In this episode of the Heal Nourish Grow podcast, host Cheryl McColgan speaks with holistic nutritionist Meg Gage about her personal journey with acne and how it led her to help others. Meg discusses the multifaceted nature of acne, emphasizing the importance of mindset, gut health, and customized skincare approaches. She shares insights on how stress and limiting beliefs can impact skin health and offers practical tips for listeners to start their healing journey. The conversation highlights the need for a holistic approach to acne treatment, integrating mental, physical, and emotional well-being. Connect with Meg to learn more at her website. Takeaways Everyone has the potential to heal acne, regardless of their past experiences. Mindset is crucial in the healing process; negative beliefs can exacerbate skin issues. The body communicates through symptoms, and understanding this can aid healing. Gut health plays a significant role in skin conditions like acne. Customized skincare is essential for effective acne treatment. Stress management is vital for overall health and skin clarity. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/Hv7zOyux71E Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:01)Hello everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Meg Gage. I hope I got that right, it's spelled a little differently. And she has a really interesting health history. She's a holistic nutritionist. She specializes actually in acne, I guess, prevention and treatment. And as you can see by her skin, I mean, it looks amazing here if you're watching on video. So if you can't see it, maybe pop over to YouTube. Meg (00:08)You did. Cheryl McColgan (00:30)But it wasn't always this way Meg, right? So I'd love it if you could just start by sharing a little bit of your history, your health journey, and then we'll eventually get into how you came to figure out like how to get rid of acne. So welcome. Meg (00:45)Thank you. Yeah, it's quite the journey. feel anyone who becomes a healer always has quite their own story as to how they got there. But yeah, ever since I was five, I just dealt with multiple traumas and that kind of stress of living in prolonged kind of fight flight breathe since I was little showed up very physically for me in a lot of symptoms, one of which was long standing acne. since I was 12 and others were chronic pain, chronic fatigue, a lot of misdiagnosed disease of like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. All the while at that point when I was 12 being put on hormonal birth control without any kind of questions asked, that's just what we did back in those days. So, you without having many cycles of my own, I was just put on these synthetic hormones as well. And kind of throughout dealing with major health issues over the years and a couple of car accidents and whiplash and PTSD and concussions, my acne was always such a consistent thing in the background. And when I came off hormonal birth control without any prep work or understanding that after a decade, this might have crazy impacts on my hormones when they try to kind of rebalance themselves, my acne exploded into very cystic hormonal me all over my face, all over my back, all over my bum, very painful. And it really just started my quest in kind of the natural healing world. And for the next five years, I tried everything from, you know, naturopaths to nutritionists to Chinese medicine practitioners to herbalists to acupuncture, all in a quest kind of to heal my skin and nothing worked. And it was a very frustrating journey. I was spending upwards of $30,000 on this. It felt like a full-time job, distress when you're kind of putting 100 % of your effort into healing something for it not to work. And then just seeing so many practitioners that were telling you so many, so many varying things. And I just… got to a point where I was like, need to do this myself.

In this conversation, Cheryl McColgan shares her journey of preparing for a NPC Fit Model bodybuilding competition at the age of 52. This episode is in vlog format and best viewed on YouTube although it's still being released as an audio podcast. She discusses her training regimen, nutritional strategies, and the mental challenges she faces throughout the process. Cheryl emphasizes the importance of protein intake, understanding ketosis, and the role of supplements in her routine. She also reflects on her daily activities, meal preparations, and the significance of maintaining a healthy body fat percentage while training for the fit model competition. Takeaways Challenging oneself can lead to personal growth. Nutrition plays a crucial role in competition prep. Understanding individual carbohydrate needs is essential. Daily routines can help manage energy levels during prep. Supplementation can enhance performance and recovery. Protein intake should be prioritized for muscle synthesis. Meal prep can simplify tracking macros. Finding enjoyable foods can make dieting easier. Maintaining a healthy body fat percentage is important for women. It's important to listen to your body during training. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWat2qgDcsE Episode Transcript New NPC Fit Model Division Cheryl McColgan (00:00.504)So I'm back a little later in the day here getting ready to make my dinner, but I realized when I started editing the video that I did not really set this up very well. So I wanna put this at the beginning. I am sharing with you a day in what I've been doing for the last almost 10 weeks now. And that is training, eating, losing fat for possibly competing in the fit model category in the NPC. When I thought about this in the, well first of all, thinking about doing this at age 52 is quite daunting, never having been stepped on stage before in a bodybuilding competition. But if you wanna learn more about that thought process, I have another podcast that I did on that and I'll link that down below. But basically, I'm still not 100 % certain that I'm. to do it, but I've been training, eating, doing fat loss for last 10 weeks as if I am definitely going to do it. So it's just a little scary and that's the only reason I'm thinking about not doing it. I think it'll be fun in a lot of ways. I think it would be a great experience and I'm all about challenging myself and putting myself out of my comfort zone. So that's why I started it. anyway, so this is kind of just my day, how I've been training, how I've been eating, bio hacks that I do, supplements that I use, all that kind of good stuff that will all be here in the video. Yeah, I don't normally do vlogs, so this is totally new format for me, but hopefully you'll find it helpful or somewhat entertaining or maybe while you're trying to get through your cardio, you'll be watching this video, which is how I've been getting through a lot of my things that I've been doing over the last several weeks, listening to podcasts, watching videos, watching other people talk about their preps and things like that. Cheryl McColgan (01:55.946)So without further ado, let's move on to my day. Hey everyone, good morning. This is going to be a totally different kind of video for me. I've never done one of these before, but I thought I would take you through a day in the life of prep. So you can see a little bit what it's more about, get some of my feelings on it. Yesterday was a particularly difficult day. So we made it through, woke up this morning. Actually, the first thing I do in the morning that I did not video is get on the scale because that's what you do you're tracking and I… this morning, so despite yesterday being an awful day, we did have progress, at least in the sense of what the goal is right now, is moving that body fat down. So now, I'm just going to make some coffee, do some fasting cardio,

In this episode of the Heal Nourish Grow podcast, host Cheryl McColgan interviews Ian Anderson, founder of the Sunnyside app, which focuses on alcohol moderation and mindfulness. Ian shares his personal journey, including his family's struggles with alcohol, and discusses the impact of the pandemic on drinking habits. The conversation highlights the importance of harm reduction and the shift in understanding alcohol use and recovery. Ian explains how Sunnyside works as a tool for individuals looking to build healthier relationships with alcohol. Ian discusses the evolution of Sunnyside, an app designed to help users moderate their alcohol consumption. He emphasizes the importance of personalization, gradual change, and the power of tracking drinking habits. The discussion also covers the upcoming Dry January initiative, which aims to provide inclusive challenges for users looking to cut back on alcohol. Ian highlights the benefits of using Sunnyside, including improved mental health, better sleep, and financial savings, while encouraging listeners to join the community for support and guidance. Go to HealNourishGrow.com/sunnyside to join the free Dryish/Dry January Challenge. You can choose to go fully dry, dry on weekdays or any number of other custom options! Follow Sunnyside on Instagram here. Takeaways The pandemic increased awareness of alcohol health issues. Harm reduction is a crucial approach to alcohol use. AA has a low success rate for long-term recovery. The definition of recovery has evolved to include moderation. Many people want to drink less but don't know how. Tracking alcohol consumption can lead to healthier habits. Sunnyside aims to be a supportive tool for change. Understanding alcohol's health effects can empower better choices. Personalization is key; users set their own goals and track progress. Gradual reduction in alcohol consumption is more effective than immediate cessation. Tracking drinks helps create conscious interference and awareness. Dry January offers various challenges to accommodate different user preferences. Community support enhances the experience of moderating alcohol consumption. Sunnyside provides a safe, anonymous space for users to seek help. The app encourages users to reflect on their drinking patterns and triggers. Sunnyside aims to create lasting behavior change, not just temporary fixes. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R_bx-oTAY7E Episode Transcript: Cheryl McColgan (00:00.814)Hi everyone, welcome to the Heal and Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Ian Anderson and this conversation has been a long time coming. He is the founder of Sunnyside, which is a really awesome app that I've been checking out for the last couple of years, because you know I like to bring you guys all the things that will help you in your health and wellness journey. But we're going to save that for little while because Ian has a really interesting backstory and an interesting, I think, perspective on how he created this product to really help people. And so Ian, I'd love for you to share some of that now, maybe first talk a little bit about your professional background and then like what led you to create this product. Ian Andersen (00:37.766)Yeah, absolutely. Well, Cheryl, thanks for having me on the podcast. Like you said, it's been a long time coming. I'm glad we finally got to make this happen. And it's always a pleasure just to be able to meet new audiences and offer, you know, my personal story and whatever wisdom I can offer around alcohol health. It's something that's really important to me. So. The product is Sunnyside and it's an alcohol moderation and mindfulness app. So we will get to that, but I'll tell you a little bit about my story and how it led me to create this product that tens of thousands of people are using. So professional background, I was born and raised in California.

The benefits of fasting for health are numerous. In this episode, I give the the background for why I'm so committed to extended fasting for autophagy and health. Basically the short version is I have so much cancer in my family and my own previous history with multiple surgeries for tumors (you can read more about that here if you're interested). This is why I'm so committed to this health protocol in an effort to stay as disease free as possible. Extended fasting is a very powerful practice that has multiple benefits. After I tell you more about my history and background with fasting, I read my in depth article about fasting. It goes into more detail about the benefits of fasting for health. It's a longer one so I figured it might be more convenient for you to be able to listen to it in audio form. The intro for this episode is below. Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! Sharing the show with friends or leaving a review helps to much by allowing people to find the show. Watch on YouTube. CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://healnourishgrow.com/dry-farm-wines-review-keto Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop Nutrisense Continuous Glucose Monitor, $20 off with code HNG20 60 Hour Assisted Fast I Do Monthly: https://hng.rebootnow.com Butcher Box: https://butcherbox.pxf.io/c/1417040/1419746/16419 Cookbook: https://cookbook.healnourishgrow.com Well, hello everyone, welcome back to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. I'm your host, Cheryl McColgan. And if you haven't been around my content before, this will be a new topic for you, but if you have been around for a while, this is something that you've heard me talk about many, many times in the past, and that is the topic of fasting. So before we get into the rest of the show today, I just wanna share with you some of my personal reasons why for fasting, so that you know where I'm coming from, and that you know why I'm so passionate about it, because it's a topic that I quite often speak about at keto summits and in other education. So I just wanna share with you my background. Why it's so important to me. Disclaimer: Links may contain affiliate links, which means we may get paid a commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase through this page. Read our full disclosure here. Benefits of Fasting for Health So about six, seven years ago or probably seven years ago now, my dad was diagnosed with blood cancer, and actually prior to that he had had thyroid cancer, and my whole family has a whole bunch of cancer. Both sides of the family. Breast cancer, colon cancer all kinds of things. Probably some of this is due to living in the South and maybe not having the best health habits, but it certainly, there is a genetic component to cancer, and so I started digging around and doing some research, and this is kind of a lot how I got to come to the whole keto and low carb space as well. But while I was digging around, I ended up finding some information, I was probably typing into Google cancer and cancer prevention, and I ended up finding an article about the 2016 Nobel Prize for autophagy, and I pulled this up so that I could say his name properly because I could never quite get it, but it's Yoshinori Ohsumi. And so in 2016, he won the Nobel Prize for autophagy. Well, what autophagy is, what they discovered is it's your body's cellular clean up process,

In this episode Courtney and I discuss living with type one diabetes. She is extremely active and involved in bodybuilding, which has made managing her type one diabetes more difficult. However, through a keto diet she is more easily able to manage her type one diabetes and keep her A1C down. Keto and diabetes just go together! More and more evidence is coming out that using a low carb diet to manage diabetes works amazingly well and quickly. She gives some of her best advice for starting keto whether you have diabetes or not. Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! Sharing the show with friends or leaving a review helps to much by allowing people to find the show. Watch the interview on YouTube. CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop CONNECT WITH COURTNEY Instagram: https://instagram.com/Cornut34 Cheryl McColgan So welcome everyone. I'm joined here today by Courtney. Courtney is a wonderful lady that I have been following for a while on Instagram, and she utilizes the keto lifestyle to help manage her type one diabetes. Welcome Courtney. Courtney Lillich Hi. Thank you. Cheryl McColgan Thanks for joining me. If you can maybe just start out by... obviously, if people are listening to this on the audio version, I read your bio, and so they already know a little bit about you. But can you say in your own words a little bit about your background and how you came to start eating in this way. Diabetes and Keto: Improving A1C in Type One Diabetic Courtney Lillich So, I'm type one diabetic and I've been insulin dependent since I was three, now I'm 38, so it's been quite a while. And because I'm very active, I do bodybuilding and boxing, all kinds of workouts and exercises, that sounds great like, "Oh, you're gonna be so healthy." But it's hard to manage the blood sugar levels, they go up and down, up and down, and so my doctor, my endocrinologist has always had a hard time with me in particular, my A1C levels haven't been great. And then I also have a coach for my body building competitions. And I did competitions probably for four or five years, and then my body just was like, "Okay, I'm done, I'm done with it for a while." So I still... I kept... I still have the coach, and my body just wasn't responding to the usual diet and workout regimen that typical bodybuilders use, like the carbs, and the diabetes I think it's part of that too. So he just said, probably in 2019, I hadn't even really heard of keto before. I've heard of it, but in my head it was like, "Oh, all you do is eat almonds and butter and fat, just bad stuff like that." And I was like, "I would never wanna do that ever." Courtney Lillich But then he mentioned it and he said, "Hey, you've heard of keto, let's... We should just try it out." And I read more about it, and it's not a... Like I said, it's not a typical bodybuilders diet, so I said, "Why not, let's just try it, and then I realized it was good for blood sugars and I just... It was really hard to switch over, but I'm super focused and dedicated if I'm trying to do something. I was on it for a year and it helped my blood sugar levels, and I was able to lose some weight on it, and yeah, that's how I fell into it. Cheryl McColgan That's awesome. Well, so just to give some people background. Maybe some people listening to this aren't as...

