Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Isaac Pohlman who is a registered dietician. In this episode, Isaac tells me how his personal health story led him to helping adults with type 1, 2, and prediabetes. Isaac tells us why everyone should be concerned about blood sugar, what biomarkers he looks at with clients, and why regulating stress is so important. You a...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to be joined by Gay Hendricks. In this episode, Gay tells us how to find our Zone of Genius, which he talks about in his book, The Big Leap. Your genius is that activity or way of being that you are uniquely suited to do. Gay tells how to discover what you love doing and how to spend more time doing it. We also talk about t...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by the lovely August Brice of TechWellness. In this episode, August tells us how EMF (electromagnetic fields) affects our health and wellness. We talk about the research August has done and how to get the most bang for your buck when it comes to EMF protection devices. Get 15% OFF Digital Detox Collection with Code LESSSTRES...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Patrick Sullivan, co-founder of one of my favorite supplement companies, Jigsaw Health. In this episode, we talk about how and why Jigsaw Health was created, different forms of magnesium, minerals, muscle cramps, supplement sourcing, pickleball and more! This was such a fun episode packed with great info! Get a discount o...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am honored to be joined by holistic physician and lecturer, Dr. Bradley Nelson. In this episode, Dr. Nelson tells us his story of how he went from a computer programmer to a chiropractor who specialized in releasing trapped emotions stored within the body. He gives examples of how he alleviated physical discomforts and emotional wound...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Tom Cowan who was previously a general practicing medical doctor. He is a well known author and speaker. In this episode, we mainly discuss Tom's book Human Heart, Cosmic Heart where he studied the claim made by Rudolf Steiner that the heart is not a pump. Tom presents a new way of understanding the role of the heart...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am so excited to be joined by Dr. Sara Szal Gottfried! In this episode, Sara tells us about her healing journey after learning she was suffering from pre-autoimmune disease. Through her experience, she learned there weren't many resources to help people with their autoimmunity, so she wrote a book called The Autoimmune Cure . We...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have on the lovely Dr. Ellen Cutler who has a chiropractic degree, is a best selling author and international speaker. In this episode, we talk about how we both have a passion for helping people digest their food better. Ellen talks about what digestive enzymes are, what they do, and how they are connected to a number of common healt...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by McClain Haines who is a microbiome nerd. 🤓 In this episode, we talk about one of my favorite topics, immunoglobulins! We are going to nerd out on what bovine serum IgG or antibodies are, what they do, how they can truly address the underlying cause of inflammation in the gut, who they can help, dosages, and more! 🙌 KEY...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, Jennifer Nurick joins me. In this episode we dive into insecure attachment styles, what they are, and some examples. We talk about how to help support your children to form secure attachments and we deep dive into anxious attachments. Tune in for healthy relationship tips! KEY TAKEAWAYS: When people end up in couples therapy, what dynam...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to be joined by Ashok Gupta who is the mind behind The Gupta Program and a leading expert in the field of neuroimmune conditioned syndromes (NICS). In this episode, Ashok tells us about how he became interested in brain retraining, what it is, and how he was able to heal himself using it. We also talk about the limbic syste...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by the lovely Cecily Braden who is an esthetician, educator, and innovator. In this episode, Cecily tells us her story, tools and techniques she uses for lymphatic drainage, the benefits of lymphatic drainage, and how she came to create her own unique lymphatic brush. If you've ever found lymphatic brushing or Gua Sha i...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Robert Whitfield who is a sought-after expert for his treatment of Breast Implant Illness (BII) and for his surgical mastery for breast implant removal and reconstruction. In this episode, Dr. Whitfield tells us how he became interested in BII, the common symptoms seen with BII, modalities he uses to help with recover...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, my co-pilot, Jenna DeKok joins me to tag team the topic of how we approach addressing mold with our clients. We talk about where mold enters the body, dead-ringer symptoms, testing and more! We want to give the disclaimer that we are not environmental experts. We are here to offer empowerment and to address mold within our client's...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, Michael Rubino has returned for a follow up episode. Michael is an air quality expert, wellness advocate, and founder of HomeCleanse. In this episode, we talk about do-it-yourself mold inspection, important things to watch out for with new construction, common places mold is found in your home, and why your home's air quality matte...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have Jenna DeKok, my incredible co-pilot and fellow registered dietician in my practice, back. In this episode, Jenna tells us her story of how following popular diet culture beliefs didn't best serve her and how she overcame and rewired her beliefs based on her experience. This is something most of us have gone through with popu...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to have return guest, Emily Kiberd. Emily is a chiropractor, mama, and founder of Thyroid Strong. In this episode, Emily tells us about her most recent mold remediation experience. She has some FANTASTIC tips since she has been through FIVE different mold remediations. You can hear Emily's other episode here: 261 Worko...

Send us Fan Mail This is our last week for encore episodes. This week's encore features return guest Campbell Will who is a physiotherapist and breathwork specialist.  In this episode, we dive into the science of breath-work and how you can use it for self regulation and stress mitigation. KEY TAKEAWAYS: The bio-mechanics of breath-work & how you breathe effects everything Appropriate bre...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I will be republishing our most popular episodes. Hair loss, cold hands and feeling tired are the big three for a sluggish thyroid. But relapsing gut issues, slow motility, sleep disruption, brain fog, slow metabolism, inflammation, low mood or anxiety, and dry skin can all be symptoms of a sluggish thyroid. In this episode...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I will be republishing our most popular episodes. This week I am bringing back this episode I did with the lovely Dr. Jessica Peatross. Jess is an outspoken medical doctor online that talks all about stealth infections with grace.   People seem very interested in parasites. There was a time one of my parasite-themed podcast...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I will be republishing our most popular episodes. As a gut health nerd, I'm excited to bring this one back! In this episode, I was joined by the renowned research microbiologist, Kiran Krishnan. This episode is a MUST listen if you have a microbiome.  Forget everything you thought you knew about probiotics, because the...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast I will be republishing our most popular episodes. First up is with two time guest Dena Norton, MS, RD. In this episode we discuss all things gut health, IBS, and all the symptoms that come with it. Dena shares her strategies for those looking for the basics of good gut health and also those with long-term gut problems in sea...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I'm excited to have Dr. Gary Kaplan back. Dr. Kaplan is a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). In this episode, Dr. Kaplan talks about what the treatment pie is for recovering from Long COVID, why you may be experiencing long term symptoms, how you can be evaluated for treatment, request treatment or get more information. Dr. Kapla...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have my incredible co-pilot Jenna DeKok back to interview me and also provide invaluable insight. In this episode, we dive into how we evaluate and incorporate  ways to support ourselves as clinicians to prevent burnout. I talk about how my practice has evolved and what personally has helped when I've been extra crispy from burno...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have my co-pilot Jenna DeKok on with me. Jenna is also a registered dietician who works along side me in my private practice. In this episode, Jenna interviews me on what labs we use and why. I share my experience with labs that I used in the past but traded out or stopped using altogether and why. If you are interested in working wit...