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068 - Our Bodies Are Electric, Pulse PEMF With Joe Lehotay
Season 1 · Episode 68
Monday, April 8, 2024 • Duration 01:14:48
Joe has been in business development in the PEMF wellness and performance market for 7 years and – and it’s the most fun he’s ever had! One of Joe’s specialties is educating private and business users on the benefits of PEMF in an easy to understand way. He believes his clients should never feel like they have to figure things out alone. When Joe is not spreading the good news of PEMF, he likes spending time with his wife and son, cooking at home, and playing golf.You can follow Joe on Instagram @lehotayjoe, Linkedin and Substack, and also tune in to his podcast, Resilient Business with Joe LeHotay, on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. All contact and affiliate info is found at dot.cards/joelehotayListeners to the Ashley Taylor Wellness podcast receive a free gift with PEMF purchase. Visit www.pulsepemf.com/joe-lehotay and use code "Ashley Taylor"
3:58 - PEMF has primarily been used mainly in the chiropractic market. It’s emerging in other markets now including biohacking to professional sports to the private Consumer family market
4:58. - PEMF, Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields, meant to exercise and stimulate low energy and depleted cells
7:00 - It provides bulk energy, the body operates on electricity and if you don’t have enough electricity in your body your heart would stop
8:04 - It could be looked at as a nutrient
9:45 - PEMF has been in use for 100 years or more, on humans and animals
11:32 - A simplified way of understanding it: Pulse PEMF is like industrial strength grounding
14:18 - Nature offers the best free biohacks - but when you need efficiency a lot of these tools are phenomenal
18:42 - With the right type of real energy you can rest, then you can recover, then you can train, then you can perform, and then you will succeed in any walk of life.
22:12 - Sleep hygiene, open up a book, try not to stare at screens
24:54 - PEMF, is it EMF?
25:32 - Megahertz, gigahertz, Terrahertz, millimeter waves, those are very fast frequencies that are foreign to the body. PEMF deals with single to double-digit hertz instead of thousands of hertz.
28:29 - Put Cell Phones at least a foot away while using Pulse PEMF, your phone may malfunction if too close
34:39 - With the cellular stimulation of the Pulse magnetic field, better assimilation can take place
36:39 - Ashley wanted to use it every day, kept using the highest setting and then she found that it was too much for her. More is not better
38:34 - You might feel some nausea or a headache, sleeplessness after
40:02 - Fulvic-humic binder with some electrolytes if you’re detoxing
45:02 - Hydration is key to receive the full value of the technology
46:57 - Ashley works with Cellcore Sciences, she recommends doing a liver support and making sure your drainage pathways are working properly 1st!
50:02 - interview with Dr. Porter of Brain Tap and the CEO of Pulse. Your energy level has to be at a certain level to do Brain Tap. They suggest using PEMF to increase your energy level to take full advantage of the Brain Tap.
55:24 - Charging your battery
59:39 - Ashley loves how non-specific it is - how you might go in for one thing and it helps with something else.
1:04:01 - There’s a spectrum in terms of frequency versus impulse, no sensation versus very aggressive sensations
1:05:05 - Contraindications are pregnancy, any type of implanted medical device that’s electronic like an insulin pump or a pacemaker or anyone with an organ transplant. If people have just had surgery give it about 10 days two weeks. Not s hip or knee replacement
1:08:13 - https://www.pulsepemf.com/location-map/
1:09:39 - @lehotayjoe Podcast: Resilient Business with Joe Lahotay - about clients wellness practices and
067 - Unexplainable Weight Gain, Cortisol & Cushing’s Syndrome With Samantha Weakland
Season 1 · Episode 67
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 • Duration 59:38
@samantha.weakland on Instagram
00:49 - Today’s guest is Samantha Weakland bringing awareness to a rare disease called Cushing’s syndrome
2:34 - Her first symptom was a 50lb weight gain
5:18 - She saw several doctors
7:25 - None of her doctors tested her for Cortisol
11:10 - Two places that a tumor could be located - the Pituitary gland, or the Adrenal glands
17:00 - Sam’s surgery was at the Mayo Clinic
19:40 - Brain Surgery through the nose which affected her taste and smell
22:00 - Symptoms - weight gain on tummy area, moon face, buffalo hump on the back of the neck, elevated blood pressure, brain fog. etc.
