Join Dr. Shawna and her mom as they visit Strasbourg, "The Christmas Capital of the World," and the Black Forest on St. Nicolas Day (December 6).

Highlights include:

-walking tour through Strasbourg, France

-touring the Black Forest Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof

-seeing the Christmas Market & advent calendar in Gengenbach, Germany

Want to know more about this cruise, check out our host's Instagram, @heleneinbetween.

Join Dr. Shawna and her mom as they have their own Hallmark movie moment watching the snow fall as they rode the funicular to the top of Heidelberg.

Highlights of the day:

- walking the 1 mile Hauptstraße (main street)

- touring Heidelberg Castle

-riding the Heidelberger Bergbahnen (funicular)

Want to know more about Christmas Markets and the cruise, check out our host's Instagram, @heleneinbetween!

Join Dr. Shawna and her mom as they cruise down the middle Rhine region to Rüdesheim!

Highlights include:

-walking tour of the town

-Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett

-cable car over vineyards

Want to know more about our trip, check out our host's Instagram, @heleneinbetween!

Join Dr. Shawna and her mom as they journey down the Rhine River to the town of Koblenz.

Highlights of the day:

-trying Kinderpunsch (mulled non-alcoholic punch) & kartoffelpuffer (potato pancake) at the Christmas Market

-touring Arenfels Castle & having a wine tasting in the cellar

Want to know more about Christmas Markets, check out our host on Instagram, @heleneinbetween.

Join Dr. Shawna and her mom as they travel to Germany for a Christmas Market River Cruise. They spend the first 3 days prior to the cruise in Cologne, Germany. Highlights of their time in the Cologne area included:

-Lindt Chocolate Museum

- Phantasialand Theme Park

-Cologne Christmas Markets

Want to know more about the river cruise organizers, check out husband and wife team, Helene & Michael, on Instagram @heleneinbetween.

Dr. Aiden Seraphim DACM L.Ac., owner of Heart Centered Transformational Wellness in Costa Mesa, CA joins Dr. Shawna on this week's episode to talk all things meditation. If you have ever wondered what is mediation and how does it apply to me, this episode is for you!

Feeling like you want support on your meditation journey? Dr. Aiden teaches mediation classes (live and virtually) as well as hostly monthly community mediations. You can sign up for his newsletter here.

A friend and mentor of Dr. Shawna, Phil Jelinek, joins her today on the podcast to discuss the basic definitions related to energetic healing techniques. Topics such as: muscle testing, particle vs. zero-point energy fields, and subconscious beliefs are discussed.

Interested in learning more? Phil recommends these 3 books as introductory insights into energetic healing:

1) The Biology of Belief, Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D.

2) Matrix Energetics, Richard Bartlett, D.C., N.D.

3) M-Joy Practically Speaking, Melissa Joy Jonnson

Dr. Rita Goldman, Doctor of Chiropractic, joins the podcast to discuss a condition that impacts many adults, peripheral neuropathy. Dr. Rita shares the how and why behind the multifactorial approach she uses at her clinic, ⁠Maysville Family Chiropractic⁠ in Maysville, Kentucky, to reverse peripheral neuropathy and help people regain their independence.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Dr. Rita!

Join Dr. Shawna as she re-caps her personal health journey following her arrival home from Toronto in mid-July. She discusses what has been shifting in her body and what has not and next steps in her journey.

Join Dr. Shawna as she discusses the idea of preventative medicine. One aspect she talks about is gut health and how this impacts the whole body. This is just the beginning of these two topics- stay tuned!