Podcast #93 - “You Have to Feel it to Heal It” - Releasing Emotional Blockages that Cause Chronic Disease with JJ Flizanes
Release Date: 11/08/2022
Catch It Early: A Practical Guide to Insulin Resistance
The Science of Self-Healing
Your blood sugar can look completely normal on paper while your metabolism is quietly unraveling underneath. Insulin resistance often develops a decade or more before a diabetes diagnosis — and by the time it shows up on standard labs, the damage has already been building for years. In this episode, we break down what's actually happening inside the body as cells stop responding to insulin, why this single shift is linked to heart disease, fatty liver, PCOS, cognitive decline, and more, and the early warning signs most people miss — from afternoon energy crashes to stubborn belly fat to...
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Alpha-Gal Syndrome: When a Bug Bite Turns You Allergic to Meat
The Science of Self-Healing
You've eaten burgers, steak, and bacon your whole life without a second thought. Then one tick bite changes everything. Alpha-gal syndrome is unlike any allergy most people have heard of — it doesn't come from a protein, it doesn't show up right away, and it can turn a lifelong meat-eater into someone who can't touch a hamburger without ending up in the ER hours later. In this episode, we break down how a single tick bite rewires the immune system, why symptoms hit three to eight hours after eating (long after most people have stopped suspecting their lunch), and what's actually happening...
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Turning Autoimmune Disease Around
The Science of Self-Healing
50 million Americans live with an autoimmune disease. Nearly 80% of them are women. If that's you, you already know the fatigue that doesn't lift, the flares that show up with no warning, the feeling that your own immune system has somehow become the enemy. You've probably been searching for real answers for a while now. This episode asks a different question than the one you've been asked a hundred times. Not "how do we suppress this?" But "why did the body lose its balance in the first place?" In this episode, we get into: Why women are hit so much harder by autoimmune disease than men The...
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The Cellular Cost of Ultra-Processed Foods
The Science of Self-Healing
You already know that ultra-processed foods aren't good for you. But do you know what they're actually doing inside your cells? In this episode of The Science of Self-Healing, we take a deep look at one of the most consequential — and overlooked — consequences of the modern diet: mitochondrial dysfunction. Your mitochondria do far more than produce energy. They regulate inflammation, support detoxification, balance hormones, and govern the body's ability to heal itself. And ultra-processed foods are disrupting all of it. From blood sugar instability and oxidative stress to gut microbiome...
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Is Your Body Trying to Heal Itself? Homotoxicology and the Six Stages of Disease
The Science of Self-Healing
Have you ever wondered why your body produces symptoms like fever, inflammation, or mucus — and whether suppressing them is always the right answer? In this episode of the Science of Self-Healing, we explore Homotoxicology, a branch of bioregulatory medicine developed by German physician Dr. Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg that views illness as the body's intelligent attempt to eliminate toxins and restore balance. We walk through the Six Stages of Disease — Excretion, Reaction, Deposition, Impregnation, Degeneration, and Dedifferentiation — and explain how the body progresses from healthy acute...
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How to Protect Your Brain from Alzheimer's: Natural Prevention Strategies That Work
The Science of Self-Healing
What if everything we thought we knew about Alzheimer's disease was only half the story? For decades, scientists have focused on the same two culprits — and the treatments built around them have repeatedly fallen short. In this episode of The Science of Self-Healing, we explore a quietly revolutionary shift happening in brain research — one that changes not just how we understand Alzheimer's, but what we can actually do about it. We'll look at the hidden systems that govern brain health, the lifestyle and nutritional tools that can influence them, and some cutting-edge natural medicine...
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10 Common Health Mistakes Smart People Make
The Science of Self-Healing
In this episode of the Science of Self-Healing, we explore a surprising paradox: why some of the most informed, health-conscious people still struggle with chronic fatigue, hormonal imbalances, digestive issues, and inflammation. The answer isn't a lack of knowledge — it's a misapplication of it. We walk through ten common mistakes that intelligent people make when approaching their health, from over-controlling routines and layering too many interventions at once, to ignoring the emotional body and constantly chasing the next solution. Drawing from a bioregulatory medicine framework, this...
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5 Adaptogenic Herbs That Ancient Healers Swore By — and Science Is Finally Proving Work
The Science of Self-Healing
What if the secret to handling modern stress had been hiding in nature for thousands of years? Long before pharmaceutical interventions and clinical trials, healers across India, China, Siberia, and Scandinavia were using a powerful group of herbs to help the body adapt, recover, and thrive under pressure. Today, science is finally catching up — and the results are fascinating. In this episode of The Science of Self-Healing, we're exploring five of the most well-researched adaptogenic herbs — ashwagandha, rhodiola, holy basil, schisandra, and eleuthero — and uncovering why these ancient...
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SIBO: The Hidden Reason You’re Always Bloated
The Science of Self-Healing
Bloating has become so common that most people assume it's just a normal part of life. But chronic, daily bloating is not something you simply have to accept — and in many cases, it points to a specific, treatable condition called Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, or SIBO. In this episode of the Science of Self-Healing, we dig into the science behind SIBO — what it is, why it develops, and why it so often goes undiagnosed for years. We explore how the digestive system's natural defense mechanisms, including stomach acid, the migrating motor complex, and gut immunity, are designed to...
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Is Cholesterol Really the Enemy? The Science May Surprise You
The Science of Self-Healing
For decades, we've been told that cholesterol is the enemy — a silent threat lurking in our bloodstream, clogging arteries and driving heart disease. But what if that story is incomplete? In this episode, we take a hard look at the science behind the lipid hypothesis, explore what cholesterol actually does in the body, and examine compelling new research that is quietly reshaping how leading cardiologists think about cardiovascular risk. If you've ever been handed a cholesterol number and told to worry — or handed a prescription — this episode is essential listening.
info_outlineDr. Sharon Stills interviews JJ Flizanes, expert in biomechanics and Empowerment Strategist on an overlooked undercurrent of disease: emotional blockages and healing. Mainstream medicine is beginning to accept that the emotional state of a patient is an important piece of the “disease picture.” JJ takes us a step further, looking at the root of emotional blockages and how it is impossible to truly heal disease without healing the root first. As society at large teaches us to repress our feelings, everyone will benefit from today’s episode as we move past the old paradigm of “health” into the new, more empowered state of healing.