Thrive and Aligned Healing

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Toby Johnson DPT about CrossFit and its safety.    As a physician, Dr. Carmen has a lot of concerns about CrossFit and how it has impacted her patients.    Repeated injury, multiple bouts of Rhabdo what is going on?    Dr. Toby dives into what he has seen and his perspective.   For more info check out:  www.kodacrossfitnorma...

We all know we want and need boundaries, but they feel so icky.    Creating walls, divides hard lines in the sand, threatening others.  None of that feels good.   So we find ourselves not making them, feeling like victims becomes others are respecting our boundaries.    There is a BETTER way to make boundaries. Ones that honor you and honor the other person. A way to...

Emilia joins us today to talk about Yoga. After surviving a life-threatening car wreck (she and her husband were hit by a drunk driver) Emilie found Yoga.  Her husband was in a rehabilitation hospital for spinal and brain damage and as Emilia was living there with him she found herself going back to her dorm room turning on youtube and practicing yoga.  Fast forward four years later and...

Ep 46 Dr. Carmen and Coach Kimberly discuss what plants are the most important to be growing at home and why.   How to start a garden in any space.    Where to get seeds/plants   When to get started.    Links:   Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds   Native Seeds Environmental Working Group   Thrive and Aligned Book Club

Beliefs are thoughts that have been thought over and over again.  When we see a belief that doesn't serve us and we want to move to a belief we believe is better it is a process.   The first step is Disbelief  The second step is Possibility  The third step is Inevitability.    We discuss this process in today's podcast episode.   www.thriveandalignedhealing.com

In this episode, Dr. Carmen and Coach Kimberly discuss Feminine & Masculine energy.  Chinese medicine take on it and how it fits into the yin and yang.  Why these energies have nothing to do with gender.  How the imbalance and balance of them impact our lives. Why both energies have to be balanced to achieve success.  Click Here to learn more about Book Club 

In this episode, Dr. Carmen and Coach Kimberly dive into how individuals that have had COVID-19 are being impacted in their workouts and sports post the 10-day window. If you are someone that loves to workout or plays a sport and has had COVID-19 you may have noticed heading back to the gym or the field of play doesn't feel the same.  As a CrossFit athlete and someone that had COVID-19 return...

In Ep 42 Dr. Carmen & Coach Kim dive into Kim's experience of having COVID-19 and how it impacted her brain health causing depression and panic attacks.  The ladies discuss how the virus attacks cells in the brain, how depression/anxiety/panic/irritation can all be symptoms that arise during the infection.  This is not a symptom that is being talked about and needs to be. Suffering m...

In Ep 41 Dr. Carmen and Coach Kimberly talk with the fabulous Dr. Amanda Rook DPT about the pelvic floor. Dr. Amanda is a physical therapist that specializes in the pelvic floor.  She discusses commons myths around pelvic floor issues in women and men. How surgery isn't always the only option and why Kegels aren't always the answer either.  The ladies dive into peeing, pooping, and sex.&...

2021 is here and a lot of us want to believe that a new year is going to change things and the vaccine has proved hope for many too. However when we place our hope in things changing outside of us we are usually disappointed.  Change has to come from within. Control is gained by realizing we are the locus of control in our lives. We dive into these topics. www.thriveandalignedhealing.com/book...

*Let's first note that obviously, Dr. Carmen & Coach Kimberly are newbies in the astrology community ;) This episode dives into how to move out of 2020 and all the uncertainty and fear and move into an empowered 2021. Why 2020 took such a toll on us and how and why empowerment is where healing begins.  https://www.thriveandalignedhealing.com/book-club

In Ep 38 Dr. Carmen Jones along with Life Coach Kimberly Jarman dives into EFT/Tapping.  How it works, why it works, and how to do it.  Tapping has a lot of research backing its benefits.  It can help with PTSD, stress, anxiety, trauma healing, automatic negative thoughts. This episode is unique because we launched our Youtube channel and the video is on our channel so you can visua...

