We are so excited to have Jay Nixon on the podcast this week! We're talking about something a little bit deeper than the normal for weight loss. YES, there is so much more to weight loss than the perfect exercise program and a good nutrition plan. Those are really big parts of weight loss, but we're covering something that isn't talked about as much. What we're covering today....
I loved interviewing AJ Neste about this topic on hunting! I've always talked about how important it is to get GOOD quality animal products. Most of the meats you'll find in the store are factory farmed mass produced and super unhealthy. If you don't know a local farmer, hunting is a way you can take control of getting good quality wild animals.
Most of all, I love AJ's view on hunting and his compassion and gratefulness for each animal that feeds and nourishes his family. This is what we're covering in the podcast today:
Have you ever heard of techniques to prevent the use of braces? I haven't either until Dr. Carpenter told me about Dr. Medina who specializes in this, which is called myofunctional orthodontics. Since braces are almost always a part of every childhood it seems, I feel like this topic was a necessary one to talk about! What we're covering on the podcast today:
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I'm so excited to be launching the Thrival Nutrition Supplement line next month starting with our multivitamin! Whenever a vision becomes a reality, it's such a bittersweet thing. It's what life is all about. I couldn't have done this process without my husband though, he is seriously amazing. He did all the "hard work" of scouting and finding a good manufacturer, signing paperwork, and all the messy business stuff.
He let me just focus on formulating the perfect multivitamin for you! Which I'm so excited to share with you the difference between mine and MANY others on the market.
If you want to read this podcast episode about how we formulated our multivitamin, head over this way to the blog!
If you want to add your name to the email list, so you can stay up to date with the supplement line and be a part of our launch, do that here!
And if you haven't joined our Facebook Group yet, where have you been?! We need and want you in there! A safe place where you can come to ask questions all about healthy living.
I'm so excited to have Dietitian Cassie on the podcast this week! She is a rockstar! I love that she left the conventional nutrition thinking. When I was looking for the perfect nutrition program for me to learn from, the RD program made me run for the hills. I've heard from so many RD's about them having to unlearn many of the typical nutrition advice you'd hear.
I love RD's like Cassie that are willing to go out in the world with an open mind + help teach others about truly creating a healthy lifestyle.
What we cover in the podcast today....
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So excited to be sitting down with Dr. Phillip Oubre talking about neurodegenerative diseases - particularly we are speaking about Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Unfortunately the lifestyle that the standard American lives is leading us down the path of developing neurodegenerative diseases.
What we cover in today's episode.....
Dr. Phillip Oubre is a functional medicine doctor, working in Austin, Texas. He focuses on the root cause of disease, and foster healing and wellness using Nutrition, Movement, Hormone Balance, Digestion, and Stress Management. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine, and he can see patients of all ages. I have been trained to care for infants, children, adults, elderly, and pregnant patients.
In today’s healthcare, there is an over-emphasis on illness with a “pill for every ill” instead of a focus on wellness and optimization. He believes that everyone has the potential for wellness.
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We're so excited to be sitting down with Emily Cohen and talk about speech development in kids. Emily is answering common questions about speech development! Some things that we cover in this episode....
Emily Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP pediatric speech-language pathologist Emily Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP is a licensed pediatric speech-language pathologist with an in-home private practice in Austin. Her mission with Tandem Speech Therapy is to provide parents with a tool belt of simple strategies to use during everyday routines and play. She works to empower parents and their children to connect and communicate better as well as face the world with greater confidence.
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I'm so excited to have McCall McPherson on the podcast this week speaking about testosterone! Testosterone is an important hormone in both men and women. McCall and I go over everything you'd want to know about testosterone (and let me mention, McCall is an AMAZING practitioner!). She answers questions like
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McCall McPherson is the founder and co-owner of Modern Thyroid Clinic, a thyroid-centered functional medicine practice in Austin, Texas, a general functional medicine practice, Modern Medicine, a physician assistant, recent TEDx speaker and a thyroid patient and guru. Her passion for perfecting hormones stemmed from years of her suffering due to the mismanagement of her own hypothyroidism.
Now she lives, breathes and thrives in understanding the nuances of proper hormone care and understands the dramatic difference it can make in the lives of her patients. Her practice is rooted in balance and realistic expectations. Her passion is in helping burnt out fatigued mothers get their lives back. She also spends her time teaching and advocating for the other millions who aren’t her patients suffering from fatigue and hormonal disruption.
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When you think of healthy living, do you think coffee and chocolate are possible? Because it is! It was such a blast to talk with Dr. Robin Miller. Love her passion for what she does and she makes healthy living fun and delicious with common favorites like coffee and chocolate. She will also have you falling in love with foods like mushrooms because what they can do for your health!
She gives us awesome healthy living tips that can be found in her book HEALED!
You don't want to miss this episode.
