The Uprooted Podcast

The Uprooted Podcast

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The Uprooted Podcast episodes

  • Coping With Everyday Stress

    Kyle Godfrey-Ryan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Tune, a biohacker, neural nutritionist, and a futurist. She spent a decade running a private practice that combined several modalities of traditional medicine with interdisciplinary eastern techniques to transform people from an illness state to a state of health.

    After discovering how much our health was immensely impacted by the state of our nervous system, she created an instrument, called Tune, that reset the body and upgrades the human operating system. Using science backed by backed by the National Institute of Health and the University of Toronto, Tune uses vibrational technology and neural music to allow the body to enter a state of recovery and balance in just 15 minutes.

    Tune has grown to have locations in multiple countries, fortune 50 partnerships like Google, Lululemon and JW Marriott and its most recent at-home model over the past 4 years. Kyle is now focusing on launching 100 new locations over the next year.

    In this episode, Kyle helps us recognize the external factors that are weighing us down, and how to cope with them to achieve an optimal state of health. Some topics we cover include:

    What Tune is 

    Contributing factors of stress 

    What happens in our mind & body when were in a fight or flight state and how to recognize when we're in that state 

    What happens to our body over time if we don’t find ways to cope with stress

    Tools & tips we can adopt to quiet our mind in any situation

    Different types of meditation 

    How binaural beats helps rebalance the mind

    How to adopt a healthy outlook on being stressed

    41 min
  • Creating Your Personal Brand

    Ann Fryer is on a mission to inspire you to live purposefully and invest in your future. With a people-first leadership style, Ann has always believed that the most important brand you build is yourself.

    Ann guides individuals and teams to uncover their inherent purpose by nurturing and honing strengths, talents, and ambitions. By empowering others, she has created a community of professionals who are maximizing their potential. Voted as the “kindest girl” in her elementary school, she has always understood that compassion and connection are the bonds that unite – making us healthier and happier in the process.

    For the past 20 years, Ann has been applying her storytelling and organizational excellence in a career building luxury and lifestyle brands. Her natural ability for creating memorable partnerships and experiences, that capture the imagination and spark conversation, afforded her the opportunity to work with iconic brands – from Johnnie Walker and Absolut Vodka to JW Marriott and W Hotels. Ann was at the forefront of the content-driven experiential movement, and today is recognized as a thought leader in the purpose-driven landscape. Some topics we cover include:

    Why we’ve been programmed to think that our brand is only our job title

    Discovering your personal brand beyond your resume

    The role self worth plays in developing your personal brand

    How your mission drives your brand

    Handling rejection & rebranding yourself

    How to discover the purpose of our work

    45 min
  • Understanding Autoimmune Disease

    Doctor Colby Kash has been studying health and wellness for a decade and graduated from the University of Florida’s College of Health and Human Performance with a Bachelor’s in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology. After he received his Doctor of Chiropractic and Master of Science degree in Applied Clinical Nutrition at New York Chiropractic College, he continued to further his education as a Certified ADAPT Functional Medicine Practitioner, become a Certified Exercise Physiologist at the American Academy of Sport’s Medicine, a Certified Personal Trainer at the National Academy of Sport’s Medicine, and a Certified Functional Range Conditioning mobility specialist.

    While in chiropractic school, Dr. Kash was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and inflammatory arthritis both caused by autoimmunity.

    Through his relentless self-education and thousands of hours of research, Dr. Kash put together an intensive autoimmune remission program including radical lifestyle, diet, and biohacks that put him into 100% remission without the need for lifelong immunosuppressants.

    He has now dedicated his life to use his knowledge to remove the pain and disability shadowing people’s lives; so, they can become the best version of themselves and give society their full potential in their respective fields. Some topics we cover include:

    • What happens in our bodies when we have an autoimmune disease
    • Contributing factors of autoimmune disease
    • The different types and what areas in the body they affect
    • Why we have such high rates of autoimmune disease 
    • Why prioritizing absorption is more important than eating healthy foods
    • Diets, lifestyle changes and modalities for healing oneself
    • 35 min
    • Becoming Our Own Healer

      Bethany Holmes is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Reiki Practitioner and Wellness Blogger. She received her coaching certification from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition based out of New York City. In 2015, Bethany underwent emergency brain surgery to save her life from a hemorrhage and from that experience, she started on a healing journey and was inspired to put her focus into health and wellness and help others live their best lives. She transformed that experience into a career where she works with individuals both one on one and in group settings guiding them to release their fears, heal their traumas, practice mindfulness and become the best vibrant versions of themselves. Some topics we cover include:

      • Understanding the different forms of trauma that we may not be aware of
      • How our narrative affects our reality
      • The impact unresolved trauma can have on our self worth
      • The importance of mentally healing to eventually physically heal
      • How to implement self awareness to become more conscious in our everyday
      • 39 min
      • Eastern vs. Western Medicine

        Doctor Pina Logiudice is a naturopathic doctor who aims to inspire people around the world to create their best health. Hailed as a world expert in natural medicine by Dr. Oz, she has appeared over 26 times on the “Dr. Oz show,” and numerous times on other national media such as the Katie Couric Show and FOX news.

