[un]common medicine

Many practitioners (myself included) spend decades learning and mastering their craft of human physical, metabolic, and emotional science.  I know that running a healthcare business often times is far more complicated than the physical patient care, and as doctors, we generally do not have the training, awareness, or advocacy for keeping our private practice running smoothly - and not because we don't want to, but often times out of sheer lack of time to learn how.

Today's episode has a different expert who has dedicated her life to educating and legally protecting the doctors out there doing their work: attorney Barbara Zabawa.

I personally have seen Barbara in action, and she is a force to be reckoned with!  I am grateful for her extensive knowledge and expertise, and had to give more practitioners out there access to her very particular niche of [un]common law.

Reach out to her at:  www.wellnesslaw.com

Barbara is the founder and President of the Center for Health and Wellness Law, LLC, a law firm dedicated to improving legal access and compliance for the health and wellness industries.  She is also lead author of the book Rule the Rules on Workplace Wellness Programs, published by the American Bar Association. She is a frequent writer and speaker on health and wellness law topics, having presented for national organizations such as WELCOA, National Wellness Conference, HPLive, Healthstat University and HERO.

Barbara J. Zabawa is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee College of Health Sciences, Department of Health Services Administration where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in health law and compliance, US health care delivery and health professions career development. 

Connect and Email me with feedback, questions, and anything else [un]common at:  [un]commonmedicine.com

Now that I have officially plunged into the deep end of podcasting, I am feeling a better flow, a better understanding of the tech, and a heightened awareness of the direction I want my show to go.

So I decided to change things up a bit!

The concept and content are the same: science, celebrity and [un]common solutions - but how the episodes are released is going to be in episode format, rather than in seasons.  I am not taking a break between episodes, really, making the season unnecessary.  

SO, until I decide to make specialty topics for 11 episodes, we will be moving forward together in an episode format starting with this one: EP 27.  I have published 26 episodes before this one, that were divided into Seasons and Outtakes.  You won't really notice any differences when tuning in to listen, other than how to look up past episodes that are in season 1 or 2, but other than that - let's continue to keep learning together, and of course being just a little bit more: [un]common.

It's conversations like this that remind me to step back and say thank you.  I have had some amazing experiences as a doctor in the high profile market, and the friendship I am honored to have to this day with this Rock 'n Roll legend came from one of those.

Howard Scott.

He wrote some of the most iconic songs in American cultural history including Spill The Wine, Slipping Into Darkness, Why Can't We Be Friends, and of course, (who doesn't know) Low Rider.  He plays lead guitar and still tours (when able due to COVID) with his band Low Rider Band, once known as WAR.  We talk about everything from what it was like writing the songs we all know and sing in the shower, to social and racial injustice of the 60's and how it parallels what we are experiencing today in 2021, to getting vaccinated, and how we first met and worked together.

Howard is anything BUT uncommon, which is exactly why I had to have him come and tell some of his True Stories.

It's Women's History Month, and what better way to honor women than to discuss one of the most sacred and miraculous acts only a woman can do: give birth.

Nature provided us women with everything we need to bring life into this world - our bodies are truly amazing!  Somehow along the way, giving birth became a medical event, and the ancient practice of midwifery came under scrutiny and attacked for being unsafe and unable to handle the complications that may occur during the birthing process.

Well, that simply just isn't true.

Blyss Young, a board certified licensed midwife (LM) and certified professional midwife (CPM),  opened the only free standing birth center in Los Angeles and transformed the way birth is managed and perceived in this country.  She is an incredible woman and mother who has been helping to bring babies into this world for over 20 years.  And she also taught me the correct way to pronounce her field of study, which I completely messed up in the beginning of this episode  (uuugh!)  it's mid-WIF-rey, just FYI.

I learned so much in our conversation today!  From statistics about how high the death rate is for women and their babies here in the United States, to the incredibly emotional story of tragedy that Blyss has had to endure and live through with the sudden loss of her teenage daughter to a senseless random act of gun violence.

Midwives, part of our history and practice of wise women is alive and well - and definitely needs more credit and attention as a safe and effective option for pregnant women preparing to bring their babies into this world.

Learn more about Midwifery and Blyss's practice and services at BIRTHINGBLYSS.COM
And on social
IG - @birthingblyssmidwifery

FB - facebook.com/birthingblyss

and listen to her on her podcast with Dr. Stu at DRSTUPODCAST.COM

Who doesn't want to be perfect?  Our social culture. our family life, our personal expectations - we want them all to fit a perfect picture we design in our minds.  But what if those perfections are actually distractions from living our truest, most connected and fulfilling life?

Meet Kathryn Ely.  She is a recovered perfectionist who had a major life shift and returned to school later in life to receive her Masters degree in mental health, with an emphasis on perfectionism.  She is a certified and licensed councilor who teaches the tools needed to stop being paralyzed by perfection, embrace the process of life, and thrive in the most fulfilling and  imperfect way.

Connect with Katheryn in her private practice, and her podcast at IMPERFECT THRIVING

In today's landscape of COVID, finding a balance between work and a healthy personal life can be challenging, so today we are taking a hard right turn and looking at something very common to most of us: work.

I called on an exceptional executive, Jessica Ollenburg, to help us learn more through her career, the dynamic culture of corporate mindfulness, and how she is influencing  a workplace culture that has depth, balance, and whole-person integrity.

Jessica has over 4 decades of experience successfully navigating through corporate culture, and the corporate mindset, with her Executive Consulting, Employment Law and Entrepreneurial Venture company Ollenburg, LLC.

Recently awarded Executive Consulting Firm of the Year 2021; 100 Best Companies to Watch Out For 2020; The 10 Most Innovative CEOs Revamping the Future 2020 - And published and showcased by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Money, Businessweek, CNN, the Washington Post, Worldnews.com, CEO Today, Exeleon, Acquisition International.

You can connect more with Jessica and her associates at her company OLLENBURG,LLC
and become a fellow Zen Activist with her at: ZenByOllc

And of course, visit the world of spirits with Jessica and her husband, the WHISKY-DUDE

The Big C.

Cancer.

If you haven't had it yourself, you probably know someone very close to you who has.   It is one of the top killers in American medicine, and is still very elusive to most doctors and scientists as to how to REALLY get rid of it for good.

While our current system of chemotherapy and radiation are the norm, they are not the only effective means to attack cancer from every angle: physical, metabolic and emotional.  In this episode, we hear the TRUE STORY of Marie Campanile, a woman who chose to listen to her body, her gut, and take action using an entire bag full of weapons, rather than just a couple offered to her in the current protocols of treatment options in the American heath care system.

For more, follow Marie and her work here:  MEDIA MANTRAS

and,

For more information on additional devices, food and supplements, and scientifically valid solutions to help attack cancer, contact me, Dr. Grace, at my office:  WWW.SAINRX.COM

After completing a cleanse, people ask me all the time: 
                            "how long will the effects of this last?  I feel so great right now."

Well that depends.  How much are you being exposed to toxins on a regular basis?  They're everywhere!  In our food supply, in the cleaning products we use, the carpets in our homes, even in the sheets we sleep on every night.   So how do you avoid these hidden buggers and clear your environment to a healthier state that isn't contributing to symptoms like emotional disorders, fatigue, gut issues, brain fog, and even worse, cancer?

Debra Redalia ...THAT'S how!  She literally wrote the book on how to identify and remove thousands of toxic consumer products from your life.  In this episode, Debra and I talk about the evolution of toxins and toxic awareness in everyday products, the best ways to find the best products on the market, and her new project and purpose to keep people engaged and informed:  The Lifely Group.

Get her book for more information on Amazon here:

The supplement industry is a vast and confusing space -SO MUCH OUT THERE!!

So how do you choose the best products for the right reason?

This episode will help sift through the noise and show you how to pick the most scientifically valid and toxin-free product for the right reason.  Of course with any supplement or nutrition protocol, the absolute best way to ensure safety and quality is to discuss your options with a trained medical provider, which is why I am talking with Kevin Finnegan from Xymogen today.

Kevin and I talk about the overwhelming supplement industry, the power of how quality products can repair the body, and the best ways to find the best products on the market.  He is an experienced Medical Consultant with a demonstrated successful history of working in the age-management and functional medicine industries.  Kevin is skilled in educating, coaching, sales, and management, and has earned a Master of Science (M.S.) degree focused in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, along with Physiology and Chemistry degrees from the University of Arizona. 

Currently Kevin works for Xymogen, a family-owned company that prides itself on the highest quality formulas in the practitioner channel, as well as support from their long-standing functional medicine consultant team, and best customer service in the industry.

Learn more about Kevin here: Bio
And connect directly with him via email at:  [email protected]
or  Twitter: @KevinMFinegan

And of course, learn more about Xymogen and their fleet of exceptional products at:
www.wholescripts.com
www.xymogen.com

In this new medium of podcasting, I have gotten to meet some really amazing people...  This woman is one of them!  Her name is Paula Miller, and she is a fellow podcast host with her own show called:

Reclaiming You: The 40 Plus Female Podcast

 Our worlds collided as podpals, but evolved into Doctor/patient when she realized I was exactly what she was looking for on her own journey to reclaim her health and life. 

This episode is an actual telemedicine session with me as a guest on Paula's show!  We get to the root issues of some of Paula's health problems including over-exposure to electromagnetic wave frequencies (EMF's), excessive environmental toxin assault, limited HIIT workouts for mental and physical repair, and diminished micro and macronutrients needed to help her body work better at the cellular level to deal with stress, excess cortisol, and hormone shifts leading to brain fog and weight gain. 

*WHEW!*  ...that's A LOT!  And that is exactly why she called on me - we tackle it all (in baby steps, of course) in this Part I of our series of Paula's journey, and a fully disclosed preview into what it's like working with me, Dr. Grace.

Connect directly with me for your own telemedicine, or in-person session at my office:

SainRx Longevity Institute
www.sainrx.com