The Pursuit of Wholeness's Podcast

I feel so honoured to have shared this conversation with someone that I have so much love and reverence for. In this deeply vulnerable and awe inspiring episode, Lauren shares how years of chasing healing through discipline, structure, meditation, biohacking, and self-improvement eventually led her to one unexpected realization: true healing isn't something we earn outside of us —it's something we open to receive within us.

Through not one, but three cancer diagnoses before the age of 30, countless healing modalities across many systems of medicine, and a profound rediscovery of her relationship with God, Lauren opens up about the shift from self-reliance to radical trust, surrender, and faith. She also reflects on her experiences with both Joe Dispenza's teachings and Christian healing, revealing the surprising similarities—and the important differences—that transformed her perspective.

If you've ever felt exhausted trying to "fix" yourself, this episode is an invitation to exhale and see another way. 

In This Episode We Discuss

• Why healing can quietly become another form of hustle
• The difference between striving for healing and receiving healing
• Letting go of performance, perfectionism, and earning God's love
• Lauren's journey through three breast cancer diagnoses
• Her experiences with Joe Dispenza's work and Christian healing
• The role of surrender, trust, and faith in the healing process
• Why every healing journey is unique
• Moving beyond control into peace and deeper dependence on God

Whether you're navigating chronic illness, emotional healing, spiritual growth, or simply feeling exhausted by trying to "do everything right," this conversation offers a refreshing perspective on what it truly means to heal, and profound inspiration on what is actually possible for us. 

Lauren is a Feminine Embodiment Guide with years of experience in guiding women back home to their bodies and God. She offers 1:1 mentorship and facilitates somatic healing in group programs. Her current offering, Inside Out, is a 7 week somatic dance journey to return women back to their bodies (and might I say, it’s incredible). Connect with Lauren on instagram @thewellbeing_ to dive deeper with her! 

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

Happy Mindful Monday and happy Summer Solstice ☀️

As we officially enter summer in the Northern Hemisphere, we're also entering what Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) calls Fire Element season.

In this guided meditation, we're intentionally connecting to the energetic systems that govern joy, passion, authenticity, emotional balance, circulation, and digestion so you can harness the energy of the season and create more harmony within your body and mind.

The Fire Element is associated with the heart, small intestine, pericardium, and triple warmer meridians, all of which influence both our physical and emotional wellbeing.

This practice is designed to help you reconnect with your inner spark, cultivate steady energy, and create a strong foundation for the months ahead.

If you've been feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or simply craving more joy and alignment, this is your invitation to slow down and reconnect! 

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend, Shawna Stanley, for an authentic conversation about raising children through the lens of frameworks like Human Design, Gene Keys, and Vedic Astrology—and what it truly means to parent from a place of observation rather than control.

Together, we explore Human Design energy types, neurodivergence, conscious parenting, and the codependent patterns so many of us unknowingly inherit from our own upbringing.

We also dive into what it looks like to raise children who trust their own bodies and instincts from the very beginning, rather than spending decades unlearning and healing what was never honored in the first place.

Topics we cover:

• An overview of Human Design energy types: Projectors, Generators, Manifestors, Manifesting Generators, and Reflectors
• How each energy type experiences alignment versus misalignment in the body
• The connection between certain Human Design and Gene Keys traits and neurodivergent expression
• Reframing autism and ADHD as gifts and differences in expression, rather than simply diagnoses to manage
• Vedic Astrology versus Western Astrology and what each reveals about a person's soul expression versus their conditioned expression
• Codependency in parenting and the importance of humility, repair, and allowing your children to witness your humanness as a parent
• An introduction to Stewards of the Future, a growing community and school of thought centered around honoring each child's unique design

This episode is for every parent who has ever wondered if there's a deeper way to understand their child—and for anyone who is still untangling the patterns from their own upbringing.

To learn more about Stewards of the Future and Soul Blueprint readings, visit stewardsofthefuture.co, or connect with Shawna on Instagram at @shawnastanley_ 🤍

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

This week's Mindfulness Monday episode is short, simple, and genuinely one of the most powerful things you can add to your day. I guide you through a quick center reset practice — a downloadable, offline-friendly meditation designed to be used not just once, but multiple times throughout your day whenever you need to come back to yourself.

Whether you're transitioning between work and home, coming down from a busy social situation, or just have a spare five minutes that would otherwise be spent scrolling — this practice is for you. No elaborate setup, no lengthy commitment. Just a gentle, grounding return to your own center.

Save this one. Share it with someone who needs a reset today. And remember — you can never come back to yourself too much. 🤍

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

This week's episode is a special one — my favorite person in the world, my husband Mark Stiles of Men Again Health, joins the Pursuit of Wholeness podcast for a real, raw, and deeply meaningful conversation about men's health, hormonal balance, and what it actually looks like to go from running on empty to living with genuine vitality.

Mark shares his own journey from a state of chronic overstimulation, low testosterone, and fatigue at 29 — to building a thriving men's health business rooted in the same root cause philosophy that guides my own practice. We talk about the gap between discipline and drive, why so many men don't even realize how good they could feel, and what conscious conception looks like from the male perspective.

This episode is for the men who are pushing through life on willpower alone, for the women who love them, and for anyone ready to understand that men's hormonal health is not a niche topic — it's a foundational one!