Dr. Robin Miller – an established author (The Smart Woman’s Guide to Midlife and Beyondand Kids Ask the Doctor), Dr. Miller has gathered the knowledge, insights and anecdotes offered in this book over the course of 33 years of treating patients using the principles of integrative medicine. Board certified in Internal Medicine, she trained with Andrew Weil as an Integrative Medicine Fellow at University of Arizona.
She is currently Medical Director of Triune Integrative Medicine, a highly innovative integrative medicine clinic in Medford, Oregon. She blogs regularly for Sharecare.com, an interactive health and wellness website founded in conjunction with Dr. Mehmet Oz, where she serves as Executive Advisory Board member. Robin is also a medical reporter and a regular correspondent for KOBI-5, the NBC affiliate in Southern Oregon.
Find Dr. Robin Miller over on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and her website!
Check out her book Healed's website!
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A HUGE question that I get all the time is "how do you reverse tooth decay? It is possible?" One of my biggest struggles was finding a good dentist that actually understood the whole body approach to dentistry. The word "holistic" dentistry is thrown around and a dentist could be "holistic" by simply just not using mercury. I wanted more. I wanted a dentist to not just fix things when a problem occurred, but to help me keep a healthy mouth and understanding and recommending MORE than just brushing and flossing.
Duh, everyone knows to brush and floss. When I moved to Austin, I was SO happy to find Dr. Carpenter. I finally found a dentist that understand the nutrition side of oral care and how to take the whole body approach in dentistry.
Today, we're speaking about reversing tooth decay. A hot topic among many moms as we search for a natural alternative to take care of our kiddos.
Dr. Carpenter is a holistic dentist and naturopathic doctor in Austin, TX. He is the founder of Transcend Dental. He is a member of the American Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, International Association of Dental Research, and many more associations and clubs.
Dr. Carpenter has had the opportunity to study and train with some of the finest dentists in clinical practice today. He has additional training in dental digital imaging and routinely performs complimentary dietary analysis to see if diet and/or lifestyle could be contributing to disease.
Dr. Carpenter has a special interest in nutrition and chronic disease prevention and explore alternative approaches to improving overall wellness and quality of the lives of the patients he serves.
Connect with Dr. Carpenter over on Facebook and his website.
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Birth control is very a common prescription medication that is prescribed to women all around the world. The reasons for using birth control can range from protecting against pregnancy, PCOS, dealing with a painful period, "regulating" your period, and more. But, this is just a band-aid for these problems. Nicole helps us dive into common questions about it. In this episode, we cover.....
Make sure to tune into this episode this week if you or anyone you know is taking birth control.
Gaining muscle can be super intimidating, especially if you're new to exercising or going to the gym. We wanted to sit down with Reggie Lopez, who is a personal trainer out here in Austin, TX. We wanted to answer some commonly asked questions about gaining muscle....
Reggie was Born and raised in the Bronx New York. He spent 8 years as a sales rep and regional manager in the pharmaceutical industry. Selling in Urology, Endocrinology, Primary Care, Pain Management, OBGYN and covering territories in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York City.
He is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer and corrective exercise specialist, who formed Fitregimen 2 years ago to focus on personalized client care with the goal of helping others obtain their goals while finding their passion for health and fitness.
Connect with Reggie at FitRegimen on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and his website.
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Dr. Sethi is a board certified family physician with additional fellowship training and board certification in Integrative Medicine and Functional Medicine. She has studied with Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, Dr. Mark Hyman and other thought leaders. She is a national speaker in the field of Integrative Medicine. She has a special interest in botanical medicine and culinary medicine and teaches cooking classes and workshops in Austin. She helps her patients achieve health by focusing on sleep, movement, mind-body practices, nutrition, connection to community and spiritual practices. In her practice, she connects the dots for patients between genetics, the environment, lifestyle and the microbiome.
She enjoys the practice of yoga and has studied various methods of meditation for over twenty years.
Read the blog I wrote about my experience with the 23+me genetic test!
Connect with Dr. Shelly Sethi over on her website + Facebook + Twitter + Instagram!
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Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse and a functional nutritionist – helping people take a look at the whole body approach to health. Today, we are talking about her personal experience with heavy metal detoxing, where heavy metals come from and why they accumulate, we touch on vaccines, and various ways to help reduce the toxic load into our body.
Listen to Cynthia + I's past episodes on episode 10 adrenal fatigue + episode 60 heavy metals!
Find Cynthia over on her website + Facebook + Instagram!
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Seth Osgood is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Practitioner through the Institute of Functional Medicine. He has helped people from around the world identify the root causes of complex health conditions while working for and training under Functional Medicine expert Dr. Amy Myers. Seth Osgood is an expert in holistic approaches chronic inflammation and specializes in autoimmune conditions and thyroid disorders. His true passion is helping individuals to build a life that revolves about physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. He is blessed with a beautiful wife and four amazing children.
Check out Seth's blog post about autoimmunity!
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