E.61: Healing at the Root Cause

with Dr. Andrea Fossati, MD

You can also watch this interview on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/cuGc534kPEk

Episode Notes:

Dr. Andrea Fossati, M.D. talks about:

• What is integrative medicine, how it’s different from the traditional medical approach… and how it leads to different outcomes…

• How it helps autoimmune conditions, fibromyalgia, cancer, and other conditions…

• Why food matters…

• What vital test they do that most doctors don’t order…

• Does sugar really fuel cancer…

• The role of leaky gut…

• How trauma and adverse childhood experiences show up in health issues…

To learn more about Dr. Fossati’s practice, you can visit: https://www.uvmhealth.org/medcenter/provider/andrea-t-fossati-md

E.54: Feed Your Soul... Not Just Your Body

with Carly Pollack

Episode Notes:

Award-winning holistic nutritionist Carly Pollack talks about her book Feed Your Soul: Nutritional Wisdom to Lose Weight Permanently and Live Fulfilled. In the conversation, Carly talks about:

• Her personal struggles with weight loss until she realized that losing weight is about more than just eating less and exercising; 

• Why there's no single diet that is right for everyone, nor one that is right for any single person ALL the time.

• The importance of paying attention to the thoughts and emotions underlying weight struggles and the desire to go on a diet.

• Why self-care is essential to weight loss, and how true self-care arises from self-love. 

• The role of "manifesting" in achieving optimal weight and good health.

• The role of gratitude and how dropping “love bombs” on other people helps you achieve your goals.

You can find more information about Carly’s services at her website: www.CarlyPollack.com

E.44: The Promise of Food Co-Ops

with Jon Steinman

Episode Notes:

Grocery giants are shaping our food systems, the health of our farms, and the quality of our food. Food co-ops present a powerful avenue for consumers and producers to reclaim their power to shape the health of their communities, their food systems & personal health.

Jon Steinman, author of Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants, touches on:

• How a handful of giant grocers have shaped the continent’s food systems.

• The ways in which co-ops help ensure affordable food, as well as fair food pricing that ensures a sustainable, livable income for farmers.

• How food is inherently intertwined with physical health, community prosperity, and overall community health.

Jon’s book tour is taking him through Vermont this week, and he will be visiting co-ops all over the country in the next few months.

E.42: From Chronic Pain to Radiant Relief

with Brendon Lundberg

Episode Notes:

Brendon Lundberg, Co-Founder of the Radiant Relief Pain Centers in Oregon shares:

• The new technology used at Radiant that is showing extraordinary results in the relief of chronic pain

• Why the conventional treatments for pain (opioids, surgery) don’t work for chronic pain, and are actually working from an outdated theory of pain

• How chronic pain is an issue of the brain improperly reading stimulus and interpreting them as pain, and it gets stuck in this pattern

Brendon’s book, Radiant Relief: A Case for a Better Solution to Chronic Pain, is available online.

To learn more about Brendon’s work and Scrambler Technology for chronic pain, you can find them at Radiant Pain Relief.

E.41: Women's Health with Keto

with Vivica Menegaz

Episode Notes:

Whole-food nutritionist, author and blogger Vivica Menegaz shares her insights and experience on:

• Addressing complex hormone issues through a keto-paelo approach

• The multi-dimensional reality of health issues

• The connection between emotions, trauma and hormones.

• Individualized nutrition, processed foods, supplements and keto products

• Self-love as the most important key to optimal health

• Special gift: The labs you need for hormone assessment your doctor might not prescribe

Win a copy of Vivca’s cookbook!

Her excellent cookbook, The Keto-Paleo Kitchen, is available now. You can win a copy by sharing this episode on social media and/or subscribing to the podcast on iTunes and leaving a review (email me once you leave a review so I can add your name to the drawing.)

The winner’s name will be drawn on Sunday April 7th.

E.37: Tapping Into The Wisdom of Plants

with Katherine Elmer

Episode notes:

Katherine shares her vast experience with herbs that started in childhood and led her to eventually become a Clinical Herbalist and Professor. She talked about:

• How plants help us reconnect with ourselves, our communities and the earth

• The local, indigenous superfoods that are available in your neighborhood. Including her top Vermont-native superfoods and herbs.

