The Superhumanize Podcast

Does your brain sometimes feel like a very uncomfortable or even threatening place?If so, you are not alone and you are also neither broken nor flawed. Being a modern human often comes with challenging experiences of aloneness, isolation, as well as relational, cultural and intergenerational trauma and the ways our brains react to these difficulties is normal and makes sense. This is what my guest today teaches. Sarah Peyton is an international speaker and neuroscience educator and the bestselling author of Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations And Exercises To Engage Your Brain's Capacity For Healing.Sarah's mission is to help us transform our brain into a kinder, cozier place to live.In this discussion with Sarah, you'll learn:-What Sarah does and how she came to her vocation...03:00-An example of trans generational healing...06:05-When you come from a "normal and wonderful childhood" but still have issues...10:25-Two polarities: heightened emotions or feeling nothing...11:50-Healing shame by identifying broken contracts...14:55-Find the answers for your unconscious contracts: "I will never ______ because ______"...19:20-The difference between self-worth and self-compassion...20:45-The importance of naming your emotions (illuminated amygdala)...23:40-Other people's emotions are not my responsibility...27:30-Ariane's ketamine infusion therapy treatment testimony...30:55-Neural garden; the brain network theory...34:22-Default mode network; how to use it well...39:00-If the brain is giving you a hard time, it is trauma, not truth...44:05-The only way to manage rage besides attaching it to love, is to turn down the volume on everything...45:50-The global opioid addiction crisis is related to ceasing to gather together...47:30-Trauma is very isolating; success can be very isolating too...48:50-Contracts are a great starting place for dealing with CPTSD...50:25-The one practice that has elevated Sarah's life personally...52:40Resources mentioned in this episode:Your Resonant Self book and workbookSarah's website

A question many of us ask ourselves is: Why am I the way I am? Our lives are shaped by unconscious patterns and we often deal with issues that are preventing us from living fully and richly. Resolving these challenges can be a lifelong quest and sometimes feel like we are throwing darts in the dark.My guest today is dedicated to illuminating and healing these aspects of our being. Katarina Wittich, better known as Kato, is a Rosen therapist and family constellations facilitator. Kato was part of the panel of experts on the Netflix series Sex Love and Goop, hosted by actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow. Family Constellations, the method Kato uses to examine and help shift her client’s undesirable behavior patterns, is based on the perspective that our dysfunctional patterns do not come solely from our own life experiences. Instead, they are usually deeply rooted family patterns that once served a purpose, often survival related, but now are detrimental and hinder us from living our lives fully.Kato facilitates restoring flow into her client’s lives by bringing forth what was previously repressed, so that these unconscious patterns can be acknowledged and then released and no longer need to be repeated.In this episode you will hear:-Kato's professional background in film and her journey to the present...02:55-Our health is more than physical health, there can be emotional un-wellness...07:10-Scientific studies exploring generational trauma and epigenetics...09:10-Learn to be with what is...13:35-An explanation of the Rosen method...15:05-How to be comfortable with a loss of control; embrace being lost...19:35-The relationship between early hunter-gatherer groups and our nervous systems...24:00-Growing up with atheist fathers; how childhood experiences shape perception of the world...29:50-Kato lives life as a major skeptic of everything...32:15-Family Constellations: a primer...35:00-How resonators resonate with other people...38:00-We have natural skills of co-regulation from our ancient ancestors...42:15-The patterns that come to us from previous generations were usually survival strategies...44:45-The success rate of family constellations (it's very, very good!)...48:30-The process of supporting clients through this work...51:20-We each need to face our own grief in order to be whole...56:15-We get to become painters with ever expanding palettes as a result of this work...59:45-Practices Kato loves: Rosen method, grounding work, physical self-love...1:05:55-The places that are most hurt in us don't trust as much...1:12:15Guest's BioBased in Los Angeles, Katarina (Kato) Wittich has been midwifing others in their journey toward wholeness for over twenty years. Her primary modalities are the somatic therapy practice of Rosen method and the powerful group phenomenological practice of Family Constellations.ResourcesKato's Website

