Healing does not come in one official shape, and it does not require you to follow someone else’s map. 

In today's episode we explore a different doorway that many people overlook: spirituality as connection, and connection as a lived relationship with your own body, breath, intuition, and sense of meaning. 

My guest, Alejandro Salomone, is a spiritual guide, vision architect, and founder of Bravery Living, and his story starts in a place many listeners will recognize: leaving the US military with PTSD, depression, and anxiety, then hitting a personal breaking point that forced a choice between staying stuck or getting honest about what needed to change.

Here's some of what we're covering today:

• Nature as an entry point for meditation, breathwork, and inner clarity
• Bravery as self-permission to face fear, trauma, and old identities
• Leaving a corporate career to follow purpose and deepen self-trust
• Doubt, confusion, and the difference between anxious mind and inner knowing
• Spirituality defined as connection and energy as the common language
• Beliefs and perception shaping lived experience, including a science metaphor
• Alejandro’s personal health scare story and what it taught him about surrender
• Frequency metaphors for healing, including sound, tuning forks, and attention
• Nervous system regulation as a foundation for feeling safe enough to heal
• Simple breath practice you can use anywhere to calm the body

If you've been running on autopilot, overwhelmed by choices, or craving a path that feels like yours, this conversation offers grounded places to start today.

I hope you enjoy today's episode as much as I did recording it and if this resonates, please remember to subscribe, share this with someone who needs a new doorway to healing, and leave a review so more people can find the show. 🙏

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Alejandro Salomone is a Spiritual Guide and Vision Architect, and the founder of Bravery Living. His work blends energy healing, consciousness exploration, and deep personal transformation to support individuals in stepping into alignment with their highest self.

Drawing from years of study across spiritual traditions, including energy modalities such as Reiki and Magnified Healing, as well as immersive experiences with indigenous cultures, Alejandro guides others through profound inner work that clears energetic blockages, restores clarity, and activates purpose.

Through private mentorship, global retreats, and community experiences, his mission is to support the evolution of human consciousness while helping others live with greater courage, truth, and alignment.

👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravery_living/ 

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👉 Retreat experiences: The Becoming series (Portugal, Hawai‘i, Bali, Australia)

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If you’ve ever thought, “I’m eating well, I’m doing the protocols, I’m taking care of myself and I still feel stuck,” this conversation is for you. 

We are continuing our conversation this month on the six doorways to healing by moving beyond the physical body and into nature, emotions, and spiritual connection as real, practical paths to energetic coherence.

Here's some of what we're covering today:

• nature as a healing doorway through grounding, sunshine, forest bathing, and time in wild water
• nervous system reset and circadian rhythm support including the three-day nature reboot
• emotional roots of dis-ease including trauma, suppressed feelings, and chronic stress patterns
• tools to move stored emotion such as therapy, somatic work, breathwork, EFT, and EMDR
• raising energetic vibration with gratitude, joy, love, fun, hope, and empowerment
• spiritual awakening as a pathway through meditation, prayer, purpose, and radical remission stories

If this conversation awakens something deeper in you and you want to go deeper, join me inside our Substack community or inside our coaching container (links below).

👉 Resources mentioned on today's episode:

1- Previous Podcast Episode on Emotions & Cancer

2- Previous Podcast Episode on Stress, Trauma, & Cancer Care

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Joy is not a luxury, it is biology. That’s the thread we pull with Tina Woods, a globally recognized longevity expert and social entrepreneur who started DJing at 60 and turned a dance floor into a living laboratory. 

On today's episode we talk about why healing has many doorways, and why music, dancing, community, & joy might be one of the most underrated ways to support longevity, resilience, and a longer health span.

Here's some of what we're covering today:

• Tina’s path from genetics and medical education to longevity science, tech, and policy
• Why health span matters more than “living forever” and the question of what makes a life worth living
• The personal shift that led Tina to become a DJ at age 60
• The case for measuring joy as a health metric alongside steps and sleep 
• Loneliness, social disconnection, and the exposome as drivers of modern disease risk
• Sound, BPM, brain states, and wearable EEG tools used during dancing and raves
• Plus simple ways to bring more dancing and connection into everyday life

If you’ve ever felt that “electric” shift in your body when the right song hits, this conversation puts language and emerging science around that experience.

I hope you enjoy today's episode and please remember to subscribe to the Ground and Root Podcast, share this with a friend who needs more joy, and leave a review so more people can find us.

More about today's guest & how to connect with her:

Tina Woods is a globally recognized longevity expert and social entrepreneur working at the intersection of science, technology and policy.

She is Founder and CEO of Collider Health and Business for Health, Executive Director of the International Institute of Longevity (IIOL), and as a Steering Committee member of the Human Exposome Project a leading voice in the emerging field of the human exposome — understanding how environment, lifestyle and connection shape long-term health and resilience.

