The Autoimmune Hour

We welcome humor expert and professional standup comedian Alicia Dattner. She will share tips on making meaning during difficult times and on using humor and laughter to create a positive mindset and well-being, plus • Simple ways to exercise your laughter muscle, • How embodied writing can help get to the heart of the matter, • How to press pause on your inner critic, • Ways to cultivate compassi...

Fireworks of ‘A-ha’s’ will go off as we discover the great tips our guest, Connie Benjamin shares in this episode. Connie is the #1 International Best Selling Author of the book ‘Women With Fire™: Six Secrets to Purpose, Prosperity, and Passion,’ international speaker, and podcast host. Today, Connie shares her quick-start-parts of her proprietary My Fire Within System to help you live your purpos...

Did you know 77% of doctor’s visits are due to stress-related and stress-exacerbated illness? Our guest, Michele Johnson MHS, PA-C, is a Duke-trained Family Medicine Physician Assistant and Certified Professional Life Coach. She has traveled to Cuba and China to learn holistic approaches to medicine and healing in addition to her traditional Western medicine training. Known worldwide as The Pain F...

We welcome Robert G. Lahita MD, Ph. D. (AKA “Dr. Bob”), Director of the Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Diseases at Saint Joseph Health Newark, New Jersey. As the traditional flu and cold season return, he will share how the immune system works and proven ways to protect and strengthen our immune system, including: • Foods and nutrients that naturally boost immunity  • The lowdown on gettin...

Tonight is an encore presentation with Sarah Peyton, one of our most requested experts. She returns to share with us what creates resilience and how we can harness it and other ‘superpowers’ to optimize our well-being even in times of significant change. Given the current state of affairs, I thought what an important topic to revisit. Enjoy! And see you next week with a new episode. Sarah shares h...

Did you know that the state of our world has everything to do with our relationship with our Mother? That profound question from this week’s guest, Kerri Hummingbird, intrigued me… In this encore episode, Kerri and I chat about her best-selling book “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound.” It is an intriguing, insightful look at how the Mother Wound can unknowingly direct our decisions. She off...

In this episode, I catch up with patient advocate and friend Kristal Kent. It’s a free-flowing conversation we recently had about our best learnings from our wellness journey to thrivers and advocacy. Just some of what we chat about is: • The power of sharing stories of ‘invisible illness’ • How to talk about your diagnosis • Your diagnosis is not your identity • Uncovering medical ‘gaslighting’ •...

All too often, a medical diagnosis(es) will impact life successes. In this week’s episode, we welcome Simone Giangiordano, better known as Simone G, a lifestyle and business coach for those with health challenges. Through training entrepreneurship, Simone brings success and hope to those with visible and invisible health challenges. You’ll discover what she’s learned along the way, including • How...

In this episode, we chat with natural health expert Elizabeth Yarnell ND. She is also a patented inventor and multi-passionate entrepreneur focusing on chronic inflammation, how it influences our bodies and our lives, and overcoming it... She shares her personal MS recovery story and many of the techniques and tips she has learned on what has now become her life mission. She now runs a nationwide...

In this episode, we welcome Life and Business Coach and author of 'The BEING Zone' and its companion, 'The BEING Journal,' Marla Williams. Marla has transformed her life from one of stress, overwhelm, and illness into a life she loves. She created 'The BEING Zone System' and has changed the lives of over 1200 clients. And, here she shares several of her favorite techniques and tips and strategies...

In this episode, we welcome Therese Rosenblatt, Ph. D., psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author in private practice in New York. We chat about her new book, How Are You? Connection in a Virtual Age, published by Rosetta Books, on adapting to the ‘new’ normal, including transitioning back into the larger community. In addition to transitioning out of the pandemic, we chat about:  • How quarantine h...

All too often, thoughts, emotions, self-judgments, anxieties, worries, or even the actions of others can knock us off-balance and create stress and strife. All are well-known for creating turmoil, raising our physical stress responses, and in turn playing havoc with our well-being. Author Michael Goddart joins us to talk about his new book: 'A New Now: Your Guide to Mastering Wisdom Daily, Achievi...

You know how hearing a favorite song can bring a smile to your face? Or singing along will bring back happy memories? In this week’s episode, Sharon Carne, founder of Sound Wellness, shares how sound and music are a holistic well-being modality that helps bring the body, mind, emotions, and spirit back into harmony. And through the strategic and trained use of various instruments, including crysta...