Reed Davis is the founder of FDN Functional Diagnostic Nutrition which is a program that Ashley is enrolled in. Ashley has been a nurse for 10 years and she is learning things that she never learned before.
1:37 - Reed is 70 years old and he founded FDN over a period of time working in the clinic via environmental law. He’s been a conservationist his whole life
2:45 - Then he changed jobs and worked in a clinic chiropractic acupuncture wellness center - his son was going there as a high school athlete
3:27 - Reed took a class in nutrition with the doctor from the clinic and he got a certificate and was able to work with the clinic’s patients
4:00 - He became discouraged with how many doctors the patients had seen and they weren’t better yet.
5:12 - So the patients came to their alternative clinic
6:15 - Reed started running labs
7:05 - Reed wanted to stop the cycle of trial and error and he started to make observations that are part of the methodology that they use at FDN
8:55 - The hospital is the place to go for emergencies - it’s not the place to go to get Healthy. A lot of people don’t want to take an active role in their healing.
9:58 - It’s what you do at home that’s going to help you between your visits. DRESS - Diet, Rest, Exercise, Stress Reduction and Supplementation
12:14 - Making the invisible visible. Getting to the underlying cause of symptoms is important. But what if you don’t have any symptoms?
15:29 - FDN owns the health coaching overlap with regular medical doctors who treat for emergencies like wounds or viruses
17:32 - One patient was frustrated that she was 45 pounds overweight and her medication is giving her hives. Her doctor told her that she can be fat or she can have the hives. And she was depressed so her doctor was happy to give her a prescription for antidepressants
065 - Sleep Like Our Ancestors, Dangers of Light Bulbs, ‘Sleep Is a Skill’ With Mollie Eastman
Season 1 · Episode 65
Monday, March 11, 2024 • Duration 01:21:35
Mollie is a speaker, podcaster, writer and a course creator
064 - Real, Raw & Beautiful, New Chapter & Becoming A High Value Woman: The Ashley Taylor Wellness Podcast Debut
Season 1 · Episode 64
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 • Duration 23:46
1:10 - Katie was moving in already
2:25 - Last year Oto & Ashley split
2:55 - Why Ashley got back together with Oto
3:55 - Ashley didn’t feel safe having kids with their differences
5:20 - “As hard as that is…I knew I was holding him back in a way from what he really wanted”
6:00 - He is an incredible man, which is why it was so hard to make this decision, and my old belief system said that it’s hard to find someone
7:11 - Sometimes we’re better off as friends with certain people
7:20 - Episodes 31, 32 & 33 were what we learned from getting back together https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/031-the-vulnerable-truth-about-oto-ashleys-uncoupling/id1690715520?i=1000628698306
7:34 - No character assassination
7:50 - It’s often a reflection of us, when we speak poorly about exes
10:20 - Ashley did tell him from day one that she didn’t plan on having kids
11:30 - Oura as a feedback tool
13:30 - Oto helped me shatter so many limiting beliefs, and become closer to my family
14:00 - Feeling it all
14:32 - Double rainbow & red cardinal
14:54 - New chapter, also ditched the lashes
16:13 - “If God or the universe can take away someone you never thought you could lose, then you can gain someone you never thought you’d gain”
16:52 - We did a ton of couples therapy, and it wasn’t a waste, it helped us both grow so much
18:55 - She will share in future episodes how she’s further navigating this
19:30 - Becoming a high-value woman19:44 - High-Value Woman Retreat!
063 - What To Look For In A Therapist, The Impact of 2020 On Mental Health With Kim The Counselor
20:32 - She asked the doctor who diagnosed her and asked if juicing would help
21:35 - Daily detox, not occasional detox
23:48 - “Beauty doesn’t come from a dermatologist, it comes from within” - Ashley
24:55 - Terrain theory
25:30 - She asked a powerful question of how does someone who does “all the right things” get cancer?
