What's Worthwhile - Healthy Living Motivation and Discussion

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How can the foods we eat cause, worsen, improve or correct chronic diseases and conditions? Functional medicine practitioner Dr. Kevin Smith has been in practice since 2001, and in that time, he has seen thousands of people regain their function, restore their health, overcome imbalances, preserve their independence, and decrease their reliance on medications. Dr. Smith is quick to point out that...

When is the right time to boldly blaze ahead? It’s easy to hold back, go along to get along, stay with the crowd, let someone else take the risk of innovating.  But how do you know when the time is right to begin, to push ahead, to try? Whether we’re talking about having difficult conversations, improving your health and wellness, or launching a new endeavor (like a podcast, a new raft of services...

How can we best take care of our brains, the amazing and useful biological structures that do so much for us?  Dr. Ryan Williamson is a board certified neurologist, founder of the online community Transcend Health, and author of the new book: The Incredible Brain.  Dr. Williamson offers an Acronym BRAIN which stands for Breathe, Rest, Active, Intake and Nurture, representing five pivotal actions w...

What’s worthwhile to focus on today? This is the 100th time that I’ve recorded and posted a message, and I’ve covered energy, political reform, building bridges between people, health & fitness, and Christian spirituality.  Although my recent efforts focus upon nutrition, holistic health and “Building Mind, Body and Spirit Wellness,” I feel the need to address recent events. One of the most pr...

Can you feel what your body is trying to tell you?  Angel Howard can! After an early corporate career and a shocking end to her marriage, Angel Howard began a quest to figure out what had gone wrong.  A lifelong dancer and dynamic person, she learned through several fields of study how our bodies experience and store difficult and traumatic experiences.  Today Angel works one-on-one and in group r...

While chasing your goals, do you feel at your best or do you feel kind of lousy? In order to work hard and succeed, you don’t need to feel stressed, exhausted, hangry, depleted, and starved all the time!  I just officially finished my Nutritional Therapy Practitioner certification.  As an NTP, I work with clients in 5 main areas: stress response management, sleep quality and quantity, blood sugar...

Do we need to feel past trauma to heal, or can we focus on positive signals instead to enable improvement?  Longtime therapist and founder of Organic Intelligence, Steven Hoskinson contends that a safer and gentler way to help our brains heal from past trauma is to look for and focus upon positive signals perceived in the environment as the basis for moving forward.  Steve and Ramsey discuss sever...

What does the psychedelic plant medicine Ayahuasca do, and why do people seek it out? Used for hundreds of years in Peru in traditional ceremonies, Ayahuasca creates an alternative mental state, and users report profound mental and physical impacts, often including significant improvements.  Michael Tierno is a transformational guide and relationship coach specializing in deep emotional healing an...

What are the unspoken beliefs about yourself, which govern your actions, and are they beneficial?  We all have them … those echoes of voices from past experiences and influential people telling us what to do, and more often, what NOT to do.  They keep us out of trouble, keep us in line, but also hold us back from exploring, growing, or expanding beyond our own imagined limitations.  Do you know wh...

What can a sample of your hair tell you about the minerals and heavy metals in your body? HTMA is Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis, and this protocol is a non-invasive, cost-effective way for people to learn about potential mineral deficiencies and heavy metal burdens that their bodies may have.  Diane Yoder is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who is trained and experienced in facilitating and inter...

How do we get exposed to Heavy Metals, how do we know, and how can we more effectively detox? Our bodies are designed to handle removing metals that it does not use, but large or prolonged exposures can be problematic, especially if our bodies are under-nourished, stressed out or sleep deprived.  Take a few minutes to learn what foods to eat to re-supply your body with what it needs to flush out t...

How can mindset shifts like being grateful change our perception of our condition and relieve physical symptoms? As a cardiologist who had worked more than 2,000 straight days, Dr. Julius Torelli had a massive heart attack.  But he chose to notice and appreciate the people, technologies, and medicines that could save his life. Today, Dr. Torelli helps people understand that gratefulness puts the b...

