Is Your Tongue Making You Sick? The Hidden Link Between Airway Health, Sleep, and Chronic Symptoms

04/24/25 • 45 min

What if everything you thought about health is missing one major factor—your airway?

In this jaw-dropping episode of the TRUE Wellness Podcast, Dr. Dee interviews Alyse Shockey, RDH, CHHP, CSOM—airway health pioneer, orofacial myology expert, and founder of Tongue UniversityTM. With over 30 years in dentistry and holistic health, Alyse reveals how your tongue position, breathing patterns, and childhood habits could be silently contributing to fatigue, anxiety, poor sleep, and even ADHD misdiagnoses.

This episode exposes how airway dysfunction goes undetected in both kids and adults—causing widespread symptoms that are too often misdiagnosed or ignored.

💡 What Listeners Will Learn

✅ Why Tongue Position Could Be Wrecking Your Health Most people have no idea where their tongue should be resting. Poor placement affects your breathing, posture, sleep, and facial development—yes, even as an adult.

✅ The Shocking Childhood Signs of Airway Dysfunction Bedwetting, thumb-sucking, night terrors, ADHD, and crooked teeth are often misdiagnosed symptoms of an airway issue, not behavioral problems.

✅ How Tech Neck & Mouth Breathing Are Reshaping Faces The rise in electronic use and open-mouth posture in kids is impacting jaw development and overall facial symmetry.

✅ Why Orthodontics Alone May Not Fix the Problem Without retraining the tongue and correcting mouth function, braces alone won’t prevent relapse—and may cause more issues long-term.

✅ How You Can Start Fixing the Problem Today Simple tests, posture checks, and breathing awareness can reveal red flags. Alyse offers practical, everyday ways to reclaim your airway and your health.

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What if everything you thought about health is missing one major factor—your airway?

This episode exposes how airway dysfunction goes undetected in both kids and adults—causing widespread symptoms that are too often misdiagnosed or ignored.

💡 What Listeners Will Learn

✅ How Tech Neck & Mouth Breathing Are Reshaping Faces The rise in electronic use and open-mouth posture in kids is impacting jaw development and overall facial symmetry.

✅ Why Orthodontics Alone May Not Fix the Problem Without retraining the tongue and correcting mouth function, braces alone won’t prevent relapse—and may cause more issues long-term.

Download your FREE TRUE Wellness Checklist here: https://go.drdee.com/checklist

Want to watch the full interview? Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.deephd

🎙️ Your journey to true wellness starts now!

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The Hidden Truth About Chronic Illness & Healthcare: Why Real Health Starts Outside the System

Are we blindly trusting a healthcare system that's profiting from our pain?

In this powerful episode of True Wellness with Dr. Dee, health disruptor and founder of Science of Human Optimization, Alex Lubarsky, exposes the uncomfortable truth about America’s healthcare model—and how it's costing us our health, vitality, and longevity.

After healing his own autoimmune disease through holistic care, Alex has spent over 25 years amplifying the voices of leading-edge physicians and wellness pioneers. Through his personal story of recovery, plus decades of insights into how the system really works, Alex reveals how you can escape the trap and reclaim your birthright to vibrant health.

💡 5 Must-Hear Lessons From this Episode

🔴 Healthcare is a Business—And Chronic Illness Is Its Most Profitable Product

The current medical system profits more from managing symptoms than actually solving the root cause of disease. Alex reveals how the industry is structured to keep you dependent, not empowered.

🔴 His Psoriasis Led to Debilitating Arthritis—Until He Went Outside the System

When mainstream doctors offered only steroids, Alex turned to holistic medicine—and within 90 days, his pain, swelling, and mobility dramatically improved. It was the start of a radical shift in how he viewed healing.

🔴 Most Food on Store Shelves Is Designed to Make You Sick

Even foods marketed as “healthy” are loaded with inflammatory ingredients and chemicals. Alex explains how food corporations engineer addiction and illness to keep you consuming—and declining.

🔴 You’re Not Broken—You’re Misled

We’ve been conditioned to accept fatigue, brain fog, and pain as normal. This episode shows you how to reclaim your power by rejecting what the system says is “just part of aging.”

🔴 Why Health Assurance Beats Health Insurance

Alex breaks down why investing in a trusted, ongoing relationship with a holistic provider creates real, sustainable health. It’s not about emergency care—it’s about optimizing for life.

Discover more about Alex here:

http://www.schoinc.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lubarsky-a28ba44/

https://www.facebook.com/ScHOinc/

https://x.com/alexylubarsky

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Why Most Adults Argue Like 12-Year-Olds—And How to Fix It Fast

What if conflict isn’t the problem—but your brain’s outdated way of responding to it is?

In this game-changing episode of the TRUE Wellness Podcast, Dr. Dee sits down with Carol Barkes, one of the nation’s top neuroscience-informed conflict resolution experts, to explore the untold science behind how we communicate, argue, and heal.

With over three decades of experience, Carol has worked with global organizations like the U.S. Air Force, Amazon, HP, and even the United Nations, applying cutting-edge brain science to transform communication and negotiation at the highest levels. She’s directed one of Idaho’s largest court mediation programs and serves as an ADR advisor to FEMA. But beyond her impressive credentials—she brings the tools that actually work for everyday people, in real-life relationships.

💡 What Listeners Will Learn

In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ How unresolved conflict creates hidden health problems—from anxiety to inflammation

✅ Why most adults have the conflict resolution skills of a 12-year-old (and how to fix it)

✅ The “90-Second Rule” to stop spiraling arguments in their tracks

✅ How to disarm defensiveness and create safety in any conversation

✅ The role of tone, texting, and triggers in modern communication breakdowns

✅ Why conflict is your biggest opportunity for growth—not your enemy

Carol’s viral TEDx Talk “From Flames to Solutions” was one of the Top 30 most influential TEDx Talks of the century (LA Magazine)—and after hearing her insights, you’ll understand why.

Find out more about Carol here:

www.carolbarkes.com

https://www.instagram.com/carol.barkes/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-barkes-2aa9192b/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046888702012

Tedx Talk Episode: Conflict and Negotiation: From Flames to Solutions | Carol Barkes | TEDxHuntingtonBeach

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