Permission With Shadia Akle

In this episode of Permission Podcast, Shadia Akle sits down with Jen Morel to discuss what it truly means to step into feminine energy, heal relationship patterns, and stop abandoning yourself to be chosen.

Jen shares her deeply personal journey rom hitting a fork in the road in her marriage to discovering how choosing self-worth, surrendering control, and integrating all parts of herself radically shifted her life and relationship. If you've been feeling numb, caught in people-pleasing, or struggling to maintain authentic relationships, this conversation provides a practical and soulful roadmap to returning to your aliveness.

💡 IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER:

• The Danger of People-Pleasing in Love: Why flattening yourself to keep a partner ultimately deadens your feminine energy and damages the relationship.
• Reclaiming Feminine Energy: Moving out of control, logic, and over-functioning into surrender, trust, and connection with your body.
• The Power of Choosing Yourself: Facing the fear of abandonment and learning that choosing yourself is the only path to true love and inner peace.
• Inner Child Integration (Girl, Woman, Her): How unhealed childhood triggers control your adult reactions and how to step back into the driver's seat.
• Navigating Control & Resistance: Why trying to manipulate external circumstances creates friction and how surrendering brings true alignment.
• Vulnerability in Female Friendships: Overcoming the discomfort of letting down your guard with other women.

⏱️ CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS:

• 00:00 – Teaser: The cost of people-pleasing in relationships
• 01:00 – Jen Morel’s background: From psychology to yoga & spirituality
• 03:50 – Where to start your self-healing journey
• 05:31 – Relationships as our greatest mirror and teacher
• 07:05 – The trap of losing yourself to make someone stay
• 10:13 – Facing separation & the fear of choosing yourself
• 13:52 – Heartbreak as a portal to spiritual connection & God
• 18:44 – Moving from physical numbness back into pleasure & aliveness
• 22:29 – Advice for women stuck in an unhealthy relationship dynamic
• 26:17 – Letting go of control & trusting the bigger plan
• 33:50 – Surrendering force for natural flow in daily life
• 35:04 – Navigating friction & authenticity in female friendships
• 41:54 – Breaking societal conditioning around women & sensuality
• 44:35 – Religious suppression & internal family systems (IFS)
• 48:05 – The "Girl, Woman, Her" framework for inner child healing
• 50:50 – Jen’s upcoming app Her & empowering women worldwide

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Is the multi-billion dollar food industry actively trying to keep you overfed and undernourished? 

In this powerful episode of Permission Podcast, host Shadia Akle sits down with mechanical engineer turned nutrition expert Brian Sanders (creator of the Food Lies docuseries and author of The New Theory of Food). After losing both of his parents to chronic illness at a young age despite them "doing everything right," Brian applied his data-driven engineering mindset to human biology to expose how food corporations profit from making and keeping us sick.

If you are tired of confusing diet trends, endless calorie counting, and feeling exhausted, this conversation will give you the clarity and permission to break free from processed foods and take back control of your health permanently.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

• [00:00] The truth about the "sick care" system
• [00:50] Welcome Brian Sanders: From engineer to nutrition expert
• [01:53] The origin of the Food Lies docuseries
• [02:21] Losing both parents to chronic illness at age 30
• [04:14] Pre-diabetes & the hidden danger of visceral fat
• [06:08] Why following the official Food Pyramid failed his family
• [08:58] Nutrients vs. Calories: What everyone gets wrong
• [10:33] The 4 components of food (Building vs. Energy sources)
• [13:18] Debunking Blue Zone myths: Why they aren't plant-based
• [15:58] Why animal protein is more bioavailable
• [17:06] How processed foods hijack your gut microbiome
• [18:31] How whole foods trigger real GLP-1 and satiety signals
• [19:33] Framework for success: Short, medium, and long-term health goals
• [23:44] How stress and mindset change blood sugar digestion
• [26:03] The danger of orthorexia & aligning with nature
• [27:48] The profit margins of processed food vs. whole foods
• [29:58] How fake flavorings trick your brain into overeating
• [30:35] The Protein Leverage Hypothesis: Why animals eat until full
• [34:43] Is the new inverted food pyramid a step forward?
• [36:02] Redefining processing: Ground beef vs. ultra-processed foods
• [37:31] The 3 ingredients killing Americans: Sugar, flour, and seed oils
• [39:26] Soil depletion & why oysters are nature’s ultimate multivitamin
• [43:41] The New Theory of Food: Why people overeat
• [46:18] How to order at restaurants without ruining your health
• [48:31] The golden rule: Double your protein intake
• [50:05] How the food industry feeds directly into the healthcare system
• [55:54] The bodybuilding diet: What they get right vs. wrong
• [56:47] Sapien Health: Fixing healthcare from the inside out

