Sparking Wholeness

Jennifer Tucker is a bestselling author, artist, graphic designer, wife, mother, grandmother, devoted follower of Jesus, and advocate for mental health. She is the author of Breath as Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, and Renew Your Soul. Her new book Present in Prayer: a Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation is available now.

Key Topics:

- Jenn’s heart behind mental health advocacy

- The story behind her first book and breath prayers

- How Lectio Divina anchors her during difficult times

- What Biblical meditation is and how it’s different from what people are used to

- How “going and doing” prevents us from being still and making space for transformation

- The practice of lectio divina and each of the five steps

- How to get started with a meditation practice

Learn more about Jenn at littlehousestudio.net. Grab her latest book at presentinprayer.com.

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Dr. Tracey Stroup is a Naturopathic Doctor, Certified Natural Health Professional, a Level 2 Digestive Specialist, Master Herbalist, and an Aroma Therapist. Tracey has been in the health and wellness industry for over 25 years. She is a sought out clinician, speaker and presenter for medical freedom and educator for integrative and complementary care for medical professionals. Tracey specializes in Post Covid/Jab Recovery protocols, chronic health issues, MTHFR mutation and biblical health. Most importantly, Tracey is a wife, mom, and a lover of Jesus Christ.

Key Topics:

- What peptides are and how they impact our health

- The brain-hormone connection

- The pathways to create GLP-1

- Why peptides are working so well right now

- The importance of individualization and not overdosing GLP-1

- What to do today to impact your metabolic health

- Where to get peptides individualized to you

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Learn more about working with her here:

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This episode with integrative health coach Erin Kerry takes on two parts: what stress does to our health and nine ways we can manage it post-election, without dieting.

Mental stress impacts every physiological process of the body, but there are ways to help support the body in spite of ongoing stressors.

Key Topics:

- The downstream effects of chronic stress (the why)

- The tools for managing stress, including meditation, scheduling nothing, getting off social media and the news, and creating more routines

- Exercise and digestive practices that support stress management

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Kyra Bobinet is a physician, public health leader, and behavior change designer focusing on tranquility, transformation and healing to build optimal health and fulfilling, meaningful lives. She is the author of Unstoppable Brain: The New Neuroscience That Frees Us From Failure, Eases Our Stress, and Creates Lasting Change.

In this episode, Dr. Bobinet addresses topics such as behavior change and personal growth, and what long-term neuroscience research reveals about habits and lifestyle change.

Key Topics:

- Exploring the habenula, the part of your brain that tells you you’re a failure and keeps you from overcoming setbacks

- How the habenula predicts what you’ll do and keeps you from success

- How to check in on yourself

- The importance of iteration to create lasting change

- Why people quit when they’re doing so well

- The impact of trauma on the habenula

- How to create mental firewalls to filter out negativity

Learn more about Dr. Bobinet and get her book at https://drkyrabobinet.com/

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Do you feel pressure to try another diet to lose weight? Are you drawn to the new weight loss drugs and curious if they’d work for you?

Host and health coach Erin Kerry combines her personal story with her functional medicine training to bring you a different perspective on the weight loss conversation.

Before you start thinking about your January weight loss goals, consider these five things your body needs to safely lose weight and keep it off.

Key Topics:

- Erin’s dieting philosophy.

- Erin’s thoughts on intuitive eating and the anti-diet movement as it is promoted in social media.

- How ultra-processed food companies sponsor medical groups and dietitian groups, which leads to conflicting messages about health and weight.

- The five things your body needs to start your weight loss journey.

- Should you intentionally pursue weight loss?

- What about GLP-1 drugs?

Grab Erin’s Food is Mood Guide here:

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Dr. Matthew Dawson is the co-founder and CEO of Wild Health, a Precision Medicine service providing personalized, genetics-based care to help patients achieve optimal wellbeing. In that, Dr. Dawson has trained thousands of physicians in Precision Medicine through online education, and has lectured in over twenty countries around the world. Dr. Dawson also co-hosts the Wild Health Podcast, a tool for teaching thousands about personalized, genetics-based Precision Medicine. His passion to help patients maximize their health span and perform at their absolute best considers all aspects of health: mental, physical, and spiritual.

Key Topics:

- Why Dr. Dawson got into genomics and why this approach is a helpful tool

- What SNPs are and how to test them

- Why MTHFR isn’t the big deal you think it is

- Your genetics only account for 20% of health outcomes

- Mood health and epigenetic factors

- How to increase better cognitive and mitochondrial health

- The most important indicator of health and longevity

- How disconnection plays a role in health

Learn more and get your genes tested here:

https://www.wildhealth.com/executive

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Laurie Lewis is the founder of Fast Forward Wellness. For Laurie, menopause dealt a crushing blow: brain fog, lack of balance, memory loss, intense joint pain, and the sudden gain of 50 pounds. She tried everything she knew to feel better. After years of struggle, Laurie read about Intermittent Fasting and started that very same day. Not only did she shed the stubborn 50 pounds, but the menopausal fog and pain lifted! She had more energy and felt “like herself” again. Now, at 61 years old, Laurie’s thriving coaching programs guide clients with a dream come true: keep an Eating Window and enjoy your life feeling vibrantly well.