Wholeness and feeling at home in our bodies and in resonance with our deepest Self in order to experience pleasure in all aspects of our lives is something we crave deeply. In today’s episode I speak with someone who has dedicated her life to helping us achieve just that.Darshana Avila is nurturing a culture of Erotic Wholeness. As an internationally recognized speaker, coach and facilitator, Darshana supports women and couples in exploring and reshaping their relationships to intimacy, sex and eroticism. She created the Map of Erotic Wholeness as a path to personal liberation in service to our collective sexual liberation.In October 2021, she was featured on the Netflix Series: Sex, Love & Goop.Darshana believes “we are erotic by nature,” and is dedicated to helping people feel truly at home in their bodies, at ease with their sexuality and in alignment with their hearts. Her unique style of somatic sex and intimacy coaching weaves together a trauma-informed, nature-based, justice-oriented approach, inviting more presence, pleasure and passion into the lives and relationships of those she guides.In this episode, you will discover:-What erotic wholeness is...03:15-What eco-sexuality is...05:20-Practical steps to reconnect with the natural world...09:45-Making out with flowers: refining our senses & expanding the scope of possibility...15:55-Culturally sanctioned scripts that limit our sexuality...18:35-Learn where the disconnect from pleasure stems from...21:30-We live in bodies that were made to sense...24:05-Erotic wholeness impacts every part of a life...31:05-Learn what a session with Darshana is like...34:15-Learn how partners can learn to have fruitful conversations about sex...39:30-Advice for those in sexless or unsatisfying sexual relationships...43:40-Darshana's modalities and bodies of thought that have shaped her...46:10Resources:Darshana's InstagramDarshana's website

Modern technology can be one of our most powerful allies to heal and to radiant health. In this episode I speak to Dr. Michael Snyder about the current state and the future of wearable technology and big data and how it shapes personalized medicine.Dr. Michael Snyder is the chairman of the Department of Genetics and the director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University. Wearable electronic devices can help consumers and patients monitor their health, sleep, fitness, mood and even alert to the presence of an infection. Additionally wearables can share information with the user's physician, enabling the wearer to monitor and maintain health in real time.Dr. Snyder himself uses eight wearables and refers to himself as one of the most extensively monitored scientific researchers. When it comes to data, he is an advocate for "more is better" and today he will share with us why.In this episode, you'll learn:-A day in the life at Snyder lab on Stanford University campus...02:15-Using genome sequencing to prevent disease risk...04:35-How technology can save lives through early identification...07:30-Glucose monitors as a means to know what foods spike glucose...10:15-Big biometric data, wearables data, and privacy concerns...13:45-Benefits of data outweigh risks: detection before symptoms...18:00-Every decision about your health is based on population based measurements ...21:00-Dr. Snyder explains the eight wearable devices he wears daily...23:50-Aging molecular type: how are YOU aging?...25:25-Predictions for personalized medicine and the role of wearables...28:45-Health care will focus on differentiation from individualized baselines...32:30-The economic factor of extended life span and extended health span...36:10-Ageism in our youth focused culture...38:35-The need for creative ways to transform American 'sick care' to a true health care system...40:30-The personal practice that Dr. Snyder swears by...44:40Resources mentioned:Dr. Snyder's websiteDr. Snyder's book, Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What everyone needs to know

Detox is a hot topic in the health world and especially this time of year. But what does it really entail and how do you do it effectively?In this episode I will talk with Wendy Myers about the top 5 toxins you want to block from your body, the common symptoms that tell us we need a detox, the best ways to detox and the ultimate supplements to clear out toxins.Wendy Myers is the founder of myersdetox.com and the creator of the Myers Detox Protocol. She is a detox guru, functional diagnostic nutritionist and NES Bioenergetic Practitioner based in Los Angeles.She is the bestselling author of Limitless Energy: How to Detox Toxic Metals to End Exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue. She uses Hair Mineral Analysis and other functional medical tests to design custom protocols for her clients. Wendy is also the host of the popular Myers Detox Protocol Podcast and co-host of the Supercharged Podcast with Harry Massey.Wendy’s interest in nutrition began with the death of her father from esophageal cancer. Intuitively, she knew his chemo, radiation, and ten medications played a role in his premature death. It became her mission to find out what made him sick, why he died, what role medications played in his demise, and how she could avoid the same fate. The more Wendy learned, the more she realized that food, detoxification and natural healing modalities must be used to compliment the advances in modern medicine. And importantly, that health is not merely about the absence of disease and symptoms, but about having optimum health, energy and vitality.In this episode, you'll discover:-Wendy Myers explains what "detox" means...03:00-Air, food, and water are the main sources of our toxic load...05:20-Simple and affordable steps to mitigate exposure to toxins...08:30-Mercury and lead are more prevalent than you might know...10:00-Common sign and symptoms of toxicity to watch out for...12:20-Some of the best ways to detox your body and recommended supplements...17:00-Herxheimer reactions to detox; advice for the highly sensitive...20:45-World Health Organization estimates 500 chemicals in our bodies...27:00-Wendy Myer's daily supplement routine...30:30-How her protocol helped improve her daughter's autism...33:30-Don't forget your binders! The most common detox mistake...38:15-Timing, timing, timing; when to detox and when to take binders...40:00-Bioenergetics has been an incredible source of wellness and healing for her...41:30Resources mentioned this episode:Wendy Myer's websiteDermaShower Shower FilterNES Health Bioenergetic System

