We are joined by Dr. Paul Anderson, one of my heroes in integrative naturopathic medicine, to delve into the complex and ever evolving landscape of COVID 19 pandemic. Nearly five years since its onset, Dr. Anderson and I explore the trajectory of the COVID 19 virus, our continued inconsistent social responses, and the need for widely accepted lifestyle and integrative medicine treatment protocols for the millions of people with post COVID syndrome.

David Miller and I unravel the complexities of the cannabis industry. As the Chief Strategy Operator of Flow Gardens, an indoor cannabis cultivation company, David shares insights on industry challenges such as product quality disparities, state regulations, and the lack of consumer education. We discuss the impact of cannabis hybridization, commercialization, and the potential oversight of beneficial cannabinoids like CBG and CBC due to the focus on high THC strains. Lastly, we address the stigma surrounding recreational versus medical wellness use, emphasizing the importance of adopting a holistic approach to appreciate the plant's healing potential. Join us!

On this episode, we welcome peak performance coach and former psychotherapist Hina Khan to explore the nuanced experiences of navigating personal growth, overcoming fears and limited beliefs, and finding fulfillment in both professional and personal domains. Hina invites us to challenge conventional notions of success and delve into the importance of defining it on our own terms.

Our host, Dr. Sarah Marshall, introduces season 9 of HEAL, featuring clips from upcoming episodes. Mark your calendars for the launch of HEAL, season 9 on March 7 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 season 13 with a discussion between Dr. Sarah Marshall and HEAL producer Kendra Sanchez. As we enter the new year, Dr. Sarah Marshall leads us in a reflective conversation on completion and creation. And we explore the question, what does completing and creating have to do with healing? Join us!

In this episode, we explore the interrelationship between the access psychedelic medicine provides to our subconscious healing, and the need for a compassionate, therapeutic guide to support integration of this deep work into impacting our daily lives. With psychedelic medicine on the rise in accessibility and popularity, integration has become almost a buzzword. But what does that really mean? And what does it take to have these profound and powerful, sometimes deeply challenging, mystical experiences be grounded into our lives in such a way as to create lasting change? Tune in to find out.

We get to learn from master herbalist Tammi Sweet, who has just recently launched a new course on the physiology of sleep and how to restore natural deep healing sleep with lifestyle changes and supportive herbs. Tammi emphasizes the significance of cultivating a relationship with plants and highlights her journey with cannabis, emphasizing its role in her life as an ally rather than merely a substance for pain or sleep. Tammi stresses the need to move beyond denial about the impact of modern lifestyles on sleep and acknowledges the global health pandemic related to sleep deprivation. We conclude with simple yet impactful changes that you can make to enhance your sleep patterns, improving both quality and quantity of sleep, and explore the critical role of sleep and overall well being as a remedy for emotional resilience, immune system function, hormone balance, and circadian rhythms.

We speak with Golden Ring Snake, Kristin Viken, a gifted teacher and facilitator with over 30 years of rigorous shamanic training and apprenticeship. In a society where we are facing an epidemic lack of sexual education, Kristin and I discuss the misconceptions around sex. We expand beyond the physicality of sexuality to include spiritual sexuality. Kristin challenges the goal oriented approach to sex and encourages us all to explore our sexual selves, emphasizing the importance of imagination, self love, and embracing the flow of sexual energy for a holistic and empowering sexual experience. Join us.

On today's episode, we explore healing pain from a very different approach. The Bowen Technique. Manon Bollinger has trained over 2, 500 healthcare practitioners in her body mind methodology. Through remarkably light touch and intuitively listening to the body's needs, long term chronic pain can be unwound in mere days, if not hours. In this podcast episode, we will discuss applications of Bowen beyond pain relief, addressing the mental and emotional aspects of pain, the interdependent nature of physical and emotional well being, the importance of understanding trauma to unraveling root causes of pain, And the Listen Principles of Love, Inquiry, Symptoms as Symbols, Touch, Trust, Engage, and Empower, and Now.

Dr. John Neustadt and I talk about healing osteoporosis, cultivating bone health, and the power of building supportive daily habits to maximize our longevity.

Cara Matsukane and I talk about the missing in our society to fully support parents, and especially mothers. We dive into the opportunity as parents to break the cycles of family patterns, recognizing and consciously choosing what to pass down to future generations. We explore the impact of guilt on wellbeing and the significance of releasing it and the importance of conscious parenting to create healthy attachment. Connection and authenticity. We look at the role of embodiment and the need for mothers to reconnect with their bodies and the addiction to constant activity and filling every moment with something. Join us.

We get to talk with Cori Lovejoy, again. Now nearly two and a half years later, she's in a whole new stage of her transition. From cisman, to transwoman, to recognizing the spiritual growth and evolution of her humanity in the process of exploring gender. Now, in a new conversation of the fluidity of all energies of expression of who we are, she recognizes the universal nature of her story for all of us in being willing to fully love ourselves, accept our darkness, heal our shame, and find comfort in our own skin.

Dr. Jeoffry Drobot gives us the straightforward, cutting edge information about longevity medicine, from bio tracking to high density nutrient diets, supplementation, and the unavoidable reality that longevity is a practice of healthy living, not a protocol. We discuss how to measure health versus emergency metrics of disease and the essential practices that will result in aging gracefully and maximizing aliveness and vitality long into life.

We get to talk to Dr. Amy Rothenberg, a leader in the naturopathic profession about how to restore your health after cancer treatment and what you can do to make your body inhospitable to future cancer development. She not only supports others in how to treat and heal from cancer, she shares about her own journey with cancer. Join us!

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.