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Today’s guest is Tessa Bowers, CEO of Nourishing Functional Health and a Certified Functional Nutritional Counselor. Tessa dealt with chronic illness for the better part of her life but believes her mold journey started when she moved into her brand new home in 2016 and has continued ever since. When her painful symptoms reached a new peak in 2020, including muscle cramps, chronic fatigue, and even MRSA, she knew something had to be done. 

She luckily had a friend that led her in the direction of the root cause of her issues and has been on the road to healing ever since. It’s been a journey filled with road bumps, but now that Tessa knows what the culprit is, she’s been able to weather the mold exposure storm. Now she uses her experience to help clients look at the entire picture to determine how they can live healthier, happier lives.

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In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Tessa Bowers about her struggle with chronic illness and mold exposure. Over the years, Tessa struggled with chronic illness, but it came to a painful head around 2018. Before discovering the root source causing her symptoms to flare up, she, like a lot of other people suffering from mold exposure, went from doctor to doctor. As a healthy and active professional, mother, and wife, Tessa also had no idea why her health was failing. Luckily, she had a functional medicine doctor as a friend. After a visit with this practitioner, she finally found the answer to her symptoms: mold exposure. 

Her journey to healing remains ongoing, but Tessa is just glad to finally have the answers. Since her diagnosis, Tessa elaborates on her experience with a failed remediation and is now waiting for a second company to come in and remove the contamination from her home. Luckily, since she knows what’s causing her body to go haywire, she’s actively working on mitigating her symptoms until her house is healthy and free from mold growth. 

Choosing to look on the bright side, Tessa is using her experience to help her clients as they struggle through their own illnesses. Even mold exposure. She recommends anyone going through similar challenges to get out of the house if they can and to take a bite-sized approach to detoxing. Do the research first, and then tackle one aspect of healing at a time. 

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Today’s guest is Kara McNabb, a traditional naturopath and somatic therapist. A strong-willed individual at heart, Kara dealt with her symptoms for quite some time before finally finding the answers to her persistent health symptoms. After solving her health puzzle on her own, she’s actively taking steps to both detox her body and remove the mold contamination from her home. 

Choosing to look on the bright side, Kara is grateful to finally find the answer to her health issues. Armed with a new awareness of mold exposure and its byproducts, she’s using her experience to help her clients suffering from similar experiences. 

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In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Kara about her unique mold experience. Kara’s mold journey officially started in 2020, right as the nationwide lockdown was initiated due to Covid-19, but she believes her journey probably started 5-6 years prior when she bought her home. The five or six unfortunate water events that occurred after she moved in also probably didn’t help. Working from home, coupled with the stressful events of that time, is what she believes ramped up her symptoms to a level she couldn’t ignore. 

She went through various phases trying to determine exactly what was causing her 40 plus symptoms that were both physical and psychological. As someone whose career revolves around helping others heal, she became increasingly frustrated that she couldn’t figure out exactly what was causing her to feel unwell. “I can’t fix myself and I can always fix myself.” It took one chance Facebook encounter for her to nail down exactly what was triggering her body’s reactions: mold. 

From that moment on, she dug into research regarding mold and mycotoxicity so that she could begin taking steps to finally find relief. She’s well on her way to healing both her body, her mind, and her home and strongly advocates for anyone suffering from similar experiences to take it one day at a time. Do what you can, when you can but, above all, don’t avoid the problem and hope that it goes away. Actively work to take steps towards detoxifying the body and removing mold from your indoor environment. 

Now, she’s using her experience with mold exposure to help her clients who were struggling with chronic illnesses find relief.  

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Today’s guest is Heather York, mother and homeschool teacher to her two children. For three years, Heather battled the effects of mold exposure; even with moving to another home. After going to doctor after doctor and not being able to get a concrete answer to her symptoms, she decided to take her health into her own hands.

Heather spent time diving into research so that she could become her own health advocate. And, it worked. She found out that indoor mold growth was causing her long list of symptoms and is now actively working towards healing her body and creating a safer indoor environment.

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In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Heather York to discuss the difficulties of dealing with mold exposure as a stay-at-home mother. Heather details the dark days she faced as her symptoms persisted, even after seeking out medical help from a list of different doctors. As the only one experiencing symptoms in her household, it was an incredibly difficult situation to go through.

