Real Integrative Medicine with Dr. Jordan Robertson ND

Welcome Back! After a very very long season 1 (that went on for 2 years and over 150 episodes) we decided to take a break over the summer before returning to recording.  This welcome-back episode focuses on the feelings of “new years” we often feel in the fall and how to start to think about your goals, your purpose, and your outcomes.  If you’ve ever felt disappointed by your outcome ev...

Bloating is an annoying symptom that prevents many people from eating the foods they love, wearing the pants they love, and living abdominal-pain free.  In today’s episode, I’m joined by my college Dr. Dominque Vanier, a Naturopathic Doctor and Gut-Focused practitioner who is the perfect guide to your bloat-recovery journey.  In this episode, I ask Dominique questions like:  When is...

I don’t hate the word should. I think we can use this word with the right intention to help us more towards our goals rather than always feeling that we are lacking something.  In this episode, I share the “summer shoulds” based on what I notice when working with patients through the summer months. The summer can be a wonderful time for celebration, but also is an opportunity to make things h...

Are you okay with an expiry date on your ability to be active and vibrant?  Nope. Me neither.  Our conversations about menopause and midlife on the podcast circle around similar themes. You can be strong(er) in menopause. You can be (more) confident in menopause. You can be better than you are today in menopause.  Today’s guest is Selene Yeager. A women’s health and fitness author,...

Stories are meant to be shared. Especially if they help others see themselves in your mess and springboard themselves forward by learning from others experiences.  In today’s episode I share 3 stories I’ve never shared. Together, they make up the 3 worst pieces of business advice I’ve ever received. Some of the advice came from the bank. Some came from financial professionals. Some come from...

We often think about libido as a hormonal chemical spark that bursts in our brains and makes us hungry for passion.  Except you just rolled your eyes and racked your brain for the last time that things felt that way.  Today’s podcast is with my friend and colleague Dr. Jordin Wiggins, a Naturopathic Doctor and sexual health educator who is taking the world of pleasure and sex by storm. A...

I spent the last few months doing a deep dive on iron. It compelled me enough to sit down and record a full podcast on why this nutrient needs to matter to you, why the reference range isn’t good enough, and why we’ve got things so wrong about iron.  Iron deficiency is the most common deficiency around the globe. And when we have a stat like that, we often imagine women in low-resource countr...

In today’s podcast, I’m joined by my colleague Dr. Fiona McCulloch ND and author of 8 Steps To Reverse Your PCOS. Fiona is a passionate advocate for better research and treatment of women and people with PCOS and in today’s episode, we break down the impact of epigenetics, the different types of PCOS, and the future directions that we both hope to see this endocrine condition go in.  PCOS is...

In this episode, I’m joined by my close friend, Dr. Kim Bretz ND for an honest conversation about where we go wrong in making recommendations for patients with gut symptoms, how hardly any people have SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth), and why we need a new solution for patients with chronic constipation other than magnesium.  Kim gives us a lot to think about as both patients and p...

Last weekend I participated in a masters age Olympic weightlifting competition and needed to lose some weight to make weight. I gained weight through covid and hadn’t tried to reduce my weight intentionally since my last powerlifting competition in 2019. The competition cutoff was a little below my natural body weight, and so I had to try pretty hard to change my body weight.  The last time I...

I never had any fear about money until the pandemic. I always figured that I’d find a job, or “figure it out” if I needed to. I had a good education, great communication skills, and my hand in many pots I could turn towards if I needed to.  Then the pandemic.  My security turned to fear.  My husband was unemployed for 5 months, I canceled 500 appointments at my clinic and had to clo...

Today’s episode is about the use of botanical medicine and the symptoms of menopause. From hot flashes to low libido, menopause can show up in everybody system and women are often looking for solutions to smooth the transition. Botanical medicine offers a romantic solution for menopause, but does it have the clinical evidence to back it up? We’ll talk about it in today’s episode. You’ll find many...

