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My Psilocybin Retreat Experience: Transformation and Self-Discovery with Mushrooms
I had the privilege of attending a Beckley Retreats psilocybin retreat at Good Hope Estate in Jamaica. To say I was...
Dance as Remedy for Chronic Pain and Autoimmune Diseases
Dance therapy for chronic pain and autoimmune diseases has been an incredible tool in my healing journey. I went from...
My Psilocybin Retreat Experience: Transformation and Self-Discovery with Mushrooms
I had the privilege of attending a Beckley Retreats psilocybin retreat at Good Hope Estate in...
Dance as Remedy for Chronic Pain and Autoimmune Diseases
Dance therapy for chronic pain and autoimmune diseases has been an incredible tool in my healing...
Medicinal Mushrooms: The Key to Better Health
Overview In this episode, I sit down with Max Carr, founder of Trilogy Fungi, a medicinal mushroom supplement company built on a passion for sustainable health and planetary wellbeing. Max went from knowing nothing about mushrooms to diving deep into mycology after...
How Plant Medicines Impact Mineral Balance and Your Health
Overview In this episode, I sit down with Hamid Jibar, a former Los Angeles lawyer turned healer who spent the last 15 years exploring Eastern philosophy, Ayurvedic medicine, plant medicines, sound healing, and mineral balancing. After burning out from a grueling...
Cholesterol, Neurology, and Root Cause Healing with Dr. Zubkov
Overview In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Alex Zubkov, a board-certified neurologist with over 25 years of experience who has made it his mission to find and treat the root causes of neurological disease rather than just managing symptoms. After years of watching...
How Tiffany Got Out of Debt & Ate Healthier: Meal Prep for Wellness
Overview In this episode, I sit down with Tiffany, founder of Don't Waste the Crumbs, whose journey into healthy eating started out of pure financial necessity. With six figures of debt and two kids in diapers, she and her husband made a radical decision to overhaul...
Clean Beauty Secrets for Hormonal Balance & Autoimmune Healing
Overview Most of us never think twice about what we put on our skin, but when you're fighting hormonal issues, autoimmunity, or mystery symptoms that won't quit, your beauty routine might be working directly against your healing. In this episode, I sit down with...
From Cancer to Wellness: Nicole Casciato’s Healing Journey Through Functional Medicine
Overview In this episode, I sit down with Nicole Casiano, a breast cancer survivor whose diagnosis at under 30 years old launched her into a decade-long journey of learning about health and wellness. Now a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Nicole...
How Eating Disorders & Amenorrhea Impact Women’s Health | Barbara’s Journey to Healing
Overview Eating disorders don't always look the way we expect, and the aftermath they leave on a woman's body is something conventional medicine is barely equipped to address. In this episode, I sit down with Barbara Madimenos, a nutritional health coach who spent...
My Psilocybin Retreat Experience: Transformation and Self-Discovery with Mushrooms
I had the privilege of attending a Beckley Retreats psilocybin retreat at Good Hope Estate in Jamaica. To say I was blown away would be an understatement. The property itself is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever stayed, a place that feels both historic and...
Dance as Remedy for Chronic Pain and Autoimmune Diseases
Dance therapy for chronic pain and autoimmune diseases has been an incredible tool in my healing journey. I went from dozens of autoimmune symptoms plaguing my life to having zero. In order to get there, I had to do a lot of hard work. I found a lot of triggers of my...
How Trauma Triggers Autoimmunity and Chronic Illness
Did you know that stress and trauma play a role in the development of autoimmune diseases and other illnesses? Not only is this proven through science, but I have seen this with my own clients and even myself. I grew up in a chaotic environment where things were...
Mold Illness 101: How to Eliminate Toxic Mold and Reclaim Health
Did you know that there could be something hiding in your home or work environment causing all of your health issues? Picture a family living in a seemingly normal house, but the mom gets chronic headaches and struggles with anxiety, the son has terrible allergies and...
8 Easy Natural Ways To Increase Your Low Melatonin
Increase your melatonin levels through eliminating toxins, consuming more tryptophan-rich foods, calming activities at night…
Vitamin D Supplementation Alone Is Not Right
Many people rave about the benefits and importance of Vitamin D. However, they often forget to mention the importance that other minerals and vitamins play in the process of producing and utilizing this vitamin properly. Vitamin D Creation in Humans Vitamin D is...
