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A Healthy Curiosity

Exploring strategies for holistic health, happiness, and personal evolution: what it takes to be well in a busy world. Blending the wisdom of Chinese Medicine, functional medicine, Ayurveda, neuroscience and psychology, you'll get practical tips you can use right away. You know that health and happiness aren’t things you can outsource. You’ve also got a full plate, you're a giver, and making the time to take care of yourself can be challenging. A Healthy Curiosity is here to support you. Host Brodie Welch, L.Ac., is an expert in Chinese Medicine and acupuncture, a holistic health coach, as well as a teacher and practitioner of qi gong, meditation, yoga, lifestyle and diet counseling who tries to walk her talk about health and mindfulness as a recovering Type-A, parent, and business owner. You'll find interviews with fellow experts in Chinese Medicine and natural health care about the conditions we treat and strategies we use clinically; simple self-care tips to help you feel calm, centered, and energized; and personal chats where we explore what gets in the way of our best intentions: perfectionism, big goals, habits and routines, chronic pain, overwork and overwhelm, boundaries, limiting beliefs — and what it takes to overcome such obstacles mindfully. While not strictly an acupuncture / Chinese Medicine podcast, it's not "not" an acupuncture podcast.
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Now displaying: March, 2019
Mar 27, 2019

Mindfulness for Kids, Community and Planet

with Liz Rutledge

Mindfulness isn't just for adults anymore! Children experience their fair share of stress and anxiety too. It makes complete sense that kids could/should learn how create a mindful practice of their own. Today's guest, Liz Rutledge has spent years teaching mindfulness to school age kids and shares the benefits she has seen it have. It's not just a concept, mindfulness is becoming more and more about self, family, community, and ultimately the mindful sustainability of our planet. Today we talk about:

  • mindlessness vs mindfulness
  • what age are kids most receptive to learning mindfulness
  • how mindful daily choices can have an impact for everyone
  • the ripple effects mindfulness can create

Liz has been practicing mindfulness for many years and in the last ten years has been teaching mindfulness to students in Denver area schools. She is currently earning her Mindful School certification and is also a blogger, passionate about environment, and founder of SustainableThree. 

 

Learn more about Liz Rutledge at: http://www.sustainablethree.com/

Find Liz on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/SustainableThree/

Find Liz on Instagram at: SustainableThreeInstagram

Find Liz on Pinterest: SustainableThreePinterest

Denver East High School PTSA Angel Talks:  AngelTalks

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Mar 20, 2019

Forgiveness: Liver's Spring Cleaning

with Brodie Welch, L.Ac.

Ah spring! A time of new growth, spring cleaning, and, from a Chinese Medicine standpoint, the Liver and Gall Bladder's time to shine. Liver and Gallbladder resonate with the emotions of anger, frustration, and resentment.Chinese Medicine practitioner and holistic self-care strategist Brodie Welch shares:

  • what the season of spring means from a psycho-emotional perspective
  • how anger, resentment & depression affect the body
  • a personal story about her "scapedog" and what she's doing in her own life to transform self-righteous resentment into ease and acceptance

Where could you let go of resentment and find forgiveness? Please email your responses, along with thoughts for future solo shows to brodie@brodiewelch.com

 

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Mar 13, 2019

CBD Demystified

with Dr. Rachna Patel

There's a lot of buzz about cannabis these days, specifically CBD: the component that doesn't get you high. It's being lauded for helping all sorts of ailments from chronic pain to rheumatoid arthritis to psoriasis and anxiety. Is it as great as it seems? With the use and legalization of marijuana in some states & the ever changing laws of those states, it is hard to know if you can even use CBD, let alone determine if it is really useful for your condition. Back for her second interview for A Healthy Curiosity, CBD expert  Dr. Patel helps to destigmatize & demystify CBD. This episode includes:

  • how to navigate the overall legalities of CBD usage in your state
  • what CBD is and where it comes from
  • what to look for in a CBD product
  • what conditions benefit most from CBD
  • answers to listener questions 

Dr. Rachna Patel comes from a background in Emergency Medicine. Through her interest in helping patients alleviate pain, Dr. Patel ventured into the field of Medical Cannabis in 2012. In order to offer people care they would not otherwise get, She opened her own practice in 2014. Dr. Patel's knowledge in the fields of Medical Cannabis & CBD's, have defined her as an expert in her specialty. 

Find more information about Dr, Rachna Patel at: https://www.DrRachnaPatel.com/

Find Dr. Patels' book "The CBD Oil Solution: Treat Chronic Pain, Anxiety, Insomnia, and More-without the High" using this link: Purchase Book on Amazon

Find Dr. Patel on YouTube using this link: Dr. Patel on YouTube

Find Dr. Patel on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/DoctorRachnaPatel/ 

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Mar 6, 2019

Beyond the Pill

with Dr. Jolene Brighten

Hormonal birth control pills can mean freedom from unwanted pregnancy, but this freedom often comes at the cost. These days, hormonal based birth control pills are commonly prescribed for symptoms from painful periods to acne, often before a woman gets a chance to understand her own cycles, without much discussion of possible side effects, alternative treatments, and other non-hormonal methods for preventing unwanted pregnancies. Dr. Jolene Brighten spent years working with woman identifying Post-Birth Control Syndrome, and then learning how to help women heal from the use of hormonal birth control. On today's episode we discuss:

  • controlling vs. listening to our natural cycles
  • the side effects every woman considering or taking The Pill should know 
  • how our symptoms are signals from the body and why masking them might not be a great idea

Dr. Jolene Brighten is Functional Naturopathic Medical Doctor and nutritional biochemist with a focus in women's endocrine health. She is recognized as a leading expert in Post-Birth Control Syndrome and the long term side effects associated with hormonal contraceptives. Dr. Brighten is also the author of, "Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill." She is a speaker and a women's health advocate. 

Learn more about Dr. Jolene Brighten at:  https://drbrighten.com/pbcsdiet/

Purchase "Beyond The Pill" at: https://drbrighten.com/beyond-the-pill/

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