Love & Guts

#246 Angela Carroll is a sought after Business, Speaking and Performance coach, helping Natural Health Care Practitioners to grow and scale their business without the burnout. Angela has worked in the Natural Medicine industry for three decades. She has run her own Practice and trained and educated over 10,000 Natural Health Care Practitioners on evidence -based Natural Medicine and how to run a successful Practice for the past 18 years in her role as a senior educator, speaker, podcaster and seminar and webinar host. Angela is a qualified Naturopath, Herbalist, Acupuncturist, in addition to being a full-time certified coach and NLP Master Practitioner and TimeLine therapist, and is an expert and creating programs. Helping Practitioners to grow a business they love, feel confident in, and attract clients who pay, stay and refer is an ongoing passion.

• The different challenges that health practitioners face and the patterns they follow
• The different levels of practitioner and practice growth
• The challenges that are common at each of these levels
• solutions for these challenges
• How practitioners can engage clients into doing what it takes to get results
• And so much more

#245 Dr. Paula Smith-Brown is the Clinical Science Lead at Microba and an Adjunct Lecturer at Centre for Microbiome Research at The Queensland University of Technology. She is a PhD qualified Accredited Practising Dietitian who combines her experience as a microbiome researcher and healthcare professional to translate the latest science on the gut microbiome into practical clinical application.

In this episode we cover

• How microbial dysbiosis plays a role in IBS
• If the microbiome is different in those with IBS
• The impact a low FODMAP diet has on the microbiome
• FODMAP food reintroduction. How to tackle this if a patient has been on a low fodmap diet for some time
• If we can predict a response to a low FODMAP diet based on microbiome
• Strategies and interventions
• And so much more

#244 Georgia is a naturopath and nutritionist with 17 years' experience who's clinical practice specialises in women's health, particularly hormone imbalance and fertility and conception issues as well as pregnancy and postpartum support.

She has a Masters in Human Nutrition, Bachelor of Health Science (Comp Med) and Advanced Diploma in Health Science (Naturopathy, Nutrition, Herbal Medicine) and has also completed post graduate training in Women's Health with Dr Andrew Orr and is part of The Experts Group specialising in PCOS, Endometriosis and Fertility.

• An overview of iron metabolism
• What hepcidin is
• General factors that affect how hepcidin works or doesn't work in the body
• How hepcidin and iron metabolism change over the menstrual cycle in reproductive-aged women
• General factors and women-specific clinical considerations that need to be considered when looking at women's iron status
• When the best time is to test and how do we dose effectively
• And so much more

#243 Dr Azita Moradi is the Founder and CEO of Freed (www.freed.global), an organisation dedicated to assisting individuals and teams develop sustainable resilience and well-being strategies to thrive in complexity. Dr. Azita Moradi is a graduate of Monash University and is a fellow the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She is also an adjunct senior lecturer at Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences.

Dr. Moradi gathers part of her knowledge and experience from her own life story. She grew up in Iran during the political turmoil of the Islamic revolution and the Iran-Iraq war. After arriving in Australia as a teenager, she had to negotiate a completely different culture and language at a critical time in her development as she entered Year 12.

Dr. Moradi also draws on over 21 years of experience as a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, medical practitioner, lecturer, coach, and consultant to produce outstanding results for individuals, teams, and organisations. Over the years she provided advice and expertise in the areas of interpersonal dynamics, resilience, personal mastery, and flourishing in the face of adversity and challenge. Her experience has on more than one occasion saved her life as well as the lives of others!

Over the last 12 years, she has worked as a Medical Examiner providing expert opinion and assessments on individuals' mental health and wellbeing, resilience, and capacity to work in periods of transitions and changes in a variety of organisations, including state and federal government.

In this episode we cover

• Why Azita has a deep passion for caring for the health practitioner or carers
• How the Covid 19 pandemic has impacted mental health
• Positives that have come out of this experience for many
• Strategies to improve resilience and cultivate joy in complex times
• The importance of perspective and if it can be taught
• Why the health practitioner needs to be aware of their own triggers and self care and how this can influence our treatments
• So much more

#242 Gabriela Rosa is a world-renowned fertility specialist, reproductive health educator, and sexuality researcher. Since 2001, Gabriela and her team of clinicians blend evidence-based science into a holistic, supportive, education-focused approach to fertility treatment. Her proven and effective methodology delivers a 78.8% live birth rate even when other treatments have previously failed.

In 2021, Gabriela launched the TalkSex™ with Gabriela Rosa podcast to educate and explore through holistic conversations with other researchers and experts the world of desire, pleasure, and satisfaction, aiming to create a new path of self-discovery for those on and off the fertility journey.

In this episode we cover

• What inspired you to start the podcast "Talk Sex"
• Sexual challenges couples face when trying to conceive, particularly when the journey has not been easy.
• The emotional and psychological consequences
• What the research states about sex when trying to conceive
• Strategies to help keep sex fresh, loving, less heavy, and fun and to preserve the relationship
• And so much more

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#241 Dr Michael Breus is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Clinical Sleep Disorders and is one of only 160 psychologists in the world with his credentials and distinction.

In addition to his private practice, he not only treats athletes and celebrities, Dr. Breus also trains other sleep doctors and consults with major airlines, hotel chains, mattress manufacturers and retailers to provide the optimum sleep experience for their customers.

For over 14 years, Dr. Breus has served as the Sleep Expert for WebMD which includes a monthly column called "Sleep Matters". Dr. Breus also writes The Insomnia Blog and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, MedPedia, Organized Wisdom, and Furniture Today.