If Gratefulness is good feelings about the past, what are the alternatives, and why is Gratefulness so great? Many say that keeping a grateful state of mind is a powerful way to give our bodies a mindset to heal.  But what is up with the alternatives? What does it look and feel like to have bad feelings about the past or future, and what impacts do those have?  And what about having a positive out...

What can people do to support healthy cells and starve cancer cells? Recent research shows that healthy mitochondria not only provide energy, but also shut cells down when they malfunction, including cancer cells.  Further, cancer cells rely heavily on sugar fermentation instead of mitochondrial metabolism for energy.  Merlin Marquard learned this and more when he put his molecular biotech trainin...

What is Anxiety really, and how can we resolve it physically and in our thoughts? Anxiety is like a dark, ominous cloud over our mind, suspecting and suggesting that things will likely go horribly wrong somehow.  Why are we all so anxious these days?  Maybe because things seem so unpredictable, with one thing coming right after the next.  And maybe because we can hardly tell what’s real, and we of...

Guest Host Parfait Bassalé asks the questions: What’s next? When will you begin? It’s been more than a year and approaching 100 episodes of What’s Worthwhile, and Ramsey is now rolling out a new, expanded website; beginning to provide personal coaching and professional advising services; and working on a couple of books.  Listen in for the complete story of how Ramsey first asked what’s worthwhile...

Do you feel like you need sugar to function? Maybe you’re a Sugar Burner. But you can break free from the cravings. In his book Metabolic Freedom, Author Ben Azadi explains metabolic flexibility, which is our innate ability to burn either sugar or fat for fuel, based on a number of factors.  Many people seem stuck in sugar burning mode, driving us towards the donuts, and that’s a drag. Using Keto...

What if the nerves in your fingers shot pain from guitar strings, removing your ability to perform? For Tom Dykstra, guitar was his “fastball,” a central core of his identity, and his professional equipment to lead worship.  When he suddenly experienced shooting nerve pain in his fingers, all of that changed, and he needed to reimagine himself and his life without playing guitar.  Chronic pain and...

How can you truly believe something if you’re not open to new ideas? How would the belief get there in the first place? If you’re not willing to challenge your beliefs, how can they be strong? How can your Mind and Spirit align with what your Body needs, if you don’t believe the things you do will benefit you? Call it Faith or Belief or the Placebo Effect, what our minds believe can and will influ...

If you can’t fall asleep, stay asleep, or make it smoothly through the day, is Magnesium missing from your system? Around 70% of us are deficient in Magnesium and that leads to difficulty sleeping, headaches, anxiety and a whole host of less efficient reactions inside the body.  Natalie Jurado discovered this for herself, and when she learned that Magnesium Chloride absorbs quickly and effectively...

What do you need to build Lego or your own body? All the right pieces.  You can build a Lego car or your body with whatever pieces you have available, but if you don’t have the best pieces, then your model or yourself may not look or function at its best.  Our bodies need essential micronutrients like vitamins and minerals to build skin, muscle, brain and bone, not to mention hormones and detox pa...

What inspires, motivates and keeps you going? When you are working out with purpose, know WHY your improvement is important to yourself (and those who love you), and you are genuinely motivated by a caring coach, you are far more likely to achieve your fitness goals.  David Lett, Founder of Dynamic Training Xplosion and his team have recently opened a unique workout space in Lacey, Washington.  Da...

Why do you do what you do, and when was the last time you really asked yourself that question? If you want to improve yourself, take on real challenges and accomplish difficult things, you need powerful motivation.  That comes from understanding “Why?”.  Deeply understanding why.  Not just the surface reasons, or the reasons someone else gave you.  So channel that inner younger sibling and ask “Wh...

Ready to reset your Mind, Body and Spirit and reconnect with your family? Go outside and spend some time together, breathe the fresh air, press your toes into the ground and water, and reset your body clock with the sun, moon and stars.  Rita Naomi Moran is a healer, a fellow student of Nutritional Therapy, and a returning guest to What’s Worthwhile.  Rita and Ramsey talk about her upcoming drivin...