The Dr. Darian Parker Podcast

Riley is the CEO of Sofia Health, a marketplace that connects consumers and wellness providers to bridge the gap in our health system that doesn't address an individuals' needs holistically. The platform provides professionals with business management tools to scale their practice including real-time scheduling and payment processing while the online marketplace delivers an accessible and simple e...

Lauren is an integrative wellness practitioner, cellular biologist, medical cannabis educator, psychedelics expert, and future women's health physician. She is also the founder of Transcendence Consulting, providing a wide range of services. Whether you need operations guidance with your psychedelic business, or were recently diagnosed with a condition that would benefit from the use of cannabis a...

After surviving the 50's and 60's, as well as twenty years in toxic academia as a professor, Lorraine Segal was inspired to start her own business, Conflict Remedy, happily teaching, coaching, blogging, and consulting around workplace conflict transformation. She is addicted to reading novels and enjoys walking in beautiful Northern California, where she lives with her wife. Her cartoon muse, Book...

C'mon...you know you love Rocky III. Club Lang, Rocky and who could forget Hulk Hogan playing Thunderlips...the Ultimate Male. Simon and Darian break down Rocky III, talk about who Simon's new podcast is truly awesome and how the guys are such good friends even though they have never met each other in person. Links from the Show: Everything I Hate About Me (Simon's Pod) [https://podcasts.apple.com...

Thank you for everyone who supported Decoding Diet Culture by downloading and/or listening to different episodes. To make it more convenient to listen to, we have combined all the episodes into one file so you can listen straight through to every episode. Enjoy! Ep 1. Decoding Diet Culture: Diet Culture Lies Oh, diet culture. How you annoy us. This episode details the most common lies diet culture...

Whitney Tougas (she/her) is an international expression, intimacy, and pleasure coach; kink and sexual integration educator who teaches woman (and other humans) how to have life-changing, transcendent pleasure, build thriving intimate relationships, and live performance-free and fully seen. She believe sex and relationships offer opportunities for deep healing, expansion, and self-actualization bu...

Scott Schutte is a personal trainer, weight loss behavior coach, gym owner, and fitness educator. He has successfully guided thousands of people on their fitness journey. His education and experience have led him to work with many clients and educate other fitness professionals on how to be successful coaches with an emphasis on behavior change. Dr. Janine Stichter has been in the field of behavio...

Felicity Azura is the host of Pro Cuddle Hustle Podcast. She runs the world's first and only podcast on professional cuddling. She is also a sex worker activist, so she brings tons of nuance into conversations about the cuddle industry. Outside of the adult industry, Azura strives to become a self-published writer, history teacher, dance teacher, and BDSM educator. Where to listen to Pro Cuddle Hu...

Jennifer Montjoy (she/her) resides in Tucson, Arizona, the traditional homeland of the Tohono O'odham peoples. She is an LGBTQIA+ ally and advocates for BIPOC and female leadership in the psychedelic sciences through the Transpersonal Research Institute of Psychotherapeutic Psychedelics, or TRIPP, a public service non-profit she founded in 2021. Jennifer brings a holistic approach to her mental we...

Simon and Darian discuss the "black face" scene in Trading places, learn why Simon quit the play he was in, why we fail at artistic endeavors most of the time and how America has an acceptance of lying problem. https://www.urbanjackproductions.com/ https://www.doctordarianparker.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dr-ds-social-network/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redci...

Carson has known she was a writer since she was little, though at various points in her life it was an inconvenient truth. In her twenties, she tried a bunch of different jobs (chiefly in sales, though she did have a gig as an office assistant that resulted in her untimely firing). She has lived most of her life in New York, apart from her 24th year, which was spent in southeastern France. She ret...

Michael Piercy, MS,CSCS*D, RSCC, PES is the Owner and founder of The LAB in Fairfield, New Jersey. He is the recipient of both the 2017 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year award and the 2013 TRX FACEUP award for Overall Instructor of the Year. He is an international Presenter & Speaker as well as Subject matter Expert for multiple major brands.  As a former professional baseball player, he brings a...

