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By Mona Sharma
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There is a point where “everything looks normal” stops feeling reassuring. You may be exhausted, bloated, itchy, inflamed, anxious, sensitive to foods, reacting to supplements, struggling with sleep, or feeling like your body is on high alert, yet the answers you keep getting are stress, aging, hormones, or nothing to worry about.Most people do not start searching for deeper answers because of one symptom. It is usually the way the symptoms keep stacking, shifting, and refusing to make sense. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Tania Dempsey to talk about the immune patterns that can sit underneath complex chronic symptoms, why the body can stay reactive long after the original trigger, and what it looks like to investigate the whole system instead of chasing one symptom at a time.Dr. Tania Dempsey is a board-certified physician, founder of the AIM Center for Personalized Medicine, and one of the leading experts in immune dysfunction, MCAS, and vector-borne illness. She has spent over a decade working with patients who have been dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told their symptoms are not connected. What’s Discussed:00:37 What helps Dr. Tania stay rooted while working with complex chronic illness.07:08 The everyday symptom many people brush off too quickly.10:31 Why scattered symptoms may not be as separate as they seem.16:45 How a deeper patient history can change the direction of care.33:10 The immune pattern that can show up in surprising places.38:33 Why the usual story about tick exposure is incomplete.47:13 The hidden layer that may keep people stuck after years of treatment.54:03 A different way to understand anxiety when it feels physical.My hope is that this conversation helps you stop blaming your body and start asking better questions about what it may be responding to, so you can feel more informed, less dismissed, and more confident about the next step in your healing journey.Learn more about Mona Sharma:Download Your FREE Guide - 12 Wellness Tips to Unlock Your Best Health Now: Ready to reclaim your vitality? Download Mona’s 12 Wellness Tips and take actionable steps to transform your health, energy, and mindset. Get started now at monasharma.com/12tips Visit Mona's website: monasharma.com – Unlock powerful tools and wisdom rooted in wellness to elevate your health, energy, and clarity. Mona blends ancient healing practices with modern science to help you achieve lasting transformation. Follow Mona on Instagram: Stay connected with Mona for daily inspiration, holistic health tips, and personal growth. Join the conversation on Instagram at @monasharma Learn more about Dr. Tania Dempsey:Website: drtaniadempsey.com ILADS®: ilads.org/resource Instagram: @drtaniadempseymd Facebook: @taniadempseymdYouTube: @DrTaniaDempsey

Most of us were taught to treat the body like something to fix. Pain shows up, so we chase the pain. Stress builds, so we try to calm the mind. Tension gets louder, so we stretch harder. But what if the body is not working against you? What if it has been communicating through the very signals we keep overriding?In this episode, I sit down with Jason van Blerk of Human Garage to talk about fascia as one of the most misunderstood organs in the body, and why it may be a missing piece in how we understand chronic pain, stored emotion, tension, trauma, pressure, movement, and healing. We explore why pain may not always begin where it shows up, why the body is not just biomechanical, and how fascia may change the way we think about what the body holds, repeats, and struggles to release. Human Garage, co-founded by Jason van Blerk and Aisha Rodrigue, is a wellness platform that teaches self-guided fascial movement, breathwork, and body awareness techniques designed to relieve tension, improve mobility, and promote self-healing.What’s Discussed:10:38 Why the body’s signals get overridden from a young age.14:05 Why quick fixes may quiet pain without addressing why it was there.20:32 What fascia actually is, and why it is more than most people realize.22:31 How fascia may change the way we understand memory, emotion, and the body.23:49 Why pain may show up in one area when the pattern begins somewhere else.26:30 Why the body is pressurized, not just biomechanical.35:17 Why trauma is not only psychological.40:53 What can happen when the body finally begins to release.46:50 How jaw tension may connect to what remains unexpressed.01:00:24 Why breath and counter-rotation matter in Fascial Maneuvers.01:05:08 A simple practice to help shift the body out of stress.Listen to this episode if you have been trying to think your way through something your body may still be carrying. Thank You to Our Sponsors:Carol Bike: Visit carolbike.com/mona and use code MONA for a special discount. Learn more about Mona Sharma:Download Your FREE Guide - 12 Wellness Tips to Unlock Your Best Health Now: Ready to reclaim your vitality? Download Mona’s 12 Wellness Tips and take actionable steps to transform your health, energy, and mindset. Get started now at monasharma.com/12tips Visit Mona's website: monasharma.com – Unlock powerful tools and wisdom rooted in wellness to elevate your health, energy, and clarity. Mona blends ancient healing practices with modern science to help you achieve lasting transformation.Follow Mona on Instagram: Stay connected with Mona for daily inspiration, holistic health tips, and personal growth. Join the conversation on Instagram at @monasharmaLearn More About Jason van Blerk, Aisha Rodrigue & Human Garage: Website: humangarage.net Instagram: @jasonvanblerk Instagram: @aishahumangarage Human Garage Instagram: @humangarage