I have the privilege and joy to speak to amazing human beings on this podcast and all of the people who generously share their time to be guests touch me in a profound way with their life's missions and journey.One particular guest made me reframe everything I thought I knew about achievement and endurance and the WHY behind doing what we do matters. Her passion and purpose and deep humility simply blew me away. Fiona Oakes is an elite marathon runner and a carer of over 500 animals at the Sanctuary she founded in 1996 - Towerhill Stables Animal Sanctuary. She has competed in over 100 marathons and finished in the top 20 in two of the world's Major Marathon series (Berlin and London), along with winning the Main Start and placing top 20 in the Great North Run. Fiona has been vegan for almost her entire life and in 2012 she became the first vegan woman to complete the grueling Marathon de Sables - a race she has completed twice more since - and in 2013 won the North Pole Marathon and it's 'sister' race the Antarctic Ice Marathon. She now holds four Guinness recognised World Records in endurance events including being the fastest woman to run a Marathon on every Continent.Her successes are even more impressive when one learns she lost a kneecap as a teenager, causing her to experience constant pain when running.She does all this to promote an ethical vegan lifestyle and to raise awareness of her Sanctuary. Fiona is also the subject of a documentary made by prominent film maker - Keegan Kuhn (other notable documentaries in his portfolio include Cowspiracy and What the Health).Fiona personally cares for, on a daily basis, the animals she protects in her Sanctuary. Her entire life is dedicated to the promotion of veganism in a positive, proactive and peaceful way and she is living proof of it's sustainability, longevity and viability for both mental and physical wellbeing. Fiona Oakes life is one dedicated to service and this conversation has changed my outlook on life in many ways and I believe it may do this for you, too.In this discussion with Fiona Oakes, you'll discover:-How veganism chose Fiona; a supportive mother, and a mentor...04:00-Growing up as a vegan child in a world of naysayers and doubters...10:15-Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary; home to 500 rescue animals...18:15-Fiona's love of animals is in her soul; it's always been there...22:20-A running career fueled by sheer determination to promote veganism...28:00-Fiona's toughest challenge so far...35:15-Her take on the difference between vegan and plant-based...37:50-She hopes the pandemic teaches us all that health is real wealth...43:15-The Warrior Diet; Fiona's one meal a day...44:00-2 decades of elite running without any running injuries is a true testament to the viability of a vegan lifestyle...48:35-Toes crushed by horse hooves and bones protruding at the world's toughest footrace...52:00-She believes her cavalier ignorance is her greatest strength; the North Pole marathon...57:30-She advocates for not overthinking; deny anxiety the chance to win...1:00:10-If you train hard, you'll race hard...1:03:20-Fiona's goals for the future...1:04:00-The practices which have benefited and supported Fiona over the years...1:07:40ResourcesFiona's websiteFiona's InstagramFiona's FacebookFiona's Twitter

