Alter Life

Clarity. Insight. Intuition. Knowing.....

It's important to feel CONNECTED.

In this week's Wisdom Wednesday episode we talk about this innate connection - and how to access more of it!

Join the conversation live in the Plant Based & Stress Free FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Join the conversation live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/alterhealth

For more, deep conversations on the topics of Mind, Thought, and Consciousness come on into Peace on Earth: https://alter.health/peace-on-earth

Some highlights from today's first WW episode...

- Why clarity comes when we aren't even trying!
- Balancing humanity with divinity
- Dealing with past programming
- Presece, presence, presence - we can't escape the present!

Links to some more good stuff

- Join weekly Peace on Earth conversations: https://www.alter.health/peace-on-earth
- Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practitioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

Fermented foods are all the rage, and have been for some time...

They are enjoyed throughout cultures and celebrated for health benefits.

Are fermented foods really beneficial for gut health? What's going on here?

We unpack this topic - and more - in this week's Medicinal Monday!

For much more on the Gut Health and Microbiome conversation, tune in to episode 215 - https://podcast.alter.health/215

If you'd like to join these conversations live, join the Plant Based & Stress Free FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Join the next WFPB Heart Attack Proof Challenge!!! https://www.alter.health/wfpb-challenge-heart-attack-proof

Some highlights from today's MM episode...

- The role of the stomach in neutralizing bacteria
- The importance of interacting with nature, including bacteria
- The real, proven, sustainable way to optimize gut health and microbiome
- Improving digestive function with "bitters" before meals
- Words of caution for salt and sugar

Links to some more good stuff

-  Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practititioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

If thoughts aren't real, then what is!?

We explore the answer to this question in today's Wisdom Wednesday episode.

In a nutshell, thoughts only become reality when we grip onto and breathe life into them. They, in and of themself, do not rule us, despite our programing and beliefs.

Join the conversation live in the Plant Based & Stress Free FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Join the conversation live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/alterhealth

Some highlights from today's first WW episode...

- You are not your thoughts, but the constant backdrop into which thoughts flow
- We can transcend all conflict with self and others by identifying with what is actually real
- The normal and natural human tendency is to get caught up in false thinking
- Thoughts always shift, change, transform and dissolve, 100% of the time

Links to some more good stuff

- Join weekly Peace on Earth conversations: https://www.alter.health/peace-on-earth
- Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practitioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

Here are our tips on what NOT to do if your goal is healthy WFPB living.

A lot of people know exactly what to do to achieve optimal health.

Much fewer are really able to put what they know into practice.

Here we share our tips - what we've seen support our individual success and the success of others in whole food plant-based living.

If you'd like to join these conversations live, join the Plant Based & Stress Free FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Alter Health Cleanse Enrollment is open! Join dozens of people as you take your WFPB eating to the next level and breakthrough barriers to health. https://www.alter.health/cleanse

Some highlights from today's MM episode...

- The power of preparedness
- Avoiding analysis paralysis
- Saying "no" to others is saying "yes" to YOU
- There is a reason for self-judgement
- The "hundred-fall-rule" and how it applies to WFPB living
- Why eating MORE is so important

Links to some more good stuff

-  Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practititioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

We love the Weather - Mind metaphor... and sometimes it's not even a metaphor!

Dr. Susanna shares her experience amidst the recent heatwave in Colorado - which is nothing like what a lot of the country is experiencing now!

Moral of the story - everything passes, shifts, changes in divine time leaving us the precise insights and lessons we ever need to support the inevitable evolution of consciousness.

Join the conversation live in the Plant Based & Stress Free FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Join the conversation live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/alterhealth

Some highlights from today's first WW episode...

- Why reacting is rarely right, but never wrong
- Making plans can be done from a calm, grounded, and guided place
- There is no such thing as bad weather, just rigid expectations
- The truth of the everpresent sun and serene clarity
- How the psychological immune system is programmed to keep us resilient and evolving

Links to some more good stuff

- Join weekly Peace on Earth conversations: https://www.alter.health/peace-on-earth
- Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practitioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

Covering 2 of our most favorite things here on the podcast today...

It is so very common to attribute our mood or mindset to something outside of ourselves.

In truth, our moment-to-moment experiece of mental health comes from within 100% of the time.

