Hey, y’all. What if you really could change your life? If there was a way to be healthy and intentional in every area of your life? Good news- there is! - and we show you how each week on Olive You Whole. Hosted by me, Caroline Fausel - entrepreneur, wellness expert, author, and speaker. Every episode is an in-depth look at how to help you get unstuck, be brave in your life choices, and have a meaningful life- all either from my own experiences or from the experts I interview. My goal is to ...
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100: How to Form Habits for Health + An Announcement!
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Prepare for a journey into an intriguing world where habits take center stage. This milestone 100th episode of Olive You Whole comes with a promise of transformation, as we navigate through the fascinating science behind habits, their formation and breaking. Get ready to discover the science behind habits and how they can create positive changes in…
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099: Parenting Neurodivergent Children Plus Using Neurofeedback to Help with ADHD with Alissa Lozinski
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Our journey in the world of ADHD began when our daughters were diagnosed with the disorder. Alissa Lozinski, a dear friend who has been through the same journey, joins me as we peel back the layers of our experiences parenting neurodivergent children. In our candid conversation, we uncover the initial struggle of diagnosis, the maze of sensory issu…
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098: Finding the Appropriate Postpartum and Pregnancy Workouts with Brooke Cates of The Bloom Method
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Do you fear exercise during pregnancy because of concerns around diastasis recti or pelvic floor issues? Imagine if we could redefine the fitness rule book for pregnant women. What if a woman's autonomy, power, and strength could be fostered and celebrated, rather than limited, during such a transformative time? That's exactly what Brooke Cates, fo…
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097: Get Kids Cooking with Erin Fletter of Sticky Fingers Cooking
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Are picky eaters a challenge in your household? You'll find solace knowing that cooking can be a powerful tool to overcome this hurdle. Be ready to revolutionize your kids’ perspective on food as renowned food enthusiast and co-creator of Sticky Fingers Cooking, Erin Fletter, joins us in this enticing discussion that talks about not just cooking, b…
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096: Saving the Planet with Recycled Leather with Luz Zambrano of CASUPO
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Say hello to Luz Zambrano, the innovative mind behind the sustainable leather brand, CASUPO. Our conversation will take you on a journey from Luz's early days in industrial design, all the way to her spearheading her own brand, showing how millions of cow hides can be saved from going to waste annually. We've got insights into her experiences with …
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095: Traditional Publishing with Kara Leonino, Senior Acquisitions Editor at Tyndale House Publishers
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Unlock the mysteries of the traditional publishing process with me, and my guest, the shrewd and insightful acquisitions editor at Tyndale, Kara Leonino. With Kara's expert navigation, we traverse the elaborate terrain of traditional publishing, shining light on the convoluted legalese, contract negotiations, and the pivotal role of agents througho…
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094: How to Write a Book and Get it Published
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Have you ever been captivated by a compelling book and wondered how the author did it? This week, let me take you behind the scenes of the writing and publishing process. With experiences ranging from my first cookbook 'Prep Cook Freeze' to my latest non-fiction project, I'll share how I identified my book's audience as well as planned and structur…
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093: Self Publishing vs Traditional Publishing with Magician Taylor Hughes
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Ever wondered what it takes to navigate the complex world of publishing a book? Join us for an insightful conversation with Taylor Hughes, an author, magician, and keynote speaker. Taylor takes us on a captivating journey from the highs and lows of self-publishing to the exhilarating realm of traditional publishing. His unique perspective and exper…
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092: How Do You Find a Literary Agent? With Keely Boeving of WordServe Literary Group
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Are you intrigued by the publishing world but unsure how to navigate it? Today, I’m having an amazing conversation with my literary agent, Keely Boeving, and she offers a candid insight into the complex process of publishing a book. We discuss everything from crafting a compelling book proposal to procuring the right literary agent. If traditional …
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091: Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma with Sarah Buino of Head/Heart Therapy, Inc.
