The Made to Thrive Show

It’s one of the greatest causes of tension, relationship breakdown and ultimately separation or divorce - infertility. Couples that are unable to conceive are 30% more likely to separate, which makes sense given the financial, emotional and physical toll of that journey. That’s why it’s heartening to speak to my guest today Dr Gabriela Rosa, a fertility specialist who brings babies to the couples who had tried everything else and were on the verge of giving up their family dream.  

Going through infertility yourself. Read Dr Rosa’s book now to reignite hope: https://fertilitybreakthrough.com

You can also schedule a FREE exploration call with her clinic to see if you would be a good fit: https://fertilitybreakthrough.com/schedule-a-call/

Gabriela Rosa is a fertility specialist, reproductive health educator, and Harvard University-awarded scholar and an accomplished and experienced business leader and entrepreneur. Gabriela created the world’s first entirely virtual and holistic fertility clinic. As the founder and CEO of The Rosa Institute, which currently serves patients in every continent (other than Antarctica). 

Join us as we explore:

• How Dr Rosa became the doctor of last resort for couples worldwide unable to fall pregnant.
• How Dr Rosa’s holistic and functional 11 Pillars approach to fertility is proving more successful than expensive and invasive IVF treatments, including her top 3 fertility tips.
• The one diagnostic test that helped a woman with four previous miscarriages understand her fertility issue and guide her to conceiving.
• An action plan for those in their late 20s, early 30s who want to plan for a family.
• The pill - good or bad?  A risk to your future pregnancy hopes? And better options.

Contact:
Website: https://fertilitybreakthrough.com

Social media: 

https://www.facebook.com/FertilitySpecialistGabrielaRosa

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosa-institute/mycompany/

https://www.instagram.com/dr.gabrielarosa/ 

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Technology - Natural Cycles, https://www.naturalcycles.com

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“What else do I not know that I don’t know”. Asking this question was the catalyst of my guest’s biohacking and health success story. It is a statement of  curiosity and also accountability to find solutions, both being the heart of biohacking. Because biohacking is not about spending $2 million on unaffordable gadgets and novel treatments, and my amazing guest today Julie Gibson Clark is living proof that foundational lifestyle techniques outperform everything else.

Julie Gibson Clark, a former structural engineer turned recruiter, spent over a year holding the 2nd ranked spot on the Rejuvenation Olympics leaderboard (prior to the rule change). Based in Phoenix, Arizona, this single mother competes on a budget of under $150 per month. Despite her modest budget, Julie’s biohacking routine is refreshingly simple: a focus on mindset, regular exercise, sauna sessions, a vegetable-rich diet, and a selection of affordable supplements.

Her recent DNA methylation test revealed a remarkable aging pace of just 65 days for every 100 days, highlighting that significant longevity benefits are achievable without substantial expense.

Julie’s results demonstrate that effective biohacking for longevity can be accessible to everyone, regardless of their financial status. 

Join us as we explore:

• Why biohacking does not need to be expensive, and how Julie is proving that as reality.
• Julie’s longevity stats and her daily routine that everyone can do that outperforms $2 million worth of gizmos and gadgets. 
• How being curious and inquisitive about her own health challenges unlocked Julie’s biohacking spirit by asking the key question “what else do I not know that I don’t know”.
• How her mindset creates the foundation of her success.
• The Rejuvenation Olympics
• An innovative tip for those that avoid the gym I’ve never heard before!
• Julie’s skin routine, and her experience with traditional suncreams.

Contact:
 Website: https://www.juliegibsonclark.com

Mentions:

Website - Rejuvenation Olympics, https://www.rejuvenationolympics.com

Supplements - AVEA, https://avea-life.com

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If you are struggling and suffering in silence, or been told by doctor after doctor there’s nothing wrong, and it’s all in your head, do not give up. Today is an episode of hope. Your mystery symptoms and disease can be cured. There are tests and treatments and doctors like Dr Neil Nathan who exist that can diagnose you, offer real solutions and help you get your health and life back. 

