Traditional Chinese Medicine can be intimidating if you’re not familiar with its concepts or principles. 

Herbal eating is a lot easier and safer than you think, and it’s delicious, too! Mother and daughter duo, Rose Cheung & Genevieve Wong, want to make TCM more readily accessible to everyone, through their book Healing Herbal Soups. Using little-known herbs and ingredients, they guide you through demystifying ancient Chinese traditions while making tasty, healing soups and broths. 

|| LINKS || www.healingherbalsoups.com  | www.beekeepersnaturals.com/darin | Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/demystifying-traditional-chinese-medicine-rose-cheung-genevieve-wong/

What exactly is your conscience?

Most of us think of our conscience as that little voice in our head that distinguishes right from wrong. But it’s so much more than that. And you have more control over your conscience than you think. 

Leonard Perlmutter, founder & director of The American Meditation Institute, asserts that by trusting and understanding your conscience, you could greatly improve your life. He explains why.

|| LINKS || www.yourconscience.org | Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/understanding-your-conscience-leonard-perlmutter/

Trends come and go in the blink of an eye.

Fast fashion is a way to keep up with those trends. The clothes are cheap, easy to find, and come in every color of the rainbow. It makes it easy to afford a different outfit for every day of the week if you wish. But at what cost? This fast fashion is endangering our health, the health of the planet, and the dignity of workers all over the world. It’s time to slow down this dangerous fast-fashion craze. 

|| Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/fast-fashion-fatal-conveniences/

There are 38 million people who experience food insecurity in the United States.

Food insecurity is defined as a lack of consistent access to nutritious food to support a healthy life. Maggie Baird, mom to superstars Billie Eilish and Finneas, is fighting tirelessly behind the scenes with her organization Support + Feed to fight food insecurity by providing plant-based meals to those that need them most. Learn all about her efforts and how you can get involved, too.

|| LINKS || www.supportandfeed.org | Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/raising-superstars-fighting-food-insecurity-maggie-baird/

Making a New Year’s resolution is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, setting goals and setting out to improve yourself and your life is a very positive action to take. However, making unachievable resolutions is just setting you up for stress and disappointment. I want to help you learn how to set reasonable goals- and then achieve them in a healthy way. We need to dig a little deeper on the “why” before we can get to the “how”.

When you endure unimaginable abuse in your childhood, how do you move past that pain? While different people may have different answers to that question, one way to heal is to help others heal as well. Tom “Quitproof” Jones, lives this as his truth. Now a world class endurance athlete, he once lived through years of unimaginable childhood abuse. Today, he uses past pain as fuel to ensure other kids never have to go through what he did.

|| LINKS || www.quitproof.com | https://121tribe.camp/ | Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/turning-childhood-abuse-into-your-why-tom-quitproof-jones/

Giving presents is one of the most cherished traditions of the holiday season. But that colorful paper you’re wrapping each gift in is incredibly wasteful. The cheaper the wrapping paper, the more likely it’s full of toxic materials. But the more expensive the wrapping paper, the more likely it’s full of pollutants like glitter, aluminum or plastic. The bottom line is it’s time to ditch the gift wrap and get creative.

|| Full Shownotes - https://darinolien.com/wrapping-paper-fatal-conveniences/

Words are a very powerful thing. But just as much as they can inspire and impact, they can also hurt and destroy. Adam Schmalholz, better known by his stage name IN-Q, looks at poetry as a pursuit of truth- no matter how ugly that truth may be. In this episode, we explore the power of words through poetry. Every single thing you say is a seed you’re planting in someone’s mind or heart. So what do you want them to grow? 

|| LINKS || https://in-q.com/ | https://www.safesleevecases.com/  | Full Shownotes - https://darinolien.com/the-impact-of-words-language-poetry-in-q/

Everyone loves giving and receiving gifts over the holiday season. But do we take it too far? Is all this excessive spending necessary? The truth is, what started as a well-intended tradition evolved into a marketing ploy by the wealthy. There’s so much pressure to spend over the holiday season, but are you buying those gifts with the person in mind or just to fulfill an imaginary quota in your head? Let’s work on more conscious gift giving this year.

|| LINKS | Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/holiday-gifts-fatal-conveniences/

We all know that eating healthy makes you feel better. But could certain foods actually help your body beat disease and heal itself?

Science tells us they absolutely can.

Dr. William Li, a world-renowned physician and scientist, breaks down the complicated science behind the healing power of foods and how they work with your body to prevent, fight and heal from disease. It’s not about what not to eat, but rather what foods you should add to your plate.

|| LINKS || www.drwilliamli.com | http://www.vuori.com/darin | www.trybite.com/darin | Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/what-foods-to-eat-to-beat-disease-dr-william-li/