The Root Cause Reset

What if overweight and obesity aren’t simply about calories or willpower—but about lifestyle patterns that influence metabolism, stress, sleep, and behavior? In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Donovan Carper, a registered nurse, ACE-certified health coach, personal trainer, and master’s-prepared lifestyle medicine advocate at Lancaster Wellness. Donovan ble...

Strength training isn’t just about building muscle—it’s one of the most powerful tools we have for longevity, resilience, and healthy aging. In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Andrea Lepcio, founder of Mighty Fit and an experienced personal trainer, yoga teacher, Mat Pilates instructor, and Tai Chi practitioner. Andrea describes herself as “compassionately...

Relationships rarely fall apart overnight. More often, they slowly drift into patterns of conflict, emotional distance, and broken trust that feel impossible to repair. In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Dan Sneider, a private practice couples therapist and founder of Growth and Gratitude Therapy. Dan specializes in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) — one o...

What happens when the very medications meant to help your mental health begin harming your body and brain? In this powerful episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Amber Cummings, holistic mental health coach and founder of Mental Health Rebels. Amber shares her extraordinary journey of healing after 22 years on psychiatric medications, including antidepressants and ben...

What if midlife isn’t a breakdown — but a threshold? In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Alison Litchfield, who works with the whole person — body, mind, and spirit — through somatic practice, psycho-emotional awareness, fascia work, posture, breath, and nervous system intelligence. Alison views physical symptoms not as problems to suppress, but as communica...

If you’ve been diagnosed with SIBO — or suspect you have it — but keep relapsing, this episode is for you. In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Kristen Blake, founder of Kristen Blake Wellness, an extremely high-touch functional medicine practice that refuses to let clients fall through the cracks. Kristen and her team walk alongside clients every step of the...

What if the peace you’re searching for isn’t something you need to earn but something your nervous system needs to remember? In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider is joined by Paty “Mariposa” Hernandez, a holistic healer and clinically trained social worker with over 20 years of experience bridging traditional mental health care and energy healing. Together, they explore how...

You don’t need another stress management hack. You need full-spectrum healing — from the cells in your body to the stories in your mind to the calling of your soul. In this episode, Dr. Trish sits down with Miriam Putnam, holistic mental health advocate and founder of the We Help Group, who’s been helping people heal from the inside out for 25+ years. Miriam’s work goes beyond quick fixes — her pr...

with Steven Wright, HealthyGut.com You’ve cut the gluten. Ditched the dairy. Tried the low-FODMAP, AIP, keto, vegan, paleo — and somehow, your gut still feels wrecked. This episode flips the script on what’s actually keeping you sick. Steven Wright, founder of HealthyGut.com , has been in the gut health game since 2009 — before the microbiome became a buzzword. With a background in electrical engi...

“You’re fine.” That’s what the labs say. That’s what the doctor says. But you know something’s off. In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, we sit down with Jeanine Tackla — a board-certified Nurse Practitioner who’s rewriting the rules of what “fine” really means. As a provider at BWell Clinic, Jeanine specializes in root-cause medicine for women who are done being gaslit by normal labs, vague s...

You’re not stuck because you’re weak. You’re stuck because your nervous system is fighting for survival. In this episode, Dr. Trish sits down with Jim Hall — 40-year fitness coach, Parkinson’s specialist, and alignment-based wellness author — to talk about the real root cause most people miss: chronic, unrelenting stress. With over 60,000 coaching sessions under his belt, Jim shares why even the m...

In this episode of The Root Cause Reset, Dr. Trish Schneider sits down with Kayzim Suarez of Sure Psychological Services for a powerful conversation about what truly sits beneath behavior, emotional dysregulation, and persistent mental health struggles. Together, they explore why so many individuals and families feel stuck after “trying everything,” how nervous system overwhelm and relational dyna...

We’ve been labeling kids with ADHD, anxiety, and defiance for decades — but what if those “problems” were actually protective responses? In this jaw-dropping episode of The Root Cause Reset, clinical psychologist Dr. Elie Saltzman pulls back the curtain on what’s really going on in your child’s brain — and why the system keeps getting it wrong. From trauma to toxic school environments, and the men...

You’re exhausted. Your labs are “normal.” Your doctor says you’re fine — but you know you’re not. In this powerful episode, Dr. Trish sits down with Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner and Functional Medicine expert Chelsey Leveling], who shares her own story of being failed by conventional care — and how it led her to uncover the deeper answers most providers miss. Together, they unpack why sympto...

In this episode, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Mental Health Specialist Melissa Smith exposes how the current system overdiagnoses, overmedicates, and overlooks the real root causes.

In this episode of the Root Cause Reset Podcast , host Trish Schneider talks with Dr. Dorothy Novitskie, a forensic and clinical psychologist, about her journey into forensic psychology, the realities of working in correctional settings, and what her work reveals about trauma, resilience, and human behavior.