This episode takes a look at some of what’s happening in the background that perpetuates a cycle of bad choices, poor health outcomes and blind abdication of personal responsibility. 

How does a normal response to acute injury or infection become a debilitating condition that promotes disability and disease? It happens when inflammation becomes chronic. Today we discuss the ripple effect of chronic inflammation and some effective ways to address and avoid it through diet and lifestyle.

Any injury, complication or disease that results from medical treatment or medication is called Iatrogenesis. Believe it or not, this taboo topic is the 5th leading cause of death worldwide. Today’s podcast begins with a scary iatrogenic encounter that hit close to home. We hope this conversation inspires you to share your experiences with iatrogenesis so we can all become more informed and risk aware moving forward. Be well.

What if your evolving understanding of your peculiarities plus your perception of your experiences is the primary equation that sculpts your identity and determines your relationship with the world? Touching on the Bible, Star Wars, Cloud Atlas, the Wachowski Sisters, Eric Dolphy and the Grateful Dead, we begin to explore the connection between seeking and destiny.

Diving deeper into the Illness-Wellness Continuum, we discuss what brings us toward high level wellness or leads us down a path to premature death. Even when we’re aware that our behavior isn’t moving us in the right direction, if we believe that the fix is external to us, it often takes a crisis to spark significant change. How can we sidestep crisis and move toward high level wellness through our own internal motivation fueled by inspiration?

Beginning in the family unit, our sense of self is forged by our religious and cultural origins, our relationships with others and with society as a whole. Cultivating an authentic relationship with ourselves can be challenging in a consumer culture of endless attraction, distraction, division and false expectation. How does the identity we carry about ourselves reflect who we really are or who we can be?

Wandering from the brain to our internal organs and extending down to the colon, the Vagus Nerve is the longest and one of the most important nerves in our body. Not only does this bi-directional, gut-brain communication network help regulate vital functions such as digestion, heart rate and respiration, the vagus nerve conducts the orchestra of the parasympathetic nervous system--the part of our autonomic nervous system that enables us to rest, relax, and repair. Tune in for simple self-care practices and tips about posture and that will help you increase vagal tone and elevate your emotional health.

Being overly concerned with what others think can set the stage for second-guessing or even silencing ourselves. This kind of self-censorship may or may not be conscious. Our ability to respond authentically across situations strengthens the relationship we have with ourselves as well as the impact we can have with others down the line that we're destined to influence.

What do you get when two brothers--one who chose to get vaccinated, one who chooses not to--cross Covid-19 with Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent?

Exercising freedom of speech concerning covid and experimental vaccines seems to come at a cost these days. Just ask Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. or Kelly Brogan or Joe Rogan. If we fear coronavirus and believe the official narrative that getting a jab equals protection and not getting one is a selfish act, our fundamental right of freedom of choice gets undermined. Are we good with that?  

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