The Optimized Condition's Podcast

For years science has thought that there was no way to halt the death of brain cells that control our aging process, but recent neuroscience has actually discovered that we can grow new brain cells (neurogenesis) at ANY point in our lives. When the rate of neurogenesis is low, that's when we experience memory loss, cognitive deficits, anxiety, stress, depression and lowered immunity. With high rates, we flourish--demonstrating rapid learning, mental acuity, emotional resiliency, robust health and more. TWU welcomes Dr. Brant Cortright to the show. Dr. Cortright shares the formula of how to increase the brain's rate of making new brain cells! His remarkable new breakthrough bookThe Neurogenesis Diet & Lifestyle: Upgrade Your Brain, Upgrade Your Life-already an Amazon #1 Bestseller--captures the newest science on how to rev up brain cell growth. Listen in as Dr. Cortright shares his scientifically validated 4-point program of diet and lifestyle will that will improve your memory and brain power, inoculate you against stress and depression, prevent or delay cognitive decline, dementia and Alzheimer's and enrich your relationships and sex life

TWU Radio welcomes Kathy Gruver, PhD to the show! Kathy is an award-winning author and the host of the national TV show based on her first book, The Alternative Medicine Cabinet. She has earned her PhD in Natural Health and has authored five books in all with two books on stress: Body/Mind Therapies for the Bodyworker and, Conquer Your Stress with Mind/Body Techniques. On today's show, we will talk about her latest book, Journey of Healing, her story of her path to healing herself and others. Kathy has been featured as an expert in numerous publications including Glamour, Fitness, Time, More, Women, Wall Street Journal, CNN, WebMD, Prevention, Huffington Post, Yahoo.com, Ladies Home Journal, First, Women, Massage and Bodywork magazine, and Massage Magazine. She has written dozens of health and wellness articles and contributing posts. Dr. Gruver has appeared as a guest expert on over 250 radio and TV shows including NPR, SkyNews London, Morning Blend in Las Vegas, CBS Radio, and Lifetime Television, and has done over 200 educational lectures around the country for everyone from nurses in the Middle East to 911 dispatchers in New Orleans, corporations around the US and teachers in her own backyard. She is currently the lead expert on a project to design and incorporate a stress reduction program for the military.

Lori Shemek is a leading researcher in fat cells and the owner of DLS Healthworks, a company she created to help men and women conquer their issues with weight and self-esteem. Her work has been featured in Ladies' Home Journal, Shape, Woman's Day, The Rikki Lake Show, ABC, CNN, NPR, FOX News, and the Huffington Post, which recognized her as one of the nation's top diet and nutrition experts. She is also the author of How to Fight FATflammation, a revolutionary 3-week program to shrink the body's fat cells for quick and lasting weight loss. Listen in as Lori shares a radical and revolutionary approach to losing weight, looking great, and achieving optimum health by simply restoring your body's fat cells to their natural state.

It is vital that people know that being healthy is something that is available to all. Good health, including healthy weight loss, is not an elusive "thing" that is only available to a few but a byproduct of learned "healthy habits". TWU Radio welcomes Dr. Art Capperauld. Dr. Capperauld is the President of Concepts For Health. He has developed a unique system of healing and over the last 23+ years of his clinical experience, has helped 10's of 1000's of people from coast to coast. Listen in as Dr. Capperauld shares his philosophy that by empowering people with the "right" information, techniques, how-to's and personalized attention, everyone can learn to have the health and healing that they desire.

TWU Radio welcomes Michele Jacobs to the show! Coach Michele is the founder and owner of Be Well Lifestyle LLC, She has a Diploma as a Holistic Wellness Practitioner and holds Certificates of Excellence in Life Coaching, Holistic Nutrition, Farming and Conscious Living. She is also currently working on Bachelors in Healthy Lifestyles Coaching. Coach Michele's mission is to inform and educate people about surgery as an option for weight loss. Having had the surgery herself, she wishes to share her experience with the world in order for people to understand the pros and the cons of this procedure.

At TWU Radio, we very much love any information that we can get on consciousness! While there may be a plethora of books on consciousness, none is quite like the new Amazon #1 bestseller,Lord Have Murphy: Waking Up in the Spiritual Marketplace. It's a funny, commentary that attempts to bring the reader to a new level of consciousness unknown even to many people who have dabbled in meditation, mindfulness and yoga. The book's author Fran Shaw, Ph.D., is a longtime practitioner in a spiritual discipline and an award-winning university writing instructor. She introduces us to her character Murphy, the star narrator of this journey into this new level of awareness. What interests Fran most is writing from a conscious state - writing as a vibrational practice- to become and help others become a transcribing agent serving higher energies. Join us as we discuss this interesting book and tap into this untapped angle on how to access our consciousness!

TWU welcomes Brendan Guaghran to the show! Brendan is a molecular biologist and president of LiverMedic. LiverMedic's mission is to educate people about the role of the liver in overall health. At LiverMedic, they believe liver health is at the core of overall well-being and critical in improving the quality of people's lives. Listen in as we discuss liver disease, probiotics, supplementation, and how gut health is imperative to our overall health and well-being!

Did you know that 1 out of 3 adults over the age of 65 have no natural teeth in their mouths? Shocking, isn't it? Will Revak, co-founder of OraWellness, stops by to share even more startling facts about our oral health and how often it is overlooked. Will and his wife Susan created OraWellness to help empower others with the tools and information to navigate to greater oral health. They believe that optimal health is a whole being experience and awesome oral health is a part of an awesome functioning immune system. Tune in as we discuss safe teeth whitening methods, mercury fillings, bad breath and why most of us can't stand going to the dentist!

TWU Radio welcomes Dean Roberts, author of "I'll Fix My Head Before I'm Dead". Dean shares this wonderful book about his journey from being expelled from school at age 16, to creating a multi-million dollar manufacturing business 25 yrs later. It chronicles his attempts to train himself in the art of living in a positive and great full way. He highlights the 2 concepts he feels quite certain about. The first concept is that you must study, exercise, meditate and write every day. The second is to realize that each instant offers an opportunity to improve things by either thought or deed. These 2 concepts is what he attributes to continually improve what started out as a really uncomfortable situation.

Wendy Reese is SO much more than just a Yogi. But, as my listeners know all too well, I have a selfish component to all my shows! So Wendy is going to teach to the biggest dummy of them all in this TWU podcast. I can't tell you how many times I have been intending on incorporating Yoga into my life and have either been too intimidated, or just overwhelmed with all of the choices out there. Listen in as Wendy breaks down this amazing practice and shares her insight as a teacher of Yoga for over a decade.