• The interconnectedness between herbal medicine, social justice, and sustainability.

• Learn more about Katherine’s Clinical Herbalism work at Railyard Apothecary

• Learn more about Spoonful Herbals, Katherine’s non-profit herbal CSA and educational organization. Some upcoming workshops include:

  • Healthy Hearts ~ Wednesday March 6th

  • Sustainable Leadership ~ Saturday March 9th

E.35: Building Your Own Healthcare System

with Matt Rushford, DC

Episode Notes:

Dr. Rushford talks about why allopathic medicine is not truly about health-care, what are the inherent flaws in this paradigm, and how we can shift the way in which we view our health in order to seek true paths towards optimal health.

• To connect with Matt, you can visit his website: Rushford Chiropractic

• You can also find his book Born Broken: De-Pathologizing The Human Condition on Amazon

E.33: Lyme Disease: The Chinese Medicine Approach

with Brendan Kelly

Episode Notes:

Brendan Kelly shares his vast experience with Lyme Disease, tell us how at least 50% of his practice right now is treating people at various stages of Lyme. He explains why Chinese Medicine (which includes foods, herbs and acupuncture) is so effective treating Lyme. In this episode he shares:

• The progression of Lyme through four different stages; what Chinese Medicine calls each stage and how they manifest in different symptoms

• What to do at each stage of the disease, what foods to eat and how lifestyle affects each stage

• Why there is no single remedy for Lyme but rather how Chinese Medicine treats the individual rather than the disease

• The connection between Lyme and climate change

E.31: Creating Heaven On Earth: The Scientific Proof

with Bruce H. Lipton, PhD

Episode Notes:

Bruce Lipton, PhD, best-selling author of The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution and The Honeymoon Effect, and former professor and researcher at the medical schools of The University of Wisconsin and Stanford University, shares the scientific proof (and the good news) that we each have the power to create heaven on earth.

In this powerful conversation, Bruce touches on:

• The scientific evidence that: (1) we are not at the mercy of our genes, (2) evolution is not random or slow, and (3) mind/spirit and matter are not separate

• How these myths keep us believing ourselves powerless

• How we can reclaim our power to shape our health AND the reality around us

You can find Bruce’s books and upcoming events on his website: BruceLipton.com

E.21: Part II - Healing the Body with Sound & Electricity

with Eileen Day McKusick

Episode Notes:

In this part of our conversation Eileen dives into specific topics, such as:

• How she detects depression and bipolar, and what she can do about it

• What group Biofield Tuning calls are like and why they work

• How most people carry shame and hate energy —whether they own it or they’re projecting it onto others

• What the emotion of hate does to the heart

• Autoimmune conditions and their link to self-love

• How the body exchanges information with the environment through water

• How many people view self-love and self-care as selfish and why that’s a distortion

To learn more about Eileen, find a Biofield Tuning practitioner or sign up for one of Eileen’s Biofield Tuning calls, you can go to her website.

E.20: Healing the Body with Sound & Electricity

with Eileen Day McKusick

Episode Notes:

Eileen talks about the immediate and direct effect of using sound frequencies to produce healing in the body. How Biofield Tuning can detect and shift different energy blocks, emotional patterns, and health issues.

Eileen touches on:

• How your energy field has different viscosities that can be detected and shifted with a tuning fork

• How different emotions can also be detected in the field

• You the energy field around you holds information about your memories

• How different sounds have positive or negative effects on the body

• How your body is truly an electrical entity and how your heart constantly broadcasts the different frequencies of what you’re feeling

To learn more about Eileen and Biofield Tuning, you can visit her website.

E.18: Groovin' for Fitness & Positive Vibes

With Heather Winia

Episode Notes:

What if not only your workouts but ALL of your life could feel more joyful?

Heather Winia is not only an expert but a role model for living a life filled with play, fun and joy. She is a Master Trainer for the Groove Movement and she's also a health coach and fitness instructor. She shares her tips and inspiration for 'groovin' through all of life.

