Love & Guts

#226 Daniele Piomelli is Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry and Louise Turner Arnold Chair in Neurosciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). In addition, he is the director of the UCI Institute for the Study of Cannabis, a multidisciplinary research institute led by the UCI's Schools of Medicine and Law.

Daniele studied pharmacology and neuroscience with James H. Schwartz and Eric Kandel at Columbia University, and with Paul Greengard at Rockefeller University. Daniele is an author of more than 400 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Medicine, PNAS and Nature Neuroscience, three full-length books, and 34 patents. He co-founded the unit of drug discovery and development (D3) at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa (Italy) which he directed from 2007 to 2016, and the biopharmaceutical start-ups Kadmus Pharmaceuticals, NeoKera Therapeutics and Aspire Biosciences, all based on discoveries made in his lab.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, the only peer-reviewed journal entirely dedicated to the study of cannabis, its derivatives, and their endogenous counterparts in the human body.

In this episode we cover

• History of human use of cannabis
• Why we have an endocannabinoid system and cannabinoid receptors?
• How cannabis works, especially in relation to chronic pain
• Current research on its use in chronic pain
• The duration of time someone should use cannabis for pain
• Why opioids shouldnt be used as the first line of therapy for pain
• Cannabis dependency
• Cannabis toxicity
• Withdrawal symptoms
• And so much more

#225 Greg Schmaus is the CEO of Healing 4D, a Holistic Health Practitioner, Shamanic Energy Healer, and Massage Therapist. He is the creator of "Healing The Mind," a 21 day holistic mental health program. With a fully integrated approach to physical and mental health, Greg supports students across the world in gaining understanding and meaning to their healing journey.

Through his online programs and personal client coaching, Greg guides students and clients towards higher awareness, empowerment, and freedom in their lives through authentic lifestyle practices. Over the past decade, Greg has coached countless clients with various physical and mental health challenges; integrating the lessons of many of his great teachers and mentors, including Paul Chek and Alberto Villoldo.

In this episode we cover:

• Why it's important to balance the nervous system
• What the connection is between the ego, our belief systems, and the nervous system
• What are the 4 survival archetypes and how are they related to our personal power
• What the story gap is and how the story gap is a source of dis-ease
• How we align with the story gap
• What the shadow is and why must we address it to heal
• How to live in harmony with the laws of nature (rhythms, cycles, seasons, elements)
• And so much more

#224 Dawn Whitten is a Naturopath, Western Herbalist, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Researcher and Educator. Passionate about protecting and nurturing the microbiome of the next generation, Dawn has a broad base of clinical experience with a focus on women's health through pregnancy and beyond, as well as infant and toddler health. She has been in clinical practice for 16+ years.

Dawn has been published in the peer-reviewed literature and has contributed to clinical textbooks (Including the Breastfeeding chapter in the soon to be published Advanced Clinical Naturopathic Medicine, Elsevier). Dawn co-coordinates two units within the Evidence-based Complementary Medicine Program in the College of Health & Medicine at the University of Tasmania. She is part of the research team at Probitic.Advisor.com and a clinical director at Goulds Natural Medicine in Hobart.

In this episode we cover:

• Why the first 1000 days of a newborn's life is crucial for shaping long term health
• What sort of health issues are linked to early microbiome disturbance
• How much an infant's microbiome is disturbed when mothers take antibiotics
• The stages of early microbiome development
• How is the infant colonised? Seeding?
• Why breastmilk is the ultimate gardener
• How does the microbiome of formula fed infants differ
• How do we support and optimise seeding
• And so much more

• Goulds Natural Medicine
• Infant Microbiome Online Course
• Probiotics supplements and the breastfeeding infant - Why Not?
• Abstracts from the 19th International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation Conference

#223 Kim Morrison is passionate about human behavior and natural therapies. She has dedicated her life to educating the end-user on aromatherapy along with the critical importance of self-love. Kim is 5 times best-selling author with her most recent award-winning book 'The Art Of Self Love. She is the founder of Twenty8 Essentials and is a multi-tasking wife and mum. With two aspiring athletic children, one a ballerina and the other a rugby player, Kim is married to former NZ Cricketer Danny Morrison who, as a family, moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2006.

With athletic goals herself, she played netball to state level and then took up the crazy sport of ultra -marathon running. In her early 20's she set a world record as the youngest female to run 100miles in less than 24 hours. She went on to represent Australia at the world indoor 24-hour championships in the UK, where she set 8 Australian records in 1990. Along with her one-on-one Breakthrough Coaching Sessions, she also runs a private, online 'Self Love and Wellness Mentorship' program and is the host of the popular 'Self Love Podcast'.

