I’m here today for a fascinating conversation with Matt Maruca who is a researcher, a teacher, and an entrepreneur in the field of photobiology, or the study of how light affects health. After suffering from poor health and chronic fatigue since the age of 14, Matt chose to skip the beaten path of higher education …

301: How to Use Light to Drastically Improve Health With Matt Maruca

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Olga StevkoWhat resilience is and why it is important Common traits of people who are resilient What kinds of things can lower our resilience How the language we use toward ourselves and our children can impact us drasticallyA way to become the observer in a situation to shift focus and become more resilientWays to cultivate resilience with small daily practicesHow resilience can help us when we go through difficult situationsResources We MentionDr. Olga Stevko - website

How to Become More Resilient and Release Unconscious Programs with Dr. Olga Stevko

Episode Highlights With Dr. Olga StevkoWhat emotional intelligence is and how it affects all areas of lifeWe need to be able to feel to have emotional intelligenceWhat happens when people feel too little or too muchProblems that can arise if someone has very high emotional intelligenceWays to improve emotional intelligence How unconscious programs are formed from trauma and life events or passed geneticallyWhat mirror neurons are and how they can be helpfulHow pets can help with emotional intelligenceWays to deal with unconscious programming Her term: what artificial emotional intelligence isHow she helps people with the unconscious level without using hypnosisGenetic trauma and how it can affect the unconscious level without you even being aware of itResources We MentionDr. Olga Stevko - website

How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence to Improve Your Life With Dr. Olga Stevko

Episode Highlights With VeronicaHow we can befriend our bodies and nervous systems to help create the life we wantThe pitfalls that women especially can fall into when it comes to nervous system healthHow this relates to reproductive health, especially for womenDeeper nervous system healing that goes beyond just affirmations and talkingHow to make amends with your body and start to signal safetyWays to build a nervous system healthy environment in our homes and teach our kids good nervous system habits from a young ageHow to integrate nervous system health into your whole dayWhat co-regulation is and how to create it with your partner and kidsResources We MentionVeronica Rottman - websiteVeronica Rottman - Instagram

How Your Nervous System Can Help Create the Life You Want With Veronica Rottman

Episode Highlights With VeronicaWhat somatic healing isThe way this ties into nervous system healingSomatics is a broad term that includes all things that mean healing through the bodyModalities that are included in somatic healing What somatic experiencing isHow we can use the body to help resolve trauma and promote mental wellnessWhat polyvagal theory is and why it is important 80% of thoughts, emotions, and experiences are moving from the body upWhy nervous system healing isn’t just deciding not to be stressed… we have to show our bodies that we are safeWhat the “four Fs” are and why they matter: Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn A ventral vagal state is a state of safetyHow to build capacity for safety in the nervous systemResources We MentionVeronica Rottman - website

Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System Healing with Veronica Rottman

Episode Highlights With Dr. MinaHow hormone changes affect the skinWhy the skin changes at menopause and what to do about itThe reason menopause isn’t a bigger part of the conversation Why acne can happen again in menopause The reason hair loss happens sometimes during menopauseWhat to know about different skincare procedures Procedures that can be helpful and what to avoid (plus risks and downsides)At-home devices that work and ones to avoidResources We MentionThe Skin RealMito Red Light

301: How to Use Light to Drastically Improve Health With Matt Maruca

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