Tools to Create Safety in Your Nervous System

Grace Secker is founder & CEO of Elevate Therapy & Wellness, a private practice for therapy and coaching, and the creator of the Mind-Body Healing Method, is a holistic licensed psychotherapist, certified yoga therapist and nervous system coach for people who struggle with chronic pain, fatigue and disordered eating. She has more than ten years of experience in working with clients in a holistic approach helping clients go from bed ridden with pain, fatigue and food sensitivities to being able to exercise without pain, eat anything they want and have the energy in their life to thrive knowing they don’t have to fear chronic conditions.

After healing her own eating disorder, chronic pain and fatigue using the mind-body connection, Grace now specializes in helping people understand the connection between their minds and bodies so they can get back the life they love and get out of mental and physical patterns that keep them stuck.

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How to Address Female Hormonal Imbalances

Dr. Erin Ellis began her career working with her business degree in restaurant management and though she enjoyed this line of work, she knew she was meant for more. In 2010, she was diagnosed with a rare form of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at age 31. Receiving this diagnosis and kicking its butt gave her the drive, the motivation and the determination to get out of her own way and become that doctor that she always wanted to be. Having had a cancer diagnosis at such a young age, her mission and passion now is to empower those to take control of their health. This diagnosis proved to her that life is too short to feel sub-optimal and given the right tools, your body has the innate ability to heal itself naturally.

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How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy and Avoid Postpartum Depletion

Melissa Dean is a midwife and the founder of Casa Natal Birth and Wellness Center, located in Los Gatos, California. As a functional and integrative medicine practitioner, Melissa combines her expertise in women’s health with her midwife practice. She provides care with an emphasis on holistic health modalities to bring wellness to women in every stage of their health: including childbirth, transition to motherhood and beyond.

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ADHD and Relationships: Practical Tools for Building Bridges

Tamara Rosier, Ph.D., is the founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, where she and her staff work with individuals with ADHD (and their families) to learn strategies and develop new skills to live effectively with ADHD. Dr. Rosier is also the president of the ADHD Coaches Organization. She is the author of Your Brain’s Not Broken. She is a popular conference and keynote speaker is a frequent guest on podcasts and has published numerous articles about living with ADHD. Her new book, You, Me and Our ADHD Family is available for pre-order now.

Navigating relationship struggles is difficult as is, but throw in some neurodivergent thinking and it can look like a goat rodeo (one of my favorite descriptions in her book)! Download and listen here or find wherever you get podcasts.

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Why You Should Try Tapping to Reduce Your Stress

Brad Yates is known internationally for his creative and often humorous use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Brad is the author of the best-selling children’s book “The Wizard’s Wish,” the co-author of the best-seller “Freedom at Your Fingertips,” and a featured expert in the film “The Tapping Solution.” He has also been a presenter at a number of events, including Jack Canfield’s Breakthrough to Success, has done teleseminars with “The Secret” stars Bob Doyle and Dr. Joe Vitale, and has been heard internationally on a number of internet radio talk shows. Brad also has over 1000 videos on YouTube, that have been viewed over 48 million times.

In this episode, we discuss the benefits of tapping and how it can be added into your routine. We even provide an interactive demonstration at the end! Find here or wherever you get podcasts.

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Surprising Facts About Histamine Overload and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

Tracy Harrison is the Founder and Lead Educator of The School of Applied Functional Medicine. She is deeply passionate about transforming healthcare with the powerful combination of functional medicine and savvy clinical partnership. A scientist who left the high-tech corporate world in 2007, Tracy built a wildly successful, multi-modality practice utilizing functional medicine principles, and in 2011, she founded The School of Applied Functional Medicine™. SAFM is well-respected for its scientific rigor as an accredited continuing education program rooted in both the science and practical application of functional medicine. The school’s tribe of diverse healthcare practitioners represents 20+ different clinical modalities from 70+ countries around the world.

Tracy is a beloved educator and prized mentor in the field. A scientist and systems engineer at heart, Tracy holds three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and further graduate education from Bridgeport University and The Institute for Functional Medicine. She also holds a certification in health coaching from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.

In this episode, Erin and Tracy dive into the world of histamine overload and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, identifying root causes behind the increase in these disease states today.

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Nutritional Psychiatry and How Your Diet Affects Your Brain

I am living proof that you can put a mental illness into remission, but researchers like Dr. Georgia Ede have the studies to back it up! If you’re interested in supporting your mental health with nutrition, you can’t miss this episode!

Dr. Georgia Ede is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition science and brain metabolism. Her twenty-five years of clinical experience include twelve years as a college psychiatrist and nutrition consultant at Smith College and Harvard University Health Services, where she was the first to offer students nutrition-based approaches as an alternative to psychiatric medications. She speaks internationally about dietary approaches to psychiatric disorders. She co-authored the first inpatient study of the ketogenic diet for treatment-resistant mental illnesses, developed the first medically accredited course in ketogenic diets for mental health practitioners, and was honored to be named a recipient of the Baszucki Brain Research Fund’s first annual Metabolic Mind Award.

Her new book Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind was published in January 2024.

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Reasons Your Fitness Routine May Be Creating More Anxiety

Molly McNamee is an online fitness coach who specializes in chronic stress and pain relief. Her clients call her “The Moving Therapist” as she helps them heal their anxiety through movement. In this episode, we discuss how exercise can be used as an anxiety modulator – either to increase it or reduce it.

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Fascia: The Mind-Body Network You Need to Know About

In this fascinating episode, we discuss Julia Blackwell’s story of healing and how fascia is the biological fabric that holds everything together: mind, body, and spirit.

Julia is a fascia release practitioner, educator, and creator of The Fascia Remedy. Julia was born with severe nerve damage to her right shoulder and grew up going through the broken Western medicine system. After 23 years of being told her condition would never improve and feeling no lasting relief from any treatments, she was introduced to a unique type of fascia release bodywork in 2010. In just three months of this fascia specific work, she saw more improvement in the feel and function of her arm than she had in sixteen years of traditional treatments!

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Supporting a Child’s Diagnosis of PANDAS

Andrea Jones is a registered nurse, functional hormone coach, as well as life and health coach. In this episode, Andrea is sharing all about her debut book, Wrapped in Kindness, which details the journey she took as a mother to advocate for her daughter’s mystery health issues.

Andrea discusses her daughter’s diagnosis with PANDAS, and she shares how she overcame shame and her own triggers in order to help her daughter find healing using a functional medicine approach.

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