That said, we draw some physiologic connections that exist in the scientific literature...

If you'd like to join these conversations live, join the Plant Based & Stress Free FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Alter Health Cleanse Enrollment is open! Join dozens of people as you take your WFPB eating to the next level and breakthrough barriers to health. https://www.alter.health/cleanse

Some highlights from today's MM episode...

- The phenomenon of neuroinflammation and mood
- Toxicity and oxidative stress causing "noise" in the system
- The serotonin and neurochemistry theory of mental health
- Where moods really come from and why there is no such thing as a "bad mood"
- The 7 determinants of health and why they are equally important

**PS -  the book I couldn't think of is called Lost Connections, by Johann Hari!!

Links to some more good stuff

-  Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practititioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

FEAR! We all have fears... or do we? I don't know...

In any case, we humans are prone to becoming AFRAID!

Is fear something to fix? Or to conquer? Or to overcome or control in some way?

In this Wisdom Wednesday episode we crack into the topic of fear in search of deeper peace.

And it turns out that peace can be found everywhere!

Join the conversation live in the Plant Based & Stress Free FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Join the conversation live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/alterhealth

Some highlights from today's first WW episode...

- When is a fear rational? And when is it irrational?
- Why being afraid is 100% normal, natural, and a healthy part of being human
- What to do when fear feels debilitating
- How to identify and let go of limiting fear-based beliefs
- Proof that fear is actually overcome 100% of the time
- How common sense can run the show, even when facing a bear!

Links to some more good stuff

- Join weekly Peace on Earth conversations: https://www.alter.health/peace-on-earth
- Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practitioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

Do you wanna get SWOLE!?

Well, to be honest, we don't really... BUT, we do want to stay strong, toned, and keep peak physical performance!

In this episode, we talk about the proven keys for building muscle mass and why muscles are important for more than just looking good!

If you'd like to join these conversations live, join the Plant Based & Stress Free FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Alter Health Cleanse Enrollment is open! Join dozens of people as you take your WFPB eating to the next level and breakthrough barriers to health. https://www.alter.health/cleanse

Some highlights from today's MM episode...

- The 4 ingredients muscles need to grow healthfully
- Caloric EXCESS is most important, but we must be eating properly and also using our muscles (Duh)
- Why mineralized cellular hydration is key for muscle building and performance
- Busting protein myths.... again
- The importance of recovery after workouts
- Lean muscle mass is a predictor of longevity and metabolic health

Links to some more good stuff

-  Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practititioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

It's funny how all humans are nature lovers, while most tend to forget that we, too, are nature!

And nature is a beautiful teacher. For us those teachers tend to be our 2 kitty cats - 1.5 yr old Theo and his 9 yr old sister, Winnie.

Today we share some of the latest lessons these wise teachers have for us...

Join the conversation live in the Plant Based & Stress Free FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Join the conversation live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/alterhealth

Some highlights from today's first WW episode...

- Nature is not only outside the window but also very much alive within us
- Creativity and wisdom courses through our veins each moment, just like in kitty cats
- We can partner with innate wisdom and take the pressure off ourselves
- The only thing we ever control is our moment to moment perception

We look forward to taking these conversations deeper, week by week, trusting the unfolding of wisdom and creativity each moment of every episode.

Links to some more good stuff

- Join weekly Peace on Earth conversations: https://www.alter.health/peace-on-earth
- Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practitioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products

Do you SNACK? We most certainly do!

Snacking can be totally important and healthy for sustaining health and energy, so as long as you are choosing to fuel yourself properly.

This week we are talking about favorite tips and strategies for satisfying on the go nourishment, without sacrificing your health!

If you'd like to join these conversations live, join the Plant Based & Stress Free FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth

Alter Health Cleanse Enrollment is open! Join dozens of people as you take your WFPB eating to the next level and breakthrough barriers to health. https://www.alter.health/cleanse

Some highlights from today's MM episode...

- Stay as close to nature as possible
- Whole and dried fruits are GREAT
- Leftover starchy veggies have health-promoting resistant starch
- Dr. Susanna's super-simple-yummy bean dip
- The importance of focusing on the carbohydrate-rich staples for energy
- Why  rabbit food won't keep you energized

Links to some more good stuff

-  Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practititioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner

Peace and Love.

Links to  more good stuff

- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products