Full Capacity Living

This week's guest on the Full Capacity Living Podcast is Marti Wolfson, a culinary nutritionist. She has a Masters degree in Nutrition and Functional Medicine from the University of Western States, she is a health supportive chef and so much more.

Today  I get to share this beautiful conversation around bringing the science as well as the spiritual nature of food to our mind, body, spirit and plate.  

We talk about rekindling intuitive eating, learning to trust ourselves with food but also cultivating curiosity and creativity with the food we choose to eat.

She tells us how she arrived into the work she does in the culinary nutrition world, her training at the very well known National Gourmet Institute with Ann Marie Colbin

Her work at the Canyon Ranch medical spa, The Blum Center for Health in NYC and her culinary practice currently.

We delve into foods that nourish your brain, how to cultivate this in your children and how to return to a loving and nourishing relationship to food.  Something that has been lost for many.

LInks for the show:

Marti Wolfson: Science Based and Heart Centered Food Solutions: www.martiwolfson.com

Anthocyanins in blue/purple foods:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1082903/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02136

Orange Foods:

https://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-orange/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333577389_A_Review_of_the_Science_of_Colorful_Plant-Based_Food_and_Practical_Strategies_for_Eating_the_Rainbow

https://www.verywellmind.com/the-color-psychology-of-orange-2795818

Marc David - https://psychologyofeating.com/about/

Book - Nourishing Wisdom - https://www.amazon.com/Nourishing-Wisdom-Mind-Body-Nutrition-Well-Being/dp/0517881292

Dean Ornish: https://www.ornish.com/proven-program/nutrition/

Atkins diet: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/atkins-diet/art-20048485

Zone diet: https://zonediet.com/

Canyon Ranch Berkshires: https://www.canyonranch.com/lenox/

Canyon Ranch Tucson: https://www.canyonranch.com/tucson/

Natural Gourmet Institute:  https://naturalgourmetinstitute.com/

Blum Center for Health: https://blumcenterforhealth.com/medical-center/staff/susan-blum/

Deanna Minnich: Chakra Foods for Optimum Health: https://www.deannaminich.com/book/chakra-foods-for-optimum-health/

Book reference: Eating On The Wild Side by Jo Robinson - https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Wild-Side-Missing-Optimum/dp/0316227935

Dr. Aunna Herbst….my guest on today’s podcast. She graciously and vulnerably shares her personal story of chronic fatigue and literally pulling herself out of it through trial and error and tenacity. She talks about her journey through illness, into becoming a naturopath and then becoming an MD as well as one of the pioneers at the Center for Functional Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic to where she is now in her own blended clinic for primary care and functional medicine.

This conversation is inspiring and critically important for many reasons. We talk about chronic fatigue, what is missing from conventional medicine, how her book “Functional Medicine in Primary Care” hopes to bridge the gap between allopathic medicine and functional medicine as well as practical advice for those who are dealing with chronic fatigue and want to ask the right questions and get the right testing to find the root cause.

I am honored to have Aunna on my podcast and happy to reconnect with her after so many years. I know you will enjoy this conversation but also find it meaningful for you or anyone you know suffering with chronic fatigue and not finding the answers you seek.

For over 20 years, Dr. Stephen Post has been spreading the science of giving and the commitment to the greater good. He has promoted the idea of “give and live better” across the globe. Funding over 50 scientific studies at the nation’s top universities as well as conducting his own research, Stephen is considered the “go to” guy with his uplifting message that when we contribute to the lives of others, give meaningfully, and live by the Golden Rule, we are generally:

* Happier

* Healthier

* Resilient

* Creative

* Hopeful

* Successful

With Sir John Templeton STephen Post co-founded The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love: Spirituality, Compassion, and Service in 2001. Post is the best-selling lead author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Happier, Healthier Life by the Simple Act of Giving (Random House Broadway). Post has been quoted in more than 4000 newspapers and magazines, and featured on numerous television shows including The Daily Show. Described by Martin E.P. Seligman in Flourish as one of “the stars of positive psychology,”

In this podcast we talk about the work he is doing as the • Director and Founder of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care—Stony Brook University.

