The Root Cause Reset

What if overweight and obesity aren’t simply about calories or willpower—but about lifestyle patterns that influence metabolism, stress, sleep, and behavior?

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Donovan Carper, a registered nurse, ACE-certified health coach, personal trainer, and master’s-prepared lifestyle medicine advocate at Lancaster Wellness.

Donovan blends evidence-based medical knowledge with practical lifestyle interventions, helping people improve their health through sustainable habits rather than short-term fixes.

Together they explore:

• Why traditional weight-loss approaches often fail
• The role of lifestyle medicine in metabolic health
• Stress, sleep, and behavior patterns that drive weight gain
• Why exercise alone isn’t enough
• Sustainable strategies for long-term health and longevity

If you’ve struggled with weight loss or feel stuck in cycles of dieting and frustration, this episode will help you rethink what true health transformation looks like.

Strength training isn’t just about building muscle—it’s one of the most powerful tools we have for longevity, resilience, and healthy aging.

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Andrea Lepcio, founder of Mighty Fit and an experienced personal trainer, yoga teacher, Mat Pilates instructor, and Tai Chi practitioner.

Andrea describes herself as “compassionately tough”—supportive and encouraging, while also being honest about what actually works. Her mission is to help people stop dabbling in fitness and start building real strength that supports their lives for decades to come.

Together they explore:

• Why strength training becomes more important as we age
• The connection between muscle, metabolism, and long-term health
• Why many people avoid strength training—and how to start safely
• The role of mobility practices like yoga, Pilates, and Tai Chi
• How building strength supports balance, confidence, and independence

If you want to move better, feel stronger, and protect your health for the long run, this conversation will change how you think about exercise.

Relationships rarely fall apart overnight.

More often, they slowly drift into patterns of conflict, emotional distance, and broken trust that feel impossible to repair.

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Dan Sneider, a private practice couples therapist and founder of Growth and Gratitude Therapy.

Dan specializes in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) — one of the most research-supported frameworks for helping couples move from conflict and disconnection back to trust, intimacy, and emotional safety.

Drawing from both clinical research and personal experience as a trauma survivor, parent, athlete, and recovering perfectionist, Dan shares practical strategies couples can use to rebuild relationships that feel stuck.

Together they explore:

• Why couples get trapped in cycles of conflict
• The emotional patterns beneath arguments
• How broken trust and betrayal can be repaired
• The science behind emotional intimacy
• Proven techniques to reconnect emotionally and physically

If your relationship feels stuck, distant, or strained by stress, this episode offers a hopeful and practical path forward.

What happens when the very medications meant to help your mental health begin harming your body and brain?

In this powerful episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Amber Cummings, holistic mental health coach and founder of Mental Health Rebels.

Amber shares her extraordinary journey of healing after 22 years on psychiatric medications, including antidepressants and benzodiazepines, followed by a serious autoimmune condition affecting her brain.

Through her own recovery process—combining daily healing practices, transpersonal psychology, shamanic traditions, and deep personal exploration—Amber began rebuilding her mental, physical, and spiritual health.

Today she helps others reclaim their freedom through perspective shifts, nervous system practices, energy work, and soul-centered healing.

Together they explore:

• The long-term impact of psychiatric medications on the brain

• Reclaiming agency in mental health recovery

• Moving energy and trauma through the body

• The role of spiritual and somatic practices in healing

• Why true healing often requires questioning dominant narratives

If you’ve ever felt trapped by a diagnosis, medication plan, or mental health label, this episode offers a bold and hopeful perspective on what healing can look like beyond the conventional system.

What if midlife isn’t a breakdown — but a threshold?

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Alison Litchfield, who works with the whole person — body, mind, and spirit — through somatic practice, psycho-emotional awareness, fascia work, posture, breath, and nervous system intelligence.

Alison views physical symptoms not as problems to suppress, but as communication. She believes the body carries lived experience — stress, grief, resilience, adaptation — and that true healing begins when we stop overriding signals and start listening.

Together, they explore:

Why midlife is often when “the old ways stop working”

The nervous system’s role in physical symptoms

Fascia as stored experience

Why symptom management stops working in midlife

Embodied practice as a path to sustainable healing

Listening to the body as an intelligent system

If you’re in a season where pushing harder no longer works — and your body seems to be asking for something deeper — this conversation will feel like permission.

If you’ve been diagnosed with SIBO — or suspect you have it — but keep relapsing, this episode is for you.