Tired of receiving the same answer of, “There’s nothing wrong,” Heather decided to search for answers on her own and dove into researching. When she stumbled upon environmental factors like mold exposure and the effects it can have, she knew she was finally on to something. Armed with answers, she’s now on the road to recovery, both for her health and her home.

“Don’t lose hope. If somebody is telling you that you’re crazy, you’re not. Become your own health advocate.”

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Today’s guest is Melissa Deally, registered Health Coach and Integrative Health Practitioner. She has personally experienced indoor mold exposure in her life while working in a hotel, which helped open her eyes to the health effects of this fungus. This experience was one of many that motivated her towards a life helping those suffering from illnesses caused by environmental factors, like mold exposure, find relief from the toxic load in their bodies. 

By listening to her client’s experiences and symptoms, she creates a unique plan to unearth the root cause of their issues and forms a carefully crafted treatment protocol based on the results. In restoring the internal balance of the body, she aids in allowing it to rest, recuperate, and heal itself.   

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In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Melissa Deally to discuss the health effects of and treatment for mold exposure. Melissa explains her unique story with mold and how she was lucky enough to only experience exposure for a short time before realizing what the root cause of her symptoms was. Using this experience (among others) and her insatiable drive to know the “why” of things, she built a career dedicated to restoring the natural balance of the body, which is so often disturbed by modern life. 

Michael and Melissa discuss her particular method in helping those suffering from mold exposure detox the body, and why it’s so important to be aware of the effect environmental factors can have on health. While western medicine doctors may not focus on these conditions enough, Melissa explains the value of listening to your own body, trusting your instincts, and never giving up on your quest for answers. By utilizing her methods for healing and maintaining awareness of both surroundings and the body, she’s witnessed proven success in healing from mold exposure. 

“Listen when your body whispers so it doesn’t have to yell at you.” 

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Today’s guest is Allison Rassp, Certified Holistic Health Coach for Women with Hashimoto’s Disease. Her personal mold journey went on for over 9 years as she moved in and out of moldy environments both in her homes and her jobs. Her experience led her to develop a deep understanding of mold exposure and the effect it has on health. Particularly its relationship to conditions like Hashimoto’s disease. 

Choosing to use her struggles to help others, Allison centered her life on helping others through their mold experiences. By walking them through full-body detoxing, advocating for their health, and understanding environmental factors influencing health she’s actively working towards aiding others to heal and simultaneously pushing for mold awareness. 

Today’s Talk:

In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Allison Rassp to discuss her 9 year battle with mold. Allison experienced peaks and troughs during her unique journey with exposure as she moved out of moldy homes and quit her jobs at moldy schools. Luckily, she eventually made friends who helped steer her in the direction of environmental factors and considering mold exposure as the culprit to her adverse health reactions. 

When she finally connected all of the pieces, including how mold exposure reacted with her Hashimoto’s, she began the long journey to healing. One she’s still actively working on but very happy with the progress thus far. Her experience taught her how big the gap in mold awareness is, from employers to doctors, and decided to dedicate her life to helping others. As she said, someone is probably going through the same situation and can benefit from hearing others’ experiences. 

“I’m super grateful to do what I’m passionate about and can keep my body healthy at the same time.”

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Today’s guest is Diana Dencker, a health coach and avid mold exposure advocate. Her personal battle almost took her life three times due to mold exposure and caused a long list of trials and tribulations. Now Diana is using her experience to help others heal from any mold exposure and guide them towards the resources they need to get their life back on track.

She’s also about to launch her own coaching business, called The Wildly Nutrition to further help people with their healing journey.

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On this episode, Michael Rubino sits down with Diana to discuss her 20 year battle with mold exposure. For almost two decades, Diana suffered through severe mold exposure symptoms. After seeing around 200 doctors, experiencing immense pain, and enduring a fair amount of fear and heartbreak, she finally found the answer to her health issues: mold exposure.

What followed was a time of intense healing. The journey to wellness was long and filled with road bumps, but she made it to the other side healthy, joyful, and full of thanks. Now she spends her days grateful for every clean breath of air she takes and living every single moment to the fullest. Her unique journey sparked her passion for creating more mold awareness and helping heal those suffering from exposure. That way, no one has to go through the fight for answers Diana experienced.