Dr. Neil Nathan is a renowned expert in the fields of environmental medicine and integrative medicine, specializing in the treatment of complex chronic illnesses. He has authored several influential books, including “Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Other Chronic Environmental Illnesses” and “The New Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.” With over 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Nathan is dedicated to helping patients recover from multifactorial health issues through a holistic approach.

Join us as we explore:

• The profile of a “sensitive patient”, and why it has become an epidemic.
• Dr Nathan’s discovery of the two big pieces of the mystery disease puzzle.
• The biological and neurological systems at the core of the trifecta of complex chronic sensitivities.
• Dr Nathan’s preferred treatment techniques for the vagal nerve, limbic system and nervous system.
• Mold, Lyme and mast cells activation syndrome.
• Why nervous system sensitivity often begins in the “mouth”.

Contact:
Website: https://neilnathanmd.com

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What is hidden in your chocolate, our creams, our shampoos, toothpastes and yes even our sausages! The skullduggery hidden in the products we use in our everyday lives is frightening. From M&Ms to kombucha and anything smelly, it takes a chemical detective like Ben Katz to uncover the deceptiveness of modern industry.

Ben Katz is a Proteomics Specialist at UC Irvine, where he focuses on mass spectrometry and protein analysis to advance biomedical research. Ben’s work plays a critical role in understanding disease mechanisms and discovering new therapeutic targets. Outside the lab, Ben is Mr Mass Spec Everything where he shares informative and engaging content about mass spectrometry, making complex scientific concepts accessible to a broader audience, including a focus on foods and the molecules inside of it.  

Join us as we explore:

• The unknown and often toxic ingredients hidden in family favorites pantry staples.
• How Ben’s history of “working for the other side” gave him an inside look at the role food engineering is having on the modern chronic disease crisis.
• Think you’re eating chocolate? What if it’s mostly caffeine? What if there’s caffeine in your sausage?
• How regulatory approved words on your ingredients like “natural”, “flavor” and “fragrance” can contain tens to hundreds even thousands of chemicals.
• Hacking the olfactory-brain connection. 

Contact:

Instagram- @massspeceverything

Youtube - @MassSpecEverything

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Treating root causes not diseases are at the core of functional medicine, and that includes hormonal health. If someone is hormonally deficient and unbalanced, simply put they’re in trouble. It’s the reason why girls are reaching puberty 4 to 5 years earlier than generations before, and women are hitting perimenopause often a decade too early! And that reason is they are vitamin and mineral deficient, sunlight deficient, sleep deficient, stress excessive and therefore hormonally deficient. 

Dr Carrie Carda is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology with a specialization in bio-identical hormone therapy. She earned a master's degree in metabolic medicine and nutrition from the University of South Florida School of Medicine. Currently, she recently completed a second master's degree in Integrative and Functional Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Carda's patients benefit from her expertise in nutritional supplements and her training in metabolic medicine.  She proudly serves as the Medical Director of Ozark Weight Loss Center, where she has been instrumental in advising and formulating supplements to enhance the health of her patients.
  

Join us as we explore:

• Why menopause and perimenopause are more challenging life transitions than for our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
• Hormone replacement therapy, why it has to be bioidentical and how the studies that created cancer scares regarding hormone therapy were based on faulty studies using biologically inappropriate medication.
• The most important questions you need to ask your gynecology about hormonal health.
• The incredible connection and importance of vitamin D and hormonal health.
• How parents should manage precocious puberty.
• Are you “”DIM”ing?
• The intricacies of estrogen testing and hormonal ratios.

Contact:
 Website: https://www.drcarda.com/meetdrcarda 

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This one is about the kids, and it’s sad to say - the kid’s are not alright. Just 50 years ago, chronic disease in children and teens was a rarity. Now it’s the norm. I know things are bad, I talk about it and see it everyday, but when my guest today told me between 40% and 60% of American kids and teens have at least one chronic disease I was stopped in my tracks. We need to do something now to stop this unfolding catastrophe, and that is exactly what integrative pediatrician Dr. Joel “Gator” Warsh is doing.

