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    Every individual is unique; the way we eat, how our brain functions, our likes, dislikes, and the way in which our body responds to specific medical treatments. Knowing your priorities and what works well with their body prior to embarking on seeking out medical treatment is a seemingly intuitive approach. However, our current healthcare system has not been designed to adequately support each individual and their unique needs. It uses a one-size-fits-all approach. This can lead to the worsening of one’s symptoms as well as the associated frustration of finding a diagnosis. Deepa Kaanan believes that there is an imminent need to individualize the patient-care model and she tackles this issue through her functional medicine company Phytothrive.

    Deepa began her journey with her brand when she began to feel frustrated with her own health journey. Despite conducting lab work and speaking with several doctors, she was unable to find a diagnosis for her own ailments. This experience propelled her to become a champion for a more individualized and balanced approach to wellness. Deepa is renowned for her work in this field, and her articles have been shared by the father of functional medicine, Dr. Mark Hyman. Join us on this week’s episode as we speak to Deepa about her masterful understanding of human anatomy to offer true bio-individual mind, body, and spirit remedies.

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    • The benefits of functional medicine practice in regards to sleep hygiene
    • How to re-engage the mind, body, and spirit connection
    • Merging science with ancient teachings
    • Bio-individuality and what that means for each patient seeking treatment

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    Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S. and is the leading cause of death globally. The conventional model relies upon medications to manage blood pressure and cholesterol. If you are willing to take leadership over your heart health, lifestyle and stress management modalities can change the trajectory of your heart health.

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    A heartfelt thanks to listener cocofrosty7, who left the show a glowing review of Vitally You®: “Trailblazer in wellness, always ahead of the curve when it comes to wellness, and thought-provoking wisdom and guidance.” Your review is deeply appreciated, cocofrosty7, and all reviews as they help keep the podcast going. 

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    • Identifying heart disease symptoms
    • Blood pressure management alternatives
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    The Power of Pattern Recognition to Release Emotional Suffering

    The Power of Pattern Recognition to Release Emotional Suffering

    Do you recognize any patterns in your life? As a human being, I’m sure the answer is a resounding yes. When you find yourself defaulting to an unwanted pattern, you can choose to ignore it or do the work to clear it. In this episode, I unpack the deep connection between thoughts, beliefs, and actions, as well as what I do when I start reliving old patterns that don’t serve me.

    In the past few months, I found myself believing that no one understands me, I don’t have room in my personal life for my work, and that the people I love the most don’t respect my career. The busy holiday season brought me back to the years when I was raising my children and supporting my husband’s career. It’s been a long time since these thoughts have come up, but it was an important reminder that life is about presence, not perfection. 

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    Listen in to hear how you can cultivate space to release unconscious thought patterns and create a strategy to free yourself from the beliefs that hold you back. 

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    • Why it’s so important to recognize patterns in your life
    • Signs that you’re experiencing a crisis of confidence
    • Understanding how your thoughts impact your beliefs and actions 
    • The tools I learned in therapy that I consistently rely on 
    • My advice to anyone who feels trapped by their unconscious patterns 

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    A Calming Meditation to Soothe Emotional Triggers

    A Calming Meditation to Soothe Emotional Triggers

    In today’s episode, I discuss the emotional experiences that are magnified during the holidays and the extremes of navigating the healing process. I invite you to sit with me for a few moments while I lead a meditation to soothe emotional triggers and provide a pillow of support. It’s a potent time of the year and I want to stick with you on this journey back to yourself.  

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    From there, start to notice the sensations and vibrations throughout your electric body. Where do you feel tingling? When you bring attention to a part of your body, you can understand what’s happening in that part of the body. This light body is your vital life force. 

    As you are present in your light body, I share a visualization technique to encapsulate your earth body with a golden light. Then, slowly acknowledge an emotional trigger as you release it from the heart. Can your golden light flow into the heart, clearing energy with warmth and ease? You have the power to be present with your feelings and care for them.

    I’m thinking about you, the Vitally You community, with gratitude, respect, and compassion. No matter what you are going through, I hope you feel supported and held. Listen to this episode for a meditation that will guide you into a container of compassion. I will see you the week of January 9th. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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    Topics Covered: 

    • A reflection on personal emotional experiences
    • Setting up for a calming meditation practice
    • Using breath to feel the weight of your body
    • How to feel vital life force through your electric body
    • A golden light visualization technique to release triggers
    • My message to you: Love yourself through the feelings
    • Thank you to LifeWave, Vitally You’s 2023 podcast sponsor!

