Rebellious Wellness Over 50

Did you know that Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease? And can you imagine defying medical expectations and healing from MS or other autoimmune disease using the power of emotions, science, and energy?  Tracy Hill, the Conscious Evolution Coach,  did just that. Her diagnosis came while she was in grad school. She’d been over exercising, training for 2 marathons and more stressed...

Ever thought about the power of joy, even in life's toughest moments? Today, I'm joined by Kristen Sparks who has conquered abuse, addiction, and physical trauma to uncover an unbelievable joy and resilience. She emphasizes the importance of discarding obsolete narratives, embracing love's transformative power, and finding happiness in tiny moments of contrast. "What I'm trying to get at is we hav...

Ellen Sentier is, as she would call herself, a witchy woman. She was raised in the old ways of Great Britain, with a profound connection to nature, celestial bodies, and inner wisdom.  Like so many of my guests, her life journey, told in wonderful stories, kept me rapt. From her experiences as a hippie in the 60s, to her career transition from dance, drama, and art to psychotherapy and busine...

Let’s talk dirty for a bit, shall we? See where your mind went? I’m talking dirty as in toxins. My guest, Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFM certified practitioner, is a detox expert. Like so many health experts with a niche specialty, it was her struggles with mold and metal toxicity, Celiac disease, and other health issues that steered her in this direction, she started out as an OB-GYN. She is the pos...

Udo Erasmus  has lived enough versions of himself for 20 lifetimes.  He has held brief jobs in various trades: fruit picking, dairy farming, logging, mining, carpentry, house painting, clearing land, burning brush, growing food, gardening, and finally pesticide spraying. He spent a year in medical school and several years in science research. It was in medical school that he re...

“I have a bad back.”  Can you relate? Today, back pain has reached epidemic levels, not just in the United States, but throughout the world. It’s recently become the #1 cause of disability in the country. Chronic back pain adversely impacts pretty much every aspect of life and derails your ability to participate in the activities that bring you joy. It can lead to clinical levels of depressio...

For those of you who don’t know me, I do woo. I love all things mystical and spiritual and do my best to follow my inner guidance.  Sometimes I find I need a bit of guidance from other sources. Like  Prema Gurreri,  this week’s guest. I discovered Vedic astrology about ten years ago. I’d been having my chart read Western astrology style, for years. Good stuff and eerily accurate. Ve...

In the olden days people dropped acid, took shrooms, and tripped the light fantastic. In other words, they got high. Sometimes it went well and sometimes, well, let’s just say some people were never the same. And there are plenty of people who still just want to get high for the sake of the buzz. A whole new generation of drug users is getting high with plants to expand their consciousness, to hea...

Approximately 50 million Americans have autoimmune disease, according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association.  More than 80 different conditions—including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Graves’ disease, and Hashimoto’s disease—fall under this umbrella, and some have similar symptoms. While these diseases are generally viewed as se...

 Adam was a burned out, pre-diabetic, asthmatic, heavily medicated 20-something when he decided he’d had enough. A lucky encounter with a climbing wall started him on his return to health. Despite having a panic attack on the first climb, Adam went back again and again. And he learned a specific kind of breathing technique that climbers use to keep them focused and steady. Early in the conver...

My guest, Dr. Selma Rashid, speaks frankly about what life without hormone restoration is like and why she’s passionate about educating women about BHRT. “And that's what most women want. They're not looking for, you know, physical beauty. They're looking for dignity. They don't want to be in a nursing home calling the bell for somebody to take them to the bathroom.” I’m totally in agreement with...

My guest, Dr. William Levine, DDS is also a board-certified Periodontist specializing in oral diseases and implantology and has over 35 years of experience in the dental field. That may sound like the lead into a boring conversation but my time with Dr. Levine was anything but.  He makes the science of teeth and gums simple and interesting. I had to ask about flossing—yes it is as important a...

