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Today, I want to talk to you about surviving the mall during the holiday season. If you're like me, it's not really an enjoyable place to be. But there are definitely things we can do to make it easier on ourselves. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your...

The holiday season can be a very stressful time for everyone. And so over the next couple of weeks, I'm just going to be talking about ways that we can be lowering our stress level through the holiday season. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body b...

In this episode, I explore the energies of our emotions, the lightness of the emotions, love, joy & peace, vs the heaviness of emotions such as fear, anger, guilt, and shame, and how to move from those heavier emotions into the lighter emotion of love, even when it feels hard!    I also touch on the 5 Love Languages, from Gary Chapman’s work, so that you can better understa...

Today I'm talking again about boosting your immune system. Did you know that you actually have the power to strengthen your immune system or weaken it inadvertently? About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover y...

Back for another edition of health hack and continuing the theme of the immune system. And you might be wondering, Where is my immune system? About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and the...

This week, I want to talk to you about your immune system. Did you know that your immune system is like a muscle, and the things that you are doing every single day are either weakening it or strengthening it? About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body...

Julie Jones of “Get Shit Done” joins me today to discuss slowing down in order to get more done!  If you would like to stop being in “reaction” mode and start to feel in control of your day and how you spend your time and actually celebrate how much you are getting done, then tune into this episode to hear all of Julie’s tips in setting yourself up for success in 2022!  It...

So to round out the week of talking about poop, I hope you're getting comfortable with this now, the reality, is that ongoing, regular constipation and or diarrhea are not normal. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by help...

Today we're talking about the color of your poop because that is really important as well About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional med...

This week, I'm going to talk to you about poop. And I know that's not something we generally talk about in society, and we think of it as gross. But the reality is, is it's important to understand for your health and that of your family members. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses...

In this episode I explain why the old saying “Ask And Ye Shall Receive” doesn’t work, it turns out that It is only part of the original saying and a key part of the statement is missing, and that is the part that will lead you to success in receiving all of your desires.   So don’t give up, tune in to learn the missing piece and how the Be – Do -Get formula is far more effective tha...

This week I'm focusing on the power of natural health, lab testing, and getting to the root cause of an issue About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa o...

Today I want to talk about my daughter's experience and I am forever grateful to her grade two teacher. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers...

Today I want to talk to you about the power of natural health and understanding your symptoms are getting to the root cause About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the tox...

Jaci Finneman is a natural giver, fixer, and doer.  Doing everything for everyone else, thinking she was helping until she learned she wasn’t.   And in a moment of feeling slapped in the face, (twice), she opted to look at herself instead of being angry at the messengers.   When she did that, she also slowed down enough to notice the signs, and that changed...

Today I'm talking about stimulating your vagus nerve. You see if your vagus nerve has a high vagal tone, it can easily help you drop out of your chronic stress state into your rest and digest state. Whereas if your vagal tone is low, then it's a lot harder for you to be able to make that shift. But there are many ways that you can stimulate your, your vagus nerve in order to increase your vagal to...

Today I want to talk about the vagus nerve. What is the vagus nerve? Well, it's a really important nerve that is connecting your gut to your brain. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” a...

Today I want to talk to you about your second brain. Yes, did you realize you actually have two brains and your gut is your second brain. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then re...

As we start out 2022 with grand intentions, I want to invite you to also slow down.  Instead of running around like a headless chicken trying to get it all done, learn how to slow down and get into your “zone of focus” to actually get more done in less time and buy back time in your day!  Wouldn’t you love to have more time in your day for yourself?   I...

Rounding out my week on sugar, I want to talk about sugar alternatives. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional medicine lab tes...

Today I just want to talk about what drives your sugar cravings. Sometimes people think it's they have weak willpower. And it's not all about willpower. It's about the signals from the body when the body is out of balance. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bri...

I want to talk to you about sugar because it's in everything and sometimes we don't even know where it's sneaking into our diet, and how it affects our mood. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “tox...

Julie Boyer, my guest, hijacked this first episode of 2022 and turned the tables, and interviewed me! It’s a super fun episode as we discuss my journey into health and wellness, as well as podcasting, and my 2022 plans for both my business and the podcast, as well as taking time to celebrate the successes of 2021!  You’ll get to know more about Melissa and her work in this episode! ...

This week I've been talking about sleep, and today I want to talk about sleep comfort. Because when our room is comfortable for sleep, we tend to be able to sleep through the night instead of waking up. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back in...

Today I want to talk to you about blue light and how it's impacting our melatonin levels. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional med...