Happy Bones, Happy Life

“For mild depression, or acute short-term depression, there are so many things that you can or should do as opposed to going on antidepressants” 

-Achina Stein, DO

Dr. Achina Stein is author of What If It's NOT Depression? Your Guide to Finding Answers and Solutions. 

She is a board-certified psychiatrist and has been in practice for 25 plus years. Propelled by her son’s health crisis in 2010, she found functional medicine which resolved all his mental health problems as well as her own. She has a busy private practice called Functional Mind LLC in Riverside, RI where she sees patients for functional medicine primarily but also sees patients for psychotherapy.

She is a certified practitioner of the Institute for Functional Medicine, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and was awarded the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award by NAMI-RI in 2008. She is a former Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

She has a companion program to her book called What If It’s Not Depression? Bootcamp provides an alternative to medication for people with chronic mild depression-like symptoms that do not respond to antidepressant medications and will be offering an SSRI tapering course soon. In this interview, Dr. Stein discusses depression and what can be done from a functional medicine perspective. She gives us great information to help ourselves and others.

Links:

• Dr. Achina’s What If It’s Not Depression Bootcamp to resolve the symptoms of depression without medication- make sure to mention her episode of Happy Bones Happy Life!
• Dr. Achina’s website - www.achinasteindo.com
• Register for my Natural Approaches to Osteoporosis and Bone Health Summit!

Timestamps:

[03:47] Correcting the terminology surrounding depression- 100 more accurate words

[17:20] Psychiatric evaluations and antidepressants: what goes wrong

[23:51] Depression root causes

[33:21] What If It’s Not Depression Bootcamp

[42:51] Hope for those needing help

The Happy Bones, Happy Life Podcast is hosted by Margie Bissinger, a Physical Therapist and Integrative Health Coach. For nearly twenty years she has devoted herself to helping women with osteoporosis. Margie would love to help you discover your path to the best, healthiest version of yourself.

During this podcast series, Margie will share many natural approaches to optimizing and strengthening your bones while at the same time increasing your happiness and reducing your stress. Expect to learn from leading experts on what you can do to make sure you have healthy bones throughout your life. From exercise to nutrition, mental health to happiness, toxins to stress reduction, we bring you on an incredible journey to live your best life!

DISCLAIMER – The information presented on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. It is not intended to replace consultation with your physician or healthcare provider. The ideas shared on this podcast are the expressed opinions of the guests and do not always reflect those of Margie Bissinger and the Happy Bones, Happy Life program.

“Everybody can be a gardener. It's healthy to get our hands in our soil and build our immune system.” 

-Katie Oglesby, Garden Girl

Katie Oglesby is a certified health coach and known as the Garden Girl. She creates gardens that make it fun and easy to elevate your home, garden, diet, and life! She teaches people how to grow and use their freshly harvested ingredients in their home-cooked meals

As a garden designer and a certified health coach, Katie’s specialty is designing beautiful gardens that help her clients and their families reach their health and lifestyle goals.

Katie believes that gardens truly are a way to heal your body, clear your mind, nourish your soul, and love your life. In this inspiring interview, Katie gives fabulous tips on ways to get maximum benefits from gardening.

Links:

• Free herb and tea guide https://fabulous-creator-9641.ck.page/544ef57733 
• Katie’s website - https://katieoglesby.com/

Timestamps:

[01:37] How Katie got her start in gardening

[06:50] How your garden can thrive in cold weather

[15:12] Storing your food in the winter

[20:24] Preparing for your garden in all seasons

[27:25] The role of a garden coach

Margie Bissinger, MS, PT, CHC is a physical therapist, integrative health coach, and happiness trainer.  Margie has over 25 years of experience helping people with osteoporosis and osteopenia improve their bone health through an integrative comprehensive approach. She is the author of Osteoporosis: An Exercise Guide and the host of the Natural Approaches to Osteoporosis and Bone Health Summit that starts on January 17th.

Margie has lectured to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, hospitals, and women’s groups throughout the country. She has been featured in the New York Times, Menopause Management, OB GYN New sand contributed to numerous health and fitness books.

Natural Approaches to Osteoporosis and Bone Health Summit -

https://bonehealth.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=22547

“I recommend that caretakers take a break. Even if it's for 5 minutes, you will be able to be more focused and present with the person you’re caring for.”

