The Eversio Experience Podcast

Eversio Wellness
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Hosted by Brandi Garden, co-founder of Eversio Wellness, and Dr. Desiree Caruso, ND. In this podcast we talk all about the world of mushroom wellness because mushrooms are critical to the maintenance of our physical well-being and our collective mental health. We believe mushrooms are symbols of interconnectedness, and we’re so excited to connect you with the health, wellness, and wisdom that they have brought us on our journey to this moment. Eversio means change and it's our mission to change lives through fungi. There is a mushroom for every moment!

  1. 6d ago

    #67 - What's Actually Blocking Your Abundance

    We have both stayed somewhere that was quietly hurting us. For Brandi, it was a classroom and a pharmaceutical protocol that had stopped feeling like healing. For Desiree, it was an apartment with mold and a body that would not stop signaling that something was wrong. We stayed because leaving felt like the bigger risk. This episode is about what it actually took to move. Abundance is not a vision board word. It is not about your bank account. It is a nervous system state a felt sense that there is enough and your body either lives in it or it does not. In this episode, Brandi and Dr. Desiree get into the physiology of what scarcity does inside your body, walk through their own stories of staying stuck longer than they should have, and share what it really looks like to shift out of survival mode and into something that actually feels like a life. This one gets personal. We cover the science, the stories, the receiving problem most high-achievers have, and where Reishi and Lion's Mane fit into all of it. 📃What You'll Learn The body-level difference between scarcity and abundance and why it is not just a mindset issue Why your nervous system cannot tell the difference between "there is a bear in front of me" and "I might not make rent" The fourth stress response most people forget (and why so many women spend most of their lives there) Brandi's full origin story: two decades of teaching, an autoimmune diagnosis, a medication stack with mounting side effects, and the moment staying finally felt scarier than changing How Dr. Desiree "called in the one" while managing mold illness, living on arugula, and showing up to work every day without complaint Why receiving is so much harder than giving for most high-achievers, and what a real practice for it looks like The difference between a season of quiet building and a season of failure (they are not the same thing) How to tell in your body whether your effort is coming from devotion or from fear How Reishi supports the body's stress response and sleep, and why Lion's Mane was Brandi's first experience with cognitive clarity A simple sentence-completion exercise that surfaces the story keeping you stuck right now 📃 Your Next Steps Take our wellness quiz to find out where your body needs support right now: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Follow us on Instagram at @eversiowellness: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/

  2. Aug 21

    #66 - The Pivot From Chiropractor to Breathwork Guide with Dr. Laura Foster - Part 2

    Three minutes. That's how long it took Brandi to go from completely dysregulated to completely herself this morning. Three minutes of intentional breathwork, and the tears came, and the only words that followed were: "That's not who I am. What was I thinking?" We walked into this recording session with Dr. Laura Foster shaken, and we're walking out of it with something we had to share with you immediately. Dr. Laura Foster is a chiropractor with over 25 years of experience working with the nervous system. She is also a certified breathwork facilitator, retreat leader, and founder of the Breathe Into Being membership. She discovered breathwork during the pandemic, trained as a facilitator in Costa Rica, and now runs women's retreats in Canada, Costa Rica, Italy, and Portugal. She has spent the better part of a decade watching people come home to themselves through the breath, and she joined us to explain why this particular tool is the one she keeps coming back to: it's free, it's always available, and it lives inside of you. This episode covers the science of what breathwork does to the nervous system, why healing doesn't require reliving what you're carrying, and how Brandi proved the whole thing works through a screen in under three minutes before we hit record. What You'll Learn: Why your body's natural default is healing, and what actually gets in the way of that How breathwork produces altered states of consciousness similar to what Stanislav Grof researched when he pioneered holotropic breathwork after psychedelics were banned from clinical use What the body does with stored experience that the mind can't process, and why the breath bypasses the need to think your way through it Why talk therapy can sometimes keep us wired to the same nervous system loops, and what breathwork does instead How Dr. Laura went from a reluctant first-timer (her words: "my soul wanted to take a decade nap") to certified facilitator to retreat leader Why Brandi was fully skeptical of online breathwork and had a profound release anyway What the cumulative shift looks like over time vs. the single big release most people expect The story behind Dr. Laura's Heart Spark retreats and why she believes women heal more completely in circle with other women How to find community and continued practice through the Breathe Into Being membership Your Next Steps: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Take our wellness quiz to find the right mushroom for you: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz

