In this amazing conversation, Lauren Taus and I delve deep into anger. How anger could be our biggest teacher and how traditional therapy and other forms of healing can help, like getting into nature, meditation, yoga and more.

Lauren Taus graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College at Columbia University in 2004 with a BA in Religion before continuing on to NYU for her Masters in Social Work. Lauren is licensed as a clinical therapist in both New York and California with a specialty in addiction and trauma treatment.

As a clinician, Lauren integrates alternative modalities of treatment into her work. She trained with David Emerson under the supervision of Bessel van der Kolk at The Trauma Institute in Boston in trauma sensitive yoga, and she’s trained by the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) for MDMA assisted psychotherapy for complex PTSD.

Lauren mentioned Rachel Yehuda, and you can find out more about her here:

➡️ Icahn Website Profile: https://icahn.mssm.edu/profiles/rachel-yehuda

Find out more about Lauren and follow her on any of the links below.

➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauren.taus/

➡️ Website: https://www.inbodiedlife.com/

➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/misstaus?lang=en

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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In my conversation with Dr. Areli Cuevas-Ocampo, you'll learn how she got interested in veganism and how she ended up in the U.K. from her homeland of Mexico, via the United States.

Dr. Areli has seen how a raw vegan lifestyle has impacted her health in a very positive way and she wants to spread the word to as many as will listen. As she states, to not tell people of the benefits of going raw vegan 'would be a disservice'.

Dr. Areli K. Cuevas-Ocampo is a Medical Doctor who follows a raw-vegan lifestyle. She is Board-certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic-Clinical Pathology and Neuropathology and she recently was granted a "Plant-Based Nutrition" certificate by the University of Winchester and Plant-Based Health Professionals of UK.

Dr. Cuevas-Ocampo is interested in raising public awareness on how modifying epigenetic risk factors like diet, in particular with a fruit-based raw-vegan approach; we can prevent, improve, or even reverse most of the modern diseases of Western societies.

Find and follow her on any of the links below.

➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawvegandoctor/

➡️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rawvegandoctor/

➡️ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChzNuSNdwHBLQRAGz3x1IFQ

➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RawVeganDoctor

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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In this very in depth conversation, Dr. Gominak and I go deep into well, why all of us need deep sleep! You'll learn why getting your Vitamin D levels (and that it isn't a vitamin, but rather a hormone) is so important, as well as the importance of B vitamins and your gut health.

You'll grow to understand the importance of trusting your own intuition when it comes to your health and how you approach your path to getting healthy and you'll also hear some very specific information on how proper sleep can impact your overall life.

To say that Stasha is a wealth of knowledge is an understatement but rest assured that you CAN reclaim your health and she is someone that would be a vital component to that end, if you bring her into your inner circle of healing.

Dr. Gominak grew up and attended college in California, moved to Houston for medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, where she received an MD degree in 1983. Her Neurology residency was done at the Harvard affiliated, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She practiced Neurology in the San Francisco Bay area from 1991-2004 then moved with her husband to Tyler, Texas.

Starting in 2004 she began to dedicate more of her practice to the treatment of sleep and sleep disorders. In 2012 and 2016 she published two pivotal articles about the global struggle with worsening sleep, the possible causes and solutions, related to vitamin D deficiency and the intestinal microbiome.

In 2016 she retired from her office practice to have more time to teach. She currently divides her time between RightSleep® coaching sessions for private individuals and teaching other clinicians the RightSleep® method of sleep repair.

Find out more about Dr. Gominak here:

➡️ Website: https://drgominak.com/

➡️ Ulta Wellness: https://www.ultawellness.com/

➡️ Article on B‐Vitamins and Gut Microbiome: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mnfr.202000426

➡️ How to Fix your Sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj8FTWCb010

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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In this wonderful conversation, Eliseo "Cheo" Torres takes me back to my roots where I grew up and he spent a lot of time around and through that story, he unveils the many aspects of Curanderismo, which is the history and knowledge of Latino healers.

You'll learn about three curandero's (healers that use folk remedies) that he considers to be the greatest in their time. You will also learn about healers of today and how Cheo is making sure that this way of life is recorded for generations to come.

Eliseo “Cheo” Torres has served as Vice President for Student Affairs/Full Professor at the University of New Mexico since January 2, 1996. He teaches three classes on traditional medicine, and regularly lectures and gives presentations on the history and lore of Curanderismo to audiences ranging from scholars and students of Latin American culture to people hoping to become knowledgeable about alternative and traditional medicine, including lay people and medical professionals alike.

He has published four books on his life and his research in traditional medicine emphasizing medicinal plant and rituals published by the University of New Mexico Press and Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.

He is currently serving on the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board and has been involved in a number of other boards and organizations.

