Sparking Wholeness

Dr. Aimie Apigian is a double board-certified physician (Preventive/Addiction Medicine) with master's degrees in biochemistry and public health, revolutionizes trauma healing by revealing how our cells—not just our minds—store trauma. Her book "The Biology of Trauma" (foreword by Gabor Maté) transforms our understanding of how the body experiences and holds trauma. After adopting a child during medical school sparked her journey, she developed an integrative science-based sequence for the healing journey. Through her practitioner training, podcast, YouTube channel, and international speaking, she bridges functional medicine, attachment and trauma therapy, proving that repairing trauma's impact on the mind, body and biology is possible.

Key Topics:

- Understanding a biology-based approach to trauma

- How trauma and stress are experienced differently by our physiology

- The five steps of a physiological trauma response

- The way modern medicine fails to put the puzzle pieces together

- How to support the biology of trauma and find healing

- Survival mechanisms that show the body is protecting you through a trauma response

Grab her bestselling book at biologyoftrauma.com/book now!

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Anna Christine (A. C.) Seiple is a licensed counselor, retreat leader, instructor, and researcher. She loves integrating neuroscience with spirituality, honoring the entirety of our created being. She holds two master’s degrees—one in clinical mental health counseling and one in biblical studies—and is currently a postgraduate researcher working on her PhD at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Her book, The Sacred Art of Slowing Down, is available now wherever books are sold.

Key Topics:

- The concept behind A.C.'s book, The Sacred Art of Slowing Down

- The disconnect we often experience with our bodies and our minds

- What Internal Family Systems (parts work) is and how it is used in therapy

- How the Christian faith integrates into parts work

- A.C.’s approach to blending the ancient truths of the Bible into modern counseling

- How anchoring plays a role into our need to slow down

- Polyvagal Theory and its role in creating felt safety in the body and brain

- Contemplative practices and their role in modern mindfulness practices


Connect with A. C. on Instagram @a.c.seiple and online at acseiple.com.

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Erin Kerry is an integrative health coach, functional nutritionist and author of the upcoming book Live Beyond Your Label. In this solo episode, Erin discusses the fourth part of her book, “Exercise Your Body and Brain.”

Key Topics:

- How healthy emotional regulation impacts the way we show up in the world and help us to manage our triggers

- How triggers are protective but feel a lot worse when we’re not addressing our stress

- The importance of movement for mental health and three brain benefits of exercise that may transform your relationship with it

- The way movement is a way to partner with and listen to you body, while also supporting your menstrual cycle symptoms

- The importance of self-care, and the difference between intentional self-care and Sabbath instead of self medication and zoning out

- Practical practices for a deeper, nourishing sleep routine

To order Live Beyond Your Label: A Holistic Approach to Breaking Old Patterns and Rediscovering a Healthier You in Mind, Body, and Spirit, head here: erinbkerry.com/upcomingbook or find wherever books are sold!

Download Erin’s devotional plan, Reset Your Stress Response with Scripture, on the Bible app: http://bible.us/r/FYO

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Erin Kerry is an integrative health coach, functional nutritionist and author of the upcoming book Live Beyond Your Label. In this solo episode, Erin discusses the third part of her book, which discusses how to add variety to your diet in how you eat, why you eat, and what you eat, along with how to create body peace.

Key Topics:

- How to create an optimal environment for digestion

- How stress plays a role in absorption and digestion of nutrients

- How to eat for balanced blood sugar to support a balanced stress response

- Using the antidepressant food score to increase mood-boosting foods

- Why dieting fails

- Root causes of weight struggles

- Noise that disrupts body peace

To order Live Beyond Your Label: A Holistic Approach to Breaking Old Patterns and Rediscovering a Healthier You in Mind, Body, and Spirit, head here: erinbkerry.com/upcomingbook or find wherever books are sold!

Don’t forget to grab your preorder gift, a Nourishing Habits Guide, now! Available through September 16. https://mailchi.mp/43ddced8d0e6/lbyl-preorder-gift-bundle

Download Erin’s devotional plan, Reset Your Stress Response with Scripture, on the Bible app: http://bible.us/r/FYO

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Erin Kerry is an integrative health coach, functional nutritionist and author of the upcoming book Live Beyond Your Label. In this solo episode, Erin discusses the second part of her book, which explores root issues that keep us from thriving and their impact on living a purposeful, connected life.

Key Topics:

- How unresolved trauma and suppressed feelings can lead to chronic disease states

- The importance of reconnecting with one's body and God to promote healing

- What the Bible teaches us about feeling feelings

- A reframe on coping mechanisms, their potential benefits and drawbacks, and the need for a gentle approach when making changes

- Reviews from the book launch team

To order Live Beyond Your Label: A Holistic Approach to Breaking Old Patterns and Rediscovering a Healthier You in Mind, Body, and Spirit, head here: erinbkerry.com/upcomingbook or find wherever books are sold!

Don’t forget to grab your preorder gift, a Nourishing Habits Guide, now! Available through September 16.

Download Erin’s devotional plan, Reset Your Stress Response with Scripture, on the Bible app: http://bible.us/r/FYO

Download the plan on Life Bible app: https://tbibles.com/M1rG

Erin’s upcoming book, Live Beyond Your Label, releases on September 16, and this episode gives you a foundation for why the book encourages you to live beyond your label and the heart behind the book. Erin shares how the book is structured into four parts: learn to address stress, identify the root issues, add variety to your diet, and exercise your body and brain.