  3. Aug 14

    #65 - When Success Doesn't Feel the Way It Should with Dr. Laura Foster - Part 1

    She had a packed chiropractic practice, 150 to 200 patient visits a week, four kids, a husband who was a pilot, and was training for Iron Man races on the weekends. From the outside, the life was finished. Complete. And then something went quiet on the inside. Dr. Laura Foster spent 25 years as a chiropractor before the gap between who she was and who she was being in her life became impossible to ignore. She'd been setting goals, hitting them, and moving straight to the next one without pausing for even 10 seconds. She'd been outrunning her life in every literal and figurative sense of the word. And when she finally stopped, what she found was not what she expected. In this episode, Laura walks us through the breakdown that became her breakthrough: the year she sat in the discomfort, asked herself the questions she'd never thought to ask, and started making 2% shifts that changed the entire trajectory of her life. She now leads breathwork, homeopathy, and retreats for women going through their own version of that same reckoning. If you've ever hit a goal and felt nothing, or built a life that looks right but doesn't feel right, this conversation is for you. What You'll Learn: Why achieving your biggest goals can make you feel worse, and what that feeling is actually pointing to The difference between achievement and fulfillment, and why most of us have been chasing the wrong one What Dr. Laura means by "the gap" between who you are and who you're being, and why closing it doesn't mean burning everything down The 2% shift: the golf ball foot analogy that reframes what big life change actually requires Why Laura stopped setting goals for a year, and what she discovered when she did How to identify your top values and actually live them, not just list them The homeopathy story that started with two small pellets, a whale-sized pregnant woman, and a very unexpected afternoon What three years in Costa Rica taught her about freedom, health, and choosing your own experience Your Next Steps: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Take our wellness QUIZ to find the right mushroom for you: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz

  4. Aug 7

    #64 - Can Mushrooms Help Clear Acne? What the Science Says

    Acne doesn't care how old you are. It shows up at 15, then again at 37, on the same side of the jawline, around the same time of the month, no matter what you change in your skincare routine. If you've been treating the surface while something else is running the show underneath, this episode is going to reframe the whole conversation. This is the third and final episode in our Skin Series, and we're closing it out with acne. Not just the teenage kind. The adult hormonal kind that shows up like clockwork, concentrates along the jaw, and connects to a single enzyme most people have never heard of. Dr. Desiree breaks down the four types of acne, what makes hormonal acne structurally different, why your blood work can look completely normal and still not tell the full story, and how the research on Ganoderma lucidum triterpenoids connects directly to the enzyme driving sebum production. We also cover the gut connection, which maps more precisely to acne than most people expect, the psychological weight this condition carries at a level the research documents clearly, and where chaga fits in as a secondary supporting player. What You'll Learn: Why acne is actually several distinct conditions, and why getting the category right changes everything about how you address it What malassezia folliculitis (fungal acne) is, why nearly 1 in 3 people diagnosed with acne may actually have it, and the one symptom that gives it away Why hormonal acne concentrates specifically along the jawline, and what androgen receptor density has to do with it The four-factor cascade behind every breakout and how one upstream hormone driver sets all of them in motion Why completely normal blood work does not rule out hormonal acne, and what actually matters more than your lab numbers What the research actually documents about acne's psychological impact, and why clinical severity doesn't predict how much it affects someone The specific compounds in reishi's fruiting body that inhibit 5-alpha reductase, the exact enzyme converting testosterone to DHT in androgen-sensitive skin tissue How a low glycemic diet connects to sebum production through a well-mapped biological line from food to insulin to IGF-1 to your sebaceous glands The gut microbiome research connecting a specific lactobacillus strain to IGF-1 expression and oxidative stress in acne Why dual extraction matters specifically for the reishi compounds most relevant to hormonal acne, and what to look for on the label Your Next Steps: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Take our wellness quiz to find the right mushroom for you: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz

  5. Jul 31

    #63 - Can Mushrooms Help With Eczema? What the Research Says

    ➡️ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15 ⬅️ https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Picture someone waking up at two in the morning because the itching finally won the fight against their sleep. Not a mild itch. The kind that makes you consider, for one irrational second, whether scratching until it bleeds might bring relief. Or a parent standing in the pharmacy aisle at midnight, Googling one more cream, because nothing has worked yet and the pediatrician is six months out. That is eczema in real life. And it deserves more than another tube of cortisone. In Part 2 of our Skin Series, we get into eczema, the one that gets dismissed as "just sensitive skin" more often than it should be. Dr. Desiree breaks down the Th2 immune pathway driving atopic dermatitis, the specific cytokines behind that relentless itch cycle, and why eczema in early childhood can be the first signal in a broader immune pattern that sometimes includes food allergies and asthma. She also shares her own experience developing adult-onset eczema from mold exposure, the invisible kind that took four years to identify. We cover how reishi's triterpenes connect to the mast cell and histamine side of the story, where the gut-skin research lands, and three concrete things you can do right now regardless of where you are in managing your skin. What You'll Learn: Why eczema is a mapped Th2 immune condition driven by specific cytokines, not just dry or reactive skin The role of IL-31 in creating the itch signal, and why scratching sends the whole cycle into a physiological feedback loop What researchers call the "atopic march" and what the data says about eczema predicting asthma and food allergies in children Why mold exposure in the home is backed by a 2024 meta-analysis as a measurable eczema and asthma risk factor The five distinct types of eczema and why getting the right diagnosis determines which approaches are actually relevant to your situation Dr. Desiree's personal experience developing eczema as an adult after four years of unknowing mold exposure, and what finally changed How reishi's triterpenes (specifically ganoderic acids unique to this mushroom) target mast cell histamine release at the source of the itch response What makes reishi an immune modulator rather than a straight suppressant, and why that distinction matters for eczema Why infant gut microbiome diversity appears as an early predictive marker for eczema risk, and how reishi's beta-glucans connect to that story The three things to verify before buying any reishi product, and what to walk away from entirely Your Next Steps: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Find the right mushroom for you with our wellness quiz: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz

  6. Jul 24

    #62 - Can Mushrooms Calm Psoriasis? The Science Explained

    ➡️ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15 ⬅️ https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-productsThis is Part 1 of our brand-new Skin Series. We're starting with psoriasis because it's personal for both of us. Brandi shares her history with psoriasis starting at age 15, over a decade on a pharmaceutical biologic, and how she eventually found her way to remission through a combination of lifestyle shifts and functional mushrooms. Dr. Desiree breaks down the exact immune mechanism driving psoriasis, including the IL-23/IL-17 pathway, the TH17 cell overactivation loop, and the documented role of oxidative stress as a contributing factor in the disease process. Then we walk through why chaga is the functional mushroom most aligned with this picture, what the research actually shows, and how the gut-skin axis connects it all.📃What You'll Learn▸ Why psoriasis is an immune condition that shows up on the skin, not a skin problem, and why that reframe changes your entire support strategy▸ The IL-23/IL-17 axis explained simply: the self-sustaining inflammatory loop that drives psoriasis flares▸ What actually happens to skin cells during a flare (a 28 to 30 day cycle gets compressed into 3 to 7 days)▸ Why oxidative stress is a contributing factor in the psoriasis disease process, not just a side effect▸ The five types of psoriasis and why many people don't even recognize their own condition▸ The real mental health cost of psoriasis: the numbers are significant, and this episode names them▸ Why chaga has one of the highest measured antioxidant capacities of any natural substance researchers have tested▸ How chaga polysaccharides affect TH17 and T regulatory cell balance, the same immune players driving psoriasis▸ What the gut-skin axis has to do with psoriasis severity, and how chaga fits into that layer▸ Exactly what to look for on a chaga label, and why most products on store shelves wouldn't make the cut📃Your Next Steps▸ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/▸ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products▸ Not sure which mushroom is right for you? Take our quiz: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz

  7. Jul 17

    #61 - Nobody Is Coming To Save You (And That's The Best News You'll Ever Hear)

