Doctor Anna, MD

👉 Migraine nutrition isn't as simple as "avoid chocolate" or "ditch the cheese." 📚 In this episode, we dive into a powerful scientific review revealing: 🧠 Why food cravings during the migraine prodrome may be misleading 🥑 The one dietary pattern with the strongest clinical results 🦠 How the gut microbiome might be influencing migraine attacks 💊 And why we must do better than old-school food...

🧠 Are your patients coming back again and again with chronic headaches that don't respond to anything you prescribe? You're not alone—and neither are they. Over 50% of patients presenting with headaches suffer from this refractory, misunderstood condition that can feel impossible to treat. In this episode, I'll walk you through how to confidently diagnose, manage, and finally treat medication ove...

Want to learn more how to manage headaches in your practice or at home? This podcast will go over the top 3 supplements prescribed in practice from a headache and pain physician. Magnesium, Riboflavin or Vitamin B2, and CoQ10.   I'll describe how to select the correct formulation, when to take, what side effects to watch out for, how your patients should take it, the different doses for children,...

Hey all, I'm back with a name change for the podcast to Doctor Anna, MD. Letting you know a little about what I've done the past ~1 year since the last podcast episode Oct. 2023.  I became Quadruple Board-Certified with my newest board certification in Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. I tell you about what the heck that is in this short but sweet episode.  I also am going to focus this y...

Hi all, I just wanted to share that I am pausing the podcast until I finish my board exams in Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine to become a Quadruple-Board Certified Physician and be the best integrative physician and pain doctor I can be for you. I'm looking forward to training more healthcare professionals in holistic medicine, as I'll be board-certified in pediatrics, integrative medici...

Join us for a journey back in time as Anna Woods and Anna Esparham dive into the nostalgia of their childhood, and get ready to be inspired by Anna Woods' incredible journey in the world of fitness. 🏋️‍♀️ Anna Woods is the powerhouse behind 'She Strength,' a fitness empire with two thriving locations in the heart of Central Kansas. With two decades of experience under her belt, she's not just shap...

Join us for an inspiring episode of Health Is PowHer as we sit down with the remarkable Lynn McLaughlin. Lynn is not only a seasoned educator with an impressive background, including roles as Superintendent, Principal, Vice-Principal, Teacher, and Educational Consultant, but she's also a best-selling and award-winning author. Lynn, alongside her niece, Amber Raymond, has co-authored a captivating...

Join us in this enlightening episode as Dr. Anna sits down with Dr. Mary Rensel, a true visionary in the world of medicine and neuroscience. Dr. Mary Rensel is an MD, Neurologist, Integrative Physician and Founder of Brain Fresh.  Discover how Dr. Rensel's journey led her from a thriving medical career to founding her innovative venture, Brain Fresh. Get ready to dive into an inspiring conversatio...

This podcast episode reveals how to overcome any challenge and achieve any health, wellness, financial, or personal goal with Certified Coach in Cognitive Behavioral Techniques, Holistic Coach, and Tiny Habits, Julie DeLucca-Collins! Julie DeLucca-Collins is the Founder and CEO of Go Confidently Services, the host of the popular Casa DeConfidence Podcast®, and her weekly Radio Show Confident You f...

Julie Michelson is a National Board-Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach, best-selling author, international speaker, and the host of the Inspired Living with Autoimmunity Podcast. She is the founder of Julie Michelson Coaching and the co-founder of Navigate Wellness. Through her journey of overcoming more than a decade of decline with Rheumatoid Arthritis, she became passionate about Functi...

  Welcome to Health Is PowHer Podcast Episodes on Authentic Stories Where People Share How They've Healed. Adrienne Bishop experienced chronic pain for two years due to emotional trauma. She eventually found a book by Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD that helped her understand the emotional root of her pain and was able to heal the pain within a year.  She discussed how chronic pain and other health issue...

Kate   Mahoney  is a global supplement educator who founded the Supplement Academy in 2020, and created its courses so health practitioners worldwide can navigate the ever-changing world of supplements with confidence and ease year after year. Kate is a board-certified functional health practitioner, former NTA instructor, and a supplement expert with over 25 combined years of extensive education...

