
The Made to Thrive Show
Optimising your mind, body and soul. Hosted by Steve Stavs, Africa's Pro Biohacker, Health Futurist, and founder of www.madetothrive.co.za.
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May 2, 2024 • 1h 9min
Stillness, Solitude, No-Light Therapy & Everything Rebalancing with Pavel Stuchlik
The universe works in mysterious ways. Last week’s episode was all about getting quiet to hear more, and somehow this week’s episode is all about going into the dark to see more. We live in an overstimulated, hyperdrive world, and it’s leaving many of us living in dis-ease and disorder. More and more, we are all looking into screens for answers when the deepest, truest answers are to be found in looking into the depth of darkness. This is a one-of-a-kind episode with the one-of-a-kind NOA.NOA AON aka Pavel Stuchlik is an expert in self-realization technique + application, international conscious DJ/Producer, serial impact entrepreneur & investor, certified Ambassador of Peace and Wim Hof Instructor. NOA means movement; AON is 'all or none'' With #noamovment NOA|AON is bringing people back to their center in union with others. He created the BDM method to combine all of the most effective tools and wisdom from around the world to share with others.NOA AON has been generous to provide a BUNCH of free and discounted content for you!There’s a 1 month FREE access to the digital library: 30-day on-demand free libraryA free EMF webinar: FREE EMF WebinarA 30% discount on courses and EMF protection gear: STANTON30FREE bonus episode recording of the System Reset: System Reset Bonus EpisodeJoin us as we explore:How 10 days in the dark changed Pavel’s whole life. From a busy, tech entrepreneur to living in service, finding his passion and creating legacy through music and specifically conscious DJing.Darkness retreats - where, how, why and the power of light or rather - no light!A LIVE breathwork master session!!!Living without food! Is that possible? NOA has. Spontaneous cancer remissions? He has seen it!Are you doing your daily “unhooking”? Should you be? How NOA is integrating modern science and deeply ancient and esoteric practices in his unique four part model.Contact:Website: https://noaaon.com Mentions:Products - NOA AON Breathing Tracks, https://noaaon.com/pages/live-schedule-on-demand Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Apr 25, 2024 • 45min
Stop the Stimulation Noise, Down Regulate Your Nervous System & Get Quiet with Elaine Glass MLC
Rest, relax, listen, less, be. Sounds simple, yet it’s not. In this modern plugged in, digital day so many of us our stuck in rush, push, argue, more and do. But where are we rushing to? What are we pushing for? Why are we doing what we do? When I ask people those why and who questions, you know what I get back? Silence. Ironically so because the answer to those fundamentally important questions are exactly there - in the silence and in the quiet. Elaine Glass is a visionary author and highly experienced Master Life Coach renowned for her transformative retreats tailored for women navigating intricate midlife transitions. She has a new book release on April 30th called “GET QUIET- 7 Simple Paths to the Truth Of Who You Are”. Guided by her mission of helping people live their BEST life, she trusts her unique approach - "The Get Quiet Way" - to be the roadmap of discovery people need to find their inner treasures and bringing them fully up to the surface and out into the world. Pre-order “Get Quiet” NOW, and get special bonus content: https://www.getquiet.com Join us as we explore:How the power of quiet is the spark we need to be healthy in the midst of a world saturated with sickness, and how the first step would be to find your labyrinth.How the speed of technology is over stimulating the human nervous system and leaving us disconnected and disease prone.The 7 paths to getting quiet and finding yourself.Why “getting quiet” permits us to hear our truest purpose and start living our authenticity and mission.Why therapy may not be the first step in a healing journey because what you may need is often so much simpler.Where in the human body Elaine has found people carry most of their pain and disappointment, and how to shift it.Contact:Website: https://www.elaineglass.net Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 5min
Fatty Liver Disease: 33% of Global Adults Suffer With This. BUT it is Reversible with Dietary and Lifestyle Changes! Dr Hanouneh MD & Kirkpatrick MS RDN
