15 Minute Matrix

Dr. Adriaan Louw joins me on this episode to discuss the brain, its role in pain, and how pain goes beyond the biological function of the body. The neuroscience of pain is a fascinating topic! Dr. Louw helps us to understand why educating clients on pain is key to their clinical outcomes.   Click here to […] The post Mapping Pain Neuroscience with Dr. Adriaan Louw #327 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

Star Khechara, health and nutrition educator, joins me on this episode to talk about all things collagen. Star educates us on whether there are benefits to supplementing with collagen and how we can best support our skin and natural collagen production through diet and lifestyle modifications.  Click here to learn more about Star Khechara and […] The post Mapping Collagen with Star Khechara #326 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

Dr. Deepak Ravindran is an ‘upstreamist’ with a trauma informed approach to pain practice. In this episode we discuss the many layers to pain and how working through a thoughtful and functional lens can be beneficial to our clients and patients, and their outcomes.  Click here to learn more about Dr. Ravindran and his book […] The post Mapping Nociplastic Pain with Dr. Deepak Ravindran #325 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

There are 3 primary types of dysfunction that can occur within the prostate. One of them is cancer. Today I welcome Dr. Geo Espinosa to the mic to discuss the many ways we can support the men we work with who are diagnosed with prostate cancer or looking to prevent it, and the key factors […] The post Mapping Prostate Cancer with Dr. Geo Espinosa (Replay) #121 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

Dr. Jeff, a Senior Bioinformatics scientist at Illumina and host of the podcast ‘In Those Genes’, joins us today for an insightful conversation around genetics and race, helping us to understand that race is, indeed, a social construct. What does science tell us and how can we adapt our care both now and in the […] The post Mapping Genetics and Race with Dr. Janina Jeff (Replay) #312 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

Today’s episode features twin sisters, Sasha and Sable Boykin and promises twice the wisdom. Sasha and Sable are on a mission to uplift, educate, and activate people into remembering their potent healing power through radical self care. Sit back, listen and absorb what it takes to truly practice self care. It may be different than […] The post Mapping Radical Self Care with Sasha and Sable Boykin (Replay) #305 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

Today I’m joined by Dr. Blair Peters so that we can scratch the surface of the all-important topic of gender affirming surgery and care. Get ready for a thoughtful and thought provoking discussion on gender and body dysphoria, common misconceptions about gender affirming care, and how we clinicians can support a part of our patient […] The post Mapping Gender-Affirming Surgery & Care with Dr. Blair Peters (Replay) #257 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

In this episode I welcome back my friend Eileen Laird to discuss her new book, “Healing Mindset.” Using her own experiences and deep research, Eileen explores concepts of psychoneuroimmunology and does a brilliant job of outlining a vast array of  tools we can employ to help clients and patients on their healing journeys. This conversation […] The post Mapping Healing Mindset with Eileen Laird #324 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

Dr. Jay Lombard joins me this week to discuss “leaky brain.” But get ready for a deep dive into biochemistry and many clinical pearls illuminating how we can better support clients and patients diagnosed with complex neurological diseases like Parkinson’s, ALS, and Alzheimers, as well as those with autism and Asperger’s syndrome.  Click here to […] The post Mapping Leaky Brain with Dr. Jay Lombard #323 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.

Roudy Nassif joins me today to discuss the fascinating subject of light, and more importantly the light frequencies we receive from the sun. Roudy has made it his mission to educate as many people as possible about the importance of getting outside and shifting our exposures to certain light frequencies and, ultimately, how this can […] The post Mapping Light with Roudy Nassif #322 appeared first on Functional Nutrition Alliance.