Dr. Joel “Gator” Warsh is a respected integrative pediatrician known for his holistic approach to children’s health, combining conventional medicine with natural therapies. He advocates for preventative care, focusing on nutrition, lifestyle, and environmental factors to support overall wellness in his young patients. Dr. Warsh is also a prominent speaker and educator, dedicated to empowering parents with evidence-based tools for raising healthy children.

Check out his new book - Parenting at Your Child’s Pace - available for preorder now: https://parentingatyourchildspace.com 

Join us as we explore: Why when you “step outside” you can’t go back aka when the woo-woo shows itself to actually be win-win. Exploring the staggering statistic that 50% of American children have a chronic disease, from autism to diabetes and depression and sadly more! How parenting forms the foundation of children’s healthy and why Dr Gator believes eating healthier as a family is not the monumental task it’s often made to seem. The soup study and why it matters. The massive impact of environmental toxicity and chronic disease, and the top toxins your family are exposed to everyday.
SEEDS, allergies, gut health, screens, stress exercise, detox - kid’s version.

Contact:
Instagram: @drjoelgator
Links: https://linktr.ee/drjoelgator

Mention:
Study - “The Soup Study”, Carwile JL, Ye X, Zhou X, Calafat AM, Michels KB. Canned soup consumption and urinary bisphenol A: a randomised crossover trial. JAMA. 2011 Nov 23;306(20):2218-20. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1721. PMID: 22110104; PMCID: PMC3367259.

Book - The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171681821-the-anxious-generation

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Today’s episode goes into the world of personalised and preventative care, unpacking the depth and breadth of diagnostic, treatment and lifestyle options out there to optimize your mental, physical and even sexual performance. 

At 19, Sam Tejada founded Rescue-101, becoming a leading provider of CPR, First Aid, and Lifeguard Training in South Florida. While working as a firefighter and paramedic, he discovered the benefits of Nutrient IV Therapy and developed a strong interest in holistic medicine, leading to the creation of Liquivida® in 2013. Liquivida® quickly grew into a multi-million-dollar company with franchises nationwide, offering wellness services focused on preventative medicine. Sam has gained recognition as a visionary entrepreneur, appearing in prestigious publications and media outlets, and co-authored a book on modern wellness. His leadership in the IV Therapy industry was further acknowledged when he was named Chairman of the American IV Association’s Leadership Advisory Board in 2024. This role allows him to drive the industry’s growth and ensure clinical excellence in IV Hydration Therapy.
 

Join us as we explore:

• How Liquivida is putting their unique spin on personalized, preventative medicine.
• What’s in the nasal spray Sam credits for his creativity?
• The latest diagnostics and remediations to get mental clarity back from the onslaught of environmental toxins.
• The biohacks Sam has found most effective over his 20 year career in health and wellness.
• Biohacking sexual health and performance.
• Why gadgets and gizmos are great, but cannot replace the actual work done on behavior and lifestyle with an expert health coach.

Contact:

Website: https://samtejada.com

Website: https://www.liquivida.com

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Product -GainsWave, https://gainswave.com/ 

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We are not biological beings. This huge misconception and misunderstanding about human health could be why chronic disease continues to soar, and why despite having more doctors, even functional health doctors, hospitals and medicine than ever before, health outcomes are still deeply worrying. Because in reality, humans are bioelectrical beings, and as my guest today explains in great detail, by ignoring the electrical component and the specific treatments associated with it, it is to human health’s great peril.

Guy Odishaw is a healthcare entrepreneur, bioelectric medicine practitioner and the founder of the Bhakti Wellness Center, one of the largest, most diverse, integrative medicine clinics in the country. He is the co-founder of the first integrative student health clinics in the country at the University of Minnesota, the cofounder of Bhakti Brain Health Clinic - Neuroimaging & Neuromodulation, cofounder of Minnesota Bredesen Clinic - Dementia Prevention & Treatment and co-founder of CerebralFit Brain Training, a Nutraceutical & Electroceutical company.

Guy's 30 years of clinical experience specializing in treatment resistant chronic pain, traumatic brain injury and psycho-emotional trauma informs his approach to brain health. 