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Ever wonder how the wounds of your ancestors can shape your life? Therapy titan and founder of Head Heart Therapy Incorporated, Sarah Buino, joins me to unravel the mystery of generational trauma. We explore the notion that trauma isn't something that merely happens to you; it's an internal upheaval that can echo through generations. Sarah's insigh…
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090: Healthy Meal Plan Ideas with Christi Flaherty of Healthy Happy Real
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Unlock the secrets of transformative meal planning with our special guest, holistic nutritionist and private chef, Christi Flaherty. Prepare to have your perception of meal prepping redefined as you gain valuable insights into Christi’s innovative, component-based approach that focuses on prepped proteins, veggies, and sauces. This method is not ju…
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089: Reconnection with our Ecosystem with Page Faye of RegenCircle
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How often do we stop to consider our relationship with the food we consume and its impact on our planet? This conversation with the insightful Page Faye will leave you pondering this very question. We delve into the world of regenerative agriculture and holistic health, dissecting the intricate links between soil health, environmental sustainabilit…
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088: Improving Soil Health with Bio-Stimulant Concentrate Made from Green Algae with Merideth Garrigan of EnSoil Algae
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Ready to learn about the transformative power of algae in soil health? We promise you a captivating journey with Merideth Garrigan – the force behind EnSoil Algae partner recruitment and field support. Her story begins with a rich Mississippi garden all the way to her advocacy for water and life protection in Charleston. Merideth reveals her unique…
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087: Reclaiming Feminism for Christianity and the Harms of Purity Culture with Meghan Tschanz
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Discover the enlightening journey of Meghan Tschanz, the author of 'Women Rising: Learning to Listen, Reclaiming Our Voice'. Meghan takes us from her conservative evangelical upbringing to her eye-opening World Race mission trip experiences, which exposed the harsh reality of global oppression of women. Get ready to hear stories of patriarchal stan…
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086: Sacred Simplicity and Minimalism with a Family
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Can minimalism be a radical act of self-definition, freeing us from the shackles of consumerism? That’s what we’re exploring in today's episode. Join my husband Chaz and me as we share our personal journey from a life cluttered with possessions to a purposefully minimalist lifestyle. We’re laying bare our pre-college life, dominated by consumerism,…
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085: Reiki and Christianity | Reiki Healing with Reiki Master Rebecca Petrick of Happy Place Healing
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Ever wondered about the mysteries of Reiki? Come join us for a meaningful conversation with Rebecca Petrick, a certified Reiki master from Happy Place Healing, who promises to demystify this ancient practice of energy healing. Be prepared to have your preconceptions challenged as Rebecca explains how Reiki, unlike a religion, serves as an alternati…
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084: Reclaim your Power and Find Your Purpose with Lauren Krasnodembski of Mind Muscle Motivator
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Like many of you, I was once caught in the trappings of a life that seemed picture-perfect on the outside but left me yearning for something more. That's when I met Lauren Krasnodembski, the creator of the Mind Muscle Motivator, who sparked a shift within me. Our candid chat will take you on a journey of self-discovery as we dissect the intricacies…
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083: Healing Ella's Food Intolerances and Hives with Ella Fausel
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What happens when food becomes the enemy? When my daughter, Ella, broke out in hives at a family outing, we thought it was due to her aunt's dog, Dolly - but we were wrong. This was the start of a journey that took us from simply avoiding certain allergens to an in-depth exploration of gut health, diet, and supplements. We've navigated through a se…
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082: Nutrient-Dense Baby Food and How to Feed Our Kids with Joe Carr of Serenity Kids
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Welcome to an enlightening episode as we unravel the conundrums of feeding children with Joe Carr, the co-founder of Serenity Kids. A company that’s created a ripple in the nutrition industry, Serenity Kids is recognized for its nutrient-packed baby food, toddler food, snacks, and toddler formula. As a doting parent himself, Joe, along with his wif…
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081: Improving Indoor Air Quality in your Home by Detoxifying Your Home Plus the Best Air Purifier on the Market