She brings together academia, business and government to drive system change from ‘sickcare’ to prevention — while also living her message as founder of Longevity Rave, leader of the JoyScore Experiment and DJ Tina Technotic.

Tina sits on various advisory groups, including the XPRIZE Global Visioneering Brain Trust and Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air.

Tina’s book, Live Longer with AI: How artificial intelligence is helping us extend our healthspan and live better too was published  in October 2020.

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Your healing plan doesn’t need to be perfect, it needs to be yours. 

This month on the podcast, we’re exploring a simple framework I'm calling the “Doorways to Healing”. It's built around one big idea: energetic coherence & finding the path that will enhance your coherence. 

When your cells and systems communicate clearly across the physical body, the nervous system, and your emotional and energetic layers, you create the conditions for balance, repair, harmony, and vitality in the body. 

When coherence breaks down, the body gets pulled toward inflammation, stress physiology, and the kind of mis-signaling that can support disease...including cancer.

In today's episode, we walk through the first three doorways, starting with the most practical paths related to our physical wellness.

Here's some of what we're covering today:

• First an overview of the framework of coherence across physical, emotional, spiritual, and energetic layers 
• Removing disruptors & stressors like toxins, inflammation, blood sugar issues, infections, chronic stress, and stuck emotions so the body can heal itself...as one doorway.
• Deepening nourishment through real food, plant allies, herbs, supplements, sleep, and self-care as another doorway.
• Movement as yet another doorway to healing through exercise, walking, strength, yoga, tai chi, qigong, dance, and vibration.

If this gives you a clearer starting point for your healing journey please subscribe, share the episode with someone who needs some renewed hope and structure, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

👉 Resources mentioned on today's episode:

1- Previous Podcast Episode with Dean on Exercise as a Doorway

2- Previous Podcast Episode with Kylie on Building Muscle

3- Previous Podcast Episode with Lauren on Sound Healing

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Your immune system doesn’t just need more support, it needs the right kind of support in the right order. 

We’re continuing our cancer prevention and immune system series with a simple 3-step system we use with clients to rebalance immune function and strengthen cancer surveillance...without making your life feel like a full-time wellness project.

Here's some of what we're covering today:

• how calming the stress response can move you out of fight-or-flight and back towards healing
• grounding and nature breaks as fast nervous system support
• breathwork plus herbs, flower remedies, and scent for regulation
• raising positive emotions through gratitude, fun, laughter, and connection
• the nutrients & foods necessary for white blood cell building & immune nourishment
• deep restorative sleep, circadian rhythm habits, & lifestyle strategies that can further support immune function 
• deeper emotional healing for stored trauma and stuck emotions
• using blood work & functional labs to monitor immune function & dive deeper into what might be impacting it

We can all use a little extra immune love. I hope today's episode inspires you with practical ways you can help your immune system work better.

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Your immune system is doing quiet, relentless work every day, and when it struggles, it shows up as more than just “getting sick.” It can look like poor recovery, chronic inflammation, constant fatigue, or a body that can’t downshift out of stress long enough to heal. That’s why I’m so focused on immune function and immune surveillance as a core cancer prevention strategy, and why I wanted an expert voice from outside nutrition to widen the lens. 

On today's episode I’m joined by Dr. Jennifer Ashby, a doctor of East Asian medicine, licensed acupuncturist, and herbalist, to translate classic concepts into practical, modern language. 

Here's some of what we're covering today:

• how East Asian medicine maps “defensive” immunity through Wei Chi
• why exposure to wind, cold, damp, heat, and dryness is a useful model for barrier health
• lungs as an immune commander tied to breathing, skin, pores, and respiratory capacity
• spleen as an immune factory tied to digestion, gut health, and food-to-energy conversion
• kidneys as an immune battery storing Jing and what “push-through” energy costs
• practical ways to support immunity with sleep, hydration, movement, and breathwork
• emotional patterns linked to organs, including worry with digestion and fear with kidneys
• Dr. Ashby’s upcoming book The Energy Prescription and why fundamentals beat biohacks --> coming in October 2026!!

If this conversation helps you, please subscribe & share it with someone who needs a steadier energy baseline, and leave a review so more people can find these tools. 🙏

More about today's guest & how to connect with her:

Jennifer Ashby is a leading doctor of East Asian medicine, board-certified and licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in San Francisco, California. She is the co-founder and one of the lead clinicians at the prominent Lotus Center, a senior acupuncturist at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health, and leading voice on integrative East Asian medicine and the role of Eastern medicine in lifestyle, disease, and epigenetics.

👉 Website: https://www.drjenniferashby.com/ 

👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjenashby/

👉 TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nRkzuN_j4o&t=3s

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Your immune system is not just your cold and flu defense. It is also your front line cancer prevention system, running immune surveillance every day to spot abnormal cells and clear them before they can take hold. 

This month we are diving deeper into immune support and in today's episode we are starting with what happens when that surveillance weakens.

