The Accrescent: Bioenergetic Healing

Leigh Ann welcomes Brad Pitzele, founder of One Thousand Roads, for a conversation on exercise with oxygen therapy, or EWOT, and the role oxygen plays in cellular energy, inflammation, detoxification, and recovery. Brad shares his own history with psoriasis, autoimmune arthritis, melanoma, Lyme disease, Bartonella, debilitating pain, and years of treatments that failed to meaningfully improve his health before oxygen therapy became an important part of his recovery. He explains how EWOT combines cardiovascular movement with high-concentration oxygen to increase circulation and oxygen delivery, particularly into tissues that may have compromised microcirculation. Leigh Ann and Brad also compare EWOT with hyperbaric oxygen therapy and oxygen nanobaths, exploring the practical and physiological differences between these approaches. They discuss how oxygen availability affects mitochondrial energy production, inflammation, detoxification, sleep, exercise capacity, and the body’s ability to repair itself, along with why chronically ill patients may need to ease into the therapy slowly. Brad also explains the potential synergy between EWOT and red light therapy, using oxygen first to increase supply and red and near-infrared light afterward to stimulate mitochondrial oxygen utilization.

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• Podcast Ep. 235: Dr. Neil Nathan - Three Reasons Why Patients Aren’t Healing from Complex Chronic Illness
• Podcast Ep. 221: Kenna Limp - Addressing Parasites, Lyme, Viral Infections and More with F-Scan and Firefly Technology

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Leigh Ann welcomes Dr. Lori Bouchard back to The Accrescent Podcast to explore a part of the cancer journey that often gets overlooked - what happens after treatment ends and the scans finally look clear. Dr. Bouchard explains why people can be in remission or have no evidence of disease and still struggle with exhaustion, brain fog, neuropathy, depression, anxiety, hormone disruption, immune weakness, digestive issues, and a general feeling that their body has not recovered. Together, they unpack some of the downstream effects of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, contrast imaging, chronic inflammation, nutrient depletion, gut disruption, heavy metals, and immune suppression. They also discuss why dormant infections, mold, hormonal imbalances, and metabolic dysfunction may become more apparent after the body has been through intense treatment. Dr. Bouchard shares how individualized testing and data can help guide post-cancer support, rather than relying on standard blood work or a one-size-fits-all recovery plan. This conversation offers a hopeful perspective for anyone who has made it through cancer treatment but is still asking, “Why don’t I feel better yet?”

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• Podcast Ep. 235: Dr. Neil Nathan - Three Reasons Why Patients Aren’t Healing from Complex Chronic Illness
• Ep. 228: Dr. Lori Bouchard - The Missing Pieces in Cancer Care, Metabolism, Trauma, and Whole-Person Healing
• Ep. 176: Leigh Ann Lindsey - How I Work with Cancer Patients to Address Emotional Root Causes to Disease

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Leigh Ann welcomes licensed clinical social worker Lisa Arrigo for a conversation on complex trauma, addiction, generational patterns, nervous system survival, and the parts of us that form in response to pain. Lisa shares how her own complicated upbringing, cocaine addiction, recovery, and long healing journey led her into psychology, social work, trauma-informed treatment, and a desire to help people understand the neurobiology beneath their patterns. Leigh Ann and Lisa explore how trauma can begin before conscious memory, including in utero experiences, birth trauma, attachment wounds, generational inheritance, and the early danger signals that shape the nervous system. They discuss complex trauma, addiction, dissociation, parts work, internal protector strategies, and why behaviors that look self-sabotaging are often survival adaptations trying to protect us. Lisa also shares honestly about what helped and what did not in her own recovery, including traditional talk therapy, 12-step recovery, psychoanalysis, EMDR training, somatic work, IFS, and trauma-informed therapy.

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• Podcast Ep 253: Christina Woods - Can Hypnotherapy Help Rewrite Subconscious Beliefs?
• Podcast Ep 251: Christine Lee (Cereset) - Rewiring the Brain to Find Balance After Trauma and Nervous System Dysregulation
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In this episode, Leigh Ann welcomes Dr. Michael Bagnell for a conversation on functional neurology, brain injury rehabilitation, migraines, dizziness, neuroinflammation, and what conventional neurology may overlook. Dr. Bagnell shares how his background in chiropractic, physical medicine, applied kinesiology, and brain injury rehabilitation shaped his brain-based approach to healthcare. He explains why symptoms like migraines, chronic headaches, dizziness, light sensitivity, brain fog, anxiety, depression, and cognitive changes often require a deeper look at brain function rather than only imaging, medication, or broad diagnoses. Leigh Ann and Dr. Bagnell discuss how tools like eye-tracking goggles, vestibular testing, QEEG brain mapping, autonomic testing, and multi-axis rotational chair assessments can reveal functional patterns that standard exams may miss. They also explore how concussions, emotional trauma, mold, Lyme, mast cell activation, chronic inflammation, sleep issues, and stress can layer over time and affect the brain’s resilience. This episode reframes brain healing as an active rehabilitation process, where supporting the metabolic environment matters, but targeted neurological stimulation may be needed to help injured or underperforming pathways come back online.

