Brain States Part 2 (e: 27 – The Painter and The Pixie) In a world filled with junk food, bad nutrition advice, and all kinds of unrealistic lifestyle recommendations, where can you turn when you want PRACTICAL, fun, and up-to-date information about living healthfully without sacrificing your social life or breaking the bank? Join Nutritional […]

TPATP #026 Brain States Part 1 (e: 26 – The Painter and The Pixie) In a world filled with junk food, bad nutrition advice, and all kinds of unrealistic lifestyle recommendations, where can you turn when you want PRACTICAL, fun, and up-to-date information about living healthfully without sacrificing your social life or breaking the bank? Join Nutritional […]

In this Episode, Serina and Jeremy discuss popular diets! Beginning with the history of how we got to the Standard American Diet, then move into popular diets such as Paleo, Keto, Vegetarian/Vegan, Carnivore diet, weight watchers, and little bit on intermittent fasting. There is no one-size-diet-fits-all! And there is no one-size-diet-fits-you for all time, either. […]

In this Episode, Serina and Jeremy chat with Gerry Vassar about building healthy relationships. Gerry is the CEO of Lakeside Global Institute and has been a counselor for more than 30 years. He is an expert in the field of relationship building and helping people get through traumatic situations. He shares his insights on how […]

In this Episode, Serina and Jeremy chat about Serina’s new endeavor: Running. Jeremy has a fun history with running, which he shares in the show, and Serina tells you about her first running experience ever! Moral of the episode: Find something that you’re into that you can go at with a sustainable pace. – REFERENCES […]

In this Episode, Jeremy and Serina discuss safer sun protection products and some great skin tips. As a martial artist, Jeremy gives his tips on keeping things like Ring worm at bay, and Serina offers great, non-toxic alternatives to traditional Flea, Mosquito, and Tick repellant. Enjoy! – REFERENCES & RESOURCES – —- Skin care items […]

After a quick life update, Jeremy and I chat about our thoughts on Jordan B. Peterson’s book, 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos. We specifically focus on rule #2: Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping, and how this is a really big part of SELF CARE. We go on to […]

Serina shares her experience with her SERVICE DOGS. We talk about Serina’s Service Dog, Gus, and chat all about the differences between Service Dogs, Emotional Support Dogs, and Therapy Dogs. We cover lots of really fun things in this episode! Happy listening!! – REFERENCES & RESOURCES – Service Dogs FAQ from the ADA (https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html) Easy […]

In this episode, Serina shares her experience with balancing blood sugar from a natural food-based perspective. She shows us how blood sugar regulation is SUPPOSED to work, and gives some practical tips to help keep it in balance. – REFERENCES & RESOURCES – Audible audiobook library – (For your free trial of Audible, and a […]

Digestion. We all basically know what digestion means, right? We eat food, we absorb it, it gives us energy, we poop out the left overs. Nothing too crazy. But, do you know how digestion actually works? In this eye-opening episode of The Painter & The Pixie, Nutritional Therapist Serina Vassar walks you through all of the ins […]