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• Instagram: @food.lies

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Imagine doing everything right: eating clean, staying fit, and thinking you’re in the prime of your life, only to collapse with an 85% heart blockage at age 33. In this episode of Permission, Shadia Akle sits down with functional medicine pharmacist Dr. John Kim to discuss how a seemingly healthy lifestyle almost ended his life, and the hidden cellular toxic storm that was building inside him for years.

Dr. Kim shares his journey from the ICU to revolutionizing cellular health, uncovering how undetected environmental toxins, mold, and non-native EMFs quietly drive systemic disease. We unpack why conventional medicine often misses these critical warning signs and explore actionable steps to restore your body at a root-cause level.

In this episode, we cover:

• 00:00 – Teaser: Reversing toxic mold, miscarriages, and the 600x EMF link
• 00:54 – The 33-Year-Old ICU Patient: Dr. John Kim’s near-fatal heart attack
• 04:38 – The Root Cause: Testing positive for Bartonella, parasites, heavy metals, and mold
• 09:22 – The Oral Microbiome Connection: How hidden oral infections affect your heart
• 12:28 – The Mold Crisis: How toxic spores evade your immune system and cause gut dysfunction
• 18:08 – Hormones & Infertility: How mycotoxins trigger endometriosis and pregnancy loss
• 24:04 – Home Sanctuary: Actionable steps to remediate mold, moisture, and air quality
• 33:38 – The Encore Method: Dr. Kim’s 6-step framework for cellular optimization
• 35:20 – Nervous System & Detox: Why emotional safety and HRV are critical for healing
• 42:47 – The Hidden Danger of EMFs: How Wi-Fi makes mold 600x more toxic
• 48:42 – Sunlight & Circadian Biology: The ultimate natural medicine for cellular charge
• 58:26 – Why Functional Medicine is Failing: The missing key of cell membrane repair

Connect with Dr. John Kim:

• Website: drjkim.com
• Instagram: @drjohn.pharmd

Connect with Shadia Akle & Permission:

• Instagram: @shadiaakle
• Website: shadiaakle.com

💡 Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition.

Are you constantly battling exhaustion, gut issues, chronic inflammation, or brain fog despite doing everything right? The truth is, we are living in a silent epidemic of global mineral depletion.

In this episode, we sit down with Caroline Alan, co-founder of BEAM Minerals and author of The Mineral Reset. After a severe health crisis forced her to leave an intense corporate career, Caroline went down a cellular biology rabbit hole to understand how modern soil depletion leaves our bodies structurally deficient. Today, she introduces us to Mother Nature's mineral replenishment technology.

If you're ready to give your body permission to stop just surviving and create true physical power, this episode is your ultimate roadmap!

In this episode, we cover:

• Caroline’s Healing Journey: How overcoming periodontitis, flatlined adrenals, and insomnia led her to discover the power of plant-based minerals.
• The Hidden Hunger: Why modern soil depletion and farming practices make it impossible to get enough minerals from food alone.
• Supplementing vs. Replenishing: The danger of isolated mineral supplements (like magnesium) and why your body requires balanced, full-spectrum trace minerals.
• Humic & Fulvic Acid Explained: How these 65-million-year-old plant molecules work together to detoxify waste and deliver deep intracellular hydration.
• Testing & Protocols: How to test your mineral levels effectively and daily life hacks using trace mineral sprays for energy, saunas, and muscle recovery.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 – Teaser: The Global Mineral Crisis
• 02:04 – Introduction to Caroline Alan and Her Healing Journey
• 06:37 – Realizing Mineral Deficiency and Exploring Cellular Biology
• 09:08 – Minerals 101: Why Minerals Are the Foundation of All Life
• 11:46 – Soil Depletion, Food Quality, and "The Hidden Hunger"
• 14:30 – Supplementing vs. Replenishing: Why Isolated Minerals Don't Work
• 17:12 – The Hidden Dangers of High-Dose Isolated Magnesium
• 18:58 – Mother Nature’s Technology: Balanced Trace Mineral Ratios
• 21:21 – The Ancient Origin of Humic and Fulvic Molecules
• 22:33 – Humic Acid: The Ultimate Detox Binder and Intracellular Permeability
• 26:45 – Deep Intracellular Hydration and Cellular Energy Production
• 28:05 – Fulvic Acid: The Intracellular Nutrient Delivery System
• 30:01 – Resolving Chronic Symptoms: "Raising the Tide" in the Body
• 32:50 – Autoimmunity, Nervous System Regulation, and Parasympathetic Support
• 35:30 – Inside The Mineral Reset: A Roadmap to Restoring Health
• 38:26 – Mineral Testing Demystified: What Works and What Doesn't
• 42:53 – Food/Plant-Based Minerals vs. Lab-Formulated Capsules
• 46:36 – How to Think About Trace Mineral Dosing and Bioavailability
• 51:12 – Practical Daily Protocols: Saunas, Hangovers, and Topical Trace Mineral Sprays
• 53:40 – Where to Connect with Caroline Alan and Find Her Book

