

Beyond The Pain
Leigh Brandon
Beyond The Pain is your guide to uncovering the real root causes of chronic pain and reclaiming a life without limits. Hosted by Leigh Brandon—Functional Medicine Practitioner, CHEK Faculty Instructor, and author with nearly 30 years of experience—this show explores the physical, emotional, nutritional, and environmental drivers of pain. Through expert interviews and solo insights, you’ll discover holistic strategies that heal, empower, and transform where conventional methods fall short.
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Aug 14, 2023 • 1h 34min
53 - Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby, Healthy Mum with Dr Nathan Riley
In this episode entitled, "Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby, Healthy Mum," I go deep with OBGYN Dr Nathan Riley discussing fertility, pregnancy and birthing. Nathan's approach is very different from the general medical approach and as you might imagine his patients have great success in becoming pregant, have uncomplicated pregnancies and births and ultimately, have healthy babies.We discussed:2:22Nathan's journey to becoming an OBGYN18:00Nathan's views on fertility 33:05Common mistake during pregnancy52:27The importance of exercise before, during and after pregnancy1:14:11Pre & Post Partum Sleep Advice1:21:03The best birthing practicesYou can find Nathan @:www.belovedholistics.comhttps://www.instagram.com/nathanrileyobgyn/https://www.facebook.com/nathanrileyobgynPodcast: https://anchor.fm/theholisticobgynNatural Fertility Course: https://shop.chekinstitute.com/products/natural-fertility-an-integrated-approach-to-reproductive-health Offer:$200 discount for listeners on Nathan's packages including PRP Fertility using code BODYCHEK200 Send us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Aug 7, 2023 • 1h 24min
52 - Dealing with Child Tantrums and Ragefull Outbursts with Laura Reardon
In this week’s episode entitled “Dealing with Children’s Tantrums and Rageful Behaviour”, Laura Reardon and I discussed the best strategies for parents when faced with a child showing strong emotions such as tantrums and outbursts. We discussed emotional regulation, what constitutes good and bad emotions, social and emotional learning, co-regulation, The Fawn Response, when children are old enough to develop emotional regulation, and Laura advises parents on the ABC’s of emotional regulation.We discussed:2:20Laura's Journey5:30Emotional Regulation10:30Good versus Bad Emotions17:08Social & Emotional Learning22:28Coregulation35:30The Fawn Response43:00When Children Develop Emotional Regulation49:50The ABC's of Emotional RegulationYou can find Laura @:https://laurareardoncoaching.comSend us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jul 31, 2023 • 1h 20min
51 - Why Yoga & Stretching Is Causing Your Pain with Yogi Aaron
In this week's episode entitled, "Why Yoga & Stretching Is Causing Your Pain," Yogi Aaron and I discuss the important topics of stretching and yoga, why their concepts are often misunderstood and why in many cases they are used ineffectively, leading to physical pain and injury.We both discuss our previous lower back injuries that were at least in part caused by yoga and the lessons we both learned.We also discussed the technical aspects of when and why stretching and yoga can cause pain, and we discussed how Aaron adapts his yoga teachings so that yoga can be performed in the way it was originally intended, which is "to move with least effort" and in way that helps to reduce the likelihood of pain and injury.We discussed:2:12Aaron's Yoga Journey28:22How Stretching Causes Harm to the Body39:30Muscle Activation Techniques®53:21A Healthy Way to Stretch1:03:53The Ultimate Goal of Yoga1:08:40The Future of YogaYou can find Yogi Aaron @:https://YogiAaron.com https://youtube.com/c/YogiAaronhttps://www.instagram.com/yogi_aaron/https://www.facebook.com/yogi.aaron.yoga/Yogi Aaron's pain-free series: http://smpl.ro/pain-freeYogi Aaron's book: https://amzn.to/3xHJmMkSend us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jul 24, 2023 • 1h 11min
50 - How To Thrive in Menopause with Dr Daved Rosensweet
