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Brodie Welch, L.Ac.
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Healing Anxiety
A Healthy Curiosity
02/20/19 • 45 min
Healing Anxiety
with Stephanie Dalfonzo
Have stress, anxiety, and struggling with sleep become your new normal? If yes, you’re so not alone. It’s easy to feel powerless around these issues. Happily, there are simple, concrete practices that can help. Stephanie Dalfonzo has developed 35 daily skills & techniques that can help women find & put their happiness first, and she shares several in today’s episode. We get into:
- why self care is where all care begins
- how adverse childhood experiences may surface many years later
- what true gratitude has to do with inner health and happiness
- how making small daily changes, can orient you to appreciation
Stephanie Dalfonzo is an Anxiety Expert, Speaker, Author and Clinical Hypnotist. Stephanie started her professional life as celebrity DJ Stevie Knox in the 80's & 90's. It was during this time she began to experience anxiety so badly she started to suffer from insomnia as well. After a brief success with prescription medication, Stephanie began to explore and educate herself on the treatment of chronic stress & anxiety. Leading her to becoming an expert in her field and the author of, "Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom; How to Build Resilience and Overcome Anxiety."
Stephanie Dalfonzo's Website: https://stephaniedalfonzo.com/
"Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom" available here: https://stephaniedalfonzo.com/goodbye-anxiety-book/
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Geek-Out: Women's Hormones
A Healthy Curiosity
01/18/17 • 36 min
This episode started out being a follow-up to Episode 25 on perimenopause, but we ended up covering so much ground that we decided to rename it and just call it what it is: a total geek-out on women’s hormones.
In Episode 30, Brodie talks with Maria Claps, a certified health coach, mother of 4 grown children, and women’s healthy aging advocate, about perimenopause, menopause, women’s hormones, and so much more. As we discussed in E25, perimenopause can be a tumultuous time in the world of hormones, leading to side-effects like anxiety, depression, insomnia, and hot flashes. Learning how to test for, understand, and effectively balance our hormones can makes the process seem far less daunting.
In this episode, we explore:
- Perimenopause and menopause
- Hormones and how they change
- Eating our veggies
- Supplements that can help ease symptoms and balance hormones
- Talking to physicians and making them hear you
- The Dutch Test
Maria Claps is a certified health coach, mother of 4 grown children, and women’s healthy aging advocate.
After receiving sub-standard care in NYC, Maria enrolled in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in pursuit of a solution for her perimenopausal symptoms that began when she turned 40. Inspired by her training at IIN, Maria pursued 3 additional hormone-centric trainings:
- Dr. Sara Gottfried’s training program for practitioners;
- The Functional Diagnostic Nutrition program; and
- The UK-based 3rd Age Woman Certification program with Burrell Education.
When she’s not facilitating her online community, Maria keeps current in her knowledge of functional health by attending Datis Kharazzian seminars on topics like thyroid, blood chemistry, and brain health. She also enjoys reading, recipe creation, and finding new things to eat at farmers markets.
Resources:
- Maria’s Website, www.nourishandflourishhealth.com
- Maria’s Hormone Balancing Guide
Healing from Trauma
A Healthy Curiosity
07/01/20 • 41 min
Trauma is unfortunately an all too common reality. This leads to unknowingly connecting everyday triggers to life threatening feelings which can have drastic effects on our well-being and the trajectory of our lives.
Liz Mullinar is committed to the vision that everyone deserves a good life and to heal from their trauma. To that end, she helps people find meaningful, permanent healing and trains others to be able to help as well.
On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity:
- A challenge for you to stop making excuses
- How neuroscience defines trauma
- Why moments of trauma are never truly remembered
- The importance of accessing and releasing the emotions associated with trauma
- What she sees as the biggest barrier to healing from traumas in childhood
Liz Mullinar is a globally renowned trauma recovery expert and trauma survivor. Over 20 years ago, Liz pioneered Australia's first trauma recovery program - Heal For Life - a peer support approach that empowers survivors of childhood trauma to recognize and heal painful emotional triggers, transforming painful memories into meaningful, permanent healing.
Links:
Liz’s TEDx Talk - Treating the core problem of childhood trauma
Free gift! Download Chapter 2 of Liz’s book here
Connect With Liz Mullinar:
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Permission to Slow Down
A Healthy Curiosity
01/01/20 • 49 min
In the spirit of a new year and taking a step back to replenish ourselves, this episode is a special rebroadcast of a conversation from Andrea Claassen's podcast with a focus on stress and better stress management. A big thanks to Andrea for allowing us to rebroadcast this one.
If you're looking to adjust some of your habits or make an effort to slow down in the new year, there are some very useful insights into doing just that.
