Alter Life

In this conversation, Benjamin and I dive right into his passion and gifts; astrology. We discuss a brief history of astrology, as well as how it being SO much deeper than the column in the newspaper. Benjamin gives a wonderful and simple overview of the basics to know when reading a chart (sun, moon, planets, houses, relationships, etc). We final focus on the value of cultivating an elevated pers...

In this conversation, Dr. Fleetwood and I start by talking about her background and personal healing journey. She provides a brief history of the pharmaceutical industry and how our society has come to be so overly medicated. We talk about some of the worst/scariest drugs that are also commonly prescribed, along with some common "side effects." We didn't get so much into the complex...

Daniel Chong, ND has been a licensed naturopathic physician, practicing in Portland, OR, since 2000, where his primary focus is on risk assessment, prevention, and drug-free treatment strategies for cardiovascular disease.  He is also founder and lead coach at The Healthy Heart Academy, LLC, an online platform created to help eradicate heart attacks via direct consumer coaching, and health practit...

In today's episode, I sit down with Jere Friedman, who happens to be my step-dad!  Jere and I discuss his work with facilitating healing with gongs and breath-work. We discuss how Jere came into this form of "play" after being a full-time attorney (which he continues to masterfully balance while maintaining is presence as a healer). We discuss some of the theories around how both go...

In today's episode I sit down with Dr. Leonard Laskow. Dr. Laskow is a Stanford-trained Life Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, former Chief of OB-GYN at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, California, and has served as faculty at the University of California, San Francisco. He was a founding diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holi...

In the episode, Andy Petranek and I talk about Andy's journey of bringing The Whole Life Challenge into existence from it's inception to what it is today, a world-wide, 6-week, online and in-your-life game you play with friends and family to improve your daily fitness & well-being habits. We discuss developing healthy habits and the how community can so profoundly support accountabil...

In today's episode, I sit down with Susanna Alter, my new wife and partner in life. We set the foundation for this podcast by discussing our unique healing journeys, how we have come to be where we are today in the field of Naturopathic Medicine. Being the very first episode, there was a lot left unsaid with regard to our unique philosophy to health and healing. I look forward to diving more...