Aging is not a decline—it's an initiation. In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast, Cate Stillman speaks with Ron Pevny, founder of the Center for Conscious Eldering and author of Conscious Living, Conscious Aging, to explore how the later chapters of life can become a time of growth, purpose, and legacy.

Ron shares his evolution from guiding vision quests to leading Conscious Eldering retreats, helping people transform retirement into renewal. His work illuminates a new paradigm of aging—one that integrates emotional maturity, spiritual awakening, and service to future generations.

Modern culture glorifies youth and productivity while neglecting the sacred role of elders. Ron explains that true elderhood is less about age and more about inner development—forgiveness, self-reflection, and deep listening to the call of spirit.

🌿 Elderhood as Evolution Aging invites transformation, not stagnation. The conscious elder cultivates wisdom, compassion, and purpose.

🌀 The Inner Work of Transition Letting go of past identities creates space for renewal. Reflection, solitude, and connection with nature are vital rites of passage.

💫 From Retirement to Renewal These years are a gift—a chance to live fully, share your gifts, and contribute meaningfully to the world.

🤝 Intergenerational Wisdom Elders play a crucial role in healing cultural divides by mentoring younger generations and modeling integrity, curiosity, and care.

✨ Community as Continuum The conscious aging movement invites circles of elders and youngers to grow together—bridging experience and innovation.

As Cate and Ron emphasize, the future of aging lies in conscious participation, not withdrawal. By engaging the heart, mind, and spirit, we reclaim the elder's sacred purpose—to embody wisdom and guide the next generation with humility and light.

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Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, author, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. For over two decades she has guided wellness professionals and conscious seekers to unlock body intelligence, reverse inflammation, and live in alignment with purpose. She is the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

In this enlightening conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Dr. Toni Engram, founder of Flourish Dental Boutique in Dallas, to explore how biological dentistry bridges oral health and whole-body wellness. Together, they unpack why your mouth is the mirror of your overall health—and how what's happening in your teeth and gums can reveal the state of your immune system, hormones, and even emotional resilience.

Dr. Toni shares her journey from a traditional, insurance-based dental practice to creating a toxin-free, holistic clinic grounded in terrain theory, functional medicine, and Eastern-Western integration. She explains how addressing inflammation, hidden infections, and oral microbiome imbalance can prevent chronic disease and autoimmune flare-ups. The conversation also explores how breathing patterns, ozone therapy, and nutritional care are transforming modern dentistry into a foundation for long-term vitality.

A powerful theme throughout this dialogue is medical freedom and informed choice—how Dr. Toni's experience during the pandemic reinforced her commitment to individualized care, clean practices, and patient empowerment.

🦷 The Mouth–Body Connection: Each tooth corresponds to an organ system. Oral inflammation and hidden infections can trigger systemic issues like fatigue, autoimmunity, and hormonal imbalance.

🌿 Terrain over Germ Theory: Health depends on the body's internal environment. By strengthening the terrain—through nutrition, detoxification, and non-toxic dental care—you naturally resist disease.

💧 Ozone in Dentistry: Ozone therapy cleanses infection, enhances healing, and supports a balanced oral microbiome—without harsh chemicals or antibiotics.

💫 Fluoride-Free Future: Dr. Toni explains the risks of fluoride exposure, how it entered our water supply, and why mineral-rich, fluoride-free options are the smarter path forward.

🌬 Breathe for Better Health: Mouth breathing alters jaw growth in children and disrupts the oral microbiome. Retraining to nasal breathing supports deeper sleep, stronger immunity, and calmer energy.

🧬 Oral Microbiome Testing: With new saliva-based tests, dentists can map bacterial balance and tailor precise healing protocols that blend functional medicine with oral care.

💖 Integrative Care & Coaching: Dr. Toni and her team pair dentistry with health coaching to address habits, diet, and lifestyle—because true healing requires more than dental work.

🌐 Flourish Dental Boutique → https://flourishdental.com 📱 Instagram: @drtoniengram

Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. For over two decades, she has guided wellness professionals and conscious seekers to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership.

Author of: 📗 Primal Habits → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of You → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

🎧 Tune in and reflect: How might upgrading your oral care routine and breathing habits become the foundation for your next level of energy, focus, and longevity?

Moral dissonance is rising in an age of global uncertainty, digital distraction, and AI acceleration. In this deeply reflective conversation, Cate Stillman and Susan Harley—writer at Courageous Conversations—explore how personal values, collapse awareness, and spiritual grounding shape our collective future.

Susan draws from decades in psychology, coaching, and NLP to illuminate how integrity, agency, and conscious choice are the antidotes to moral confusion.

🧭 Morality Begins Within True morality isn't imposed—it's lived. Our choices and behaviors are the visible expressions of our inner values.

