Sparking Wholeness Erin Kerry

Richard Kerry is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works couples and individuals. In this episode, Richard and Erin discuss why so many couples struggle with intimacy. They share stories from their own marriage and ways they try to connect consistently.

Key Topics:
- What intimacy is and why we need it
- Intimacy is not just sexual, but it’s emotional and spiritual as well
- Myths of male emotional needs
- The importance of creating safety in the relationship, especially for trauma survivors
- Why you should flirt and make out more
- Myths of male physical needs
- How to set the right expectations
- Ways to connect daily to restore intimacy in marriage
- How to have a holistic approach to intimacy

You can learn more about Richard and work with him at livingwelltyler.com.

Jennifer Nathanson is a functional medicine provider and parenting coach. She firmly believes feeling confident in parenting impacts our overall well-being by decreasing/removing one of our main stressors - self doubt as a parent.

Key Topics:
- Components of the Nurtured Heart approach to parenting
- How this approach changes what we model to our kids
- How to support neurodivergent and sensitive kids
- Learning to pause before reacting
- How a negativity bias impacts your parenting
- How the pace of life impacts kids’ mental health
- How to support self critical or perfectionistic kids
- Handling poor behavior in a calm way

Work with Jennifer at jennifernathanson.com and follow her at @jennifernathanson.

Dr. Tabatha Barber, known as The Gutsy Gynecologist, has dedicated her life to giving women a voice and a choice when it comes to their health and well-being. Overcoming struggles as a young girl, including self-esteem challenges and the hurdles of being a high school dropout and teenage mother, she emerged as a successful physician through faith and perseverance.

Her unwavering commitment to women's health is evident through her triple board certifications in obstetrics and gynecology, menopause, and functional medicine.

Dr. Barber's new bestselling book, Fast to Faith, teaches women how to incorporate intermittent fasting and faith into their lives.

Key Topics:
- Dr. Barber’s personal story of teen pregnancy and medical trauma
- How functional medicine gives women a voice and a choice to advocate for their health
- The role of sugar on women’s health today
- Fascinating insights on the body’s ability to heal, if given the right tools for support
- The real reason you’re gaining weight
- Estrogen dominance and its impact on your health
- How stress causes weight gain

Get Dr. Barber’s book and learn more at fasttofaith.com and DrTabatha.com. Listen to her show, The Gutsy Gynecologist, and follow her on social media at @thegutsygynecologist

In this solo episode, Erin covers the topic of “food as mood,” sharing highlights from her all-new Food as Mood Guide, available below.

Key Topics:
- The importance of getting raw materials to support mental health
- How to increase nutrients in a practical way
- The importance of eating hygiene
- How blood sugar balance plays a big role in supporting mood health
- Ingredients that confuse the body and make it feel unsafe to thrive
- Top brain foods for mental health
- New AAP warnings against GMOs in kids’ food
- Finding hormone balance and what to test for

Download the new FREE Food is Mood Guide here:
https://mailchi.mp/055b20577ebc/food-is-mood-guide

Sponsor: Go to thorne.fit/wholeness and get 10% off your first order of Thorne supplements. Erin’s pics: Basic B Complex, Magnesium Bysglycinate, GI Relief.

Naketa Ren Thigpen is the world's number one Balance and Relationship Advisor. With a groundbreaking approach that merges psychotherapy, trauma expertise, and relationship wisdom, Naketa challenges norms and ignites transformative change.

She’s the host of the Balance Boldly Podcast and author of "Selfish: Permission to Pause.”

This episode covers the complex topic of managing your stress so that you can better show up for your relationships. Naketa provides many inspirational, realistic, and practical tips that all busy people will be able to utilize.

Key Topics:
- Why self care matters for relationships
- How negative self-talk hinders your ability to show up in relationships
- How being “intentionally selfish” helps relationships
- Avoiding burnout and reactive stress
- How to instantly shift your nervous system
- How to improve your sexual connection when you’re exhausted
- The importance of being assertive and asking for what you need

Learn more about Naketa at Thigpro.com and listen to her podcast Balanced Boldly. Follow her on social media at @asknaketa.

Download Erin's stress-busting nutrient guide here:
https://mailchi.mp/5bf7e5c21f62/stress-busting-nutrition-guide

Dr. Hassett is a licensed clinical psychologist who is an Associate Professor and the Director of Pain and Opioid Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan (UM). She conducts interdisciplinary research related to exploring the role of cognitive, affective, and behavioral factors in chronic pain.

She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and is a leader in the field of resilience and pain. She is the author of “Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices and Skills to Help You Thrive,” an innovative pain self-management book for patients and their clinicians released earlier this fall.

Key Topics:
- Examining the epidemic of chronic pain
- How chronic pain impacts mental health and vice versa
- The neurotransmitters impacted by chronic pain
- How stress and burnout play a role in pain conditions
- Pain is often a response to trauma
- Enhancing positive emotions impacts chronic pain
- How to gain motivation to try something new
- Reducing anxiety before surgery

Learn more about Dr. Hassett and her book at AftonHassett.com.

Free download: grab Erin’s stress-busting nutrition guide here: https://mailchi.mp/5bf7e5c21f62/stress-busting-nutrition-guide