Knowledge Bomb:This simple exercise can change your health.It’s singing!How does singing benefit the health of the gut?What other systems does singing activate?Can singing reduce inflammation in the body?What brain chemicals are released when we sing?How singing can be the most powerful practice for emotional health. Special Guest Segment:Matt Maruca,sun expert, joins the show to talk about all things sun healing.Why is the sun synonymous with health?Is the sun the root cause of skin cancer?Should we supplement Vitamin D?Is using sunblock helpful or detrimental?Should we wear sunglasses?What is the most important hormone that the sun gives us?Is UV light cancerous or foundational to health?Do windows block the benefits of the sun?Should we use tanning beds?Are fluorescent lights detrimental to health?How much time should we spend in the sun per day?How should we be exposing ourself to the sun?Easy hacks for getting more sun.How does light connect with spirituality?Matt Maruca is the founder and CEO of Ra Optics, which teaches people about the important roles that light plays in health, and develops the most advanced light therapy-based products for transforming health.He began a quest to heal after struggling with various health challenges as a kid, ultimately coming to learn about the tremendous impact of light. The finding that we are beings of light ultimately led him onto a spiritual journey, seeking to realize the unlimited nature of our human experience.He spends his time building his company, teaching about his findings, working with top-level thought leaders, celebrities and executives, and traveling the world.He founded Ra Optics at age 18 and built it into a multi-million dollar brand on his own. He is currently 22 years old.You can learn more about Matt and his company by following the links below, and especially by joining his email and SMS community on raoptics.com.If you would like to get in touch with Matt for partnerships or media purposes, contact inquiries@raoptics.com.    •    raoptics.com     •    instagram @thelightdiet    ◦    https://www.instagram.com/thelightdiet/    •    instagram @ra_optics    ◦    https://www.instagram.com/ra_optics/    •    The Light Diet Podcast    ◦    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-light-diet/id1534261406Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelfHosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D.Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalezhttps://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/

Knowledge Bomb:Americans have one of the worst breaths in the world!Learn why and how to FIX bad breath permanently.Special Guest Segment:Millana Snow joins the show to talk about some of the most important topics in health.What is religion? What is spirituality? What are the benefits of having a deep connection to self (source). How to we heal intimacy/ sexual issues?How do we break through creative blocks?Why is sensuality so important?How to have a better sexual experience.Breathwork and how it heals the parts of you which need it most. Guest Bio:Millana Snow is one of the leading voices in global wellness. She is an energy healer, teacher and wellness entrepreneur with a passion for bringing healing to a diverse community of clients, followers, brands, celebrities, and even members of the royal family. Based in Los Angeles, Millana is a former model (YSL, CoverGirl) and woman of color with Afro-Latina/Panamanian, American, and British roots. Speaking to an audience as diverse as her background, her work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, PopSugar and Well+Good. Millana is the winner of Project Runway and “Best Travel + Adventure Show” Webby Award.Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelfHosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D.Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalezhttps://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/

Knowledge Bomb:The bloat show is here! Dr. G goes into all things bloating. Why are you bloated?How common is bloating?The top causes of bloating Lesser known causes of bloating that no one is talking about.What makes bloating worse?My top remedies to ease bloating.My top practices to ease bloating.If you are suffering with bloating, this show is for you. Special Guest Segment:Dr. Kelly Blodgett joins the show to talk about the most important topics in dentistry. Oral health is the window to systemic health, so we must optimize our mouth. Are root canals safe?Are dental implants safe?Are metal fillings safe?What are the best alternatives for these procedures? Should we be worried about fluoride?What’s the deal with mouth tape?Why we shouldn’t ignore bleeding gums.GUEST BIO:Dr. Kelly J. Blodgett is redefining the modern dental experience! Over the past 20 years, he has created a practice recognized as an international hotspot for Integrative Biological Dentistry and Dental Tourism. He attracts those who seek a holistic and biological approach to their oral health. Through his weekly Toxic Tuesday and Wellness Wednesday social media posts, Dr. Blodgett shares truths not commonly discussed in traditional dental settings. His post series illustrates his patients’ incredible journeys back to health along with providing best practices for predictable oral and systemic health.