💬 Courageous Conversations Build Connection In polarized times, listening with curiosity instead of judgment becomes a radical act. Respectful dialogue restores trust in communities.

🧘 Reflection Restores Integrity Self-awareness and the willingness to "redo" a moment help us evolve beyond old habits and rewire our moral reflexes.

🌍 Collapse as Catalyst Ecological and social breakdowns can birth renewal. Susan shares how collapse awareness calls us to co-create resilient, life-affirming systems.

⚖️ Energy Follows Attention Where we invest our focus shapes reality. Instead of fueling outrage, choose conscious action, kindness, and prayer as moral resistance.

🌿 Health Is a Moral Act Physical vitality, nervous-system regulation, and spaciousness allow us to meet moral complexity with clarity and compassion.

As Cate and Susan reveal, moral evolution is a practice—one grounded in reflection, authenticity, and courageous action. By embodying our values and engaging consciously with others, we participate in regenerating the human spirit in uncertain times.

🌐 Courageous Conversations Substack 📘 Master of You by Cate Stillman → Amazon 📘 Body Thrive by Cate Stillman → Amazon 🌿 Club Thrive 🧘 Yogahealer Website

Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, author, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. For over two decades she's guided wellness professionals and conscious seekers to unlock body intelligence, reverse inflammation, and lead from alignment. She is the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

About this episode: In this illuminating conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Kristina Scaglione, LCSW-R, founder of Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, to explore the rise of trauma-informed therapy, the layers of modern trauma, and how holistic healing integrates mind, body, and spirit.

Kristina shares her journey from volunteering with a New York non-profit serving the homeless to establishing a multi-disciplinary practice that blends traditional therapy with complementary modalities like nutrition, Reiki, hormone support, and hypnosis. Together, they unpack why "trauma recovery" is becoming mainstream, how systemic factors like consumer culture and isolation contribute to emotional distress, and why true healing requires more than talk therapy.

A deeply personal part of the discussion centers on Kristina's recovery from a vaccine injury, her experience of being dismissed by the medical system, and how that inspired the creation of the Limitless partnership—a collaborative network of clinicians bridging Eastern and Western medicine to support complex health conditions such as long-haul COVID.

Key Takeaways:

💫 Trauma's Nuance and Reach: Not everyone is "traumatized," but most experience trauma at varying levels. Subtle forms of trauma often stem from cultural, systemic, and relational influences.

🌿 Healing is Holistic and Integrated: Sustainable healing blends mental, physical, and spiritual modalities. The Root & Rise + Limitless model goes beyond talk therapy to include energetic and lifestyle support.

🧠 Habits Build Healing: Long-term progress depends on consistent daily habits. Kristina emphasizes "habit stacking" to make new wellness practices easier to sustain.

🧍 Mindful Navigation of Dysregulation: Grounding and breathwork should be practiced regularly—like a seatbelt—so they're instinctive in times of stress.

📱 Technology's Double-Edged Sword: While social media raises awareness, it can also fuel self-diagnosis and disconnection. Human interaction remains essential for emotional regulation.

🤖 AI vs. Human Connection: AI can support but never replace the deep empathy, rapport, and non-judgmental space that define effective therapy.

💰 Self-Pay and Autonomy: Paying privately ensures privacy, freedom from insurance limitations, and customized care rooted in trust and collaboration.

🌸 Iatrogenic Trauma and Validation: Kristina's healing journey underscores the importance of medical openness, validation, and the integration of multiple healing systems.

🔗 Resources: 🌐 Root & Rise Clinical Specialists → https://rootandrisecs.com 🌐Limitless Integrative Wellness | Mind Spa → https://limitlessintegrativewellness.com 🌐 Yogahealer Website → https://www.yogahealer.com

👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman: Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. For over 20 years, she has guided wellness professionals and conscious seekers to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership.

Author of: 📗 Primal Habits → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of You → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

🎧 Tune in and reflect: What daily habit or grounding practice could help you reconnect to your body and regulate your nervous system today?

About this episode: In this insightful conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Dr. Heather Stone—functional medicine practitioner, thyroid expert, and founder of ReverseMyCondition.com—to explore how women can heal thyroid imbalances, overcome weight struggles, and restore vitality naturally. Blending functional medicine with primal and Ayurvedic wisdom, Dr. Stone shares why excess weight is a symptom, not the root cause, and how circadian fasting, detoxification, and mindset shifts can spark true healing.

Key Takeaways:

🌿 Weight as a symptom: Why stubborn fat isn't about willpower, but an indicator of deeper metabolic and hormonal imbalances.

🕒 Circadian fasting: How eating with your body's clock improves sleep, stabilizes blood sugar, and supports thyroid health.

🔥 Beyond fad diets: Why long-term healing requires universal truths, not quick fixes or trends.

