Tanya Cole-Lesnick and I explore the world of love and relationships with ourselves and others. Through her expertise as a psychotherapist and leader of group therapy for her own journey and the one she takes her clients and groups through, she highlights the importance of being seen and having others say, “I get you. I see you.” We also talk about the core experience of being lovable, deserving love, and balancing our needs and wants with our boundaries, intimacy and authentic connection with others. I love this episode, and you will too.

Ever wanted to talk to someone with a PhD in turmeric? Well, lucky for you, I did. And now you get to too! This super popular anti-inflammatory seems to be on every list for every ailment under the sun, but does it even work? Why does it seem like it's in every Indian food and can it really replace your arthritis pain meds? Spoiler alert, yes, it can. Today on Heal, Dr. Shivani Gupta explains the why and how of all things turmeric and its rightful place in the center of Ayurvedic medicine. Join us.

Dr. Jessie Hehmeyer and I dive deep and talk shop like we never have on heal before. Jesse is an expert in data-driven functional medicine, and we get to geek out on functional lab tests and the nitty-gritty of our favorite supplements. She helps us demystify the differences between the different kinds of hormone tests, food allergy tests, and immune trackers out there on the market today, and why it matters to get the right health partner to interpret your normal blood work from your doctor. Join the geek out sesh with me.

Our host, Dr. Sarah Marshall, introduces season 8 of HEAL, featuring clips from upcoming episodes. Mark your calendars for the launch of HEAL, season 8 on Sept. 14 as we dive head-first into the cutting edge of wellness. This season of HEAL will challenge your perceptions, expand your understanding, and inspire you to take control of your own well-being. Subscribe now on Apple iTunes, Google play, Spotify, or Stitcher.

We wrap up this incredible season 7 with a brief recap of all of our amazing guests and topics. And we explore depression, anxiety, and why love, kindness, and self-compassion are the integral ingredients to healing. Kendra interviews me about my own struggles and triumphs with a lifelong challenges with anxiety, depression, and emotional eating, and I share how I have worked through them myself. I also share my top recommendations from my clients dealing with the same.

Counselor Gail Willmore and I tackle the issue of reducing our stress and explore how the vagus nerve may be the key to unlocking the mind-body connection. We know stress is a major issue in health, healing, and happiness, and yet when your doctor says "just reduce your stress!" what the heck can you actually do about that? Turns out polyvagal theory may be just the key to unlocking the actual physiologic reality to healing trauma; embodying our emotions; and how we can live from the experience of connection, belonging, and love to do just that: be less stressed and still live full busy kick ass lives.

Dr. Kate Lund and I discussed building resilience for children and families. In this challenging time of transitioning out of the lockdowns of Covid, many families are working out how to get back to normal, and discovering normal is not what it used to be. Dr. Lund shares with us her best resources for how to support your children and yourself to navigate challenging circumstances, making major life decisions on how to tune into your own unique context to maximize your individual potential in life.

In this episode, we get to nerd out with a dear friend and client of mine, Liz Lund. Liz shares her own story of healing with polycystic ovarian syndrome, multiple joint injuries and subsequent surgeries, her and her husband's journey with infertility and what it took to create their family of five, all the while living a paleo based gluten-free life. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

We have the pleasure of talking with Siri Wieringa, energy healing practitioner and reader of Human Design charts. Do you feel like you are an empath or highly sensitive person? Do you have the experience of feeling everyone around you or feel like you're easily influenced by their thoughts, ideas, or energy? Then this episode is for you! Human design is an incredible system that has you see how you may have specific empathic tendencies and sensitivities to others, and helps you understand where you are more solid in trusting yourself and where you can work on boundaries and relating to others. We also dive into the healing power of nature and how Siri chose to change careers after a traumatic brain injury and step fully into practicing the healing arts to empower others to live their best lives. Join us!