We walk through how cancer can start from normal cells that accumulate DNA damage, fail to repair, and avoid apoptosis. Then we zoom out to the real question so many people are asking: why does immune function get impaired in the first place?

Here's some of what we're covering today:

• why immune surveillance is a key defense against recurrence risk
• how sugar intake can directly suppress immune function for hours
• ultra processed foods, inflammation, and microbiome disruption
• alcohol patterns that lower immune response including binge drinking
• chronic stress, cortisol, and reduced immune surveillance
• sleep deprivation and disrupted circadian rhythm as immune suppressors
• the emotional trauma link to longer term immune suppression
• how chronic infection and chronic irritation can create a cancer friendly environment
• plus simple self assessment & monitoring options

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A lump. A blunt doctor visit. Surgery scheduled days later. Brandon Weaver’s testicular cancer story starts fast, and what he did after recovery is even more interesting: he built a realistic system for reducing toxic load and supporting detox that he’s kept up for years. 

In today's episode I sit down with Brandon to talk through what “surveillance” really looks like over time, how he stays diligent without spiraling, and why learning from the medical exam itself shaped his own self-check habits. 

We break down the food, home, and habit changes he actually maintains five years later and how he stays consistent through discomfort.

Here's some of what we're covering:

• Brandon’s diagnosis story and rapid surgery timeline
• Surveillance plan basics including markers and imaging
• Self-check routines and learning from clinician exams
• Organic produce priorities & reading ingredient labels
• Switching from nonstick cookware to stainless steel
• Water filtration & air purification at home and cost-saving strategies
• Choosing organic cotton essentials closest to skin
• Swapping personal care and cleaning products
• Quarterly fasting-mimicking approach for cellular cleanup
• Infrared sauna habit stacking with binders and dry brushing
Plus so much more!

If you’re ready to make one smart change instead of chasing perfection, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs motivation, and leave a review with the one habit you’re committing to next.

👉 Resources mentioned on today's episode:

1- Environmental Working Group

2- Pact Organic Clothing

3- AirDoctor Air Filter

4- Hydroviv Water Filter

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Detox isn’t a product you buy or a weekend cleanse you “power through.” It’s the quiet, daily work of keeping your body’s drainage systems open so inflammation and toxins don’t linger, recirculate, and add to your cancer risk over time. 

In today's episode we break down the six core detoxification pathways in a simple, practical way: lymph, liver, kidneys, colon, skin, and lungs. You’ll learn what each pathway is responsible for, what “sluggish” can feel like in real life, and the most effective habits to support healthy detox function. 

Here's some of what we're covering:

• the sink analogy for toxic burden and why backups happen
• lymph basics, signs of sluggish flow, and the best ways to move lymph
• how to better support the liver with diet
• strategies to enhance elimination through the gut, kidneys, & skin
• why stress and poor sleep slow detox, plus emotional and energetic “inputs” to clean up
• fasting basics + when supplements may help, including binders and targeted support based on labs and genetics
• putting it all together into a simple daily plan

👉 Resources mentioned on today's episode:

1- Environmental Working Group

2- The Healing Accelerator Spring Detox Challenge

3- Episode 2: Why Cancer Grows

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Your “clean” routine might be spotless in the kitchen and still toxic in the first aid drawer. We’re zooming in on one of the most overlooked cancer prevention strategies: lowering toxic burden from the products we rub into our skin when we’re burned, itchy, scraped up, breaking out, or just trying to “stay clean.”

In today's episode I'm joined by Jodi Scott, founder and CEO of Green Goo, a plant-based first aid and herbal wellness company. We are talking all about plant-based alternatives that support the skin microbiome, calm inflammation, and help the body stop “swimming upstream.”

Here's some of what we're covering:

• why first aid products can be a major source of toxic exposure
• parabens, petroleum, phthalates, and endocrine disruptors on skin
• how the skin connects to the nervous system and immune regulation
• why the skin microbiome matters for inflammation, odor, and repair
• using skin as a “nutrition portal” with supportive botanicals
• why stopping soap can help rebuild the skin barrier and hydration
• Green Goo First Aid as a multi-use salve for cuts, bites, blisters, and more
• Skin Repair for burns, scars, eczema-prone skin, and radiation sensitivity

If this conversation changes the way you think about skincare, detox pathways, and non-toxic living, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

More about today's guest & how to connect with her:

Jodi Scott is the founder and CEO of Green Goo, a plant-based first aid and herbal wellness company rooted in traditional herbal medicine and modern science. With a background in biology and health psychology, she focuses on the connection between skin health, immune regulation, and reducing toxic burden. Jodi is passionate about helping families create safer, non-toxic home environments that support the body’s natural healing processes.

👉 Website: https://www.greengoo.com/ 

👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greengoohelps/ 

👉 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greengoohelps

👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenGooHelps

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