Coffee with the Docs

Ashley Tracey is a renowned astrologer, soul coach and public speaker who works with clients around the world to empower wholistic well-being, expand consciousness and activate purposeful living through a multidimensional mind-body-soul approach.

Dr. Nicole and Ashley discuss what astrology is and the science behind it, the power of getting to know your birth chart, and how to navigate mercury retrograde this season!

To learn more about Ashley, visit her website here, or follow her on instagram @ashleytracey_soul_centered.

We've spoken on previous episodes about one of our favorite healing modalities, Neuro Emotional Technique (NET). In this episode we talk about our individual journeys with healing through NET, how NET can help you in your health journey, and what an NET session looks like!

NET is a mind-body stress relief tool that works to remove the physiologic response to stressors in our lives. It is a great tool to help you live your healthiest life! To learn more about NET and its benefits, visit their website, here. To find a certified NET practitioner in your area, click here!

If you or a loved one are facing hormonal challenges, this episode is for you! Dr. Anna Cabeca delves into the best ways to help your body heal and balance it's hormones naturally through diet and supplementation. Dr. Anna is a wealth of knowledge and we are so lucky to have had the opportunity to interview her!

 To read more about Dr. Anna Cabeca and learn about her practice and online programs, as well as order her book, click here!

In this episode, Dr. Abby takes us through her labor and delivery story. Learn valuable tips and tricks and amazing insights on this important time - and how to deal when things don't go as planned! If you or a loved on is expecting, this episode is a MUST!

DM us if you'd like Dr. Abby's list of things she took to the hospital - it's amazing!

Dr. Abby interviews Andrea about the power of the subconscious mind. Hypnotherapy is a popular modality to help address the subconscious and shift patterns or habits that aren't serving us. Andrea + Dr. Abby delve into what hypnosis is, why one can benefit from hypnotherapy, and dispel some common misconceptions around hypnosis. Andrea also gives some practical tips to help better access your own subconscious to shift you mind and body, today!

 

Andreas Bio:

Hypnosis supported me in a time when I struggled to find my center. After my first session, I felt confidence and clarity like never before. A light turned on. Doors of opportunity started opening. And just like that a career shift to finding my purpose within the wellness industry began.

I started my career in the corporate realm. The pressure that I put on myself as well as the challenge to find work life balance was what led me to holistic care. I knew I was capable of shifting my mindset, emotional triggers, and ultimately how I felt but I wasn’t sure where to begin. It amazed to me to discover countless techniques which I had never experienced, let alone heard about. Hypnosis is a resource readily available to us. My vision is to expand the awareness around a tool that has played a vital role in my life & the life of my others.

 

Follow Andrea:

insta: @curiouslypresent

website: curiouslypresent.com

"Keto" has been a buzzword for quite some time, and in this episode Dr. Abby interviews Dr. Nicole all about it. Learn what ketosis means, why it can be a very healthful way of eating, and the common mistakes and misconceptions that come with it. Wondering if the keto diet is right for you but not sure where to start? Download this episode now!

In the second part of Dr. Abby's 3 part series, she takes us on a journey through her own experience of pregnancy. She talks about the ups and down of each trimester, and gives practical resources and tips to stay balanced throughout pregnancy!

Books Referenced:

"Real Food For Pregnancy" - Lily Nichols

"A Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy" - Vicki Iovine

"Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Motherhood, and Trusting Yourself and Your Body" - Erica Cohen

"The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality" - Kimberly Ann Johnson

"The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother" - Heng Ou

Items Referenced:

Target Maternity Leggings!

Dr. Abbys favorite pregnancy pillow

SI support band for discomfort

Andy Swindler takes us on a journey into the heart of love, and relates it to a practical framework that reminds us how to return to love, which is the natural state of the universe. He envisions a world that embraces healthy tensions to nurture dignity and agency for every person. He talks to Dr. Nicole about how to lead from love in the workplace, friendships, home etc. What life looks like when you learn to learn, learn to love, learn to laugh and learn to lead. We hope this is inspiring for you as it was for us. 

To learn more about Andy + his work, visit his website, here.

In this episode, Dr. Nicole interviews Dr. Abby in a 3 part series on her experience with fertility, pregnancy, labor + delivery, and postpartum recovery. Dr. Abby just gave birth to her beautiful daughter Quinn in January of 2019, and is a wealth of information from everything to how to stay your healthiest, what resources helped her most, and a real deep dive into the "nitty gritty" of pregnancy and the motherhood transition.

In this episode she specifically discusses how she knew it was the right time for her to have a baby, how she cared for her body before becoming pregnant, and how women in general can prepare their bodies for an optimal and healthy pregnancy physically and emotionally.

In this episode, Dr. Nicole interviews Vanessa Spina, "The Ketogenic Girl." They talk all things keto! Listen and learn what the ketogenic diet is, how to do it the right way, and the importance of living a fat fueled life. Even if the ketogenic diet isn't for you, there are great practical tips to fueling your body the right way to be your healthiest self.

 She is the best-selling author of Keto Essentials (Victory Belt), speaker across North America and Europe, biohacker and host of the Fast Keto Podcast. She is passionate about the ketogenic way of life as defined as a starch controlled diet that prioritizes nutrient dense protein and essential fats to optimize for metabolic health and be in a fat fuelled state.

She has an undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia where she studied food and nutrition as my elective courses and went back to school in 2018 to study Biochemistry with a Medical Perspective at the University of Toronto. She is also the founder of Ketogenic Girl (www.ketogenicgirl.com), with outreach of over 450,000 people along with her popular 28-Day Ketogenic Girl Challenge program. Vanessa is passionate about democratizing optimal metabolic health with real food nutrition.