Danielle realized she had sugar addiction through an awakening she had several years ago when she went through a detox in the middle of the Columbian jungle. As she withdrew from sugar, she experienced a period of feeling very ill. She continued on without sugar and after a few weeks realized she no longer had cravings like she did before and sugar no longer had the same hold over her. Her path to breaking sugar addiction had begun. Through this experience, she became passionate about nourishing her body properly as a means to avoid the chronic diseases so prevalent in her family. She spent the next two years figuring out her version of a sugar-free, whole foods diet. She now works as a nutrition coach to help others break their sugar addiction and find greater health. Her personal motivation never included weight loss but rather finding health and preventing future disease through a better diet. One of the great tools she discusses is asking yourself "why" at least three more times when you find your surface-level reason for wanting to lose weight or change your diet. This process allows people to get closer to the root of their food addiction. Breaking sugar addiction may require asking these why questions repeatedly over time. You'll have to listen to the show to hear more about this process, but it's a simple and effective too to start identifying bad habits in relation to sugar and food so that you can create new, healthier habits. Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! Watch the interview with Danielle Daem on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop CONNECT WITH DANIELLE Website: https://danielledaem.com Quit Sugar Summit: https://quitsugarsummit.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielledaemcoaching Instagram: https://instagram.com/danielledaem YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCqU7XE_KU1xPmjkpZyGPA Emotional Eating Video Series: https://coach.danielledaem.com/stress-eating-series Disclaimer: Links may contain affiliate links, which means we may get paid a commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase through this page. Read our full disclosure here. Breaking Sugar Addiction By Getting to the Root Cause Cheryl McColgan Hey everyone. So I am joined here today by Dani. And she is one of the producers of the keto... Well, the Quit Sugar Summit. We have so many great free education right now, it's pretty awesome, but maybe you can tell us Dani, how you got involved with the sugar-free life, and how you came to that, and then we'll go from there. Danielle Daem Yeah. Amazing. Well, thank you so much for having me. This is fantastic. I'm so excited to be a part of this in the beginning of this podcast. Cheryl McColgan Yes. It's very fun. Danielle Daem I feel so honored. And I'm grateful that we connected... Yeah, with my work with the Quit Sugar Summit. My journey with sugar... I'll call it my, journey and relationship with sugar, it's been underlying my whole life, for all of us. It starts at childhood, it wasn't for me until about five years ago when I was on trip in South America with my husband that I really realized the addiction that I had to sugar, that it was really... Had it's talons in me, and this control over me. And I really started just having some real eye-opening moments,

In this episode, we'll talk about the temptation to eat in a different way during the holidays. Whether you decide to eat foods you normally do or not during the holiday season, it's important to go into the holidays with a plan that matches your goals. We'll address holiday weight gain and some strategies to combat it. Of course, getting sugar and carb cravings under control by changing the way you eat will also make weight maintenance much easier! Articles mentioned: What is Ultimate Wellness, goal setting exercise Five C's to Create Better Habits Low Carb Pumpkin Pie Exercise and Oxidative Stress Introduction to Meditation Hyponatremia Accountabilibuddy Low Carb Bloody Mary Mix Dry Farm Wines Mindful Eating Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! Watch on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop Cheryl McColgan Hey, everyone. Hope you're having a wonderful day. I am Cheryl, as you know, if you've been listening to the podcast for a while, and if you haven't, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast where we talk about all things health, wellness, low-carb nutrition and things to help you improve your life at least a little bit every single day. And what I wanted to chat with you about today is how not to gain weight during the holidays. [chuckle] So every year, around this time, we start to indulge a little bit more, myself included, and that can be a time with family and friends that's so wonderful. And so many of us, with what has been going on in the world in the last almost two years now, is a time to really celebrate and enjoy ourselves, and quite often in many cultures, at least in the American culture for sure, that revolves around food and around alcohol and around cookies and indulgences in all sorts of things that you might not eat on a regular basis, especially if you're trying to live a healthier lifestyle. So Because as you know, my background and training is in psychology and addiction studies. I wanted to share with you some ideas and some strategies about how to... I'm gonna put this in air quotes, for those of you that aren't watching the video. So if you're listening on audio, this is air quotes, "stay on track during the holidays". I kind of don't like that phrase because it insinuates that you're not kind of mindfully making decisions all the time. And that is definitely part of what we're gonna talk about today. So I think you can approach the holidays in two ways. So number one, if you're in maintenance mode, you can stay the course and stay at maintenance calories, stay with your same activities during the holidays as much as possible, and maybe plan for over-indulgences, and we'll talk a little bit about that in a short amount of time here. And the other strategy is, if you are in weight loss mode for the holidays, that's fine too, but it's gonna require a little bit more dedication and planning than usual. Strategies to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain So there's a few ways that we can approach that as well. So first of all, you know how we say, "What's your goal?" So determine what your goal is during the holidays: Do you want to, number one, maintain your weight or avoid holiday weight gain, do you want, two, continue trying to lose weight, if that's your goal; or number three, do you not mind if you gain,

In this episode, I am talking with the Founder of Dry Farm Wines, Todd White. We discuss meditation, nutrition, fasting, biohacking and ketogenic diets, and of course natural wines. Learn more about a sustainable low carb lifestyle that includes mindful living while still enjoying sugar free wine. Todd shares with us his journey from Atkins to the sustainable and moderate keto lifestyle he is currently living. He also shares his vast knowledge on the different versions of keto and his go to biohacking tools, such as cold plunges and saunas. Mediation and fasting are two big players in his life and have been for over twenty years. We also learn more about Dry Farm Wines. You can read our review of Dry Farm wines here along with videos showing you can drink their sugar free wine and stay in ketosis! They are the  only natural wine company serving the European standards of purity within the states with tested alcohol percentages under 12.5 percent. All this and more in this conversation with Todd, lots of great information you can use in this one! Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! If you leave a review on Apple Podcasts and follow the instructions here, you’ll have a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card that we’re giving away on November 17, 2021 Watch the interview with Todd White on YouTube. CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop Nutrisense Continuous Glucose Monitor, $20 off with code HNG20 CONNECT WITH TODD Website: https://dryfarmwines.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dryfarmwines Disclaimer: Links may contain affiliate links, which means we may get paid a commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase through this page. Read our full disclosure here. Cheryl McColgan: Hi everyone. Today, I'm sitting here with Todd White, and I am so excited to speak to him because I have heard him interviewed multiple times in the past, and I have absolutely adored his product for years. You guys know, you've heard me talk about Dry Farm Wines 1000 times. I've done the experiment with drinking it and staying in ketosis, which is on my YouTube channel, so now I get to chat with the man that made this all happen. So welcome, Todd. Todd White: Thanks, it's great to be here. I'm looking forward to having a talk today about everything, low carb, keto, fasting, and sugar free wine. Cheryl McColgan: Yeah, I'm super excited. We were chatting a little bit before we actually started recording and I was excited to learn that you are as big a proponent of fasting as I am. But for now, why don't you maybe introduce yourself a little bit, tell people a little bit about your health background, how you came to this lifestyle and wanting to really lower your chemical load in your body, which is part of the way that Dry Farm Wines came to be. So if you can just talk a little bit about your background and how you got to where you are now. Old School Biohacking Todd White: Yeah, so my journey started more than 20 years ago. Before biohacking was a term, I was a biohacker, as you were one who was experimenting with dieting. So biohacking is a confusing term, some people don't know what it means. I define it as the art and science of how we structure our behavior to have a positive impact or outcome on our neurological and biological outcome.

I am talking all things keto with Jen Fisch, creative director, blogger, mom, and author. You may know Jen from the online space as Keto in The City, where she shares easy and low carb recipes on Instagram, her blog, as well as in her books. Tune in to hear about Jen’s health journey and how her keto lifestyle began. Jen was diagnosed with two different autoimmune diseases that were fighting her body from the inside out. She then began searching for an anti-inflammatory diet. What started off with Atkins and low sugar and ended up being keto. Once she started eating better quality foods, she realized her sleep improved. It’s really trial and error with keto, and not all "keto snacks" are good snacks which we talk a lot about today. Finding what ingredients and whole foods work best for your own body is what's important. From sugars to bone broth and packaged keto foods, Jen shares her history with what worked for her body and what didn’t. Again, everyone is so different! We also talk about transition foods, hidden ingredients, and preferred sweeteners, as well as plants. All of these topics and more in this episode. Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! If you leave a review on Apple Podcasts and follow the instructions here, you’ll have a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card that we’re giving away November 17, 2021. Watch the interview with Jen Fisch on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop CONNECT WITH JEN Website: https://ketointhecity.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ketointhecity_ Disclaimer: Links may contain affiliate links, which means we may get paid a commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase through this page. Read our full disclosure here. Cheryl McColgan: Welcome, everyone. I'm here with Jen of Keto in The City. Thanks for joining us today, Jen. Jen Fisch: Yeah, super excited, great to talk to you. Cheryl McColgan: Me too. So part of the show, and since you're one of the very first interviews on the Heal Nourish Grow podcast, one of my goals is to really just share with people practical tips and knowledge, and you've been now living the keto lifestyle for quite a while and have experimented with many styles of eating over the years, similar to me. So if you could just maybe tell everybody first, how you got into keto, and a little bit about your history and background with that. Battling Autoimmune Diseases Jen Fisch: Yeah, sure. So yeah, it has been a long story of trying to figure out what works. But basically, over 20 years ago, I came down with two autoimmune disorders within six months of each other. So psoriasis first and then psoriatic arthritis six months later. And so I struggled with that for many years. Eventually, I went to a doctor who was an MD, but who was actually an acupuncture doctor, and he was the first one that recommended I cut sugar out of my diet. Before that, I had never even thought about the connection between the food that I was eating and how I was feeling, and none of my other doctors had ever mentioned it. So that is what turned the light on for me. That was about 15 years ago and I started on Atkins from there because that was popular at the time. I remember going straight from that appointment to a bookstore, just sat on the ground of the bookstore,

In this episode, I am talking with Jimmy Moore, author, podcaster, and speaker. You may be familiar with Jimmy from The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show or one of his many books. Jimmy shares his personal weight loss and health journey with us, which is so inspiring! He lost almost 200 pounds by starting with Atkins, later going keto and to his latest way of eating which is more of a keto/carnivore approach. You will learn a lot as we go over topics of fasting and how it is so important when trying to reduce inflammation in the body. We also talk about biohacking therapies like ice baths, red light therapy and the importance of looking inward to heal the body from past traumas. Rest is also so important. Jimmy took himself on a sabbatical and talks about why it happened and the benefits he received from it. Mental health, physical health, cholesterol, and the keto culture are key topics also discussed today. Jimmy shared his whole wellness program, eating regimens and why we need to give ourselves grace. So many important topics were discussed and I cannot wait for you to hear! Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! If you leave a review on Apple Podcasts and follow the instructions here, you’ll have a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card that we’re giving away November 17, 2021. Watch the interview on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop CONNECT WITH JIMMY Website: https://livinlavidalowcarb.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinlowcarbman Books: Cholesterol Clarity, Keto Clarity Losing 180 Pounds, Finding Greater Health and Becoming a Force in the Keto Community Cheryl McColgan: I obviously introduced you to everybody prior to putting our interview on, but I'd like to hear from you in your own words, you have such a very interesting history about how you got into keto and some of your family health history. Could you share with people a little bit about that and kind of how you got to where you are now? Eating the Standard American and Low-Fat Diets Jimmy Moore:  Oh yeah.  I was eating a low-fat diet before finding low carbs. And I think that we all do that. We all kind of default, when you need to get healthy, when you need to lose weight, what you did, you cut back, right? We all heard that message our whole lives. And if that works for you, you're doing that and over and over and over again. I think what draws people back to it is the reinforcement, when you do that and then you do lose some weight. You feel somewhat better. I would argue because you get rid of the junk in you feel a little better. For me, I had tried all those things and I had been successful up down, up, down, up, down, up down with low-fat diets. And in fact, in 1999, you mentioned family health problems. My brother had a series of heart attacks and one week, so four years older than me, my brother, Kevin. In 1999, he had a heart attack, he was in the hospital for some routine checkup and had a  heart attack while it was in the hospital. Thank God, because it probably would have died had he not been there. Then later, he'd have another heart attack, on and on and on. He died at the age of 41, but when he had the heart attacks and again, that was a wake-up call for me and I lost a bunch of weight. And at the end of about nine months,

In this episode, I am sharing the incredible conversation about clean keto that I had with The Salmon Queen, otherwise known as Gigi Ashworth. Gigi does not hold back with us. From professional snowboarding to getting her master’s degree in nutrition to her abundant social media platforms and YouTube channel, Gigi’s message remains the same. Helping people while entertaining them at the same time is what she truly loves to do. From her early years of disordered eating, autoimmune diseases, surgeries and learning about the ketogenic diet we get a true behind-the-scenes look at who and what Gigi is all about. Tune in today to learn about “The Gigi Approach” and how The Salmon Queen got her name and book. Learn more about stress, digestion, fitness, her go-to workouts, the difference between dirty keto, lazy keto and clean keto, and why we need to be eating more quality ingredients from the store. All this, and so much more on today’s show! Did you love today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! If you leave a review on Apple Podcasts and follow the instructions here, you’ll have a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card that we’re giving away on November 17, 2021. Watch the interview on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop CONNECT WITH GIGI Website: https://gigieatscelebrities.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gigieats YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GiGiEatsCelebrities1 Disclaimer: Links may contain affiliate links, which means we may get paid a commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase through this page. Read our full disclosure here. Cheryl McColgan:  Welcome. So Gigi, I've read your bio obviously, but can you just share with people in your own words, how you came to this way of eating and some of a little bit of your past? I think you have some really interesting, things that you have done leading up to some health issues that you had, where you had to change the way that you ate. Gigi Ashworth: Uh, do you have like 15 hours? I don't think people wanna listen that long, but anyway. So when I was around 14 years old, I actually was at a boarding school for snowboarding. I used to competitively snowboard back in the day. Whoa. And now I'm like, oh, don't get me here in the mountains beause it's too cold! Anyways, so when I was doing that, I was exerting a lot of energy, and I started to really focus on how I was feeling and I wasn't feeling good. It's really funny how when you start to do a lot of physical activity, you take note of how your body feels, even at the young age of 14. I thought, there's something off, there's something not right here. How Gigi Discovered the Keto Diet I did physical activity before I was on the track team and all that kind of stuff. But I guess I just didn't really care, pay attention or I was like to you into wanting be popular. So when I was in boarding school, I was complaining to my mom about it, who actually has been doing the keto diet for the last 30 years or so. Yeah. She's been doing it for a long time as a doctor and she always wanted to be a nutritionist, but her father was like, no, you're gonna be an OBGYN. So that's what she wound up doing. Anyways, I was complaining to my mom and she sent me book that didn't have a book jacket or anything on it. And she was like, hey, just read this book.

I am so excited to share this episode with you. Today I am chatting with Dr. Stephanie Estima. After meeting her at the Keto Diet Summit where we were both speakers, I knew I had to have her come on and talk to us. Dr. Stephanie Estima is a mother, best-selling author, podcast host and coach. Tune in as we go over several topics such as brain and cardiovascular health, fitness, hormones, life span versus your healthspan and keto and menopause We also get into keto cycling, therapeutic interventions, as well as mindset.  Dr. Stephanie also shares her knowledge on pre-Mmenopausal needs, considerations for keto and menopause, the benefits of lifting weights, and how to find the right sustainability when it comes to your own diet. This is a jam-packed show, and we're excited to hear your thoughts. Did you love today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! If you leave a review on Apple Podcasts and follow the instructions here, you'll have a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card that we're giving away November 17, 2021. Watch the interview with Dr. Stephanie Estima on YouTube. CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop CONNECT WITH DR. STEPHANIE ESTIMA Website: https://hellobetty.club The Betty Body Book: https://bettybodybook.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.stephanie.estima Better with Dr. Stephanie Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-dr-stephanie/id1479074542 Disclaimer: Links may contain affiliate links, which means we may get paid a commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase through this page. Read our full disclosure here. Cheryl McColgan: Hi Everyone, welcome.  Today, I'm here with Dr. Stephanie Estima. First of all, she has a new book out, which is amazing. And second of all, she's really focused on making sure that your hormones stay in balance while you're on keto, which can be a particular problem for us, ladies. So welcome, Dr. Stephanie Estima. Could you just tell us some of your background, how you found the low carb diet, how you got into it and your interest in this subject?  Keto for Brain Health Dr. Stephanie Estima: So I have been, you know, for most of my career, very interested in brain health and brain metabolism, and the ketogenic diet was something that I came across maybe for, well maybe five or six years ago now in terms of some of the benefits that it can have for cognition, for mood, for sleep. I started implementing it in my practice. That was when I still when I had a brick-and-mortar practice and it had a profound result in my patients. So it's something that I've always been very, very cognizant towards is this idea of how can we change some of the things in our life, whether that's nutrition or movement or supplementation or stress reduction as a way to level our brain health in some way. The ketogenic diet, I'm sure we'll talk about it today and I'm sure you've talked about this on the podcast before. It's one of those protocols that is very, very efficient for reducing inflammation in the brain, for helping with clarity of thought, helping with sleep and all the things that are important when we're thinking about long-term brain aging and brain health.  Cheryl McColgan: I'm so glad that you brought up that subject because it's also part of my background. I have graduate training and clinical neuropsychol...

