Anna Esparham

Doctor Anna, MD

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Doctor Anna, MD is your go-to podcast for learning pediatric and adult integrative and functional medicine, with an emphasis on the management of headaches, pain, and chronic health conditions. Hosted by Dr. Anna Esparham, a quadruple board-certified physician in Pediatrics, Integrative Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, and Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, this podcast leverages her extensive clinical and research expertise. Dr. Anna's approach integrates evidence-based practices with innovative therapies, offering tools to enhance patient care for chronic health conditions. We'll discu...

Author

Anna Esparham

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Health

Podcast website

www.healthispowher.com

Latest episode

Aug 3, 2025

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Episodes

50. Trust and develop your divine intuition with Pamela Sommers, award-winning entrepreneur and author 19.04.2021

Pamela Sommers is an international best-selling author, award-winning entrepreneur, songwriter and more! She has written three amazing books: Fabulously You Building Castles in the Sky: How to Make Your Dreams Come True Life Lessons From a 40 Something And she's here to help guide you to listen to your spirit and deepen your divine power within. She has followed a path of trusting her intuition th...

49. IV Vitamin C research benefits cancer, infection, and fatigue with Dr. Jeanne Drisko, MD 12.04.2021

IV Vitamin C researcher and physician, Dr. Jeanne Drisko, MD discusses the benefits and how-to of intravenous vitamin C (ascorbic acid).  Dr. Jeanne Drisko, MD was one of the original founders of integrative medicine paving the way for the rest of us.  She has led several research studies and been published on the topic of IV Vitamin C and built an academic integrative medicine program. IV Vitamin...

48. Hormone Intelligence with Dr. Aviva Romm - Restoring Your Natural Hormone Balance 05.04.2021

Dr. Aviva Romm discusses her new book "Hormone Intelligence: The Complete Guide to Calming Hormone Chaos and Restoring Your Body's Natural Blueprint for Wellbeing."  Dr. Aviva identifies some of the common patterns of our menstrual cycles, perimenopausal symptoms, mood changes and energy surrounding our natural hormone rhythms.  She has some pretty profound protocols for women who are wanting to r...

47. The top 10 Ways to Adjust to Daylight Savings Time to Regain Your Energy and Recover Your Sleep 29.03.2021

Here we break down the top 10 tips (that I have tried myself that actually worked for me as well as some that have been studied in research) Unfortunately shifting from standard time to daylight savings time is associated with increased cardiovascular disease including heart attack, stroke, atrial fibrillation. It also results in decreased vagal tone, elevated heart rate, and blood pressure, reduc...

46. Lifestyle Redesign: Recharge Your Life to Age Well and Have More Energy with Jocelyn Hill, Board-Certified Integrative Health Coach 22.03.2021

Jocelyn Hill, a board-certified integrative health coach, discusses the power of lifestyle medicine to completely revive your health and wellbeing and prevent age-associated health risks. Jocelyn has had many years of experience working in the health and wellness field at a women's health clinic and is wise beyond her years. Her tips on redesigning your lifestyle to align with your mind-body-spiri...

45. Goals Interrupted: Top 10 Tips to Achieve Your Dreams and Desires Despite Annoying Challenges with Freda Dreher, MD, and one-of-a-kind gymnast 15.03.2021

How many times have your dreams been derailed after life happens with its persistent "interruptions"? Well, this episode is for you because Dr. Freda's method of aligning your true desires is GOLD! Dr. Freda Dreher, MD, and Gymnast Extraordinaire (despite her age!) has a unique story of how she found a way to be a gymnast despite society's expectations of what a gymnast should look like.  And how...

44. Randy Evans, Master's Level Integrative Dietitian, and the Ketogenic Diet for Women 08.03.2021

Randy Evans has been prescribing ketogenic diets for years. He follows nutrient, metabolic, and pH labs and progress for women closely, but not ALL women should be on the ketogenic diet.  There isn't just one diet for all of us. But we do talk about "keto lite", "dirty keto" and some of the wrong and right ways to be eating on a higher fat diet. However, some women THRIVE on a Higher and Healthier...