We talk to Jason Dombrow about his new children's book about death and grief. How do we talk to our children about what they're dealing with and going through when a loved one dies or when they're dealing with grief? Meet Jason, meet his real life dog Disco who plays Jason in the book and join us for the conversation.

We talk with my personal physician and mentor of 17 years, Dr. Dick Thom. Dr. Thom was one of my very first professors in naturopathic medical school, and I was hooked from the start. Together, in this episode, we explore the core foundations of what it takes to heal, to rebuild health, and discuss some of the fundamental aspects of what has caused our epidemic of poor health and disease in the modern world. From core naturopathic philosophy, to right here and now actions you can take to increase your vitality and resilience to heal and prevent illness, Dr. Thom and I are gonna talk about it all!

Dr. Dennis Godby shares about his third walk across the United States. This time to promote awareness of health equity: that all people of all races, class, genders, and economic status have access to just. fair, safe, and highly effective medical care and health education.

I have the privilege to interview my longtime coach and mentor Jeff Willmore on how do we transform the current reality of running a business, avoiding burnout, and making a living making our life, versus sacrificing our life for making a living.

We talk all things mushrooms with ethno-micologist Jeff Chilton, the forgotten food, edible non-psychedelic mushrooms are packed with nutrition, antioxidants, immune-boosting, cancer fighting compounds that according to Jeff (and me!) should be a part of our daily diet. To be honest, there wasn't a big focus on medicinal mushrooms in med school, so I jumped at the opportunity to pick the brain of a guy with over 50 years of experience in the mushroom industry.

On this episode, I get to geek out with brilliant, creator and entrepreneur, Eileen Durfee. Eileen Durfee is a health pioneer, businesswoman, and innovator who has reinvented a way to distribute natural healing products to protect others from toxicity. From the practical answers to: “what do we need to do to heal?”, to the inner workings of cellular physiology, we talk about hydration, mineral balance, importance of salt, ozonated water, oxygen therapy, sauna therapy, coffee enemas and caster oil packs, just to name a few. Get ready for a power packed episode.

Today on HEAL, I have the incredible privilege to talk with my friend Phillip Aronoff, and share his journey of losing 106 pounds. No gimmicks, no weight loss plans, nothing but transformation of self, grit, and perseverance. Philip shares his passion for his own health and the health of others, and is committed to impact people's lives and mental health.

Author, speaker, and trainer, Karen Curry Parker, and I dive deep into the real causes of burnout. A woman after my own heart, Karen knows that behind the diagnosis of adrenal imbalance and exhaustion is a world of preexisting mental and emotional stressors and habits that are begging for our attention to realign our life with our purpose, our passion, and who we really are.

In this episode, we conclude The Dad Sessions with the third and final conversation about grief and life after death. Recorded five months to the week after my dad passed, Kendra interviews me about what I have discovered about myself, about death, and about how we as a society have no script to follow in such a challenging experience that we all will have. I share not just about the darkness, but also the light and the surprising best part of being with the new reality of losing my father to cancer.

The first few episodes of this season are a special three part series I call the Dad Sessions. I highly recommend you start with part one and listen to them sequentially if you haven't already. Just two weeks after my father's death, Kendra and I sat down and began recording my experience of his diagnosis, the three and a half weeks being with him as he died, and his death and the new very challenging world of grief I've experienced since a few days before his passing. In this episode, I share the intimate, profound, and deeply challenging process of being with my dad and taking care of him as he lived the final 24 days of his life.

The first few episodes of this season are a special three part series I call the Dad Sessions. I highly recommend you start here with part one. Just two weeks after my father's death, Kendra and I sat down and began recording my experience of his diagnosis, the three and a half weeks being with him as he died, and his death and the new very challenging world of grief I've experienced since a few days before his passing. On this episode, I talk with Kendra about the five month process it took to diagnose my father with pancreatic cancer. From a single minor stroke to the unforgettable words of his oncologist, “You have stage four cancer",” was a journey of life that will shape me forever.