Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Guest Segment  Shawn Stevenson is a Bestselling Author, Speaker, Nutritionist & Strength Coach, who joins the show for the third time to discuss his most recent research on the observable impact of communal eating on overall health.  Shawn Stevenson’s third guest appearance on Heal Thy Self  Is eating together in community essential for our long term health?  Culture guides our eating habits Child...

Guest Segment  Alyssa Nobriga is a licensed Clinical Somatic Psychotherapist, an international speaker, and coach, who joins the show to talk about all the ways in which people may be unknowingly stifling their own ability to make positive changes in their lives.  Alyssa examines the life events and emotions that may be leading to unhelpful behaviors, and how to move past those negative patterns t...

Knowledge Bomb: How many products in your bathroom may contain carcinogenic chemicals? Dr. G runs down the list of common chemicals found in familiar self-care products that could be harboring toxins potentially contributing to sickness over time.  - What to look for in your self-care products - The Toxic Substances Control 1976 - A large majority of chemicals are unregulated  - bringing more awar...

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G goes through every room in your home and gives some easy and free tips for overall better health. From your shoes, to your shampoo, these simple swaps will increase your bodily resilience and support your health for years to come. - Making swaps over time - The importance of taking off your shoes in the home - Dust - Opening windows - Mold - Signs of mold sickness - BIRCH AD...

Knowledge Bomb: For the first time ever, Dr. G opens up about his own personal journey in order to give listeners an intimate look into his path to healing, including past hardships and obstacles that he was able to overcome and heal from, and ultimately share this knowledge in order to bring healing to others. Qualities of spirit  Taking on our parents’ energy Generational Trauma Coming back to w...

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G gives us a comprehensive guide to maintaining our health while traveling, from sleep routines to radiation from airport scanners. This knowledge bomb gets to the root of how traveling impacts our body on all levels, and lists actionable steps we can take to combat these outside influences and keep ourselves safe and healthy while on-the-go. - Travel hacks to feel better while...

Special Guest Segment: Professional chef Amber Caudle gives us the rundown on ways to prioritize our health in the face of the corner-cutting restaurant industry.  Chef Amber is giving us all the tools to spot green-washing at some of our favorite places to eat, and how to make sure we protect ourselves from less-than-savory ingredients sneaking onto our plates.  - How to watch out for greenwashin...

Special Guest Segment: Danny Morel stops by the show to discuss how the life we’ve always dreamt of and aspired towards is within our grasp, once we overcome the limiting narratives that define our reality and stifle our maximum potential. By connecting with our truest selves and establishing clear boundaries, we can achieve all of our goals and more! - Letting go of the old to bring in the new -...

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G gets to the root of social acceptance and rejection, and how we’ve evolved to depend on social interaction and acceptance by our peers. Social interaction plays a role in our overall health, mental and physical, and what we can do to fulfill these needs in a healthy and positive way. - How our brains perceive social rejection - Social acceptance for survival - Acceptance sati...

Special Guest Segment  Elissa Goodman, holistic nutritionist and cleanse expert, joins the show to talk about healthy habits to achieve that natural glow and find your inner strength through communicating with your body and feeding it the proper diet for maximum energy and wellness potential.  Intro w/ Dr. G  Inner peace for internal glow  Sympathetic Dominance and cancer Elissa’s cancer journey ...

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G is sharing his ultimate guide to full body healing, addressing quick, easy and free tips to kickstart your healing in the body, the mind, and the spirit.  The Ultimate Cheap and Easy Guide to Overall Health How to Heal TODAY  Cheap and Easy Steps  The Physical Body  Cheap and Easy Steps to Heal your Body  Getting Good Sleep The Importance of Daylight  Exposure to Sunlight  Im...

Knowledge Bomb:  Dr. G gives us the TOP three easy and free ways to kickstart your emotional healing and feeling better in your body and mind.  Three easy tips for healing repressed emotion Relaxing your belly Belly breathing  Connecting with your body Identifying tension in the body  Where are you holding emotion The body has the tools to heal Bringing awareness to tension in the body  Connecting...