Welcome to the very first episode of the Heal Nourish Grow Podcast. I am your host, Cheryl McColgan. I am the Founder of Heal Nourish Grow an ultimate wellness, advanced nutrition, and healthy lifestyle site. My intention is to share experiences and insight through unique content that will help you transform and live your best life. I have been in the health and wellness space for over 25 years and I'm excited to bring my expertise and knowledge to this show. This has been a passion project of mine for quite some time and thrilled for it to finally be hitting the airwaves. Tune in every Wednesday to hear from me as well as my educated and extremely informative guests on topics such as keto and low carb nutrition, eating well, healing, fasting, the psychology behind it all, and most importantly our overall wellness. While I personally have some strong opinions on what constitutes the best diet for overall health, I also want to this to be a resource as a flexible dieting lifestyle podcast offering new ways to approach how you eat while learning more about nutrition in general. We are going to be unpacking a lot in these episodes! From finding your why to hearing from experts in the health space, to exploring your own goals, you're sure to find something that will improve your day-to-day experience. We also will be getting into several lifestyles such as keto, low carb, and finding which plan will work best for you and your body and why at the very least reducing sugar in your diet is so important to health. I am thrilled to have you here and cannot wait to hear your thoughts on this kickoff episode. Did you love today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! If you leave a review on Apple Podcasts and follow the instructions here, you'll have a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card that we're giving away November 17, 2021. Watch Cheryl on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrow Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrow Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrow Links to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shop Heal Nourish Grow Podcast Introduction Hey, everyone, I'm Cheryl McColgan founder of Heal Nourish Grow and I'm coming to you from my little studio under the stairs, which is kind of a funny story. We bought this house and this is actually a gun safe, which we have no use for. So over the pandemic, it became the perfect little podcast studio because my office is actually right next to my husband's upstairs and he's on the phone all day talking and I do a lot of writing. So I had to figure out different places in the house to go to do the things that I need to do.  But anyway, that is not why you came here today, right? You're thinking Heal Nourish Grow podcast, the description intrigued me, how can I learn? What can I do? What is this all about? So anyway, I'll just give you a little bit of background about me so you know why I'm doing this podcast. I hope you'll stick around to hear all of the wonderful guests that I have planned. I already have multiple episodes recorded. I've been podcasting actually, over the years for a while and I'm an avid podcast listener myself. So I know how it is, when you find a new podcast, you like it, and you kind of want to binge it a little. And that's what we're all used to now, right? With Netflix and Amazon Prime and all those streaming services. We're used to being able to have a lot of episodes on demand. So I wanted to start with a few so that you get a sense of what we're going to do here.

In this episode of the Heal Nourish Grow podcast, Cheryl McColgan speaks with Guy Odishaw about the challenges faced by children in the school system. They discuss the impact of technology on children's behavior, the rising incidence of ADHD, and the importance of regulating the brain to improve outcomes. Guy shares insights into innovative approaches to brain health, including the use of neuromodulation devices that help solve dysregulation in the brain, ultimately aiming to enhance focus and learning in children. Guy discusses the importance of moderating dysregulation in children to improve their learning outcomes. He highlights the positive effects of audio visual entrainment in educational settings, sharing success stories from schools that have implemented this technology. The conversation also addresses the challenges of sustaining such programs and the need for passionate advocates to drive change. Additionally, Guy explains how families can access this technology for home use and emphasizes the importance of integrating it into daily routines for maximum benefit. Find Guy at Cerebralfit.com Takeaways The school system is facing overwhelming challenges post-pandemic. Teachers are often left without adequate resources to manage classroom behavior. The rise in ADHD diagnoses is linked to various factors, including technology. Dopamine regulation is crucial for children's behavior and learning. Neuromodulation devices can help regulate brain function effectively. Parents and teachers can benefit from brain regulation techniques. Simple interventions can lead to significant improvements in children's focus and learning. Regulating dysregulation can significantly enhance learning outcomes. Audio visual entrainment has shown positive results in educational settings. Anxiety reduction leads to improved self-esteem and performance in students. Integrating technology into daily life can enhance its effectiveness. The rental program allows families to try the technology before purchasing. Positive changes in schools can lead to a more engaged classroom environment. Teachers' stress levels decrease when students are well-regulated. The device can benefit multiple users in a household. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/aaV_NqUNGmo Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.826)Hi everyone, welcome to the Heal and Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Guy Otishaw. Easy for me to say, right? It should be easy to say because this is the third time that you've been on this show and happy to have you back. Before we get into the topic of the day, Guy, can you just share with everybody, I've read your official bio of course, like always, but could you just share a little bit of your background and how you got into this work and what makes you so passionate about helping people in the way that you do? Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (00:30.23)Well, it's great to be back. Thank you. So my background is primarily in integrative medicine and kind of two main tracks for me, my private practice as a practitioner, but then in some ways really my more full-time job, which is building clinics. My biggest clinic was a large integrative medicine clinic with 30 providers kind of across the spectrum of care from allopathic MDs all the way to energy work of various kinds and everything in between. And then my own private practice has been primarily kind of on the orthopedic side, pain, trauma, working on the body. But then over time, I got interested in bioelectric medicine. And then that led me down the path of bioelectric medicine. And then that led me to brains in particular. And now I spend most of my time working directly on the brain with neuroimaging. neurofeedback, neurostimulation, neuromodulation. so, so now my private practice and my clinic life are much more similar as I've kind of dropped the big integrative clinic and moved to a more focused, you know,

Heal Nourish Grow is the health and wellness podcast that helps you create your version of ultimate wellness! Are you tired, stressed, gaining weight or feeling overwhelmed? Or are you feeling good but would like to feel amazing and optimize your health? Do you have health issues you’d like to change? Have you ever wondered if eating differently could make a difference in your mood or weight? This is not just a keto podcast! We're looking at all aspects of health to have you firing on all cylinders. We are launching November 3, 2021 with five episodes and new ones to be released every Wednesday. Join us on the Heal Nourish Grow podcast with host, wellness coach and Heal Nourish Grow LLC founder Cheryl McColgan to explore all the latest in low carb and keto nutrition, health and biohacking! We explore in-depth why what you eat matters and how your food choices can affect your body and mind. This is not just another keto podcast. We want to explore all facets of health and help you find the version of nutrition that not only works for you, but helps you thrive! Our goal is to help each individual optimize overall wellness. We share practical knowledge to help develop new habits that optimize your experience and support real health. Tips, tricks and research that helps you accomplish your goals as well as interviews with thought leaders in the health space is what we're all about.  We also share the inspiring stories from everyday people that have changed their lives for the better combating autism, ADHD, obesity, depression, eating disorders and more. Low Carb Lifestyle I’m a science nerd at heart, so of course, this somewhat keto podcast will talk about low-carb research, but my goal is to make it accessible to everyone. To be clear, I want to take the research, help explain it and break it down into bite-sized chunks you can incorporate into a keto lifestyle that is practical and sustainable! If you're not ready to go fully keto, you'll at least be getting other great health information and how reducing carbs is healthier and can help you reach your goals. This show has several fun segments and will continue to evolve over time. My goal is to make it the best keto podcast out there, so I’d love your feedback. Think you’d make a great guest for the Heal Nourish Grow Podcast? Please submit your information here to be considered. Find us everywhere on social media @healnourishgrow sharing daily inspiration in Instagram stories and at healnourishgrow.com                                                                                                                           

In this episode of the Heal Nourish Grow podcast, I share my journey of returning to strength training after a long hiatus. The importance of strength training for longevity and health span, the benefits of starting at any age, and how to overcome common barriers to consistency are topics in this solo episode. I provide practical tips for getting started, understanding progressive overload, and the significance of workout frequency in gaining muscle. I discuss the role of nutrition in supporting strength training goals and resources to find reliable resources for effective training. Science Backed YouTube Channels: Renaissance Periodization with Dr. Mike Israetel, Dr. Menno Henselmans, Dr. Milo Wolfe and Jeff Nippard. Newbie Gains: https://youtu.be/om7ow5PFhSE How to Maximize Muscle Growth: https://youtu.be/55nfFfWXSTM Hume Body Composition Scale, Big Black Friday Discount Plus Code HEALNOURISHGROW stacks on top! Takeaways Strength training is crucial for maintaining bone density as we age. Starting strength training early in life can have long-term benefits. Progressive overload is essential for muscle growth. You can achieve significant results with just two workouts a week. Body weight exercises are a great way to begin strength training at home. Nutrition, including carb intake (GASP), supports muscle growth and recovery. Finding reliable sources of information can enhance your training effectiveness. Strength training is more effective for fat loss than cardio alone. Tracking body composition can provide motivation and insight into progress. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/HWPLHXs_s8A?si=vU43KmL5qVrkWMsF Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:01.346)Hi everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I want to share with you some things I've learned when going back to gym over the last 16 months. I guess what I really wanted to share is that I know a lot of people are going to start thinking about New Year's resolutions here soon and you know that I usually do some content towards the end of the year and the beginning of the new year around diet, around exercise, about… tips and tricks and things that you can do to make these things easier if you are adding these into your life. And so this has been a lot on my mind lately because I just made a change at the gym and I'll kind of go a little backwards and share with you just some of the things that I've been learning, what has helped me stay consistent and if you're going to start doing this in the new year, some things that you can do to hopefully make it easier for yourself and not make some of the same mistakes that I did going back. So, Just to give a little bit of background for those of you that may be new here, I've talked about this and shared this a bit in the past. I've been super active my whole life. I was a runner for 17 years, had to quit that because of my knees and I love hiking and anything outdoors. I am very excited to do and love doing. I walk almost every day outside. But what I haven't done consistently over the years is lift weights. And there's just been more and more content and research coming out lately around the benefits of lifting and strength training as far as longevity and just better daily life and the ability to live a better life into your old age. And I know if you're out there and you're younger and you're listening to this, you might not think that you need to start thinking about this now, but the sooner that you can implement this in your life and get it started, the better. There's actually research showing that. Children in particular and young adults like building as much muscle as you can when you're younger can actually help you when you get older because if you even take time off from those things from strength training and stuff at some point in your life and you come back to it if you had built a lot of muscle at a much younger age,

In this conversation, Dr. Victoria Williamson discusses the profound impact of music on the brain, exploring its role in memory, emotional connection, and cognitive enhancement. She highlights the significance of music from infancy through adulthood and introduces the concept of binaural beats as a tool for sound therapy. The discussion also covers her company, Audicin, which aims to provide sound solutions for wellbeing and productivity, backed by scientific research. Stay in touch with Dr. Victoria and get a free trial of Audicin at this link. Takeaways Music has been a part of human life for millennia. Newborns can remember melodies they heard in utero. Music is deeply tied to our emotional experiences. The brain processes music in a unique way that enhances memory. Binaural beats can help synchronize brain waves for various states of mind. Music can be used as a mnemonic device for better memory retention. The right kind of background music can enhance focus and productivity. Nature sounds in music can significantly reduce stress levels. Research is ongoing to explore the benefits of music therapy for various conditions. Watch on YouTube Episode transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.868)Hey everyone, welcome to the Heal and Rosh Ro podcast. I am so excited. I I think I say this when I'm talking to every guest, but that's because I only choose people that I really want to talk to for the most part. So today I have with me Dr. Victoria Williamson, and she is basically her life's work is all about music in the brain. And this is a topic that really gets me excited because I was a musician most of my time throughout school. I played saxophone for many years, also sang. and then my interest in psychology and the brain. And at the time, even way back when, when I was in school at this point, there was a lot of research on the really positive effects in a child's developing brain with using music. So I know that that research is out here, but what I'm really excited to talk to Dr. Williamson about is how they're finding that music also works wonders on the adult brain. So very long introduction there, Dr. Victoria, but I kind of wanted to let you know where I'm coming from as well. So welcome and could you just give people some background on how you got into this work? What sparked your interest in music? Dr Victoria Williamson (01:04.371)Well, thank you so much for inviting me. It's my absolute pleasure to be with you today. We share a lot in our background, you and me. So I paid for school teaching music. I'm a guitarist, classical guitarist, but I love all instruments. I love all forms of music, impossible to name a favorite. But I studied psychology. That's what I was drawn towards was understanding human behavior and I was going to school in the sort of late 90s, early 2000s, where neuroscience was blowing up. And we were getting all these cool studies where you could see actual pictures of the brain working. And that was just magnetic to me. when I found out I could combine my two loves, I could combine psychology and music. That was it. That was my pathway right there. And it mattered not that I had to study for so many years and have this kind of uncertain academic life. Cheryl McColgan (01:57.112)haha Dr Victoria Williamson (02:01.587)because you follow your passion, right? And that's what you're all about. So we absolutely share that as well. So my pathway through research always clung to this idea that music is transformative in human life. And we've been making music as a species for as long as records exist. The oldest musical instruments we've ever found on planet Earth are 40 ,000 years old. And these are very intricate bone flutes. They're carved from the bone of a vulture wing, and they use the same musical scale that we use in modern folk music. Cheryl McColgan (02:42.082)That's absolutely amazing.

