The Art of Being Well

Stevie and Sazan Hendrix join Dr. Will Cole in their Nashville home for one of the warmest and most wide-ranging conversations the podcast has had. They share the story of dating in secret for three years because Sazan's Kurdish family had made one thing clear: marry within the culture. They talk about the wedding her parents didn't attend, the reconciliation that finally came, and how Stevie beca...

Dr. Terry Dubrow — board-certified plastic surgeon, star of Botched, and self-described "preservation longevity" obsessive — joins Dr. Will Cole for one of the most wide-ranging and genuinely entertaining conversations the podcast has had. They cover the accidental origin of Real Housewives of Orange County (Terry signed Heather's name to the contract without asking her), the peptide landscape inc...

In the first episode of a new format — Health Hot Take — Dr. Will Cole and Andrea from his clinical team break down the gain-of-function research news cycle following recent declassified documents from the Director of National Intelligence. They cover what gain of function actually is, the COVID lab leak evidence, Fauci's pardon and what the 2014 date may mean, the Lyme disease bioweapons origin t...

Elle Macpherson returns to The Art of Being Well for her most personal conversation yet — recorded the morning after a dinner where she and Dr. Will Cole shared things they'd never discussed on camera before. They cover the Hoffman Process and how it quietly laid the groundwork for sobriety, what getting sober actually changed physically and relationally, the healing power of tears and screaming i...

Dr. Barbara Paldus — biotech engineer, founder of Codex Labs Corp, and one of the most rigorous minds in plant-based skin science — joins Dr. Will Cole to break down the full skin-gut-immune axis behind eczema, acne, psoriasis, and rosacea. They cover the five layers of the skin most people don't know exist, the filaggrin protein that eczema patients are missing, and how a combination of 14th-cent...

Josephine Musco — entrepreneur, biodynamic winemaker, jewelry designer, and founder of Olyxir — joins Dr. Will Cole for a conversation about the silent health crisis hiding in the most mundane places: your tea bag, your paper cup, your K-Cup, your yoga pants. She breaks down the microplastics and nanoplastics data (including the 11.6 billion microplastics released by a single tea bag), why plastic...

Lucy Goff, founder of LYMA, joins Dr. Will Cole to break down the science behind one of the most talked-about supplement and laser brands in wellness. Lucy shares the story behind LYMA's founding - collapsing at 8 months pregnant, surviving septicemia after six weeks in ICU, and a chance encounter in Geneva with Professor Paul Clayton that led to a patented supplement formulation that changed her...

In this Ask Me Anything episode — recorded from memory after the questions were accidentally deleted — Dr. Will Cole and his team answer listener questions on candida overgrowth, body odor as a gut-skin axis check engine light, and Alpha-Gal syndrome. They cover the rotating antifungal approach, the microbiome-body odor connection from a 2017 study, and how ear acupuncture showed 96% symptom relie...

Doyle Bramhall II - guitarist, healer, and longtime collaborator of Eric Clapton - joins Dr. Will Cole for his very first podcast appearance. Doyle shares the story of growing up immersed in the Austin music scene, the dark side of the flower power era, and the decades-long personal journey through plant medicine, breathwork, Reiki, and energy work that led to the healing practice he now facilitat...

UFC World Champion Miesha Tate joins Dr. Will Cole for one of the most honest conversations about an athlete's relationship with food, hormones, and identity ever recorded on this show. Miesha shares her journey from a broke college kid fighting in a barn to winning a world title — and what it cost her: eating disorders, yo-yo dieting for 14 years, a hypothyroidism diagnosis at 19, losing her peri...

In this Ask Me Anything episode, Dr. Will Cole and his team answer three listener questions that go deeper than most: BPC-157 for osteopenia at 35 and the full food-first bone density protocol, what to do when you live within a mile of a golf course and have Hashimoto's while pregnant, and ovarian cysts with a doctor who only offers birth control. They also cover the PCOS-to-PMOS name change — wha...

Sisley Fraser - holistic nutritionist, and one of the leading voices in functional skin health - joins Dr. Will Cole for a comprehensive, root-cause conversation on what acne is actually communicating and what to do about it. They cover the gut-skin axis, TCM face mapping, how acne timing in the menstrual cycle points to specific hormonal imbalances, the A1 vs. A2 dairy debate, phytoestrogenic foo...