-Mary Elaine Petrucci 

Mary Elaine Petrucci is a speech-language pathologist who has been working for over twenty years with children and adults working in schools, home care, hospitals, nursing homes, and memory care settings as well as independent and assisted living facilities. She has an MBA in Healthcare Management from Boston University.

As part of the “sandwich generation'', she assisted her parents in choosing qualified home healthcare services that matched their needs as well as finding a quality adult day care program and providing financial support to meet their social and emotional needs. During this process, she realized that there are huge groups of people seeking guidance around their parents’ healthcare and wellness as they retire in record numbers daily! Mary-Elaine has decided to assist these family caregivers just as she did her own parents

Mary Elaine is the host of the health and wellness podcast Caregiver Cast. She is launching a Caregiver Conference and has an ongoing Facebook group full of resources, expert information and interviews for caregivers. In today’s episode, we discuss tools and strategies caregivers can use to be prepared, reduce stress, and help those they love.

Links:

• Caregiver Conference (free and virtual) https://tinyurl.com/happycaregiver
• Website: https://maryelainepetrucci.com

“What we all want is to have some inspiration and empowerment about the ability to take care of ourselves.”

-Dr. Wendie Trubow

Dr. Wendie Trubow is a functional medicine gynecologist. She received her M.D. from Tufts University in 2000 and has been practicing functional medicine since 2009. After all these years, she is still passionate about helping women optimize their health and their lives. Dr. Trubow believes that there are so many different challenges in a woman’s life: work, home, relationships, spirituality, health, and they all matter. Her personal struggles with mold and metal toxicity, Celiac disease, and a variety of other health issues inspired her to coauthor with her husband her new book, Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great, and Feel Freaking Amazing. In this episode, we discuss common toxins that affect our bones and overall health and where to start cleansing ourselves from them. Stay tuned for this powerful interview.

Links:

• Get Dr. Trubow’s free new book here!
• Website
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook

Timestamps:

[04:48] Exposure to toxins/lead and their effect on bones

[12:22] Where do you begin your detox journey?

[16:11] 3 Hot Tips to cleanse your lifestyle

[23:44] Toxic products and deceiving advertising

[28:13] Can you heal your autoimmune disorders?

DISCLAIMER – The information presented on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. It is not intended to replace consultation with your physician or healthcare provider. The ideas shared on this podcast are the expressed opinions of the guests and do not always reflect those of Margie Bissinger and the Happy Bones, Happy Life program.

“Hydration is the single most important thing you can do to treat and prevent chronic disease.”

-Dana Cohen, MD

Dr. Dana Cohen is an internal medicine physician who has spent her career practicing integrative medicine. She has helped thousands of patients find relief from a variety of health problems utilizing the principles of integrative and functional medicine She focuses on nutrition and limits her patients’ reliance on prescription medications by using diet, lifestyle changes, and nutritional supplementation. Her first book “Quench” with coauthor Gina Bria has garnered rave reviews and has a cult following of devotees. It has been published in six languages. In this episode, Dr. Dana explains the importance of hydration for our health, how we can tell if we are dehydrated, how much water we really need, and what are the best ways to increase hydration. Listen and learn how improving your hydration can be life-changing.

Links: 

• Dr. Cohen’s book: Quench
• Website 
• Instagram 

Timestamps:

[04:29] What is the 4th phase of water?

[09:28] The symptoms of dehydration you might not know

[14:20] Is herbal tea hurting your hydration?

[16:38] Fascia and its connection to hydration in the body

[26:18] Ways to "eat" your water

[32:18] Tips to maintain your hydration

DISCLAIMER – The information presented on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. It is not intended to replace consultation with your physician or healthcare provider. The ideas shared on this podcast are the expressed opinions of the guests and do not always reflect those of Margie Bissinger and the Happy Bones, Happy Life program.

“Your hormones are the most important regulators in your body, so stop thinking about them superfluously.”

-Kyrin Dunston, MD

After discovering the hidden cause of midlife weight gain and fatigue in women, OB/GYN Dr. Kyrin Dunston lost a life-changing 100 lbs. and fixed her adrenal fatigue.  A pioneer of female hormonal justice, Dr. Kyrin founded the Midlife Metabolism Institute and The Hormone Club, to provide women of every age access to what she calls hormonal freedom regardless of their location.  Dr. Kyrin has been featured on CBS, NBC, Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, First for Woman, Best Self & More. In today’s interview, Dr. Kyrin discusses her perspective from being both a traditionally trained OB/GYN and functional medicine specialist on the importance of hormone balance during menopause and beyond. She will also tell you about the Stop the Menopause Madness Summit she is hosting.

