The Shivan Show with Shivan Sarna

You finished the antibiotics and the UTI came back, and Ruth Kriz, a nurse practitioner who specializes in chronic UTI and interstitial cystitis, is increasingly convinced ammonia is a huge player in recurrent UTIs. She has 35 years in the interstitial cystitis community, including a funded national study presented at an NIH technical conference. In Part 2 she explains how ammonia that concentrate...

Most people try to heal trauma by going straight into the past. Dr. Aimie Apigian, a physician and the author of The Biology of Trauma, says they skip the step that comes first: making it safe to change. To your nervous system, familiar feels safe, even when familiar is unhealthy. We get into the signs of unresolved trauma in your work, your relationships and your health, what forgiveness means wh...

A negative culture is supposed to mean the infection has gone. Ruth Kriz is a nurse practitioner who spent 35 years on chronic UTI and interstitial cystitis. She says that in a chronic case a clean result often means the test could not reach it. The bacteria may be embedded in biofilm in the bladder wall. A culture may not find them. Antibiotics may not reach them. I asked her what accurate testin...

You are not unhappy exactly. You are feeling stuck in life, and it has gone on long enough that it feels like the shape of things rather than a phase. Barbara Barna Abel says the thing that started it is rarely what keeps you there. What keeps you there is the blame, the shame, and the belief that you earned it. Barbara is a communications coach, author and host of the podcast Camera Ready & Abel....

What does live television at two in the morning actually do to you? Are the calls real, or is somebody feeding you a script? And what happens when you walk away from the job that paid for your hair, your clothes and your bills? Helen Keaney and I were both hosts at HSN, and she is a national headliner now, doing stand up full time in a city where she knew nobody when she arrived. I did twenty four...

What holds a marriage together once love on its own has stopped carrying it? What do they actually want from you on a Medicaid application? And what if God is not waiting for you to be better? These are the ones I wish somebody had told me sooner. I go through the sentence a monastic said that undid years of tension in me, the sales advice I turned my nose up at when I was twenty, the five year lo...

Most people look around the house, see no mold, and decide it is not their problem. Sinclair Kennally says mold in your house is usually not visible, and that hiring an inspector first is the most expensive way to find out. She runs a mold test kit herself first, before anyone comes through the door, and she does not let the person assessing the house be the person paid to rip out the walls. Sincl...

You try the supplement everyone swears by, it does nothing in three days, and you quietly stop hoping. Dr. Jenny Tufenkian calls that the myth of the one thing, and she says it is the trap people with long COVID brain fog and fatigue get stuck in. Dr. Tufenkian is a naturopathic physician with two decades of experience treating long COVID and ME/CFS fatigue. I asked her how you know if your fatigu...

You have tried the diet, the supplements and the medication, and you are still in the same chronic pattern. Dr. Ilana Gurevich says a nervous system that shuts down after surgery, injury, scars or chronic infection leaves a blind spot, and neural therapy is the attempt to bring that spot back online. Dr. Gurevich is a naturopathic physician and a Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Gastro...

Clutter may seem harmless, but it can quietly shape your stress levels, decisions, and overall wellbeing. Discover how a shame-free approach to holistic decluttering can help you uncover the emotional root of clutter, regulate your nervous system, and create space for a lighter, more intentional life. Heather Aardema, founder of School of Living Lighter, shares how clutter is often connected to ch...

Living with SIBO can feel isolating, confusing, and overwhelming, but there are answers and there is hope. I share my personal journey with SIBO, from years of unexplained digestive symptoms and food fears to discovering the root causes that changed everything, so you can learn what may be keeping symptoms going and what helped me move forward. I've spent years researching SIBO, working alongside...

Could your everyday habits be shaping your future health more than your genes? In this conversation, we explore the Terrain Ten™ and why understanding your body’s unique environment may be such an important part of supporting long-term wellness. Dr. Nasha Winters is a naturopathic oncologist, researcher, and author of The Metabolic Approach to Cancer. She has a real gift for making complex health...

Have you ever found yourself making excuses for someone who keeps hurting you? Learning to recognize the signs of a narcissistic relationship can help you reclaim your boundaries, protect your energy, and rebuild the life you deserve. I share my personal experience with narcissistic relationships, the empathy trap, high conflict personalities, and the practical tools that helped me reclaim my sove...

Cancer isn't just about genetics. The environment inside your body plays a bigger role than most people realize, and understanding that could change how we think about prevention, treatment, and long-term health. Joining me is Dr. Nasha Winters, a metabolic oncology expert, educator, and stage IV ovarian cancer survivor whose work has transformed how clinicians approach cancer prevention and integ...

Successful SIBO treatment requires more than just antibiotics. In this in-depth conversation with Dr. Allison Siebecker, one of the world’s leading SIBO experts, we explore how to match treatment to your SIBO gas type, reduce relapse risk, and support long-term gut health and microbiome recovery. If you haven’t watched Part 1 yet (links below), start there for a complete understanding of SIBO caus...

Could years of bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and digestive discomfort actually be caused by SIBO instead of IBS? Understanding the connection between gut bacteria, motility, and the microbiome could completely change your approach to healing. Dr. Allison Siebecker, one of the world's leading SIBO experts, explains how food poisoning, breath testing, and proven treatment strategies can help unc...

What if your hardest seasons were never meant to go to waste? In this first episode of The Shivan Show, I share the personal mission behind the podcast and explore how health, wealth, wisdom, gut health, functional medicine, financial wellness, meditation, and personal growth are deeply connected. After more than 20 years on live television and conversations with over 300 leading health and wellne...

You know that feeling when someone finally explains something you'd been confused about for years, and you think, why didn't anyone tell me this sooner? That's what this podcast is for. Every week, I sit down with doctors, financial experts, and people who've genuinely been through it, and we talk. Really talk. About the things that actually affect how you feel, how you live, and how you make deci...