With more than a dozen appearances on The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Breus has been dubbed a "Sleep Expert" and holds a seat on his Clinical Advisory Board. Additionally, Dr. Breus' audio relaxation CD, created for Crown Plaza Hotels, helps millions of people fall asleep each year.

In this episode we cover

• How the book Energize came to be. Now this is an interesting story
• What energy is and what types exist
• How knowing your power profile: Body Type + Chronotype can be useful when wanting to improve energy and optimal health
• What emotional energy is and what are energy vampires
• Strategies to optimise your energy. Such as the daily 5 x 5
• When should the diff chronotypes have sex/ masturbate
• And so much more

#240 Dr Jason Hawrelak is a research scientist, educator, naturopath, and Western herbalist with more than 18 years of clinical experience. Jason practices at Goulds Natural Medicine, a 136-year-old natural medicine apothecary, and clinic located in central Hobart. He did his Honours and PhD degrees examining the causes of dysbiosis and the capacity of probiotics, prebiotics, and herbal medicines to modify the gut microbiome and has written extensively in the medical literature on these topics – including 16 textbook chapters.

He is on the Medical Nutrition Council of the American Society for Nutrition and was recently awarded a Fellowship from the American College of Nutrition for his significant contributions to the teaching and practice of nutrition in Australia and North America. Jason is also a Fellow of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia. He is Chief Research Officer at ProbioticAdvisor.com, which offers a searchable database that enables easy, evidence-based prescribing of probiotic products and online resources for clinicians, and health-conscious members of the public, to learn more about the human microbiome and how they can positively influence these ecosystems.

• What is diverticula, diverticulosis, diverticulitis and diverticular disease
• Common causes of diverticulosis and why it might progress to diverticulitis or diverticular disease
• How to differentiate between Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Symptomatic uncomplicated DD (SUDD)
• The link between cardiovascular health and diverticular disease
• We address what diet may help support those experiencing these conditions and this includes eliminating old beliefs associated with diet
• What are our main treatment aims
• And so much more
• I highly recommend Jason's practitioner training on this subject Diverticular Disease: New Concepts in its Pathophysiology and Treatment

#239 Dr Victoria Sampson obtained her Bachelor in Dental Surgery from Barts and the London, where she was also chosen to represent the UK in a four month training program at the renowned Karolinska Institute in Sweden. She then completed her Foundation Training in central London, ranking in the top 100 newly qualified dentist in the country. Victoria pays particular attention to the connection between the mouth and the rest of the body, and sees the mouth as a mirror of general health. She uses biomarkers and inflammatory markers in her work to diagnose and monitor patient throughout their treatment, often working with other specialties to treat patients as a whole.Victoria takes a preventative approach to dentistry, attempting to make treatment as minimally invasive as possible.

Victoria has been at the forefront of change in dentistry, by undertaking research projects in multiple fields of dentistry and taking a special interest in the relationship between the mouth and the body. She has published numerous papers both in the UK and internationally, with her most recent publication in the British Dental Journal being the most cited and viewed article ever published. In both 2019 and 2020, Victoria has been recognised for her achievements, as one of the finalists for the award for Best Young Dentist in England by the Private Dentistry Awards as well as winning best Young Dentist Award by the British Endodontic Society in 2019. She has also won the national prizes from the British Society of Dental Maxillofacial Radiology and the Association of British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons for her research. Victoria has successfully acquired the Diploma of Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties from the Royal College of Surgeons (England), and is currently completing her diploma in Facial Aesthetics as well as Restorative Dentistry.

• How the mouth is a mirror to the rest of the body
• How the oral microbiome is linked to various conditions such as diabetes, cvs disease, alzheimers, obesity, SLE, RA, ulcerative colitis/ chron's, fertility and erectile dysfunction
• What changes the environment of the mouth; thus the oral microbiome
• We discuss mercury fillings and the controversy that surrounds
• Victoria expands on her research between COVID19 and oral microbiome/ oral health
• We discuss practical strategies to maintain optimal oral health and to keep pathogens at bay
• And so much more

#238 Kelly Brogan, M.D. is a holistic psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, Own Your Self, the children's book, A Time For Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression. She is the founder of the online healing program Vital Mind Reset, and the membership community, Vital Life Project. She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College, and has a B.S. from M.I.T. in Systems Neuroscience. She is specialized in a root-cause resolution approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms.

In this episode we cover

• What is Kelly's perception of the label "mentally ill"
• • What's a different lens with which we can view illness
• The Five Psychiatric "Pretenders" that we need to be aware of
• What it means to be woke
• • Kelly shares her spiritual awakening
• What spiritual bypassing is and the consequences of it
• How we can lead from the heart/soul during such challenging times
• And so much more

#237 Georgia is a naturopath and nutritionist with 17 years' experience who's clinical practice specialises in women's health, particularly hormone imbalance and fertility and conception issues as well as pregnancy and postpartum support.

She has a Masters in Human Nutrition, Bachelor of Health Science (Comp Med) and Advanced Diploma in Health Science (Naturopathy, Nutrition, Herbal Medicine) and has also completed post graduate training in Women's Health with Dr Andrew Orr and is part of The Experts Group specialising in PCOS, Endometriosis and Fertility.

In this episode we cover

• What are the 4 phases of the female menstrual cycle
• What are the hormonal changes that occur in each phase
• How does oestrogen and progesterone affect histamine
• What are the immunological and microbiome changes that occur in each phase
• What other gut changes (beyond microbiome) occur
• What are imbalances/pathologies that can occur with each of these and how do they present in the female clinically
• How does histamine intolerance / imbalances /MCAS particularly affect females clinically (pre-, peri- and post-menopause)
• Strategies that clinicians need to consider: immunological (focussed on histamine) imbalances in relation to female health?
• And so much more