Denise Garrett is an expert at giving people the proven strategies, tools, encouragement, and support they need to overcome the "if onlys" in life so they achieve their dreams and enjoy their best life. As a former firefighter, she knows what it's like to fight fires and deal with tragedies - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. As her county's 1st and only female firefighter during...

If you know exercise is good for you but not sure what kind, how much or how to motivate yourself to do it (without rewarding yourself with a brownie afterwards), join Dr. Darian Parker, behavior change expert and personal trainer along with Cassie Christopher, Registered Dietitian specializing in postmenopausal weight loss, to discover the 4 myths that derail your weight loss progress and what re...

Lee Jagger is a Sexpert and Founder of Rock The Bedroom, where she has helped thousands of women claim their confidence and creativity in the bedroom using her signature erotic massage techniques. After going from Sex Worker to Sexpert, Lee has made it her mission to normalize conversations around sexuality and make obligatory sex become a thing of the past. Her "hands-on" experience with over 2,0...

In this episode we review the movie, Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. We also talk about Simon being cast in a play, why Tom Hanks thinks he has only four good movies and more!  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dr-ds-social-network/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We live in a world of comparison shopping, especially when it comes to our own self and body images. Words have power and the words we use to speak to ourselves about our bodies and physical appearance can either support body respect or erode it. Find out how to nurture a healthy relationship with your body in this episode. Audio Credits: Dr. Erin Nitschke (Main Speaker) email: erinmd03@gmail.com...

Amanda Presgraves approaches life similarly to designing NonRecipes—believing that how we nourish ourselves can start with our plates, but extends beyond to our inner and outer world, and the complex systems involved. She uniquely integrates her expertise across food and health, business, athletics, community development and mindset as a: Professional USA Triathlete and Ultra-Endurance Off-Road At...

Voted one of Detroit's best podcasts in 2020 and 2021! The Homance Chronicles is a lifestyle podcast hosted by Nicole Bonneville and Sarah Andonian. They have a 'homance,' a girl version of a bromance. They've been friends for a decade and have gone through some shit, so why not share it? Everything from dating disasters and sex fails to finding their self-worth with experts from across the world....

What's the first thing practitioners do during a physical exam? They ask you to step on the scale. The scale number represents your relationship with gravity and is an incomplete picture of health. Find out how to better measure physical progress by ditching the scale. Audio Credits: Dr. Erin Nitschke (Main Speaker) email: erinmd03@gmail.com IG: @nitschkeerin Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

Friends, sometimes you can give everything you have. Be as smart as you can be with your decisions and pursuits and you still won't get what you want. Sometimes your best isn't good enough. This has been true since the dawn of time and this lesson needs to be revisited from time to time. Press play and learn why this isn't a bad thing and how you can grow from not getting what you want all the tim...

Simon and Darian start out talking about the whacky and weird nature of Christian Nationalism and overall extremism and then delve into a collage of movie reviews to include Kindergarten Cop, Groundhog Day and Thor Love and Thunder. Which one did Darian turn off early because it was so bad? And what does Simon think about his own intelligence? All this in more in this episode of Arbiters of Bad Ta...

Lori is a holistic fitness trainer and start up tech leader. After five years in the corporate world, she noticed that teammates who were under-performing were typically under a great deal of stress in the home and unable to prioritize high performance habits. So she studied fitness, yoga, and psychology. Throughout her studies in India and Australia, she also observed that the same burnout cultur...

The "fit fluencer" is a persona and (almost always) lacking an education, knowledge, and credentials. These individuals are also promoters of diet culture, constant calorie counting, and other obsessive practices. This episode reveals the caution cones you should avoid when seeking fitness or nutrition guidance. Audio Credits: Dr. Erin Nitschke (Main Speaker) email: erinmd03@gmail.com IG: @nitschk...

I'm Steph.   I enjoy writing, reading, drinking, terrible television and dancing around my living room to Beyoncé or T-Swift.  I studied script writing a long time ago. I stumbled into a life of administration even longer ago.  I've wanted to be a writer even before all of that. I self-published parts one and two of 'The Light' over the last few years and it was without doubt one of my proudest an...