Special Guest segment: Chris Maher joins the show to talk about what lifetime accumulated stress does to our health.What diseases does lifetime accumulated stress causeWhere does this stress start?How to raise a healthy child.How to reduce accumulated stress in relationships.What are the different types of stress in the body?How do we stop biological aging?What is the #1 quality to raise an authentic child.Where in the body does lifetime accumulated stress store?How do we remove it?Do organs have intelligence?How healing tension reawakens our organ health.Why don’t massages work long term?What does pain in the body mean?Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelfHosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D.Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalezhttps://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G goes into the how the nervous system and the gut connect and then takes it a step further. He speaks about how that connection influences the immune system.What role does the nervous system play in digestion?What chemical is needed for proper digestion?What happens to these functions when we are stressed?Does our gut have a second brain?What role does the brain have on immune health? What role does the gut and brain have on auto immune disease?What are the top ways to regulate the nervous system?What is the #1 thing we need to consider for immune, brain and gut health?Special Guest Segment: Dr. Ellen Vora joins the show to talk about overcoming anxiety.What are the top 3 things we can do right now to overcome anxiety?What role does diet have on anxiety?How do we heal our relationship with food?How does connection create safety?How vulnerability creates deeper connection.How to create your community.How to reconnect with your artistry and creativity.The number #1 supplement to make us feel better.The new perspective on how we see mental health. How anxiety disrupts the gut + how the gut creates anxiety. The easy hack to poop better.How to get better sleep.A major factor to bipolar disorder.How do we protect ourselves from cell phones?Ellen Vora, MD is a holistic psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher. She takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root. Dr. Vora received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.D. from Columbia University, and she is board-certified in psychiatry and integrative holistic medicine. She is the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety. Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelfHosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D.Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalezhttps://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/

Knowledge Bomb:Doctor G. goes into how to address trauma properly. How does talk therapy help us?Does talk therapy have the ability to address the root of trauma?What is trauma?How do we heal our deepest trauma?Special Guest Segment:Breathwork expert Josh Trent joins the show to drop some knowledge on breath. What are the main signs we are breathing improperly? What are the consequences of improper breathing?Are breathwork “gurus” teaching improper breathing? Breath hack for day focus and energy.Breath hack before bed for your best sleep.How are animals breathing in trauma?What can we learn from trauma breathing?GUEST BIO: Josh Trent is the Founder of Wellness Force Media, host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast and the creator of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program.Josh has spent the past 19+ years as a trainer, researcher, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world.The Wellness Force Media Mission is to help humans heal mental, emotional and physical health through podcasts, programs, and a global community that believe in optimizing our potential to live life well. Josh's life is dedicated to supporting humanity coming together as one.Hosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D.Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalezhttps://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/

Special Guest Segment:Dietitian Michelle Shapiro joins the show to give us the low down on the dietetics industry on how it is affecting our health, often times negatively.Is the dietitian academy RUN by big diary, meat, and sugar industries?The most TOXIC go to drink for dietitians in hospitals and nursing facilities.How do we focus on PROPER digestion?Quick HACKS for better brain gut connections.The PROBLEM with how we treat weight loss and diets.Is INTUITIVE eating helpful or harmful?And more incredible info on today’s episode of Heal Thy Self.Knowledge Bomb:Doctor. G reviews the facts behind food intolerance tests. They are all the rage in alternative medicine but are they legit?How do they work?Are they the same as food allergy tests?If the results say you are intolerant to a food, what next?What are more effective ways to heal food sensitivities?GUEST BIO:Michelle is an Integrative/ Functional Registered Dietitian and Patient Advocate practicing virtually in New York City. In her one on one practice, Michelle helps clients heal from chronic stress and digestive issues so they can lose weight lovingly and restore their energy, while experiencing a deeper connection with themselves and with life. In her supportive client work, Michelle is eager to bridge the gap between intuitive eating/ body positivity and functional nutrition, whereby there is generally a dichotomy. She believes clients can approach health changes lovingly, without force, and through their own agency.Michelle created Wellness Map, a monthly functional medicine patient advocacy membership to empower clients to become the boss of their own healthcare and teach them to navigate the healthcare system , advocate for themselves in appointments, all while getting access to discounted services. Michelle works to connect members with Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Practitioners to create sacred spaces for healing. The goal of Wellness Map is to get every single member in the driver's seat of their health journey.