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Ever wondered why you're feeling under the weather despite staying indoors? Chances are, the culprit might be within your four walls! This episode is your one-stop destination for understanding the often-overlooked topic of indoor air quality. Packed with eye-opening facts and the impact of poor air quality on our health, this episode helps you rec…
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080: Use Epigenetics to Improve Your Health with Becca Roses of Mind Body Genes
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Join us as we unravel nature's well-kept secrets with our special guest, Becca Roses, a certified epigenetics coach, who possesses the key to reading genetic blueprints. This episode also takes you on a journey through the maze of genetic blueprints for personalized health and hidden genetic discrepancies. We unravel various panels like the fat pan…
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079: How to Replace Lies with the Truth and Youth Mental Health with Children’s Book Author Jenna Winship
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What if you could read a children's book that resonates with adults and children alike, helping to navigate mental health struggles? This week, I was fortunate to sit down with Jenna Winship, a dear friend and author of such transformative children's books. Jenna's literature, deeply influenced by her own health and mental health journeys, offers a…
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078: Symptoms of Stress, Mindset Around Stress, and Stress Management Tips
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Stress is an inevitable part of our lives, but did you know it can have a significant impact on our overall health and well-being? Today, we're taking a deep dive into the world of stress and how it affects our bodies. From understanding the World Health Organization's definition of stress to the startling fact that over one in five adults in the U…
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077: Life Updates: How to Decide When to Switch Your Kids' School and Much More!
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Switching schools for both of our kiddos has been an emotional rollercoaster, but one that ultimately led to discovering Owen's gifted and talented abilities. In today's episode, I open up about our family's journey in finding the right educational fit for our children, and the tough decisions that came with it. We dive into Denver Public Schools' …
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076: The Trouble with Birth Control plus Balancing Hormones with Blair Horton of Holistic Rendezvous
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Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the pressure to "do it all," only to find yourself exhausted and struggling with hormone imbalances? We sat down with Blair Horton, a women's health and hormone specialist, who helps us break down the complexities of balancing female hormones, revealing the impact of stress on hormone imbalance - from our education…
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075: Building Habits with Scott Friedman of the Power of Progress Podcast
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Struggling with sticking to your goals and maintaining good habits? You're not alone! Join us today as we chat with Scott Friedman, fitness motivational speaker, fitness coach, and host of the Power of Progress podcast. In our conversation, we'll dig deep into the world of habits, discover why it's so difficult to maintain them and learn how to set…
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074: Seeking Wise Traditions and Ancestral Wisdom with Hilda Labrada Gore of Holistic Hilda
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In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Hilda Labrada Gore. She is the host and producer of the Wise Traditions podcast and the founder of Holistic Hilda. Hilda is not only a seasoned podcaster but also a certified health coach and an experiential anthropologist. Hilda's passion for exploring ancient health traditions has taken her o…
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073: How and WHY to Reduce Plastic Usage in Your Home: Your Health Depends on It
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It's a disturbing thought - the billions of microplastics that pollute our oceans can seep into the fish that inhabit them. And when we consume these fish, we are inadvertently also ingesting these harmful microplastics. It's a vicious cycle that has serious implications for both our health and the environment. As the world continues to grapple wit…
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072: Our Connection to Animals and the Land with Kate Kavanaugh of Ground Work
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The average margin for farmers and ranchers in the country is only one and a half percent, making it challenging to create a sustainable system. However, connecting with our food and having an understanding of the whole lifecycle of an animal can help us achieve food stability. In a conversation with Kate Kavanaugh, the owner of Ground Work Collect…
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071: Simplifying Well-Balanced Living without Sacrifice with Cassidy Ceresa of Cassidy Eats