On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity:
- The strengths of Chinese Medicine as an engaged, holistic process of healing
- Why self-care is a feminist issue
- How society’s yang addiction is counter-productive
- The importance of investigating the reasons behind habits
- How Chinese Medicine can serve as a path for people to evolve
Links:
Peaceful Power Podcast #195: Brodie Welch on Slowing Down In a Busy World
Connect With Andrea:
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7-Day Clean Eating Detox - an Ayurvedic and Functional Medicine approach
A Healthy Curiosity
12/04/19 • 34 min
Living in today's industrialized society, we're exposed to environmental toxins that can overload our systems. Combine that with the junk in processed foods and it becomes more important than ever to do the occasional dietary reset. Dr. Alejandro Junger was forced to learn this lesson himself and has been endeavoring to help others do the same ever since.
While moving in the direction of living healthily requires effort, Dr. Junger has created programs that are an accessible on-ramp to help people take better care of themselves. Combining principles of functional medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, his system goes further into helping find ways to reset and detoxify our bodies.
On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity:
- How growing up in Uruguay and then moving to New York informed Dr. Junger's path
- The general mechanics of how toxic materials can build up in the body and how the body detoxifies
- Why our bodies can’t deal with the overload of toxins on their own
- Ways to support the pathways for detoxifying in our bodies
Alejandro Junger, M.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of Clean, Clean Gut, Clean Eats, and most recently, Clean7. He completed his training in internal medicine at New York University Downtown Hospital and his fellowship in cardiology at Lenox Hill Hospital. After his medical training, he studied eastern medicine in India.Now, in Clean7, he aims to make health transformations more accessible and easier to implement, especially for all whose fast-paced lifestyles means putting their health on the back burner.
Links:
The Institute for Functional Medicine
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Eating for Anxiety
A Healthy Curiosity
11/06/19 • 34 min
Anxiety has surpassed depression as the number one mental illness in the US. Could our food and missing amino acids be part of the reason why?
Trudy Scott is an expert in the food-mood connection and she shares some different ways to look at how the things that we put in our mouths affect our physical and mental health. If we can look at our symptoms of anxiety as an opportunity to be in a respectful dialogue with our bodies, we can begin to hone in on the different sources of anxiety, such as low serotonin or low GABA.
On today’s episode of A Healthy Curiosity:
- How Trudy's own anxiety led her down this path
- Why a vegetarian diet was detrimental for her
- What the differences between low serotonin and low GABA anxiety are
- The connection between neurotransmitter deficiencies and gut health
- The social anxiety disorder known as pyroluria
Links:
Connect With Trudy:
The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution by Trudy Scott
Register for The Anti-Anxiety Summit 5
Download Trudy’s Free Guide on Anxiety
The Anxiety Summit 5 Order Page
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Whole-Hearted Living
A Healthy Curiosity
08/21/19 • 39 min
Healing journeys can be incredibly stressful, but important events in our lives. Dr. Brenda Walding experienced her own protracted healing journey and she shares with us how the true healing began when she started to slow down and receive her own internal guidance, despite not fully understanding how to do so. By getting vulnerable and tuning into natural elements of her body and the world, Dr. Walding found the power of connecting with other women in sacred healing in order to find coherence.
On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity:
- Her decade-long healing journey and the “Divine Whisper” that lead her to listen to her heart rather than her head
- What the initial steps and resources were as she started learning to trust her heart
- How she learned to distinguish the voice coming from her intuitive heart
- Background on HeartMath and how it relates to the teachings of Chinese medicine
Dr. Brenda Walding is a Women’s Holistic Wellness & Empowerment Coach, Doctor of Physical Therapy and specializes in supporting and empowering women to truly heal and thrive. She is the author of Sick of Being Sick: The Women’s Holistic Guide to Conquering Chronic Illness, as well as a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner and HeartMath Certified Coach.
She currently resides outside of Austin, Texas on the beautiful Lake Travis with her husband and dog. Brenda loves spending time in nature, connecting with her family and friends, dancing, facilitating sacred women's circles, and learning about holistic wellness and spirituality.
Get a free electronic copy of Dr. Walding’s new book, Sick of Being Sick: The Woman's Holistic Guide to Conquering Chronic Illness. She’s also offering a complimentary consult that you can schedule at www.brendwalding.com
Links:
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
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The Power of Posture
A Healthy Curiosity
07/03/19 • 50 min
When I say the word “posture,” do you immediately feel your body tense and gravitate to an unnatural, uncomfortable position? We often hear this advice about maintaining a rigid posture with certain key elements, but Sukie Baxter joins us to discuss why those misconceptions of posture are harmful and how she defines it instead. Sukie tells us that the way we move our bodies is the way we move through life and that finding a healthy posture is often the key to pain relief and healthy aging.
On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity:
- The benefits of addressing movement dysfunction before we’re in pain and some key warning signs
- How to use your body to talk to your mind
- Why we should pay attention to the cues we get from our body, both good and bad, and ways to respond to those cues
- The relationship between posture and breath as well as keys to using breath as an assessment tool for the body
- Sukie’s practices for resilient posture and some of the common advice she gives to her clients
Sukie Baxter is a Posture and Movement Specialist, the author of Perfect Posture for Life and the mastermind behind Whole Body Revolution, an informational resource for posture, pain relief and healthy aging. Sukie helps people change their lives by changing the way they move.