In this week’s episode of RHR entitled "How To Thrive in Menopause", Dr Daved Rosensweet and I got to discuss a very important topic that affects millions of women across the world and can ultimately lead to a miserable middle and late-stage of life often requiring a cocktail of pharmaceuticals with little benefit, side effects and 24-hour care at great expense. Hormones is a subject that I’ve had a very special interest in since the early 1990’s, so Dr Rosensweet and I got deep into the subject of menopause and more importantly, how to thrive during and after menopause.Dr Rosensweet shares his 50 plus years of experience working in this field and this episode is one that no woman or man above, or even approaching 40 years of age should miss. We discussed:2:20Dr Rosensweet's Journey Into Helping Women Thrive in Menopause8:25What is Menopause?14:40Standard Medical Approach to Menopause25:00Differences Between Patented Synthetic Hormones and Bio-identical Hormones34:00Testing Hormones During Menopause43:50Dosing Hormones When Treating Menopause52:30Hormone Delivery Options55:00The Dangers of Mild Symptoms of MenopauseYou can find Dr Rosensweet @:https://brite.live/https://iobim.orghttps://www.facebook.com/davedrosensweetmdFree copy of "Happy Healthy Hormones" @ https://iobim.org/book/Send us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jul 17, 2023 • 1h 40min
49 - Autoimmune Conditions Are Caused by Your Mind with Josie Warren
In this week’s episode, I invited Josie Warren to discuss Why Autoimmune Conditions Are Caused by Your Mind. Health expert Josie had eight autoimmune disorders, depression, anxiety, ADD, alcoholism, and an eating disorder in her teens and 20’s. After years of struggling with traditional and alternative medicine, she was unable to solve her chronic health issues. Thankfully, she found the missing piece that led her to fully heal from ALL her chronic health disorders in a very short period of time. Josie’s passion to help others with autoimmune disorders to create fulfilling lives is clearly evident in this interview, and she was really excited to share the missing piece in this episode.We discussed:2:43Josie's Autoimmune Journey28:17Differences and Similarities Between the Western Medicine and Alternative/Functional medicine40:30An Illness Currency48:50Why People Find Life Difficult1:05:00Josie's Steps to Curing Her Autoimmune Diseases1:26:00Do You Really Want to Heal?You can find Josie @:Email: josie.n.warren@gmail.comhttps://hashimotosfix.com/Send us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jul 10, 2023 • 1h 6min
48 - Overcoming Embarrassing Gas, Bloating & Constipation with Tina McDermott
In this week's episode, I spoke with Tina McDermott who spent most of her life struggling with digestive issues. She didn’t understand that the embarrassing gas, bloating, constipation, and yo-yo weight gain/loss she had since she was a teenager were all interconnected and thought that it was just ‘the way it is’, and that she had to live with it.When Tina learned that she had Lyme disease, which had gone undetected for years and wreaked havoc on her health along with digestive issues, she also suffered from extreme chronic fatigue, depression, vertigo, fevers, weight gain and ultimately Hashimoto’s disease. Tina's inspiration for her own wellness journey began when her older sister Anna was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 23 and ultimately took her at the age of 48. Anna’s illness and suffering was a wake-up call for Tina to learn more about how to take better care of her own health, and help others as well.We discussed:2:20Tina's Journey30:00Lyme Disease34:40Depression, Vertigo, & Hashimoto's Related to Lyme Disease.41:55Tina's Life Changing Moment50:40Facing ChallengesYou can find Tina @:https://www.tinamcdermott.comhttps://www.tinasjoyfulkitchen.com (Youtube channel)https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-mcdermott/https://www.facebook.com/groups/FinallythinforeverSupporthttps://www.instagram.com/tinasjoyouskitchen/Send us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jul 3, 2023 • 40min
47 - The Top 10 Biggest Nutrition Fails with Leigh Brandon