He shares the unique perspective that is cultivated within the medical school highlighting Medical humanism, empathy and compassion through providing curriculum to medical students that is truly compassionate care through the arts and humanity.

We dive into his work with Alzheimer’s patients or as he likes to say “the deeply forgetful”, the autistic population, the mystery and mystical aspect of cognitive changes and consciousness.

We talk about what he also likes to call “moral injury” versus “burnout” with physicians.

This conversation is full of gentle curiosity, attentive listening, finding the meaning in medicine again, his philosophy of living from his book “Why Good Things Happen To Good People”

It is chock full of names and books and studies that are all referenced in the show notes so sit back and get ready for a beautiful conversation with a phenomenal and gracious leader in the world of compassion, empathy and unlimited love.

Much gratitude to Stephen for this conversation on the Full Capacity Living Podcast. As I listened back to this episode I was truly amazed at the volume of work that Stephen has contributed to the world of Human Connectedness. So much so that he even has a forward on his website from the Dalai Lama for his book “God and Love on Route 80” and Deepak Chopra. It’s a great read if you are looking for something to re-awaken a connection to your soul.

What a beautiful human…as always there is so much in the show notes from this conversation so head there to find links to everyone mentioned, books, articles and all of the institutes doing this pivotal work in our world.

Thank you for being here and I truly hope these conversations help each and everyone who hears them live their best lives.

Links and references:

Stoney Brook University https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/about/humanities.php

Stephen Post’s new book “Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People”

https://books.google.com/books/about/Dignity_for_Deeply_Forgetful_People.html?id=zsQ8zgEACAAJ

“Why Good Things Happen To Good People”. https://www.amazon.com/Why-Good-Things-Happen-People/dp/076792018X

Fostering student engagement in medical humanities: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/fostering-student-engagement-medical-humanities-courses/2014-08

Music and Memory website: https://musicandmemory.org/

Movie: “Alive Inside” https://www.theconnextion.com/musicandmemory/musicandmemory_index.cfm

Dr. Joe Foley - Neurologist: https://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/2012/07/dr_joe_foley_remembering_a_her.html

Dr. Nate Bergman: https://kemperwellness.com/

Evolving Past Alzheimers Podcast: https://evolvingpast.com/

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Hungarian American Psychologist on “Flow”. https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/

Martin Seligman - Positive Psychology: https://ppc.sas.upenn.edu/people/martin-ep-seligman

Sir John Templeton: https://www.templeton.org/about/sir-john

The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love: https://unlimitedloveinstitute.org/

Esther Sternberg, MD “Healing Spaces”. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674057487

https://medicine.arizona.edu/person/esther-m-sternberg-md

Hopewell - Therapeutic Farm Community in Mesopotamia, OH

https://www.hopewellcommunity.org/

Dalai Lama endorsement: https://stephengpost.com/downloads/God%20and%20Love%20Dalai%20Lama%20Foreword.pdf

Here is a bit about Dr. Emily, what you will hear in the podcast and links for items mentioned during the conversation:

“I was originally drawn to medicine through my own life experiences. When I was 10 years old, I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. After years of medications, injections and frustration, I came upon an article by Dr. Mark Hyman that discussed functional medicine and how it can reverse such conditions. The article talked about how the food we eat can either help us heal or harm us, and the impact of lifestyle choices on our health. By starting an anti-inflammatory diet and following other functional medicine principles, I was able to eliminate all of the prescription medications and am now in remission! Discovering that it was possible to reverse an autoimmune condition in this way, I wanted to learn what other benefits functional medicine had, and how I could spread this knowledge to others. I was on a mission! So, I started my training through the Institute for Functional Medicine and have received my certification (IFMCP) after years of hard work.”