Thyroid Disease: Is The Notorious H. Pylori The Cause?
You have thyroid disease such as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis or Graves Disease. Your doctors tell you that there is nothing more that they can do for you besides keep you on your medications, but you still feel like crap. You are fatigued, can’t lose weight, and have...
How You Can Naturally Reverse Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Yes, it's true that you can lower your thyroid antibodies and get rid of your Hashimoto's symptoms. How do I know? I've done it for myself and have helped countless clients do the same. I often get messages asking how to do this as if there is a simple one sentence...
Breast Implant Illness: Your Breast Implants Are Making You Sick
Breast implant illness, or BII for short, is a term that women who believe their health issues have stemmed from getting breast implants use. I’m very familiar with this term because I too had breast implants for almost 8 years. I believe that they were one piece of...
How To Break Bad Habits – 10 Tips For Success
We all have habits. Some good, some bad. The outcomes of our lives are dependent on these behaviors. Oftentimes, we get an idea to break bad habits and dive in headfirst. However, many people fall out of their new attempted routine and go right back to their old ways....
How to Prevent Blue Light From Affecting Your Sleep
Your body runs off of an internal clock called your circadian rhythm. This clock runs off of a 24-hour cycle that controls your sleep, hormone release, and other internal functions. However, this clock doesn’t stay on track by itself. The times of day you eat, how...
Healthy Cooking Oils: Top 6 and What to Avoid
Healthy cooking oils and inflammatory ones: Which to choose?
Why You Need Probiotics and What Kind To Buy
Our bodies have between 30-400 trillion microorganisms living inside of us. Mostly, they live in our gastrointestinal tracts. The beneficial bacteria that populate our guts have a mutualistic relationship with our bodies. In fact, these bacteria are actually...
Cruciferous Vegetables Bad For Your Thyroid Myth or Truth
Do Cruciferous Vegetables Really Harm The Thyroid? I bet you’ve heard this before…. "Don’t eat broccoli, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, or other cruciferous vegetables because they are goitrogens and can harm the thyroid." This statement is actually a MYTH. As a matter of...
Top Endocrine Disruptors and How to Avoid Them
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can mimic, block, or disrupt your natural hormones, throwing your hormones out of balance. As a result, this may lead to infertility, cancer, autoimmunity, and other diseases.Here are the top 11 worst EDC's (endocrine-disrupting...
Best Sweetener and Sugar Swaps That Won’t Destroy You
Toxicity of Sugar Sugar is highly addictive and toxic. Too much sugar causes metabolic issues from insulin resistance to diabetes. As a result, it contributes to many diseases, from Alzheimer's to autoimmune diseases. Sugar also has a huge, negative impact on your...
How To Exercise When You Have Exercise Intolerance
Struggling with an autoimmune disease can often include exercise intolerance as a symptom. Not only do you feel tired at times throughout the day, but you also feel like it is almost impossible to exercise at times. Exercise intolerance is when you have a decreased...
Why Animal Protein Is Good and How Much To Consume
Animal protein is a “complete protein” while most plant sources are not. Animal protein is loaded with Vitamin B12. Fatty fish contain omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D. Animal protein contains heme-iron. Zinc is highest in animal products. Animal Protein Is A...
Where Are Hormone-manipulating EDC’s Lurking?
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are a group of chemical compounds that could be found in your surroundings and can increase or decrease the production of hormones. These chemicals are hidden in items you consume or use every day. Things like cookware, Tupperware, drinking water, household cleaning products, and personal beauty care products.
Iodine Consumption Might Be Doing More Harm Than Good For Your Thyroid
Today I’m going to break down any of your old school thoughts on iodine consumption. I’m going to tell you all about why we need iodine, the negative effects of too little and too much iodine, and what the optimal doses are. Why Do We Need Iodine? Iodine is a trace...