“I was a vessel of pain and sacrifice so now I can be a vessel of experiential information.”

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Cassandra Bock, a busy mother of two, sat down with Michael Rubino for this episode. A Minnesota native, Cassandra just recently welcomed her second child and knows from experience how jam-packed a day in the life of a mother can be (with or without mold exposure).

Her personal mold journey began around 2018 during her first pregnancy. What used to be an on-the-go lifestyle eventually turned into long days battling mold exposure symptoms.

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During our talk, we discussed Cassandra’s extensive battle with mold exposure and the varying symptoms it caused. She experienced firsthand the difficulty of finding a diagnosis, jumping from doctor to doctor, and treatments that just never seemed to truly work. Choosing to focus on the bright side, Cassandra says that at least now she will know what to look for when it comes to mold presence and considering environmental factors as contributors to persistent symptoms.

We also touch on her unique story in discovering the mold in her home and how a renovation project ended up changing her life.

Who knew a home makeover could have such a big impact!

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Today’s guest is Dana Childs, Intuitive and Energy Healer. In 2009, Dana Childs left her corporate job behind and bought a one-way ticket to India in search of self. There, her intuitive gifts opened. Today, as an intuitive, energy healer, and teacher, she delivers grounded spirituality with heart, humor, and unabashed truth through private healing sessions, workshops, online courses, and retreats.

Her passion is helping others learn to access their trues selves and open their intuitive gifts. Dana is a favorited intuitive with Gwyneth Paltrow’s brand Goop, having been featured on their podcast. In 2019, Goop named Dana’s classes as one of their highlighted programs for intuitive development. When not helping others on their search for personal and professional fulfillment, Dana can be found writing articles, working on a book, or playing and hiking with her dog, Sufi, in North Carolina.

Our chat touches on Dana’s personal experience with mold, her long journey to diagnosis, and her newfound understanding of the relationship between health and mold. She recommends steps to follow for those also suffering from mold-induced symptoms and explains her next steps in building mold awareness to others.

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Today’s guest is Lacey Dunn, MS, RD, LD. Lacey is the author of The Women’s Guide to Hormonal Harmony – How to Rebalance Your Hormones, Master Your Metabolism, and Become the Boss of Your Own Body.

If you are looking for a someone to help reclaim your health and body with a truly personalized, holistic approach, Lacey is the person for you!

In this chat, Lacey shares her mold journey with me, overcoming a litany of health issues; including brain fog, weight loss, chronic fatigue and many more. She said it best when she says the mold journey is a hard journey.

Learn what lead her to believe mold was the culprit and the steps she took to learn more and increase her knowledge of mold. Knowledge is power, and just like Lacey, the more your learn about mold and how it affects your body, the better prepared you are to make the changes needed to overcome toxic mold exposure.

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California realtor Harma Hartouni joined us today. He and his team comprise Harma Real Estate, currently the top-selling real estate team in the Central Southern Region of California.

A self-made entrepreneur and developer, Harma established his own real estate company: Harma Real Estate. He and his employees are currently the top-selling real estate team in the Central Southern Region of California. Over the years, he’s managed to push his business to success, ranking as the number one real estate business in his region. With his growing business footprint in Los Angeles, Harma built an exceedingly successful brand, catapulting his real estate practice to over $1 billion in sales volume in 2019. He also became founder and CEO of multiple companies servicing the local real estate industry including financial services, technology, and coaching (his personal passion).

He is also the author of the book: Getting Back Up: A Story of Resilience, Self-Acceptance, and Success.

Today’s Talk:

In today’s chat, we discussed Harma’s personal experience with mold. With four years of misdiagnosis under his belt, Harma said understands how disheartening and confusing being affected by mold can be. It took visiting several doctors, undergoing countless tests, and hearing multiple “potential diagnoses” for him to finally get an answer to his poor well-being: mold. Until he dealt with the mold, his doctor told him things would not be normal in his body.

Mold never crossed Harma’s mind as the potential cause for his health issues. Sure, he’d heard of mold and knew it could affect someone’s health. He had never met anyone who was actually sick because of mold though.

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