Healthy Housecalls With Angel
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe world of healthcare is challenging. We’re all looking for more practical tips, tools and strategies to not only live longer but live better. Lifestyle medicine puts you in control by focusing on prevention and the root causes of disease to help you change your life, not just your symptoms.
Angel V. Shannon, lifestyle medicine expert and founder of Seva Health and The Seva Institute empowers you with insider tips on functional nutrition, healthy brain aging, hormone balancing and the food-mood connection to help you get more out of your healthcare than just the average annual physical.
As a board certified nurse practitioner, meditation instructor and life-long student of mind-body medicine, Angel sees the bigger picture, teaching her patients and private coaching clients how to use the tool of mindfulness to reduce stress, change their relationship with food, eliminate self-sabotaging thought patterns and establish a strong foundation of healthy habits for lifetime personal improvement.
Angel will inspire you with the ‘clinical pearls’ gained from over two decades of patient centered, clinical practice. One part science and one part storytelling, Healthy Housecalls With Angel is a journey into the courageous stories of the many coaching clients she’s helped to trust their innate wisdom to successfully lose weight, reverse chronic health conditions, get hormones in balance and connect the dots between food and mood to improve their mental health and ultimately transform their lives --- all by simply adopting a holistic, lifestyle focused approach.
This podcast will help you make sense of the world of healthcare, push past emotional roadblocks and give you actionable steps to achieve real health and the joy, purpose and vitality you want in your life. Tune in and get Fit & Functional For Life® !
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Intuition As Inspiration With Special Guest: Mariyah Thompson
June 15, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBIn these complex times, with life moving at such a hurried pace, we all yearn for quick answers and simple solutions to life problems that really aren't all that simple. 'Life hacks' are more prevalent now than ever before. Feeling so overwhelmed with information coming from so many corners, it can be comforting to turn to specialists and experts who appear to have the skills to show us the way. But asking others to help us make important life decisions can actually leave us feeling more los...
Getting Better With Berberine
April 25, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBWelcome to Season Three of Healthy Housecalls With Angel. In this episode, we'll be diving into the topic of berberine, a natural compound that has been gaining popularity in the health and wellness community for its many potential benefits. Berberine is a plant alkaloid that has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years to treat a variety of ailments. In more recent years, it has gained popularity as a dietary supplement due to its potential health benefits such as helping t...
When Things Fall Apart: How To Break Up With Your Therapist
February 28, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBDivorce. Death. Loss of a job or trouble with the teenage kids - no matter what, life is filled with change and challenges. Coping with the stress of modern life isn't easy, especially when you're trying to do it alone. Therapy can be the biggest link to finding purpose, passion, and meaning in life again. However, not all therapeutic relationships work out for the best. Furthermore, life changes and people change which means our goals in therapy can change too. This episode provides gentle ...
Get In The Fast Lane! Flip Your Metabolic Switch Naturally!
January 10, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBIntermittent fasting is a term used to describe an eating pattern where you cycle between periods of eating and periods of abstaining from food. It has recently gained popularity as a way to improve health, lose weight, and extend lifespan. While intermittent fasting can be beneficial for people of all ages, it may be particularly useful for those over 40 - especially women. As we age, our metabolism tends to slow down, making it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it. We lose muscle ma...
Karma and The Sacred Pause
November 29, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBWhat would it take to feel renewed every day? To not feel the FOMO, frenzy, and the overwhelming 'always-behind-the-eight-ball' feeling of modern life? Instead of waiting all year for a vacation to smooth out the bumps and tensions in life, instead of waiting until Friday night to shed our weariness, what if we could take time out every day? Live a renewed life every day? Be refreshed, reinvigorated and re-inspired every day? The energy, new perspective, creativity and overall sense of ha...
Food, Mood & Mental Health: Is Your Food Making You Sick?
