Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself Meredith Ochoa

What the health?!
A fitting title for this revelatory episode as we discuss mushrooms studied by the military, the distinction between different CBD brands, and what does 'FDA-Approved' really mean?
Also, if you've ever experienced the holistic vs. modern medicine conversation- where you know certain herbs and adaptogens can cure a family member or friend of an affliction, but then you receive pushback from the rest of the family (who aren't educated or willing to educate themselves), and then just the general population, and of course ‘big drug’ doctors.  Yeah, this episode is for you.  And maybe think about sharing this episode with them after you listen.
In fact, invite everyone you think would benefit from healing themselves to rate this show on Apple or Spotify.
So who am I and why did I decide to host this show? Well, after unraveling all of the medical lies I had been told about my endometriosis, I educated myself, and I was able to heal myself after 17 years of debilitating pain. Whether it's endo or any other painful disorder labeled as 'chronic', I want to expose the lesser-known solutions that can heal your mind, body & spirit. 
My experience inspired me to create and live my art, so I started an ongoing art series about it which I titled, Every Phase–where I powerfully illustrate how I healed myself as I live by the phases of the female cycle infradian rhythm clock.  This month's focus is the Follicular phase and the featured piece is titled, Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen. The translated meaning is ‘No past, no present, no future’ and is a Reiki level 2 symbol used to send distant healing across time and space. Watch for it's release on the last Friday of this month and be the first to see it by subscribing to the series at meredithochoa.com
While you’re there, pick up a signed copy of my Augmented Reality (AR) interactive book, Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself, capturing all of the art pieces from the first year of the series.
Even though I was lied to for years by big pharma, I was able to find experts who helped me achieve the impossible. This space introduces them to you.
Today we are chatting with the Owner & CEO of Ascent Nutrition, Lance Schuttler. His passion for research, brain health, neurogenesis, nutrition, and biohacking led him to begin Ascent Nutrition, a health and wellness company with a mission of offering deeply transformative and helpful nutrients to as many people as possible and to help bring about a great collective shift in human consciousness and health.
Having graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Health Science, Lance brings deep experience within the health and wellness fields, as well as a well-rounded perspective of the nutraceutical industry. He has worked in the three major areas of this industry and saw many inefficiencies and shortcuts that were and still are being taken by many in this field.
Lance is a Contributing Health and Wellness Writer at The Epoch Times and his work also includes the topics of regenerative agriculture, resource-based economies and quantum technologies.
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#FYSHY family, when was the last time you considered the womb you came from?
We are calling you to womb in this outstanding and clarifying episode with master healer & womb alchemist, Safa Boga.
Her Kimiya Healing Podcast on youtube & spotify is absolutely mind-blowing, and the subjects are so relevant to our modern life and highly valuable. I highly recommend giving it a listen after we pour into womb guided by divine instruction in this epic conversation.
Just before we do that I would like to invite you to invite others to rate the show on Apple or Spotify.
I’m hosting this show because after unraveling all of the medical lies I had been told about Endometriosis, I educated myself, and I was able to heal myself. Whether it's Endometriosis or any other painful disorder labeled as 'chronic', we expose the lesser-known solutions that can heal your mind, body & spirit. 
I also created an ongoing art series about it titled, Every Phase–powerfully illustrating how I healed myself living by the phases of the female cycle infradian rhythm clock.  This month we’re in the follicular phase and in this month's featured piece I have decided to create something I have never shown before - a portrait of my pain - how it looked, and what it became. Follow the series & watch for its release on the last Friday of this month and be the first to see it by subscribing at meredithochoa.com
While you’re on the site be sure to pick up a signed copy of my book, Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself, capturing all of the art pieces from the first year of the series.
Even though I was lied to for years by big pharma, I was able to find experts who helped me achieve the impossible. This space introduces them to you.
Today we are chatting with womb alchemy expert & creator of Kimiya healing, Safa Boga. Safa is an expert in somatic trauma healing, womb alchemy, and energy healing. She has helped thousands of people around the world transform their lives and heal chronic health conditions. She brings a unique and profound depth of embodied spiritual wisdom & experience to facilitate deeper realms of healing than is ordinarily available. Those who heal with her call it 'miraculous, beyond imagination and life-changing.'