When it comes to longevity and aging well, we now know that a key component of both is the health of our cells. Each one of us has over 37 trillion cells in our body and we rely on these building blocks to effectively carry out their functions and to keep renewing themselves as we age. One of the issues we face as we are aging is that our cells fail to replicate correctly which can cause disease. This is also why aging is the issue at the core of many of the big diseases we see with old age.My guest today is Dr. Sandra Kaufmann and we will do a deep dive into all things anti-aging. Sandra is a cell biologist and the Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia at the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Florida. She is the founder of the Kaufmann Antiaging Institute which focuses on educating about the reasons why we age and how we can minimize the effects of aging.She is also the author of the book The Kaufmann Protocol: Why We Age And How To Stop It. Today she will share with us why a personalized longevity protocol is so important in addition to sleep, diet and exercise.In this episode, you'll discover:-Dr. Kaufmann estimates what she thinks is possible for human life spans...03:00-Why we should decelerate aging: a defense of longer lives amidst controversy...06:30-"Liberal Arts in Medicine": How Dr. Kaufmann went from a plant cell biologist to pediatric anesthesiologist...08:40-She is the human guinea pig for testing anti-aging protocols...13:00-The Kaufmann Protocol. Tenet One is about protecting DNA...17:00-Magnesium threonate has incredible properties for the human body...20:00-Tenet Two is all about Energy: Mitochondria...21:45-Tenet Three considers Pathways, and a conversation about Metformin...31:00-Dr. Kaufmann tells you the 3 of the 27 pathways she prioritizes...37:00-Tenet Four: Quality controls and DNA repair mechanisms...39:50-Autophagy, cellular repair, and spermadine as an autophagy increaser...45:00-Tenet Five: Immune and Inflammatory Systems...46:00-Tenet Six: Individual cell requirements...49:40-Tenet Seven: Waste management...51:30-Dr. Kaufmann's daily protocol...53:30-How she got into rock climbing...57:00-Dr. Kaufmann's thoughts on ketamine therapy...59:30Resources mentioned:Dr. Kaufmann's websiteDr. Kaufmann's book

It is the most fundamental question of humanity: are we alone? Are we the only intelligent life in the Universe? The answer, whether it is yes, or no, has profound implications on every aspect of our lives. And yet, until very recently, the scientific community at large has refused to officially pursue the answer to this question.My guest today is no stranger to controversy and not afraid to ask the question and to give his answer.Professor Avi Loeb is a Harvard astrophysicist and arguably one of the world's most famous scientists today. In his 2021 book "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth", he proposes that the interstellar object Oumouamoua, which passed through our solar system in 2017, may indeed be the creation of an alien intelligence. His book became an immediate New York Times bestseller and caused a huge stir in the media and the scientific community.Professor Loeb is the author of five books and over 800 scientific papers. In 2012 Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people in space.Professor Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. professor of science at Harvard University, where he is also director of the Black Hole Initiative and the Institute for Theory and Computation and has worked on many advances in space and astrophysics, producing pioneering and provocative research on black holes, gamma-ray bursts and the early universe.Today we will talk about his riveting hypothesis, which states that we are not alone in the Universe and about his work as the head of the Galileo Project, which focuses on the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts.In this episode, you'll discover:-Main stream scientists, and Avi's wish for more childlike thinking in academia...03:30-"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." -Carl Sagan. "Extraordinary evidence requires extraordinary funding." -Avi Loeb...07:15-What makes Oumouamoua, the interstellar object that passed through our solar system in 2017, so unique...09:25-There is little space for new ideas about outer space...14:30-The Galileo Project: the million dollar question of whether to rendezvous or not...16:40-Earth Ego and superiority complex: why the possibility of life on other planets is a threat for many...19:00-The smartest kid on the block (as long as no one knows about the other ones)...23:00-Professor Loeb deals with personal criticism by focusing on those who support him...27:00-Giant Telescopes. Megapixel images. Funding for the Galileo project housed at Harvard University...32:00-An expert answers how we should handle the first contact experience with extraterrestrials...35:00-What have we been looking for and what SHOULD we be looking for...39:00-Learn why whatever information we might have about life on other planets won't be released to the public...43:00-Avi's positive outlook about how we could be inspired to behave better by outsiders; if we continue on the present path, we won't survive more than a few centuries...48:00-Why it is best to start from zero and build up: humility trumps arrogance...51:00-Standing against the tide of naysayers from main stream science...55:00-Mating ducks, dating artificial space objects, and other inspirations in Professor Loeb's daily life...58:30Resources mentioned:The Galileo ProjectProfessor Loeb's bookProfessor Loeb's website

