drain 75% of our lymph on the left side Fascia wraps around the lymph, and how fasc...
Feb 26, 2024•34 min•Ep. 752
Episode Highlights With Raj How to start identifying the cause of the triggers when we're triggered by our kids Ways to help kids not learn that their emotions are bad or create patterns of shutting down emotions Learning to create space between a trigger and a reaction to have more choice in our reactions What the core childhood wounds are, and where they often come from Many subconscious beliefs are formed before age seven, and what to understand about this in parenting Ways to create nervous ...
Feb 22, 2024•27 min•Ep. 751
Episode Highlights With Raj Jana What led him to do the work he does now after running successful companies How he learned he didn’t really know how to love himself What happened when he tried hypnotherapy, and what it led to The nervous system is like the soil of the body from where everything else grows Understanding nervous system health and how to improve it How to learn to develop a healthy relationship with your emotions What emotional triggers are and how to turn them into treasures How t...
Feb 21, 2024•41 min•Ep. 750
Episode Highlights With Dr. Sam Shay What puffy weight is, and why it's different Puffy weight is weight that rapidly comes on and off and isn’t just fat or water weight The muffin test to know if this is affecting you Have you ever eaten a small amount of something and gained a disproportionate amount of weight… here’s why How inflammatory chemicals in foods can lead to drastic weight fluctuations Dilution is the solution to the pollution, so rapid puffy weight is a signal of an inflammation re...
Feb 20, 2024•34 min•Ep. 749
Episode Highlights With Dr. Sam Shay How he got into stand-up comedy as a functional medicine practitioner (who supports people on the spectrum using functional medicine) His definition of functional medicine: the best of Western medicine diagnostics with the best of natural medicine methods How he got into comedy through tragedy Art is the receipt for pain Stand-up comedy is the way to itemize that receipt in public At the root of almost every trauma is separation, and comedy and laughter help ...
Feb 19, 2024•35 min•Ep. 748
Episode Highlights With Katie Why picky eating is on the rise societally Kids are feeling extra stress today, and that can contribute to picky eating Eating uses all of our senses at once, so if any are overwhelmed for our kids, that can lead to eating issues The importance of reducing stress at the table Gratitude or prayer can actually help us get into parasympathetic mode before eating The three Ls: laugh, learn, love A benefit of using family-style serving and letting kids plate their own fo...
Feb 14, 2024•34 min•Ep. 747
Episode Highlights With Pranitha 70% of medical decisions are made based on lab testing How to get comprehensive labs at low cost without having to go through a doctor Health doesn’t happen at the doctor's office; it happens at home with daily decisions What the data is showing them about overall health of people Basic lifestyle habits that are beneficial and backed by data Data-driven importance of community The health trends and data that stand out based on the data they’re getting What their ...
Feb 13, 2024•28 min•Ep. 746
Episode Highlights With Pranitha The most affordable way to get lab testing these days What Function Health is and how it is changing medicine Hormone testing and what to look at and why What can we know about our organ health from lab testing Insights from labs that we might not otherwise know Latent connections between biomarkers and what to know about them What to pay attention to and learn from heart health panels 70% of people with a heart condition will still have a normal lipid panel unle...
Feb 12, 2024•35 min•Ep. 745
Episode Highlights With Caroline What are plant-based minerals and how are they different Humic and fulvic and what these are Our body is designed to heal and achieve optimal health Why it’s impossible to receive all minerals in food alone All cellular systems use humic and fulvic Difference between salt-based electrolytes and plant-based minerals How athletes should replenish their electrolytes Berkley study on minerals with brain fog Resources We Mention Beam Minerals...
Feb 08, 2024•10 min•Ep. 744
Episode Highlights With Dr. Tabatha Barber Her amazing story of overcoming pain, Hashimotos, IBS, depression, and burnout How this led to her work in helping women seek answers and make informed choices The pivotal event that shifted the course of her career and life Why autoimmune conditions are reversible! Helpful tools for addressing root causes and partnering with our bodies to find healing Why it isn’t the doctor healing you—it's the innate intelligence of your body and its ability to heal ...
Feb 07, 2024•43 min•Ep. 743
Episode Highlights With Dr. Tabatha Barber Why conventional gynecology is not just failing women but hurting us How she became disillusioned with the mainstream narrative of women's health We're asking the wrong people for help in women’s health Gynecologists are surgeons Birth control pills do not regulate your hormones (and why this lie is told so often) How birth control causes serious magnesium and B-vitamin deficiencies What questions to ask to find a good practitioner Factors within your c...
Feb 06, 2024•35 min•Ep. 742
Episode Highlight With Corban David Jenai Why he choose his own name and how it lines up with his story His incredible story and how it led to the work he does now Healing through physiology and mythology and how using both approaches is helpful What HopeGuide is and how it helps people find their own specific path to healing Approaches that help expand our nervous systems' capacity and increase resilience His definition of trauma: our interpretation of events that are stored in our nervous syst...
Feb 05, 2024•54 min•Ep. 741
Episode Highlights With Corban David Jenai How we’ve exchanged depth of connection with breadth of connection and how this has affected our mental health The importance of leaning into the experience you have of another person in your own body and how this is transformational The importance of intuition and how to tune into it So much of the wounds we’ve experienced in life are relational and often need to be healed in relationship with others How he learned to tune into his intuition again afte...
Feb 01, 2024•32 min•Ep. 740
Episode Highlights With Corban David Jenai We are each our own healer, and how to even begin the journey How he started his own healing journey and how some things like talk therapy actually seemed to make things worse at certain points No one can know us as well as we can know ourselves and why we are the experts on ourselves Therapy is a major intervention often made necessary by lack of a thousand smaller interventions along the way Healing hinges on connection with our bodies, with each othe...
Jan 31, 2024•47 min•Ep. 739
Episode Highlights With Dr. David Rabin What to do if you feel stuck in fight or flight Things you can do to help your home feel safe for your nervous system Strategies for creating a calm and soothing environment in our homes How screens are stressful to the nervous system Why he says one of the most dangerous things you can do to a young child is hand them a screen, especially one that's unlocked How screens can short-circuit kids' learning to self-soothe Certain lighting that is abrasive to t...
Jan 30, 2024•31 min•Ep. 738
Episode Highlights With Dr. David Rabin What translational neuroscience is and how these topics apply to all of us Applicable understanding of nervous system health and regulation What the autonomic nervous system is and the two parts The vagus nerve and how to stimulate it How overstimulation affects the nervous system and how light, sound, news, etc., can keep us in fight or flight Strategies for calming the nervous system and creating a calmer home His six suggestions for calming the nervous ...
Jan 29, 2024•36 min•Ep. 737
Episode Highlights With Matt and Wade Why there's no universal perfect diet but why a personalized diet can be helpful for everyone How to figure out what a sustainable lifestyle plan for your personalized needs is Ways Wade gets enough protein on a plant-based diet Gut biome considerations for figuring out your personalized plan Why we can’t get enough magnesium from food anymore, even if we're eating a perfect diet How to address the emotions that may be inhibiting health and dietary success R...
Jan 25, 2024•31 min•Ep. 736
Episode Highlights With Matt and Wade Their own stories with diet and nutrition that led to them writing this book Universal nutritional optimizers that everyone can benefit from How to figure out your own personalized plan that is sustainable and effective How the digestive system processes food and how optimizing your diet helps your digestion be more successful The truth about why we crave foods Undigested protein causes inflammatory issues in the body if we don’t have enough enzymes Their vi...
Jan 24, 2024•44 min•Ep. 735
