Elementally Healthy: Holistic Wellness

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Valerie Blohm to casually explore something many of us are feeling but rarely slow down enough to name: the quiet cheapening of meaning in a world built for speed, convenience, and endless consumption. Valerie shares her perspective as an intuitive energy healer, while I bring mine as a medical provider trained in neuroscience, psychiatry, and mental well...

Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) like skin picking, nail rubbing, hair pulling, eyelash pulling, or scalp picking are not random habits. They are patterned responses the nervous system turns to when it is overwhelmed, understimulated, anxious, or carrying emotions it has not yet learned to process. Most people don’t start these behaviors because they “want to.” They start them because, in...

Worry has a way of keeping us stuck—looping on “what ifs” instead of moving toward what matters. In this episode, I share six practical, science-based strategies from my life coaching practice to help calm your nervous system, reframe your thoughts, and move from worry into values-aligned action. These easy techniques are designed for anyone feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or indecisive who wants to...

Have you ever wondered why your skin changes color during stress, inflammation, trauma, or hormonal shifts? In this episode, we decode the hidden language of melanocytes and how pigment is far more than cosmetic. It is a biological communication system linking the immune system, nervous system, and skin. As a Dermatology PA and psychodermatology clinician, I see daily how conditions like hyperpigm...

In this episode, we explore the controversial discussion around aacetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy and its possible links to autism, ADHD, and other neurodivergent expressions. We draw on evidence based medicine, and examine what the science actually shows… And what it doesn’t. We also unpack the public debate, fueled by figures like RFK Junior, separating data from opinion and clarifyi...

Join Reiki Master Teacher and Holistic Health Coach, Nicole Gentile MMS, PA-C for a short guided mediation / prayer of gratitude focusing on Root Chakra (Muladhara) Energy. This prayer was created during a myalgic encephalomyelitis attack brought on by an acute covid infection. It was made with the intention of holding space for seen and unseen disabilities. Wishing all peace, security, and health...

Join Nicole Gentile, Physician Associate, Certified Nutritional Therapist, Reiki Master and Holistic Health Coach & Valerie Blohm, Sound Healer, Yoga Practitioner, Animal Intuitive, Reiki Master Teacher, and owner of Devi Healing Spiritual shop: https://www.devi-healing.com/ for Part 1 of a conversation about the application of Reiki in Modern Medicine and healing; what Reiki does and does NOT do;...

Join Nicole Gentile, MMS, Physician Associate, Nutritional Therapist, and Reiki Master Teacher as she discusses how you can physiologically and energetically nourish your Root Chakra, or First Chakra energy. Learn mudras, mantras, asanas, exercises, frequencies, and foods to support your Muladhara. And consider what parenting a child, or even your inner child (from an Internal Family Systems persp...

This isn’t your average chakra discussion! Join Nicole Gentile, MMS, PA-C and Reiki Master Teacher and go beyond the basics of Muladhara Chakra to understand the importance of the foundational first energy center and how it shows up in your life. We discuss the problem with victim consciousness and dispel the myth that fear is anything other than our friend. Get to know the concept of tribal energ...

Join Nicole Gentile, MMS, PA-C, Usui Reiki Master, Sound Healer, and Holistic Health Coach through a guided meditation created to connect you to your own energy body. This is an excellent place to begin to sense your own emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual energies, and to increase creative visualization, refined perception, and intuition. Practice this on your own, with a friend, or in a gr...

Join your host, Physician Associate and Usui Reiki Master, Nicole Gentile, as we discuss the subtle energy bodies from an evidence based, scientific perspective. The subtle energy bodies include and are not limited to the physical body, the esthetic body, the emotional body, the mental body and the spiritual body. The Hindu Chakras, the Incan Pukios, and other definitions of our “energy centers” a...

Somewhere in your life, you’ve undoubtedly come across the term “chakras” which mean wheels of light, or energy. You might have assumed that the idea of energy centers arise only from Hindu spirituality, but you’d be wrong. In fact, the energy body has been recognized globally by ancient belief systems throughout time predating the Vedas and Upanishads. And an understanding of energy as it relates...

Join Nicole Gentile, Physician Associate, Holistic Health Coach, and Reiki Master as she explains the science behind the nutritional preference of tempeh over tofu (and other non fermented soy foods). Learn about the importance of looking beyond the principles of cutting calories, and instead understanding the value of certain food preparation practices, primarily fermentation. Understand why prob...

Tune in for an intuitively prompted (and then moderately researched and clinically curated) discussion on the physiology of Compassion. Understand what compassion is and what it is not through socio-cultural, clinical, and even case by case anecdotal perspectives (think sweet “deer raises wolf pup” stories). Learn about the biology of love and compassion, the psychosocial problem with romanticized...

Join Physician Associate and Holistic Health Coach, Nicole Gentile, as we introduce our first episode in the “Health Bite” series - which methodically plods through the anatomy and physiology of the body - system by system - to teach you about how the little things fit into the big picture. In this episode, we are going to take a closer look at what makes your DROOL so COOL. Learn about the variou...

Join me as I guide you through a 10 minute grounding meditation followed by 20 minutes of sound healing with quartz Crystal sound bowls. This healing session waxes and wanes between harmonies and disharmonies. While the disharmonies may be uncomfortable for some, I encourage you to follow them through, as a lesson in focusing through life’s challenges and learning to flow rather than resist. It’s...

Part 1/2: In this episode, Holistic Health Coach and Physician Associate, Nicole Gentile, discusses the relationship between becoming present and getting grounded. Exploring each tool individually, we look at the significance of each, as well as the differences between both. Nicole explores multiple tools to help get curious about where your energy is focused and shares a few tips to help you step...

Today I had the privilege off sitting down with Energy Healer, Teacher, and Community Builder, Valerie Blohm of DeviHealing based out of Asheville, NC. This episode takes a look into the science of sound healing, as well as some acoustic, shockwave counterparts which are already integrated into mainstream Western Medicine. We discuss the effects on the Central Nervous System, the Sympathetic Nervo...

Tune in to my first Nutritional Spotlight where I talk about the sneaky additives the food industry is concealing in store bought products, where they’re coming from, and why no matter how much you diet, fast, or juice - you’re still not going to lose the weight. Learn about the link between ingredients like carrageenan and carboxymethylcellulose and autoimmune disorders like Ulcerative Colitis, P...

Let’s open up this continuous conversation as we explore healing modalities with a mind opening discussion about Love, Self-Healing, and Connection. Be ready to hear a little bit about Reiki, Intention, and even Cosmetic Medicine along the way. There’s something for everyone - because Love and Healing are non-denominational.