There is a reason brain health feels so urgent right now. So many people are watching parents, grandparents, partners, and loved ones face Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, dementia, depression, anxiety, or cognitive decline, while quietly wondering if the same future is waiting for them. With Alzheimer’s projected to affect nearly 14 million Americans by 2060, this is not a conversation we can keep saving for later.Most of us think about the brain only when something starts to feel different, but cognitive decline can begin 20 to 30 years before a single symptom appears. That means the way we eat, move, sleep, manage stress, support blood sugar, and care for our metabolism may be shaping the brain long before memory starts to slip. And with only about 6% of American adults considered metabolically healthy, the connection between insulin resistance, inflammation, and brain aging becomes much harder to ignore.In this episode, I sit down with Dr. David Perlmutter to talk about why prevention has to begin while you still feel fine, which metabolic number he wishes more people knew, and what daily choices may be protecting or threatening your brain without you realizing it. Dr. Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist, six-time New York Times bestselling author, and author of Brain Defenders, with decades of work connecting the brain to the body, gut, metabolism, inflammation, and the way we live every day.What’s Discussed:04:45 How Dr. Perlmutter thinks about connection, gratitude, and what it means to be rooted.12:20 The daily habit he says may be one of the worst for your brain.17:54 Why brain decline does not begin the moment memory fails.24:17 What ultra-processed food may be doing to long-term brain health.27:08 How inflammation connects depression, anxiety, and neurodegeneration.31:20 What “I feel fine right now” can miss about the future of the brain.39:59 The key metabolic labs Dr. Perlmutter wants people to know.46:50 Why your gut bacteria may act like a signal system for the brain.57:17 How inflammation can shift the brain’s immune cells from protective to destructive.My hope is that this conversation helps you stop waiting for symptoms before you care about your brain. The choices you make today are not small. They are signals, and your brain is listening.Thank You to Our Sponsors:Timeline: Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $79, when you go to timeline.com/MONA Learn more about Mona Sharma:Download Your FREE Guide - 12 Wellness Tips to Unlock Your Best Health Now: Ready to reclaim your vitality? Download Mona’s 12 Wellness Tips and take actionable steps to transform your health, energy, and mindset. Get started now at monasharma.com/12tips Visit Mona's website: monasharma.com – Unlock powerful tools and wisdom rooted in wellness to elevate your health, energy, and clarity. Mona blends ancient healing practices with modern science to help you achieve lasting transformation. Follow Mona on Instagram: Stay connected with Mona for daily inspiration, holistic health tips, and personal growth. Join the conversation on Instagram at @monasharmaLearn more about Dr. David Perlmutter:Website: drperlmutter.comBrain Defenders: drperlmutter.com/books/brain-defendersInstagram: @davidperlmutter

There is a frustrating moment that can happen in your thirties or forties when your body starts to feel different, but you cannot quite explain why. Your energy dips in a way that coffee does not really fix. Your recovery takes longer. Your focus feels hazier. Your body feels less responsive, even when you are eating well, moving, taking supplements, and trying to do the things that are supposed to help.And the hardest part is how easy it is to dismiss all of it. You start wondering if this is just aging, if your hormones are the whole problem, or if you need to try harder with another protocol. But what if the shift you are feeling is happening somewhere where most conversations about energy, hormones, and longevity do not look deeply enough? In this episode of Rooted in Wellness, I sit down with Jennifer Scheinman to talk about why energy, recovery, focus, hormones, and body composition can start shifting in your thirties and forties, and what mitochondrial health, mitophagy, and Urolithin A may reveal about what is happening beneath the surface. Jennifer Scheinman is a registered dietitian with nearly three decades of experience and the Director of Scientific Communications at Timeline. Her work sits at the intersection of nutrition, cellular biology, longevity, mitochondrial health, and Urolithin A, which makes her the right person to explain why energy, recovery, focus, and resilience may have more to do with your cells than most people realize.What’s Discussed:(08:51) Why energy, focus, and recovery can start feeling different in your thirties and forties.