In this episode, Dr. Malaika Woods discusses her journey from traditional obstetrics to functional medicine. She is now focused on the importance of understanding hormones for optimal health. She shares insights on personal weight loss journey, the mental aspects of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and the common hormonal issues women face, particularly during menopause. Dr. Woods also explains the significance of hormone replacement therapy, different methods of administration, and the importance of testosterone for both women and men. You can find Dr. Woods at her website, https://drwoodswellness.com/ Takeaways Weight loss is easier than maintenance; mental aspects are crucial. Nutrition, stress management, and inflammation are key pillars of health. Women often experience hormonal changes in their 40s and 50s. Hormone replacement therapy can reduce risks of various diseases. Bioidentical hormones are preferred for their safety and efficacy. Testosterone is vital for women's health and often overlooked. Men also experience low testosterone, impacting their health significantly Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/6STrr4xFR8A Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:01.111)Hi everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I have Dr. Malekah Woods and she is a specialist in women's health. She talks a lot about hormones and she also sees men patients. So if you're a man, don't click away. Plus you need to know this stuff about women's health as well. So all that being said. Dr. Malaika Woods (00:17.592)Bye. Cheryl McColgan (00:19.428)Welcome Dr. Woods. I would love if you could share with people a little bit about your background. How did you come to this line of work and any personal health and wellness thing that speaks to why you're so passionate about this now. Dr. Malaika Woods (00:32.175)Absolutely. Thanks for having me, Cheryl. So just to give you kind of a brief synopsis of my background, I actually wanted to deliver babies back in eighth grade. So that's how it all started. ended up being fast forward to 2011. I was a full -time OB -GYN and a very busy practice. I was a year out from having my second kid and seeing 30, 40 people a day. It was supposed to be the ideal job, but I was stressed out. I was a mother with, you know, a five -year -old and a one -year -old. And I was overweight. I was about 240 pounds and I knew I needed to do something different with my own health. And so that was my first step into looking at something other than traditional obstetrics and gynecology, which is what I'm board certified in. So my first journey was weight loss and I actually got board certified in obesity medicine. And over the course of 2011 to 2013, I lost 60 pounds. I tried a lot of different things and we may get into some of that down the road. And then I learned about bioidentical hormones. And I thought, wow, I'm an OB -GYN, but I don't really know anything about bioidentical hormones. And so I got certified in BHRT, bioidentical hormones for short. And then I learned about functional medicine. And all of this happened in a short span of time, probably around 2011 to 2014. And when I learned that functional medicine was about root cause approaches and natural solutions, I was like, okay, wow, this is what I've been missing all along. And so functional medicine is now what I do. It is the umbrella under which I offer those other services, whether it's hormone optimization, weight loss, thyroid support, a lot of different things, but that's kind of what brought me to where I am today. Cheryl McColgan (02:11.612)my gosh, I get so excited when I talk to health professionals like yourself that are really going away from sort of the traditional paradigm of just, you know, fix it with a pill or something and where it's really like a whole systems approach and, you know, getting to the root cause with functional medicine. Do you think that,

In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Sharp discusses various aspects of health and wellness. She emphasizes the importance of diet, lifestyle and stress management. She shares about her journey into functional medicine, which led her to the the significance of gut health and hormonal balance. Dr. Sharp also highlights practical strategies for stress management, the impact of food sensitivities, and the role of habit stacking in creating sustainable health routines. You can find Dr. Sharp at Health Meets Wellness. Takeaways Diet and lifestyle are crucial for overall health. Daily movement, like walking, is essential for stress management. Mindful eating can improve digestion and reduce stress. Food sensitivities can significantly impact gut health. Gut health is interconnected with hormonal balance. Chronic stress can lead to various health issues. Habit stacking simplifies health routines and reduces decision fatigue. Maintaining muscle mass is important during weight loss. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/PjnqETV5X2Q Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.908)Hi everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Dr. Elizabeth Sharp and we are going to talk about all different kinds of aspects of health, but a couple of things I think you guys will really appreciate, especially since we're coming in to this busy time of year with the holidays and stuff coming up, a lot of stress, so we're going to talk about that. But before we get into all that, Dr. Sharp, I'd just love if you would share with people, kind of a little bit about your personal… background because you have lot of interesting things that you've done. You've done some amazing hiking. You're also a yoga instructor. So you're obviously really passionate as am I about health and wellness. I'd love to just hear some of that background so that people can get to know you a little bit and understand why you've become so passionate about helping people on their personal health journey. Elizabeth (00:44.559)Yeah, so I would say I've always been interested in primary care and that's why I did the internal medicine training that I did and I knew that I wanted to go into primary care in residency. But as I started to practice, really started to appreciate the importance of diet and lifestyle and also the impact overall and kind of wellness and a general feeling of well -being in terms of the mind -body connection. And I think also that ties in with the gut -brain axis. And so I try to tie in all of those things with my practice because I've noticed the difference in my own personal health. When I'm active, when I'm eating a healthy diet, it makes a big difference. Right. And so that's kind of part of what got me into functional medicine is GI related conditions. Generally, I had a lot of patients coming to me with some kind of symptoms that were all very similar. So, you know, gas and bloating, abdominal discomfort that were really explained by the traditional medical work. And so I just thought, you there has to be more that I can do for these patients, more that I can offer. And so once I opened up that door, I really started to explore a bit more in terms of lifestyle medicine, a little bit more with expanded testing and understanding how you can incorporate general internal medicine with, you know, botanicals, nutraceuticals, supplements, that kind of thing. And ultimately how you can create a healthy lifestyle. which is really what sustains people for the rest of their lives with their health as opposed to just treating symptoms. Cheryl McColgan (02:21.56)Yeah, love that. And it's definitely a paradigm that this audience is used to hearing about kind of this functional health approach where it's not just, okay, take this pill is more like, hey, you're gonna probably have to do a little more work than that to move on and really have an optimally healthy life.

In this episode, Cheryl interviews Michael Byrne, CEO of BIA Neuroscience about their new biofeedback sleep mask. Michael shares his background in psychology and how he got interested in sleep. He explains the connection between stress and sleep issues and the importance of accurate data collection for neurofeedback. The sleep mask uses conduction drivers to provide audio stimulation to encourage the brain to enter desired sleep stages. The mask also mimics sunlight to wake users up gently and offers features like meditation and affirmations. The wake up experience Michael describes is amazing and we're looking forward to sharing more about it when it finally arrives! Order now at an insanely discounted price with a lifetime subscription to the software. This article is a great resource for more better sleep tips and strategies. Takeaways: Stress is a major factor impacting sleep, and accurate data collection is crucial for effective neurofeedback. The sleep mask uses conduction drivers to provide audio stimulation and encourage the brain to enter desired sleep stages. The mask mimics sunlight to wake users up gently and offers features like meditation and affirmations. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V7KhtqU6f0M Episode Transcript: Cheryl McColgan (00:01.068)Hey everyone, welcome to the Heal and Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Michael Byrne and he is with BIA Neuroscience. And just me saying the word neuroscience, know that that's one of my things just to remind you about my previous content. I have a background in psychology and actually went to graduate school for a bit for clinical neuropsychology. So the brain is definitely something I'm always interested in. So I'm excited for you to share more about your company today. Michael, welcome. before we… get into all that and how this is going to help people with sleep, which is another one of my favorite topics. I'd love for you to just share how is it you got interested in this kind of work and kind of what inspired you to, you know, make a sleep product? Were you having personal trouble with sleep? Like what's the scoop? Michael (00:44.354)I'm excited to be here. Thanks for having me. I'll give a long -winded story and edit it as you feel. I went into biopsychology myself. I was very interested in the why behind people's behavior. Why do we do anything? And originally that led me to psychology. And then more I studied it, more I realized the brain was behind it. So I went towards biopsychology. And I ended up doing an internship with a group in paranoid schizophrenia. Cheryl McColgan (00:51.84)you Michael (01:14.38)Very quickly learned studying and working are two vastly different things in the field of psychology. So, you know, I was expecting something like a little bit more exciting and fast pace. And instead it's really quite upsetting and requires a significant amount of empathy and, you know, emotional backing behind it that can be quite draining. So I decided to just get into the working world and see what I liked. So I ended up getting a position at a neurofeedback clinic. I became a certified neurofeedback technician and just saw everything under the sun. And one of the things I noticed and one of the things that we emphasize every single time was when someone came in for a session, we asked them, how was your sleep? And big reason why we did that is it's a more objective way to get an understanding of someone's current cognitive state, so to speak. When you ask someone who's, for example, going through depression and you ask them, how are you doing today? it's one a negative trigger and two you might not get as direct of a response in terms of their current state of mind then if you ask something along the lines of how was your sleep? How was your energy? How are you feeling? It gets you a bit more of a rounded understanding and we asked that no matter the reason someone came in to the neur...

Dr. Emily Spichal, a functional podiatrist and human movement specialist, discusses the importance of foot health and the role of functional medicine and movement in podiatry. She shares her journey into this field and the development of her sensory-based product line, Naboso. Dr. Emily emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to foot health and the impact of footwear on foot function. She also explores the connection between foot posture, movement patterns, and overall body alignment, as well as the importance of foot health and its impact on overall posture and movement. She explains the benefits of using toe spacers to reset the feet and improve conditions such as bunions, hammer toes, and plantar fasciitis. Dr. Emily also emphasizes the role of sensory perception in foot movement and the importance of reconnecting with the sensory side of ourselves. Her new book is called Sensory Sapiens, which explores how modern movement is aging us and the need to prioritize movement longevity. She advises releasing the feet daily to reduce foot stress and pain. Connect with Dr. Splichal at her website and if you check out Naboso products here, use code HEALNOURISHGROW for 10 percent off. Kineon red light therapy for body pain was the other tool mentioned in this episode. After chatting with Dr. Emily, I bought the toe spacers as well as the sensory ball, I'm obsessed! Takeaways Foot health is an important aspect of overall well-being, and a holistic approach that considers factors like movement, stress, sleep, and diet is crucial. Functional podiatry focuses on treating feet in an integrated way, considering complex human movement and the sensory side of the foot. Footwear trends, such as the current maximalist shoe trend, can impact foot function and movement accuracy. Understanding foot posture and its effect on body alignment is essential for addressing movement patterns and preventing injuries. Setting a stable base by activating the foot tripod, externally rotating the hips, and connecting with the toes can improve foot function and overall body alignment. Toe spacers are an effective tool for resetting the feet and improving conditions such as bunions, hammer toes, and plantar fasciitis. Sensory perception plays a crucial role in foot movement and overall posture. Reconnecting with the sensory side of ourselves can unlock proper movement and support longevity. Dr. Emily's upcoming book, 'Sensory Sapiens,' explores how modern movement is aging us and the importance of prioritizing movement longevity. Releasing the feet daily can reduce foot stress and pain. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LMvMop1P71U Show Transcript: Cheryl McColgan (00:01.026)Hey everyone, welcome back to the Here and Learn, Grow podcast. Today, I'm already tongue twisting myself, because I'm already thinking about Dr. Emily's name, it's Dr. Emily Slickle. And we were just chatting before the podcast, I was hoping not to butcher that, but I think I got it right. So Dr. Emily, welcome. I am so excited to chat with you today about all things foot, because we have not had that subject on the podcast yet. And I think… what you're doing with the way that you treat people virtually and the products that you have brought to market to really help people with their foot health is pretty incredible. So all that being said, I would love for you to just kind of introduce yourself and tell us how you got into this line of work. Dr Emily (00:39.508)Of course, well, thank you for having me on Dr. Emily. I am a functional podiatrist. that's, to me, that's very important to have that distinction. So that means that I treat feet, but I treat feet in a very integrated way. think very much about complex human movement, but also stress, sleep, inflammation, diets, how do people breathe? So a lot of stuff that I bring into it, almost like functional medicine, functional movement into my podiatry.

In this episode, Cheryl McColgan shares her journey of strength training and body composition changes over the course of a year. She emphasizes the importance of tracking body composition, not just scale weight, and highlights the benefits of consistent strength training. She discusses her approach to strength training, including progressive overload and full-body workouts. She also mentions the use of supplements like creatine and the importance of proper nutrition. Throughout the year, Cheryl gained 6.5 pounds of lean mass and lost 2 pounds of fat, demonstrating the effectiveness of her approach. Takeaways: Consistency is key in strength training and body composition changes. Tracking body composition, not just scale weight, is important to understand progress. Progressive overload and full-body workouts can be effective in building muscle and losing fat. Proper nutrition, including adequate protein intake, is crucial for muscle growth. Supplements like creatine can support muscle growth. Gains in lean mass and fat loss can occur simultaneously with the right approach. Addressing foot health can improve overall strength training performance and reduce pain. Creatine and aminos I use Foot health tools from Dr. Emily New Sleep Technology Bia Body Pod at home body composition, 98% Correlated to DEXA Study on full body workout vs split training for fat loss https://youtu.be/T_ANk5OEF_g Show Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.748)Well, hello friends, welcome back. It has been a little bit, but I am excited to be back on the mic and have several interviews scheduled coming up over the next. few weeks, so it should be back to a more regular schedule going here into fall. I promise if I'm ever going to peace out for an extended amount of time again, I will definitely let you know. So don't worry if occasionally there's a week skipped or something like that. I used to put this out religiously every single week on Wednesday and it was a lot easier when I had some interns helping me produce the podcast. But now it's just little me again, all by myself. So and a few things have been going on in not only my life, but in the business. And so that has made things not as regular. But anyway, I have no intention of going away at least not right now. So I will let you know if that ever happens. But anyway, for today's solo episode, I have something to update you on that I've wanting to share for a while. And I've mentioned this before in the past. And that is my Dexa body scan. that I was keeping track of since I started lifting again. And so I've talked about this a little bit in the past, but I might as well share the history again with you before I get into what I've been doing over the last year to increase my strength. and how that's been going and what I've been doing and some lessons that you may want to take away from that process. But anyway, how it all started is that I've been active pretty much my whole life, was a runner for 17 years, played sports in both high school and college. so my first experience with weightlifting was way back in the eighth grade basketball, which at my age is kind of shocking that it Cheryl McColgan (01:58.306)even in my mind to lift some weights to have better sports performance because it definitely, especially in high schools then, you maybe the boys were in the weight room, but it was definitely not a thing for the girls teams. And I think the only reason that I had it in my head was just because I've always had such this personal interest in health and wellness and because I had watched my dad my whole life. He was a runner and he had always lifted weights. He's basically like Jack LaLanne. If you don't know that name at the younger people listening here, go Google Jack LaLanne, but he's very inspirational, was very ahead of his time in terms of being into health and wellness and lifting weights and being very fit.

Dr. Joy Kong shares her background and journey into stem cell therapy. She explains that stem cells can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, organ damage, and even sports injuries. Finding a properly trained doctor who uses native stem cells rather than expanded cells is very important and we discuss the best ways to find a qualified provider. Dr. Kong also discusses the challenges and resistance faced by stem cell therapy due to the current healthcare system and the influence of pharmaceutical companies. She encourages patients to be cautious when seeking treatment overseas and highlights the advancements and potential of stem cell therapy in the United States. Find Dr. Kong on her website and podcast. Her training for physicians is AAICT.org and you can buy her book here. Stem cell skincare, save 10 percent with code HealNourishGrow. Takeaways: Stem cell therapy can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, organ damage, and sports injuries. It is important to find a properly trained doctor who uses native stem cells rather than expanded cells. Stem cell therapy faces challenges and resistance due to the current healthcare system and the influence of pharmaceutical companies. Patients should be cautious when seeking treatment overseas and consider the advancements and potential of stem cell therapy in the United States. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/87jGMSMiqQc Transcript: Cheryl McColgan (00:01.023)Hey everyone, welcome back to the Heal and Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Dr. Joy Kong and she has a really interesting background, kind of this escape from China kind of story. And then now she's doing all this amazing work in stem cells. And I've just got so many questions about all that, but Dr. Kong, I would love it if you could share a little bit of your background first, because I think that that will… enable people to kind of understand where you're coming from and to get to know like why you're so passionate about your work now, what you had to do to get here. Joy Kong, MD (00:34.158)Right. Yeah. So I definitely have an interesting story. You know, up to age 20, I am one of the I don't know, half a billion Chinese women. I was just a Chinese girl with no money, no connections, not like my family had, you know, any high officials or any money. But I had a dream I wanted to come to this country because there's something that's really exciting and inspiring about the kind of freedom, the kind of accomplishment that you know, you can pursue. I don't know, it just sounds so exciting. So I decided no matter what, I'm gonna be there, I need to be there. So I was studying architecture and I decided to come to this country. I switched to biology because that's the only field that you could get a scholarship in, but I have diverse interests. So a lot of things interest me, which is probably why when I ended up finally going to medical school at UCLA, I specialized in psychiatry because the brain is so interesting, right? when you go into medicine is not a typical specialty that you think about psychiatry. We're kind of the, a bit of a in the medical community. We are all just a little weird, a little strange, a little something different. So, but my interest in medicine in the whole human body is still the same. I'm a passionate about human health, but the brain is fascinating. But if you just keep pounding on the brain looking at all the receptors and neurotransmitters and thinking that everything is related to brain structure, then you're missing the boat because you're not looking at your whole body. So when I was doing psychiatry while prescribing all these medications and doing some psychotherapy, I was trying to also improve my own health. I appreciate the body I was given and I want to do justice and want to do everything I can to...