Links:
Perfect Posture For Life by Sukie Baxter
Sukie’s free guide, No More Tight Muscles
Other links:
Learn more about Qi Gong with Brodie's 12 Treasures Qi Gong Course
Find out more about working with Brodie 1-on-1
Rising from the Ashes of Burnout
A Healthy Curiosity
06/26/19 • 43 min
Being successful does not necessarily bring happiness. For my guest Dr. Andrea Pennington, it did the exact opposite: it burned her out, and stifled her spark to the point of deep depression, and cut her off from herself in profound ways. Thankfully, she found her way back.
When I stumbled across this fellow Chinese Medicine and qi gong practitioner's work, and learned we shared a passion for blending paradigms, biohacking and evangelizing self-love, I immediately reached out to get this multi-passionate powerhouse on the show. We talk about:
- falling into the "success trap:" how getting everything she wanted made her miserable
- how a profound spiritual experience rescued her from a deep depression
- why self-awareness is a pre-requisite for self-love
- the connection between happiness and authentic self-expression
- how qi gong helped her connect to self-love
- how identifying as consciousness itself fosters self-compassion
Dr. Andrea Pennington is an integrative physician, acupuncturist, meditation teacher and #1 international bestselling author of several books on resilience, mindfulness and self-love. Dr. Andrea’s extensive study of medical nutrition, positive psychology and longevity biohacking led her to create a holistic media platform, In8Vitality, blending ancient wisdom and modern science for enhanced vitality and life mastery. As Co-founder of the #RealSelfLove Movement Andrea speaks globally to reduce the stigma of mental illness and to support people on their journey to authentic living Andrea is also a highly acclaimed TEDx speaker. Dr. Andrea has shared her candid insights on resilience on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Dr. Oz Show, CNN, the Today Show, LUXE-TV, Thrive Global and HuffingtonPost and as a news anchor for Discovery Health Channel.
Get Dr. Andrea Pennington's new book, "I Love You, Me."
Connect with Dr. Andrea Pennington: http://www.andreapennington.com/
Learn more about Qi Gong: https://brodiewelch.com/meet-qi-gong-yogas-less-popular-cousin/
Ready to embrace all parts of yourself? Check out Brodie's Level Up Your Life course.
Protecting Your Bones
A Healthy Curiosity
02/26/20 • 47 min
Ensuring that our bones stay strong throughout our health span means not waiting until retirement to think about it. Bone health expert Margie Bissinger shares how we can take care of our bones pro-actively, beyond just exercise.
In a really interesting congruency with Chinese Medicine, Margie's research and experience illustrates just how interwoven our bone health is with all kinds of other parts of our lives, even as far as our happiness. Taking care of our bones early on in our life can help us to align with being powerful and feel like the victor rather than the victim as we work with other aspects of our health.
Just as a heads up, some of the links that follow are affiliate links for Margie's programs.
On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity:
- Why increasingly sedentary lifestyles are driving an epidemic of osteoporosis
- How digestive problems can affect bone density
- The silver lining Margie identifies in an osteoporosis diagnosis
- What effects stress can have on your bones
- The drastic results she’s seen from teaching patients about happiness
Margie Bissinger is a physical therapist and integrative health coach. She has worked with clients in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis for over 20 years. She is the author of Osteoporosis: An Exercise Guide. Margie is the creator of Move Today, a statewide exercise program in NJ and Happy Bones, Happy LifeTM online program for people to prevent and treat osteoporosis and osteopenia. Margie helps people achieve optimal bone health through whole foods, exercise, mind-body relaxation techniques, and happiness training. Margie is a member of the NJ Interagency Council on Osteoporosis. Margie is also a certified happiness trainer.
Links:
Fight or flight May Be In Our Bones
Happy Bones, Happy Life - Ep 16 with Brodie Welch
Special Offer:
Free guide! 5 ThingsYour Doctor Didn’t Tell You About Osteoporosis
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FAQ
How many episodes does A Healthy Curiosity have?
A Healthy Curiosity currently has 240 episodes available.
What topics does A Healthy Curiosity cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Happiness, Anxiety, Acupuncture, Alternative Health, Feminist, Holistic, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Habits, Selfcare and Mindfulness.
What is the most popular episode on A Healthy Curiosity?
The episode title 'Personality Isn't Permanent' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on A Healthy Curiosity?
The average episode length on A Healthy Curiosity is 40 minutes.
How often are episodes of A Healthy Curiosity released?
Episodes of A Healthy Curiosity are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of A Healthy Curiosity?
The first episode of A Healthy Curiosity was released on Jul 11, 2016.
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