Lynne Bowman  is living proof that you can cook, eat, sleep, laugh, and walk your way out of type 2 diabetes, along with other chronic ailments. And, as befits “a snarky grandma”, she has strong opinions about the food industry and we should and shouldn’t be eating. Don’t worry, she’s not going to beat the drum for any particular diet though she tends towards plant-based meals except when she...

Debbie Weiss  is a successful writer but she didn’t begin to write for publication until her husband of 32 years died of cancer. She was living alone for the first time at age 50. She is, according to the  Kirkus Reviews , “a dryly amusing writer who tells it like it is.” And our conversation proved that to be true.  Debbie shared honestly about caring for a man who was in...

Glenn Livingston is the creator of the  Never Binge Again  method to permanently end binge eating. He is also a veteran psychologist and was the long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm whose clients included several Fortune 500 food giants.  Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spen...

Dr Stephan Neff, anesthesiologist, bestselling author, speaker, and podcast host is passionate about demystifying mental health problems and helping the people around him live a life so full of joy that yesterday is jealous of today. For him this means a life free from alcoholism as well as the other “aholisms” we can find ourselves trapped in. Like workaholism or sexaholism.  Stephan told me...

After 20+ years of asking, seeking, exploring, studying, experimenting,  Yogi Aaron  can confidently say, he’s found many answers, but more important than that,  he discovered a simple and effective technique to alleviate pain!   He says it’s easy to incorporate in any yoga practice or any movement activity to ensure we continue to live pain-free into our third age. He calls hi...

What’s missing in your life?  Deep level stuff like love, connection, self-worth? Tracy McCubbin believes that we over shop, over save, and over anti-age ourselves because something is missing and we try to fill it. For the sandwich generation—that’s us right—we have places galore to find clutter. The obvious, our parents homes as they downsize or even pass away. Not so obvious is empty nest...

Dr. Jeff Fisher has been a chiropractor for 30 years. He knows a thing or two about the spine and how best to care for it and the whole person. After enduring 3 neck surgeries and the pain that did not get relieved from the operations,  he’s invented a device  to alleviate neck and lower back pain.  The promise of the device — as proven by lots of satisfied customers — is, “Long-ter...

Fashion icon. TV personality. Book author. Cancer survivor. Septuagenarian. My guest, Diane Gilman, is all of those things and now, for her third act, she is bringing women together to support one another to make their third act, their best one yet. Diane knew, from the time she was 5, that she wanted to be in fashion. She wanted to sew and go to school for it but her mother was having none of it....

Dr. Susan Brown  is a medical anthropologist, a New York State Certified Nutritionist, who pioneered the  natural approach to bone health  for over  30 years .  She was the first to prove that using only natural methods, nearly every woman can  build strong bones for life . Incorporating her research and the latest science, her  six-point natural program &nb...

What kind of exercise should we — and shouldn’t we — be doing after we enter our 5th decade? Alicia Jones, founder of  Alicia Jones Healthy Living  has the answers and 15 years of experience transforming the health and lives of women over 50 through fitness and weight loss strategies. All backed up with lots of credentials in many different fitness modalities and ki...

Dr. Doug Lucas, owner of  Optimal Human Health,   is a whole body, true health care practitioner.  “My passion is to help people get back the Stamina they lost, the Ambition they once had, the Vitality they are missing in their lives, the Energy to perform at their highest level and the Desire to live their best life.”  Former osteopathic surgeon, he realized he was only f...

Don't know about you but the word stroke conjures images of older people, the elderly. My guest, speech pathologist and coach, Tsgoyna Tanzman, set me straight on that. "The truth is two times as many women die of stroke when compared to breast cancer each year.  Again, women take the lead at 60% versus 40% of men." And we have a greater chance of long term disability! Not because we have str...

This shortie is a prayer for anyone who happens upon it. That when you think of the new year ahead you come from a place of self-love, not the self-judgement that resolutions offer. No matter what you might want to see be different, leave the mean girl thoughts out of planning it. A "new you for the new year" has a certain ring to it but you don't need to new yourself. You have talents and strengt...