Three Brains? Isn't one more than enough? Well, science now says we have three brains – the one in our HEAD, our HEART, and our GUT. Our guest Savio P. Clemente, NBC-HWC, ACC, shares how he overcame cancer and now helps others overcome the confusion of a life-changing diagnosis and gain clarity by using all three of our brains. Besides being a Board Certified Wellness Coach and a stage 3 cancer su...

This week we welcome back to The Autoimmune Hour Roberta Mittman, health and wellness expert, licensed acupuncturist, author, speaker, and founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York City. She's here to share her thoughts with us on a wide range of questions we have about ways to create a successful spring and summer as we re-emerge from recent global traumas, including: • Recovering f...

This week we welcome Minette Riordan Ph. D., a modern-day Renaissance woman: artist, writer, entrepreneur, and advocate for creativity being essential to our well-being. Creativity is not just about making art. It’s a way of thinking and being. Dr. Minette is a creative catalyst and mentor for artists and creatives who fondly call her the “Unicorn Squirrel Wrangler.” Her clients appreciate her uni...

One of my favorite quotes from this week’s guest, Dr. Sondra Barrett, is, “I find myself asking questions — where does knowledge come from, how can we make it useful for healing. That is what a scientist does — asks questions and looks for answers.”  Dr. Barrett refers to herself as a ‘recovering scientist.’ With a Ph. D. in biochemistry, post-doctoral fellowship in immunology,  and former faculty...

This week we welcome back MarBeth Dunn, an Intuitive Energy Management Maven, and her message that wellness and well-being are not simply curing the body. MarBeth brings to us helpful tips and techniques, including “Miracles don’t flow when you are too attached to a certain outcome” from her proprietary Miracle Breakthrough© System to help us achieve greater confidence, alignment, emotional freedo...

Here we are more than a year into the pandemic and many of our abilities to power through ‘all-this’ are stretched thin. What if you could calm down, refocus, and quell anxiety in as little as two minutes? Think about everything that would change if you could: • Sleep better and focus more • Not let anxiety rule your decisions • Have more time for what’s important • Let go of stress and angst effo...

Awe, the conveniences of modern life… can all the overhead power lines, indoor lighting, cellphones, tablets, Wi-Fi routers, smart meters, microwave ovens, some medical imaging systems, etc., be affecting our wellness and well-being? As time goes on, we’ve increased our exposure to EMFs exponentially with the advent of a multitude of artificial sources. In this episode, Dr. Anne Hill, ND, named on...

In this episode, we welcome the host of the JOY of LIVING Podcast and best-selling author Barry Shore. As the Ambassador of JOY, Barry is a change-maker and life transformer whose profound message of JOY has gone global. When I met Barry one of the many insights he shared with me was, "Your diagnosis is not your destiny" and Barry knows what he's talking about... Years ago, he was suddenly afflict...

Uncovering the root causes for your autoimmune issues too often feels like a true-life detective story... Just like there are many autoimmune diseases and immune system dysregulations, so too are known ‘triggers’ for autoimmune disease, including uncontrolled stress, poor diet, toxins, mold, and environmental allergens, even insufficient exercise, and interrupted sleep. Our guest, Dr. Ian Hollaman...

Are you feeling blocked or held back somehow? Are you struggling with your body having weird reactions out of the blue? Well, don’t wave the white flag yet... for in this episode, we welcome the author of the new book ‘Relatefully: How to gain great relationships from the inside out. Relationship Renovator Sheila Unique joins us to share from her personal experience and years dedicated to helping...

Tap Into the Power of Your Mind with BrainTap® Creator Patrick Porter Ph. D. In this episode, we welcome Patrick Porter Ph. D. to the show to talk about what stress and anxiety do to our brain, our well-being, and our overall health especially with the emotional toll of 2020 - what a one-two-three punch of a year that was for many of us. I asked Patrick to join us because I’ve seen some magical th...

Relationships — spouse, partner, and even friendships — are hard enough even in the best times. Add in a chronic or long-term condition, where one becomes a caregiver, and you add a new, unexpected dimension of roles. And one that often comes with little to no training! Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sharon Sayler chats with Michael Grinder. Michael, a master of communication, shares from his l...