Link

• *Stop the Menopause Madness Summit https://tinyurl.com/stopmenopausemadness  

Timestamps

[01:33] Dr. Kyrin’s struggles with perimenopause- and what ended up working

[10:21] How to not resign yourself to a life of discomfort

[16:17] A look into hormone balancing tests

[25:32] Where to start in environmental changes

[31:32] Why you shouldn’t be afraid of estrogen

[35:07] More about the Stop the Menopause Madness Summit

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"You can use science to help your child's brain and body function optimally so that they can one day find their imbalances and fix it themselves." - Dr. Madiha Saeed

Madiha Saeed, MD, also known as HolisticMom, MD on social media,  is a practicing board-certified family physician in the USA, health influencer, international speaker. She is a best-selling author of the book The Holistic Rx: Your Guide to Healing Chronic Inflammation and Disease and her children’s book series. She has two new books launching in November: The Holistic Rx for Kids: Parenting Healthy Children to Save Our Future empowering the world towards healthier living and  Adam’s Healing Adventures: The Power of Rainbow Foods. 

Dr. Saeed is the president of The International Institute of Islamic and the director of education for Documenting Hope and KnoWEwell. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in health and wellness. Dr. Saeed's children host "The Holistic Kids' Show" podcast helping kids empower and educate other kids. In today’s interview, Dr. Saeed discusses what we can do to improve the health and well-being of our children, grandchildren, and future generations. You don’t want to miss these valuable tips. 

Links:

• The Holistic Rx for Kids: Parenting Healthy Brains and Bodies in a Changing World- Released on November 11, 2021 (pre-order now!)
• Adam’s Healing Adventures: The Power of Rainbow Foods-Released on November 18, 2021 (pre-order now!)
• Dr. Saeed’s website

Timestamps:

[02:36] Dr. Madiha’s wake-up call

[06:54] What is influencing our poor decision making?

[09:52] The factors for pediatric inflammation

[13:46] Educating children on the power of mindfulness and healthy eating

[26:18] The Holistic Rx for Kids: 5 Books in one

“My takeaway: just dance! It's fun, and makes you feel good.” -Penelope Wasserman

Penelope is an osteoporosis exercise specialist who has been teaching Pilates with modifications for special needs populations for 20 years. She developed the Million Dollar Bones program in 2011 to help prevent osteoporosis. She believes that knowledge is power and that the consequences of learning healthy lifestyle habits at a young age will make significant positive impacts on their lives and futures. In today’s talk Penelope is going to tell us about Skeletoning, a fun, weight bearing class that uses music and dance to help build strong bones.

Links

- Skeletoning class – THIS Thursday at 12:00 pm EST https://happymehappylife.mykajabi.com/offers/LwkiLRRg?coupon_code=HAPPYDANCE

Timestamps

[01:27] What is Skeletoning?

[07:29] This helpful bone tool- that you can find at a nail salon!

[11:00] Other bones that may be neglected when exercising

[13:14] What to do when you don't have enough time to exercise

[16:12] Penelope's Skeletoning class this Thursday 10/21!

"Always challenge your bone and your muscle strength. If you're not progressing, you're regressing." -Dr. Sherri Betz

Dr. Sherri Betz is a physical therapist and Pilates teacher specializing in osteoporosis, geriatric orthopedics, and mind-body exercise applications for rehabilitation. She is the director of TheraPilates® Physical Therapy Clinics in Santa Cruz, CA and Monroe, LA. She is a frequent international conference presenter and hosts streaming lectures, bone-safe movement classes, and webinars. I have known Sherri for many years and she is the person who teaches the physical therapists, doctors, and health care practitioners about the importance of exercise and osteoporosis and has increased the awareness of safe, effective exercises throughout the world.

In today’s episode, Sherri talks about and demonstrates safe bone-building exercises you can do at home. She also shows you how you can use simple household items instead of buying expensive equipment. You don’t want to miss this interview full of great exercises and ideas to help you with your bone-strengthening program.

Links:

• Sherri’s Free Week Gift
• Therapilates® (use coupon code Happy)
• Sherri's previous podcast episode- Episode 18 

Timestamps:

[02:29] Using household items for easy equipment

[11:42] Sherri's transition into strength training with demonstrations

[15:00] Learning how to build your bones

[19:01] Sherri's offer for the community! (link below)

[21:45] What results will you see with this program?