In this episode, Cheryl McColgan shares her personal journey in health and wellness, focusing on the importance of muscle mass, protein intake, and the development of consistent habits. She discusses her experience with weightlifting, the potential of competitive bodybuilding, and the role of coaching in achieving fitness goals. Cheryl also addresses the challenges of fat loss and the daily commitment required to maintain a healthy lifestyle, emphasizing that it's never too late to start lifting and pursue personal goals. Episode mentioned: Motivation is Overrated: How to Crush Your Goals Without It Takeaways Every meal is an opportunity to stimulate muscle growth. Optimal protein intake is crucial for muscle maintenance. Building habits is more important than motivation. It's never too late to start lifting weights. Diet fatigue can impact your commitment to goals. Having a coach can provide accountability and guidance. Setting specific goals helps maintain focus in fitness. Muscle mass is vital for longevity and quality of life. Transitioning to a new gym can reinvigorate your fitness journey. Daily commitment is key to achieving health and wellness goals. Episode transcript: Cheryl McColgan (00:01.806)Hey everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Row podcast. I am Cheryl McColgan, your host and founder of Heal Nourish Row. And my apologies for showing up on here looking a bit disheveled, but I just finished my basement workout. And so while this is on my mind, I thought I would get this recorded for you. So it's something I've been wanting to share for a little while. And I actually started to record it yesterday, but it was such a weird day. I had gotten some crazy news and It was just, I was not in good head space. So thought I'd revisit it today and try to put together my thoughts for you a little bit more coherently. But anyway, just in case you haven't listened to previous episodes, I will give you some background here. So, you know, the whole channel and the whole podcast is focused on health and wellness, and that's probably how you found it if you're listening to this. But pretty much my whole life I've been involved in health and wellness in some way. And over the years I have dabbled in lifting kind of on and off, but I've never gotten to stick until the last couple years here. I finally I'm over 50 now and I'm like, well, this whole push in social media and in education for older people about maintaining their muscle mass and how it really relates to longevity and just overall. you know, however long you are going to live, living your life well, because you can function on your own when you have muscle. And it's really an epidemic right now of sarcopenia, which is the lack of muscle mass as you get older, as well as obesity and many other things, but a lot of things that are just really preventing people from living well into their older years. And so having seen, you know, various people over my life and having been blessed with still being healthy at this point after watching my dad battle cancer and things like that. I'm like, owe it to myself to really take this on and finally commit to maintaining my muscle. So that is what I've been working on the last several years. And it started with really just Cheryl McColgan (02:10.913)getting optimal protein and making that a big focus. And so if you've followed my content for a while, I've been talking about that just in case you have not heard this before. I want to make sure I put this out there. Every meal that you eat is an opportunity to stimulate muscle protein synthesis, which is the process by which your body maintains and builds muscle mass. And in order to stimulate that, you need about 30 grams at least of protein at each meal. is that will include about three grams of leucine, which is thought to be the amino acid that really stimulates muscle building. And then as you get older,

In this episode, we talk all about the challenges of weight loss and aging as well as strategies to cope. Recent research points to consistent movement, optimal protein intake and resistance training as key strategies for weight loss, especially as we age. Cheryl shares her personal experiences and provides recommendations based on what she's learned over the last several years. In this conversation, Cheryl shares various strategies for overcoming weight loss resistance. She emphasizes the importance of prioritizing protein intake, tracking food and exercise, getting quality sleep, managing stress, incorporating movement throughout the day, and engaging in resistance training. She also discusses the role of nutrition in weight loss and the importance of finding a sustainable eating plan that aligns with individual goals. Additionally, Cheryl touches on the significance of body composition measurements, the potential benefits of fasting, and the importance of seeking medical advice and testing if weight loss resistance persists. Creatine+Taurine (HNG10 at checkout to save) for Muscle and Brain Health High Protein Diet For Fat Loss Research Paper High Protein Diet For Appetite Regulation and Body Composition Forever Strong, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon People I'm following for weight loss/aging/menopause information: Dr. Mary Claire, Wise and Well, Dr. Jamie Seeman and Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/0mct5ytsJZ0 Takeaways Protein intake is crucial for weight loss, with recommended amounts ranging from 0.8-1.2 grams per pound of body weight. If your current weight loss strategies aren't working, consider making changes to your diet and exercise routine. Managing stress and improving sleep are important factors for successful weight loss. Supplements such as aminos and creatine can support muscle growth and cognition. Make small changes over time and track your progress to achieve long-term success. Prioritize protein intake to support weight loss and muscle growth. Track food and exercise to stay accountable and make informed choices. Get quality sleep and manage stress to support weight loss efforts. Incorporate movement throughout the day to increase activity levels. Engage in resistance training to build muscle and boost metabolism. Find a sustainable eating plan that aligns with individual goals. Consider body composition measurements to track progress. Explore the potential benefits of fasting, but prioritize protein and resistance training. Seek medical advice and testing if weight loss resistance persists. Transcript: Cheryl McColgan (00:01.122)Well, hello friends. Welcome back to the Heal Nurse Show podcast. Been on a bit of a break and before we get into the topic today, I just wanted to share with you that it has been a very busy summer and I can't believe that we are so far into it. mean, Labor Day is just about four weeks away at this point. I mean, this has just flown by. Lots of events we had to attend to, sold a house, so just a lot going on, which is why I had little bit of an unintentional break, but it is good to be back on the mic. And what actually prompted me to take on this subject today is I had a conversation with a good friend of mine yesterday, kind of all around this topic around aging and weight gain and just not feeling good, that sort of thing. And then I had somebody else reach out to me again today. And these two people are very different ages, but I think that the things that I'm going to talk about and share with you today, number one can be really applied to weight loss at any age, but number two are particularly even more important as you do get older. And I'll go into some of the reasons why. So it's interesting because the reason that people tend to reach out to me with this sort of thing is they know that I keep up on all the research and I'm constantly listening to

Don Moxley shares his journey from being a collegiate athlete to becoming a sports scientist and working in the cannabis industry. He emphasizes the importance of movement, strength, energy production, and resilience in both athletic performance and longevity. Don also explains the importance of heart rate variability (HRV) and its relationship to overall health and mortality. He highlights the value of wearing a heart rate monitor and understanding different heart rate zones for optimal training. He shares his experience with HRV and how it can be used to assess cardiovascular health and resilience. Ways to improve HRV include lowering inflammation, improving cardiovascular fitness, optimizing sleep, and managing trauma and stress to improve HRV. We also touched on autophagy and the role of spermidine in longevity. The best way to reach Don is on LinkedIn. He is also on X(Twitter) and Instagram. Spermadine Life and ModeMethod are products he mentioned. Takeaways Movement, strength, energy production, and resilience are key factors in athletic performance and longevity. Heart rate variability (HRV) is highly related to mortality and overall health. It's a key indicator of health and performance. Wearing a heart rate monitor and understanding heart rate zones can optimize training and improve performance. Micronutrients play a crucial role in longevity and should be considered alongside macronutrients. Exercise enhances the endocannabinoid system and brain function, leading to a longer and healthier life. Lowering inflammation, improving cardiovascular fitness, optimizing sleep, and managing trauma and stress can improve HRV. Autophagy is essential for cellular health and longevity. Spermidine is a compound that promotes autophagy and can be obtained from certain foods. Industrialized food may be deficient in essential micronutrients, highlighting the importance of a balanced diet and supplementation. Watch on YouTube: Show Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.43)Hi everyone, welcome back to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Don Moxley and we just had a lovely little pre -interview chat all about our things in common. Don went to The Ohio State University, was a collegiate athlete and is currently traveling around in RV, which if anybody that's listened to this podcast before or read my blog will go back to the little thing that I call the Vegabond adventure. We did that for a little bit in a suburban, not an RV. But so lots in common, but… What I'm really excited about is Don knows so many things about health and wellness and sports performance. And he's got some awesome things to share with us today. But before we go into all that, Don, if you could just share a little bit, I shared briefly about your background, but if you could go into some detail and, you know, how did you get into this work? What makes you passionate about health and wellness and what you're doing today? Don Moxley (00:50.472)That's a, it's a great question. And it's, and, and literally you can't separate the journey from the destination. It's so, I grew up, share, I grew up in Eastern Ohio. We grew up in the strip pits over in Belmont County and I had every intention. I was a decent high school wrestler. I was, you know, I qualified for the state tournament twice, but never want to match there. But when I went to Ohio state with every intention of going home and feeding beef, Cabo for the rest of my life. But. Cheryl McColgan (00:56.558)I'm sorry. Don Moxley (01:19.08)I got to Ohio State, I was good enough to walk on the wrestling team, but it was a struggle. I was injured all the time. And I was one of those wrestlers that used to cut a lot of weight. I cut from 220 to 177 and hence the injury problems. But when I finally, you know, I was injured my sophomore year, I'm thinking, okay, what do I have to do to finally get going?

Dr. Meg Mill discusses the need to consider histamine issues when addressing gut health. She explains the role of histamine in the body and how it can affect various body systems. Register for FREE with this link for the Histamine Summit to hear more in depth discussions of this topic. Check out my previous interview with Dr. Meg on migraines and headaches. Takeaways Functional medicine offers personalized approaches to address health issues that conventional medicine may not be able to resolve. Histamine issues can affect gut health and lead to various symptoms such as digestive issues, anxiety, and hormone imbalances. Histamine intolerance can be caused by genetic factors, imbalances in the gut microbiome, and nutritional deficiencies. A low histamine diet can be used as an investigative tool to identify trigger foods, but long-term solutions should focus on addressing the underlying causes of histamine intolerance. Histamine intolerance can be associated with symptoms such as nasal congestion, headaches, fatigue, anxiety, and joint pain. The Reversing Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance Summit provides valuable information from experts in the field to help individuals understand and manage histamine-related issues. Visit Dr. Meg Mill online at MegMill.com. Free Gift: The Essential Guide to Histamine Intolerance https://youtu.be/hAkB3XwuBrY Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00)Hi everyone, welcome back to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Dr. Meg Mill and she has been a guest on the show before so I forgot to look up the episode but that will be in the show notes so if you're listening to this it was another great episode with her before be sure you go check it out. But before we get started we got a great new topic today which I'm super excited about and also a cool summit that Dr. Mill is running coming up so more on that later. But first Dr. Meg if you could just share with everybody. your background, your PharmD, you now do a functional medicine practice. So I'd love for you to just share how you got into all that for people that didn't listen to the interview yet. And then we'll start chatting about our new topic for the day. Meg Mill (00:40)Yes, yes. Well, so I, like you said, I graduated with a doctor of pharmacy and then I actually went on to do a residency and was practicing as a clinical pharmacist. And I kind of have two reasons that I switched to functional medicine. And one was that I knew all the protocols. I knew what to do. We had what we should do and people just weren't getting better. I'm like, okay, we're putting them on more medication, but we're not seeing them improve. It's just like, okay, we're sustaining this place. And then at the same time, I was having a lot of my own health issues. So I was having, you know, a lot of digestive issues. I was having anxiety. I actually started getting panic attacks. And that was when I was at the point where I have to change. So I remember sitting, like my kids are playing on the beach and I'm sitting there and I'm like, okay, I'm here, but I'm in so much, like my stomach's upset. I can't eat anything. I, you know, I'm having all this anxiety. I need to make a change in my life. And that's kind of when my journey shifted and I started to really look into more holistic ways of healing. And that led me to find functional medicine for myself and finally get answers. I've been to like five different gastroenterologists I you know was we moved a lot at the time so I'd be like I'm gonna get an answer now when we moved to a new place and it just it was just not everyone said you're fine you look like the picture of health of Listeners if you've been told that and you feel terrible go with your instincts because that is not true But when I finally found answers, I was like I need to share this with others. I opened my virtual practice

In this episode, Cheryl provides an update on her personal health and wellness journey, as well as the recent changes in her life. She discusses her move from Utah back to Cincinnati, her husband's open heart surgery, and the challenges of managing her online business. Cheryl also shares her experience with consistent weightlifting and the positive impact it has had on her health. Takeaways: Consistency in weightlifting can have a positive impact on overall health and well-being. Focusing on the positive and finding silver linings in challenging situations can help maintain a positive mindset. Support from friends and family is crucial during times of change and recovery. Changes in algorithms and search engine rankings can significantly impact small publishers and online businesses. Expressing gratitude for the blessings in life can help shift focus from challenges to the positive aspects of life. Watch on Youtube

Connie Zack, co-owner of Sunlighten, shares her journey into the infrared sauna business and the benefits of infrared sauna therapy. Influenced by her brother's health turn around, Connie left her job in pharmaceuticals to bring infrared saunas to the market. Infrared sauna therapy has been found to have numerous health benefits, including detoxification, reducing inflammation, improving cardiovascular health, boosting brain function, and promoting relaxation. It also has positive effects on the skin, improving cell turnover, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, and giving a healthy glow. Connie shares her personal experience with sauna therapy as well as what she has learned about infrared therapy over the years. She shares how infrared heat can improve cardiovascular health, enhance athletic performance, aid in weight loss, and promote relaxation. Learn more about Sunlighten and be sure to mention Heal Nourish Grow to get an amazing discount. Watch the episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/Veob1E7RWS0 Takeaways Infrared sauna therapy has numerous health benefits, including detoxification, reducing inflammation, improving cardiovascular health, boosting brain function, and promoting relaxation. Infrared saunas can improve skin health by accelerating cell turnover, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, and giving a healthy glow. Sunlighten saunas are designed for efficiency and provide separate wavelengths of infrared light for maximum effectiveness. Infrared sauna therapy can be a proactive tool for maintaining health and preventing age-related issues. Using an infrared sauna can provide a relaxing and meditative experience, allowing for mindfulness and stress reduction. Infrared saunas can improve cardiovascular health by increasing blood flow, improving circulation, and promoting relaxation. Using an infrared sauna before or after exercise can enhance athletic performance, reduce muscle soreness, and aid in recovery. Infrared saunas can contribute to weight loss by increasing core temperature, burning calories, and boosting metabolism. Choosing a high-quality sauna that emits low EMF is essential for maximizing the health benefits and ensuring safety. Sunlighten offers a range of sauna models, including portable options, to suit different needs and budgets. Episode transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.814)Hi everyone, welcome back to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Connie Zach, who is one of the co -owners of Sunlighten. And she said such an interesting story and background about how she got into this business. Her brother was having some health issues and I think it would just really be great to share with everybody. Not only how you got into this, but obviously some of the benefits of sauna in particular, infrared sauna, because this is all of a sudden, I mean, I've known about it for years and have wanted one for many years. but I think in recent podcasts and just internet, social media, everybody is all over infrared sauna, otherwise known as photo biomodulation, say that five times fast. And so Connie is going to obviously share with us a bunch of that information today. So welcome and would love to just have you share about what got you into all this. I think your brother had some stuff, so let's hear about it. Connie Zack - Sunlighten (00:56.034)Yeah, thanks so much for having me. I've been super excited all day, so excited that it's time. So this started over 20 years ago. My brother was chronically ill, had chronic fatigue and vertigo and fibromyalgia and a host of other conditions over general malaise and a lot of pain. Cheryl McColgan (00:59.79)Yay! Connie Zack - Sunlighten (01:18.914)He tried everything he could. It wasn't until he went to his dentist where his dentist said, Jason, I think you are leaking mercury into your body from your fillings. And I would diagnose you with heavy metal toxicity without any like blood work.