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You might have heard the saying, "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey." But how often do we actually live by those words? We often focus so much on where we're trying to go that we forget to enjoy the ride. We hold ourselves back from being happy because we don't feel like we deserve it or we're not doing enough. Today, Cassidy C…
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070: Holistic Orthobiologics Treatment with Stem Cells and PRP Injections with Chaz Fausel MD
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If you were to cut yourself, and you get a little scab, what you’ll find if you put it under a microscope would be full of platelets. As that scab starts to remold itself you will find the platelets on the underside that you can't see. They are breaking open and releasing these things called growth factors and cytokines from platelets to instigate …
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069: Mistletoe Therapy for Cancer with Ivelisse Page of Believe Big
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If you’ve never heard of mistletoe therapy, well, you are not alone. Though it’s not a widely known therapy in the United States, this has been used in Europe for over 100 years, to not only kill cancer cells, but to also help cancer patients deal with some of the adverse effects of both cancer and cancer treatment. In this episode, I’m joined by I…
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068: Cure Postnatal Depletion to Regain Energy Postpartum with Steph Greunke
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One of the things often overlooked by new moms is making sure they have enough nutrient stores in their bodies. They don’t realize how important that is during pregnancy and even beyond that – like the postpartum period. In today’s episode, registered dietitian Steph Greunke is going to talk to us about something you may not be familiar with, or ma…
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067: How to Homeschool + Curriculum Chat with Lisa Ensor of Pioneer Spirit
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With the recent challenges facing our schools across the country, more and more parents are now considering taking their kids to homeschool. Today on the show, I’m chatting with Lisa Ensor of Pioneer Spirit, about homeschooling. If you're interested in homeschooling, or you just want to learn more about it, Lisa talks about the lifestyle of homesch…
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066: Grass-Fed Beef Tallow Skincare with Cassy Burnvoth of FATCO
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Did you know oil could be your skin’s best friend? In this episode, we talk about what you put on your face and your body – and how it should be just as high a quality as what you're putting inside your body. Joining us is Cassy Burnvoth, the founder and CEO of FATCO, a tallow-based skin and body care company. FATCO is paleo-certified. A lot of tim…
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065: Answering Your Questions About Semaglutide for Weight Loss
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A lot of patients come to these GLP-1 medications thinking it’s a magic pill for losing weight. However, this may not be a lasting solution for you. If you’re continuing to eat the way you've always eaten or if you're not practicing a healthy lifestyle, then you could still regain that weight. Also, if you've never checked your blood sugar, it’s cr…
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064: Choosing Self-Love with Hannah Setzer of Feeding Tube Fitness
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We all have insecurities and there are always going to be people who may say things about us behind our back. Especially when you’re a person with a disability, life just doesn’t come easy. But if you're able to choose self-love at every point of your journey, no amount of chaos in the outer world is going to affect your inner world. In this episod…
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063: When and How to Utilize Healing Diets like AIP and Paleo with Alison Marras of Food by Mars
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You could be treating food sensitivities but if you’re too focused on just that, you may be barking at the wrong tree. It’s important that while you’re looking to heal your gut, it’s also important to make eating fun! In this episode, we’re joined by Alison Marras of Food by Mars, as she talks about when and how to utilize healing diets like AIP an…
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062: Bee Venom Therapy - The Cure for Lyme Disease? with Brooke Geahan of the Heal Hive
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People who have struggled with chronic illness can be so misunderstood, especially with Lyme disease that’s like a “silent” illness. In this conversation, I’m going to share the mic with Brooke Geahan of the Heal Hive where she talks about bee venom therapy in curing Lyme disease and other chronic infections. Brooke contracted Lyme disease that had…
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061: Magnesium Benefits and Supplements with Wade Lightheart of Bioptimizers
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Especially during menopause, women oftentimes suffer from massive bone loss because they lack the hormonal strength to build bone, and magnesium plays an important role in this. While magnesium is responsible for over 300 processes in the body, unfortunately, it’s the most deficient mineral in the North American diet. Today, we're going to talk abo…
