The Well Life Podcast

Hidden toxins are everyday chemicals in our air, food, water, and products that build up and overload the body's natural filtering systems. They primarily come from common plastics, artificial fragrances, non-stick cookware, and personal care products. The Trap of Synthetic Fragrances What they are: Artificial scents found in plug-ins, commercial air fresheners, candles, and perfumes. The hidden d...

SUMMER STRESS DETOX  Summer is often portrayed as a season of relaxation, sunshine, vacations, and carefree living. But for many, summer can feel just as busy and stressful as every other season. There are family obligations, travel plans, social events, caregiving responsibilities, work demands, and the constant pressure to keep up with everyone's needs. So, let’s talk about something many of us...

TAPPING for Health and more.  From The Tapping Solution In this episode, we are bringing you information from The Tapping Solution. We’ve included a link to their website so you can take a deeper dive into the information if something we have shared intrigues you. With that, let’s start tapping! Tapping combines gentle touch on acupressure points with focused attention on what's bothering you. Thi...

Visualization is nothing more than the formation of mental visual images    Visualization is not "manifesting" or wishing things into existence. Rather, it is intentionally focusing the mind on God's truth and the future He is calling us toward.    "Your conscious mind chooses the destination. Your subconscious mind drives the vehicle. Visualization helps ensure they're traveling in the same direc...

Mid-Year Wellness Check-In You Don't Need a New Year to Make a New Start  Can you believe we're already halfway through the year? June marks the midpoint of the year, and it's the perfect time to pause, reflect, and ask ourselves an important question: How am I doing with the goals I set for my health and wellness? Not how I hoped I'd be doing. Not how I planned to be doing. But honestly—how am I...

“Today’s episode is a little different. We are not teaching… we are sharing. Because we believe there are moments in life where God isn’t just working through you—He’s working in you. And right now… we are in one of those moments.” Glenda - Where am I Right Now?  “I’m in a season of building, stretching, and honestly—becoming. My one word that God gave me for 2026 was “rebirth”.  "meaning to be bo...

Care for Your Soul Survey   On a scale from 0–10 (0 being way out of whack and 10 being you are in perfect health and balance), how healthy and balanced do you feel you are in the following areas?   Spiritually   1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10    Physically   1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10   Financially  1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10   Relationally 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 •...

Heart rate variability measures the time intervals between heartbeats — a direct window into how your nervous system balances stress and recovery. Those fluctuations reflect the balance between your sympathetic system (fight or flight) and parasympathetic system (rest and repair). It reflects how well the autonomic nervous system (which is sympathetic and parasympathetic) manages stress and recove...

Cleansing, renewal, flow, rest, and stewardship of the body is how God designed the human body systems to function.    Spiritual cleansing  Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Connection: “Just like David asked God to cleanse his heart, our bodies were also designed with systems that cleanse us daily—physically and spiritually.” John 7:38 “He who be...

The modern holiday was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held the first Mother's Day service of worship at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia.   Andrew's Methodist Church now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine] Her campaign to make Mother's Day a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Ann Jarv...

Discovering what’s new in Natural Medicine and what’s to come.  We welcome back Dr Jennifer Joy. (Episode 26)   Dr. Joy started with an interest in medicine from a young age. Her father was an orthopedic surgeon and her mother a school psychologist.  Knowing she wanted to be a doctor she studied biology and environmental sciences while finishing a pre-med curriculum at Cornell College.  Dr. Joy be...

National Stress Awareness Month. The theme for Stress Awareness Month April 2026 is #BeTheChange Symptoms that stress is affecting your mental health: anxiety depression increased irritability panic attacks general sadness lack of motivation restlessness  Physical symptoms.  digestive issues like stomach aches, diarrhea and nausea  headaches or dizziness muscle tension or body aches and pains, esp...

Today, as we record, it is World Health Day.  7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. This years theme is “Together for health. Stand with science.” celebrating the power of scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants, and the plane.    While controversial, we want to lean into your overall health and how we can change the world thro...

End-Of-Quarter Reflection  “If you play it safe in life, you’ve decided that you don’t want to grow anymore.” Shirley Hufstedler To live a Well-Life, planning your life effectively and achieving your goals is important. Begin by identifying your core values and vision. Next, set SMART or SMARTER goals—those that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. And the ER stands for...

Passover (Pesach) begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 1, and ends at nightfall on Thursday, April 9, while Easter is celebrated on Sunday, April 5th Passover:  'The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. 'Exodus 12:13 On this day, the Jewish people read Song of Solomon, a...

Palm Sunday - 23rd - Process to the promise:  Pain - Perseverance - Promise “Stop dwelling on the past. Don’t even remember these former things. I am doing something brand new, something unheard of. Even now it sprouts and grows and matures. Don’t you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and open up flowing streams in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19   REFRAMING FAILURE   But failure is th...

Facts about Regenerative Foods   Regenerative agriculture is a holistic land management practice that seeks to improve soil health, increase biodiversity, and promote ecosystem resilience. This approach goes beyond sustainable agriculture, aiming to regenerate degraded soils and reverse environmental damage caused by conventional farming practices.   According to Regenerative Farmers of America: S...

The New Food Pyramid vs. the Old  For decades, dietary guidance taught that a healthy diet was built on grains. Bread, cereal, pasta, and rice formed the base of the original food pyramid, signaling that carbohydrates should make up the largest portion of daily intake. Protein and fat—especially animal fat—were placed near the top, implying they should be limited.   That model shaped school lunche...

What is ProLon ProLon is a five-day fasting-mimicking protocol developed by Dr. Valter Longo and colleagues. It provides roughly 700–1100 calories per day in plant-based, mostly fat- and complex-carb-rich foods. The idea is to trigger fasting-like metabolic changes—think cellular housekeeping—without the complete deprivation of a water-only fast.   Dr. Longo:  Dr. Valter Longo is the Edna M. Jones...

National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month is observed in the United States every February. Its primary goal is to raise awareness about cancer prevention and encourage individuals to take proactive steps to reduce their risk of developing cancer.   The federal government estimated that about 2 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) in 2025, and that mor...

Lent is a season observed by many traditions with fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. It’s a rhythm that invites us into a slower pace, a kind of deliberate uncluttering of our lives. Surrender, in this context, isn’t giving up hope or giving in to pain—it’s choosing to release control of things that aren’t serving our deepest good so we can attend to what loves us and what we love in return.   The r...

Saturday is Valentine's Day! Whether you celebrate it or not, we want to talk about our heart posture. First, some history:  It is around 265A.D. and the Roman Emperor Claudius has made it a law that young men are not to marry. He believes that they will fight with more abandon in war if they don’t have a wife and family to worry about. This results in a culture that becomes more and more vile. Po...

Gluteal tendinopathy is a type of tendon disorder in the hip and buttocks area. The disorder causes the tendon tissue to break down or deteriorate. Gluteal tendinopathy is a common cause of hip pain, especially in older women.    Women who are over 40, especially those who have completed menopause, are more prone to hip pain and gluteal tendinopathy   declining estrogen, which affects cartilage, l...

We are at the end of the first month of the New Year, and many of us have asked the familiar questions: What goals should I set? What do I want to accomplish? What needs to change? But today, we want to invite you to pause and consider a different question—one that is far more powerful: Who am I becoming? Because the truth is this –  Your life does not move in the direction of your goals.  It move...

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day we pause not only to remember a great man, but to reflect on a life well lived. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often remembered for his speeches, his leadership, and his dream. But what sustained that dream was not a moment—it was a disciplined life, anchored in faith, purpose, and moral conviction. Today, we’re not revisiting history alone.  We’re asking...