43. Manifesting by Design: Insights from Three Phenomenal Women Entrepreneurs! 01.03.2021

These three amazing women spill their secrets on how they've manifested the life of their dreams and the success they've achieved. Joan Jontilano, Digital Marketing Coach Who Takes the Overwhelm out of Marketing Your Business Online And Takes You from Zero Tech Savvy to Pro! She discusses manifesting in the new era of 2021 How our thoughts and feelings can create our world Humans are Creators! Fin...

42. The 4 techniques that strengthen your mindset and wellbeing to truly manifest health and abundance now 22.02.2021

In the last few podcast episodes of our manifestation series, we learned that we deplete our energy when we continue to prioritize negative emotions surrounding the limitations and obstacles and hardships and difficult situations in our lives.  Where our thoughts go, energy flows and if our thoughts are constantly thinking about that one colleague who doesn't do a lick of work, or your friend who...

41. The 4-step manifestation breakthrough method to abundance, health, and the life you truly desire 15.02.2021

Today we're going to discuss this "breakthrough" method - broken down into a 4-step process so you can be at peace and connected enough to your spirit, your true authentic self.  To manifest the life that you were meant to live, the health you want every day, and the abundance and wealth to be able to give to others. I'm so excited for this episode because it goes with our final and fourth hypnosi...

40. Manifesting your health and wellness goals with a little treat at the end! 08.02.2021

Like calls to like bringing forth the reality you want to create for yourself. Manifesting can be part of your daily practice to envision the end as the beginning. Whether it be healing from a chronic illness, having more energy, overcoming depression and anxiety, and even creating a successful business. The more you practice this, the better you get, and the more you manifest! It is that simple....

39. Make your dreams, desires, goals, wants, and needs a success with this simple framework 01.02.2021

I'm so excited for this episode as it outlines our 3rd step in the FRAMEWORK to achieve OPTIMAL WELLBEING! - no matter what's bogging you down - chronic pain, addiction, anxiety, depression, feeling in a funk, apathetic, lethargic, fatigued, dealing with severe disease like cancer or autoimmune disease - or just ultimately wanting to feel healthier and alive. Building a system to make you successf...

38. Releasing the resentment, anger, fear, grief, and hurt that limits us 25.01.2021

When our emotional or energetic bodies are holding on to fear, anger, resentment, hurt, grief, unworthiness, scarcity, our physical bodies become affected because of the concept "Like calls to Like". We attract our reality through our thoughts and our beliefs and how we feel about ourselves.  This is some kind of psychoneurobiophysiology where our thoughts, our imagination can create our reality....

37. Why you need to start protecting your hearing health today! With Dr. April Waller, Chief Audiologist 18.01.2021

Did you know hearing health relates to your entire well-being? Protecting you from depression, Alzheimer's, and Dementia? Did you know ADHD could be a result of chronic ear infections creating an auditory processing disorder? What about how to treat tinnitus, motion sickness, vertigo, and vestibular migraines? All of these relate to your inner ear and brain health and Dr. April Waller is the audio...

36. Finding Inspiration to Get Unstuck and Allowing Abundance to Flow 11.01.2021

This is a super sweet, down to earth episode on setting our inner power on fire and bringing our desires to life. No more "shoulds" or "I can't" or "I'm asking too much" or "I don't deserve it".   If you want to have a great day, a great year, a healthy life with more contentment and joy and peace, then you can allow this flow to you.  If you're tired of stress, fatigue, health issues; then this w...

35. The most effective relief for TMJ issues and jaw pain with Dr. Tim Herre, DDS 04.01.2021

Dr. Tim Herre, DDS is a holistic, biologic dentist in the Kansas City area. He does a deep dive into jaw issues that many of us are struggling with and not even KNOW it!! As a pain and headache doctor myself, this podcast interview was ENLIGHTENING as so many of my patients are struggling with jaw pain and clicking/popping of their temporomandibular (TMJ) joint and subsequently develop chronic tem...

