We are The Natural Evolution, produced by The Rebel Health Tribe. We are focused on providing you with information, inspiration and tools for true healing and transformation. Together we'll explore the very nature of the healing journey. This podcast is for you to hear inspiring stories of healing, growth, and self-discovery. You'll receive high level education from the brightest minds across the full spectrum of functional medicine practitioners, scientific researchers, mental health profes ...
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Welcome to the Integrative Women's Health Podcast with Jessica Drummond, your go-to resource for cutting-edge insights into women's health and wellness. Hosted by Dr. Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBHWC, a renowned expert with over two decades of experience in pelvic health and clinical nutrition, this podcast is designed for health and wellness professionals specializing in pelvic health, fertility, perinatal, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, and overall wellness. The "Integrative Wo ...
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12: Navigating Perimenopause and Menopause with Endometriosis
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“How can we better help ourselves and our clients with endometriosis or other complex conditions navigate perimenopause and menopause?” Given some of the pervasive myths around perimenopause and menopause in the endometriosis community, many people are confused about the core challenges they may experience while navigating this transition. As with …
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11: Cutting Edge Endometriosis Care and Research with Dr. Sallie Sarrel
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“Good surgery matters, but a lot of other things matter too.” - Dr. Sallie Sarrel At the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, we take a multidisciplinary approach to endometriosis care. From balancing the gut and uterine microbiomes to utilizing tools like hormone therapy and GLP-1 agonists, there are many more options available today for women wi…
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10: Update on The State of Women's Health Research with Shannon Cohn, producer of Endo What? and Below The Belt
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“Filmmaking storytelling narratives can create large-scale social change.” - Shannon Cohn Like many conditions that primarily affect women, endometriosis is a condition that still has more questions than answers. Conventional medicine tries hard to fit it into a one-size-fits-all box that can be treated with birth control pills and surgery, but in …
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9: Case Study: Endometriosis with Federica Torri and Dr. Jessica Drummond
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“Don't chase symptoms, optimize systems.” - Dr. Jessica Drummond For over ten years, Federica Torri dealt with chronic GI symptoms and sometimes debilitating period pain without any answers about why it was happening. Finally, in late 2023, she received excision surgery and an endometriosis diagnosis. Since then, things have improved, but Federica …
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8: Menopause and Caregiving with Women's Health Coach Lesley Waldron
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“Health coaching is an opportunity for us to not just serve other women in creating healthier lives but also for us as women as well.” - Lesley Waldron The decision to become a health coach creates a significant ripple effect. As coaches, we facilitate individual transformations that empower our clients and help them develop healthier relationships…
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7: The Washington Post Article on Birth Control... I have thoughts with Dr. Jessica Drummond
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A lot of nuance is involved in a woman’s birth control decisions. From the type that makes sense for her to whether or not she wants to use birth control at all, there’s no single best solution for everyone. Unfortunately, that position doesn’t get much attention in the current media landscape, where sensationalism outperforms accuracy and extreme …
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6: Meet IWHI Graduate Women's Health and Menopause Coach Anna Olchowecki
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“To be able to serve women and bridge that gap so you don't have to access the healthcare system if you don't need to has been a beautiful transition for me.” - Anna Olchowecki Have you ever felt like you wanted to do more in your career? There are many factors to consider when making the decision to change your career, follow your passion, and emb…
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5: Passports and Parasites: Share Your Story and Grow Your Practice with Women's Health Coach Vashti Kanahele
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“Never stop believing in yourself and your ability to heal. Find that healing mindset and be your own best advocate.” - Vashti Kanahele Productivity culture in the Western world continues to gain traction, making regulating the nervous system and finding community more foundational than sleep, nourishment, and mindfulness. Without that foundation, …
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4: Beyond Functional Medicine with Educator & Somatic Facilitator Michael Roesslein
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“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.” - Carl Jung Working with trauma and the nervous system is a crucial part of addressing chronic disease. In recent years, functional medicine and conventional medicine are getting better at acknowledging that mental and physical health are not separate i…
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3: Changing The Conversation on Menopause in The Workplace with Women's Health Coach Pamela Windle
