Sparking Wholeness

Episode 140: Chemical Pollution: The Silent Pandemic with Tim James

This episode is part personal journey, part information. Tim's story will inspire you to take control of your health in ways you've never thought of before. Tim James is host of the Health Hero show and the founder and CEO of chemicalfreebody.com, a mission-based organization that is passionate about helping everybody ignite their highest excitement in life by putting themselves and their health first. Tim’s journey led him to a shocking discovery which helped his friend beat cancer and tra...

Episode 139: A Busy Mom's Guide to Healthy Eating

Rai Moorhead is a a Master Certified Health Coach with over 15 years of professional and personal experience with health, nutrition and fitness. She specializes in helping women reframe negative thought patterns about eating and exercise into positive affirmations. She is passionate about helping women see that true beauty is beyond the scale and the mirror. In this episode, we cover all the tips and tricks to support busy moms and their family’s health! Key Topics: - Rai’s science-based ap...

Episode 138: Eating Mindfully for Mental Health with Erin Kerry

This episode wraps up a four part series for Mental Health Awareness Month. Eating for mental health is so much more than changing the content of the food you consume. Eating for mental health means changing the content of your thoughts toward your own body and your food. In this episode, Erin Kerry covers how to create a healthier relationship with food after a lifetime of dieting and restriction and negative body image. Key Topics: - Why your thoughts toward your body matter - How to sto...

Episode 137: Understanding the Gut-Brain Connection with Erin Kerry

Our microbes modulate our mood. Understanding the gut-brain axis is crucial to advocating for your mental health. In this episode, Erin tackles the latest research in this growing field, based on dozens of published studies and publications, in order to give a comprehensive overview of how the gut and brain "talk" to each other, and how to support our mental health even better! Key Topics: - The five myths of mental health that were believed for years (and some still perpetuated today) - Wh...

Understanding the Gut-Brain Connection

Episode 136: How to Support a Spouse Struggling with Mental Health with Richard Kerry

This episode features Richard Kerry, Licensed Professional counselor and husband to Erin. In this conversation, they break down what it is like to learn of a partner's diagnosis, how to support that person without being codependent, and how to improve communication. Key Topics: - How Richard found out Erin had bipolar disorder and how the symptoms showed up in their early married life - The times when Richard experienced depression, and how Erin supported him the last few years - Signs to lo...

How to Support a Spouse Struggling with Mental Health

Episode 135: Surviving Mental Illness and Learning to Live Again with Erin Kerry

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this episode is the first of many dedicated to practical tools for improving mental wellness. Key Topics: - The growing epidemic of mental health issues in teens - The root causes to my own mental health issues and how I struggled to find treatment that supported my mental well-being - The medication weaning process and how I was able to get off medication I had been on for 18 years - The tools I used to support healing and how I continue to prioritiz...

Surviving Mental Illness and Learning to Live Again

Creating Resilience in the Brain and Body

Episode 134: Creating Resilience in the Brain and Body with Leigh Richardson and Sandra Beck

This episode features a roundtable discussion between three experts breaking down the topic of how to create resilience in a stressed out world. Leigh Richardson is the owner and founder of The Brain Performance Center in Dallas, Texas. She is a brain health expert and specializes in neurofeedback and neuroplasticity. Sandra Beck is a business coach, owner of Beck Multimedia, and podcast host of Motherhood Incorporated, Coach Talk Radio, Military Mom, and Powered Up. Key Topics: - How the ...

Episode 133: How Movement Can Help You Listen to Your Body's Needs with Elise Carter

Elise Carter has been a student of yoga for over two decades, and a small business owner for sixteen years. She has both taught and studied with a number of inspiring yogis across the country and has accumulated additional teaching certifications in several different lineages of yoga. Elise currently holds the E-RYT 500 teaching designation, the honor given by Yoga Alliance to their most senior teachers.  She has spent countless hours in studio (both practicing and teaching), and has develop...

How Movement Can Help You Listen to Your Body's Needs

How Your Gut and Skin Microbiome Affect Acne

Episode 132: How Your Gut and Skin Microbiome Affect Acne with Dr. Yug Varma

Dr. Yug Varma has 10+ years of microbiome research experience including an extensive background in bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, and synthetic biology. Dr. Varma received his scientific training at several distinguished academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University (PhD) and University of California, San Francisco. His scientific work has been published in many prestigious journals, including Nature. Dr. Varma’s mission is to change the way we treat chronic bacterial disea...

