Holistic Life Navigation

Holistic Life Navigation
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This podcast explores holistic stress and trauma recovery. I am your host, Luis Mojica. My work, Holistic Life Navigation, was modeled after my own journey in healing myself from chronic illness and PTSD. I share this podcast with many brilliant minds who, like me, healed themselves through unique, unusual, and unorthodox ways. For more information, please visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.comWritten, produced and recorded by Luis Mojica. Edited by Fredo Viola. Intro/outro song: "Witch Love" by Luis Mojica.   

  1. [Ep. 328] How Screens, Processed Food & Burnout Are Driving Your Freeze Response

    1 DAY AGO

    [Ep. 328] How Screens, Processed Food & Burnout Are Driving Your Freeze Response

    Dopamine, amino acids, hopelessness, and beans! Let's dive in with Luis and Camille as they explore burnout and freeze alongside ADHD.  If we get our dopamine from ultra processed foods, devoid of micronutrients, lacking L-Tyrosine, we do not replenish the building blocks to make more dopamine. We find ourselves hopeless, unmotivated, exhausted, and overwhelmed. Frozen. Whether we are diagnosed neurodivergent or not, ultra processed foods, and screens, can put us into a state of freeze and burnout. Our next 6 month Slow Group, starting April 7th, will be focusing on counteracting these symptoms and nourishing bodies holding ADHD, as well as freeze and burnout. We may not have the ADHD diagnosis but we may have the experience of ADHD symptoms.  We are not trying to fix ourselves. We are learning to relate to ourselves and to the ADHD/burnout symptoms.  We also learn to relate to screen usage and nutrition because it can either enhance or reduce our capacity.  Luis closes the episode with a beautiful and simple practice that can help us navigate burnout.  Email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com if you have any questions.  You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/beans You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

    44 min
  2. [Ep. 327] Exhaustion Is A Boundary: Are You Breaking It?

    5 DAYS AGO

    [Ep. 327] Exhaustion Is A Boundary: Are You Breaking It?

    "How do I stimulate myself to get through life without burning out and getting sick?" Today Luis explores this question, sharing what he wrote in a recent newsletter. He also discusses other upcoming offerings, where you can learn more in a nuanced, somatic environment. The free webinar mentioned in this episode was rescheduled to March 23rd, and you can still register for it here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/march-food-therapy-event Haven't joined the newsletter yet? You can do so here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/join-my-newsletter You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

    8 min

  3. 15 MAR

    [Ep. 326] Embodying ADHD: Creating A Life That Fascinates You (Part 3/3)

    Throwback to when Camille’s weekends contained 16 bottles of wine, and a day contained 80 cigarettes for Luis. Wine and cigarettes respectively calmed and stimulated their neurodivergent brains into surviving.  They no longer need wine or cigarettes because they live in alignment with their interests and capacity: part of the process was learning to live lives that fascinated them. In month 6 of the ADHD slow group, we dive into how to cultivate a fascinating life for ourselves.    A fascinating life isn’t a life of luxury, it’s learning to notice what lights us up, and following that interest. It can be as simple as buying rhinestone pens instead of plain black pens. It can be taking out books from the library on our latest hobby curiosity.  Our neurodivergent baseline is low dopamine. Modern lifestyles deplete our dopamine further. We need a life so interesting to us it makes us want to get out of bed in the morning, effectively making life the stimulant.  They also talk about month 5 of the course, which is all about being in relationship with someone who is neurodivergent or overwhelmed. For example, Camille needed silly shows after a day of cognitive heady interactions. Her husband needed cognitive shows after a day teaching young children. Their solution was game shows giving Camille an element of play, and her husband cognitive stimulation.  To learn more about how to support ADHD join us tomorrow, March 16 for our free webinar: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/march-food-therapy-event This slow group is suitable for people who are neurodivergent, want to relate to people who are neurodivergent, or are suffering from burnout and chronic freeze. If you have questions please email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com.  You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/beans You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

    32 min
  4. [Ep. 325] Embodying ADHD: Navigating Overwhelm, Capacity, & Relationships (Part 2/3)

    8 MAR

    [Ep. 325] Embodying ADHD: Navigating Overwhelm, Capacity, & Relationships (Part 2/3)

    PRE-ORDER the upcoming book now: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book We aren’t gonna tell you how to fix ADD/ADHD. (Spoiler alert, you or your loved one don’t need fixing.) We are, however, going to teach our 6-month group on how to relate to ADHD, in yourself or in someone else. The actual problem is a societal standard our brain wasn’t designed for.  In this podcast we are talking about months 3 & 4 of the slow group curriculum. We will explore navigating overwhelm, and our capacity versus our desire. Modern society rewards our working beyond our capacity, forcing many of us to burnout and collapse. No wonder it’s even more difficult to not fit the standard productivity mold that shames so many patterns of ADHD brain types.  The slow group will learn how to assess, then tend to, capacity. Instead of living from desire, an inherently dominating pattern, we can start to honor the ebb and flow of our capacity. An important element is finding our unique motivators, based in pleasure and interest, as willpower does not provide the dopamine to motivate an ADHD brain.   Also discussed will be relationships, from the perspective of the person with ADHD, or from the perspective of being in relationship with the person with ADHD.  Camille and Luis talk about how they navigate their family relationships when different brains need different systems from each other to thrive.  You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/beans You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

    39 min
  5. [Ep. 324] Embodying ADHD: Dopamine Deficiency, Functional Freeze, & Stimulants (Part 1/3)

    1 MAR

    [Ep. 324] Embodying ADHD: Dopamine Deficiency, Functional Freeze, & Stimulants (Part 1/3)