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“Take your time, decide on one thing that you're going to focus on, and keep coming back.” - Pamela Windle The workplace is where women spend most of their time, and far too often, they’re leaving because they’ve lost sight of themselves due to the transition into menopause. Seeing this trend, workplaces are increasingly investing in ensuring their…
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2: How To Sleep Better with Sleep Expert Deepa Kannan
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Finding an hour for yourself each day can be tricky. Between managing clients, dealing with kids and aging parents, job changes, and life transitions, most of us aren’t prioritizing our sleep foundation. As practitioners, despite being equipped to support people through difficult situations, we are not immune to them. We’re human, and we have to be…
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All our clients are looking for a golden pill to help with sleep. It’s the number one complaint we hear from our clients, but the reality is that it just doesn’t exist. There’s no super supplement that’s going to fix our sleep overnight. What works is creating healthy foundations to optimize sleep. In today’s episode, I’m exploring exercise and sup…
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Welcome to the Integrative Women’s Health Podcast
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Welcome to the Integrative Women’s Health Podcast! Join me, Dr. Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC, and true innovators in the field of women's health for weekly conversations on topics including conventional medicine, integrative medicine, holistic medicine, lifestyle medicine, traditional medicines, and innovative technologies in women's hea…
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The Missing Piece of Healthcare: Community & Groups Success with James Maskell
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James Maskell is the author of The Community Cure and a pioneering entrepreneur in the functional medicine space. Originally working in economics, James started his company, HealCommunity, 16 years ago as a way to flatten the curve of ever-rising healthcare costs due to chronic illnesses. In this episode you’ll learn more about how chronic illness …
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Sustainable Healing Through Functional Medicine with Kirkland Newman
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Kirkland Newman is a London-based journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist who struggled with her diagnosis of postpartum depression. While navigating through panic attacks & anxiety, she found her path to self-recovery within integrative medicine. As a result of her discoveries, Kirkland founded MindHealth360, a website that provides free resou…
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Changing the Game Plan: Building Skincare Success from Personal Tragedy with Andy Hnilo
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Andy Hnilo, the CEO of Alitura Naturals, is the picture of success now but the journey to get there wasn’t exactly what he had in mind initially. A star baseball player at UC Berkeley, Andy was adrift after not being drafted into the MLB and began trying to forge a path in the entertainment industry. His burgeoning career came crashing down one nig…
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Reboot your Brain: Exploring Flotation Therapy with Michael Cordova
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Michael Cordova began experimenting with flotation therapy over a decade ago as a way to cope with the stress of his job. Now, he is the co-founder of Floating Point Float Centre in Pangbourne, UK and regularly appears on BBC Radio Berkshire’s wellbeing panel. Michael gave the world’s first TEDx Talk on Floatation Therapy and his float practice cur…
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Surviving Traditional Medicine in Search of the Right Healing Space with Dr. Jill Carnahan
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Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD is board-certified by the American Board of Integrative Medicine (ABOIM) and Your Functional Medicine Expert®. She uses functional medicine to help patients find the root cause of their illness and identify nutritional and biochemical imbalances that may be contributing to their symptoms. Dr. Carnahan grew up in a midwestern f…
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A Unique Approach to Mental Health: Nutritional Psychology and Biochemical Imbalance
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Dr. Josh Friedman, Psy.D.,CFMP, FDN-P has a multifaceted background that comes together in a way that uniquely addresses mental health concerns. Having experienced deep depression and anxiety, he quickly discovered early in his career that something was missing from traditional mental health treatment. As it turns out became fascinated by the art o…
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Seeking Your Inner World: Breathwork and Psychedelic Therapy with Alex Manos
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Having been inspired by nutritional therapy, Alex Manos fostered an interest in functional medicine and eventually fueled his passion for transformational breathwork and psychedelic therapy. Along with his enriching experiences, Alex Manos is a co-founder of Healthpath, a company which offers functional testing, and is also the co-founder of the Ap…
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Embracing the Foundation of Gut Health with Dr. Sonza Curtis
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As a functional medicine consultant and certified physician assistant, Dr. Sonza L. Curtis dwells on the practice of blending natural medicine with western biomedicine and focuses on Naturopathic Medicine as her major fundamental. Holding the golden rule ”I believe that laughter is good for the healing soul.”, Dr. Sonza Curtis consults her patients…