In this podcast Dr. Emily shares her personal story, her journey to functional medicine and the one component in the functional medicine philosophy of treatment that is absolutely critical to address to improve overall health….STRESS!! Dr. Emily states “If stress is high I can give supplements all day long but nothing is going to change”

We talk about how stress affects the body, the gut microbiome and leaky gut, appropriate testing, adaptogenic herbs, lifestyle tools to shift the stress response, mindset shift and learning to listen to your body and how trauma and chronic stress can stay in your body and how to address that as well.

Below are some links to items mentioned in the podcast episode and how to connect with Dr. Emily:

Her website: https://www.balancedlivingfm.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balancedlivingfm/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dremilyroedersheimer

Her training in functional medicine: https://www.ifm.org/

Cortisol Saliva test: (physician order only) https://www.gdx.net/product/adrenocortex-stress-hormone-test-saliva

Mushroom elixirs/coffee: https://us.foursigmatic.com/

Adaptogens: https://draxe.com/nutrition/adaptogenic-herbs-adaptogens/

Organix test for neurotransmitters and more: (physician order only) https://www.gdx.net/product/organix-comprehensive-profile-metabolic-function-test-urine

HeartMath Inner Balance Biofeedback device: https://www.heartmath.com/

Book “Stress Less Accomplish More” : https://www.amazon.com/Stress-Less-Accomplish-More-Extraordinary/dp/0062747509

Book “The Body Keeps The Score” Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma” : https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DK463FE74HTC&dchild=1&keywords=the+body+keeps+the+score&qid=1618222664&s=books&sprefix=The+Body+Keeps+%2Cstripbooks%2C180&sr=1-1

Thank you for listening and I hope you took away a few pieces of information that will help you to manage stress in your life.

You can reach out to me at www.karenbush.com for more information on 1:1 coaching.

My guest this week on the Full Capacity Living Podcast is Courtney Evans, Integrative Nutrition health coach with a very intriguing background as a research analyst in the health and wellness world that had a striking impact on her own health and journey into health coaching.

She went from burning the candle at both ends in the corporate world to discovering Functional Medicine, regaining her own health and realizing that this journey could only lead to her passion of empowering others to realize that exhaustion doesn’t equal success.

She shares her personal story and the work she does with clients now, and throughout the conversation we connect around our passion for health coaching to help the listener understand a bit about what the world of health coaching really is and how to craft a wellness vision.

We dig into simplicity, cultivating stillness, root cause, finding strengths, resetting patterns and behaviors and creating a safe space for exploration within the health coaching partnership.

I so enjoyed this conversation with Courtney and I hope you do too.

Links mentioned in the podcast episode:

Courtney’s website: https://wellrefined.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well_refined_health/

Simplicity Parenting with Kim John Payne: https://www.simplicityparenting.com/

Parsley Health: Accessible functional medicine healthcare… https://www.parsleyhealth.com/

Dr. Robynne Chutkan, book Gutbliss or the Microbiome Solution: https://robynnechutkan.com/

National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching: https://nbhwc.org/

Tide Risers: Tide Risers is a deliberate community for women working together to uplevel ourselves personally and professionally. https://www.wearetiderisers.com/

Book: Women Who Run With The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the wild woman archetype. https://www.amazon.com/Women-Who-Run-Wolves-Archetype/dp/0345409876

Today I welcome to the podcast Amal Ismail, she describes herself as passionate about helping people,  a biochemistry geek, lifelong learner and mother.  She is a certified functional medicine practitioner, health coach and pharmacist out of London England.  through her own battle with chronic fatigue she utilized FM to achieve her own optimized health a story she shares with us in this conversation.

She has her Masters of Pharmacy (MPharm) from the University of Nottingham and a Masters of Phil. Bioscience Enterprise from Cambridge in London. She is certified in Functional Medicine from the Institute of Functional Medicine, IFM.org and certified as a health coach from Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. She maintains her own private practice clinic in Functional Medicine out of London.

