122: How Energy Medicine Can Heal You w/ Thornton Streeter
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Finding connections between modern medicine with traditional understanding is not a new idea, but the ways in which we are learning about the body through these alternative techniques are outstanding. Products such as the Biofield Viewer are helping us understand the chakra system, its connection to our electromagnetic energy, and our overall physical health.
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121: The Key To Preventing Heart Disease w/ Dr. Steven Masley
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90% of heart disease can be prevented through simple lifestyle choices. Dr. Steven Masley is passionate about empowering others to make healthy choices and improve their lives in every way. By incorporating these easy strategies, you can increase your longevity, happiness, and so much more.
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120: HeartMath w/ Dr. Rollin McCraty
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While the theory is not new, it may come as a surprise that the way in which your heart communicates with your brain, body, other people, and the Earth can have a huge impact on how you perceive the world. Dr. Rollin McCraty is pioneering research to prove our connectivity to the global information field and is here to share his findings.
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119: Food as a Source of Healing and Love w/ Ocean Robbins
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The toxic, genetically modified food that is rampant in our modern society is causing disease, illness, and suffering. Ocean Robbins knows that the only way out is through eating real food that comes from the Earth to radically improve your lifespan, healthspan, vitality span, and joy. Through simple changes and innate wisdom, you can stop listening to the companies who only care about the bottom line and start serving your body what it needs most.
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118: The Keys To A Happy Heart w/ Dr. Drew Christensen
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Our hearts are the guiding force between so much of our health, and yet our emotional experiences are often detached from traditional medicine. Dr. Drew Christensen was unhappy with this detachment so he made the switch from family to functional medicine, and has never looked back.
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117: Proof Of Heaven: A Near Death Experience w/ Dr. Eben Alexander
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When neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander went into a medically unexplainable coma for 7 days, doctors were perplexed and doubtful at any sort of recovery. What followed was a transformational experience full of spiritual awakenings, an outpouring of unconditional love, and a new way of viewing the world. Dr. Alexander’s story has inspired people worldwide and has revealed that we are conscious in spite of our brain – that, in fact, consciousness is at the root of all existence.
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116: The Paleo Cardiologist w/ Jack and Heather Wolfson
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Jack and Heather Wolfson couldn’t have been raised more differently. Jack, a board-certified cardiologist, was brought up on the conventional understanding of pharmaceuticals and surgery. It wasn’t until he met Heather, a licensed chiropractor, that he began to understand the power of natural and holistic medicine. Together they have grown as a couple and as doctors, and are here today to open your eyes to the possibility of holistic practices.
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115: Naturopathic Cardiology w/ Dr. Decker Weiss
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By combining the bones of naturopathic medicine with cardiology practices, it is possible to help your body restore and fix itself. Through a commitment to giving patients the opportunity to get well and using medicine without prejudice, anybody at any age can get better. Individualized care and the understanding of how and when these naturopathic treatments are best optimized is the key to creating long-lasting heart health for Dr. Decker Weiss.
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114: The Link Between Thyroid & Heart Health w/ Dr. Alan Christianson
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Dr. Alan Christianson is an NYT bestselling author and naturopathic doctor who specializes in natural endocrinology. Endocrinology is the study of hormones and hormone-related illnesses, and Dr. Christianson takes a holistic approach to analyze the whole body and how the different systems work together.
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113: The Importance Of Play As An Adult w/ Michael Mendizza
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Michael Mendizza is an author, documentary filmmaker, social change maker, and thought leader. His work focuses on the intellectual construct of culture, the importance of play, and the balance between possibility and appropriateness.
info_outlineIn 2006, Michael Sandler had a near-fatal bicycle accident while attempting to set a world record to skate from LA to NYC in support of those with learning disabilities. Instead of giving in to the fear and pain of the incident, Michael immediately knew that this was a gift that would create a better life for himself and others. A professional speed skater, cyclist, and coach for athletes and those with learning disabilities, Michael is probably the only person to be meditating and coaching from the back of an ambulance.
While this may seem like an incredible story, it was only the beginning for Michael. Following years of more accidents, and more eternal optimism, Michael has overcome the hurdles in his life to come out the other side a stronger, healthier human with a deeply rooted belief system. By listening to the signs of nature and breathing in light and out love, Michael is a wealth of wisdom, patience with the Universe, and trust that everything will be okay.
Michael wants to encourage you to stop the mindset that you cannot change certain parts about yourself, and embrace your body and mind’s ability to rewire. A big believer that everything happens for a reason, Michael is living proof of the power of resilience, motivation, and positivity. Michael believes that true enlightenment comes from when you are able to appreciate the downhill parts of life just as much as the uphill ones, and is here today to show you how to stop playing it safe and start learning in the uncomfortable.
Are you ready to discover the gift that is wrapped around your heart and use it to start living your best life possible? Share what you found most inspiring about Michael’s story with us in the comments section on the episode page.
In This Episode
- Discover an incredible story of turning pain into life’s greatest gift
- How to gain whole body nutrition by walking barefoot in the grass
- Tips for embracing mindfulness and meditation when dealing with ADD
- Why we should all be like loaves of bread when it comes to expiry dates
- How to embrace enlightenment on both the downhill and uphill ride
Quotes
“No tunnel, no white light, a complete switch flip. And a complete knowing that this is a gift… it was just a complete and total knowing that something really special is going to come out of it.” (6:49)
“You don’t need to drive your car into a tree, so to speak, for these things to happen, if you are willing to listen.” (10:18)
“There was a moment of a ‘you can just go into the silence and everything will be alright, or you are going to have to fight like hell to come back.’” (25:05)
“People say you are as you are, ‘I can’t change that, that’s just how I am’. I was the bouncing off the walls, fall out of your chair kid, who was the poster child for ADD and Ritalin and you name it. I was the proverbial squirrel on crack. And that has rewired. And not from the falls, that has rewired from the work that I have done.” (30:53)
“Things shifter after accident number one, to much more of ‘I want to help others’. It took on a whole new level or meaning after the second one.” (37:04)
“The answer was, we had to go with what made our heart sing. And that’s to help other people to kind of wake up or shift or make that change, so that whether you have got today, tomorrow, a decade or more, that you live your greatest life possible.” (38:38)
Links
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