Episode 131: How Your Brain Responds to Processed Food with Dr. Joan Ifland

Dr. Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA, FACN, is a Nutrition Researcher & Processed Food Addiction Counselor. Dr. Ifland is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and she holds her PhD in Addictive Nutrition. Ifland is a graduate of Stanford University and has 20 years' experience in the field of food addiction and recovery. The Founder of Food Addiction Reset, Dr. Ifland is a leading expert in the field and she’s been interviewed by The Oprah Winfrey Network, Fox News, KTLA, in Shape, Fortune, P...

How Your Brain Responds to Processed Food

Episode 130: Keys to Creating Immune Resilience with Dr. Aaron Hartman

Dr. Aaron Hartman is the founder of Richmond Integrative and Functional Medicine in Richmond, Virginia. He helps his patients identify leverage points in key areas of their lifestyle & health that harness their body's remarkable power to heal and begin living the vibrant life they deserve. He has participated in over 60 clinical studies and has become the ‘go to’ doctor for difficult and hard cases in central Virginia - positively impacting his own daughter's MS with his unique, integrative a...

Keys to Creating Immune Resilience

Episode 129: Dissecting Today’s Most Popular Diets with Author Heather Creekmore

HEATHER CREEKMORE writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Heather's “Compared to Who?”podcast is aimed specifically at helping Christian women overcome body image and comparison issues. Her first book--also titled-- “Compared to Who?” encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her latest release, “The Burden of Better,” offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a wa...

Dissecting Today’s Most Popular Diets

Episode 128: Why Glutathione May Be the Missing Puzzle Piece in Your Health with Dr. Nayan Patel

Dr. Nayan Patel is an internationally recognized expert, consultant, lecturer on glutathione, and has been a respected pharmacist for twenty-five years. Dr. Patel received his PharmD degree from the USC School of Pharmacy, where he now serves as an adjunct faculty member. He has traveled the world educating practitioners and pharmacists on advanced biochemistry and anti-aging science. His book, “The Glutathione Revolution” is available now. Key Topics - What is glutathione and what does it...

Why Glutathione May Be the Missing Puzzle Piece in Your Health

Episode 127: Identifying Root Causes of Bipolar Disorder with Dr. Ellen Vora

Ellen Vora, MD received her B.A. from Yale University and attended Columbia University medical school. She’s a board-certified psychiatrist, medical acupuncturist, and yoga teacher. Dr. Vora takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root, rather than reflexively prescribing medication. Dr. Vora’s book, The Anatomy of Anxiety, comes out in March 2022. Key Topics: - What a functional medicine approach to psychiatry looks ...

Identifying Root Causes of Bipolar Disorder

Episode 126: How to Survive Stress Without Burning Out with Erica Cuni

Erica Cuni, known as "The Burnout Professor," is a stress and burnout expert. She teaches high-achievers how to consciously thrive through an integrative approach. Erica is the founder of "The C.U.N.I. Method" - which stands for Create Undeniable Natural Impact. She is a former Trauma Psychotherapist, Clinical Director, and Adjunct Lecturer and Clinical Professor at Central Connecticut State University. Her mission is to help make the mental health field more effective, accessible, decoloniz...

How to Survive Stress Without Burning Out

Episode 125: Mental Health Solutions: Where Are We Now? with Dr. Josh Friedman

Dr. Josh Friedman earned his doctorate in Psychology from New York University and did post-doctoral training in Psychoanalysis from the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology (TRISP) in New York City. After working in the field for a few years, he realized that something was missing from traditional mental health treatment. Curiosity and a chance meeting led him to discover the world of Nutritional Psychology, which teaches that many psychological issues are caused or made worse ...

Mental Health Solutions: Where Are We Now?

Episode 124: Tips to Spice Up Your Love Life with Richard Kerry

Licensed Professional Counselor and Erin's husband Richard Kerry comes back on the show to talk about keeping the romance alive in relationships. They share tips on how to be more intentional in relationships to create a stronger connection. Key Topics: - Are butterflies and fuzzy feelings really necessary for a successful relationship? - How to know when you're disconnected - How hormones and difficult seasons impact physical intimacy - How sexual intimacy is the fullest expression of emot...

Tips to Spice Up Your Love Life

Episode 123: The Hidden Drivers of Mental Dysfunction with Shawn Bean

Shawn Bean is the founder of Matrix Health and Wellness, and is considered by his colleagues to be one the most innovative clinicians in practice today. Shawn has the unique ability to uncover hidden patterns with complex client cases, unravelling the core findings of functional medicine test results and patient histories, and to employ unique, and bio-individualized therapeutic approaches to optimize well being and minimize adverse reactions. Key Topics: - How to use gene SNPs as a road map...