Find out more about Curanderismo, his books and his courses here:

➡️ UNM's Curanderismo course: https://www.instagram.com/wizardscornerpodcast/
http://curanderismo.unm.edu/

➡️ Cheo's Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiqrtsN9xis

➡️ Buy the book: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/curanderismo-art-traditional-medicine-without-borders

➡️ Buy the book: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/curandero-traditional-healers-mexico-and-southwest

➡️ Coursera Curanderismo course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/curanderismo-plants?

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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I read recently that to begin to transform those elements within you that are affected by your outer world is to start seeing 'God' in every face you look upon. Even if you BELIEVE in God, it's not easy to do. So, of course there's a different way to approach it.

Everyone you meet, no matter if you like them or not, if they cut you off in traffic or give you a random wave when you're not expecting it, look at them and in your head, tell them you love them.

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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You can spend an entire lifetime hoping to better yourself, to change old habits, to shift your mindset about things and never reach your desired result. And sometimes, if you're truly blessed, you can have a very candid conversation with another human being, and they can help create that shift and awareness within you.

This is my hope for you, that you approach life with such an open heart that yes, you might let in some bad enter it, but you will also be open enough to let all of the good that is out there, in. And there are so much good things AND good people out there.

Without knowing it, this is what I did. I let someone into my heart and she helped transform me, and I fear that I might never be able to repay the gift that she gave me. But as she has told me in our talk, at least I can 'pay it forward' and in some small way, I can continue to spread that love and guidance.

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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In this conversation with Allyson Johnson, you'll end up realizing that you'll not only want to get this book but also take to the open road! There are 500 travel destinations but spoiler alert, 300 didn't make the final cut! Here's hoping that they'll be worked into the third edition.

Allyson Johnson is a senior editor and project manager for travel, photography, cookbooks, and illustrated reference titles at National Geographic. She’s worked on titles that include the New York Times bestselling Blue Zones Kitchen by Dan Buettner; the top-selling 5,000 Ideas series by Joe Yogerst; NATJA award-winning 100 Dives of a Lifetime by Carrie Miller; best-selling What to Eat When by Drs. Michael Roizen and Michael Crupain; and Women: The National Geographic Image Collection.

Find out more about National Geographic here:

➡️ Website: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/

➡️ Buy the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Drives-Lifetime-Worlds-Spectacular-Trips/dp/1426206771

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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In this episode, Kashi Azad and I talk about Persian Yoga, an ancient and unique physical conditioning art form, from the heartland of the Persians that can be traced back thousands of years.

Persian Yoga is a martial arts strength conditioning system that was developed in the early days of the Persian empire that was practiced by ancient knights and warriors to drive physical and mental excellence.

Known as Pahlavāni in its native Iran, Persian Yoga has withstood the test of time, and now offers a powerful mind body training experience for men and women.

Persian Yoga is an integrated martial arts strength conditioning system and Kashi and I discussed the many tools used with it, such as the Shena (push-up boards), Meel (Persian clubs), Sang (shields) and Kabbadeh (steel bow) to provide resistance and neurological input during circular multi-planar dynamic movements.

Persian Yoga, or Pahlavāni, is recognized by UNESCO as the world’s oldest running form of martial arts strength conditioning training. The practice mimics an entire ancient style battle and you will not only learn about it, but also part of the history of Iran.

To learn more about Kashi, visit:

➡️ Website: https://www.persianyoga.com/

➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/persianyoga/

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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I have talked about my issues with food before but in this episode, I share with you someone that I saw decades ago that until this very moment? Didn't inspire me to change my diet in ways that I would have never imagined.

He was in critical care and by that I mean that he was back on the road to health but a life time of addiction had taken its toll and this very young man, moved and acted like a very old man. He was hyper focused and very diligent on what he put into his body because he had to.

His life that I witnessed back then, in a very startling and visual way, to me at least, depended on it.

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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In this very candid conversation, Brian Deer and I discuss his latest book, The Doctor Who Fooled the World - Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines. The subject of the book and this podcast is the now disgraced former doctor, Andrew Wakefield.

Wakefield created a crisis against vaccines, then spread the fear through any means possible and then raked in the rewards of his chaos. At one point, you'll hear Brian describe the entire ordeal as a 'scam within a scam'.

Brian Deer is a veteran British investigative journalist, best known for his inquiries into the drug industry, medicine, and social issues for the Sunday Times of London. Among his awards, Deer was twice named the UK's specialist reporter of the year, and in 2016 he was made Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by York St. John University.

To learn more about Brian, visit:

➡️ Website: https://briandeer.com/

➡️ Buy the Book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-doctor-who-fooled-the-world-brian-deer/1132783789

This podcast is a joy to create for you and I hope that you find it useful to your life. And so, it is.

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