In this episode, we talk about the 2020 Holidays and the additional stress and fear this year has given us.  Dr. Carmen Jones & Life Coach Kimberly Jarman discuss ways to support your mental health as we gear up for Christmas. How to handle the fear, stress, and anxiety from this year with the added holiday stress.  Brainstorming different ideas for gifts, new traditions, and ways to...

In this episode, Dr. Carmen Jones ND along with Life Coach Kimberly Jarman talk about expectations. The All or Nothing thinking that causes us to tailspin and how to move to a place where you are achieving your expectations instead of being heartbroken with each step backward.   When we tailspin we usually begin to self-sabotage and we don't even recognize that is what we are doing. However,...

In this episode, Dr. Carmen Jones ND along with Life Coach Kimberly Jarman discuss something a large amount of Americans deal with; Chronic Pain.  Instead of just addressing the symptoms by throwing Opioids at this they dig into root causes, ways to address it, the mind, body, soul connection around pain.  They dive into the Chinese Medicine perspective of where the pain comes from as we...

In this episode, Dr. Carmen Jones ND along with Life Coach Kimberly Jarman dive into the second part of this series.  The first episode discussed breath work and hydrotherapy, this episode discusses breath work to access the pineal gland.  Why access the pineal gland?  They discuss how accessing this gland can help meditators access their higher self and another dimension. Dr. Joe D...

In this episode, we talk about Hyrdrotherapry what it is and how this free therapy can have a big impact on your health. Then we dive into Breath Work and how the two go hand in hand.  This is a two-part series. Part two will be Ep 34 Breathe Work & the Pineal Gland We reference the outstanding Wim Hoff https://www.wimhofmethod. The Gaia channel Transedance Series season 1 episode Fear an...

This episode dives into aging and anti-aging. None of us want to look or feel old. Yet we have sold this rhetoric that aging equals weight gain, grey hair, wrinkles, aches, and pains. What if that is just marketing? What if aging doesn't have to be those things. What if we didn't have to have grey hair or wrinkles? We talk about the physiology behind aging, why typical "aging" things take place, a...

This week we have our first guest!!  Certified Life Coach Heather Ross joins us this week to talk about having a child that is an addict and how she helps their parents through this. We discuss parenting, the "mother is responsible for perfect kids" syndrome.  We talk about how addiction is just a symptom of something deeper. How even kids that aren't addicted but are suffering from perf...

In this episode we dive into what causes us, humans, to believe we are not worthy and not enough.  These beliefs are very deep-seated and the stories we play in our head come from age 0-7. We dissect our domestication, our parent's belief of their worthiness, and how religion creates these beliefs of unworthiness and not enough.  When we see it comes from beliefs handed down we can begin...

This week we talk about why Flu & Cold season begins in October-February.  How to be proactive, and how to address them if you get them. We discuss how viruses work and how our immune systems work to destroy viruses.  www.thriveandalignedhealing.com

In this episode, we dive into this month's book club book The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz. We talk about beliefs & thoughts where they originate from and how powerful our words are.  Our words become matter in this word by creating beliefs that we then take action from to affirm those beliefs. If we believe we are stupid then our brain feels obligated to look for evidence daily to...

This episode we discuss the different styles of Life Coaches and Life Coaching vs Therapy.  We dive into my mentor's model and how to get the results you want.  We discuss people-pleasing and honoring yourself.  www.thriveandalignedhealing.com @thrive_and_aligned_healing

In this episode, we dive into the essential oil world. Between over the counter oils, MLM's, and the Netflix Documentary [Un] Well episode about oils it is all so confusing.  We talk about essential oils, their benefit, and the downside. Dr. Carmen introduces us to Green Allopathy, OD, MD's, Integrative, functional, and Naturopathic medicine.  So good, this episode is so enlightening for...

This episode is so helpful if you struggle with allergies. We address the beliefs of being born with allergies, having to take allergy pills or shots for life, and childhood allergies.  We talk about how allergies develop. Foods that help alleviate allergies. What supplement can make a difference. If you missed Ep 23 about Leaky Gut here it is: https://anchor.fm/thriveandalignedhealing/episod...