    PRE-ORDER the upcoming book now: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book At the age of nine Luis was diagnosed with ADHD. He never medicated with pharmaceuticals: instead his drugs of choice were coffee, cigarettes, and a stimulating diet. Over the years Luis has learned how to reduce the stimulants needed to keep him engaged.  ADD/ADHD is when there is not enough dopamine getting to the brain, usually because of low levels of brain and gut, or vagus nerve inflammation. People in this situation are sometimes referred to as “bored”, “lazy”, or "depressed", as a body collapses in to functional freeze. Camille and Luis discuss the upcoming 6-month ADHD Slow Group starting April 7th. It begins with learning to relate to the ADHD nervous system, overcouplings and judgments about ADHD behaviors, animism of the body, overwhelm, dopamine, relationships and finally cultivating a fascinating life. They will also teach how to leverage balancing foods, and how to consciously use stimulants. The gift of ADHD is a low capacity for bullsh*t, or as Luis calls it RITC, a Radical Inability To Conform. Instead of seeing it as a disorder, we see it as the dopamine deficiency that it is, so that we can learn to relate to in a healthier way. To learn more register here for the free Food Therapy webinar on March 16th: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/march-food-therapy-event and register for the slow group by March 19th for 10% off: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/beans You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

    38 min
  6. [Ep. 323] Embodying ADHD: My Story Of Being Unmedicated & Thriving

    22 FEB

    [Ep. 323] Embodying ADHD: My Story Of Being Unmedicated & Thriving

    PRE-ORDER the upcoming book now: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book In this replay episode, we explore ADHD or RITC -- a Radical Inability To Conform. Luis shares with us his own childhood experiences with ADHD, Tourette's syndrome, and nervous ticks. Often people are prescribed medications to suppress these conditions but Luis questions what would it mean to allow ourselves to relate to them as expressions? Luis begins to reframe the idea of ADHD; pivoting from "I can't focus" to "I have attention for what interests me."  He also explains how guilt or shame resulting from an ADHD expression, i.e. a lack of attention to something you "should" be doing, can propel someone into a state of freeze, reinforcing the notion that they "can't" do something. So whether we have ADHD or not, he invites us into a practice to explore the spectrum of tasks we have to do or should do and how can we interweave them with activities that genuinely interest us and rejuvenate us, thus giving us more capacity for doing the "have-to" tasks. You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/beans You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

    30 min
  7. [Ep. 322] Biochemist Explains How Chronic Stress Fuels 99% Of All Our Diseases

    15 FEB

    [Ep. 322] Biochemist Explains How Chronic Stress Fuels 99% Of All Our Diseases

    PRE-ORDER the upcoming book now: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book Our favorite biochemist, Karen Hurd, joins us again to discuss how stress fuels disease. Chronic levels of stress, be it from food, relationships, physical exertion, thought patterns, or the environment, all tax the adrenal glands. Karen tells us how and why this happens. With taxed adrenals we are left feeling burnt out and reach for coffee and stimulants, forcing us to push past our bodies need to rest. Luis and Karen talk about cultural conditioning around resting in the age of a DO MORE culture. They also address cancer, viruses, and chronic fatigue.  We always love exploring the science with Karen behind why our bodies do what they do!  You can read more about Karen's work, and register for her courses, here: https://karen-r.mylearnworlds.com/pages/home You can listen to previous episodes with Karen Hurd here: [Ep. 256] How Stress Affects Your Hormones, Digestion, & What To Eat About It w/ Karen Hurd [Ep. 218] The Biology Of Your Emotions & How Food Helps w/ Karen Hurd [Ep. 8] Healing Your Body With Beans | Karen Hurd [Bonus Episode] The Sugar-To-Adrenaline Pipeline You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/beans You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

    38 min
  8. [Ep. 321] How Stress & Trauma Affect Female Hormones & Sexuality

    8 FEB

    [Ep. 321] How Stress & Trauma Affect Female Hormones & Sexuality

    PRE-ORDER the upcoming book now: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book Kymber Maulden joins us on the podcast today. Fertility isn't just for women who want to be mothers, it is a sign of health in menstruating females. Trauma stresses and rapidly oxidizes the body, causing it to need even more nutrients and therefore be in metabolic debt. This draws on resources contributing to low progesterone and elevated testosterone, which may lead to PCOS and infertility.  Luis and Kymber discuss actionable steps to start healing hormonal health, such as tracking cycles and what to note, glucose tracking, HTMA testing, and a consistent macro nutrient intake which signals the body that it is safe.  They also talk about the birth control pill, and open sex culture. The open sex culture and sexual revolution are based on a male model of sexuality that requires women to disconnect from their instincts, bypass what actually turns them on, and is often branded as empowered feminism. There is a difference between erotic energy and hypersexuality as a trauma response.  How can women find balance in their femininity if they are avoiding their instincts?  You can read more about Kymber here: https://www.kymbermaulden.com/ You can register for the Recovering From Sexual Fawning HLN video course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/recovering-from-sexual-fawning You can read more about, and register for, the Navigating ADHD, Freeze & Overwhelm 6-month program, here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-adhd You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/beans You can pre-order the book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book ---- You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation Questions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

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This podcast explores holistic stress and trauma recovery. I am your host, Luis Mojica. My work, Holistic Life Navigation, was modeled after my own journey in healing myself from chronic illness and PTSD. I share this podcast with many brilliant minds who, like me, healed themselves through unique, unusual, and unorthodox ways. For more information, please visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.comWritten, produced and recorded by Luis Mojica. Edited by Fredo Viola. Intro/outro song: "Witch Love" by Luis Mojica.   

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  • Creator
    Holistic Life Navigation
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    378
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