The Hidden Drivers of Mental Dysfunction

Episode 122: Everyday Practices for Whole Body Nourishment with Dr. Michele Kambolis

Dr. Michele Kambolis is a mind-body health specialist, registered therapist, meditation teacher, and an acclaimed author and speaker who has been practicing for more than 20 years. Her second book, When Women Rise, was published in Fall 2021. In this episode, we discuss how Dr. Michele is an unshakable believer in our innate capacity to self-heal and thrive, while also being wholeheartedly committed to developing evidenced-based resources to help people create the consciously healthy life th...

Everyday Practices for Whole Body Nourishment

Beating Brain Fog

Episode 121: Beating Brain Fog with Sandra Beck

In this simulcast episode with podcast host and Motherhood Incorporated business owner Sandra Beck, we cover the topic of post-Covid brain fog. Whether brain fog is caused by a virus or any life circumstance, there are ways to protect the brain and support healing. Key Topics: - What causes brain fog - Food nutrients to support it - Importance of sleep - Stress management tools - Other lifestyle hacks to minimize brain fog Catch Sandra’s podcasts: Military Mom Talk Radio, Motherhood Talk Ra...

Episode 120: An Integrative Medicine Approach to Kids' Anxiety with Dr. Alina Olteanu

Dr. Alina Olteanu is the Found of Whole Child Texas in Frisco, Texas. She uses an integrative approach to pediatrics and relies on a variety of evidence-based tools to target the top medical issues in children today. As anxiety rates in children continue to increase, Dr. Olteanu offers some powerful tools that all parents can implement. Key Topics: - What is integrative medicine - How anxiety manifests in children of all ages - Underlying issues creating anxiety - The parental stress and an...

An Integrative Medicine Approach to Kids' Anxiety

Episode 119: Neurolinguistic Programming: The Stories We Created for Ourselves and How to Update Them with Rachel S. Heslin

Rachel S. Heslin has been immersed in the study of psychology for over 40 years. Her father, a clinical psychologist, taught his children his craft such that Rachel was first introduced to Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) concepts when she was 9 years old. Rachel is currently the author of two books: Navigating Life: 8 Different Strategies to Guide Your Way, and Rituals of Release: How to Make Room for Your New Life.  Her work through her company, The Fullness of Your Power, helps people emb...

Neurolinguistic Programming: The Stories We Created for Ourselves and How to Update Them

Episode 118: Nutritional Building Blocks for a Healthy Brain with Erin Kerry

This special New Year episode focuses on the importance of targeted nutrition for improved mental health, based on the latest nutritional research. Key Topics: - Basics of gut health - Supplements to improve mood - Staying away from diet mentality or too-low calorie - Whole foods that boost brain health - Foods that are "sometimes" foods, that could be irritating to some people - The real deal with gluten - Eating mindfully and honoring your hunger Find more recipes and blogs at sparkingwho...

Nutritional Building Blocks for a Healthy Brain

Episode 117: Simple and Easy Tips for Meal Prepping in the New Year with Author Cassy Joy Garcia

Looking for ways to freshen up your dinner routine in the new year? This interview with Cassy Joy Garcia is packed with ideas. Cassy Joy is a New York Times bestselling author, of "Cook Once Dinner Fix," "Cook Once Eat All Week," and "Fed and Fit," as well as the creative force behind the popular food blog Fed + Fit. Eager to share her healthy living secrets with the world, she started Fed + Fit in 2011. Key Topics: - Cassy Joy's background in health and nutrition - Why gut health makes ...

Simple and Easy Tips for Meal Prepping in the New Year

Episode 116: A Functional Medicine Approach to Restoring Mental Health with Functional Nutritionist Amy Spindel

Amy Spindel is a functional holistic nutritionist with a mission: to help moms and kids feel happier, calmer, and more energetic so that they can enjoy their best life. She applies a multidisciplinary approach, exploring and supporting mind, body, and spirit, to determine and then provide support around the root causes of why someone does not feel their best. She received her masters in holistic nutrition from Hawthorn University with additional training from the School of Applied Functio...

A Functional Medicine Approach to Restoring Mental Health

You Are Not Your Feelings: How to Make Peace with Your Mind

Episode 115: You Are Not Your Feelings: How to Make Peace with Your Mind with Dr. Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson, PhD is a psychologist, coach, author, and speaker who shares a groundbreaking new approach that helps people find lasting freedom from unwanted habits, anxiety, and self-doubt via insight rather than willpower.    She is the author of Being Human, The Little Book of Big Change: The No-Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit, and Just a Thought: A No-Willpower Approach to End Self-Doubt and Make Peace with Your Mind. In 2017, she opened The Little School of Big Change, an online ...

Creating Emotional Intimacy in Marriage