💡 Autoimmunity insights: Understanding Hashimoto's, thyroid medication, and how to move toward remission through root-cause healing.

🌞 Return to nature: How primal habits like morning light, movement, and fasting rhythms rewire health and energy.

🧠 Mindset & identity: Breaking free from "disease identity" and cultivating the vision of your future, healthier self.

🔗 Resources: 🌐 Dr. Heather Stone → https://reversemycondition.com 🌐 Club Thrive → https://clubthrive.global 🌐 Happy Healthy and Lean FB Group → [Search on Facebook]

📚 Cate's Books: 📗 Primal Habits → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of You → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman: Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. With over 20 years of guiding wellness pros and conscious seekers, she empowers people to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership. Cate is also the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

🎧 Tune in and reflect: What's one primal habit you're ready to reclaim to restore your thyroid and metabolism?

About this episode: In this illuminating conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Dr. Steffany Moonaz—yoga therapist, researcher, and founder of Arthritis.Yoga—to explore how yoga helps people living with arthritis and chronic pain reclaim vitality, mobility, and joy. With decades of experience bridging research and practice, Steffany shares why yoga is far more than asana and how breath, mindfulness, and community play a vital role in pain management and long-term healing.

Key Takeaways:

• Beyond the joints: Why chronic pain is more about nervous system messages than cartilage damage—and how yoga can rewire pain perception.

• Yoga vs. physical therapy: Research shows yoga matches strengthening exercises short term, but outperforms them in mood and long-term results.

• The power of pranayama: Breathwork regulates the nervous system, reduces pain reactivity, and fosters resilience.

• Community healing: Group practice amplifies results, providing accountability, encouragement, and transformation.

• Props & support: Why embracing assistance is strength, not weakness—and how it prevents injury and enhances alignment.

• Whole-person yoga: Tools like mindfulness and applied philosophy shift how we relate to pain, not just the pain itself.

🔗 Resources: 🌐 Arthritis.Yoga → https://www.arthritis.yoga 📘 Yoga Therapy for Arthritis by Steffany Moonaz → https://amzn.to/4aS7XU2 📘 Uninflamed by Cate Stillman → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 🌿 Join Club Thrive → https://clubthrive.global 🧘 Yogahealer Website → https://www.yogahealer.com 📚 Cate's Books: Body Thrive, Master of You, Primal Habits

👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman: Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. With over 20 years of guiding wellness pros and conscious seekers, she empowers people to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership. Cate is also the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

Author of: 📗 Primal Habits → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of You → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

🎧 Tune in and reflect: What's one yoga practice—on or off the mat—that could help shift your relationship with pain today?

About this episode: In this inspiring conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Lynn and Yael from the Club Hero community to explore what it really means to live with sacred ambition. Together, they dive into the multidimensional nature of success—how to thrive not just in career, but also in health, family, creativity, and spirit.

This episode shines a light on why so many mid-career professionals feel the pressure of burnout and disconnection, and how shifting into a new model of community, accountability, and aligned leadership can help. Through personal stories and practical wisdom, Lynn and Yael share how Club Hero has given them clarity, courage, and a framework for evolving into the next chapter of their lives.

Key Takeaways:

• Sacred ambition defined: Why true success must align with your deeper purpose and multidimensional life.

• From burnout to balance: How Club Hero supports mid-career women to evolve without losing themselves.

• The power of community: Why transformation happens faster and deeper in a collective than in isolation.

• Identity evolution: Why growth requires shedding old narratives and stepping into a new vision of self.

• Practical structures for success: How Club Hero creates accountability, clarity, and a path to sustained change.

🔗 Resources: 🌿 Join Club Hero → https://clubthrive.global 🧘 Yogahealer Website → https://www.yogahealer.com 📘 Uninflamed by Cate Stillman → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📚 Cate's Books: Body Thrive, Master of You, Primal Habits

👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman: Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. With over 20 years of guiding wellness pros and conscious seekers, she empowers people to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership. She is the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

Author of: 📗 PRIMAL HABITS → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of YOU → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

🎧 Tune in and reflect: What does sacred ambition mean to you—and how are you redefining success in your own life?

About this episode: This episode dives into microbiome health and Ayurveda with Anu Simh, plant-based chef, Ayurvedic practitioner, and author of Flourish from Within. Join host Cate Stillman and Anu as they explore how ancestral food wisdom and diverse plant-based recipes can restore gut health, reverse lifestyle disease, and empower long-term wellness.

Drawing from her new book, Anu shares practical recipes, the science behind microbiome diversity, and how Ayurvedic principles align perfectly with modern understandings of gut health and chronic disease prevention.