Connect with Shadia Akle & Permission:

• Instagram (Shadia Akle): @shadia.akle
• Instagram (Permission Podcast): @permission.pod
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Connect with Caroline Alan:

• Instagram: @carolinealan.official
• Book: mineralresetbook.com
• BEAM Minerals: beamminerals.com

What if the single biggest thing holding you back isn't a lack of drive or the wrong biohack, but chronic nervous system dysregulation?

In this episode of Permission, host Shadia Akle sits down with Dr. Sean Drake, chiropractor, sports performance expert, and founder of Modern Athlete. After hitting rock bottom following a painful divorce, Dr. Drake transformed his approach to health. He shifted biohacking tools from simple performance boosters into powerful instruments for emotional release, trauma recovery, and nervous system regulation.

Dr. Drake breaks down his "Soul Surgery" approach, explaining why chasing goals often masks low self-worth, how to transition from simply "pushing through" life to truly "flowing through" it, and why true healing starts with nervous system safety.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The Root of Dysregulation: Why the gap between who you are and who you’re trying to be is costing you everything.
• Beyond Biohacking: How to repurpose modalities like cold plunges, saunas, and hyperbaric chambers for deep emotional release.
• The 4-Pillars Framework: Evaluating and aligning your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
• Simple Regulation Techniques: How a simple 6-second breathing and humming exercise can shift your body into a parasympathetic state.
• The 3-Day Reset Method: How Dr. Drake guides high-performers, professional athletes, and individuals through transformational nervous system resets.
• Giving Yourself Permission: Why high achievers struggle to slow down and how to finally give yourself permission to rest.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Introduction & Giving Yourself Permission to Be Real

02:46 - The Biggest Dysregulation in Modern Men and Women

03:57 - Why More Biohacks & Supplements Aren't the Answer

05:41 - Using Breathwork & Your Senses to Handle High Stress

06:49 - The 4 Pillars of "Soul Surgery" Framework

07:38 - Turning Point: Overcoming Depression & The Ironman Journey

09:24 - Repurposing Biohacking Tools for Emotional Release

14:26 - Plant Medicine, Integration, and Self-Healing

18:00 - Case Studies: Inside the 3-Day Nervous System Reset

22:36 - Why You Must Feel Emotions to Heal Them

28:54 - Achievement vs. Self-Worth: Pushing vs. Flowing

32:08 - Practical Daily Tips: Environment, Sleep & Rest

CONNECT WITH DR. SEAN DRAKE:

• Instagram: @drseandrake
• Website: modernathlete.com

CONNECT WITH SHADIA AKLE & PERMISSION:

• Instagram: @shadiaakle
• Podcast Instagram: @permissionpodcast

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What if the secret to total health isn't just in advanced technology, but in shifting your mindset? In this episode of Permission, Shadia Akle sits down with global health disruptor, data-driven entrepreneur, and longevity expert Natalie Lefevre.

After overcoming a massive health crisis and dealing with toxic heavy metal exposure 18 years ago, Natalie used her background in SQL database programming and computer information systems to decode her own body's signals. Today, she is rewriting the rules of the wellness space through cutting-edge lab technologies, blood-filtering tech, and holistic mind-body practices.