    You have read the books. You've done the retreats. You have overhauled your diet, your sleep, your morning routine. And you still feel the gap. Not broken, not lazy. Just caught in a loop that the next fix never quite closes. We want to talk about why. This episode is about the biology of being stuck. Not the shame of it. The actual mechanism. We get into what is really happening inside a nervous system that has been running on chronic stress, why the search for the next solution is neurologically wired into that state, and what it actually takes to interrupt the cycle for good. We cover the 90-second chemistry of emotion, Hebb's Law, the reticular activating system, Viktor Frankl's stimulus-response space, and the neuroscience of mental rehearsal. This one is about giving you a real explanation for what has felt personal, and a real path forward. What You'll Learn: Why your body can become physiologically addicted to stress hormones, and how that keeps you unconsciously generating the exact conditions you are trying to escape The 90-second rule: what Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's neuroanatomy research reveals about how long an emotion actually lasts in the body, and what everything after that means Why insight alone cannot change your nervous system, and what your nervous system actually responds to How Hebb's Law works in your favor: every time you practice a new emotional state, you are building real, measurable neural architecture What the reticular activating system (RAS) is doing with your beliefs, and how shifting that filter changes what you are available to see and act on Viktor Frankl's "space between stimulus and response," and why every external fix misses it entirely What mental rehearsal actually is neurologically, and how elite athletes have used it for decades to become familiar with a state before they are living it The identity question that changes everything: who do I need to decide I am for this to become true? Your Next Steps Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Take our wellness QUIZ to find the right mushroom for you: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz

  8. Jul 10

    #60 - The PCOS Pivot: How Samantha March Healed Her Hormones Naturally

    For 15 years, the world saw Samantha March's creative output: nine novels, a product brand, a YouTube channel, a loyal audience who shows up because she makes you feel like a friend. What most people didn't see was what was happening inside her body at the same time. Episode 60 is the conversation she's finally ready to have. Samantha March is a lifestyle creator, published author of nine contemporary novels, and founder of By Samantha March, a brand of intentional living products including card decks, planners, and habit trackers. In this episode, Samantha shares the health journey she's kept mostly private until now: an adrenal PCOS diagnosis that took the better part of a year to get and four years of rebuilding her health from the ground up. We get into the symptoms that started appearing in October 2021, why multiple doctors dismissed everything she was experiencing, and what changed when she finally connected with a naturopathic doctor. Samantha also talks about the shame that kept her quiet early in her journey, what it looks like to keep creating when your brain is foggy and your body feels like a stranger, and why she's sharing this story publicly now that she has four years of results behind her. What You'll Learn: Why Samantha's symptoms were dismissed by her OBGYN, primary care doctor, internist, and endocrinologist, and what finally broke through What adrenal PCOS is and how it differs from other types, plus why the condition recently got a new name that actually fits better The brain fog moments that genuinely scared her, including a preheated oven she had no memory of turning on Why she pulled back from talking about her health publicly early on and what gave her the confidence to come back four years later How hormone labs gave her more answers in one appointment than years of guessing ever could The specific changes that made the biggest difference: an elimination diet, stress management, low-impact movement, and functional mushrooms Why Turkey Tail was recommended to Samantha by two completely separate practitioners at nearly the same time How Lion's Mane shifted her concentration and mental clarity within weeks What it looked like to keep writing novels and running a brand through a health crisis Why shame keeps women silent about their health and what shifts when they finally start talking Resources Mentioned: Samantha March on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marchbeautyword/ Samantha's website and novels: https://bysamanthamarch.com/ Your Next Steps: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Take our wellness QUIZ to find the right mushroom for you: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz

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Hosted by Brandi Garden, co-founder of Eversio Wellness, and Dr. Desiree Caruso, ND. In this podcast we talk all about the world of mushroom wellness because mushrooms are critical to the maintenance of our physical well-being and our collective mental health. We believe mushrooms are symbols of interconnectedness, and we’re so excited to connect you with the health, wellness, and wisdom that they have brought us on our journey to this moment. Eversio means change and it's our mission to change lives through fungi. There is a mushroom for every moment!

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