Sparking Wholeness

Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH is the leading medical expert on how life experiences get stored in the body and restoring the body to its best state of health through her signature model and methodology, The Biology of Trauma™. She is a double board-certified medical physician in Preventive Medicine and Addiction Medicine.

She is also a Certified Functional Medicine physician and has training and certifications specifically in neuro-autoimmunity, nutrition, and genetics for addictions, mental health, and mood and behavioral disorders.

Dr. Aimie offers science-based solutions on how to rewire the nervous system with The Biology of Trauma. Accelerating the healing journey through recovery to resilience, presence, and aliveness. Dr. Aimie is the founder and CEO of Trauma Healing Accelerated, offering her foundational online course: “The 21 Day Journey to Calm Aliveness”, which is an experiential journey into the nervous system that is open to all as well as her 8 module certification course for practitioners, “Biology of Trauma” that teaches the protocols of addressing The Biology of Trauma on the different systems of the body.

Key Topics:

- Redefining trauma - trauma is not just one big event

- What a trauma response looks like

- Safety physiology vs. threat physiology

- How trauma doesn’t allow the body to bounce back

- The disconnect between mind and body and where it comes from

- How we can get out of a trauma response mode

- An explanation of somatic experiencing and how it brings safety to the body

Learn more about Dr. Aimie’s programs at traumahealingaccelerated.com

Dr. Kamilah Stevenson is a published author, counselor, and healthy lifestyle advocate. With a firm belief in the importance of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health for all individuals, she has dedicated her life to helping others become their best selves by learning how to take care of themselves physically.

Dr. Kamilah is a passionate advocate for the science of the immune system and its impact on overall health and quality of life. She believes that addressing our immune system is crucial to achieving our purposes in life, as being sick or low on energy can negatively affect every aspect of our lives, from our careers to our relationships. She believes that there are many factors that can impact our immune system and that we can make changes to our lifestyle and decisions that will boost its quality and, in turn, improve other areas of our bodies, such as our brain and emotions.

Key Topics:

- The importance of a healthy immune system

- Food and nutrients for healthy immune system

- The importance of bioindividuality

- The impact of stress in immune health

- How to adjust exercise for stress levels

Follow Dr. Kamilah on Instagram at @kamilahstevenson or at her website kamilahstevenson.com.

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Dr. Tamika Henry is a board-certified family physician with an emphasis in functional medicine and the founder of Unlimited Health Institute where she sees patients virtually all over the world. Based out of Los Angeles and with a roster of celebrity list of clients, Dr. Henry's specialty is Functional medicine which is a systems biology–based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease.

 

In her practice, Dr. Henry works with patients nationwide, including a wide roster of celebrity clients. She also is a Best-Selling author with her book “The Unlimited You Detox” and number one podcast Rock It with Dr. Tamika • A podcast on Anchor.

Key Topics:

- Why Dr. Henry takes a functional medicine approach to health

- Why more people are looking for a functional medicine practitioner

- The most common health issues people are struggling with today

- Gut-brain issues and the way functional medicine addresses them

- The growing concern with pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome

- Importance of remembering the basics

Follow her on Instagram at @iamdrtamika. Learn more about Dr. Henry at unlimitedhealthinstitute.com

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Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary, MD, is a neurologist, neuroscientist and an internationally recognized expert in the ancient practice of Ayurvedic medicine.

Chaudhary is the author of “The Prime” (Penguin Random House, 2016) and “Sound Medicine” (Harper Collins, 2020); is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine and is a highly sought-after speaker, researcher and adviser for Healthy Directions.

Key Topics:

- New research on the gut-brain connection

- The brain-gut connection and how to r brain speaks to the gut ecosystem

- How modern medicine backs up what was known for thousands of years

- Herbs you need for mental health and stress management

Learn more at drkchaudhary.com

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Tamara Rosier, Ph.D., is the founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, where she and her staff work with individuals with ADHD (and their families) to learn strategies and develop new skills to live effectively with ADHD. Dr. Rosier is also the president of the ADHD Coaches Organization. She is the author of Your Brain’s Not Broken. She is a popular conference and keynote speaker is a frequent guest on podcasts and has published numerous articles about living with ADHD.

Things you need to know if you suspect you have ADHD.

Key Topics:

- The difference between convergent and divergent thinking

- Erin’s “pinball machine brain” and the trouble with focusing on too much all at once

- Hyperarousal and fixation versus avoidance behaviors

- Compulsive learning and ADHD

- Self-criticism, perfectionism, and shame

- How motivations come from emotions and what to do about it

- The battery life and solve-it grid to manage energy

- How neurotypicals can support those with ADHD

Get Dr. Rosier’s book, Your Brain’s Not Broken, wherever you get books or at tamararosier.com or follow her on Instagram at @drtamararosier

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Matt Zemon is the Co-Founder of HAPPŸŸ, a mental wellness company that specializes in psychedelic-assisted ketamine therapy along with digital therapeutics that promote life-transforming outcomes.