In this episode of the Heal Nourish Grow Podcast, Susan Salenger discusses her book 'Sideline' and the issues women face when navigating the healthcare system. She shares her personal experience with unnecessary surgery and how it sparked her interest in women's medical decision-making. To write this book, Salenger conducted interviews with women who had different diseases with a variety of treatments and found common themes in their behavior and decision-making. Learn more about the importance of being an informed patient and advocate for your own health along with actionable tips you can use at your next doctor's appointment. Get the Sidelined book here and visit Susan's website here. Takeaways Women often put themselves last when it comes to healthcare decisions. Getting a second opinion is crucial, especially for complex or serious conditions. Women tend to describe their symptoms in an emotional way, which can lead to misdiagnosis or inappropriate treatment. Tips for doctor visits include making a written list of symptoms, doing research on the diagnosis, and reframing what the doctor says. Be an informed patient and advocate for your own health Research and question medical advice, especially medications and treatments Consider the funding sources of scientific studies to identify potential bias Personal research can help evaluate the risks and benefits of treatments Gaslighting in healthcare is a significant issue for women Strength training is important for women's health and can help prevent frailty Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/xJvLIk28YW8 Episode 85 Transcript

In this episode, Renee Jones shares her weight loss journey and techniques she found to deal with emotional eating. Renee shares her background of yo-yo dieting and her eventual discovery of emotional eating as the root cause of her struggles. She explains how she found what works for her body through a specific software program and emphasizes the importance of an individualized approach to weight loss. She provides practical tips for overcoming emotional eating and maintaining weight loss, including the HANG acronym for addressing emotional hunger. She also shares the role of coaching in helping others resolve emotional issues and live authentically. Connect with Renee at PackYourOwnBag.com. Takeaways Emotional eating is eating for any reason other than hunger, and it often involves using food as a way to soothe or cope with emotions. Finding what works for your body is crucial for successful weight loss and maintenance. It requires self-reflection, experimentation, and paying attention to how different foods and eating patterns make you feel. Practical tips for weight loss include facing your emotions instead of using food as a coping mechanism, creating rules and boundaries around food and finding alternate activities or behaviors to replace emotional eating. Coaching can be a powerful tool for weight loss and personal growth, helping people resolve emotional issues and live more authentically. Watch the episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/EQas2BWFhzs Podcast Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background03:20 Discovering Emotional Eating06:32 Finding What Works for Your Body09:29 Practical Tips for Weight Loss16:21 Replacing Unhealthy Behaviors18:54 Renee's Coaching Approach23:14 The Power of Authenticity24:07 Getting in Touch with Renee Podcast Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.874)Hey everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Renee Jones and we are going to talk about something that's a very popular topic at the beginning of the year and that is weight loss. Renee has had a very interesting background as you heard in her bio, but now I'm gonna let her share in your own words, Renee. How did you get into this work and kind of, but maybe start with the background. I think you said for 40 years, you were kind of just like yo-yoing around. So I'm really curious to hear about your backstory, like what sort of things you tried, what were your challenges. So I'll let you take it away with your introduction to your history there. Renee Jones (00:37.652)Okay, well, thanks for having me for a start. But my first diet was when I was 10, and I know that sounds awful, but my mother thought, you're a bit young, but if we start now, maybe you'll learn how to do this. And the problem was, I didn't know what I was doing. She'd been heavy all her life, so she didn't know what she was doing. Cheryl McColgan (00:49.902)I'm sorry. Renee Jones (01:02.192)And we sort of would start and stop and then we'd say, oh, do you want to do the diet again? Yeah, okay. And we'd start over again. And it would go for a while until we either got fed up or went somewhere, you know, either visiting family or holiday or something like that. And it, you know, it just went on. I didn't learn how to first believe that I could keep the weight off that I lost. but also what was really good for my body. It was usually sort of a whatever the diet of the day was. So I think we tried them all, honestly. I think there are two diets I have not tried. And one of them was that HCG thing. And the other is the Whole30. Cheryl McColgan (01:50.499)Mm-hmm. Renee Jones (01:55.636)Because I've done something close enough to that. I thought, got the idea. I'm good. But that just went on. Cheryl McColgan (01:55.992)Yes. Cheryl McColgan (02:00.114)Right. So out of those ones, and so out of those ones that you tried, you never really found, I mean,

In this episode, Dr. Michael Biamonte discusses his background in nutrition and naturopathy, as well as his interest in understanding the role of nutrition in health. He explains the importance of lab tests and how they can provide valuable insights. Dr. Biamonte focuses on thyroid function and the challenges of diagnosing and treating thyroid issues. He also delves into the topic of Candida overgrowth and the symptoms and causes associated with it. Additionally, he shares his experience in using computer software to analyze patient data and develop personalized treatment plans. If you're interested in optimizing health with labs, Dr. Biamonte provides valuable insights and resources. Connect with Dr. Biamonte at www.health-truth.com, on his Facebook page and on YouTube. Takeaways Lab tests can provide valuable insights into a person's health and help identify underlying issues. Thyroid function is often misunderstood, and traditional medical approaches may not adequately address the complexity of thyroid issues. Candida overgrowth is a common problem caused by factors such as antibiotics and medications, and it can have a wide range of symptoms. Computer software can be a powerful tool for analyzing patient data and developing personalized treatment plans. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background03:28 Focus on Lab Tests and Analysis07:16 Understanding Thyroid Function13:28 Identifying and Treating Candida Overgrowth29:17 Using Computer Software for Data Analysis36:49 Working with Dr. Biamonte and Contact Information Watch on YouTube Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:01.288)Hey everyone, welcome back to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I have Dr. Michael Biamonte with me, and we are going to chat about a variety of topics. One that is kind of interesting and unusual that he said they just started learning about recently. Anyway, before we get to that, I would love it if you could just tell everyone in your own words a little bit about yourself and how did you get into this whole topic of nutrition. drbiamonte (00:28.554)Well, let's see, I'm a clinical nutritionist. I'm a naturopath. I'm certified in New York State, which is where that's where my license is. And I got into nutrition because I was very curious as to why medical doctors poo-pooed it. I had a relative who had cancer, who was ill, and I kept asking the doctors, well, what about vitamins and what about, this is back in the 70s, I said, what about Leutriol that I've heard about from Mexico? And they said, no, well, that's all baloney. None of that works. None of that's good. But I said, but couldn't, wouldn't giving him vitamins help his body even if it doesn't cure the cancer? Wouldn't it still help him be healthier to try to? fight the cancer a little longer and maybe live longer and they just poo-hooed it. And around that time I started running marathons. So there was a great interest around, and this is again in the 70s. So this is all these things were in their infancy back then. Billy Rogers was first winning the New York Marathon. Carlton Frederick's was on the radio talking about vitamins and talking about the dangers of too much sugar. Adele Davis had her book out. So. this was all kind of new. And I wanted to know why these doctors were so adamant that all this stuff was a waste of time. So the more I started studying it, the more I started to tweak on the fact that, gee, you know, if all this nutrition stuff actually works the way they say it does, I could see this being a problem for doctors and drug companies. I could see where they wouldn't want this to be around. And… Cheryl McColgan (02:11.584)Yeah, that's some conspiracy thing you're throwing out there a little bit, right? drbiamonte (02:15.79)Yeah, well, it's common sense though, in a way. I mean, it looked like with Candida, people are constantly asking me, why is it that medical doctors don't recognize Candida?

In this episode, Dane Johnson shares his personal journey with a mysterious gut issue that caused his health to rapidly decline. He shares the challenges he faced, the various treatments he tried, the eventual diagnosis and the impact it had on his life. He discovered a colitis new treatment and a way to approach Crohn's that is helping people all over the world. He learned a lot on his journey to return to health and emphasizes the importance of mindset, positive energy and helping others. He also introduces the SHIELD program, which focuses on building a customized lifestyle for healing and offers a supportive community for individuals with a variety of gut health issues. Find Dane and more about the SHIELD program at the Crohn's Colitis Lifestyle website. Takeaways Healing starts in the mind and requires a decision to prioritize your well-being. Creating a positive environment and surrounding yourself with positive energy can have a significant impact on your healing journey. Journaling and tracking your symptoms, diet, and emotions can provide valuable insights and help you make informed decisions. Building a supportive community and seeking guidance from experts can provide the necessary tools and resources for healing. Customizing your approach to healing and focusing on consistency over perfection can lead to long-term success. Emotional intelligence is crucial for success in both personal and professional life. Developing emotional intelligence requires self-awareness, empathy, and effective communication. Emotional intelligence plays a significant role in building and maintaining healthy relationships. Watch on YouTube Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Dane's Story17:14 Lessons Learned 23:19 The Importance of Mindset and Positive Energy32:42 The SHIELD Program, Colitis New Treatment and Community Support 35:40 Emotional Intelligence in Relationships38:51 Conclusion and Call to Action Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.958)Hi everyone, welcome back to the HealNourishGrow podcast. Today I have Dane Johnson and he has a really both heartbreaking but of a it ends up well kind of story. And so I'm excited to share him and his knowledge with you today. We're going to talk about a lot of things related to gut health, but specifically IBD and Crohn's and colitis. So Dane, welcome. If you could just start by telling people. How in the world you got into this because it was kind of a sad story the way that it started out. Dane Johnson (00:35.493)Yes, it was. And Cheryl, thank you so much for having me and bringing me on and sharing this story and what we do with your community. And everyone out there who's listening, who might be dealing with chronic gut health issues, IBD, I dedicate this talk to you. This talk is for you. And I hope we can get some life-changing results and get some big aha moments today. And so yeah, it was a very sad story for me. And some of the reasons I'm so passionate about this and I'm here today is because I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, then Crohn's, then ulcerative colitis. The doctors couldn't make up their mind. I got my first symptoms at 19 years old. It nearly killed me on my 27th birthday. So I turned my birthday's November 24th. So December 11th, 2014, I nearly passed away in the hospital two weeks after my birthday. I was in the hospital for a month or six weeks straight at that time. I suffered for a lot of my 20s and I… You know, I would drop down to 120 pounds from 185. I, you know, had 25 bloody bad mood today, extreme cystic acne. I'd been on all the medications the doctors told me to. I never wanted this. My parents didn't know what to do with this. I never dealt with any major health issues. My family never dealt with any Crohn's, colitis or IBD growing up. We didn't know anything about chronic disease. And, you know, it just hit me like a ton of bricks and we didn't know what to do about it.

In this conversation, Dr. Jessie Hehmeyer discusses her background in chiropractic medicine and nutrition. She emphasizes the importance of finding one's why when it comes to weight loss and shares tips for taking action and making sustainable changes. Dr. Hehmeyer explains the role of nutrition and movement in weight loss, debunking the myth that weight is purely genetic. She shares a success story of a client who was able to shift to a healthier diet and improve her overall health. She also introduces her upcoming group program for weight loss and encourages listeners to have compassion for themselves and seek support in their weight loss journey. Connect with Dr. Hehmeyer at Well Empowered Takeaways Finding your why is crucial for making sustainable changes in weight loss.Nutrition plays a significant role in weight loss, accounting for about 80% of progress.Movement, particularly strength training, is important for preserving muscle mass and increasing metabolism.Weight loss is not solely determined by genetics; the environment and lifestyle choices have a significant impact.Working with a functional medicine practitioner or joining a group program can provide support and guidance in the weight loss journey. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/hlMk_ca3GI8 Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Personal Interests01:59 Professional Background and Training04:10 Approach to Weight Loss06:02 Finding Your Why07:39 Taking Action and Making Changes10:36 The Role of Nutrition and Movement in Weight Loss17:22 Genetics vs. Environment in Weight Loss21:34 Success Story: Shifting to a Healthier Diet27:33 Group Program for Weight Loss29:07 Final Thoughts and Encouragement30:47 Where to Find Dr. Heymeyer Online Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.974)Hey everyone, welcome back to the Heal and Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Dr. Heymeyer. And before we get into all the wonderful knowledge that she has to share with us, I kind of just wanted to touch a little bit on her bio and her background because she has some amazing trainings but then she also has some personal interests that mimic mine of like hiking and yoga and all that fun outdoor stuff. So Dr. Heymeyer, can you just… Maybe first share with people kind of what, like what you like to do in your spare time when you're not working and sharing knowledge about weight loss, what do you like to do? Dr Jessie Hehmeyer (00:35.31)Yeah, I well, yes, as you said, I love hiking, love hiking and love yoga, love strength training, love, of course, being with loved ones. And I love traveling and I love cooking beautiful, delicious, healthy meals for both myself and others. Cheryl McColgan (00:39.28)I'm sorry. Cheryl McColgan (00:59.198)And where do you hike mostly? What part of the country are you in? Dr Jessie Hehmeyer (01:02.41)Well, funny you should ask. I actually work remotely, remotely from Switzerland. So most often I hike in Switzerland. In the States, when I'm here, I do like to get, I do like to get to Arizona. So I love hiking. I love desert hiking. I really never thought that I would find desert hiking as compelling as I do, but I just, I really adore desert hiking. But really I've never met a mountain I didn't like. Cheryl McColgan (01:09.724)Oh wow! Cheryl McColgan (01:29.846)Yeah, well, I just named off two of my favorite places there. So maybe we can talk offline a little bit about some of our favorites. But I'd love to just start to get into some more of your professional background now that we've talked about what you like to do for fun. But you have chiropractic training, you have nutritional training. What was kind of your progression of you started in one place and then what propelled you to kind of do these other trainings as you started working with people or just things that you learned along the way? Dr Jessie Hehmeyer (01:34.403)Ah! Dr Jessie Hehmeyer (02:00.546)Fundamentally speaking,

In this episode, host Cheryl McColgan interviews mental health professional Celeste Rains-Turk. She specializes in helping individuals improve their relationship with food and body image. Celeste shares her personal journey of overcoming disordered eating and how it inspired her to help others. The conversation delves into the complexities of disordered eating, the impact of body positivity movements, and the importance of mindfulness in achieving a healthy relationship with food. Celeste emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to health and fitness, advocating for self-love while also recognizing the importance of caring for one's body. The episode concludes with practical strategies for changing food associations and fostering a healthier mindset around eating. Celeste shares insights on diet breaks, the impact of choices on long-term health, and offers resources for improving food relationships, including coaching programs and an upcoming wellness retreat. Connect with Celeste and learn more about the upcoming retreat at celestial.fit and follow her on Instagram. Takeaways Many individuals struggle with their relationship with food and body image. Disordered eating can often go undiagnosed due to its complex nature. Mindfulness can significantly improve self-esteem and body image. The body positivity movement has both positive and negative implications. It's essential to focus on health and longevity rather than just aesthetics. Self-love should not lead to self-destructive behaviors. A balanced approach to nutrition is key for long-term health. Understanding food relationships is crucial for emotional well-being. The cycle of restriction and bingeing can be interrupted by trust in oneself. The power of choice allows for healthier eating habits without guilt. Diet breaks can provide mental relief and improve long-term results. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/vcAQRWNmSbs Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.494)Hi everyone. Welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by the lovely and very smiley Celeste Rains-Turk and I am really excited to chat with her today because she is a mental health professional. She specifically deals a lot with helping people with their relationship with food, has so many free resources for that and so many programs. And in addition to that, she is a prolific podcaster and I've basically been pod-stalking her for the last two or three months. Celeste Rains-Turk (00:07.45)You Cheryl McColgan (00:30.294)I know a lot about Celeste, but now I'm going to share that with you guys, because I just think she is a really amazing source of information and really a light in the world of health and fitness. So Celeste, all that being said, welcome to the show. And could you just share with people a little bit about yourself? How did you become attracted to this mental health work and what lights you up about doing this kind of work? Celeste Rains-Turk (00:53.403)Well, first of all, thank you for having me. I like your vocabulary usage. It's great. So what I'll start with what lights me up about this work because I think that lends insight into what got me into it. So what lights me up most about the work that I do is seeing people achieve something they didn't think was possible. So a lot of the people that I work with, they come to me almost on a last hope, a last resort. thinking is there any way I can actually heal my relationship with food and my body without sacrificing my fitness and physique goals? Because so many of them have been told by fitness professionals or mental health professionals that they cannot do both and I want them to know that they can. So it is incredibly rewarding for me to see them actually achieve that goal. That is amazing because they don't expect to do that. Now, as far as what got me into it was I personally Cheryl McColgan (01:32.974)been pulled by.