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Leigh Ann welcomes Osteoboost CEO Laura Yecies, who explains the difference between osteopenia and osteoporosis, why knowing your bone-density baseline can be valuable, and why she believes women should become proactive about their bones earlier in life. Bone health is often overlooked until osteoporosis or a fracture occurs, but significant bone loss can begin much earlier—especially during the menopausal transition. Laura also shares her personal experience losing 13% of her bone density between ages 52 and 57 and how it shaped her commitment to finding better preventive options. We explore Osteoboost, an FDA-cleared prescription wearable that uses targeted vibration at the hips and lumbar spine to help reduce bone-density loss in postmenopausal women with osteopenia. The conversation offers a broader look at how screening, exercise, nutrition, medical care, and emerging non-drug interventions may help women preserve bone strength, mobility, and independence as they age.

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In this episode, Leigh Ann welcomes Cassandra Gray, co-founder of Helixona, for an inside look at a new model of care designed for people navigating complex chronic illness. Cassandra shares how her own experience with Lyme disease, mold toxicity, and mast cell activation—combined with 25 years in healthcare management—inspired her to help build the kind of clinic she wished had existed during her own health journey. They explore Helixona’s “Eliminate, Nourish, Repair” philosophy, why the order and timing of treatments matter, and how comprehensive diagnostics, IV therapies, EBOO, laser therapy, Rife technology, nanobaths, and other modalities can be thoughtfully integrated into a personalized plan of care. Cassandra also explains Helixona’s unusual commitment to fighting for insurance coverage and why addressing the nervous system and emotional side of illness is considered an integral part of recovery. Finally, Leigh Ann and Cassandra discuss Leigh Ann’s upcoming move into Helixona, their plans to develop new patient programs together, and their shared vision for making truly integrative care more collaborative and accessible.

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• Podcast Ep 236. Dr. Thomas Bakman (Helixona) - The Hidden Neurological Factors Sabotaging Chronic Illness Recovery
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Leigh Ann welcomes Dr. Galit Atlas back to The Accrescent Podcast to discuss her new book Come Closer and the childhood wounds that shape adult intimacy. Dr. Atlas explains how our earliest experiences with love, attachment, loss, fear, shame, and family roles become carried forward into our adult relationships, often creating the paradox of longing for closeness while also fearing it. Leigh Ann and Dr. Atlas explore several of the child self-states from the book, including the frightened child, the melancholic child, the ashamed child, the invisible child, and the chosen child. They discuss how these younger parts of us may show up as fear of intimacy, difficulty with endings, shame and blame cycles, hyper-independence, emotional hiding, enmeshment, or an inability to fully separate from a parent. Dr. Atlas also shares how therapy can become a secure base and a reliable witness, helping people identify the children they still carry and begin relating to them with more awareness and compassion. This conversation invites listeners to see their relationship patterns not as random failures, but as meaningful clues pointing back to the childhood wounds that still need to be seen, understood, and integrated.

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Leigh Ann welcomes clinical hypnotherapist Christina Woods for a conversation on hypnotherapy, subconscious beliefs, medical trauma, and why insight alone often is not enough to create lasting change. Christina shares how a season of major life transition, burnout, and 24/7 vertigo led her to discover hypnotherapy and eventually leave a 30-year corporate career to help others access deeper subconscious healing. She explains hypnotherapy as a natural, focused state of mind that allows the conscious mind to quiet while the subconscious becomes more accessible, revealing the beliefs and narratives that may be driving behaviors, symptoms, relationships, and patterns. Leigh Ann and Christina discuss how beliefs like “I’m not enough,” “I’m alone,” or “I can’t trust anyone” can form early in life, often from experiences that may not look traumatic on the surface but still shaped the nervous system and psyche. They also explore medical trauma, including how dismissive or invasive medical experiences can accumulate in the body and later show up as anxiety, panic, claustrophobia, avoidance, sleep disruption, or a loss of trust in medical care.

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Leigh Ann welcomes Dr. Stasha Gominak for a deep dive into sleep, as well as vitamin D, B vitamins, the microbiome, pain, repair, and why many sleep issues may be misunderstood. Dr. Gominak shares how her work as a neurologist with headache patients unexpectedly led her into sleep research after discovering that many young, otherwise healthy women had abnormal sleep studies even when they did not have sleep apnea. She explains why sleep studies can be overly reductive when they focus only on apnea, while missing deeper issues with REM sleep, deep sleep, paralysis, repair, and brainstem function. Leigh Ann and Dr. Gominak discuss the role of vitamin D as a hormone, why blood levels may matter more than generic dosing, and how bringing vitamin D levels up helped some patients sleep better before later revealing deeper B vitamin and microbiome-related issues. Dr. Gominak also explains her evolving understanding of the impact that B5, acetylcholine, gut bacteria, inflammation, and IBS have on the parasympathetic nervous system.

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Leigh Ann welcomes Christine Lee of Cereset Mission Viejo for a conversation on brain optimization, trauma, nervous system regulation, sleep, and what it means to let the brain rebalance itself. Christine shares her personal story of living with stress, insomnia, trauma, and deep nervous system dysregulation before discovering Cereset as a client and eventually purchasing the practice herself. She explains how Cereset uses read-only EEG sensors and AI-generated acoustic tones to create a “brain echo,” allowing the brain to hear itself and identify where it may be energetically out of balance. Leigh Ann and Christine discuss the difference between supporting the brain’s “hardware” and doing deeper emotional “software” work, especially for clients whose systems feel too hijacked for meditation, breathwork, journaling, or somatic practices to land. They also explore how Cereset may support people navigating trauma, insomnia, concussion, mood dysregulation, medication tapering goals, chronic illness, cancer, mold, mast cell activation, and nervous system overwhelm.

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• Podcast Ep. 247: Dr. Aimie Apigian - The Biology of Trauma
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