In this powerful conversation, Natalie reveals how she reversed an enlarged spleen by letting go of worry, how her journey through grief led to profound gratitude, and why giving yourself permission to live authentically is the ultimate key to healing.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Natalie's Health Journey: From facing a scary 6-week hospital stay to discovering heavy metal toxicity from a pescatarian diet.
• The Power of Thoughts in Healing: How stress and worry physically manifest in the body (and how releasing worry helped heal her enlarged spleen).
• Advanced Blood Cleanse Protocols: How absorber technology and micro-bead filtration clear heavy metals, microplastics, environmental toxins, and silent inflammation.
• Functional & Root-Cause Testing: Why traditional medical labs miss essential markers like glyphosate, parasites, and specific gut imbalances.
• Psychedelic Journeys & Quantum Healing: Natalie’s transformative experiences with Ibogaine, connecting with lost loved ones, and bridging 5D energy into 3D reality.
• Living Unapologetically: Letting go of guilt, breaking free from societal timelines, and defining home from within.

Connect with Natalie Lefevre:

• Instagram: @islandnatalie
• Website: natalielefevre.com
• Detox Protocols & Lab Consulting: legacylyfe.com
• Podcast Instagram: @legacylifethepodcast

Connect with Shadia Akle & Permission:

• Instagram: @shadiaakle  
• Website: shadiaakle.com
• Podcast Instagram: @permission.pod

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With this episode, we close season one of Permission with Shadia Akle. thank you for walking this first cycle with us.

Most wellness advice was never designed for women's bodies. and sometimes the thing wrecking your health is the pressure to do it all perfectly.

In this season one finale, Shadia Akle sits down with chilean health coach Barbara Alamo on why trying to be perfect is quietly working against your health. her case: perfect is the enemy of good, and persistence plus small wins beat all or nothing every time.

▸ IN THIS EPISODE

✦Why trying to be perfect is wrecking your health.

✦ Why women's physiology needs its own approach, not a scaled down version of men's.

✦ Cold plunges in perimenopause: why barbara says they can backfire

✦ Nutrition and lasting behavior change for latina women living in the US

✦ Functional vs. traditional medicine: treating the patient as a whole
✦ what a real first consultation looks like, and the basic question most doctors skip

▸ ABOUT Barbara:

Chilean health coach and nutrition advisor. founder of keto club chile, the country's first keto and low carb community. founder and host of Life Summit Chile, a Latin American event on metabolic health, nutrition, and biohacking. author of "keto y feliz." studied at the pontificia universidad católica de chile.

▸ CONNECT with Barbara:

instagram: @barbara_alamo_
life summit chile: @lifesummitchile

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We live in a world surrounded by invisible frequencies. From the Wi-Fi in our homes to the 5G towers lining our streets, modern convenience has outpaced our understanding of how these electromagnetic fields (EMFs) interact with human biology. According to peer-reviewed data, within seconds, EMFs can negatively impact brain wave patterns, drop heart rate variability, and create measurable stress at a cellular level.

In this episode of Permission, we sit down with Phillip Samor Von Holtzendorff-Fehling, a former corporate Vice President at T-Mobile who walked away from a high-powered executive career after a family health crisis opened the door to bio-energy hacking, frequency medicine, and quantum technology. As the founder of Leela Quantum Tech, Phillip is working to solve the problem of electromagnetic stress and help bring physiological systems back into balance.

Rather than advocating for the impractical removal of cellular towers, Phillip explains how quantum technology can be used to harmonize negative waveform patterns, allowing you to keep your modern connectivity and signals without the detrimental effects on human blood and brain waves.

We also dive deep into the randomized, double-blind university research conducted by Dr. Robert Sheie at the University of Tulsa, which demonstrates that this technology can accelerate human cell recovery by 46% to 100% and increase cellular ATP production by a massive 20% to 29%.

Whether you are looking to understand how frequencies interact with the body, curious about direct information transfer to cells, or interested in testing the technology yourself, this conversation offers a compelling look at the energetic core of our existence.

What We Discuss:

* The Impact of EMFs: The immediate, provable impact that Wi-Fi and 5G have on human blood analysis, heart rate variability, and brain wave stress.

* The Ex-Corporate Executive Perspective: Why an executive embedded inside corporate Europe and T-Mobile US left the Fortune 500 world to pursue biohacking.

* Bypassing the Digestive Tract: The concept behind frequency medicine, why providing raw cellular information directly can bypass the digestive process required by traditional supplements or vitamin C pills.

* The Gold-Standard Research: Definitive data regarding dark-field microscopy blood analysis, fertility biomarkers in women, and mitochondrial ATP function.

* Everyday Wearable Technology: A look at the entry-level H.E.A.L. 360 capsule worn to assist with EMFs, boost well-being, and improve strength through kinesiology muscle testing.