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Kristen Blake, founder of Kristen Blake Wellness, an extremely high-touch functional medicine practice that refuses to let clients fall through the cracks.

Kristen and her team walk alongside clients every step of the way — from biweekly appointments to 24/7 message support, coordination with specialists, referrals, research, and ongoing care.

Today, they dive into one of the most misunderstood gut diagnoses: SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth).

Together, they explore:

Why SIBO is often a symptom — not the root

The hidden drivers behind recurring gut issues

Nervous system dysfunction and digestive motility

Hormones, stress, immune health, and structural causes

Why quick protocols often fail long-term

What true root-cause gut healing actually looks like

If you’re tired of temporary gut fixes and want to understand what your body is signaling, this episode will help you connect the dots.

What if the peace you’re searching for isn’t something you need to earn but something your nervous system needs to remember?

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider is joined by Paty “Mariposa” Hernandez, a holistic healer and clinically trained social worker with over 20 years of experience bridging traditional mental health care and energy healing.

Together, they explore how chronic stress, trauma, and over-functioning disconnect us from our intuition and how simple, accessible nervous system practices can gently shift us out of survival mode and back into inner peace.

Paty shares how she blends clinical social work, somatic healing, and trauma-informed Reiki to support therapists, healers, and sensitive leaders in regulating their nervous systems, reclaiming their intuition, and leading from an aligned, soul-rooted place.

This episode is especially for those who are high-capacity, heart-centered, and deeply intuitive but exhausted, dysregulated, or disconnected from themselves.

If you’ve been doing “all the right things” but still don’t feel settled inside, this conversation will help you understand why and show you how to come home to safety again.

You don’t need another stress management hack.
You need full-spectrum healing — from the cells in your body to the stories in your mind to the calling of your soul.

In this episode, Dr. Trish sits down with Miriam Putnam, holistic mental health advocate and founder of the We Help Group, who’s been helping people heal from the inside out for 25+ years. Miriam’s work goes beyond quick fixes — her programs integrate physical healing, emotional regulation, and soul-level alignment to finally bring peace to the chaos.

Inside the episode:
– Why managing stress isn’t enough — and what freedom from stress really looks like
– The three-dimensional healing model: body, mind, and soul
– How trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and spiritual disconnect keep people stuck
– The missing layers most conventional mental health care completely ignores
– Real stories of transformation from Miriam’s groundbreaking programs

If you’ve been doing some of the work, but still feel fragmented, this conversation will help you see the whole — and start healing in all dimensions.

with Steven Wright, HealthyGut.com

You’ve cut the gluten. Ditched the dairy. Tried the low-FODMAP, AIP, keto, vegan, paleo — and somehow, your gut still feels wrecked.

This episode flips the script on what’s actually keeping you sick.

Steven Wright, founder of HealthyGut.com, has been in the gut health game since 2009 — before the microbiome became a buzzword. With a background in electrical engineering and a personal history of intense digestive issues, Steven brings a systems-thinking lens to what others miss:

It’s not the food. It’s your gut’s ability to break it down.

Inside this episode:
– Why your “clean eating” might be doing more harm than good
– The massive mistake of over-indexing on food instead of function
– How organ-level breakdown (think bile, enzymes, acid) hijacks healing
– What causes food fear, loss of tolerance, and supplement burnout
– Why nervous system regulation matters more than the perfect protocol
This isn’t another diet dogma episode. This is root-cause reality. If you’re tired of being afraid of your plate — this one will set you free.

“You’re fine.”
That’s what the labs say.
That’s what the doctor says.
But you know something’s off.

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, we sit down with Jeanine Tackla — a board-certified Nurse Practitioner who’s rewriting the rules of what “fine” really means. As a provider at BWell Clinic, Jeanine specializes in root-cause medicine for women who are done being gaslit by normal labs, vague symptoms, and cookie-cutter protocols.

If you've ever been told "everything looks good" — while battling brain fog, burnout, hormone chaos, or mystery symptoms — this episode will validate your frustration, and hand you the roadmap to reclaim your health.

💥 What we cover:

Why “normal” labs mean nothing without context

How conventional medicine misses chronic symptoms every day

The most common root causes hiding behind fatigue, anxiety, and weight gain

How Jeanine helps patients rebuild from the inside out — without the BS

🎧 This is the episode you send to every woman who’s been dismissed, dismissed again, and is finally ready to take her power back.

Because you’re not crazy. You’re not lazy.
You’re not fine.
And now, you don’t have to pretend to be.