26:37 - Cone beam scan
061 - Holistic & Biological Dentistry, Ozone, Nasal Breathing & The Transformative Homeoblock With Expert Dr. Ingo Mahn
Season 1 · Episode 61
Monday, January 22, 2024 • Duration 01:13:47
Dr. Ingo Mahn
www.mynaturaldentist.com/ based in Phoenix, Arizona Www.mynaturaldentist.com Www.abreathofhealth.com www.instagram.com/naturaldentalpartners/
2:28 - His dog’s remarkable recovery
7:42 - He studied with Dr. Hal Huggins - the grandfather of biological dentistry
10:04 - Dentistry is very mechanical in nature - looking for holes and fixing them
14:06 - They don’t do any crowns. They clean the tooth, scan it and the cadcam machine makes a very strong piece to bond in that lasts longer than crowns.
15:33 - He has been using Ozone since 2005 to disinfect cavities
20:41 - Dr. Mahn is amazed at how many dentists want to learn and practice holistic dentistry compared to a few years ago.
23:45 - Women vs. women regarding sleep
25:37 - Breathing properly while sleeping is key
27:02 - Urine production is stopped during deep sleep
29:39 - It takes about 90 minutes to get the proper restorative sleep after looking at your iPad
30:18 - Dr. Mahn has an appliance invented by Dr. Balfour to treat autonomic nervous system dysfunction
32:13 - “Breath” by James Nester
34:20 - Mouth breathing is absolutely horrible for health and sleep
36:45 - The device he refers to is called the homeo block - invented by Dr. Ted Belfour
1:34 - Oura ring helps Ashley slow down https://ouraring.com/ashleytaylorwellness
1:57 - Alyssa just got her Oura ring and loves it!
2:17 - Alyssa used to sleep like a baby, but when she moved a lot changed, a sleep routine & the Oura ring helped her a lot
4:19 - “The hills” & “Uplands” on the Oura ring https://ouraring.com/ashleytaylorwellness
6:15 - Why is going from go-go-go to rest not going to work?
7:39 - Dorsal, polyvagal theory & immobility response
8:20 - Shakes it off
9:50 - Functional Cranial Release
10:00 - Dura mater “tough mother”
11:15 - Most people are so in their heads and disconnected to their bodies
12:30 - So many women have supressed sexual energy
13:00 - Why Alyssa got into somatic work
17:00 - Safety & sexuality
23:00 - Pendulation
24:50 - So much medicine in gentleness, we heal our nervous system with small tolerable steps
25:00 - Boring exercises really work over time
27:50 - Yes we want to grow, but we also need safety
28:20 - Our nervous system is our attachment style, we then have more capacity for abundance and more in every area of life
059 - The Power Of Coffee Enemas, Tips & Tricks With Happy Bum Co. Founder Kyah Seary
Season 1 · Episode 59
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 • Duration 01:11:01
Kyah Seary is the founder of the Healthy Bum Co.
2:15 - Kyah was about 13 years old when her bowel shut off.
3:30 - When she was 16 they told her that they would remove 90% of her bowel and she would have a colostomy bag.
5.49 - Kyah did water enemas
6:46 - Kyah had been told she probably couldn’t have kids because of her bowels and PCOS
7:35 - Ashley had been exposed to MTBE
9:54 - Mold and chemicals are not in the conventional setting. Ashley was told that if she did coffee enemas twice a day she would never be able to go on her own. Now she is able to
11:08 - Stimulating the peristalsis
12:24 - Bowel transit time
13:40 - Mental health benefits from coffee enemas
14:45 - Ashley started using coffee enemas to move the bile and for liver support. Then she learned that it was really good for the parasympathetic system and when she uses her Oura ring she sees it as a restorative time.
16:08 - Some people find that it helps with panic attacks
17:45 - Coffee enemas target your liver, relieving anger and frustration and you feel calm and peaceful afterwards
21:06 - 8,000 people have taken Ashley‘s course and they’ve never had a perforation, or infection. About 20,000 people have purchased Kyah’s kits and she never hears of any serious problems - sometimes it’ll disturb hemorrhoids
23:43 - The only issue that Ashley has seen is that someone stuck it in too far past the connector
27:30 - Make sure the coffee is the right temperature - body temperature and the flow is slow depending on how high the bag is hung.
31:17 - Kyah finds that she gets less of a release if she holds the coffee enema too long - 15 minutes is more than enough. Both Ashley & Kyah think 12 to 15 minutes is the sweet spot
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20:15 - Teaching around the world came 10 years later. Before that all he did was teach people face-to-face - he was the head educator for the clinic.