In this episode, I interview David Milburn of HypoAir about indoor air quality solutions and filtering. We discuss the problem of mold in homes, the impact of HVAC systems on air quality, and other air quality issues such as odors and off-gassing. We also talk about the importance of air quality as well as the detection and monitoring of air quality. Finally, we discuss different air purification solutions available and exciting developments in air quality technology. In this conversation, Milburn also shares the importance of determining the correct size of HVAC filters and the challenges homeowners face in finding this information. He provides tips for requesting allergy-friendly rooms in hotels (I didn't even know this was a thing!) and addresses air quality issues in malls and commercial spaces. The conversation concludes with a reminder of the importance of maintaining a positive outlook on indoor air quality and an extension of a sale on Hypoair's products. Go visit Hypoair with this link to take advantage of these savings! Takeaways Mold is a significant air quality problem in homes, especially in modern construction where homes are built tightly and trap mold inside.HVAC systems can contribute to air quality issues if not properly maintained and equipped with the right filters.Odors and off-gassing from furniture and other sources can also affect indoor air quality.It is important to be aware of and monitor air quality in your home, and there are various indoor air quality solutions available, including air purifiers and ventilation systems. Determining the correct size of HVAC filters is crucial for optimal air quality in homes.The tonnage of an HVAC system plays a significant role in filter selection.Using incorrect filter ratings can lead to strain on HVAC systems and increased energy costs.Regular filter changes are essential for maintaining air quality and reducing dust in HVAC systems.Hypoair plans to expand air purification to other home systems and offers products for healthcare facilities.Working with hospitals and corporations can be challenging due to their lack of concern for air quality issues.Requesting allergy-friendly rooms in hotels can help improve air quality during travel.Malls and commercial spaces often have air quality issues due to cleaning products and fragrances.Maintaining a positive outlook on air quality and taking proactive steps can help improve overall health and well-being.Hypoair extends a sale on their products to listeners of the conversation. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/poKvC6Dd4oA Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background01:22 The Problem of Mold in Homes04:09 The Impact of HVAC Systems on Air Quality06:29 Other Air Quality Issues08:05 The Importance of Air Quality09:43 Dealing with Odors23:24 Detection and Monitoring of Air Quality30:25 Choosing the Right Air Purification Solution39:26 Exciting Developments in Air Quality Technology41:42 Determining HVAC Filter Size42:32 The Importance of Tonnage in HVAC Systems43:15 The Impact of Incorrect Filter Ratings44:19 Expanding Air Purification to Other Home Systems45:02 Hypoair's Products for Healthcare Facilities46:14 Challenges of Working with Hospitals and Corporations48:25 Applying Hypoair's Technology to Homes49:42 Requesting Allergy-Friendly Rooms in Hotels51:32 Air Quality Issues in Malls and Commercial Spaces53:14 Maintaining a Positive Outlook on Air Quality54:11 Closing Remarks and Sale Extension Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.97)Hey everyone, welcome to the Heal and Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by David Milburn of HypoAir and I'm really excited to share his knowledge with you guys today. I've heard him on a few different podcasts and he's just such a wealth of knowledge on indoor air quality solutions and filtering. And I just thought you have so many interesting things to say that I'd love for you to share it with the Heal and Nourish Grow audience.

In this episode, I interview Chris Burres about his background, the genesis of his book, and his decision to host a longevity summit. We discuss the main takeaways from the summit interviews, including the importance of mindset, sleep, exercise, and diet in longevity. We also delve into the significance of protein consumption for muscle health and longevity. Chris Burres discusses the importance of mindset. He emphasizes the need to view aging as a disease and the possibility of rejuvenation. Takeaways Mindset, sleep, exercise, and diet are key factors in longevity. The mindset of separating living infirmed from aging is important. Protein consumption is crucial for muscle health and longevity. The Longevity Summit provided valuable insights and information from experts in the field. Advancements in medical technology and the rapid increase in medical information provide hope for significant improvements in longevity. Aging should be viewed as a disease, and funding should be directed towards addressing the underlying causes of aging. The potential for rejuvenation and the ability to create a younger version of oneself using DNA are exciting possibilities. Previous interview with Chris Register for the summit for FREE Learn more about MyVitalC and get 10% off your order with HNG Watch on YouTube Powered by embed youtube video html and sms lån som beviljar alla utan uc Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background08:02 The Genesis of the Book and Personal Journey21:01 The Decision to Host a Longevity Summit30:10 Takeaways from the Longevity Summit Interviews42:33 Importance of Protein in Longevity45:11 Protein Consumption and Mindset46:42 Final Thoughts and Revelations49:45 Longevity and Medical Advancements53:46 Aging as a Disease and the Potential for Rejuvenation54:10 Conclusion Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.564)Hey everyone, welcome back to the Heel Nourish Grow podcast. I am back today with somebody that I just thoroughly enjoy, Chris Vergevues on episode, I think it was 45. I looked it up and I didn't retain it for some reason. But anyway, he's here again with us today. And my gosh, we've been talking about all things geek prior to this and he has such a great new geeky project that I can't wait to share with you. So Chris, before we get started with all the wonderful new stuff you've got going on. I thought it would be great to just briefly give your background. Obviously I've read your bio, but touch on this element that you described that is so awesome for longevity and great for mitochondrial health that we discussed in the first podcast. Maybe just like a little recap for people. Definitely go back and listen to the whole episode, but that way they'll kind of get where you're coming from and then why you are now doing the cool summit that you're doing. So anyway, that was a very long introduction, but thanks for being here, Chris. Chris Burres (00:55.889)Yeah, no, I like it. Cheryl, thank you so much for having me back. I'm excited. In some regard, it's not surprising, not because of me, but because of the stuff that has been accomplished, which in a real way doesn't feel like it's because of me. It is, but you know how you just, you wake up on it. I'll describe it this way, right? So let's go back. We'll talk about the molecule, right? And I'm holding up a molecule or a model of a molecule, obviously. And if you're listening, just imagine a soccer ball where the lines on the soccer ball represent the bonds between the carbon atoms. So it's a spherical molecule of 60 carbon atoms. I've been manufacturing that it's a carbon nanomaterial. I've been a happy -go -lucky carbon nanomaterial scientist since 1991. That molecule was actually discovered in 85. The scientists who discovered it won the Nobel Prize for that discovery in 96. So short 11 years from discovery to being awarded the Nobel Prize. Uh,

Guy Odishaw was a great guest the fist time and he's back to share his knowledge about thermography. Guy told me about this technology in a conversation we had off camera, and knew immediately that I had to try it. In this episode we discuss my results as well has how you can use thermography as a noninvasive technology to help you identify problems very early while you have time to prevent future health issues. Guy is the founder of Bhakti Wellness Center and the cofounder of CerebralFit Brain Training. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/KLLW7_p4ijU Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.37)I need to get a shirt like that. Hey everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. I am back today with Guy Odishaw. He is, you're actually the first guest I've ever had on twice, which is a great distinction. So excited for our show today. And I was, I was just, after I hit the record button, I was just telling Guy that I'm glad his Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (00:02.37)Yes. Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (00:14.707)interesting Cheryl McColgan (00:22.834)Logo is showing because as you heard in his bio, he is part of cerebral fit. He talks all things brain health, which is one of my favorite topics. But today we're gonna chat about something slightly different. It actually came up in our conversation either before or after we recorded last time. And I said, I feel like a lot of people don't know about this topic, and I would love for you to come back and share this information. And so it's all about thermal imaging. So I'm not gonna say too much about it other than I went and did it so that we could talk about this. But first I'll let Guy tell you about what it is, what we use it for, and why it's not standard practice to use this imaging, because it's kind of interesting. So I'll let you take it away from here. Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (01:02.99)All right, thank you. And thank you for the opportunity to come back and talk with you and for going off and trying my crazy idea and the whole thing is very, very brave of you. So this falls kind of in the general area of bioelectric medicine as I define it, which is really when we use technology in the area of healthcare. So it's a very big umbrella. But here, what to say about… thermal imaging. So I just want to say a little bit about imaging in general. So most of us are all familiar with X-ray, and then, of course, MRI. And then depending on how involved in the health care system you've been, you've maybe heard of a CAT scan, a PET scan. If you're really, in a sense, unfortunate, you've heard about a SPECT scan, because it's a very specific scan for the brain. And then there's the kind of neuroimaging we do in our clinic, which is QEEG. So EEG neuroimaging So we have all of these different devices for doing neuroimaging and then probably well ultrasound I shouldn't leave that out, you know, so a host that I haven't mentioned, but these are common ones and And thermal imaging goes right in there with all of these other kinds of imaging We think of MRI is maybe kind of our gold standard. I think everybody think well an MRI That's the top of the food chain. But there are things that MRI does well, and then there's things that MRI is terrible at. And so you'd only want to use MRI for what it's good for and not for things that isn't good for. And an example of this would be, MRI is really good at detail of anatomy, but it isn't really good for function. Now there is functional MRI. So that's a little bit of a caveat there. But still, if we think of something like a concussion, MRI is not good at finding concussion. Unless the concussion has risen to the level of anatomical damage, then OK. And then if we have anatomical changes, it can spot it. But even then, it just spots the anatomical change. Versus, say, something like EEG, which is Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (03:24.13)better at looking at function. So it's highly, in the time domain,

Many people choose weight loss as a New Year's resolution and often seek out keto as a way to achieve this goal. I started with keto myself in January 2017 and never looked back. In this episode, you'll get a high-level overview of what keto is and isn't, how I recommend you get started and what you need (and don't need) to get started. Spoiler alert...most people way overcomplicate keto! Watch the episode on YouTube:

In this episode, you'll get ideas for how to improve your health in 2024. Some are simple and easy to implement, while others will take some time, focus and dedication. There are a lot of tools and products mentioned in this one, and you can find them all on the shop page. Be sure to register for your FREE ticket to the Quit Sugar Summit starting January 8th, 2024. There are some amazing speakers this year and you get complimentary admission using my link. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/k0IDI1mnVRQ

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Shawn Wells has done an amazing amount of work to improve his health. With numerous types of professional training, he's learned that ultimate wellness is something that requires a variety of tools. In this episode, he shares his best tips for improving health including inner work, meditation, nutrition, supplements and more. Watch the episode on YouTube

In this episode, I share four components of health that are critical to focus on if you want to enjoy optimal health and longevity. I also share my best tips for getting started with these things, most just require more mindfulness, easy tools and a few minutes a day to get started! Mentioned in the episode, please let me know if I missed one! Mindful Drinking app, free to try! Blue Blocking Glasses, HNG15 for 15% off The best Magnesium supplement, all seven forms included. Watch the episode on YouTube here:

In this episode, I chat with Guy Odishaw about using neurofeedback. He has such an amazing amount of knowledge! It was fun to learn more about how these tools can help not only improve a normal aging brain but also help neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injury. Visit Guy at CerebralFit. Watch the interview on YouTube Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:01.034)Hey everyone, it's Cheryl McColgan, founder of HealNourishGrowth, and we're back with another episode of the podcast. Today I am joined by Guy Odisha, and I am really excited to chat with him, particularly because you know about my love of all things, brain health, my background in psychology, and neuropsychology, and Guy actually is a neurofeedback practitioner. and he has a lot of really great expertise he's gonna share with us today. So welcome, Guy. And if you could just start by sharing a bit of how you got into this work and what is actually neurofeedback for those who might not know what that is. Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (00:38.417)Well, thank you for the opportunity to be here and chat with you. It was a delight so far. It's been great. The little pre-show check-in was wonderful. So my background, so I've been practicing for a little over 30 years, mostly in the area of what's called integrative manual therapies. So that's my kind of my main orthopedic side, a lot of chronic pain and trauma. And… Cheryl McColgan (00:45.855)Yes. Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (01:01.605)Then slowly that moved into doing what's generally bioelectric medicine. So things like microcurrent light therapy. Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (01:13.425)pulse magnetic therapy, things of that nature. So we've moved into the spectrum of bioelectric medicine. So that's been for about 12 years. And then I would say the last six years been more focused on the brain with neuroimaging, neurofeedback, neuroSTIM. And we'd use quite a bit of bioelectric medicine in our brain health clinics, but they just changed the name. when you do it on the body versus you do it in the head, they give it a new name. So nothing really changes in terms of the technology, but the name changes. And so, yeah, that's, you know, I kind of consider myself a psychophysiologist kind of working on the brain side of the brain mind continuum. And then, go ahead. Cheryl McColgan (02:01.758)I was just going to say what type of things do people usually come to you for? You mentioned chronic pain, but now you're moving more into the brain stuff. Are you more dealing with traumatic brain injury or just kind of natural aging processes or what is it that people are most seeking out help for? Guy Odishaw, CerebralFit (02:19.485)Sure. So I have three main clinics. I have five clinics, but three clinics that are brain specific. So in my one clinic, Bakhti Brain Health Clinic, we're a little more omnivorous. So we're seeing a full range of mental health. So anxiety, depression, OCD, you name it, you know, in the across. So mental health. Then I would say probably our next biggest Children, learning disability, we kind of put ADHD in with learning disabilities just because it doesn't have a great place to go otherwise. So it might be dyslexia, dyscalculia, just slow reading, and anything that comes up in the school side, academic side. And then again, we put ADHD in there. And then traumatic brain injury, we do a fair amount of traumatic brain injury. And that can be anywhere from kind of serious that gets the TBI down to say, post-concussion syndrome, which is a less significant injury, but not necessarily less impactful on the person who has it. Just the nature is quite a bit different than that spectrum. Um, and then peak performance. So we do a lot of peak performance. So people who don't have a problem, they just want to be better at whatever they're doing. So maybe that's executives. Um, We have some students, I have a doctor who is kind of a peak performance in his professional...