Rachel is a licensed massage therapist and an advanced John F Barnes myofascial release therapist. She specializes in chronic pain and helps people suffering with neck pain, chronic migraines and other mystery pains.    Searching for ways to help herself and clients heal from various chronic pain, Rachel found her solution with myofascial release. She is the owner/operator of Northeast Ohio Myofas...

Laura West is an incredible intuitive medium with her beginning into the spiritual world starting with dream visitations from her grandmother and Jesus, and the meaning behind it all.  Laura has her own podcast, A Guided Life, and her book "Guided". Laura also talks about her Spirit Guide, Jason, and how he has been paramount in her journey. Laura West has experienced judgment from family members...

Alex Balgood has a long history with health, from her mother being a nurse to her own experiences with health scares and injuries. She has explored many different forms of healing, from chiropractic care to acupuncture to massage therapy and sound therapy. She is also a professional dancer and has traveled the world competing and teaching. Alx Balgood experienced a life-changing moment when she ha...

Lauren Rose reveals her story of chronic pain, which was caused by a combination of emotional and physical trauma. Lauren experienced rejection, abandonment, verbal abuse, bullying, an eating disorder, and sexual abuse. She eventually escaped the abuse and is now in trauma therapy. Lauren provides practical tips and advice to help others manage their chronic pain and trauma. She also emphasize the...

Ali   Daniel  is becoming widely recognized as the Soul Aligned Business Coach for Coaches. She's an online business and marketing strategist and transformational coach who works with her clients' unconscious minds to move through blocks powerfully. She got her start in the coaching space after she got extremely sick with an unknown chronic autoimmune illness. For years she was in pain and was onl...

From Katie Caldwell - Occupational Therapist Meets Integrative Health Practitioner: I started my path helping others within the walls of the hospital after I graduated with my Occupational Therapy degree in 2012.  Fast forward nearly a decade, and I began to feel a pull toward helping others in a new way as I discovered more natural ways for healing. After going through my own health struggles and...

Etienne Peirsman shares his story of how he got into Cranial Sacral Therapy, which included his own experience of self-healing and a miraculous healing of a friend. He also discussed the importance of intuitive healing and the power of Cranial Sacral Therapy to diagnose and heal. Etienne Peirsman discussed how stem cells are connected to the universal intelligence and don't think, but know what to...

Jocelyn currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana and is a Certified Health Coach and Whole30 Certified Coach. Ever since she can remember, she has had a negative relationship with food and struggled with over eating. She went on her own health and wellness journey starting in 2017 and found the structure, tools and information that empowered her to take control back of her life and learn how to lo...

Tracy Pleschourt, the Founder of Self-Made U and the Host of Secrets of the Self-Made Podcast helps men and women create Self-Made wealth and wellness through life coaching. Tracy has mastered and now teaches the critical skills necessary to manage your mind and overcome any obstacle, including overeating, over drinking, time management, career & relationship changes. Just a few years ago, Tra...

Dr. Danto earned both his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Michigan State University (MSU). This past July Dr. Danto opened the Danto Osteopathic Clinic in Kansas City, Missouri. This return to private practice comes after a 12-year career in academic medicine where he educated osteopathic medical students and physicians at all levels of training. Durin...

Benjamin Yeh is a Business & Transformation Coach.  Ben's career has evolved from being a real estate consultant, investment officer for a family office where he invested over $1 billion dollars, serial entrepreneur, husband, father, advisor/coach and overall student of life. Combining his investment experience, business coaching and spiritual journey, Ben empowers heart-centered entrepreneurs...

Sign your teen up for our sleep coaching program launching the week of January 29th, 2023! Don't delay it's coming up fast and we'll be discounting this for the beginning of the year.  Dr. Gold and I will be facilitating this 8-week coaching program with a group coaching call per week helping your teen learn and implement evidence-based mind-body therapies to help them get better and more refreshi...

Dr. Dorlyne Brchan, MD is a board-certified pediatric neurologist and board-certified headache physician with extensive background in treating headaches and migraines of all ages!   Dr. Brchan is a member of the American Headache Society and the Child Neurology Society. She was also awarded a delegate of the International Headache Academy in 2021. Furthermore, she has had the privilege of providin...