• What self-love is
• If self-love is an easy concept to grasp and implement in the younger generation
• How we can nurture the self-love concept and daily actions in our kids
• Self-sabotage - is it inevitable and how to move forward from this
• How to change the narrative and rewire the brain in order to experience a new reality
• How we can cultivate self-love daily
• And so much more

#222 Emily started her career as an archaeologist specialising in prehistoric human nutrition before training as a Nutritional Therapist to translate her enthusiasm for human nutrition into personalised, cutting-edge nutritional and lifestyle medicine. Emily has five years of clinical experience within the industry from running her own private practice, working within the supplement industry, and lecturing in Nutritional Therapy around the country.

• What are the common risk factors of urinary tract infections? Who is most affected?

• The urinary tract was long thought to be sterile except in the case of active infections; what's the latest research currently telling us?

• What is meant by the term 'gut-vagina-bladder' axis and how is it relevant to how we think, and support, UTIs?

• How would you approach the natural management of UTI, including the use of probiotic/prebiotic therapies?

• And so much more

#221 Anna's career began in the corporate sector, where she specialised in corporate finance and private banking for over ten years working in Sydney and New York for a large Australian bank. Anna's career change was sparked by her own health journey, following a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes at 18 years of age. Her diagnosis triggered her intense study of botanicals and nutrition to manage her auto-immune condition and assist others in attaining optimal health. Anna has been involved in the pursuit of herbal medicine and nutrition for over 15 years, with a focus on fertility and women's and children's health. Anna's naturopathy career has included working as a naturopath within a reputable natural fertility clinic in Sydney, within a pharmacy and health food store, and running her own naturopathy practice. Anna is committed to creating products founded on naturopathic philosophies, using wildcrafted and exotic ingredients, and encouraging her clients and people who use her skincare to nourish their skin, from the inside out.

In this episode we cover

• How Edible Beauty came to be
• The link between the skin and gut
• How inflammation in the gut can impact the skin
• What eczema is and what's the link between Autoimmunity, Gut Health, and Eczema
• Some other known drivers of eczema (known and theorized?
• Strategies to correct gut inflammation and improve eczema and overall skin health
• What we can use topically on the skin instead of steroid creams

#220 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

#219 Austin Perlmutter, M.D., is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, educator, and consultant. He received his medical degree from the University of Miami and completed his internal medicine residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland Oregon. His focus is on helping identify and resolve the biological basis for "stuckness" in the body and brain, especially around decision-making. He hosts the Get The STUCK OUT podcast and is a co-producer of the Alzheimer's, the Science of Prevention Docu-series. His writing is featured online on MedPage Today, Doximity, KevinMD, Medium, Psychology Today, MindBodyGreen, and DrPerlmutter.com, and his work connecting COVID-19 with immune-related depression appears in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.

In this episode we cover:

• Some of the known or 'theorized" mechanisms that underpin depression
• How systemic inflammation, behavioural changes and psychological stressors related to Covid-19 can increase the risk of depression
• The impact of Covid-19 on BDNF and what the consequences of this are
• How the pandemic has influenced our diet and what impact this is having on depression
• How sleep influences our risk of depression
• Psychedelics
• Strategies to help prevent the onset of depression or to support those who are experiencing depression
• And so much more

#218 Christine is a Nutritionist and Registered Nurse and works as a Clinical Application Specialist at Microba. Christine has a passion for chronic disease prevention and further understanding the association between the microbiome and disease. She has worked in a number of settings ranging from clinical through to public health nutrition and is a board director on Nutrition Australia's National Board.

In this episode we cover

• What serotonin is commonly known for
• It's other, fascinating not so known properties
• How serotonin is produced in the gut
• How serotonin affects gut motility
• Serotonin's influence on pathogens and vice versa
• How to increase serotonin production
• What negatively impacts serotonin production

#217 Jill Schofield, MD founded the Center for Multisystem Disease to provide comprehensive care to patients with conditions such as dysautonomia, mast cell activation syndrome, antiphospholipid syndrome, Sjögren's syndrome, and celiac disease. Some of the patients suffering from these disorders also have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome which causes additional struggles.

She specializes in immune-mediated disorders that are confounding due to bodywide symptoms, devoting extra time to each patient so she can identify the issues causing their symptoms. She was the recipient of the 2019 Dysautonomia Support Network's Game Changer Award for her work in the use of IVIG to treat patients with autoimmune forms of dysautonomia

• What are the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS)

• What is the difference between EDS and hypermobility spectrum disorder HSD

• What causes EDS

• Why might someone with EDS and HSD experience chronic joint pain

• What other complications may occur

• The link between EDS, SIBO, and other digestive disorders

• How is EDS Diagnosed

• If there are any consequences for leaving EDS undiagnosed?

• Treatment strategies for EDS