Key Takeaways: • The gut at the center: How microbiome diversity impacts immunity, mood, and chronic disease. • Plant-rich eating: Why tracking 30+ plants a week is a gut-health game-changer. • Healing with spices: The Ayurvedic wisdom of turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and more. • Lifestyle medicine: Why real healing requires shifting daily choices, not relying on prescriptions. • Recipes for resilience: How Flourish from Within offers easy, gut-friendly meals for modern life.

🔗 Resources: 🌐 9 Arms of Wellness → https://9armsofwellness.com 📘 Flourish from Within by Anu Sim → [Insert Link] 📘 Uninflamed by Cate Stillman → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 🌿 Join Club Thrive → https://clubthrive.global 🧘 Yogahealer Website → https://www.yogahealer.com 📚 Cate's Books: Body Thrive, Master of You, Primal Habits

👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman: Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. For over 20 years, she's been guiding wellness pros and conscious seekers to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership. She is the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

Author of: 📗 Primal Habits → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of YOU → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

🎧 Tune in and reflect: What's one plant or spice you're inspired to add this week to support your gut and overall well-being?

About this episode: This episode dives deep into longevity science with Chris Burres, founder and chief scientist at MyVitalC. Join host Cate Stillman and Chris as they explore the Nobel Prize-winning molecule that achieved a 90% life extension in mammals—the longest ever recorded in peer-reviewed research—and what it could mean for human health.

From the story of its 1985 discovery at Rice University to its role in combating oxidative stress, supporting mitochondrial function, and enhancing energy, Chris explains the fascinating science in a way anyone can understand. Whether you're a biohacker, wellness seeker, or simply curious about living longer and healthier, you'll walk away with practical insights and inspiration.

Key Takeaways: • Origins of the molecule: The backstory of its discovery and Nobel Prize recognition. • Longevity breakthrough: How the 90% life extension study reshaped scientific understanding of aging. • Free radicals & aging: Why oxidative stress is a major driver of aging and how this molecule addresses it. • From research to results: Real-life benefits—from better sleep to improved mental clarity—reported by MyVitalC users. • Personal protocols: Chris's own approach to optimizing healthspan through daily habits and supplementation.

🔗 Resources: 🌐 MyVitalC → https://www.myvitalc.com 📘 Uninflamed by Cate Stillman → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 🌿 Join Club Thrive → https://clubthrive.global 🧘 Yogahealer Website → https://www.yogahealer.com 📚 Cate's Books: Body Thrive, Master of You, Primal Habits

👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman: Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. For over 20 years, she has been guiding wellness pros and conscious seekers to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership. She is the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

Author of: 📗 Primal Habits → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of YOU → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

🎧 Tune in and reflect: What's one step you're inspired to take toward improving your longevity after hearing Chris's story?

About this episode: In this truth-telling conversation, Cate Stillman is joined by Martin Pytela—functional medicine expert, systems analyst, and founder of Life Enthusiast—to explore the real causes of modern chronic illness. From mercury poisoning and environmental toxicity to malnutrition and metabolic misalignment, Martin shares how he healed himself and now coaches others to restore vitality. Learn how to identify your metabolic type, detox naturally, and reclaim agency over your health—without relying on broken systems.

Key Takeaways:

Mercury & medical betrayal: Martin's health collapsed after receiving 12 mercury amalgam fillings—what followed was a journey of systemic failure, immune breakdown, and deep awakening to root cause healing.

The 5 refined food culprits: Uncover the five industrial "foods" at the core of modern disease—refined flour, sugar, salt, seed oils, and pasteurized dairy.

Metabolic typing decoded: Learn the difference between fast oxidizers and autonomic types—and why eating the wrong foods for your type creates fatigue, irritability, and poor digestion.

Toxicity and trauma as hidden saboteurs: Discover how stagnation, EMFs, unresolved trauma, and poor detox pathways fuel chronic illness—and how small daily choices can reverse the damage.

Healing is simple, not expensive: Why expensive tests and protocols aren't required—just clean food, correct minerals, movement, and emotional clarity.

Food as pharmacy: How ancestral diets, wild foods, and even organ meats support healing—especially once you understand your metabolic individuality.

🔗 Resources: 🌐 Life Enthusiast → https://www.life-enthusiast.com 📅 Free 15-min Health Consult → https://www.life-enthusiast.com/appointment 📘 Uninflamed by Cate Stillman → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 🌿 Join Club Thrive → https://clubthrive.global 🧘 Yogahealer Website → https://www.yogahealer.com 📚 Cate's Books: Body Thrive, Master of You, Primal Habits

👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman: Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. With over 20 years of guiding wellness pros and conscious seekers, she empowers people to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership. Cate is also the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

Author of: 📗 PRIMAL HABITS → https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx 📘 Uninflamed → https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 📙 Body Thrive → https://amzn.to/3udNFR0 📕 Master of YOU → https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

🎧 Tune in and reflect: What's one belief or toxic exposure you're ready to release to reclaim your vitality?