24:04 - There are FDNs in over 50 countries and they are not limited geographically, by pricing or by time.
26:62 - The metabolic wellness panel, oxidative stress, digestion, detoxification. The pattern emerged of hormone, immune, digestion, detoxification, energy production, and nervous system balance. HIDDEN.
33:51 - Test don’t guess
35:12 - Tests they recommend running
40:27 - Metabolic typing tests for diet - tells how much protein, fats & carbs you should be eating- by testing not by experimenting
43:11 - Testing for 176 different food sensitivities
46:00 - School story
48:38 - Retest (using the MRT test) after healing and food sensitivities will change.
52:32 - The FDN course takes about 10 months, it is self-paced so it can take longer or less depending on the person. No prerequisites needed.
58:23 - FDNs cannot diagnose or treat specific things but can look at the healing opportunities, and the person then self treats everything.
1:04:35 - Get up every day and be grateful, it’s a decision that you get to make - take control, no one else should have control.
Use this link for FDN training: https://www.anw5astrk.com/2JBZLWJ/2CTPL/
Interested in 1:1 coaching? Click here: https://ashleytaylorwellness.as.me/schedule/8230ed17
29:30 - Weighted blankets may emulate heavy hides that our ancestors wore for sleep
30:39 - The more we are disconnected from nature it does seem to misalign us from rhythms and cycles and seasons
31:22 - Ashley has her bed on a 3% incline to facilitate lymphatic flow. Some people even have a 15% incline.
34:13 - Mouth taping
41:20 - Sleep is a puzzle and it’s not just about the duration
42:37 - Even at Harvard med the average doctors only get two hours of training in sleep, the thing that we’re doing 1/3 of our life
44:39 - Ashley focuses on resilience in her coaching practice, which is a new feature that the Oura ring added https://ouraring.com/ashleytaylorwellness
46:46 - Some people are stressing over the sleep staging of the Oura, so be aware that there are some shortcomings at the moment
49:24 - Restaurant food and quality of sleep
51:19 - Socializing is crucial for our well-being and sleep results.
52:35 - Ashley is Solar powered
55:00 - Mollie does “walk and talks” all the time in Austin during the day versus traditional Social norms after dark (which affects circadian rhythm and sleep quality)
58:00 - It’s all connected, blood sugar, stress all connected to sleep
1:00:35 - The trojan horse effect
1:01:00 - The quantified self, the impact of our relationships on our HRV
1:05:00 - A message to those who think the Oura ring may be stressful
1:07:11 - Paradoxical insomnia & having an objective tool like an Oura ring that can tell you exactly how much sleep you actually got
1:09:40 - Over time, the removal of the charge behind the scores goes away
1:12:48 - Warning label need on lightbulbs!
1:16:00 - Thinking after midnight
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33:27 - You could probably hold 4 liters in your colon for a colonic. A coffee enema is about 3 cups and is much more comfortable than a colonic.
34:59 - Some people with Gerson Therapy may need to do an enema 4 times a day
36:07 - Kyah has three children and she was told that she probably couldn’t have any
37:39 - Kyah has had three of the most beautiful pregnancies which she attributes to the detoxification before pregnancy using coffee enemas and water enemas during pregnancy
39:40 - For ulcerative colitis she recommends the soothing turmeric blend. PubMed studies recommend turmeric enemas for Crohn’s and Colitis.
43:37 - It’s really important that you’re using the correct coffee. About 53% of coffee contains mold.
47:25 - Kyah recommends 2 tablespoons of coffee and the plungers a.k.a. French presses are 1000 mL - steep for about 10 minutes before pressing the plunger down and then let it cool for an hour or so.
49:35 - Kyah uses RO water, Ashley uses distilled water for coffee enemas
54:10 - Bum Co tries to make the bags and kits easy and fun to travel with
58:21 - Bum Co has five blends, Sooth is an anti-inflammatory turmeric blend, Calm for stress relief.
1:03:02- Diatomaceous earth is a binder to help with parasite removal - acts like a gentle gut scrub
1:07:00 - They have warehouses in the US or you can order online. They have a private FB GROUP that you can join after you’ve ordered your kit.