Working out once a week and eating whatever, whenever and being in the best shape of your life. Sounds like a dream? It's a dream my guest today is living. Joel Greene is the creator of the VEEP Nutrition System, based on targeting gut communities to affect health and body composition. He is also the author of the groundbreaking book The Immunity Code: The New Paradigm for Real Health and Radical Anti-Aging. Joel was training intervals in the 1970's, taking MCT's in the late 80's, doing Keto in the early 90's and targeting AMPK by 2009. At age 55 he is a 100% natural athlete and works out on average once per week, eating what and when he wants. Joel is also a speaker and consultant for some of the nation's largest employers, including big cities and hospitals. Additionally he teaches functional medicine practitioners how to help their patients to dramatically slow aging and lose weight by optimizing their gut health focusing on an immune centric approach. And today he will share some of his key insights with us. In this episode, you'll learn: -Trial, Success... Rebound effect! Decades of fad protocols and Joel's pursuit for answers...02:30 -Anatomy of a fat cell and why fat loss models have been totally incorrect for 70 years or more...06:30 -There is a genetic mechanism activating that programs fat cells to regain weight...10:30 -Fat loss is an injury. Learn how the damage manifest in the body...12:30 -Obesity and chronic weight loss do something similar in the body: both are forms of cellular injury...16:45 -Big problem: we never learned how to eat!...17:45 -How we are trying to overcome a survival instinct with willpower...21:00 -How Joel advocates for acquiring a skillset rather than "going on a diet" to retrain the body to eat ad libitum...23:15 -Gut health! Practical advice for healing and maintaining your gut...27:00 -Circadian, Circaseptan, and seasonal rhythms: optimize your natural biorhythms...32:00 -Immune-centric approach to anti-aging and health: oxygenation is key!...35:20 -Steering macrophages: flip those suckers from the inflammatory state to the anti-inflammatory state...38:15 -NAD supplementation: this can increase the aging process...40:00 -Simple techniques for clearing hypoxia (where there is hypoxia, there is inflammation)...42:30 -Joel's life practices he wants to share with listeners: Hint: tap into survival!...45:30 Resources from this Episode Joel Greene's Instagram Veep Nutrition The Immunity Code Book by Joel Greene

We are currently going through a spiritual crisis. We live in a time that is dominated by a materialistic and mechanistic world view. In our current culture consumption is prized more than compassion, power is valued more than peace and status is deemed more important than connection to spirit. We witness the results of this every day in the wrecking of our own wellbeing and of the planet. How can we find a way out of the crisis? It starts with ourselves. It starts within. It starts with the examination of who we truly are and with the evolution of our hearts. And my guest today is a man who has dedicated his life to spiritual growth and healing. Rabbi Mordecai Finley is the co-founder of Ohr Ha Torah Synagogue in Los Angeles. He holds a doctorate in Religion and Social Ethics, he is a historian, a philosopher and a spiritual psychologist. He is also a United States Marine Corps veteran, the founder and former President of the Academy for Jewish Religion and the world's only rabbi with a black belt in jiu-jitsu. His teachings are informed by his full and eclectic life and by the many schools and traditions he studied, amongst them the ancient wisdom of the Kabbalah, Stoicism and Neo-Platonism, the principles of Carl Gustav Jung and a range of modern psychological schools of thought such as William Glasser, Albert Ellis and Byron Katie. Rabbi Finley's mission is to serve the greater good of all, sharing his wisdom about the truths about the human condition. And today he generously shares this wisdom with us. In this episode, you'll discover: -What it means to "examine" our life...03:30 -Rabbi Finley's take on the ego and the self...08:55 -How we know when we're run by a negative ego state...12:15 -How Rabbi Finley describes his counseling model...14:40 -How to break through unhealthy cycles of the mind...18:40 -How high school keeps young people in an immature mindset...22:50 -Similarities between Compton and the Marine Corps in curbing the ego...27:30 -How martial arts informs Rabbi Finley's ministry as a rabbi...31:55 -Repression of our souls is the root cause of our misery...35:20 -Things are so bad today...compared to what?...40:24 -How praying to bring healing to God ultimately brings healing to the self...43:50 -The good rabbi's best practices in life...50:18 -And much more... Rabbi Finley's website