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welcome Zach Bush, MD to the Very, Very, Quite Contrary podcast today! I know many of you have listened to the mind blowing dialogue shared on the Rich Roll Podcast because I couldn’t shut up about it when it came out, and I’ve been doing my own deep dive into all the information I can gather from Zach including joining his Intrinsic Health Series Biology Basecamp. If you aren’t familiar with Zach Bush, yet, the last several minutes of today’s podcast he’ll summarize in a nutshell the cu...

"Public good can have private shortfalls, and sometimes what edifies the group decimates the individual."Joining me today is Sarah Bridges, mother to Porter, whose lifelong vaccine injury was awarded compensation through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.This conversation is the story of Porter's injury and a look behind the curtains of Vaccine Court, as we've come to call it, and the difficulties in fighting a system set up for your failure.The audio transcript is available on...

Kimberly Van Der Beek, well-respected mama of five, joins the podcast to share some of what she's learned along the way and what she wished she'd known with her first child.Kimberly shares invaluable insight yet we hardly scratch the surface of newborns! Perhaps we'll have her back for more beyond the birth and newborn stages, but even if you're not in, or preparing for, that stage of parenting, I bet you'll learn something here that you'll pass along to someone who could benefit from the inf...

Making the transition to non-toxic cookware; it can be a daunting task. My friend Molly from MaisonPur and I wrote a blog post about the concerns with different types of cookware along with our recommendations for healthier choices and decided to do an audio version of the post.We know this can be overwhelming, but we hope to present options in a good, better, best format to help you feel comfortable with your choices from a health and budget perspective.Cookware:My heirloom Cast Iron brandBu...

Elisabeth Bennett of @enneagram.life joins the podcast to discuss the personality typology taking over the internet: The Enneagram. In this episode we discuss:What IS the Enneagram and where did it come from?Attributes of each numberHow to best love each typeDescription of wingsHow your type is “assigned”Why is The Enneagram so popular within faith-based communitiesIs The Enneagram a good tool to use with our children?Connect with @enneagram.life on instagram and sign up for their newsletter ...

Continuing the theme of PCOS, Dr. Young joins this episode to discuss my most recent struggle: food. Historically, food hasn't been a source of stress for me as I tend to eat intuitively and focus on ingredient quality instead of scouring the nutrition label.Unfortunately for me, I have a genetic tendency toward diabetes so we've kept an eye on my blood sugar levels and insulin resistance which were getting worse. Today we're talking about why that happened to me and how we began to address i...