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    Three Coaching Tips to Thrive During the Holidays

    Three Coaching Tips to Thrive During the Holidays

    In today's episode, I share three coaching tips to help you thrive during the holidays and explore how these self-care strategies can raise energy, shift perspective, and promote healing. I also provide specific examples to help integrate these tips into your daily life beyond the holiday season.

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    Listen to this episode for three coaching tips to help you thrive during the holiday, plus information on an exciting new health tech startup that wants to change the menopause narrative. How do these tips land for you? I would love to hear your perspective. 

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    • Meeting The Metapause at a recent Miami event
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    • Tip #2: Practice a 12-hour fast and mindful hydration, digestion, and eating habits 
    • Tip #3: Use the Freeze Frame HeartMath tool to acknowledge your triggers
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    Improve Your Health, Vitality, and Energy: The Benefits of Algae with Catharine Arnston, Founder of ENERGYbits

    Improve Your Health, Vitality, and Energy: The Benefits of Algae with Catharine Arnston, Founder of ENERGYbits

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    Listen to this jam-packed episode and learn about the incredible benefits of algae and ways to support and activate your mitochondria for health, energy, and vitality.

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    Topics Covered: 

    • The health experience that inspired ENERGYbits
    • The importance of intentional sourcing 
    • Spirulina: A protein-rich, energizing blue-green algae 
    • Chlorella: A wellness detoxing and repair algae
    • Two ways to protect your mitochondria 
    • A special gift from Catharine!

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    Herbal Remedies with Jane Christensen, owner and CEO of Barlow Herbals

    Herbal Remedies with Jane Christensen, owner and CEO of Barlow Herbals

    In this episode, I’m joined by Jane Christensen, a Master Herbalist and the CEO of Barlow Herbal Specialities. Jane shares the familial and intentional process of creating Barlow Herbal Specialities and the importance of trusting your body’s ability to heal. 

    Jane was first introduced to herbal medicine through her dad, the founder of Barlow Herbals. Jane's dad was a master botanist, who shared his love of herbalism and the plant world with his family.  Jane shares how the depth of knowledge and research mixed with inspiration from her dad was how Barow Herbal was born. 

    Jane explains the importance of herbs as a primary healing agency as a way to physically and emotionally detox. Jane illustrates the cultivation and powerful properties of herbs specific to Barlow Herbal including Lomatium, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial herb, and a Mushroom Power Blend containing reishi, chaga, shiitake, maitake, and turkey tail mushroom extracts. Plus, we discuss the relationship between plants and the body’s capacity to heal and how herbs can teach us to trust our intuition.  

    Listen in to learn more about the power of herbs as a healing agent and how they can be integrated into daily life for health, wellness, and vitality. 

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    Topics Covered: 

    • Barlow Herbal’s family legacy
    • Barlow Herbal’s personal connection and process
    • The power of herbs as a primary healing agent
    • A story about my daughter and trusting our bodies
    • The medicinal power of Lomatium, specific to Barlow Herbal
    • Herbs that support cold and flu season
    • The importance and benefits of herbal medicine
    • What “feeling younger while growing older” means to Jane

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    Part Six, The Well-Lived Life, by Gladys McGarey, M.D. Spend Your Energy Wildly

    Part Six, The Well-Lived Life, by Gladys McGarey, M.D. Spend Your Energy Wildly

    Spend Your Energy Wildly is the topic for Part 6, the final episode in our six-part book series. Gladys’ teaching is that living well is a matter of learning how to steer your energy toward life. I recap the previous five lessons and illustrate how to receive the lessons and love from each moment. I share client stories and moments from my own life tied to the choice of expanding your energy wildly vs. wisely. I end the episode with Gladys’ six-part practice on how to embrace and appreciate the gift of life. 

    Gladys shares the decision to stop fighting at school in order to make connections. She had to redirect the energy and unconscious patterns created in her family with intention and purpose. We all have sovereignty over our energy. I share a moment from my life when my husband and I were inspired by families in our church to adopt children of our own. I discovered the capacity of both my light and darkness while raising five children, but I had the agency to expand and move toward light energy. 

    I also illustrate Gladys’ practice on how to embrace life with a series of questions for inquiry so life can grow and expand with you. Can you feel life’s boundless energy moving throughout your body? This message is a reminder to embrace the wildness of life around you. 

    Listen in to learn Glady’s teachings as a stepping stone on the journey to a life well-lived. Thank you for joining me for this six-part series. I am honored to be with you. Please reach out. 

