Sparking Wholeness Erin Kerry

Dr. Ede is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition science and brain metabolism. Her twenty-five years of clinical experience include twelve years as a college psychiatrist and nutrition consultant at Smith College and Harvard University Health Services, where she was the first to offer students nutrition-based approaches as an alternative to psychiatric medications. She speaks internationally about dietary approaches to psychiatric disorders. She co-authored the first inpatient study of the ketogenic diet for treatment-resistant mental illnesses, developed the first medically accredited course in ketogenic diets for mental health practitioners, and was honored to be named a recipient of the Baszucki Brain Research Fund’s first annual Metabolic Mind Award. Her new book Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind was published in January 2024.

Key Topics:
- Remission from psychiatric illness is possible
- Patterns of eating that aren’t brain-supportive
- How nutrition studies get twisted to make us fear brain-supportive foods
- Food that makes neurotransmitters function better
- The “unholy trinity” that throws off neurotransmitter balance
- How sugar literally creates stress in the body
- The myth of the perfect brain superfood

Learn more about Dr. Ede’s work and her book at https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/

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Molly McNamee is an online fitness coach who specializes in chronic stress and pain relief. Her clients call her “The Moving Therapist” as she helps them heal their anxiety through movement.

In this episode, Erin and Molly discuss how exercise can be used as an anxiety modulator - either to increase it or reduce it.

Key Topics:
- The messages about exercise that can do more harm than good
- How high intensity cardio can cause panic attacks
- Five signs your workout routine is the reason your anxiety is high
- How stress leads to weight gain
- Movement that is healing and doesn’t spike anxiety
- The importance of connecting breath to movement
- How to recover post-workout to bring safety back to the body
- How nature resets your nervous system

Learn more about Molly and work with her at mollymcnamee.com and follow her on Instagram at @mfitworkouts.

Grab Molly's FREE anxiety resource here: mollymcnamee.com/anxiety

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Julia Blackwell is a fascia release practitioner, educator, and creator of The Fascia Remedy. Julia was born with severe nerve damage to her right shoulder and grew up going through the broken Western medicine system. After 23 years of being told her condition would never improve and feeling no lasting relief from any treatments, she was introduced to a unique type of fascia release bodywork in 2010. In just three months of this fascia specific work, she saw more improvement in the feel and function of her arm than she had in sixteen years of traditional treatments!

In this episode, Erin and Julia discuss Julia’s story of healing and how fascia is the biological fabric that holds everything together: mind, body, and spirit.

Key Topics:
- Julia’s story of healing from chronic nerve damage she thought would never resolve
- What fascia is and how it functions to hold the body and mind together
- The way fascia works separately from the nervous system but also is affected by stress
- The factors that make fascia unhealthy
- Rehydrating, retexturizing, and repatterning the body by supporting fascia
- Three movements that release tight fascia
- Best foods for supporting fascia

Get Julia’s roller remedy course at movementbyjulia.com.

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Andrea Jones is a registered nurse, functional hormone coach, as well as life and health coach. In this episode, Andrea is sharing all about her debut book, Wrapped in Kindness, which details the journey she took as a mother to advocate for her daughter’s mystery health issues.

In this episode, Andrea shares her daughter’s diagnosis with PANDAS, and she shares how she overcame shame and her own triggers in order to help her daughter find healing using a functional medicine approach.

Key Topics:
- What led to Andrea’s daughter’s diagnosis of PANDAS
- An explanation of the brain-immune connection
- Other environmental triggers that activated the diagnosis
- The providential meeting that led to finding a functional medicine practitioner
- The shame Andrea experienced when she couldn’t “fix” her daughter
- How Andrea supported her own nervous system following her daughter’s diagnosis
- The importance of asking for help when your child is struggling

Follow Andrea on Instagram at @abundantwellnesswithandrea and find her book, Wrapped In Kindness, available on Amazon now!

Dr. Ray W. Christner, Psy.D., NCSP, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist in Pennsylvania, a nationally certified school psychologist, and a nationally registered health service psychologist.  He specializes in clinical and school psychology, and he is board-certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology.  He maintains a private practice in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and provides telepsychology services in 39 states. He works with children, adolescents, and adults with psychological, developmental, social, behavioral, and learning differences.

Whether you have ADHD, your child has ADHD, or you work with children with ADHD, this episode teaches helpful ways to recognize symptoms and encourage executive function.

Key Topics:
- How one gets a diagnosis of ADHD
- The way the brain works differently for those with ADHD
- How symptoms manifest differently depending on temperament
- Parenting support and tools to improve executive function in kids with ADHD
- Directive and supportive strategies for redirecting
- Various temperaments that impact symptoms of ADHD

Learn more about Dr. Christner at drraychristner.com and check out his podcast Psyched to Practice, wherever you get podcasts.

Dr. Jonathan Marion is a transformational life coach, consultant, and speaker who helps all kinds of accomplished professionals find fulfillment in their lives. Jonathan believes that when we live, connect, and communicate authentically, we create a ripple effect that turns the world into a more caring and connected place. He draws on decades of experience teaching diverse audiences and is trained in Emotional Intelligence, Group Coaching, Positive Psychology Coaching, Clear Beliefs Coaching, and Somatic Coaching. His mission is to be a catalyst for transformation, supporting his clients and audiences as they transcend external accomplishments as measures for success and lead more rewarding, meaningful lives.

Key Topics:
- Intentional steps we take along the way to lead us to change
- How stress impacts our daily lives, including the “shoulds” we stress ourselves out with
- How too much knowledge can be dangerous for health
- How to change the should to could
- How internal dialogue is formed by early life cultural expectations
- Shifting from shame to responsibility
- Shifting from intention to interest
- Micro-stressors we all face that inform our perspective
- How somatic awareness brings us to the present

Learn more about Jonathan and work with him at stepsalongtheway.global.

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