Join me for a solo episode where I share about Wild Health genetic testing and health coaching. I recorded this immediately after I received my genetic testing results from Dr. Carl Seger. I'm sharing some of my initial thoughts about the results as well as my first impressions of the Wild Health service. Receive 20 percent off of a Wild Health package with code HEALNOURISHGROW. Watch on YouTube

In this episode of the Heal Nourish Grow podcast, Dr. Chris Rhodes, a nutrition scientist, discusses his journey into the fields of longevity and fasting. He explains the significance of autophagy and shares his personal experiences with fasting. Dr. Rhodes also introduces Mimio, a product designed to mimic the benefits of fasting at the molecular level, and discusses the clinical studies that support its efficacy. The conversation delves into the science behind Mimeo's ingredients and their roles in promoting healthspan and longevity. Visit Mimio to learn more and get an awesome discount! Takeaways Fasting can activate longevity bio programs within our cells. Autophagy is a crucial process for cellular health and longevity. GLP-1 drugs like Ozembic may positively impact longevity pathways. Mimeo is designed to mimic the benefits of fasting without actual fasting. Clinical studies show Mimeo can improve metabolic health markers. The formulation of Mimeo includes powerful anti-aging molecules. Nicotinamide plays a key role in cellular energy and metabolism. Using Mimeo can enhance the benefits of shorter fasting periods. Maintaining a balance between mTOR activation and fasting pathways is essential for health. https://youtu.be/CidbXEJcj3k Episode transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.834)Hey everyone. Welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow Podcast. I don't even know the name of my own podcast. It's loving my words today. But anyway, I'm really excited about today's guest. I'm here with Dr. Chris Rhodes and he is a nutrition scientist. I'll let him better describe himself, but you will have heard his full bio, of course, before this, but I always like to start out, Dr. Rhodes, with just having you kind of share in your own words, what brought you into this space? What made you passionate about working with Mimeo Health and the technology there. Like what led you to this point? Dr. Chris Rhodes (00:32.962)Yeah, great question. Really happy to be here, Cheryl. Thanks for having me on. really got me interested into the longevity space, the healthy aging space, and eventually the fasting space was coming out of college. I got my BS in biochemistry from Leroy LaMaria Mount University, but like a lot of college kids didn't really know what I wanted to do there. So to try and figure that out, took an immunology fellowship at Stanford, just kind of pouring through all the research I could get my hands on going to all these seminars, and eventually came across the longevity research. And I thought that was so fascinating because it was this thing that used to be relegated to myth and legend, right? It was like Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth. And now it's this very active, very rigorous area of scientific research with a ton of funding and a ton of companies and a ton of government and scientific attention on it. And it's one of those things that helps with everything, right? If you can solve aging, then you can pretty much also solve disease because by and large, most young folks don't get disease. really see that aging is something that's an underlying factor in every disease that happens. So if you can tackle these fundamental issues of aging at the cellular level and really slow that process down, then you can not only potentially enhance lifespan but also healthspan at the same time, which I think is what we're all really going for, living our lives as well as possible and as best health as possible for as long long as we can. When you're in the healthy aging and longevity space, eventually you come across fasting because fasting is one of the only ways that we know of to reliably extend lifespan and health span helps to treat, prevent, or delay most major diseases. And the reason why that was so fascinating to me is because it does all of that without actually adding anything into the system, right? So it's not this superfood or this wonder drug that's doing al...

Stephanie Hilfer is the founder of Viim, a branding agency. Success in her health journey affected her business and ability to be an effective entrepreneur. Join us to learn about the practices Stephanie put in place that allowed her to find more balance between her personal and work life. You can find the 10-year values and goals worksheet mentioned in the podcast here. Our free Ultimate Wellness Workbook is another great tool to create more balance and happiness in your life. Watch the interview on YouTube here: Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan:Hey everyone, welcome to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. I'm Cheryl McColgan, the founder of Heal Nourish Grow. And today I am here with my lovely friend, Stephanie, who I met through her podcast. And she does such amazing work in the world of branding, which is a little bit unusual for this podcast. And we are going to talk about that at the end. But what is not unusual is the fact that Stephanie has really had quite a bit of a health journey that she's going to share with us today. And I think it's really relevant to this audience because many of us are entrepreneurs or just work in a very busy job, very busy lifestyle. And I think Stephanie is going to have some great information and takeaways for us about how to better balance your life if that's possible. But anyway, Steph, could you introduce yourself and share a little bit how you got to this place where you started to really focus on your health again. Steph:Yeah, thank you. Thank you for the great introduction. I'm Steph Hilfer. I do go by Steph. It's not offensive to call me Stephanie. My mom birthed me Stephanie, but I love the informality of being Steph. I love that we're just already friends when you call me Steph. So I am the owner, founder and creative director at Vim, as you said, a branding agency. And that, and I will say Vim has been a catalyst for me to continue. to focus on my own, not just health journey, but on myself. So as far as like what we talked about at one point was, in 2018, no, excuse me, 2017, prior to starting my own business, I was at this point where I was in full-blown tears, pretty much daily, around eating, around using the restroom, just constant feeling gross and icky. And I know we're diving deep into some like super TMI, probably stuff, but I know that your audience is probably going to resonate with some of this. Um, and I was just to this point of there's nowhere else to go. I have to do something. And luckily I had, um, my best friend since first grade and my sister-in-law who had worked with a holistic nutritionalist coach to kind of work through all of that. Wasn't necessarily for weight loss, but obviously I think there's always when you start to look internally at your health, I think that I definitely saw a benefit in that area as well. But I worked with this particular coach to really diagnose what was going on in my gut. We did a kind of handful of blood tests, stool tests, and we determined that there was some foods that were really not serving me well. And so I spent the better part of 2017, so 250 days of 2017, I essentially went whole food. Like just truly if the ingredient listing says banana, then you can eat it. But if it says flour and rich such and such oils, right? Not a single ingredient food. And my nutritionalist, her, or nutritionist, her program for me was not to just go 250 days eating this clean, but I'm not a good rule follower apparently. And I started feeling so good. Essentially I cut out caffeine, I cut out sugar, I cut out dairy and I cut out gluten. And then on top of those cutouts, I just ate whole foods. And I spent that whole year feeling the most, the word I would use for it was optimized. I felt so optimized and healthy and I know that if I hadn't been in that really healthy, beautiful place that Vim would have never came to be. Now Vim actually happened in 2018 after I had slowly started introducing more foods back into my world a...

In this week's episode, I speak with Mahryah Shain, CEO of More Hari Naturally. He shares about what can cause hair loss and why DHT plays an important role. Visit More Hair Naturally to learn more about Mahryah and the company. They also offer free hair loss consultations. Watch the interview on YouTube Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan (00:00.93)Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Heal and Nourish Grow podcast. I am the founder of Heal and Nourish Grow, Cheryl McColgan. And today I am joined by Mariah Shane, who, as you heard in his bio, is the CEO of a hair health company, but he has kind of made this his passion in life. And he's going to share with us today some insights and things that we can possibly do to help hopefully make our hair a little bit healthier going forward. So Mahryah Shain (00:09.265)who, as you heard in his bio, is the CEO of a hair health company, but he has kind of made this his passion in life, and he's going to share with us today some insights and things that we can possibly do to help hopefully make our hair a little bit healthier going forward. So, welcome, Ryan. Could you just share with everybody kind of your background a little bit and how you got into this field? Cheryl McColgan (00:25.438)Welcome, Raya. Could you just share with everybody kind of your background a little bit and how you got into this field around hair health? Mahryah Shain (00:32.581)Yeah, absolutely. Well, thank you so much for having me here today. I'm very happy to be here. So basically, here's how this, it happened organically, I should say. So just growing up, I'm from California, I'm still in California. And growing up in California, I've always been raised with the philosophy that everything our body needs to survive exists in nature. that we have survived millions of years of evolution synergistically evolving with nature as we go. So when our bodies and our bodies are designed to survive, we are designed to live and to thrive. So I've always had the approach that when something's non-optimum with my body, my goal is to make my body strong enough to handle that situation. you know, and that exists in nature. That's always where I go first, is that area. How can I strengthen that area of my body so my body can fix what's going on? Now, hair loss is in my family. Every man in my family is totally bald. I am thrilled to have what I have because I should be like cue ball bald today. So when my father started losing his hair, we were like, oh, he was like, I wanna fix this. What's happening? And so we started looking around for remedies. And this was probably the 90s, I'd say, mid 90s in there. So we started looking around for solutions and remedies. Cause we're like, okay, so he's losing his hair and he's trying to fix it. And like everyone else does, he was kind of panicking and stuff cause it's a big deal for people. And there was nothing there. There was nothing in the natural realm that really was game changing. Like there were… there were lots of stuff like rubbing onion on your head and you know little cures like that but nothing really substantial that was like this is going to change my hair this is going to help it so he went down the drug route the popular route the same drugs that were made in the 70s the same drugs everyone's using today he went down that route and he started getting sick he started like you know his body he started getting very tired he his immune system dropped he actually started developing breasts because it started altering his hormones Mahryah Shain (02:57.669)And so he was like, this is not cool. This is not, this isn't, this isn't what I want. And we were all the same, like, no, you gotta, you gotta stop this. And my mother's from Italy. And so we have cousins in the Lake Como region and she was just talking to them casually about, you know, life and catching up. And she mentioned what's going on with my father. And they said, well,

In this week's episode, Dr. Priyanka Venugopal shares how she went from being stressed out and overweight to getting her health back. She shares some actionable tips anyone can use to learn to trust themselves again and why this is so important in your health journey. For the resources from Dr. Venugopal mentioned in the episode, please visit her website. Watch the episode on YouTube Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan:Hey everyone, welcome back to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. Today I am joined by Dr. Priyanka. We had this little discussion before we started today. I could pronounce her last name, but I didn't want to risk messing it up. And she is a board-certified OB-GYN turned health wellness coach. I'm excited for her to share her background with you because a lot of people that listen to this podcast are interested in. Obviously health and wellness, but sometimes specifically weight loss. And she definitely has a great short story to share with us about that. So Dr. Priyanka welcome. And I'm excited for people to hear about your background. Priyanka Venugopal:I'm so excited to be here, Cheryl. Thank you so much for having me. And yeah, you can call me Priyanka. Priyanka just on its own is just fine. Dr. Priyanka or Dr. Priyanka Venugopal. Either way, I will respond to all of those names. Cheryl McColgan:Great. So, if you could just tell people about how you had some struggles, I think even going back to when you were a child with your weight, and I'm guessing that, you know, maybe family background had some things to do with this. So if you could just share with people all about that and then kind of how you, how that followed you into adulthood. Priyanka Venugopal:Yeah, absolutely. So my story, I kind of want to almost start backwards. Right now I am a mind and body health coach for high achieving professional working moms who want to hit their dream body goals while living their real life in a way that feels simple and sustainable. And the reason I'm so incredibly passionate about that for high achieving women is because of my own story. I have been that high achiever again as a physician and as a working mom, really that human that wanted just to do more, be more, like create like. basically want more achievements in my life. And I would say that probably from a really, really young age, that was a lot of my story. I was just the high achiever, the girl in the front of the classroom, like raised her hand and won every single eight plus in gold star. And it really served me well for many years of my life. Obviously it got me into medical school and through residency. But also what happened along the way is a lot of my own. self-concept, the way that I thought about myself, my worth and value was really attached to accomplishment. And, you know, where this over many, many years led to was having a very good on paper life as a physician. I had a very supportive partner and two like very cute and loving kids who drive me crazy half the time. And I also weighed a little over 200 pounds. And this was as this was back in 2018, 2019. And, you know, between you and me, if you have tried to lose weight, you have probably a long history of trying to lose weight, and that was me as well. I have been on that roller coaster for many, many years where I tried every single thing. If you name it, I have probably tried it in some capacity, and it would work until it stopped working. Calorie counting and points and macros and exercising at the gym, I did it all. I would lose a lot of weight, and then I would always somehow gain it back, and then some. And that was kind of where I was a few years ago, where I was feeling like I had this good on paper life, but I just felt really heavy in my body. And ultimately I felt really frustrated because I was like, I'm a smart person. And yet this is one area of my life that I just can't seem to figure out. And that was when I discovered a podcast like this one,

In this episode, Narado Zeco Powell and I talk about metabolic flexibility. You can find Zeco online on his Instagram and at the Matter Over Mind podcast. If you're curious about the tool he mentioned, Lumen, you can find it at this link. Use HEALNOURISHGROW at checkout to receive $50 off. Watch this episode on YouTube Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan: Hey everyone, welcome back to the Heal Nourish Grow podcast. I am the founder, Cheryl McColgan, and today I am joined by one of my old friends, Zeco Powell, and he has a podcast that I was on quite a while back, and we have known each other on social media now for a couple years. He does some awesome work, and so I can't wait to share his story with you today. Zeco, welcome. And if you could just start by telling people. how you got into what you're doing today, because you have a very interesting past about how you grew up and how you became sort of interested in all of this health and wellness stuff. So I'll just let you kind of tell a little bit about your story, how you got into this. Zeco: old friend. That's an excellent introduction by the way, because I'm like old as dirt. So thank you so much for letting the audience know when you're talking to your butt. But yeah, so I grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and my history is a little different than most people. Like I wasn't overweight, but I was underweight. So growing up, I think I was 17 years old, five foot 11, and I weighed about 113 pounds, right? So imagine what underweight Cheryl McColgan: Wow. Zeco: I was at that time. So when I moved to the US, and this is when I moved to the US, is first I actually weighed myself, right? And when I was here, I started to get interesting in weightlifting, because I was a skinny kid walking around. So I started weightlifting, eating more, and then I eventually would gain weight. You know, I would gain weight, lose weight. I mean, I've been over 200 pounds before, did not drop back to 150. And I got to the point where it was becoming dangerous, because it wasn't just about... you know, health anymore is just how much weight I could gain, then I feel like, like body dysmorphia, right? Like I gained this weight, but I'm like, I'm not happy with myself. I ain't start losing this weight again. Right away. But it really, when you look at it, I've been like healthy, or semi, I've been fit all my life, not healthy. I was fit, but wasn't healthy. I saw that asthma, I had eczema issues. I mean, you look at me, I look good, you know, and, but you would never tell that I have all these problems. And this is something I tell people that We see people in the gym and we say, oh, this person looks so good, but that doesn't mean they're healthy. That's why you shouldn't actually strive to be like somebody else because you don't know what they're struggling with. So anyway, fast forward to about, let's say, five years ago, my asthma was really, really bad. And it was bad to the point to where days I couldn't work. I have to go home, lay on the couch. I mean, I'm completely dizzy. I feel awful. And the last time I, one of the times I went to the doctor, he said to me, I said, hey, Doc, look. because they put me on more medication. They kept increasing my medication. I said, there's something I can do outside of this medication, right? I'm gonna take your medications, but now you have me on pills and Advair, plus my butyrol I've already been taking, and I'm not getting any better. I'm only in my 30s at this point. And he said, no, well, you know, you could try to eat better, and that's about it, you know? And I was like, okay, no, this can't be it. There's no way this can be it. I'm too young to be on these medicated pills, and I know what's gonna happen down the line, right? So I started reading books from like Dr. Stephen Gunter, Dr. Mark Hymer, listened to podcasts like Ben Greenfield and the Model Health Show. I mean,