Functional Lab Testing and How To Get To The Root Cause of Disease
I get this question a lot… What is functional lab testing? I’m going to break down the difference between conventional doctors and functional practitioners. I’m also going to go over some great functional labs to start with to get to the root cause of your health...
Heavy Metal Toxicity Symptoms and How To Detox Naturally
The heavy metal toxicity topic is super important to me because I myself had very high levels of toxic metals in my body and underwent therapies to aid in detoxification. I had hit a wall in my healing journey and was wondering why I kept struggling with muscle...
How to Reduce Chronic Inflammation With Sauna
Chronic inflammation occurs at a cellular level and is caused by exposure to toxins and other stressors. This inflammation often goes unseen and manifests itself as the development of many chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and autoimmune diseases. What...
How To Ask For Thyroid Labs From Your Doctor
I silently suffered from Hashimotos for years before getting diagnosed. Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid. Why did it keep getting undiagnosed? Doctor after doctor, the wrong blood work was run. Regular CBC panels only tell you so much and even when...
10 Ways To Reduce Autoimmune Symptoms and Stress
Reduce stress in order to reduce your autoimmune symptoms. Stress triggers the release of cortisol. Cortisol is coined as the “stress hormone.” In the short term, cortisol acts as a natural painkiller and anti-inflammatory. However, in excess, cortisol production can...
How To Lose Weight and Detox Without Expensive Juice Cleanses
First of all, what is detox? Detoxing is the removal of waste of normal metabolic byproducts and toxic substances from the body. This process happens continuously and is mainly carried out by the liver. The Two Phases of Liver Detoxification Phase 1 detoxification...
10 Tips on How To Get Quality Sleep
Do you have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning? Does it feel like you haven't slept at all when you wake up? Do you feel like you NEED caffeine right away to get going and make it through the day? Is your only wish to take a midday nap? Do you feel foggy...
How To Improve Mental Health By Using Food
You are what you eat. Consequently, what you consume from your plate will affect your mental health. Western Dietary Patterns and Mental Health According to a 2019 Systematic Review in the International Journal of Preventive Medicine, “Several healthy foods such as...
How Courage Determines Your Wellbeing and Health
You need to have the courage to change your life and become healthy. Why? Because repeating unhealthy habits day in and day out is NOT courageous - It’s comfortable. You are fearful of trying new things because you're afraid something won't work. You need courage to...
How To Boost Your Immune System With Your Mood
Do you want to live longer and have a robust immune system? Laugh more! Did you know that you improve your immune system the more you laugh? Being positive, laughing and having fun releases neuropeptides that fight stress and illness. While stressing out and having...
All You Need to Know About Vitamin C
Overview Scurvy, also known as vitamin C deficiency was prevalent in ancient times. Nowadays, scurvy is rare. However, there is solid evidence supporting the role of this bioactive compound in the prevention and management of disease. Unlike other animals, our bodies...
The Unusual Link Between Nightshades and Joint Pain
For some, eating a pepper can cause joint pain and swelling, digestive issues, and more! How does this happen? This may be due to nightshades! What Are Nightshades? Nightshades are a family of plants including potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, tomatillo, goji...
How to Restore Leaky or Bad Gut and Gut Health
Why is it bad if your gut lining is broken down or you have a “leaky gut”? Well, our guts contain about 80% of our immune system! What Does It Mean to Have an Unhealthy Gut It means not being able to fight off infection, colds, and viruses as well as you should be...
What You Need to Know About Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fats
Did you know that your Omega-6 and Omega-3 fats require balance in your body? How should you balance them, why, and how to work on this in your diet? Both Omega-6 and omega-3 fats are fatty acids that are vital to the structure of the cell membranes of your tissues....
Foods to Avoid with PCOS
In this blog, I'll dive into what is an AGE and what do they have to do with PCOS, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, aging, and chronic health conditions? Overall, reducing AGEs in your diet can help with cardiovascular disease, aging, PCOS, and reduce overall...
Why I Rarely Wear Sunglasses Under Sunlight
I’m happiest under sunlight. Most people are. Why is that? The Relationship Between Sunlight and Mood Sunlight getting into the retina of your eyes promotes the release of the neurotransmitter serotonin. One job of serotonin is to stabilize our moods and promote...
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