Special Guest Segment: Intuitive coach, India Leigh, joins us to talk all about relationships, and the balance of feminine and masculine energy in partner dynamics that has the power to reflect, reveal and heal our deepest emotional wounds and traumas, if we can learn to manifest our own growth and confront imbalanced patterns. Our Relationships as mirrors of the self Masculine and Feminine energi...

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G is back with the ultimate guide to period pain, what causes it, and what foods, supplements and lifestyle changes could possibly prevent it or lessen the severity of it. He also goes into one little-known underlying detail in why some women may experience more period pain than others. - Period pain, what causes it and what can help - What causes period pain? - Cycle syncing,...

Knowledge Bomb:  Dr. G gives a rundown of his top recommended foods and supplements that help to curb glucose spikes and support steady insulin production. - Blood Sugar and the importance of managing glucose levels  - Reasons your blood sugar might spike  - How people become insulin resistance  - signs of having elevated blood sugar  - how to balance blood sugar  - What are the best supplements f...

Special Guest Segment: Maryn Azoff, long-time singer, musician, Spirit lifter, Soul emancipator, fear crusher, and creator of the Vocal Transformation Method, joins our show to break down the history and significance of using our voice as a sound-based healing method by vibrating areas of the body to access stored emotion. - How does the voice connect to healing - Does the use of language limit ou...

Knowledge Bomb:  Dr. G returns with the third installment of the breakdown of all things NAILS. This week, we put the spotlight on Dip Powder nails, a newer addition to the world of nail technology that claims to be a safer, less-toxic option, but what little data is available shows otherwise.  What is dip nail powder? Pros and cons of dip nail powder?  Risks related to dip powder Sanitary concern...

Special Guest Segment: Gaia Bernstein, Technology, Privacy and Policy Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and author, joins us to discuss the ways in which screens have slowly become an inescapable part of our daily lives, and how this affects our health and happiness overall, from toddlers to adults. - How smartphones gradually changed our sense of awareness - T...

Special Guest Segment:  Jessie Inchauspe, a French biochemist, bestselling author, and founder of the Glucose Goddess movement, joins our show to talk about how daily glucose spikes could be affecting our health in a variety of ways, from mental health to premature aging, and how we can curb these spikes to regain balance and control over our metabolism.  What are the metabolic effects of eating s...

Special Guest Segment: Dr. Jolene Brighten, a Board Certified Naturopathic Endocrinologist and author, joins our show for the second time to talk about the science and history of the clitoris and how it relates to having better sex for better overall health - What is the orgasm gap and how can we try to close it? - What is the #1 reason people are sexually dissatisfied - Cliteracy 101 - The Histor...

Special Guest Segment:  Dr. Clement Lee, Certified Naturopathic Doctor and Founder of Optimal Health & Wellness, joins us to talk about mold and parasitic infections, and how they may be the underlying cause of our most ubiquitous health issues.  What is the overarching driver of most chronic infections? Tell tale signs of mold infections Common signs of fungal overgrowth Activation of other virus...

Dr. Izabella Wentz, internationally acclaimed thyroid specialist and licensed pharmacist, joins the show to talk about the effects of stress on adrenals and how it effects our energy, sleep, hunger, and when disrupted leads to many health issues - What do cravings for Alcohol/Caffeine mean in the body? - What is Adrenal Dysfunction/ Adrenal Fatigue? - What causes Adrenal Fatigue?  - What does a he...

Tara Youngblood, sleep scientists and co-founder of ChiliSleep, joins show to tell you the best ways to get better sleep: Is 8 hours of sleep a myth? What is the best way to find out what works best for you? Can we “make up” on lost sleep? How to set up a “successful sleep.” Deep sleep is interrupted after this time of night. How to optimize your deep sleep switch. Blue light disrupts sleep. Cuddl...

Dr. Andrea Echeverry joins the show to to talk all about scalp and hair health. How is hair an indicator of our health? What foods are important for our hair quality? What is the fungus on our scalp that is causing hair loss? What does it feed on? Should we shampoo our hair daily? What should we use instead of shampoo? Why do we see so much eczema in children? Skin biome products are not necessary...

New study on erythritol says it will lead to heart attack. Is erythritol unsafe? Was did this study do well? What did it do poorly? The best foods to reduce inflammation  Dr. G’s final recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices