Quest for Healing: Bi-weekly support and inspiration for your Medical Medium® health journey

#073 - Have you ever thought about growing your own fruit, whether to connect more to your food or to save some money?  This week's guest is Susan Poizner, an ISA Certified Arborist.  Susan covers the basics of which fruit trees to grow and how to take the best care of them while they're growing.  Her goal is to help you quickly grow the best fruit possible, by avoiding the most common m...

#072 - Ena Xena's healing journey started last year after she received both an HPV and cervical cancer diagnosis.  You’ll be amazed at how quickly and, frankly, easily she cleared both of these from her body!  We talk about both the physical healing that she did, and also the emotional work that helped her as well.  Where you can find Ena online: Facebook at @EnaXena Facebook at @OpenWingLtd...

#071 - Kevin Espiritu from Epic Gardening is back to talk all about growing asparagus, artichokes, and CELERY! If you missed last week's episode, you may want to go back to Episode #70 so Kevin can teach you the basics so that you can start growing some of your own fruits and veggies right now! You can find Kevin on Instagram at @epicgardening YouTube at Epic Gardening His website store at Ep...

#070 - Kevin Espiritu from Epic Gardening is this week’s guest and we talk all about how you can grow your own fruits and veggies at home.  Are you intimidated by the idea of gardening?  Kevin breaks it all down so you can easily get started so that in just a few months, you will be able to enjoy your own homegrown food! Don't forget to tune in next week for the BONUS episode with Kevin where...

#069 - During  Smriti Singh's health journey, she developed nasal allergies after she adopted a much-loved dog into her home.  She also developed disordered eating patterns and started gaining weight after adopting the Standard American Diet and some of the less healthy aspects of the college lifestyle when she moved to the United States for graduate school.   In this episode, we will walk th...

#068 - Before Malachy Duffy was diagnosed with spinal cancer at age 25, he had already been dealing with troublesome gut issues for years. After his cancer treatment, nerve damage and widespread eczema started causing additional health problems. We discuss the lifestyle changes that he made to regain his health, as well as the tweaks and modifications that led to his most meaningful improvements....

#067 - Kathy Catlin is a certified holistic health coach and has healed from Lichen Sclerosus.  In this episode, we swing the doors wide open on this condition that affects our private areas and causes a lot of itching, burning, scarring, and distress. We explore not only the physical symptoms, but also the muscular impact, and the emotional ramifications as well. Before we start, this is a VERY o...

#066 - There is a lot going on in the world right now that's trying to stand between you and your healing.  And it's pissing me off!  So in a break from our regularly scheduled programming, I am bringing you five of the things that are pissing me off and what you can do about them to protect yourself.  While there are probably more than five things in life that are pissing you off right...

#065 - My guest this week is Danielle Doubtfire, whom you may know by her Instagram handle @LemonBalmLove.  She suffered with fainting spells and crippling anxiety for decades and we talk about her journey, the importance of protecting your adrenals and how she found the motivation to not give up when she wasn’t seeing results.  You can find Danielle on Instagram at @lemonbalmlove If you're j...

#064 - Kathy Reagan Young is my guest this week and we are talking about finding jobs and work when you’re dealing with chronic illness.  Kathy has a couple of wonderful podcasts, including one called Patients Getting Paid, where she explores job opportunities outside of a 9-5 office job. If you’ve been too sick to work or are just looking for something part-time or at least more flexible, she wan...

#063 - This week, I look back at the best episodes from the second half of the year! So if you have some free time and want to catch up on your podcast listening, I've highlighted the best health journey interviews, episodes with tips and guidance for your own journey, and interviews with experts who help us dive deeper. Thank you so much for listening this year - I love making this podcast a...

#062 - This week, I posed a single question to many of the recent podcast guests  “What do you wish you’d known when you’d started out on your Medical Medium health journey?”  And here's what they had to say! I was quite surprised at the diversity of answers that people gave.  I’m not going to give any away here, but you will notice that some of the advice from one person may sound quite diff...

#061 - Marilee Nelson, co-founder of Branch Basics, is this week's guest and we discuss her journey to eliminate toxins, chemicals, and radiation from her home and how it saved not only her own life, but the life of her severely chemically-injured son. She imparts some great lessons for dealing with extreme chemical sensitivity and the power of removing toxins from your environment, not just...

#060 - This week, we delve again into the emotional and spiritual side of your health journey and my guest is Amie Jones.  Amie is a soul healing practitioner and we talk about deeply getting in touch with who you really during your health journey, and also about getting in touch with your intuition, sorting through emotions and beliefs, which ones are really yours, which ones aren’t yours, and ch...

#059 - I am so excited to welcome Meltem Evmez back to the podcast.  Meltem is a certified yoga teacher, so I have asked her back to talk about how yoga can provide physical and mental benefits to your health journey.  She just launched a YouTube Channel – Rise with Meltem – and she has designed a series of 10 minute beginner yoga videos just for the Medical Medium community so that you can add so...

#058 - This week's guest is Ali Anderson and her youngest son, Anders, came down with eczema when he was only a year old and it covered his whole body.  If you follow Ali on Instagram, you may have seen some of the heartbreaking pictures of her sweet little boy when the eczema was at its worst.  We talk about some of the challenges she had with the medical system, how she found Medical Medium...

#057 - Megan Maynard was a star athlete from a young age, and lost that, her career, and even her marriage as a result of chronic constipation and gut issues, tons of neurological symptoms, shingles body pain, and more. At her lowest point, she was not sure that she wanted to continuing living like this. And her comeback was not a straight line – there were a LOT of ups and downs and she learned a...

#056 - For the one-year anniversary of Quest for Healing, this week's episode features my own health journey, during which I had struggled with terrible brain fog and fatigue, debilitating shingles body pain, Hashitmoto's thyroiditis, chronic nasal allergies and asthma, and more.  Thank you for joining me for this personal episode on this special anniversary! If you're looking for h...

#055 - This week's guest is Tara Tom.  You may know her from her presence on social media, including on Instagram @_TaraTom_ where she’s done a great job documenting her health journey following Medical Medium, most notably because of her recovery from severe eczema.  But what I enjoyed about this episode, is that we dug deeper on some of the other issues she dealt with, such as fatigue and b...

#054 - Lillian Hanagan is a young woman who, during her high school and college years, suffered from an eating disorder that led her to consistently overeat, which resulted in weight gain, body shaming, embarrassment, and her self-esteem taking a hit.  While she realized that something was wrong, therapy didn’t help, neither did going vegan or trying to eat fully raw.  It wasn’t until she found Me...

#053 – This week's guest is filmmaker Travis Cosentino.  He had been working and traveling full time making videos for his YouTube Channel, Travis Travels. And after about six months on the road, he had a sudden onset of extreme insomnia, when all of a sudden one night, he only got 4 hours of sleep, and then the next night started getting none.  He pursued medical options, but found no long-t...

#052 - Are you really sensitive to certain foods or some of the supplements?  I know that this can be frustrating because you’re trying to do everything you can to heal, but your body won’t let you.  So in this episode, I give you seven tips to help you through food and supplement sensitivities.  Could you do me a favor this week?  If you've been enjoying Quest for Healing, please share it wi...

#051 - Ang Caruso is a white, trans, non-binary queer who has suffered from chronic health issues that started even before they were born.  And while they had health issues like respiratory issues, fatigue, and chronic pain while growing up, trauma and stress compounded these challenges during high school.  With no answers and no real help from the medical community, they started exploring a varie...

#050 - Eileen Crispell is a shaman and we dive into the intuitive experiences that led her to realize that she was a shaman during her own health journey, and also how detoxing your bodies can enhance your intuition but also bring up a variety of emotions, some that may need some tending to and some that are just being released as we detox.  And then we talk about some of the things you can do to...

#049 - Have you been struggling with your health but you’re new to the Medical Medium information and confused about where exactly to start?  In this episode, I'm going to explain you how you can get started today on your health journey in 5 easy steps! FREE companion download Quick Start Guide:  5 Easy Steps to Get You Started on Your Health Journey THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! If you have been...