(23:36) What chronic stress may be doing beneath the surface.(26:09) Why Urolithin A is becoming part of the cellular health conversation.(34:45) What Mona realized after seeing her own toxic burden results.(42:08) Why healthspan has to include how you actually feel in your body.(45:06) The subtle signs that something may be starting to work.(55:10) How ancient practices connect with modern mitochondrial research.Thank You to Our Sponsor: Timeline: Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $79, when you go to timeline.com/MONA MitoQ: Go to mitoq.com/mona and use code MONA for 10% off Learn more about Mona Sharma:Download Your FREE Guide - 12 Wellness Tips to Unlock Your Best Health Now: Ready to reclaim your vitality? Download Mona’s 12 Wellness Tips and take actionable steps to transform your health, energy, and mindset. Get started now at monasharma.com/12tips Visit Mona's website: monasharma.com – Unlock powerful tools and wisdom rooted in wellness to elevate your health, energy, and clarity. Mona blends ancient healing practices with modern science to help you achieve lasting transformation.Follow Mona on Instagram: Stay connected with Mona for daily inspiration, holistic health tips, and personal growth. Join the conversation on Instagram at @monasharmaLearn more about Jennifer Scheinman (Timeline): Website: www.timeline.com/ Instagram : jenscheinman_nutrition

A lot of wellness advice assumes the problem lives inside the individual. Your stress. Your habits. Your discipline. Your food choices. Your ability to regulate. But what happens when you are already doing the things that are supposed to help and your life still feels strangely disconnected? You eat well, meditate, try to regulate your nervous system, maybe even spend money on wellness, but the second you return to your commute, your neighborhood, your apartment, or another day without real connection, something in your body still feels unsettled.That is the health problem hiding in your zip code. In this episode of Rooted in Wellness, I sit down with Tony Cho, a purpose-driven entrepreneur and regenerative placemaking visionary, to talk about why loneliness is not always a personal failure, why modern cities can dysregulate the nervous system, and why the future of wellness has to include the places, communities, and systems we live inside. And until you start looking at the spaces around you, you may keep trying to fix symptoms that were never meant to be carried alone.Tony Cho is a purpose-driven entrepreneur and visionary community builder helping cities evolve into living ecosystems that support human connection, creativity, and regeneration. His work bridges personal well-being, community design, and the future of the built environment in balance with nature and culture.What’s Discussed:(06:07) Smart cities vs. wise cities, and what modern development is getting wrong.(10:02) How ashram life shaped Tony’s view of community, ritual, death, and belonging.(21:13) Why regenerative placemaking starts with listening to the land, people, and culture.(38:09) Why loneliness may be a design flaw, not a personal failure.(1:07:16) What wellness spaces miss when they focus on biohacking instead of place and people.(1:12:13) Why third places matter for connection, community, and everyday belonging.(1:22:30) How ritual can bring people back to existence without dogma or rigid rules. Thank You to Our Sponsor: Timeline: Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $79, when you go to timeline.com/MONA Learn more about Mona Sharma:Download Your FREE Guide - 12 Wellness Tips to Unlock Your Best Health Now: Ready to reclaim your vitality? Download Mona’s 12 Wellness Tips and take actionable steps to transform your health, energy, and mindset. Get started now at monasharma.com/12tips Visit Mona's website: monasharma.com – Unlock powerful tools and wisdom rooted in wellness to elevate your health, energy, and clarity. Mona blends ancient healing practices with modern science to help you achieve lasting transformation.Follow Mona on Instagram: Stay connected with Mona for daily inspiration, holistic health tips, and personal growth. Join the conversation on Instagram at @monasharmaLearn more about Tony Cho:Website: ony-cho.com/generation-regenerationSubstack: tonycho1111.substack.com/Instagram: @tonychoGaia TV Series: gaia.com/series/road-to-utopiaLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chotimelive/YouTube: @RegenerativeLivingwithTonyChoPress: tony-cho.com/press
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