Whether NAFLD or MASLD, the facts remain the same - livers are sicker than they’ve ever been. And the reason why is the crux of this episode. It’s not the ills of old like hepatitis or alcohol that’s actually why the majority of liver transplants are done - it’s fatty livers. And the saddest part - fatty liver disease is a completely avoidable and reversable disease that requires no more than the basics of eating well, sleeping well and moving our body enough. Kristin Kirkpatrick is the President of KAK, Consulting, LLC, a dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic Dept of Department of Wellness & Preventive Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Senior Fellow at the Meadows Behavioral Healthcare in Wickenburg, Arizona. She is a best-selling author, an experienced presenter, and an award-winning Dietitian. She is the co-author of “Skinny Liver”, and the co-author of her newest book “Regenerative Health: Discover Your Metabolic Type and Renew Your Liver For Life”.Dr. Ibrahim Hanouneh completed his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic, before moving in 2015 to Minnesota to join MNGI Digestive Health on the board of directors. Dr. Hanouneh has spent a great deal of time in liver disease. He has a passion for studies related to fatty liver. He co-authored the “Regenerative Health” book, and the "Skinny Liver" book. He has presented at several national and international meetings and has been an author on over seventy papers as well as numerous abstracts.Join us as we explore:NAFLD and MASLD - why did the name change, the number one drivers of fatty liver disease, signs and symptoms to watch out for, and the most important remediations.Why fatty liver is the forgotten disease, and why catching it early improves odds of reversal significantly.Why seeing children as young as 8 years old led Kristin to approach fatty liver lifestyle changes through a family lens.The connection between fatty liver and liver cancer.Why it’s not only about BMI and waist circumference, it’s about your unique metabolic type.The interesting dietary concept of competition for digestion.Contact:Website: https://www.kristinkirkpatrick.com/Website: https://www.mngi.com/provider/ibrahim-hanouneh-mdMentions:Study - A prospective study on the prevalence of NAFLD, advanced fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in people with type 2 diabetes, https://pubmSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Apr 11, 2024 • 57min
Toxic Superfoods. Oxalates and Nutritional Myths, and Why You Need to Stop Your Spinach and Kale. Sally Norton MPH
So nice, I had to do it twice. Or rather - so down beat, I had to do a repeat. I have done back to back episodes on the anti-nutrients in our food, especially the nasty nature of oxalates, because the topic is hugely unknown of. This was a truly mind-opening episode with Sally Norton. I saw so many interrelated health problems that may have oxalates as their root cause. This is a wow episode, do not miss it.Sally K. Norton is an expert in the art and science of healthy eating and healthy living. She received her degree in Nutrition from Cornell University and her Masters degree in Public Health from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Throughout her long career as a health and nutrition educator. Sally’s interest and expertise in dietary oxalates originated from personal experience in healing pain and fatigue for herself and many clients. She is the author of “Toxic Superfoods: Learn How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick—and How to Get Better”.Join us as we explore:Why so many healthy or even superfoods are in fact not healthy and are full of an unknown compound called oxalates that are in fact a toxic compound that in the past was used to bleach leather and remove rust.What foods to avoid if you suspect you may be oxalate overloaded - this list is shocking!How we are getting osteoporosis all wrong!How we are getting juicing all wrong!The 3 most powerful steps you can take today to counteract oxalate overload.Been advised to get your gallbladder removed? WAIT, and listen to this first!Contact:Website: https://sallyknorton.comMentions:Resource - Data Companion, https://sallyknorton.com/toxic_superfoods/data_companion/ Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

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Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 2min
Eating For Your Genes. Amyloids, Histamine, & Oxalates. Nutritional Gems That You’ve Never Heard of. Teri Cochrane: The Wildatarian Diet
Teri Cochrane, Founder of Teri Cochrane - Beyond Nutrition, delves into the science of food with topics like amyloids, histamine, and oxalates. She explores personalized nutrition, genetic vulnerabilities, and the impact of environmental factors like antibiotics and glyphosate on health. The podcast discusses the importance of personalized dietary interventions, addressing issues like hormone imbalances, collagen supplementation, and the profound implications of histamine on various health conditions.