34. Reverse Engineer Your Health Goals - It is Time to Feel Your Best 28.12.2020

In this episode, Anne Clark, BSN, RN, CPT and Dr. Anna, MD discuss their framework of how to discover your top priorities to achieve inner well-being.  This is a different approach than traditional new year's resolutions and goal setting.   1. Explore how you truly want to feel 2. Build your social support - accountability partner, colleague, healthcare practitioner, or (hint, hint) wellness coach...

33. Essential nutrients we can't live without? We don't get enough of these essential fats and proteins by Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD 21.12.2020

Master's Level Integrative and Functional Dietitian, Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD lays out the essential nutrients that we're missing in most of our diets today! This is a must listen if you want to protect your health and body by giving it the nutrients it needs to perform, heal, and prevent illness.  After years of working with NFL players, high performing athletes, women, and children with chronic i...

32. Dietary Supplements that Decrease Cholesterol and Risk of Stroke, Diabetes, and Heart Disease 14.12.2020

So just to recap last week's episode, Randy Evans, our Master's Level Integrative Dietitian, discussed that it is tough to absorb that much cholesterol or saturated fats to influence serum lipids and heart disease risk. What's more important at reducing risk is lowering refined carb intake such as sugars bread, processed foods. In addition, eating more healthy fats such as extra virgin olive oil a...

31. High Cholesterol? Master's Integrative Dietitian, Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD highlights the right way to stay healthy using nutrition and diet to prevent heart disease, stroke, and high cholesterol 07.12.2020

Don't forget to download your free Healthy Fats Guide Here! By doing so, you'll subscribe to our email newsletter as well for free with weekly insights and goodies and sneak peeks and discounts for our email members ONLY! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD--  (stands for the first and one of maybe 6 Master's Level Integrative Dietitians in the...

30. Dr. Lawrence Rosen, MD, reveals how to master your well-being through simple, but POWERFUL mind-body methods 30.11.2020

Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Rosen, MD is a sought-after pediatric integrative medicine physician who advocates for family and child wellness nationally.  Website at www.lawrencerosenmd.com He has so much wisdom and experience as a yoga teacher and mind-body expert in the field of mindfulness and resilience.  Dr. Rosen, MD authentically discusses how to get started with the simplest of active rest and rel...

29. What You can Do to Prevent Toxic Air Pollution From Affecting Your Health and Protect Your Immune System with Dr. Erika Moseson, MD of Air Health Our Health 23.11.2020

Combustion particles -- think exhaust, smoke particles, anything that gets set on fire and its aftermath-- Increases risk and may worsen chronic disease!! No wonder why people feel sick after sucking in diesel fuel and living near wildfires that plagued certain states this 2020.  Think worse outcomes for heart disease, asthma, migraines, and even more susceptibility to the damage of Coronavirus (C...

28. How Dr. Jessica Cummings, Doctor of Physical Therapy, beat not one, but TWO autoimmune thyroid diseases and her amazing tips and supplements on how to stay well as a mother and busy entrepreneur 16.11.2020

Dr. Jess Cummings is a PHENOMENAL woman and I'm so excited to have her on the show, despite her incredibly busy schedule as a 1. mother 2. teacher (homeschools her children) 3. Healthcare provider as a Physical Therapist 4. Podcaster of "Healthy Kansas City's Podcast" 3. Boss, Co-Owner, and Entrepreneur of Restore Thrive, a Physical Therapy Clinic in Overland Park, KS.  I don't know how she does i...

27. Essential oil aromatherapy for anxiety and stress relief 09.11.2020

Aromatherapy is incredibly powerful for anxiety symptoms and stress.   There's a lot to discern out there with all the info on essential oils, and hopefully I can provide you with the right and evidence-based information as a certified aromatherapist and physician. 1. I teach you the top 4 applications of essential oils for aromatherapy use 2. We review the top 4 essential oils studied for anxiety...

26. Natural Treatments to Decrease Anxiety and Stress 02.11.2020

Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms worldwide, where our sympathetic nervous system is in a state of heightened alert! The symptoms of anxiety can include difficulty breathing, chest tightness, difficulty speaking, stumbling on your words, shaking, feeling tired but revved up at the same time. Difficulty concentrating, your mind just going "blank", restlessness, having intrusive thoughts wi...

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