Safa also teaches somatic therapists, psychotherapists, doctors, artists, healers, and shamans at the School of Healing Alchemy.
She is a qualified cranio-sacral therapist and has a Master's degree in Transpersonal Psychology. She lives in London with her cat Rambo and enjoys gardening, playing guitar, and traveling.
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Hey hey #FYSHY Family, I love you and I love your support of this channel, but my question to you is, do you love yourself?
That’s what we’re going to discuss today on this new year 2023 self-love episode, but just before we do that I would like to invite you to invite others to rate the show on Apple or Spotify.
I’m hosting this show because after unraveling all of the medical lies I had been told about Endometriosis, I educated myself, and I was able to heal myself. Whether it's Endometriosis or any other painful disorder labeled as 'chronic', we expose the lesser-known solutions that can heal your mind, body & spirit. 
I also created an ongoing art series about it titled, Every Phase–powerfully illustrating how I healed myself living by the phases of the female cycle infradian rhythm clock.  This month we’re in the follicular phase and the featured piece is about how as you attend self-help workshops & events in the new year you will find you were the person you were looking for. The artwork asks the question, what follicles are you forming? 
Follow the series & watch for its release on the last Friday of this month and be the first to see it by subscribing at meredithochoa.com
While you’re on the site be sure to pick up a signed copy of my book, Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself, capturing all of the art pieces from the first year of the series.
Even though I was lied to for years by big pharma, I was able to find experts who helped me achieve the impossible. This space introduces them to you.
Today we are chatting with self-love expert Jenna Banks. Jenna is a social impact entrepreneur, author of the best-selling book “I Love Me More”, a public speaker and host of The Jenna Banks Show whose work has been featured in media outlets that include: Forbes, popsugar, ABC, NBC and CEOWORLD Magazine. Having survived unimaginable trauma in her childhood and young adulthood; she eventually thrived both in life and her career. She attributes much of her success to overcoming shame and a lack of self-worth to learning how to love and accept herself fully, flaws and all. She is now focused full-time on what she considers her passion and purpose – helping women know their value, and step into their full power and potential.
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I learned through my experience with endo that all healing starts with being authentic. 
It’s ultimately because of the willingness to look at the inconvenient truths, and face our shit, that we find our freedom and claim ourselves. 
But how do you know what’s fact or fiction in health?  How do you begin healing the root cause of painful periods versus symptom treating within the pharma business model?
That’s what we’re going to discuss today, but just before we do that I would like to invite you to invite others to rate the show on Apple or Spotify.
I’m hosting this show because after unraveling all of the medical lies I had been told about Endometriosis, I educated myself, and I was able to heal myself. Whether it's Endometriosis or any other painful disorder labeled as 'chronic', we expose the lesser-known solutions that can heal your mind, body & spirit. 
And of course, I made (and continue to make) an ongoing art series about it titled, Every Phase–powerfully illustrating how I healed myself living by the phases of the female cycle infradian rhythm clock.  Follow the series by subscribing at meredithochoa.com
Even though I was lied to for years by big pharma, I was able to find experts who helped me achieve the impossible. This space introduces them to you.
Today we are chatting with my endo warrior sister, seasoned chef, holistic nutrition and health coach and creator of the Period Liberation Protocol, Chef Bai. Classically trained at Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco, she uses her culinary expertise to create rich flavors with clean, nourishing ingredients. 
She is an advocate for people with chronic health ailments, animal welfare, and the environment. Her own plant-based journey started with her desire to heal her chronic pain from an 18-year battle with endometriosis after exhausting all other options. She furthered her studies with a certification in plant-based nutrition from T. Colin Campbell, Center for Nutrition Studies, and is a certified Health Coach from Institute for Integrative Nutrition. 
Bailey now hosts virtual corporate wellness classes around the globe, develops recipes for brands and works with individuals + families looking to heal through food. Last year she and her husband Steve taught over 20,000 people in their corporate wellness program about the healing power of food. 
She also released her first cookbook 'Cook. Heal. Go Vegan!' which became an #1 Amazon best-seller in 2021. Be sure to tune in to her rapidly growing podcast, The Plant Remedy, featuring interviews on plant-based living with world-renowned chefs, doctors, and entrepreneurs getting real about controversial topics like reversing diseases through a plant-based diet, hormonal health,...