August 02, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBFood, Mood & Mental Health: Is Your Food Eating Making You Sick? It’s summer. It’s the season of cookouts, weekend grilling and farmer's markets. One of life's biggest pleasures is eating and we have so many delicious and tantalizing foods to choose from. Take one look at social media and you’ll know what I mean — food is everywhere and it looks so good. And it doesn’t stop there. We also see loads of recommendations about diets – the Mediterranean diet, paleo, pescatarian, vegetarian, vega...
7 Secrets for Keeping Men's Hormones In Balance
June 28, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBHormones are chemical messengers for thousands of biological processes in the body. Throughout your life, these messengers play an important role in muscle and skin tone, bone health, sleep, and energy levels. Hormone imbalance can occur at any age and contribute to diseases such as osteoporosis, dementia, cancer, and heart disease. Although hormonal changes can cause significant issues, these can be treated. My patients and coaching clients are often surprised at how easy it is to improve t...
Mindset Mastery: 7 Daily Decisions for Unbeatable Success
May 05, 2022 09:30 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBPersonal development starts by taking 100 percent responsibility for everything in your life. This includes the decisions you make every day about how you organize your day, how you spend your time, where you invest your money and where you focus your energy. In this episode, we unpack the 7 most important decisions you need to make every day to achieve unbeatable success in every area of your life. Stay Connected To Angel: Subscribe to Angel's Newsletter & Mailing List: Healthy Housecall...
The Lab Report: Part Two of Beyond Cholesterol For A Stronger Heart, Sharper Brain and Better Sex Life
March 22, 2022 09:30 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBKey Takeaways: 1. What is cholesterol? Answer: cholesterol is a waxy-fat like substance or molecule that is necessary for normal cellular function. It forms the membrane of our cells and it helps maintain the fluid balance of the cell membrane - so it is found in every cell of the human body. Cholesterol gets a bad reputation, which is quite sad because it’s actually a critical precursor to vitamin D, to cortisol, aldosterone, the sex steroid hormones and bile which is a digestive fluid...
The Lab Report: Beyond Cholesterol For A Stronger Heart, Sharper Brain and Better Sex Life
March 08, 2022 10:30 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBKey Takeaways: 1. Is cardiovascular disease just another name for heart disease? Answer: No. Cardiovascular disease refers to a group of conditions that includes: coronary artery disease (which refers to disease in the arteries inside your heart), hypertension or high blood pressure (the arteries that lead into and out of your heart), cerebrovascular disease (or stroke the arteries and veins that lead into your brain), heart failure, cardiomyopathies and peripheral vascular disease (all ...
Move From Vision to Victory In 2022
February 08, 2022 16:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMaybe you rang in the new year with a commitment to lose weight, become vegetarian, stop smoking or start clocking more steps on your FitBit. And maybe these goals sound familiar — just like the ones you made a year ago and the year before that? So how can you ensure that your determination to get healthier in 2022 sticks around past Valentine's Day? By shifting your mindset and applying the how to apply the eight principles of success in your life every day. Making new habits stick re...
2021 In Review: Inspiration, Insights & Radical Self-Compassion
December 30, 2021 16:05 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBDesign The Life You Deserve Virtual Vision Board Party January 15, 2022, 7pm-9:30pm ET Has this last year shined a light on burnout, shifted your career outlook or revealed the desire for a healthier, more balanced lifestyle? Join us for a night of lively conversation that will get you on the first step needed to move from vision to victory in the coming year. We'll be talking imagination, inspiration, motivation, reinvention and so much more. You'll leave this event with a deeper understa...
The ABCs of Adaptogens For Your Mood Boosting, Stress Reducing Toolkit
December 21, 2021 15:15 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB5 Action Steps to Build Your Own Mood Boosting, Stress Reducing Toolkit Tune in. Be aware of the clinical signs and symptoms of burnout and when it's important to seek medical and psychological help. Here's a good read to get you started: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/burnout-prevention-and-recovery.htm#:~:text=Burnout%20is%20a%20state%20of,unable%20to%20meet%20constant%20demands. Tune out. Create 'buffer times' into your day. For example: one hour of quiet contemplation tim...
