The Human Being Podcast

Vanessa Passov

The Human Be-ing Podcast explores what it means to become fully human again in a world that keeps people stuck in stress, burnout, inflammation, and survival mode. Hosted by functional medicine clinician Vanessa Passov, this podcast explores healing, nervous system health, rewiring thought patterns, identity, autoimmunity, and the deeper connection between mind, body, behavior, and becoming.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    There's Never a Crowd on the Leading Edge

    Bloodletting. Mercury. Lobotomies. Cigarettes endorsed by physicians. History is filled with moments when the smartest people in the room were absolutely convinced they were right. In this episode, we explore what happens when consensus collides with curiosity, why new ideas are often resisted, and the courage it takes to ask, "Are we sure?" From Semmelweis and Galileo to modern medicine, this is a conversation about certainty, humility, and the uncomfortable lessons history keeps teaching us.

    28 min

  2. May 29

    Element 53

    Medicine once used bloodletting. Today, we’ve turned iodine into the internet’s favorite thyroid miracle. In this episode of The Human Being Podcast, Vanessa breaks down the strange and inflammatory relationship between iodine and Hashimoto’s disease, why some people temporarily feel amazing on iodine, why others spiral into anxiety and insomnia, and how thyroid destruction can masquerade as healing. Also discussed: goiters, poor broccoli, the Wolff-Chaikoff effect, thyroid antibodies, and why your thyroid is not a social media experiment.

    18 min

  3. May 22

    Hashimoto's: Why You Still Feel Like Sh*t

    Hashimoto’s is not just a thyroid problem — it’s an autoimmune disease affecting the entire body. In this episode, we’re talking about why so many people still feel exhausted, anxious, inflamed, foggy, and dismissed even after getting diagnosed. We get into blood sugar crashes, gluten, dairy, nervous system dysregulation, thyroid hormones, iodine confusion, and why modern medicine often misses the bigger picture.

    20 min

  4. May 15

    Stop Packing for Game 7

    What if your brain has been unconsciously rehearsing limitation your entire life? In this emergency episode, Vanessa connects the Jamie Vardy underdog story, Pat Riley’s legendary “pack one uniform” mindset, and the neuroscience of the Default Mode Network to explore identity, belief, nervous system conditioning, and how we build the internal coaches that shape our future.

    11 min

  5. May 14

    People Are Having a Very Hard Time

    A funny thing happened when I started posting online: the comments revealed something much bigger than health advice. Thousands of people are suffering, being dismissed, and trying to navigate chronic illness feeling completely alone. In this episode, we talk about autoimmunity, the nervous system, modern medicine, and why the body may be far more interconnected than we realize.

    24 min

  6. May 9

    Welcome to The Human Being Podcast

    This podcast is for the people who are exhausted from surface-level conversations about health, healing, and being human. We’ll talk about functional medicine, autoimmunity, nervous system regulation, neuroscience, stress, identity, thought patterns, healing, and what it means to create a life that actually feels aligned. Some episodes will be educational. Some will be philosophical. Some will probably feel like a late-night conversation with a friend who’s trying to make sense of life too. No perfection. No pretending. No holding back.

    5 min
  • 6 Episodes

About

The Human Be-ing Podcast explores what it means to become fully human again in a world that keeps people stuck in stress, burnout, inflammation, and survival mode. Hosted by functional medicine clinician Vanessa Passov, this podcast explores healing, nervous system health, rewiring thought patterns, identity, autoimmunity, and the deeper connection between mind, body, behavior, and becoming.

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  • Creator
    Vanessa Passov
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Vanessa Passov
  • Show Website
    The Human Being Podcast