As an entrepreneur in the well-being sector, Matt was the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Psychable, an online community connecting people who would like to explore the healing power of psychedelics with a network of practitioners and psychedelic-based treatments, and the co-founder of Take2Minutes, a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals improve their mental health and well-being.

Matt is the author of Psychedelics for Everyone: A Beginner’s Guide to these Powerful Medicines for Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Expanding Consciousness and received his Master of Science in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health with honors from King’s College London.

In this episode, we take on the slightly controversial topic of psychedelics for mental health, and how they’re being used today when all other options fail.

Key Topics:

- What are psychedelics and how are people using them today?

- The three paths to psychedelics and the de-criminalization of their use

- What happens to the brain on psychedelics

- How to have a safe psychedelic session

- The impact for treatment-resistant mental health issues

- Who shouldn’t do psychedelics

Find Matt’s bestselling book, Psychedelics for Everyone, and learn more about him at mattzemon.com.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this episode with functional medicine trained health coach Erin Kerry is kicking it off with what your body really needs.

Your body needs to feel safe to heal and thrive. That’s true for emotional safety, and it’s absolutely true for physiological safety. Unfortunately, due to fancy food marketing and years of junk science twisted to benefit the food companies, we have commonly consumed foods that are keeping your body in an unsafe, stressed out state. We have strayed so far from food that our great-grandparents ate that our bodies are sounding the alarm on every level - yet we keep trying the newest things.

This a list of the five "health imposters" that Erin believes are creating long-term chaos in the body's ability to function optimally - from a cellular level to neurotransmitter level to every area in between. These five trends masquerading as health could be extremely destructive, especially when habitual.

Erin follows that list up with five things that could be beneficial for just about everyone’s mental health. There is hope!

Learn more mental health tools at sparkingwholeness.com and on Instagram at @sparkingwholeness.

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Carly Stagg and Chelsea Blackbird are co-creators of The School of Christian Health and Nutrition. They teach holistic health rooted in Biblical principles and certify people who are passionate about health and Jesus to become Christian Health Practitioners.

Carly is a Family Nurse Practitioner and functional nutritional therapist. Chelsea is Christian Health Practitioner and nutritional therapist. They have combined the very best of their functional health training and clinical experience to offer a comprehensive program that fully integrates spirit, mind and body.

In this episode, both practitioners share their heart for a holistic, Biblical perspective on health that is often missing in the world of health and nutrition. 

Key Topics:

- Why there is a need for The School of Christian Health and Nutrition

- The Genesis prescription

- What most holistic health practitioners are missing

- How to charger your water battery

- Supporting your infradian rhythm by eating seasonally

- The body’s resilience and using the nervous system for healing

- Using targeted lab work to understand baseline health

- Who this program is for

- How to start integrating mind-body-spirit

Sign up or learn more at christiannutritionschool.com and follow on Instagram at @christiannutritionschool.

Andrea Jones is a Registered Nurse, Functional Hormone Coach and Inner Healing Pastor. She has spent the majority of her nursing career in hospital settings before transitioning to nursing education and finally out of the conventional medical system altogether. She now works with women all over the world to uncover the root causes of their hormone imbalances so they can get back to thriving. 

Key Topics:

- What is a functional medicine approach to hormones and why do we need it?

- Ways your period is a barometer of your overall health

- What your hormone symptoms say about your body’s needs

- The liver’s role and the gut-brain connection

- Support for progesterone

- The brain’s role in hormone health

- The role of trauma with menstrual issues

- Lifestyle red flags for hormonal balance

- How Andrea’s work as an inner healing pastor supports her work as a hormone expert

Follow Andrea on Instagram at @abundantwellnesswithandrea

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Dr. Molly Maloof is passionate about extending healthspan through her medical practice, personal brand, entrepreneurial and educational endeavors. She provides personalized medicine to world class entrepreneurs, investors, and executives. Dr. Maloof is on the frontier of digital health technologies, biofeedback assisted lifestyle interventions, and science-backed wellness products and services.

In this jam-packed episode, Dr. Molly breaks down the definition of biohacking and how we can optimize our health and enhance our energy by hacking our biology.

Key Topics:

- What is biohacking and how is biohacking different for men and women

- Ways to biohack as a woman

- How to biohack a menstrual cycle

- Optimizing the health of your body through exercise

- Fundamentals of health that help you age backwards

- Fasting and stress on female health

- Biohacking blood sugar

Find Dr. Molly’s new book, The Spark Factor, wherever books are sold.