        “Dr. Pina,” as her patients call her, is co-founder and director of InnerSource Natural Health and Acupuncture, a thriving practice with clinics in New York City and Long Island.  Dr. Logiudice was pre-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Department of Clinical Neuroendocrinology where she studied the basis of stress and the mind-body connection. Amongst many, many other accomplishments, she is a past board member, secretary and Vice-President of the New York Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Dr. Pina regularly teaches conventional and functional medicine physicians about how to best apply natural medicine to achieve patient health. Some topics we discuss include:

        • The origin of Eastern vs. Western medicine
        • Why as a society we're conditioned to resort to Western practices
        • How to understand your body instead of fearing it
        • How to know when it is the right time to seek Western medicine vs. Eastern
        • Why were not subject to our genetic destiny
        • Why individualized health is so important to understand
        • The vitamins & supplements everyone should be taking everyday
        • 42 min
        • How To Get Out Of Our Own Way

          Courtney Seard is a Motivational & TedX Speaker, Certified Master Coach, a Certified Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and so. much. more. She’s had 15+ years of working with startups and Fortune 500 companies using the most innovative mind sciences and entrepreneurial strategies today. Her passion is rooted in working with teams and leaders to take ownership, clarify and enhance their team experience, and create a clear path forward while delivering measurable results. Some topics we cover include:

          • Understanding wanting something vs. setting ourselves up correctly to make it happen
          • Why slowing down helps us perform efficiently
          • What it actually means to get in our own way
          • How our narrative plays a role in accomplishing our goals
          • The power of focus
          • How the unconscious mind can enforce change within us
          • 56 min
          • Adaptogens 101

            Nadine Joseph is the founder and scientific researcher behind Peak and Valley: a mindful brand that creates herbal blends to manage stress while supporting skin, mood, and mind. Powered by adaptogens and mushrooms. Their mission is to bring inclusive, fun, and honest products to the world of wellness with ingredients that are organic, vegan, and ethically sourced. Nadine and I breakdown and simplify what this thousand-year old healing tradition is and the profound effects it can have on the body. Topics we cover include:

            • How adaptogen blends are made
            • The process of how adaptogens work in the body
            • The different types and the purpose they serve
            • The positive affect adaptogens have on our mind and bodies in the long run
            • 30 min
            • Making Success Sustainable

              Karlee Fain is a celebrity business & health coach, author and speaker. Her ability to clear busy work off her client’s plates so they have the time and energy to thrive in their career, health and relationships has made her the sought after live-in coach to a-list celebrities. You can see Karlee and her clients on MTV, ESPN, winning Grammys or teaching at renowned wellness centers. She shows people how to upgrade their boundaries and tap into their deepest wisdom so they can stop people-pleasing and start prospering while having far less to do. Some topics we cover include:

              • Sustaining success without sacrificing your health
              • How to work smarter and not harder
              • Redefining burnout culture
              • Debunking the perfectionist mentality
              • Why we're so comfortable with overworking ourselves
              • 46 min
              • A Beginner's Guide To Holistic Nutrition

                Andie Kalifer is a Holistic nutritionist and a certified nutritional practitioner based out of Toronto. Andie encourages a mindset that food is nourishment and that it’s so important to look at our health with a 360 degree approach; taking into account what you eat, what you expose yourself to, and how you take care of your emotional wellbeing. Some topics we cover include: 

                • What foods are best for gut health, stress & anxiety
                • How food affects our immune system
                • How to go about doing what makes sense for our bodies
                • Why eating healthy means nothing if it’s not being absorbed properly
                • What happens in the body when were bloated
                • Andie’s personal morning routine
                • 40 min
                • Defining Self Worth

                  Levi Washington is a poet, writer, influencer as well as a life & relationship consultant who invests his gifts to challenge the self limiting narratives that hold us back from healing, freedom, and wisdom. His mantra is “challenge the perspective, change the world”, and we break that down in this episode. Topics we cover include: 

                  • What self worth truly means
                  • The beauty of boundaries
                  • Why we fear being alone
                  • Why self awareness is necessary for self worth
                  • What it means to actually put ourselves first
                  • Finding someone who compliments you vs. completes you
                  • 47 min

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