In this episode of the In Search of Sovereignty Podcast, I talk with Carrie Bennett, Quantum Health Educator & Clinician (@carriebwellness on social media) about circadian rhythm and just how important our "light environment" is for our overall health.

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Every process in our bodies is dictated by light signals in our environment. All of our hormones, including all the sex hormones like pregnenolone,  testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone, the hormones for alertness like cortisol and adrenaline, the thyroid hormones and ATP production, the sleep hormone melatonin, the energy and fat regulation hormones leptin and insulin, the mood and reward system regulation hormones serotonin and dopamine, and literally ALL other hormones in the body are produced based on the body's biological clock - which is informed by light signals throughout the day. 

Infrared at sunrise and sunset, UVA light at mid-morning and mid-afternoon, UVB light during mid-day (UVB is NOT bad for us, it's an important signal that we need and safe exposure to it has been shown to increase testosterone levels) are all crucial signals that tell our brain what chemical processes to do and when. 

Light affects digestion, it tells our bodies when we should be eating versus when we should be sleeping. It affects fertility in a major way, due to the impact it has on our hormones. We say "circadian rhythm health," but in reality, circadian rhythm health = overall health. It majorly affects our sleep quality - without light in your eyes in the morning, your bodies doesn't start building up tryptophan, which gets converted into serotonin throughout the day, which then gets converted into melatonin at night. Without adequate light exposure, there isn't enough melatonin to trigger sleepiness. This is further exacerbated by exposure to biologically disruptive artificial blue lights at inappropriate times throughout the day. 

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram

In this captivating conversation, Ginny Yurich, a mom of five, podcast host, author, speaker, and founder of 1000 Hours Outside shares her remarkable journey towards redefining childhood through nature play. She introduces us to the revolutionary concept of spending 1000 hours outside each year, a movement inspired by Charlotte Mason's insights and backed by solid research.

Whether you're a seasoned nature enthusiast or new to the idea of spending more time outdoors, this episode will inspire you to rethink how your family engages with the world. Join us in rediscovering the joy of outdoor play!

Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:05 What is 1000 Hours Outside?
00:07:29 When did you decide to start the movement?
00:08:52 Screen time statistics for children
00:11:28 How Outdoors Time Improves Cognition in Children
00:17:03 Negative Ions in Nature
00:19:07 Easy Ways to Get More Time Outside
00:22:17 Improved Mental Health for Teenagers
00:25:49 Raising Kids to Want to Be Outside
00:30:04 Advice for New and Prospective Parents
00:32:59 Live Your Life with Your Kids
00:37:27 Public School Takes Too Much Time from Childhood
00:43:32 Homeschooling Resources

Links:
Books mentioned:
Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children by Angela Hanscom: https://rb.gy/75ke6
Blue Zones, The: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (The Blue Zones) by Dan Buettner: https://rb.gy/kjr2g
Free to Learn by Peter Gray: https://rb.gy/jsck2
Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--and Why It Matters by Linda Flanagan: https://rb.gy/vwdje
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto: https://shorturl.at/rxIJU

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram

In this episode, I interview Natalie Ashker Seevers, Executive Director of TN Local Food, and discuss her mission to make high quality food more widely accessible.

Unlocking the Secrets of Sustainable Agriculture: Journey From Conventional to Regenerative Growing Practices

🌱 Unearth the critical differences between conventional and regenerative agriculture, revealing the path to a more sustainable food system.

Main Topics Explored:

Embracing Regenerative Agriculture: Diving into the core tenets of regenerative farming, focusing on practices that enhance soil health, biodiversity, and natural fertilization.

Challenging Conventional Agriculture Myths: Questioning the notion of "conventional" farming and shedding light on the historical roots of regenerative practices among indigenous communities.

Navigating Transition Challenges: Unveiling the complexities that farmers face when transitioning from conventional to regenerative methods, including economic and resource hurdles.

Questioning Corporate Influence: Examining the impact of agribusiness corporations on shaping farming practices and the agricultural landscape.

Defining Food Sovereignty: Grasping the concept of food sovereignty, where communities reclaim control over their food systems and promote sustainable, localized production.

Reconnecting with Nature: Discussing the disconnection between modern urban life and nature, causing people to be unaware of their role in environmental stewardship.

Unpacking Industrial Impacts: Delving into the consequences of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and their effects on ecosystems, health, and local communities.

Fostering Community Awareness: Highlighting the need for educating and collaborating among farmers, consumers, and communities to foster positive change in agriculture.

Building a Sustainable Future: Engaging in the larger conversation about transitioning toward a more regenerative, community-based food system that works with the environment instead of against it.

Embark on this enlightening exploration of agricultural practices, sustainability, and the transformative potential of reconnecting with the land.

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram

Dr. Catherine Clinton is a licensed naturopathic physician focusing on gut health, autoimmune disorders, and psychoneuroimmunology. After being diagnosed with multiple autoimmune disorders in college, Catherine dove down the rabbit hole of quantum health and hasn't looked back since. In this episode, we answer the following questions: 

Quantum Biology
- What is quantum biology?

Structured Water
- What is structured water, what is its role within the body, and why is it important?
- What is the difference between structured water in drinking water versus the structured water inside the body?
- How do we create structured in the body? How can we help the water in the EZ zones become structured?
- Do grounding and infrared light help to structure water in the body?