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Integrative Oncology and the Unique Power of Mistletoe Therapy with Dr. Nasha Winters
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Featuring Dr. Nasha Winters, the global healthcare consultant and enthusiastic specialist in exploring integrative cancer, guiding the clinicians to become masters of metabolic approach. Having the experience of being a cancer diagnosed patient, Dr. Nasha put forward to supporting patients with integrative cancer by suggesting constructive and prac…
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Finding Balance & Understanding Overtesting within Functional Medicine with Dr. Michael Ruscio
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Dr. Michael Ruscio is an experienced doctor, clinical researcher, and author in the field of functional and integrative medicine. His mission is to take a progressive but cautious approach to healing while also keeping in mind the important factors of cost and practicality by providing people with a reasonable voice backed up by provable research s…
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Insight into the Clinical World of Chronic GI Problems with Dr Datis Kharrazian
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As an award-winning clinical research scientist, academic professor, and world-renowned functional medicine provider, Dr. Datis Kharrazian focuses on developing evidence-based, non-pharmaceutical approaches to neurological and autoimmune disorders. Through developing the Kharrazian Institute, Dr. Kharrazian is able to guide other healthcare profess…
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Our Modern Environment and the Intensifying Microplastics Problem with Emily Givler
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Emily Givler, DSC, is the co-founder of Beyond Protocols, is a functional genomic nutrition consultant who utilizes personalized dietary and nutritional protocols based on genetic predispositions, environmental and epigenetic influences, and functional lab testing to help her clients regain their health. Through Beyond Protocols, she is able to tak…
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Brain on Fire: Getting to the Root of the Mental Health Crisis with Brendan Vermeire
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Brendan Vermeire, founder of the Metabolic Solutions Institute, is dedicated to changing the way the world views mental health. Focused on bridging the gap between licensed health professionals and life coaches, Brendan has created an effective rubric for healthy evolution. By creating a space that accepts both data driven and differing perspective…
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Reframing Breathwork & Values of Breathing with Patrick McKeown
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Patrick McKeown is a globally recognized leading expert in breathing re-education. By pairing education on a new way to breathe with exercises on how to improve blood chemistry, Patrick has taught thousands of people how to increase oxygen flow to every system of the body resulting in greater health, endurance, and power. Listen in to better unders…
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Exploring the Field of Environmental Chemical Exposure with Lara Adler
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Lara Adler is an Environmental Toxins Expert & Educator and a Certified Holistic Health Coach. She is passionate about training & educating health professionals on how to better address chronic health problems by looking at the vital role environmental toxins can play in illness. With over 10 years of experience, she actively demands change from an…
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From Surviving to Thriving with Steven Wright
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Steven suffered from digestive problems his entire life, dealing with years of pain and embarrassment. Fueled by anger and anxiety, a burning passion to discover relief started to drive years of researching and testing as he and his business partner (Jordan) searched for answers to relieve their chronic pain. Thus, the Healthy Gut Company was born!…
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Balancing the Microbiome Through Innovative Methods with Kiran Krishnan
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With a rich background in research, Microbiologist Kiran Krishnan co-founded Microbiome Labs with Dr. Tom Bayne. On the observation that numerous supplement companies had very little sufficient clinical data, Kiran set out to develop trials that were more accessible and relevant to the supplement industry. Eventually, he opened up the door to produ…
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Combining Direct Rheumatology with Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Micah Yu
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Being a triple board-certified Rheumatologist combining integrative and functional medicine, we have long awaited this conversation with Dr. Micah Yu. Not only does he bring a wide view of rheumatology to the table, but he is also a patient himself. For years he suffered in silence, his diagnosis bringing no treatment options despite going to medic…
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Harnessing the Power of Your Physiology : Blood Sugar, Hormones, and Lifestyle with Brie Wieselman
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Millions of women experience a variety of similar physical and mental symptoms, accepting that “feeling crazy” is their new normal – but it doesn’t have to be. Brie Wieselman, and her clinical team, knows that identifying all of your root causes can be a frustrating, overwhelming, and confusing process to do on your own, so they’re here to help you…
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