If you are a human being, you have a pelvic floor.
But how much does this area affect your gut, your bladder, and the rest of your body?
That’s what we’re going to discuss today, but just before we do that I would like to invite you to invite others by rating the show on apple or spotify.  
I’m hosting this show because after unraveling all of the medical lies I had been told about Endometriosis, I educated myself, and I was able to heal myself. Whether it's Endometriosis or any other painful disorder labeled as 'chronic', we expose the lesser-known solutions that can heal your mind, body & spirit. 
And of course, I made (and continue to make) an ongoing art series about it titled, Every Phase–powerfully illustrating how I healed myself living by the phases of the female cycle infradian rhythm clock.  Follow the series by subscribing at meredithochoa.com
Even though I was lied to for years by big pharma, I was able to find experts who helped me achieve the impossible. This space introduces them to you.
Today we are chatting with an extraordinary woman who helped me immensely in healing my pain, extraordinary human, Dr. Sara Bolden. 
She is a licensed physical therapist, board-certified women's health clinical specialist and certified functional medicine provider. For over 18+ years, her focus has been helping and healing individuals with pelvic pain, urogynecologic disorders, and pelvic floor dysfunctions. She is among the first board-certified women's health clinical specialists in the metro-Atlanta region and started Women First Rehabilitation in 2006, an exclusive pelvic floor rehabilitation practice devoted entirely to helping individuals with pelvic pain and pelvic floor disorders.  Dr. Bolden is an alumnus of LSU receiving a BS in Biochemistry as well as Shenandoah University where she received her Doctor of Physical Therapy. She is the founder of What a Girl Wants Seminars, speaking across the country to educate women on their bodies, helps couples enhance their intimacy, and is also the author of What a Girl Wants: The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex.
Check out her website here.
770-485-7411
WFR Pelvic Health & Wellness Specialists
3233 S. Cherokee Ln Bldg 1000 Woodstock, GA 30188
Dr. Sara's Facebook page @wfr_pelvicspecialists on Instagram
Clickable Timestamps
05:08 #1 Why Dr. Bolden decided to become a pelvic floor PT09:26 #2 Clearing up Pelvic Floor Myths11:09 #3 Diaphragmatic breathing12:24 #4 Stop Washing Your Vagina14:52 #5 The method that sets you free18:37 #6 Signs that it's time to see a pelvic floor PT21:28 #7 Dealing with Embarrassment & Emotions26:00 #8 Biohacking with Art
Key takeaways
1 in 3 women have pelvic pain,...

What the hell is functional medicine?
Why is everyone talking about how evil wheat and corn are, and what does that have to do with leaky gut?
That’s what we’re going to discuss today, but just before we do that I would like to invite you to invite others to rate the show on Apple or Spotify.
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Today we are chatting with my doctor and extraordinary human, Dr. Jeffrey Kalins.
After completing undergraduate school he finished one year of medical school in Paris but quickly realized that wasn’t how he thought healthcare should be provided. Unless under emergency conditions it never made sense to him to take out body parts and give someone toxic chemicals which we call ‘drugs’ to deal with symptoms. He always had an inquisitive mind, asking why, so he embarked on a search to find the profession that would prepare him to deliver health care, and not sickness care. He found that in chiropractic and applied kinesiology which opened a whole new world that he shares with us today.
Check out his website at...
https://www.newconceptwellnesscenter.com/
(770) 628-5028
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Clickable Timestamps
02:20 - What led Dr. Kalins to Functional Medicine05:00 - Thyroid Issues06:28 - Blood tests & Menopause10:06 - Leaky Gut12:40 - What is functional medicine?16:29 - wheat, corn, rye & soy24:35 - What makes Dr. Kalin's style unique27:56 - Doctors are teachers29:50 - Biohacking with art
Key takeaways
why you should stop eating corn, wheat, rye & soy.why blood tests don't reveal the root cause, and all that is occurring in your body.what is leaky gut?genetic modification of foods vs. hybridization and the impact on your body.how your immune system takes care of cancer cells everyday.The concept in your body of, 'out of time, with need'.
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If there is a woman you know who is struggling with period pain, the foundation of how I healed myself began with reading Womancode & In The Flo by Alisa Vitti.
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