This podcast episode is packed full of incredible pearls of wisdom around hormone health for fertility and pregnancy.  We talk about uncovering the laws of biology to treat the human body as an ecosystem, it’s about creating health and not curing illness with a FM approach.

Our conversation delves into her journey from big Pharma to FM, hormone balance, insulin resistance, detoxing your environment, how your thyroid affects your fertility and pregnancy, oxidative stress, mitochondria our energy source at a cellular level, epigenetic and nutrition, infertility and setting your body up for fertility at it’s best.  We talk about testing, lifestyle shifts and some great resources for those looking to address fertility issues at a cellular level and protecting your health.

You will come away from this conversation with a deeper understanding of what it takes to create fertile soil for conception and a healthy pregnancy so stick around for every juicy detail.

Show links and how to connect with Amal:

Dr. Leslie Stone: http://growbabyhealth.com/

Lady High - https://lady-high.com/

Benefits of NAC - N-Acetyl Cysteine: https://drbrighten.com/nac-benefits/

Glucose sport biosensor: https://www.supersapiens.com/en-GB/products/biosensor/?fbclid=IwAR3QxcYOxS5eheP5FdcpYWEq4aGy83A0EdJZ54kdHzToYu9uhRbPEVo5jxU

https://www.levelshealth.com/?fbclid=IwAR3eIbNeIxozoh-GpajZ-6KGA4WWM0mBgGpKJiPeGriMPQbYjWf5Vt2eSjM

Glutathione: https://www.drkarafitzgerald.com/2019/06/11/glutathione-the-master-antioxidant/

Organix urine test: https://www.gdx.net/product/organix-comprehensive-profile-metabolic-function-test-urine

Dutch Hormone test: https://dutchtest.com/

Dr. Deanna Minich: How Color in Food Supports Health - https://www.deannaminich.com/

Amal Ismail:

amalismail.com

Webinars by Amal: https://www.amalismail.com/webinars

You won’t want to miss this deep dive into the Thyroid with my guest this week Amy Drab who is a physician assistant and previous associate professor of education at Kettering College of Medical Arts. She has over 22 years of experience as a physician assistant. She received her Bachelor of Science in Health Professions/Physician Assistant from Kettering College of Medical Arts and her Master of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska. She has practiced in the specialties of family practice, OB/GYN, urgent care, and emergency medicine and she is an IFM (Institute for Functional Medicine) certified practitioner. She and I connected when we both formerly worked at the Center For Functional Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. She is phenomenal and has so much wisdom around hormones.

In this episode you will hear about:

~ The unknown symptoms of thyroid dysfunction and whether you might need further testing

~ The conventional medicine approach and the functional medicine approach to thyroid

~ Looking at symptoms and not just labs

~ Comprehensive thyroid testing and what to ask for

~ How the thyroid actually works

~ What affects thyroid function

~ Root cause for thyroid dysfunction

~ Nutrition, lifestyle and supplement support for the thyroid

If you have ever wondered if your thyroid may be contributing to symptoms you have or wanted to learn more about the testing and nutritional/lifestyle support for your thyroid this episode is for you.

Dr. Katie shares a personal story of creating awareness around her own health, seeking balance in lifestyle and her pursuit of her passion for sharing health and wellness with her patients. We discuss lifestyle, nutrition, detox, acupuncture, spirituality, meditation, nutrition to lower inflammation and the idea of living a plant forward life. Join us for this fun and informative conversation with Dr. Katie.

In this episode you will learn a bit about Heather Moday, MD. Board certified in immunology, integrative and functional medicine. We have a hands on meaningful conversation about balancing the immune system, how the system works, what causes a system to be out of balance and how to right the immune ship for our current environmental, lifestyle and societal challenges. Make sure to check out the show notes for links to connect with Dr. Moday, she has a great instagram feed!