Today's episode is with the very wise Dr. Christiane Northrup. She's an OBGYN who has been the leader in holistic female health since the early 1990s. She's been featured on Oprah several times and her many best selling books have helped shift people's approach to health (like the bigger picture 'health' that expands beyond the physical), especially for women. For long-time pod listeners you may remember that I interviewed her daughter Kate Northrup as one of my first guests on the show. Dr. Northrup is so wise and gives such interesting information about sex, pleasure, and relationships as well as so much more in this episode. In our conversation we cover her background and her past work, why it has been so important and how that has led her to the work she is doing now and her latest book she wrote. We cover her wisdom gained on 'getting older', the changes in the medicine and wellness industry, the importance of embracing sexuality, the interconnectedness (in our bodies and beyond). She lists so many good resources in this episode, especially books, so be sure to check out the show notes below.If you have any questions for Dr. Northrup or myself tweet at us or reach out to us in the Facebook Group here.

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Notes from the show:

-Christiane's  Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter |  Pinterest | YouTube

-Some of Christiane's books we mention — Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, Goddesses Never Age, Making Life Easy (this is her NEW BOOK you should check out and read if you haven't already)

-Other books we mention during the show::  Love Medicine and Miracles by Bernie S. Siegel, A Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan M.D, Let my People go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard, Health Revelations from Heaven to Earth by Tommy Rosa, Ellen J. Langer's books Mindfulness and Counter-Clockwise , Vagina by Naomi Wolf, Mama Gena's Owner's and Operator's Guide to Men by Regena Thomashauer, The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder

-Erewhon Natural Foods (in LA) is AUMazing. Check them out in LA or online. Christiane worked with them as well (long ago).

-Ellen Langer's reversing age experiment

-Healthy Centenarians study by Dr. Martinez

-Omega Institute

-Katy Bowman's Nutritious Movement (blog and program)

-BendableBody.com

-Mantak Chia's work in Tao/Tantra practices

-American Holistic Health Association

-Doris E Cohen dream analysis

-Infrared Biomat she lays on every night before bed

-John Gabriel's’ visualization app before bed

-Anne Orton’s weekly magical weather

-My interview with Kate Northrup (her daughter) as one of my first guests on the show

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