Key Topics:

- Laurie’s story of struggling with sudden weight gain of fifty pounds in perimenopause

- How to make gentle changes with fasting as you age

- Appetite correction that comes with intermittent fasting

- How intermittent fasting increases body partnership over punishment.

- The best way to break a fast

- Fasted or non-fasted exercise

- Supplements and drinks that break a fast

- What to do if you’re struggling to lose weight while fasting

Connect with Laurie:

WEBSITE: WWW.FASTFORWARDWELLNESS.COM FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FASTFORWARDWELLNESS INSTAGRAM: @FAST_FORWARD_WELLNESS

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For over 30 years, Dr. Bill Rawls has dedicated his life to medicine. When a health crisis with chronic Lyme disease abruptly changed his quality of life, he came face to face with the limitations of modern medicine and began to explore the vast possibilities of alternative treatments. Restoring his health through holistic and herbal therapies inspired him to share his revelations on the importance of cellular wellness for defending against microbes and other root causes of illness. Today, he works to bring life and vitality to others as he helps them establish their own paths to wellness through modern herbology.

Through his bestselling books, Unlocking Lyme and The Cellular Wellness Solution, Dr. Rawls demonstrates why crucial herbal phytochemicals are key to protecting cellular health and strengthening the body's defense against illness. Dr. Rawls is also the founder of Vital Plan, a holistic health company, where he developed the signature Restore Kit™, an advanced herbal protocol that has helped thousands to reclaim vibrant health. 

In this episode, Dr. Rawls shares his story and how he uses herbs to support the immune system and prevent against chronic disease.

Key Topics:

- Dr. Rawls’ history with Lyme disease

- The shortcomings of the current medical system

- Getting to the root causes of illness

- What causes cellular stress and what cells need

- Studies that support using herbs

- How herbs protect the cells against stress

- The problem with antibiotics s

- Four stages of the immune system

- Which herbs are protective to cells

To learn more about Dr. Rawls, go to vitalplan.com and RawlsMD.com.

Renee Kindler is a Family Nurse Practitioner helping busy women to boost their energy, sleep better, and think more clearly by balancing their nutrients and hormones so they can show up in their life everyday exactly how they want! She is the founder of Aonani Functional Medicine. She earned her MSN from Gonzaga University and is passionate about sharing the tremendous impact of identifying what is disrupting your sleep, making you tired, and stealing your focus.

Key Topics:

- What cortisol is and why you need it

- When cortisol starts working against you

- Symptoms of low cortisol and how to test

- The cortisol-blood sugar connection

- The difference between cortisol and cortisone

- Why sleep is so important for managing cortisol

- Reasons you’re waking up in the middle of the night

- The best way to prep for good sleep

- How melatonin plays a role in cortisol balance

Get Renee’s free tips for better sleep handout at https://www.reneekindler.com/sleep

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Grace Secker is founder & CEO of Elevate Therapy & Wellness, a private practice for therapy and coaching, and the creator of the Mind-Body Healing Method, is a holistic licensed psychotherapist, certified yoga therapist and nervous system coach for people who struggle with chronic pain, fatigue and disordered eating.

She has more than ten years of experience in working with clients in a holistic approach helping clients go from bed ridden with pain, fatigue and food sensitivities to being able to exercise without pain, eat anything they want and have the energy in their life to thrive knowing they don’t have to fear chronic conditions.

After healing her own eating disorder, chronic pain and fatigue using the mind-body connection, Grace now specializes in helping people understand the connection between their minds and bodies so they can get back the life they love and get out of mental and physical patterns that keep them stuck.

Key Topics:

- Grace’s story of overcoming pain, fatigue, and mental health issues

- Why we need to understand the mind-body connection in order to heal

- The hidden root causes of chronic pain and fatigue

- What the nervous system is and what it does

- How to strengthen the nervous system response to manage stress response

- Somatic practices and why they’re trending

- When to choose a bottom-up or top-down approach to healing

- How to learn to stop dissociating

Learn more about Grace and work with her at https://www.elevatetherapywellness.com.

Follow Grace on Instagram at @heal.with.grace

Grab Erin’s stress-busting nutrition guide here: https://mailchi.mp/5bf7e5c21f62/stress-busting-nutrition-guide