“Are you stressed?” This question doesn’t usually elicit the kind of answer that we want from patients, and yet it’s the way we often screen for stress in a health appointment. When we ask patients if they are stressed they immediately compare their stress to others, compare their current stress to past stress, or compare their perceived stress against how they “feel like they should feel” about t...

Let’s be clear, there aren’t any magical nutrition solutions. If things “work” for people it’s because it’s a strategy that they can do and that makes a difference. The end.  So why does intermittent fasting get such a good review in the weight loss space? Lots of the claims about it aren’t evidence-based (meaning that we don’t have compelling human studies that show benefit). Fasting can als...

When Dr. Anne Hussain was growing up in Pakistan, periods were not something that was talked about openly. When her periods became irregular, not only was there nobody to ask about it, but it prevented her from being properly assessed and diagnosed.  Fast forward to moving to Canada, Anne was able to be formally assessed and diagnosed with PCOS, but only after advocating for herself and learn...

The Very Real Consequences of Self Improvement Two total bosses get together on a zoom call and what do you get? A very real cost is about pursuing your goals, chasing your dreams, and risking everything for what you truly desire.  Lori Kennedy is a business coach that I have admired and worked alongside for years. We’ve talked to each other’s audience back and forth and shared our wisdom wit...

One of the largest barriers to health I see in women I work with is the amount of “stuff” on everyone’s plate. Women are overwhelmed by their work, family and other obligations. These same women are tired, not exercising and don’t have time to make themselves a meal.  If you want to get better, you need to do less. I know it’s scary, but today’s episode will give you the 3 strategies you need...

Do you overreact? Try and guess what your partner will say next? Do you withdraw over conflict? Do you vocalise your desires? Dr. Shyamala Kiru knew she had a book inside her. She sat down and thought about what was really (and we mean really) getting in the way of her female clients from excelling in their relationships, careers, and lives. She has written the book we all need. The book teaches u...

I’ve actually shied away from researching acne. I remember being taught when I was in school that if you had acne (which I did) that there was some special diet or special potion that needed to be discovered to help it heal.  I was always left feeling like I didn’t have the willpower to follow a strict diet, or that I had some weird deficiency that was getting in the way of healthy skin. I wa...

Do you create your day? Or get swept along in the emotional vortex of it all? This week’s podcast is not just about your morning routine, it’s about the mindset you use to start your day and how that predicts your success. Mindset coach Adele Tevlin (who I’ve worked with personally in the last few years) joins me for a real conversation about how our mind can be harnessed to create the day we want...

Is it about lack of trust? Is it about misinformation? Is it part of our human flaws?  These were the very questions I asked today’s podcast guest, David Robert Grimes, Physicist, cancer scientist, and author on the very question of why conspiracy theories are part of our world (especially in the last 2 years). We talk about the basics of critical thinking, how to spot the difference between...

In today’s episode, I’m joined by my friend and brilliant colleague Dr. Stephanie Bayliss, a Naturopathic Doctor who focuses on mental health in women. In this episode, we help you understand if your mood deserves some attention and how to be assessed.  Many women feel their mood isn’t “bad enough” to be flagged or treated, because their picture of depression in their mind is a different woma...

When I was in university, my first-year facilitator handed me a book on perfectionism and told me I should read it. I didn’t understand. How on earth could a student who couldn’t spell, barely paid attention in class, and struggled to care about assignments she didn’t like be a perfectionist? Perfectionism might be showing up in your life differently than the “gets it all perfect all the time” def...

There isn’t really an area of medicine that has led to as much self-proclaimed expertise than nutrition. If someone knows how to make a great smoothie they seem to have the credentials to give other people smoothie advice. But why with that same logic, do we never see someone who owns a beating heart claim to be a cardiologist or someone who owns a brain to be a neurosurgeon. And yet, for some rea...

Amanda Thebe embodies everything I want for women in menopause: strength, resiliency and a healthy dose of swearing.  Amanda’s journey from a horrible personal experience to the menopause advocate she is today is a gift to all women, and she shares her knowledge, wit and the tips you need in today’s episode.  If you’ve ever found yourself dreading menopause - this episode is for you. We...