Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, my co-pilot, Jenna DeKok joins me to tag team the topic of how we approach addressing mold with our clients. We talk about where mold enters the body, dead-ringer symptoms, testing and more! We want to give the disclaimer that we are not environmental experts. We are here to offer empowerment and to address mold within our client's...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, Michael Rubino has returned for a follow up episode. Michael is an air quality expert, wellness advocate, and founder of HomeCleanse. In this episode, we talk about do-it-yourself mold inspection, important things to watch out for with new construction, common places mold is found in your home, and why your home's air quality matte...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have Jenna DeKok, my incredible co-pilot and fellow registered dietician in my practice, back. In this episode, Jenna tells us her story of how following popular diet culture beliefs didn't best serve her and how she overcame and rewired her beliefs based on her experience. This is something most of us have gone through with popu...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to have return guest, Emily Kiberd. Emily is a chiropractor, mama, and founder of Thyroid Strong. In this episode, Emily tells us about her most recent mold remediation experience. She has some FANTASTIC tips since she has been through FIVE different mold remediations. You can hear Emily's other episode here: 261 Worko...

Send us Fan Mail This is our last week for encore episodes. This week's encore features return guest Campbell Will who is a physiotherapist and breathwork specialist.  In this episode, we dive into the science of breath-work and how you can use it for self regulation and stress mitigation. KEY TAKEAWAYS: The bio-mechanics of breath-work & how you breathe effects everything Appropriate bre...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I will be republishing our most popular episodes. Hair loss, cold hands and feeling tired are the big three for a sluggish thyroid. But relapsing gut issues, slow motility, sleep disruption, brain fog, slow metabolism, inflammation, low mood or anxiety, and dry skin can all be symptoms of a sluggish thyroid. In this episode...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I will be republishing our most popular episodes. This week I am bringing back this episode I did with the lovely Dr. Jessica Peatross. Jess is an outspoken medical doctor online that talks all about stealth infections with grace.   People seem very interested in parasites. There was a time one of my parasite-themed podcast...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I will be republishing our most popular episodes. As a gut health nerd, I'm excited to bring this one back! In this episode, I was joined by the renowned research microbiologist, Kiran Krishnan. This episode is a MUST listen if you have a microbiome.  Forget everything you thought you knew about probiotics, because the...

Send us Fan Mail For the next few weeks on The Less Stressed Life Podcast I will be republishing our most popular episodes. First up is with two time guest Dena Norton, MS, RD. In this episode we discuss all things gut health, IBS, and all the symptoms that come with it. Dena shares her strategies for those looking for the basics of good gut health and also those with long-term gut problems in sea...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I'm excited to have Dr. Gary Kaplan back. Dr. Kaplan is a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). In this episode, Dr. Kaplan talks about what the treatment pie is for recovering from Long COVID, why you may be experiencing long term symptoms, how you can be evaluated for treatment, request treatment or get more information. Dr. Kapla...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have my incredible co-pilot Jenna DeKok back to interview me and also provide invaluable insight. In this episode, we dive into how we evaluate and incorporate  ways to support ourselves as clinicians to prevent burnout. I talk about how my practice has evolved and what personally has helped when I've been extra crispy from burno...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have my co-pilot Jenna DeKok on with me. Jenna is also a registered dietician who works along side me in my private practice. In this episode, Jenna interviews me on what labs we use and why. I share my experience with labs that I used in the past but traded out or stopped using altogether and why. If you are interested in working wit...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by former orthopedic spinal surgeon, David Hanscom. In this episode, David tells us his story and what he did to heal himself. He also talks about how to reroute the nervous system, rewire your brain, and heal your body from pain. Other episodes with David:  #071 Roadmap out of Anxiety and Chronic Pain with Spine Surgeon Dr....

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. John Kim who is a functional medicine pharmacist. In this episode, Dr. Kim tells us his story of having a heart attack at the age 33, the recovery process, and how it changed his life for the better. We talk about mold toxicity, parasites, Lyme, dysbiosis, histamine response, fungal infections, brain fog, chronic infl...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Gary Kaplan who is a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). Dr. Kaplan is dual trained in osteopathic and allopathic medicine, as well as acupuncture. In this episode, Dr. Kaplan talks about inflammation from the standpoint of the cause of pain and depression and how the immune system can drive the inflammatory response...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to be joined by Dr. Staci Whitman who is a Functional Kids’ Dentist in North Portland, Oregon. In this episode, Dr. Staci tells us about how she became interested in functional dentistry, the oral & gut microbiome relationship, airway and sleep health, and tongue and lip ties.  KEY TAKEAWAYS: Can cavities and mold be co...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by the lovely Angela Foster, who is an award winning nutritionist, health & performance coach, speaker and host of the High Performance Health podcast. Angela shares with us how she overcame burnout, depression, and viral & bacterial pneumonia by using biohacking, holistic health and spiritual practices. I think you&...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, Nick Pags joins me. Nick is a growth mindset expert, certified behavioral change specialist and inspirational speaker. I had the pleasure of meeting Nick and hearing him speak. He has a beautiful way of captivating a room! Today we talk about how Nick got started coaching, his perspective on what coaching is, and how he creates a safe p...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to have on Dr. Perry Nickelston, who is a chiropractic physician with primary focus on treating chronic pain and inflammation via the lymphatic and vascular systems. In this episode, we talk about the MOST underrated detoxification system, the lymph. Dr. Perry tells us why he is so passionate about the lymphatic system, why...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have Anshul Gupta who is a best-selling author, speaker, researcher, and world expert in Hashimoto's disease. In this episode, Anshul tells us about how he was a traditionally trained medical doctor who started having health struggles. After not finding any answers, he became trained in functional medicine and went on to open his...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have on Michael Rubino who is an air quality expert, wellness advocate, and founder of HomeCleanse. In this episode, Michael tells us why mold is harming us more now than it has in the past, why we should dust, and how to save money by knowing what steps to take when you suspect or see mold within your home. Michael leaves us with emp...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have on author Dr. Bruce Lipton, who is a former medical school professor and research scientist. Bruce explains his research on how cells process information led to the conclusion that our genes are turned on and off by influences outside the cell. Influences like our perceptions or beliefs. Bruce also tells us about how stress negat...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have my dear friend and coach Jessica McKinley Uyeno on to talk about mindset. Jess is a Life & Business Coach for women who want big lives and big businesses. She’s a believer in doing the math and creating some magic. One of my favorite things she says is, "those who don't believe in magic will never find it." Are...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have on Ben Azadi who is the founder of Keto Kamp; a global brand bringing awareness to ancient healing strategies such as the keto diet and fasting. In this episode, we unpack five myths around fasting, ketosis, and how this is an ancient practice. I LOVE Ben's style and mindset around this topic and I think you will too. KEY TA...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have Dr. Dwight Chapin, who is a trusted expert on human performance and injury prevention as an award winning chiropractor, co-owner of a large multidisciplinary wellness clinic. In this episode, we talk about Dwight's book, Take Good Care , which is about seven rituals for self-care success. Dwight shares how to gradually build...