How to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse and Grooming, with Feather Berkower
Release Date: 10/03/2022
Real Health Conversations
This week we have a masterclass on digestion in our Foundations Series. The digestive system plays a major role in your overall health as it brings nutrients to your body. Without good digestive health, you will experience a host of uncomfortable symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion, and more. Additionally, you may also get a lack of proper nutrition from the food you eat, which can negatively impact your health and wellbeing. This is why digestive health is so important. So, how do you keep your digestive system healthy? Listen to find out! Show Sponsor: This...
info_outline Lymphatic Massage for Health & Detox with Dayna MarshReal Health Conversations
Show your lymph some love! Dayna Marsh joins the show today to talk about the benefits of lymphatic massage. Dayna is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and owner of Body Therapy Salt Lake, in Salt Lake City, UT. She offers in person massage therapy sessions and in person or virtual nutritional therapy services. Lymph, is like blood in that they both are liquids circulating in the body. Unlike red blood’s circular, pumped by the heart movement, lymph moves just one way: out. However, lymph has no organ pump so it’s up to individuals to help move it along....
info_outline Aging Beautifully without BotoxReal Health Conversations
“Why erase what makes you, you? Be Botox free. Embrace your age.” Everyone wants to age gracefully, but is the answer found injecting toxins into your face? This week Gretch from Never-Tox explains why the risks do not outweigh the benefits when it comes to Botox. Topics Covered · Botulinum toxin research and awareness · Mouse Units (20 units of Botox = that is how many mice would die with that much botox) · Off label use Resources ...
info_outline Finding Your Perfect Diet with Nutritional TherapyReal Health Conversations
Over generalized or overly strict dietary guidelines are not doing any favors to those looking for honest, helpful nutritional wellness advice. This episode is all about helping you understand your body’s symptoms and biofeedback signals to curate your perfect diet. Topics covered in this episode: Nutritional Therapy and how it is different from traditional dieticians Why is nutrition confusing No perfect diet for everyone, at all times Foundations of health and what dysfunction in body systems means for root cause solutions Listening to your body and biofeedback markers How to craft your...
info_outline How to Overcome Anxiety According to a Holistic PsychiatristReal Health Conversations
“We are suffering unnecessarily because our physical bodies are out of balance.” Dr. Vora Our guest this week is Dr. Ellen Vora, a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher, and she is the author of . She takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root. Dr. Vora received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.D. from Columbia University. It’s normal to occasionally experience anxiety, such as when we’re faced with a high-stakes meeting, a stressed-out boss, or a conflict with a...
info_outline Your Top Thyroid Questions Answered, with Dr. Eric BalcavageReal Health Conversations
It may be small, but your thyroid is a mighty organ that is responsible for many important functions that can make a huge difference in your health. Metabolism, hormones, digestion, brain, and so much more are all affected by how well (or not) the thyroid is functioning. When the thyroid is not working well, you may feel pretty miserable. Thyroid disorders are common, affecting over 20 million Americans every year, and even more common in women (1 in 8 women will have a thyroid disorder at some point in life). Our guest today is Dr. Eric Balcavage – Dr. Balcavage is a Doctor of...
info_outline How to establish healthy habits and consistently crush your goals with Lindsay YoungReal Health Conversations
“There is SO much information about food and exercise circling about, and it’s often conflicting or confusing. Perhaps you’ve tried a diet and failed, started an exercise routine and stopped, lost weight and then gained it back. I can relate because I’ve done all of those things.” Who can relate? I sure can. Our guest today is Lindsay Young a certified transformational nutrition coach and strength and conditioning coach, a business owner, a wife, and a busy mom of 3 and she has mastered the balancing act of taking care of herself and her health as well as all of her other...
info_outline Prioritizing Your Metabolic Health with Dr. Elie Jarrouge, MDReal Health Conversations
Dr. Elie Jarrough is a board certified and licensed medical doctor specializing in coaching patients in nutrition and improving metabolic health. He has countless testimonials from patients reversing obesity and type 2 diabetes and in this episode we he shares his experience, wisdom, and insights on all things metabolic health. Dr. Elie has a compelling story of how he turned his own health around with nutrition and he passionately helps others do the same. Listen in as we discuss the timeline of disease development and the healing process; setting a good example for our children by...
info_outline Taking Action: Transform Your Home into a Health HavenReal Health Conversations
Home is a place that should be safe and comfortable, not the place we want to associate as a source of health issues and potential problems. However, the truth is out – your home environments could be negatively affecting you and your family’s health. Luckily, there are solutions! There are ways to minimize exposure or avoid the risk altogether. In this episode I am presenting directly from my FREE Healthy Home Guide that I created just for you. I’ve taken all of the questions I’ve heard over the years – What is Toxic Load? How can I tell if I’m (or my children/family) are being...
info_outline Beyond Fads & Diet Trends: Digging Deeper for Root Cause Health Solutions with Leanne VogelReal Health Conversations
Your food can’t be the only reason you aren’t getting better…it’s time to dig deeper! Real Health Conversations celebrates its 500th episode with long time friend of the show, Leanne Vogel. The nutrition, health, and wellness space has seen a lot of trends come and go over these past nine years and 500 episodes and in this episode Holly and Leanne recap the biggest changes. The nutrition and wellness industry has seen a lot of trends and fads come and go. Finally — after decades of chasing symptoms — functional, root-cause approaches are stealing the spotlight. About Our...
info_outlineOur guest today is Feather Berkower, a licensed clinical social worker with a Master’s of Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. She has been a leader in child sexual abuse prevention since 1985 and has educated nearly one-hundred fifty thousand schoolchildren, parents and youth professionals. Her well-regarded workshop, Parenting Safe Children, empowers adults to keep children safe from sexual assault. Feather co-authored Off Limits, a parenting book that will change the way you think about keeping children safe. It is available on her website at parentingsafechildren.com
Sexual abuse of children is a difficult topic to discuss, but that is why these conversations need to take place. The manipulative behaviors perpetrators use to set children up for sexual abuse are designed to be subtle and often appear innocent. As parents, nothing is more important than the health and safety of our children. What we, many parents, don’t know or realize, is that in these unsettling situations, the perpetrators are also working the parents. Abusers will often groom a family, and not just a child.
Article: What are some warning signs of sexual abuse or grooming? This is what the experts say
Resources:
Parenting Safe Children Parent Workshop, October 8, 19