The Dr. Ward Bond Show

Trivial aches and pains can lead to serious problems.An alarming number of people suffer from pain. Pain is an indicator that something is wrong. How do you know when you need to see a doctor? Dr. Christine Horner suggests you visit a doctor for chronic or severe pain. Minor, short-lived pain may be treated with home care alone. Most people overlook a few types of pain. Neck pain can result from hunching to use devices. Gardening may contribute to back pain. Plantar fasciitis or runner’s heel can occur from athletics in non-supportive shoes or lack of stretching. Dr. Horner recommends natural remedies to improve train. Reducing overall inflammation with the Mediterranean diet can ease your overall pain.Turmeric and ginger have anti-inflammatory properties. Listen as Dr. Horner joins Dr. Bond to discuss when you should pay attention to aches and pains, and how to reduce overall inflammation.

Don't let grief get the best of you.Grief is felt physically, emotionally and spiritually. Loss, fear and trauma all trigger grief. Therapist Edy Nathan experienced such grief that she decided to write a guide for those facing grief. We all have masks that we wear to cover grief. Many people try to avoid the process. It can be healthier to befriend grief and learn from it. Think about forgiveness as you consider your own trauma. Forgiveness doesn’t mean you forget the event and the lessons that surround it. Listen as Edy joins Dr. Bond to share how to grow from grief.

Corey Calliet’s cutting-edge personal training style, known as “The Calliet Way”, pulls from athletic strength and conditioning techniques and professional bodybuilding fundamentals.Corey Calliet’s cutting-edge personal training style, known as “The Calliet Way”, pulls from athletic strength and conditioning techniques and professional bodybuilding fundamentals. Not only does Corey’s unique method shape an aesthetic body for his clients, it trains them to meet high physical demands and function at an elite level. His ability to transform both mind and body makes him highly sought after by celebrities, professional athletes, and those requiring drastic changes to their physique.In addition to training the stars and everyday people, Corey is a motivational speaker and a passionate advocate for the fight against childhood obesity.Listen as Corey joins Dr. Bond to share some of his celebrity stories, as well as explain his training techniques.

There may be a natural treatment for your digestive troubles.One hundred million Americans experience digestive issues. Gut complaints are a major reason people see a physician. Dr. Michael Murray advocates for natural approaches to many of these functional complaints. Many people turn to probiotics for digestive complaints but they do not digest food. Probiotics support the health of the digestive system. Digestive enzymes aid with gas, bloating, indigestion, constipation and diarrhea. They work best when consumed just before or during a meal. Digestive enzymes break down larger food particles into smaller bits that can be more efficiently utilized by the body. Listen as Dr. Murray joins Dr. Bond to explain what your body needs to address common digestive problems.

Natural remedies can help quiet your stressed mind.Our minds tend to wander at least half of the time. A wandering mind is thinking about other things, not the task at hand. Most of those wandering thoughts are spend on negative things. Herbal pharmacist David Foreman classifies negative mind wandering as stress. Digestive disorders, headaches, muscle tension, short-term memory loss, immune issues and heart disease can be impacted by stress. Prescription medication is designed to treat these symptoms, but those medications do not address the source. It’s hard to stay focused when you’re overwhelmed with worry. Practicing gratitude, mindfulness and prayer can aid with the stress.Supplements for Relaxation Zembrin - 25mg dose taken in the morning works within two hours and helps you stay calm and relaxed without drowsiness

Rhodiola - helps the body adapt to physical and emotional stressors, supports your overall mood

Passion Flower - aids with insomnia and very anxious moments, causes drowsiness

Listen as David joins Dr. Bond to share tips on dealing with stress naturally and avoiding unnecessary medication.

Allow yourself the opportunity to be imperfect and experience more joy in life.We hold ourselves to high standards. Sometimes, we elevate those standards to impossible ones. The desire to have something be perfect feeds anxiety and leads to procrastination. Petra Kolber says it’s time to stop listening to that inner critic who makes you feel like it’s not worth it if you’re not perfect. The feeling may not ever go away. Awareness of the inner critic who bars you from doing your best work will help you catch it faster. It takes work to get past the negative self talk. When you own imperfections, they lose their power over you. Exploring your potential shuts up the critic.  Listen as Petra joins Dr. Bond to share doable steps to cultivate your joy and silence the inner negativity.