Illie Balaj - founder of Healthillie and one of the most relatable voices in the wellness space - joins Dr. Will Cole for a conversation that covers everything from the Kellogg's artificial dye protest to two years of navigating an unexplained fertility journey. They talk about the tribal pushback that followed the food dye movement, why the dietary guidelines function more as a lobbying tool than...

Dr. Judy Morgan - integrative veterinarian, author of nine books, and one of the leading voices in holistic pet health - joins Dr. Will Cole to pull back the curtain on what conventional veterinary medicine has been getting catastrophically wrong. They cover what's actually in commercial kibble (including why it may legally contain euthanasia solution), why annual vaccinations are largely unnecess...

Emma Dunwoody - master coach, human design expert, and author of Human Design Made Simple - joins Dr. Will Cole for a wide-ranging conversation on the energetic blueprint beneath our personality, how we're designed to make decisions, and why trying to live someone else's design is one of the most common sources of exhaustion and disconnection. They cover the five human design types, the gene keys...

In this Ask Me Anything episode, Dr. Will Cole and his team answer listener questions on canker sores (and when they're a sign of something more), MCAS and mold toxicity in a school classroom, autoimmune thrombocytopenia in a 23-year-old naturopathic medical student with Hashimoto's and PCOS, and whether cast iron skillet seasoning is actually a health concern. They also cover the EMF-mold connect...

Dr. Robin Berzin, founder and CEO of Parsley Health, joins Dr. Will Cole live at Eudemonia for a wide-ranging conversation between two of functional medicine's most prominent voices. They cover the state of functional medicine and where the longevity trend gets it right - and wrong - the lab tests Parsley has used for a decade across 50,000 patients, why DEXA scans should start at 35 (not 65), the...

Dr. Dennis Gross - board-certified dermatologist, melanoma researcher, and founder of Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare - joins Dr. Will Cole for a masterclass on everything your skin is trying to tell you. They cover the molecular mechanism behind UV-induced DNA damage and skin cancer, the ABCD mole-check method, why freckles signal past damage, and how to actually read an SPF label. Dr. Gross explains t...

Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo join Dr. Will Cole for a conversation that goes far deeper than anyone planned - in the best possible way. They share how they met through a sister's scheme and a missions trip to Honduras, what it was like to navigate the Duggar family's courtship process as an outsider, and how listening to 60-plus hours of Bill Gothard's teachings together cracked open everything Jinger...

In this Ask Me Anything episode, Dr. Will Cole and his team tackle listener questions on periorbital edema with Hashimoto's, what your fingernails are communicating about your metabolic and immune health, and the oral vs. injectable GLP-1 debate. They also address a question that's generating a lot of conversation online: are GLP-1 medications blunting dopamine in ways that affect desire, relation...

Registered dietitian and personal trainer Rachael DeVaux joins Dr. Will Cole to make the case for protein as the most important - and most underestimated - macro in most people's diets. They cover how much protein you actually need, why breakfast is the most critical meal to front-load it, the complete vs. incomplete protein debate, and what the new HHS dietary guidelines finally got right. Rachae...

Functional medicine dietitians Ali Miller RD and Becki Yoo RD join Dr. Will Cole to talk about their new book Naturally Nourished Kids - a practical, science-backed guide to feeding children for brain health, metabolic resilience, and long-term wellbeing. They cover the role of protein in children's cognitive development, how to handle picky eaters using a compassion-and-consistency framework, the...

Jessica Maguire - physiotherapist, nervous system researcher, and founder of Repairing the Nervous System - joins Dr. Will Cole for one of the most scientifically rich conversations the podcast has had on trauma, regulation, and healing. They cover the eight sensory systems, the overlooked science of interoception, why IBS has been reclassified as a gut-brain disorder, the freeze and collapse resp...

In this Ask Me Anything episode, Dr. Will Cole and his team answer listener questions on postpartum hormone support, the shingles vaccine, and colon hydrotherapy - plus a breakdown of recent health policy news worth paying attention to. They cover the ancestral food framework for postpartum recovery, how to weigh vaccine decisions using actual data rather than fear or ideology, what colonics can a...

In this special episode, Dr. Will Cole takes the stage at Wanderlust to deliver one of his most comprehensive talks on the bi-directional relationship between gut health and mental health. He covers the science of neuroinflammation, leaky gut, intergenerational trauma, and why standard lab reference ranges are failing patients - along with the specific tools, supplements, and mind-body practices t...