The Lab Report: Food, Mood & Mental Health
October 12, 2021 09:45 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBIn 2015, a group of 18 scientists concluded that “the emerging and compelling evidence for nutrition as a crucial factor in the high prevalence and incidence of mental disorders suggests that diet is as important to psychiatry as it is to cardiology, endocrinology, and gastroenterology.” In 2017, a study known as the “SMILES trial” examined the impact of nutritional support compared with social support in 67 people with moderate to severe depression who ate unhealthy diets. After the 12-we...
Antioxidizing Your Way to Wellness
August 24, 2021 14:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBEpisode Notes TOPICS discussed: What are free radicals? How do molecules become free radicals? Oxidation and Reduction What is Oxidative Stress? How may antioxidants are there? Understanding different types of antioxidants: enzymatic and non-enzymatic Putting the building blocks together: cysteine, methionine + serine Glutathione: the Body's Master Antioxidant - how it's made, where it's stored, why you need it Functional nutrition testing and how you can measure oxidative stre...
Mastering The Master Clock To Boost Your Mood, Jumpstart Your Metabolism & Break Free From Burnout For Good
July 14, 2021 12:41 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBTOPICS discussed: The history of chronobiology Genetic research in chronobiology Circadian Rhythms 101 Hormones governed by circadian rhythms The mood and metabolism connection to circadian rhythms Oxidative stress markers and questions to ask your healthcare provider Functional medicine testing to investigate root causes and re-set your circadian rhythm New lifestyle habits 5 Action Steps: Starting today, set a regular sleep time and stick to it even on the weekends! Schedule y...
Pandemic Re-Entry Anxiety? Here's How To Cope & Conquer Your Amygdala Hijack
June 01, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBResources on Coping with Pandemic Re-Entry Anxiety: 1. Why the Pandemic Spurs Anxiety. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/pandemic-end-anxiety 2. Psychological Impact of COVID-19: Know the Signs of Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression and Suicide. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/pandemic-end-anxiety 3. Psychology Help Center: Talk To An Expert. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/helpc...
De-Myth-tifying Multivitamins: Part 2
April 20, 2021 15:15 - 42 minutes - 39 MBBuilding a better multivitamin step by step. 1. Clarify your own nutritional needs with an annual physical and thorough nutritional assessment. Consider partnering with a practitioner who specializes in functional medicine and functional nutrition or a registered dietician who has advanced education and training in functional nutrition. Check out the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: https://www.eatright.org/find-a-nutrition-expert 2. Find out why advanced nutritional testing for oxidat...
De-Myth-tifying Multivitamins
March 23, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBResources for Finding a CSA Near You: Local Harvest: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ - LocalHarvest connects people looking for good food with the farmers who produce it. "Buying is about enjoying real food, grown yourself or purchased from people you trust. It's about developing strong local economies and producing food on a human scale. It's about eating seasonally, practicing the art of cooking, and sitting down to enjoy meals together. It requires ample local and regional producers, pr...
How To Be a 'Good' Patient
March 02, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBPeople often ask if lifestyle medicine is different from conventional medicine and regular doctor visits and the answer to that is no, not at all. Almost all clinical practice guidelines for the top chronic disease support Lifestyle Medicine as the first line of treatment and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine suggests that as clinicians we start putting as much focus on Lifestyle Medicine as we do medications and procedures. For example, let’s take a look at the American Heart Ass...
Healthy Housecalls With Angel: Intro Trailer
January 26, 2021 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MBHappy New Year! Thank you for tuning in! If you'd like to know more about my clinical work in lifestyle medicine and integrative health then jump on over to my website at: http://www.sevahealthgroup.com. If you believe that good health is so much more than an annual physical, a routine set of labs and the weight on a scale ... If you're ready to make 2021 so much better than 2020 ... If you want to eat, sleep, move and live better and start feeling fit and functional not just for a day, ...