What if physical and emotional pain, depression, and even anxiety were all adaptive? Meaning these negative feelings are designed to protect us from harm and ensure our survival. Anxiety can be viewed as a call for preparedness, a stimulating feeling designed to help you avoid danger or prepare for important events. Once you’re able to understand why anxiety occurs, it’s possible to transform these feelings into productive action. My guest on this week’s podcast will show you how.  Listen and learn: How anxiety stimulates preparation behavior How to use the mental shortlist technique to refocus Why highly conscientious people often experience high levels of anxiety How anger should be used to define personal boundaries Links Dr Chloe’s Site ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Chloe Carmichael is a psychologist. In her private practice she focuses on stress management, relationship issues, self esteem, and coaching. She is the author of Nervous Energy: Harness the Power of Your Anxiety. Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

Almost everyone is familiar with the concept of a heart-healthy diet, and most of us have heard of anti-cancer and other major disease-prevention diets. But what about eating foods to protect your brain? Neurodegenerative illnesses are the third biggest killer worldwide but we rarely focus on preventative care for the brain. My guest on this week’s podcast is a medical doctor and author whose work focuses on staving off and even preventing cognitive decline.  Listen and learn: How to choose foods that support a healthy brain The benefits of neural protective fats Why beans are often overlooked as a brain food The complex dance between sleep, stress, exercises and diet Links Dr. Annie’s Site ABOUT OUR GUEST Annie is a board-certified Obstetrician Gynecologist. Her recent work focuses on brain health, in particular the neural protective ability of food. She is the author of Brain Health Kitchen. Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

Tens of millions of people around the world are suffering linger, sometime debilitating symptoms from their past COVID infections. Symptoms range from POTs and hypocapnia to chronic fatigue and impaired lung function. As if that weren’t hard enough, since there is no historical precedents for this, most people are all alone in their healing journey. My guest on this week’s show nearly lost his life and has found his way back to health.  Listen and learn:  The importance of lean muscle while again How human growth hormone peptides can accelerate post-operative and post-illness healing How inspiratory muscle strength training (IMST) can help you heal your respiratory system when perhaps exercise is not possible Links Oz Garcia’s Site ABOUT OUT GUEST Oz Garcia is an author and expert focused on anti-aging and nutrition. He’s the author of The Food Cure for Kids, The Balance, Look and Feel Fabulous Forever, Redesigning 50: The No-Plastic-Surgery Guide to 21st-Century Age Defiance, and After COVID. Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

If you regularly sleep less than six hours a night, you are four times more likely to catch  a cold than someone who sleeps longer. But you’re not alone. Around  30 percent of the population suffer from sleep problems of some type, which can affect everything from your mood and hormones, to your immunity and recovery time. This week we meet a psychiatrist and sleep expert who reveals the key to developing better sleep habits. Listen and learn: How fewer than six hours of sleep increases your likelihood of getting sick How circadian rhythm and the homeostatic sleep drive affect your sleep The effects of alcohol and cannabis on sleep The common misuse of melatonin  Links Aric’s Site ABOUT OUR GUEST Aric Prather is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California. A licensed clinical psychiatrist and self-proclaimed sleep evangelist, he’s the author of the new book, The Sleep Prescription: Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest. Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com  

Chronic pain can be debilitating, so we often look for ways to mask or medicate the symptoms. Unfortunately, the medical approach to pain management can sometimes lead to even worse problems. There is now a growing body of research showing the efficacy of mindfulness practices where you literally observe and accept your pain, rather than cover it up. It isn’t a panacea, but the clinical results are significant enough that mindfulness is now increasingly being integrated into hospital approaches. This week's guest is a medical doctor turned mindfulness teacher and trainer.  Listen and learn: How mindfulness can help you separate yourself from your pain Why we tend to mask and medicate rather than confront pain challenges The importance of natural, non-pharmaceutical interventions How mindfulness can be practiced in a secular way or easily integrated into your existing faith Links Dr. Wolf’s Site ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Wolf started her career as a gynecologist in Berlin. She began studying and practicing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She later trained as a Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher and a MBSR teacher trainer. She is the author of two books: A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness and Outsmart Your Pain. Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