She also shared about her upcoming Groove retreat taking place in Vermont in October. You can find more information about Heather, the retreat and Groove through the following websites:

• Heather's website
• The Vermont Groove retreat - And Heather is offering a 10% discount for people who register by August 23rd
• Groove DVDs

E.17: Changing The Culture That Fosters Cancer

with Brooke Moen

Episode Notes:

What if cancer is not just the luck of the draw? What if there's a LOT about our culture that fosters cancer? Brooke's answers are sure to surprise you, as she does not go down the typical path you might expect.

With her personal cancer story & experience as a Chinese Medicine practitioner, Brooke presents a unique perspective on the ways in which our western culture fosters cancer. She gives us powerful insights into treatment & prevention, and why "fighting" cancer might be the wrong attitude.

Why she calls cancer "the great calling"... you won't want to miss it. 

To learn more, you can find Brooke through BrookeMoenAcupuncture.com

E.13: Worthiness, Love & Self-Acceptance: Keys To Healing The "Incurable"

with Tanya Penny

Episode Notes:

After dealing with anxiety, depression, pain and other health issues for over 25 years, in 2004 Tanya Penny was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She now considers herself 100% healed.

She tells us about the deeper work that is necessary for profound healing. We talked about how challenging it is to consider self-acceptance when dealing with health issues that we really want to overcome and what are some of the core practices that Tanya engaged in to heal herself, which she now teaches to her clients.

To learn more about Tanya, you can reach her through her website.  

Access Tanya's free gift:  You can download Tanya's Vibrant Body & Abundant Life Starter Kit here; it includes her Ten Keys Blueprint Guide, an audio lesson, and a 30-minute guided Therapeutic Meditation Practice. 

E.08: Unlocking The Flow of Your Health

with Dr. Travis Elliott

Episode notes:

What if a SINGLE drop of your blood could tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about your health at this very moment? AND dictate what is the first priority to focus on?

Dr. Travis Elliott, Naturopathic Physician tells us about how adding Bio-Resonance Analysis (BAH) to his practice allowed him to make two HUGE advances in his treatment of patients:

1. He is now able to incorporate energy medicine into his many (already successful) physiological treatments from functional medicine.
2. Hw can create completely customize treatment plans for every single patient, that are based on diagnostics of the most important priorities in their unique experience.

Travis tells us how no two people are the same, and even if their symptoms seem the same, the causes and their complete picture of health will be radically different and needs to be tackled differently. 

You can find Dr. Elliott's practice through his website. 

E.05: What If Your Workouts Are Killing Your Progress?

with Dave Smith

Episode Notes:

Dave talks to us about the downside of HIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and why it might not be right for everyone. He shares insights and stories that illustrate how HIIT can result in weight-loss plateaus, and even worse, cause injuries. 

He also talks about an alternate approach, LISS (Low Intensity Steady State) and how a combination of both types within a workout session can lead to maximum results. His Low-Intensity Fat-Loss program (LIFL) is a plug-and-play tool you can purchase.

• Learn more about Dave's approach to weight-loss and fitness at: MakeYourBodyWork.com 

• Check out his special Low Intensity Fat Loss program 

E.01: About this podcast ~ turning challenges around to thrive in every dimension of life

Join the launch party and get some gifts! 

When you subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, rate it and give us a quick review, you'll be entered to win products form Pure|Energy Apothecary and gifts from our guests. 

It's only 3 steps and they take less than a minute:

1. Go to Podcasts in iTunes & search for Thrive With Morella. 
2. Subscribe + rate + review the Thrive With Morella podcast:
   1. Click the subscribe button 
   2. Rate us using the stars & leave  a quick review
3. Send me a quick email to let me know you've done it. Done! I'll get back to you and update you on the gifts we're sending out.

I can't wait to send some goodies your way!

Episode notes:

What if you're meant to thrive in every area of your life?

In this opening episode of the podcast I share with you why I've come to believe we are all meant to thrive, and that we can transform every dimension of our lives ~ from our health, to our career, our finances, our relationships and beyond.

I also tell you why I've decided to launch the podcast.

Let me know what you think in the comments and if you're liking the podcast, please do subscribe + rate + review on iTunes. It helps the podcast to be found by others.