Sparking Wholeness Erin Kerry
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- Health & Fitness
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Sparking Wholeness is not your typical health show. Erin Kerry is not your typical health coach. As a survivor of bipolar disorder, she has learned firsthand what it is like to deal with and manage a chronic illness.
This show brings together health experts from various fields in order to discuss popular wellness topics and offer hope and support for mental health issues. Whether it's addressing trauma, healing the gut microbiome, biohacking genes, addressing body image concerns, or exploring the struggles of motherhood and parenting, every episode is designed to spark wholeness.
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Episode 230: Nutrition Hacks You Need to Know for Optimal Digestion with Dr. Anjali Agrawal
Dr. Anjali Agrawal is a family chiropractor, functional nutritionist, founder, and speaker. Dr. Anjali helps families navigate their journey from conception to adulthood. As the founder of Back In Balance, Dr. Anjali integrates gentle chiropractic adjustments, functional nutrition, ergonomics, and a variety of unique diagnostic testing to identify the root cause of symptoms.
This episode covers the importance of digestion for optimizing absorption of nutrients. Parents will also learn some helpful tips for improving kids’ nutrient load as well.
Key Topics:
- The importance of optimal digestion
- You are what you absorb and digest
- You may crave what you can’t digest or break down
- How to make sure food is digested
- How to increase nutrient load for kids and picky eaters
- Starting places for healthy choices for families
- The importance of ergonomics
Learn more about Dr. Anjali at backinbalancehealth.com
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Episode 229: How Trauma Impacts the Brain at Different Life Stages with Dr. Marc Hauser
Dr. Marc Hauser’s scientific research, including over 300 published papers and seven books, focuses on how the brain evolves, develops, and is altered by damage and neurodevelopmental disorders, with an emphasis on the processes of learning and decision-making, as well as the impact of traumatic experiences on development.
This episode focuses on his research and brain-based methods for teachers, clinicians, parents and anyone working with children who have different disabilities, including especially those that result from a history of traumatic experiences.
Dr. Hauser’s new book,
Vulnerable Minds: The Harm of Trauma and the Hope of Resilience offers a hopeful new pathway to understanding children’s trauma and providing effective interventions to build healthier communities
Key Topics:
- The lasting impact of early childhood adversity
- How different trauma signatures lead to different types of resilience
- What the Adverse Childhood Experiences study really shows (and it may surprise you)
- Dr. Hauser’s framework to determine the impact of adversity
- How trauma impacts the brain at different developmental stages
- How the pandemic impacted children’s brain development
Learn more about Dr. Hauser and get the book at marcdhauser.com.
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Episode 228: Nurturing Your Child’s Relationship with Food and Body Image with Heidi Schauster
Heidi Schauster, MS, RD, CEDS-S, SEP is a nutrition and body image therapist, Somatic Experiencing (SE)™ Practitioner, and Embodiment Warrior who writes about whole-self wellness. She is author of the award-winning book Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body and Self and new book Nurture: How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves.
Key Topics:
- The importance of body image support for kids
- Disordered eating behaviors and what to look out for
- How to speak about food and eating without creating a disordered relationship with food
- The power in connecting to our true appetite
- The rise of orthorexia: what it is and how to prevent it
- Prioritizing pleasure at mealtimes
- What to do about picky eaters
Join the Nourishing Words mailing list on her website https://www.anourishingword.com or follow her on Instagram @nourishingwords. Find her books wherever books are sold.
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Episode 227: Anti-Aging Foods You Need to Try Today with Dr. Michael Greger
A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. His new book, How Not to Age, lays out practical strategies for achieving ultimate longevity.
Key Topics:
- The reason Dr. Greger focused on aging in his recent book
- Eight anti-aging foods
- How to maximize the process of autophagy in your body
- Pathways of aging
- The anti-aging serum he shares in his book
- How to wipe out “zombie” cells that create inflammation
Find How Not to Age wherever you get books and go to nutritionfacts.org for more nutrition articles.
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Episode 226: How to Live a Longer, Healthier Life with Chris Burres
Chris Burres is the founder and chief scientist at MyVitalC, where he manufactures a Nobel Prize winning molecule responsible for the single longest longevity experimental result in history, a full 90% extension of life.
Chris is also a published author and host of the Uncovering the Secrets to Longevity Health Summit.
In this episode, Chris shares about the molecule that increases longevity by 90%, and he shares about his upcoming longevity summit.
Key Topics:
- The molecule that leads to 90% increase in longevity
- Why longevity is important
- How long can humans actually live in health?
- Why Chris decided to host the upcoming longevity summit
- Biggest surprises and takeaways from the longevity summit
Click to sign up for the Longevity Summit:
https://secretstolongevity.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=29911
Use the code sparkingwholeness to get $15 off at myvitalc.com/sparkingwholeness
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Episode 225: The Superfoods That Boost Your Libido with Leslie Bumpas
Can your diet impact your sex life? The answer is yes! It involves the same function that keeps your heart and brain healthy - blood flow.
For this special Valentine’s episode REPLAY, Erin welcomes Leslie Bumpas back to the show.
Leslie is a certified Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner whose passion is helping women thrive in all ages and stages. In this episode, Leslie shares all the tips and tools to redeem romance in your life - using nutrients in food!
Key Topics:
- Superfoods every woman should include to increase bloodflow and act as an aphrodisiac
- Men's health topics: foods to boost testosterone, decrease erectile dysfunction, and support blood flow
- The vitamin D/testosterone connection - Herbs that improve libido in women
- What spinach does for your sex drive
- Improving female health through nutrients
- The real truth behind "an apple a day" - What to avoid and look for with hormonal imbalances
Learn more about Leslie and her approach to health or book a call with her at go.redeemingwellness.com.
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Customer Reviews
Awesome podcast!
Erin’s podcast is so insightful on different mental health topics from all different kinds of fields. I am so happy to add this podcast to my rotation!
Love!
I have been listening to your podcast for a little over a year. I found it while seeking guidance about peri-menopause. I love how you have guests on your show, and we all get to learn so much in each episode. I just wanted to tell you thank you! I’ve learned so much from you this year. It’s really helped me on my own journey of healing, and also not being afraid of the future, or feeling out of control.
SO SO SO Much Good Information
I have learned so much about nutrition, wellness and just how to take care of yourself in general from this podcast and Erin’s Instagram as well! Highly recommend listening!