What would 2023 look like if it became your healthiest year ever? What would you need to add to your life? What might you consider reducing or removing? And the hardest question of all: which lifestyle obstacles and people could stop this from becoming a reality? On this week’s podcast, personal trainer and fitness coach, Kathleen Trotter, reveals all about how to find your fitness.  Listen and learn:  Why movement is non-negotiable, but how you move is up to you Why self-love should be unconditional, but self-worth is earned How to figure out which fitness race you’re actually competing in Links Kathleen’s Site ABOUT OUR GUEST Katthleen Trotter is a personal trainer, nutrition coach, and fitness author. She has a background in exercise science and nutrition.  Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

Many people take a hardline stance when it comes to health: they either trust mainstream, allopathic medicine and mainstream medical doctors, or they are committed to natural and alternative healing protocols. From my perspective, both extremes are shortsighted. Why not focus on what is the best option for you based on your goals, challenges, and your phase of life? A 24 year old athlete with a torn ACL has a very different set of considerations compared to his 64 year old father.  On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a spinal surgeon who does not operate on over 90 percent of his clients, and instead focuses on the best solutions for the individual.  Listen and learn: The dangers of surgical hardware manufactures funding research Why spinal surgery has such as bad reputation When to choose chiropractic care and physical therapy Why most back pain will resolve in 6-8 weeks, even severe pain Links Dr. Aslie’s Clinic ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Aslie is a Board Certified, Harvard University Fellow Spine Surgeon. He’s the founder of Sactospine.com in Sacramento California.  Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

If you search online to learn about health and fitness, you’ll find hundreds of thousands of articles and videos, making it difficult to know where to start. Meanwhile your social media feed is likely filled with personal trainers looking like Adonises and experimenting with fitness as if they have 49 hours a week and a virtually unlimited budget to play with. Unlike the rest of us, they do! In reality, most people don’t have the time to wade through the (often conflicting) advice online and quietly struggle to maintain their weight and energy on a day-to-day basis.  On this week’s podcast, we meet personal trainer, golfer, podcaster and health coach, Brian Gryn, whose work is focused on helping people to live their best, healthiest life with universal principles and self discovery. It’s time to separate the signal from the noise. Listen and learn: The importance of experimenting with your unique body Why lower carb ( < 50 grams daily) can lead to major challenges both nutritionally and psychologically How to use self trackers and hair mineral testing ABOUT OUR GUEST Brian Gryn is a personal trainer, author, and podcaster who focuses on eating clean and living your best life. Learn more at Brian’s Site Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

Arthritis in the knees, hips, or wrists is extremely common, particularly in the second half of life. If you’re feeling pain and inflammation in your joints, the natural impulse is to reduce your movement and limit your activities, but movement is medicine. The fluid between your joints wants and needs movement to nourish, heal, and lubricate your connective tissues. But how much movement is helpful? And how often? There are no easy answers to these questions, but yoga for arthritis teacher and best-selling author, Ann Swanson, joins us to share her personal and professional findings.  Listen to learn:  The importance of strength as we age How to modify for your body and your pain   How hyaline (articular) cartilage health is crucial and how degradation of this tissue can lead to pain and restricted movement How the synovial fluid around your joints responds to movement and compression Links Ann’s Site ABOUT OUR GUEST Ann Swanson is a certified yoga therapist and author of the best-selling book, Science of Yoga. She specializes in helping people manage stress, pain and arthritis. 

If you could meet anyone from history, who would you meet? There’s a saying that you should never meet your heroes because you’d be disappointed–at best. Envisioning the future of human progress in a game of push and pull. We dig in our heels as we cling to the past, and we press the pedal to the floor–all at once.   My guest on this week’s podcast focuses his work on what he calls, the Longpath, a future-focused vision for living today.  Listen and learn How to not move so fast you break things Why old school traditions still have a place in a modern world Can a Western perspective truly consider a global view of the future? How to be a good ancestor for your kids  Links Ari’s Site ABOUT OUR GUEST Ari Wallach is the founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs. He is the author of the book, Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs. He has a TED Talk on his concept of Longpath that is a great primer to his work as well. Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com