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G talks about his return from emotional release training in Portugal and answers some important questions.Why do we hold emotions?Where do we hold emotions? How does this affect our daily lives?How is emotional health the root of all healing?How can emotional healing heal generational trauma?Special Guest Segment: Colleen Kavanagh joins the show. As the founder of Zēgo and a powerful consumer advocate she answers questions like.The dirty secret behind the pea protein industry.The dirty secret behind oats.The corruption behind school lunches.How to advocate for yourself to companies as a consumer.Toxins in baby food.GUEST BIO:Colleen Kavanagh has dedicated her career to improving nutrition quality in food to provide the foundational wellness people and communities need to thrive. In her early career, she worked in politics to improve child nutrition programs like school lunch, WIC and Food Stamps for Cong. George Miller, and later as Director of the anti-hunger organization California Food Policy Advocates. When taking time off to raise her young family, she started her own nonprofit, A Better Course, to focus on institutional injustices that prevent children from receiving healthy food at school and in the food stamp program (SNAP). Her study, Flunking Lunch, lead to the banning of separate lines for low-income students in the school lunchroom nationwide. Seeking a more effective leverage point to improve nutrition, Colleen launched ZEGO LLC. ZEGO makes nutritious, whole food breakfast and snack products with purity testing transparency for over 500 toxins like glyphosate, pesticides, heavy metals, and allergens. Colleen’s mission with ZEGO is simple, yet revolutionary. She seeks to inspire rapid changes to clean the food system by establishing that consumers have the right to know if there is toxic residue in their food before they consume it. Colleen is originally from Memphis, TN and is raising three children and two dogs with her husband Erik Puknys in San Francisco.Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelfHosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D.Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalezhttps://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G talks all about BURNOUT! So many of us are burnt out or are we?What is burn out?Is there such thing as healthy cortisol?What does burn out look like?What does it do to the body? How do we prevent burn out psychologically?How do we prevent physical burn out?Special Guest Segment: Top motivational speaker David Nurse drops in to teach us how to break habits. Morning tip to wipe away self doubt.Breaking through resistance for difficult tasks. The role of gratitude as a game changer. What physical cues can we use to break habits?What verbal cues can we use to create confidence?What visual cues can we use to create peace within ourselves? How does serving humanity grow your purpose? The 4 steps to creating a breakthrough.GUEST BIO:David has helped over 150 NBA players develop the unshakable mindset, grossing 3.2 billion in player contracts. He has written two best-selling books - Pivot & Go and his latest book that hit Number 1 New Releases on Amazon: Breakthrough. David has spoken in over 50 countries, for Fortune 100 companies, sports teams, and high-performance organizations all over the world and was rated one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers worldwide by Real Leaders. He also runs an exclusive personal and group coaching business and LOVES helping others find their true God given gift.

Special Guest Segment: Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, Gastroenterologist and author of the best selling book Fiber Fueled drops in to cover some of the most important topics to our health.What is the best food to fight disease?How does it help fight disease?What are the 3 types of prebiotics?Why are polyphenols so healthy for our health?Is earth in a state of dysbiosis?How loneliness affects adults and children’s guts.How cortisol affects the microbiome. How mental health determines your gut health.Trauma and the gut.Perfectionism.Anxiety and depression and the gut.Carnivore diet, is it healthy?GUEST BIO:Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (or "Dr. B") is an award winning gastroenterologist, internationally recognized gut health expert and the New York Times-bestselling author of Fiber Fueled and The Fiber Fueled Cookbook. He sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of ZOE, has authored more than twenty articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, has given more than forty presentations at national meetings, presented to Congress and the USDA, and has taught over 10,000 students how to heal and optimize their gut health. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his wife and children. You’ll find him on Instagram as @theguthealthmd , on Facebook as @theguthealthmd , and at his website theplantfedgut.com