Topics Covered

• Mark's personal experience with low testosterone at 29 and what the Western medicine system missed
• The difference between discipline and drive — and why so many men are surviving on one without the other
• How nervous system regulation, breathwork, sleep, and diet became the foundation of Mark's health transformation
• Why testosterone isn't just about libido and muscle — it's about energy, motivation, calm, and capacity for life
• The role of peptides and supplementation as tools — not crutches — within a holistic health framework
• The global decline in male testosterone levels and what it means for men's quality of life
• Conscious conception from the male perspective — sperm health, metabolic health, and the 90-day window
• How the male contribution shapes placental health and the mother's pregnancy experience
• Why the six-pack is a side effect, not the goal — and what the real benefits of hormonal health look like
• What it means to be an integrated, grounded masculine presence through pregnancy and into fatherhood

If this episode resonated with you or someone you love, please share it — especially with the men in your life who deserve to know how good they could actually feel. And find Mark at @menagainhealth — he is the real deal. 🤍

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

If you've ever felt like you're managing your health but never actually healing — this episode is going to land deeply.

In this first ‘TCM Tidbits’ episode, I'm breaking down the concept of root cause medicine: what it actually is, where it comes from, and why it's been the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years long before it became a buzzword in the wellness space.

I walk you through the difference between treating the branch (the symptom) versus treating the root (the why behind the symptom) — and why that distinction matters more than you might think for your long-term health. I want to help you understand not just how TCM works, but how you can start seeing your own body differently.

Because here's the truth: your body is not broken, it's communicating. And when we learn to listen — really listen — everything changes.

Topics Covered

• what root cause medicine is and where it actually comes from
• the tree analogy: roots, branches, and what your symptoms are really telling you
• branch treatment vs. root treatment — a side-by-side breakdown using acid reflux
• why suppressing stomach acid often makes the problem worse long-term
• the role of the vagus nerve and nervous system in digestive health
• why two people with the same diagnosis receive completely different treatment in TCM
• the difference between a drug and a medicine (and why it matters)
• how healing from the root can resolve symptoms for good — without lifelong dependency
• why your bioindividuality is your greatest superpower in healing

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

In this Mindfulness Monday practice, I invite you to slow down, reconnect with your body, and explore what safety feels like for you.

Through a gentle somatic meditation, we'll soften into the present moment, bring awareness to the body, and reconnect with the grounded, stable essence that exists beneath the noise of everyday life.

Come back to this practice anytime you need a moment of calm, connection, or a reminder that safety begins within.

In This Episode:

• Exploring your personal definition of safety
• A guided somatic body scan
• Connecting with your body's wisdom and inner stability
• Releasing tension and cultivating presence
• Reflection prompts to carry with you throughout the week

Reflection Questions:

• What does safety feel like to me?
• How would I move through my day if I knew I was safe?
• What actions would I take from a place of safety?

Take a deep breath, settle in, and allow yourself to return home to your body.

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

In the first ever guest episode of The Pursuit of Wholeness, I sit down with my sister, Kiana, to explore what happens when you stop living by the rules you've been given and start listening to yourself instead.

We talk about leaving behind a successful engineering career, following intuition without having a clear plan, discovering yoga therapy, human design, redefining purpose, and learning to trust life's unfolding.

This conversation is an invitation to question everything you've been told about success, fulfillment, and purpose—and to remember that wholeness isn't something you earn. It's something you uncover.

In This Episode We Discuss:

✨ Leaving a traditional career to follow intuition

✨ Why purpose is not your job title

✨ Human Design and learning to trust your body's wisdom

✨ Letting go of five-year plans and rigid goals

✨ The difference between success and fulfillment

✨ What yoga therapy is and how it supports emotional and physical healing

✨ The role of patience, connection and compassion in healing

The more we stop chasing who we think we should be, the more life reveals who we actually are.

Connect with Kiana @YogaTherapyWithKi

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

In this very personal episode of The Pursuit of Wholeness Podcast, I’m sharing the tip of the iceberg of my story — from healing chronic illness, eating disorders, depression, and body image struggles to finding deeper alignment through Chinese medicine, spirituality, and holistic living.

I open up about navigating massive identity shifts, moving across the world, living in Costa Rica, becoming a practitioner, and now stepping into the balance of motherhood while pregnant with my first baby.

This episode is really an invitation to go beyond labels and reconnect with the deeper truth of who we are beneath them.

Inside this episode, I share:

• A little bit about my background 
• Some of my  healing journey through Chinese medicine & holistic wellness
• How spirituality transformed my perspective on healing and life
• Pregnancy, motherhood & identity transitions
• Why bioindividuality is at the core of true healing
• Learning to trust yourself, your body & your intuition

More than anything, I hope this conversation feels like a permission slip to come home to yourself and honor your own unique path toward wholeness.

Thank you so much for being here. I’m so excited to continue this journey together.

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness. 

In this very first episode of The Pursuit of Wholeness Podcast, I’m sharing the deeper meaning behind this space, why it took years for this podcast to finally come to life, and what “wholeness” truly means to me.

I open up about my personal journey, my evolution through Chinese medicine, and the shift from constantly striving for “more” to recognizing that wholeness already exists within us.

This episode is a short but potent conversation about healing, alignment, spirituality, bioindividuality, and learning to trust your own unique path.

Inside this episode, I share:

• Why I waited years to start this podcast
• The true meaning behind “The Pursuit of Wholeness”
• My journey through healing and self-discovery
• How Chinese medicine transformed the way I see life and health
• The importance of bioindividuality in healing
• Learning to live in alignment with yourself and your unique energy

This podcast will be a space for honest conversations around healing the mind and body, nervous system regulation, spirituality, preventative healthcare, Chinese medicine, personal evolution, and what it means to truly come home to yourself and live your wholeness. 

Thank you for being here. I’m so excited to continue this journey together.

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Follow me on Instagram @drlexistiles for more reflections, teachings, and tools to support your own pursuit of wholeness.