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    • Review of the Gladys’ previous teachings
    • How direct energy toward feelings that are blissful and good
    • A client story about how to transmute energy in order to heal
    • Sinking into the heart space vs. temporary pleasures 
    • The choice to expand energy wildly vs. wisely 
    • How I was challenged to move in the light while parenting five children
    • Gladys’ practice of embracing your life 

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    Everything is Your Teacher, Part Five Book Series, The Well-Lived Life by Gladys McGarey

    Everything is Your Teacher, Part Five Book Series, The Well-Lived Life by Gladys McGarey

    Everything is Your Teacher is the topic for Part 5 in our six-part book series. I share a teaching from Gladys’ life where she learned that finding courage can be the greatest challenge. I detail four events from my own life that were incredibly challenging and the unique themes that surround the experiences we face. I end the episode with Gladys' practice for finding the teacher in all things. 

    Gladys shares the challenge around divorce and personal devastation, but how it was also a calling to something greater. I share a visualization practice I used during a difficult time that allowed me to keep the emotional pain separate from the specific moments. I also illustrate Gladys’ practice of finding the teacher as a way to access the lesson in each challenge. 

    This courageous message is a reminder that everything is a teacher. Listen in to learn more about the wisdom and insight Gladys has to share with us. What wisdom can you receive from an extremely challenging experience? Please reach out. I would love to hear from you. 

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    • Review of past weeks’ episodes 
    • How hardships make us who we are today
    • Four life events that brought lessons and discoveries
    • How forgiveness and love can bring light to darkness
    • Not fighting against what happened to us
    • The power of going into dreams and the subconscious 
    • The teaching that life is supposed to be lived in all circumstances
    • Gladys’ practice for finding the teacher 

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    The Well Lived Life by Gladys McGarey, M.D. A Six-Part Book Chat about Happiness and Health

    The Well Lived Life by Gladys McGarey, M.D. A Six-Part Book Chat about Happiness and Health

    "You are Never Truly Alone is the topic for Part 4 of our six-part book series. I share a framework for both soul and social connections and illustrate concepts from Gladys around the power of listening and embracing imperfection. I end the episode with Gladys’ five-step practice for weaving the fabric of life together.  

    I illustrate Gladys’ five-step practice for weaving the fabric of life together. This powerful message serves as a reminder of the love around you. Listen in to learn more about the wisdom and insight Gladys has to share with us. What does it feel like to be supported and connected? Please reach out. I would love to hear from you. 

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    Topics Covered: 

    • The heart and soul of Miami during the Biohacking Congress
    • The power of community involvement to dissipate feelings of aloneness
    • Living in isolation vs. skin-to-skin contact
    • The need for both social and soul connection
    • Embracing imperfection as a pathway to vulnerability
    • How living in proximity forces connection
    • Gladys’ practice for weaving the fabric of life together

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    Book Chat Series, Part 3 of 6, Love is the Most Powerful Medicine, "The Well-Lived Life, by Gladys McGarey, M.D.

    Book Chat Series, Part 3 of 6, Love is the Most Powerful Medicine, "The Well-Lived Life, by Gladys McGarey, M.D.

    Thank you for joining me last week for Part 2 of my Six-Part Book Chat series. In this episode, we dive into Part 3 of the book where Gladys writes that love is more powerful than any medicine you can take. I share personal stories about love from my own upbringing and the greatest unconditional love story ever told. I end the episode with Gladys’ Love Yourself Into Healing visualization practice to give space for love to trickle in. 

    My “head start” in life wasn’t in a wealthy or influential family. It was in love. When I experienced a family crisis while a freshman in college, I still knew that I was loved and valued. Even in feelings of loneliness, the love remained. I share the greatest love story ever told, Jesus, as a true model of unconditional love and our connection to Divine Source energy. 

    Gladys writes that the power of love is undervalued and overlooked. Love has guided my own life, toward self-forgiveness and in release of rage. To illustrate the vibration of love, I tell Gladys’ story about the Carlsbad Caves and how one small light can dispel the darkness. Love is what can breathe life into any emotionally helpless situation. 

    I share Gladys’ Love Yourself Into Healing visualization practice in honor of embracing the journey toward love. There is transformation when we can get quiet, listen, and be compassionate with ourselves. This is where we have dominion and power. 

    Listen in to learn more about the wisdom and insight Gladys has to share with us. Let love be the trickle to guide you along the journey of life. Check in with your heart. Do you feel able to give and receive love? Please reach out. I would love to hear from you. 

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    • The incredible effect of LifeWave products
    • Unconditional love even when feeling loneliness and abandonment
    • The greatest unconditional love story of Jesus 
    • A client story about the willpower of self-love
    • Gladys’ Carlsbad Caves story about love dispelling darkness
    • The trickle of love as a softening, transformative medicine  
    • Gladys’ Love Yourself Into Healing visualization practice 

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