Mar 28, 2024 • 1h 2min
Cancer, Holistic Oncology, The Cancer Diet & Detox. Dr Katie Deming: The Conscious Oncologist
This episode about cancer is a game-changer. 99% of anyone who listens to this will encounter concepts around cancer they have never heard before. Not only does Dr Katie Deming throw ideas about cancer being a genetic disease well and truly into the dustbin, she is putting forth a cancer ideology that breaks every medical mold. And that’s why I loved this episode. Dr. Katie Deming is a holistic oncologist approaching the treatment of cancer from an integrative perspective. In 2020, the height of her career in oncology, Dr Deming had an event similar to a near-death experience that changed everything, leading her to leaving traditional oncology.Although she recognized the value of traditional cancer treatments such as radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery, Dr Deming then realized that there was so much more that patients needed to cure their cancer and become well.She then spent the next several years researching the underlying causes of cancer, studying the conditions that facilitate healing in the body, learning what it means to become truly well and using her expertise to help patients bridge the world between conventional cancer therapies and healing on a deeper level. Join us as we explore:How the story of a river and a village changed Dr Deming’s perspective about cancer, traditional oncology and her shift to becoming an integrative, conscious oncologist. Is cancer actually a metabolic disease? Is it a disease about our body water!?A cancer doctor advising people to expose their skin to the sun without sunblock? Yes, you heard that right.A cancer fighting diet that is not about keto or paleo or vegan but electrical charge!Why detoxing is at the crux of cancer, from prevention to healing.The role of exercise and movement in cancer, and how specific personalities hold emotional frequencies that could be cancer causing.Contact:Website: https://www.katiedeming.com Mentions:Jerry Pollack - EZ Water, https://www.pollacklab.org Book - Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor’s Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease, https://tinyurl.com/2bkrz637 Person - Loren Lockman, https://tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/water-fasting/ Product - Spring aqua, https://springaqua.com/ Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Mar 21, 2024 • 1h 3min
The Testosterone Crisis for Men and Women. TRT, Viagra, Peptides, & Testosterone Biohacks that Optimize Performance
People don’t want to believe it but men are in trouble. From college and university attendance to suicide and friendship, the men are not alright. Why? Well, there is no one single answer but I suspect a significant cause underlying men’s ills is because they don’t have the testosterone they need. So that’s what today’s episode is about with Dr Tracy Gapin - testosterone, why it’s declining, why it’s so destructive and what you can do about it. Dr. Tracy Gapin is a board-certified urologist with 25 years of experience as a men’s health & performance expert. He is the founder and CEO of the Gapin Institute, the global leader in Precision Medicine. His passion and expertise is providing entrepreneurs, executives and athletes a personalized path to optimize their health and performance and fulfill their highest potential. Dr Gapin is also the best selling author of “Male 2.0” and “Codes of Longevity”, a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging (A4M), Age Management Medical Group (AMMG) and International Peptide Society, and creator of the proprietary G1 Health Program.Get Dr. Gapin's Top 15 Strategies & Tactics to Be the Best Version of You Today FOR FREE by simply completing this form here: https://gapininstitute.comJoin us as we explore:The war men are losing against testosterone decline, fertility and sperm count. It is absolutely frightening yet people are complacent. Why? The answer is truly insightful.Why low testosterone itself IS NOT the actual problem. That’s right - it’s a symptom! And why a shot of TRT and a viagra is NOT sufficient.How one testosterone study in 1941 led to misguided prostate cancer treatment for more than 70 years!The number one reason Dr Tracy believes testosterone is in free fall, why “normal” testosterone is NOT optimal testosterone and why you should measure your testosterone today.Why testosterone is not only about your muscles - it’s about your brain and mental performance!And why testosterone is not only important for men but as important for women too!Contact:Website: https://gapininstitute.comMentions:TEDX - The Men’s Health Crisis, https://youtu.be/io33LOfVxxo?si=dr_Nt3RJEIRCQmTlStudy - Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates: results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8254833/Talk - The Testosterone Epidemic: How Endocrine Disruptors are Crushing MenAHS19,Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Mar 14, 2024 • 58min
Breast Cancer, Emotional Roots, Toxic Cancer Causes, & Self Love Therapies with Pychotherapist Dr Toni Galardi
Every 2 minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Let that sink in. How can it be? How can it be that cancer diagnoses are only growing at the same time that there is more and more funding to fight cancer, more and more cancer drugs and more and more cancer doctors? Well, Dr Toni Galardi has a few things to say about that.Dr. Toni Galardi has been speaking and coaching for over twenty years on the subject of change mastery. Her mission is to assist her clients and students in designing a road map to prepare for their next chapter, stopping the chronic pattern of waiting until a major crisis hits.With humor and grace she refers to herself as “the poster child for the change impaired” because it took three near fatal experiences for her to figure out there was another way to prepare for change. She is the author of the groundbreaking book The LifeQuakeTM Miracle: Awakening to Your True Purpose in Times of Personal and Global Upheaval; a body, mind, and spirit approach rooted in the neuroscience of mastering change, and her newest book “BreastQuake: Ten Proven