Mitochondrial Health
- What is our mitochondria? 
- How do mitochondria work? 
- How do electrons move throughout the body?
- Can mitochondria be repaired?
- How does mitochondria produce ATP?
- What is redox potential?
- How to increase redox potential?
- How do mitochondria produce reactive oxygen species?

Fascia
- What is fascia? How is our fascia piezoelectric?
- How to heal tight, unhealthy fascia naturally?
- How does massage release fascia and increase infrared energy in the body?
- How does damaged fascia create inflammation?
- How does yoga heal fascia and increase redox potential?

Heart Coherence
- What is heart rate variability? 
- Join us in a guided heart coherence meditation!
- HeartMath institute's work on heart rate variability and heart coherence

Actions and Insights:
- How can we think of health as a relationship with nature, not just as a checklist of items to do on a daily basis?
- What common elements of the modern world are damaging our mitochondrial health the most?
- How do we avoid the negative effects of non-native EMFs?

Show Notes:
- Gerald Pollack's work on structured water: https://www.pollacklab.org/
- HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/

Links:
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems: http://livepristine.com/?afmc=2pc
- Perfect Supplements Hydrolyzed Collagen Powder: https://www.perfectsupplements.com/Perfect-Hydrolyzed-Collagen-p/ps-collagen.htm?Click=62e07beec18d3&a_bid=9c0630e5

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram

What does it mean to be "embodied?" We, as modern humans, often find ourselves stuck in cycles of "fight or flight" mode, with our nervous systems unable to ever really relax. How can we use breath as a tool to turn off the sympathetic nervous system response and restore ourselves to the parasympathetic state of "rest and digest?" Lastly, women all over the world are experiencing a renaissance of divine femininity, have you felt the calling, too?

Show Notes:

• Wim Hof: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/
• Joe Dispenza: https://drjoedispenza.com/
• Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine: https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Tiger-Healing-Peter-Levine/dp/155643233X
• The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypothesis-Finding-Modern-Ancient/dp/0465028020
• Breath by James Nestor: https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/0735213615

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram

This is part 2 of episode 2: Quantum Health with Carly Rose! What is structured water? What does circadian rhythm have to do with your hormones? What is grounding, and why should you do it? How do positive thoughts affect your physical body? Why is it so important to view the sunrise? Am I really a living liquid crystal in an electrical body acting as an antenna that receives the signals of the universe all around me? The answer to the last one is: yes. For the answers to the other questions, listen on!

In this episode, Carly Rose (@rewildcarlyrose) and I talk about quantum health: what it is, how it affects you mentally and physically, and how to make small changes in your day-to-day life to be healthier on the quantum level. 

Show Notes Part 1:

• Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon: https://a.co/d/iTVTVlM
• Weston A Price Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: https://a.co/d/gygcbXW
• Raw milk finder (not comprehensive - go to your local farmer’s market!): https://www.realmilk.com/raw-milk-finder/
• Dr. Catherine Clinton on structured water: https://www.instagram.com/dr.catherineclinton/

Show Notes Part 2:

• Flexner Report: http://archive.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/pdfs/elibrary/Carnegie_Flexner_Report.pdf
• The Resonance Effect by Dr. Carol McMakin: https://www.amazon.com/Resonance-Effect-Frequency-Specific-Microcurrent/dp/1623171105
• “How The Oil Industry Conquered Medicine, Finance And Agriculture”: https://kindredmedia.org/2016/03/how-the-oil-industry-conquered-medicine-finance-and-agriculture/

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram

What is structured water? What does circadian rhythm have to do with your hormones? What is grounding, and why should you do it? How do positive thoughts affect your physical body? Why is it so important to view the sunrise? Am I really a living liquid crystal in an electrical body acting as an antenna that receives the signals of the universe all around me? The answer to the last one is: yes. For the answers to the other questions, listen on!

In this episode, Carly Rose (@rewildcarlyrose) and I talk about quantum health: what it is, how if affects you mentally and physically, and how to make small changes in your day-to-day life to be healthier on the quantum level. 

Show Notes:

• Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon: https://a.co/d/iTVTVlM
• Weston A Price Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: https://a.co/d/gygcbXW
• Raw milk finder (not comprehensive - go to your local farmer’s market!): https://www.realmilk.com/raw-milk-finder/
• Dr. Catherine Clinton on structured water: https://www.instagram.com/dr.catherineclinton/
• Frequency studies: https://frequencyspecific.com/papers-2/

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram

What do pineal glands, tap water, dentists, soil, and ayahuasca have in common?

In this episode, Erika Nolan and I talk about the journey to finding sovereignty through homesteading, homeschooling, permaculture, becoming a small business owner, cultivating authenticity online, and everything in between. We discuss health and wellness and how that extends beyond just the food you eat, we talk about pursuing your dreams, what it takes to start a business, how being truly connected with nature is the basis of self-awareness, and how the path forward for humanity lies in creating local economies and parallel structures. 

References:
- Quench by Dana Cohen: https://www.drdanacohen.com/Quench-Book
- The Creature from Jekyll Island, A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Creature-from-Jekyll-Island-Audiobook/B00DZUGWX6
- Check what's in your tap water: https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/
- Find a biological/holistic dentist: https://iaomt.org/

Links:
- Therasage Infrared Products Use code "SOVEREIGN" for 10% off your purchase!
- LivePristine structured water filtration systems
- Perfect Multi-Organs Powder, Nature's Multivitamin
- DefenderShield EMF-blocking gear
- My favorite blue light blocking glasses

Social Media:
- YouTube
- Instagram