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060: Choosing the Optimal Prenatal Vitamins with Ryan Woodbury of Needed
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There's data suggesting that although 97% of women are taking a prenatal during pregnancy, 95% of them are nutrient-deficient. Food alone doesn't provide us with all of our nutritional needs anymore. How do we then bridge this gap to ensure that mamas are getting the nutrients they need at such a crucial stage in their lives as well as their babies…
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059: Managing Blood Sugar with a Continuous Glucose Monitor with Stephanie Etherington RD, CD, CDCES of Nutrisense
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Why does balancing your blood sugar even matter? Being able to read your blood sugar is like pulling back the curtain or looking under the hood to see what the heck is going on inside your body. In today’s episode, we chat with Stephanie Etherington, a registered clinical dietitian and a nutrition manager at a continuous glucose monitor company, Nu…
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058: Full Spectrum Hemp Oil Benefits, Uses, and Sourcing with Ret Taylor of NED
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Full-spectrum hemp oil or CBD oil is quite misunderstood by many people. Today, Ret Taylor, co-founder of NED, joins our conversation to clear up some of those misunderstandings. Now celebrating its fifth year, NED is committed to helping people feel better and live better through the powers of the natural world. Ret’s CBD oil journey began when he…
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057: The Triggers and Testing of Celiac Disease with Dr. Peter Green of The Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University
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Celiac disease occurs in about 1% of the United States population, and only about half of women are diagnosed, which is a very low rate of diagnosis. Unfortunately, celiac disease has no cure. But by understanding this disease a bit better – its genetic and environmental components, risk factors, complications, and diagnosis – we can hopefully bett…
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056: My Healing Update: Blood Sugar Balance, CGM, and Semaglutide
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Hey guys! We're actually overdue for a new healing update since the last one I did was back in Episode 39. Before jumping to today's episode (or even after), it would be helpful for you to listen to Episode 43, where I had my health coach, Cynthia Mathes, talk about the Best Ways to Lose Weight Naturally. I am working with Cynthia on this targeted …
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055: Protecting Your Home from EMFs with B.D. Erickson II of SaticShield
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You’ve probably heard about electromagnetic fields or EMFs in your phones and how they’re bad for your health. Not a lot of people actually believe these energies exist, but just because you don’t see them doesn’t make them untrue. In today’s episode, we’re joined by B.D. Erickson II, CEO of SaticShield USA, a privately owned electronics manufactur…
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054: Restore Your Metabolism and Hormones with Kaely McDevitt RD
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You’ve probably heard people talking about having a slow metabolism. But what does that really mean? And if you think you’re actually undereating in the hope of losing weight, or you just think it’s the healthy way to go about it, then you’ve got to give this episode a listen! Joining us today is Kaely McDevitt, a registered dietitian who runs a vi…
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053: Cancer Prevention Diet with Functional Cancer Nutritionist Tiffany Meyer, ONC, FNTP
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It’s time to check in with how and what you’re eating right now. It’s not just because it’s a new year, but you don’t want to be changing your eating habits until it’s already too late. You’ve got to take control of your health. In this episode, Tiffany Meyer joins us to discuss cancer prevention through diet and nutrition. Tiffany’s mom was diagno…
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052: Intention Setting Meditation for the New Year
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We’re 52 episodes in, which means we have been together for a year now! In that short span of time, this podcast has grown and changed me into becoming a better human being. Thanks to our amazing guests who have shared so much knowledge and information. I can't wait to continue to learn and grow and change right along with you this 2023! And so for…
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051: Trying to Conceive Tips with Sarah Jane Sandy of The Fertility Code
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Have you noticed how more and more women are now finding it difficult to conceive? If you are someone who's looking to balance your hormones, or you are looking to conceive in the near future, this episode is for you! In today's episode, Sarah Jane Sandy of The Fertility Code joins us to share some tips on what you should do if you’re trying to con…
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