Join us as we explore:

• How Guy married the worlds of function health and bioelectric medicine, and why he sees bioelectric medicine not being emphasized enough despite being MORE effective.
• How CerebralFit and Guy’s Bredesen Clinic are posting 85% success rates!
• Why prestige clinics like Mayo do not understand and uncover the nuances and details of peak performance  and optimal brain health.
• Why the unconscious nervous system, not the conscious mind, is at the crux of peak performance and healing.
• The incredible medical statistics HRV can predict!
• What provides a 300% better result than SSRI without side-effects.

Contact:
Website: https://cerebralfit.com

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Product - David Delight, https://cerebralfit.com/products/audio-visual-entertainment 

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This episode is a bridge between the science and gadgets of biohacking and our human ancestral and evolutionary reality. There is a host of protocols and stacks and gizmos that can improve your mental performance but as my guest Kris Gethin discusses we all risk becoming “static ornaments”, using fancy products and exotic supplements to stay sharp when the root cause of poor mental performance is fundamentally a lack of movement of our bodies. So this is my movement masterclass - how to move, how much to move, when to move and why to move.

Kris Gethin is the world's most recognized transformation expert. With over 150 MILLION users of his transformation programs, nobody can dispute Kris' unrivaled authority of helping people transform their body no matter their circumstances. He has been voted the world's No. 1 Transformation Expert, TWICE! The time has come to take control of your health and create the body and life YOU deserve. When it comes to getting results, having the right mindset and knowledge to overcome obstacles, there is nobody more committed to YOU than Kris Gethin.  

Join us as we explore:

• The connection between moving your body and successful and enchanted mental performance.
• Why pushing boundaries, being uncomfortable and doing things you suck at are the foundation of what Kris believes makes a successful mindset.
• Why morning movement is the biggest thing you aren’t doing.
• How often to train, training by HRV, building muscle and should you train to failure.
• Diets, sleep, supplements, stacks, peptides, nootropics and liver flushes - how they affect mental performance. 

Contact:

Website: https://www.krisgethin.com

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It’s been 3 years since he was last on the show, so it was time to check in with integrative medicine specialist and member of my scientific advisory board Dr Leland Stillman. This is Dr Leland’s third appearance on the show, in which we discussed and debated the experiences we are seeing in our functional medicine clientele. What’s working, what’s not and what diagnostic tests we are finding are uncovering the most valuable and actionable data points.

Get Dr Stillman’s new book now - https://tinyurl.com/dying2bfree

Dr. Leland Stillman is a concierge integrated medical doctor in Naples, Florida aiming to help individuals reach their fullest potential by focusing on curing rather than merely treating diseases. He believes that nature itself is the best healer, even in cases deemed incurable by conventional standards. 

His educational journey through Connecticut College and the University of Virginia, coupled with a residency at Maine Medical Center, enriched his understanding and approach to achieving optimal health. Dr. Stillman’s practice involves a holistic strategy that combines the most advanced scientific diagnostics and ancient healing practices tailored to individual needs, teaching clients to live healthier lives rather than depend solely on medical treatment.

Join us as we explore:

• Glucose management, insulin resistance, pre-diabetes - the metabolic health pillars.
• Heavy metal toxicity, hair mineral analysis, how minerals interrelate and metal toxicity’s relationships to metabolic health.
• Iron, ferritin, copper, zinc, magnesium - a mineral rundown.
• Is donating blood right for you? 
• Sweating and sunlight - news flash, you aren’t getting enough!
• Eating enough protein? Probably not! And the test that will diagnose that.
• Dr Stillman's clinical experience with omega 3s and binders.

Contact:

Website: https://stillmanmd.com

Website: https://www.stillmanwellness.com

Mention:
Study - “Copenhagen heart study”, Mikkelsen LF, Nordestgaard BG, Schnohr P, Ellervik C. Increased Ferritin Concentration and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure in Men and Women: Three Studies of the Danish General Population Including 35799 Individuals. Clin Chem. 2019 Jan;65(1):180-188. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.292763. Epub 2018 Nov 20. PMID: 30459161.

Person - Brian Peskin, https://brianpeskin.com

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