In this week’ episode of the RHR Podcast, I go solo to share with you my experience of the last 27 years coaching people on eating for optimal health and the biggest mistakes I see people making where nutrition has played a role in their health condition, whether it be, acne, eczema, psoriasis, constipation, diarrhoea, chronic pain or any other chronic degenerative disease.And with the ever-increasing rates of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and mental health problems, all of which having a nutritional component I thought this was a subject I just had to tackle. The destruction of quality of life and early deaths many of these diseases cause, is totally avoidable.Just as I did in episode 17, “The Top 10 Gym Mistakes”, I will start with Nutrition Fail number 10 and work may way up to the number 1 Nutrition Fail. I will also be providing solutions as I go, so it won't be all doom and gloom.The Top Ten Nutrition Fails:3:0510. Trying to supplement your way out of a poor diet5:559. Believing healthy food is too expensive7:358. Eating foods that you are sensitive to13:157. Prioritising taste over health17:206. Microwaving your foods24:205. Not optimising your digestion27:254. Not planning meals32:353. Not eating right for your Metabolic Type®34:252. Eating commercially raised foods.35:501. Not setting core values around your food choices.Send us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jun 26, 2023 • 1h 14min
46 - Do You Need Kinesiology to be Pain Free? with Amanda Kate
In this episode with Kinesiologist Amanda Kate, we discuss how Kinesiology changed Amanda's life around from a life of abuse, lack of self care and ill-health, into where she is now, using Kinesiology to help people get out of pain and to lead their best life. We discussed:2:40Amanda's Traumatic Health Journey13:00What is Kinesiology?21:10How Emotions Impact Physical Pain & Gut Health30:30Why We Listen to External Influences Over Our Innate Wisdom35:55Intuition and How to Use It49:40Living Life In Accordance With Our Own Goals and Values1:02:35How Balancing Ourselves Benefits Society As A WholeYou can find Amanda at:www.amandakate.com.auwww.instagram.com/amanda__katewww.linkedin.com/in/amanda-katewww.tiktok.com/@divinelymessywww.facebook.com/amandakatetransformationSend us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jun 19, 2023 • 1h 38min
45 - Get Rid of Chronic Pain & Disease Fast with Dr Lonnie Herman
In this episode, I spoke with Dr Lonnie Herman about the system he has created after studying many health and medical modalities to get to the root cause of people's pain and to eradicate the pain fast, by treating it using a combination of techniques. We discussed:2:20Dr Herman's Journey to Discovering Quantum Medicine18:26Weaknesses of the current medical model dealing with chronic pain30:58The most common causes of persistent pain37:46Finding the root cause of chronic pain & disease1:20:41Common pain conditions treatedDr Herman can be found @https://drlonnieherman.com/InstagramFacebookSend us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/

Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 14min
44 - A Fight For Freedom, Truth & Bodily Autonomy with Nazarin Veronica
In this episode, I invited Nazarin Veronica to discuss her experience of the last 3 years and her fight for freedom, truth and bodily autonomy. Having watched a number of Nazarin’s online videos and TV appearances, I just had to get her on the show as she is such an inspiration to people, both young and old. I can say for sure if there were more people as wide-eyed, brave and morally sound as Nazarin, the world would not be in the mess that it is.We discussed Nazarin’s appearance on the BBC Documentary, called “Unvaccinated”. As you will see, Nazarin is an intelligent, courageous, no nonsense young women who stands up for what she believes in and doesn't allow herself to be bullied by authority figures, nor influenced by untruthful propaganda. We discussed:2:30Nazarin's Journey into Activism14:10Nazarin's expectations before going on BBC's "Unvaccinated" documentary16:10Why Nazarin chose not to be jabbed21:50Information in the documentary Nazarin found most frustrating54:40BBC's agenda for the documentary59:35Standing up to medical professional bulliesYou can find Nazarin @:https://www.instagram.com/nazarinveronica/https://twitter.com/nazarinveronicahttps://youtube.com/@nazarinveronicaSend us a textSupport the showDon't forget to leave a Rating for the podcast!You can find Leigh @: Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/ Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/ Leigh's courses: StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/ Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/