Steps to Healing and Preventing Breast Cancer Without Surgery, Radiation, or Chemotherapy”. She has dedicated her life to helping you manage change with greater ease while living a passionate, purpose filled life. Join us as we explore:The unbelievably frightening reality that every 2 minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, how that diagnosis is being given to younger and younger women but incredible stories of healing and remission.Why men’s breast cancer is also on the rise!Why women’s emotional and spiritual relationship with their breasts really matters to their breast health, and the crux of self-love to holistic health.Careers that studies show make you more vulnerable to breast cancer.Why anger, resentment, bitterness and similar emotions are a direct link to breast cancer.How our toxic world and environment is at the root of increased breast cancer diagnosis, plus practical detox advice.Mentions:Product - Essiac tea, https://genuineessiac.com/blogs/news/genuine-essiac-was-featured-in-breastquake-a-title-by-dr-toni-galardi-released-on-october-6Person - Dr Jennifer Simmons, https://www.realhealthmd.com Book - Love, Medicine and Miracles, Bernie S. SiegelProduct - Dr Bronner’s, https://www.drbronner.com/ Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Mar 7, 2024 • 1h 3min
From Burnout to Breakthrough. Beat Mental Exhaustion, Emotional Bankruptcy, & Brain Fog. Dr Mark Rowe MD
Feeling like you can’t take it anymore? Completely exhausted? Like no matter how much you do, you’re never getting anywhere? Life feeling dead, and like you don’t even have one more drop of energy to give? You aren’t alone. Not even close. At minimum 1 in 3 people are holistically and wholly exhausted, suffering what we now call burnout. Especially in the corporate spaces, I am seeing a level of fatigue and overwhelm that really concerns me. So if I had a wish for 2024, it would be to make 1 million Dr Mark Rowe’s. And that’s why I have him on the show today, for the people I know out there who are burnt out and need hope, because your burnout can become your “breakthrough”! Dr Mark Rowe is an Irish doctor, author and vitality expert. He has been a practicing family physician for nearly 30 years, where he practices health and human potential, lifestyle medicine & longevity and happiness & burnout prevention. He is the founder of the Waterford Health Park, which has become both the base for his medical practice as well as the ‘Lifestyle Medicine Be Well Clinic’. Dr. Rowe is also the author of two books – ‘A Prescription for Happiness: The Ten Commitments to a Happier, Healthier Life’ and ‘The Men’s Health Book’. Join us as we explore:Burnout!!! The epidemic of our time. Why does it happen, what is the cause, what you can do about it, and why it may be the biggest blessing you’ll ever receive. But why burnout isn’t fatal, nor final, and can in fact be the start of a healthier, happier life.Sustainable self-care strategies that can begin to reignite your fire of life after it feels like it’s been snuffed out.Do you do your WWW overnight? It can be a burnout game-changer.The paradox of burnout and movement - exhausted, don’t feel like moving yet moving is your best medicine.The incredible benefit of strength straining for the brain and body and preventing burnout as well as an amazing secret benefit!How to make food and supplements a cornerstone of burnout recovery.To find PTGD in burnout instead of PTSD.Mentions:TedX Talk: The Doctor Of The Future: Prescribing Lifestyle as Medicine: https://youtu.be/G0Vd5mOxbEM?si=6ed2NLXR1TE8pV-H Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Feb 29, 2024 • 1h 3min
Trauma Signatures, Lebron James, The 5 T’s of Trauma. Dr Marc Hauser PhD unpacks his new book Vulnerable Minds
Is trauma bad? It’s not as simple an answer as you think. Trauma is associated with negativity - pain, abuse, depression, sadness. But trauma is actually also associated with things like resilience, anti-fragility, post-traumatic growth and yes, success. Why is that? Why do some people find power in pain, and others are unable to overcome hardship? This double-edged sword fascinates me which is why I spoke to a true brain-trauma expert in Dr Marc Hauser. Marc D. Hauser, PhD brings over 30 years of experience as a research scientist, educator, consultant, and public speaker, including national and international experience working with students, schools, universities, and NGOs. His scientific research, including over 300 published papers and seven books, has focused on how the brain evolves, develops, and is altered by damage and neurodevelopmental disorders, with an emphasis on the processes of learning and decision-making, as well as the impact of traumatic experiences on development. Dr Hauser’s educational and consulting work has focused on the implementation of quantitative, brain-based methods for teachers, clinicians, and doctors working with children who have different disabilities, including especially those that result from a history of traumatic experiences. His most recent book Vulnerable Minds is available now:ORDER HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Vulnerable-Minds-Childhood-Trauma-Resilience/dp/B0CB9B5DYB Join us as we explore:The global super star athlete who began his life surrounded by childhood trauma and adversity, and how it exposes the extensiveness of children growing up in challenging circumstances.The shocking and saddening correlation between adult obesity and childhood sexual trauma.Adaptive responses to childhood adversity, intergenerational trauma modeling and how traumatic signatures can help make medical interventions.The 5 T’s of trauma.The neurological impact of trauma on the brain, and the most impactful interventions to tackle the scars of trauma.What separates the children who grow and develop strength and adversity from trauma, and those that manifest chronic distress.Mentions:Study - CDC-Kaiser ACE Study, https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/about.html Film - Shame of a Nation, https://bettercarenetwork.org/news-updates/news/30-years-ago-romania-deSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/
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