A happy home starts with self-love and mindfulness.When you think about yourself, are you being kind? Anna Lozano and Lindy Sood advocate for positive self-affirmations. Affirmations are a stream of thought. They typically begin with “I am.” It’s better to think positively, choosing what follows “I am” to be self-affirming. You must love and value yourself. Mindfulness can transform your home. Positivity and joyfulness in the moment creates a more loving household. Be aware of all of your senses without judgment. Massive change can happen when you turn those negative thoughts around. Encourage children to practice positive affirmations as well. Listen as Anna and Lindy join Dr. Bond to share how mindfulness and affirmations produce a happier home.

Find the right love match.If you’re looking for love, maybe it’s time to look in the right places. Kailen Rosenberg developed a test to reveal who people really are. Her goal was to help people make authentic connections. Learning to love yourself will make it easier for you to approach a relationship with honesty. You deserve the happiness and healing love can bring. Kailen points out that baggage doesn’t make a person bad. In fact, addressing baggage can prompt awakening and healing. You do yourself and potential mates a disservice by not working on yourself. Kailen’s test is part of her social network, The Lodge Social Club. The goal is finding the right mate, not "hooking up." Listen as Kailen joins Dr. Bond to share how she’s helping people find love via their authentic selves.

Freddy Fender rose from poverty to musical success, battled addiction, and found peace through religion.Fame can be amazing. However, many famous people get caught in the trappings of addiction. Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender tells the gospel truth about her father, Freddy Fender. Known as the King of Tex-Mex, Freddy wanted the whole truth of his life to be honestly shared. Freddy was a Mexican-American singer who rose from the depths of poverty, breaking free from a life spent picking cotton and rising to a life spent picking guitar. In his youth, in 1956, he was the first to record and sing Spanish rock and roll; he was known as the “Mexican Elvis” and called “El Bebop Kid.” In the mid-1970s, Fender would become famous literally overnight as a rock ‘n’ country megastar with his first two monster hits “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights.” Instantaneously, his records crossed over the Billboard country charts into the rock and pop charts, each rising to No. 1. He was given a Country Music Association award for “Single of the Year” and an Academy of Country Music award as “Most Promising Male Artist” in 1975. His voice and charismatic personality also made him a nationwide television celebrity in the ‘70s and ‘80s. During his last 21 years of sobriety, Freddy sought spiritual redemption, practiced forgiveness and made amends in his daily life; he came to lead by example with the aid of his higher power Jesus Christ. Freddy Fender was known to millions of people across the world as “an ordinary man who had extraordinary God-given talents.” Listen as Tammy joins Dr. Bond to share her memories of her father’s life of adversity and redemption.

Freddy Fender rose from poverty to musical success, battled addiction, and found peace through religion.Fame can be amazing. However, many famous people get caught in the trappings of addiction. Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender tells the gospel truth about her father, Freddy Fender. Known as the King of Tex-Mex, Freddy wanted the whole truth of his life to be honestly shared. Freddy was a Mexican-American singer who rose from the depths of poverty, breaking free from a life spent picking cotton and rising to a life spent picking guitar. In his youth, in 1956, he was the first to record and sing Spanish rock and roll; he was known as the “Mexican Elvis” and called “El Bebop Kid.” In the mid-1970s, Fender would become famous literally overnight as a rock ‘n’ country megastar with his first two monster hits “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights.” Instantaneously, his records crossed over the Billboard country charts into the rock and pop charts, each rising to No. 1. He was given a Country Music Association award for “Single of the Year” and an Academy of Country Music award as “Most Promising Male Artist” in 1975. His voice and charismatic personality also made him a nationwide television celebrity in the ‘70s and ‘80s. During his last 21 years of sobriety, Freddy sought spiritual redemption, practiced forgiveness and made amends in his daily life; he came to lead by example with the aid of his higher power Jesus Christ. Freddy Fender was known to millions of people across the world as “an ordinary man who had extraordinary God-given talents.” Listen as Tammy joins Dr. Bond to share her memories of her father’s life of adversity and redemption.