Connect with Phillip:

* Instagram: @phillip_vhf

* Website: leelaq.com

* Private Community: Access Leela Quantum Tech’s private Telegram groups with over 11,000 active users exclusively via links on their website.

Connect with Shadia:

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📸 Instagram → @shadiaakle

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In this episode of the Permission Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Ivan Rusilko to challenge the conventional understanding of health, chronic illness, and the true cost of systemic stress.

Every single day, the human body undergoes trillions of cell divisions. Glitches and errors happen naturally, but a healthy, high-functioning immune system is designed to quietly identify, correct, and clear these anomalies before they manifest into something greater.

But what happens when the machinery is overwhelmed?

Dr. Rusilko breaks down the powerful connection between emotional and physiological stress, from major life events to a high-sugar diet and hidden food sensitivities. As the second most energy-expensive internal system behind the nervous system, your immunity can easily experience a backlog when pushed past its limits.

Because 80% of your immune system lives entirely within your gut, a disruption at the core triggers a profound domino effect, causing everything from digestion to heart function to glitch. This conversation is an eloquent, eye-opening masterclass in understanding the delicate ecosystem of human health and prevention.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The Reality of Cellular Glitches: Why cellular errors occur daily in everyone, and how a well-tuned system naturally resolves them.
• The Toll of Chronic Stress: How combining emotional stress with the wrong foods and sugar leaves the immune system unable to keep up.
• The Power of the Gut: Why your gut is the true home of your immune system and why food sensitivity testing is a crucial diagnostic tool.
• Systemic Failure: What happens to your heart, digestion, and overall biology when your most expensive internal machinery begins to fail.

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• Instagram: @DrIvanRusilko

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Dr. Jonathan Kuo is a double board-certified anesthesiologist, interventional pain specialist, and the visionary founder of Extension Health. He is at the absolute forefront of human optimization, moving beyond traditional medicine to focus on the root causes of aging: cellular health and physiological performance.

In this episode, Shadia Akle and Dr. Kuo dive into the "Future of Longevity" a world where chronic disease can be edited and our nervous systems can be manually reset. Dr. Kuo explains how to move the needle on your health through his "Four Pillars": inflammation, metabolic control, mitochondrial health, and the gut.

Expect to learn the truth about the safety and efficacy of peptides, why almost every human being might benefit from micro-dosing GLP-1s, and how a specialized "Neuro Reset" can silence chronic anxiety and PTSD by targeting the vagus nerve. Whether you are a high-performer looking for that extra 20% unlock or someone struggling with chronic fatigue, this conversation provides the blueprint for the next level of human biology.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Future of Longevity: How gene therapy and CRISPR could soon "edit out" chronic disease.
• The "Neuro Reset": A breakdown of the Stellate Ganglion Block and vagus nerve injections to fix fight-or-flight dysfunction.
• Peptide Masterclass: Navigating the broad categories of peptides for immune support, fat loss, and cognitive function.
• The GLP-1 Revolution: Why these "weight loss" drugs are actually powerful tools for neuroprotection and systemic inflammation.
• Mental Health 2.0: The role of Ketamine as a mood stabilizer and the therapeutic potential of Psilocybin for cognitive enhancement.
• Dr. Kuo’s Personal Stack: A deep dive into his use of Methylene Blue, Ketones, and mitochondrial peptides like SS-31.
  

Connect with Dr. Jonathan Kuo:

• Clinic: Extension Health (New York City)
• Instagram: @extensionhealth, @dr_kuo
  

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

01:30 From Diplomats to Anesthesiology: Dr. Kuo’s Story

04:00 What exactly are Peptides?

07:40 The 6 main categories of Peptides

10:30 The Neuro Reset: Manual override for PTSD and Anxiety

13:30 Injecting the Vagus Nerve: New research and results

17:40 Ketamine: Therapeutic benefits vs. the risk of abuse

21:10 Lessons from 11 years at Burning Man

24:30 The vision to democratize Longevity medicine

30:10 Why almost everyone should consider a GLP-1

32:40 The critical link between Hormones and Mental Health

35:00 The Gut-Brain Connection and "Gut Zoomers"

39:00 Dr. Kuo’s daily Longevity stack

42:30 Methylene Blue: IV vs. Oral benefits

45:40 Gene Editing: CRISPR and the end of Chronic Disease

48:40 The Foundations: Sleep, Diet, and Exercise
Connect with Shadia:

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📸 Instagram → @shadiaakle

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