This episode highlights part one of the book: Learn to Address Stress.

Key Topics:

- The two types of stress Erin breaks down in the book

- How the body is designed to respond to stress and how that system can get imbalanced

- The importance of tuning into your body’s natural alerts in order to partner with it and find healing

- To get a jump start on supporting your body, you can download Erin’s preorder gift now!

Order the book, Live Beyond Your Label: A Holistic Approach to Breaking Old Patterns and Rediscovering a Healthier You in Mind, Body, and Spirit here: erinbkerry.com/upcomingbook.

Grab your preorder gift here: https://mailchi.mp/d27a9ba990c0/nourishing-habits-guide

Download Erin’s devotional plan, Reset Your Stress Response with Scripture, on the Bible app: http://bible.us/r/FYO

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Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW is a speaker, writer, psychotherapist, retreat leader, and podcaster who has dedicated her work and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and conditions. She is the author of the books Mind Your Body (Penguin/Random House, 2025) and The Meaning of Truth as well as the online courses Freedom from Chronic Pain and Freedom From an Anxious Life. Her brand, Your BreakAwake, has a Podcast, YouTube Channel, Instagram, and newsletter. Alongside her partner Lisa Eisenpresser and their colleague Christina Sarno, Nicole created The Sarno x Sachs Solution, a practitioner training that avails clinicians and coaches worldwide of this life-changing work.

Key Topics:

- Nicole’s personal journey with chronic pain and how she began working in mind-body medicine

- How the body stores emotions

- The science behind emotional and physical pain

- How your negative self-talk is playing a role in your body’s response system

- How to retrain your brain

- The protective element of pain

- How JournalSpeak helps with repressed emotions and leads to pain reduction and healing

Links:

Nicole’s podcast: The Cure for Chronic Pain

Website: nicolesachs.com

Instagram: @nicolsachslcsw

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Dr. Joel Warsh (aka @DrJoelGator of the popular parenting Instagram) is a Board-Certified Pediatrician in Los Angeles, California who specializes in Parenting, Vaccines, Wellness and Integrative Medicine. He is the author of Between a Shot and Hard Place: Tackling Vaccine Questions with Balance, Data, and Clarity.

He grew up in Toronto, Canada and completed a Master’s Degree in

Epidemiology before earning his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson

Medical College. He completed his Pediatric Medicine training at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and then worked in private practice in Beverly Hills before founding his current practice in Studio City.

Dr. Gator has published research in peer-reviewed journals on topics

including childhood injuries, obesity and physical activity.

This episode features an open, honest conversation about children’s health and why vaccines have become controversial and political in recent years. It gets to the heart of what all parents want: healthy kids.

Key Topics:

- What the word anti-vax has come to mean in recent years, and Dr. Warsh’s position on vaccines

- Current vaccine schedule and the issue of informed consent

- Why some parents choose to have religious exemptions for their children

- Safety testing done in vaccine

- Vaccines and autism: what the science says

- SIDS and vaccines: what the science says

- Chronic disease in children and what parents can do, no matter their stance on vaccines

For more on Dr. Warsh:

Get his book Between a Shot and a Hard Place on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/dRbtptW

Website: https://integrativepediatricsandmedicine.com/

Instagram: DrJoelGator 

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Isabelle Amigues, MD, is a rheumatologist based in Denver, Colorado. She honed her expertise by studying in Paris, as well as at Columbia University, in New York City. At age 40 she was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer. A timely meeting with a non-traditionally trained practitioner taught her a different approach to disease where she experienced the power of meditation, visualization, energy healing, and love. Her journey through cancer inspired her to learn more about these alternative techniques and she now blends western medicine and eastern techniques into her practice at UnabridgedMD.

Key Topics:

- The mind-body connection in autoimmune diseases

- Dr. Amigues’ journey healing from stage 4 cancer and her integration of Eastern and Western medicine

- Reframing health and healing in the midst of a diagnosis

- The impact of labeling on patient outcomes

- Misunderstandings in autoimmune disease

- Creating a mindful approach to an autoimmune diagnosis

Listen to Dr. Amigues’ podcast: Unabridged MD.

Learn more about her work at her website: positiveana.com

IG, Facebook and Twitter: UnabridgedMD

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In this 300th episode special, host Erin Kerry shares about her six-year journey in podcasting and interviewing the world’s top health experts. Since starting the podcast, she has received training in applied functional medicine and continues to learn more about getting to the root of mental health issues.

The five areas Erin discusses:

- Functional lab testing and how it supports a root cause approach to mental health

- Alternative options to antidepressant and anti anxiety medication

- Exercise as a regulator of mood symptoms

- Food is mood: how the nutrients we consume impact optimal brain function

- The impact of physiological stress and emotional stress on physical health

Host bio information: Erin Kerry is a health coach and mental health advocate. She encourages people to live beyond their labels, sparking hope and wholeness each week through her podcast, Sparking Wholeness. Erin knows how suffering from a chronic illness can infiltrate every area of life. By the age of18, she was given the labels PTSD, depression, and bipolar disorder. Today, she is living symptom-free. She empowers people to be their own health advocates so they don’t have to be limited by a label or diagnosis. She and her husband, Richard, live in Tyler, Texas, with their three kids: Isabel, Roman, and Rhett. Her first book, published with Tyndale Refresh, is available on September 16, 2025.

Preorder Live Beyond Your Label here: erinbkerry.com/upcomingbooks.

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