Autoimmune Hour On Life Interrupted Radio With Sharon Sayler

In this episode, we welcome Therese Rosenblatt, Ph.D., psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author in private practice in New York. We chat about her new book, How Are You? Connection in a Virtual Age, published by Rosetta Books, on adapting to the ‘new’ normal, including transitioning back into the larger community. In addition to transitioning out of the pandemic, we chat about: • How quarantine has changed relationships with family and friends, • The effects of loneliness and isolation • Finding meaning and guidance during this time of crisis • How all-virtual communication has changed the nature of communication• And, what she has learned as a therapist during the pandemic
More about our Guest: Therese Rosenblatt, Ph.D., is on the Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy faculty and is Adjunct Clinical Supervisor at Yeshiva University and Pace University in New York. She also writes and presents about various topics in Psychology. Since the pandemic, she has been running workshops a

All too often, thoughts, emotions, self-judgments, anxieties, worries, or even the actions of others can knock us off-balance and create stress and strife. All are well-known for creating turmoil, raising our physical stress responses, and in turn playing havoc with our well-being.Author Michael Goddart joins us to talk about his new book: 'A New Now: Your Guide to Mastering Wisdom Daily, Achieving Equilibrium, and Empowering Your Nobler Self.' He shares with us his journey in overcoming ill health and ways to• Return to equilibrium if you are feeling mentally besieged• Discover your purpose and create joy regardless of your diagnosis• Allow 'things' to arrive on their own time• Know the difference between your mind and your higher• Tap into that reservoir of awareness that provides greater wisdom, clarity, peace of mind, enhanced intuition, positive and purposeful living, and meaningful engagement in the world without struggle and more.Michael Goddart has been a seeker of wisdom from the age of 10. Meditatin

You know how hearing a favorite song can bring a smile to your face? Or singing along will bring back happy memories? In this week’s episode, Sharon Carne, founder of Sound Wellness, shares how sound and music are a holistic well-being modality that helps bring the body, mind, emotions, and spirit back into harmony. And through the strategic and trained use of various instruments, including crystal bowls, Tibetan healing bowls, tuning forks, bells, chanting, voice, and more, you can reduce stress, create focus, and feel energized.Sharon also shares how the vibration of sound can help ‘tune’ you just as you would tune a fine instrument plus• How and why chanting relieves stress and releases emotion• How our nervous system response to sound can create a sense of well-being• How vibration and sound improve mood and has been known to relieve physical symptoms such as muscle tension and more....More about our guest expert: Sharon Carne B.Mus., M.F.A., RMT founder of Sound Wellness, has felt the love of music for m

Three Brains? Isn't one more than enough? Well, science now says we have three brains – the one in our HEAD, our HEART, and our GUT. Our guest Savio P. Clemente, NBC-HWC, ACC, shares how he overcame cancer and now helps others overcome the confusion of a life-changing diagnosis and gain clarity by using all three of our brains.Besides being a Board Certified Wellness Coach and a stage 3 cancer survivor, Savio is a podcaster and founder of The Human Resolve LLC. In this episode, Savio shares how harnessing the three brains, plus two skills he cultivated in his recovery: open-mindedness and knowing his 'why' were part of the keys to his successful and amazing four-month recovery. He also shares how to    • Be present for and with yourself and the healing power of 'the now.'• Move beyond auto-pilot and take charge of your healing.• Treat your body as a stranger for greater success.• Stop living in your head and your emotions, plus much more...About our Guest: Savio Clemente, NBC-HWC, ACC, is the founder of The H

This week we welcome back to The Autoimmune Hour Roberta Mittman, health and wellness expert, licensed acupuncturist, author, speaker, and founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York City. She's here to share her thoughts with us on a wide range of questions we have about ways to create a successful spring and summer as we re-emerge from recent global traumas, including:• Recovering from loss and loneliness and finding new opportunities• Tips on getting motivated and staying focused after a crisis• What she has learned during the pandemic and reemergence And, I even asked that burning question, 'how do I know if it's spring allergies, a summer cold or Covid...?'About our Guest: Roberta Mittman, the founder of the Park Ave Center for Well-being, is a dedicated alternative health care practitioner, wellness coach, speaker, author, licensed acupuncturist, and certified nutritional consultant. Roberta Mittman offers guidance to men and women worldwide to look and feel vital and unstoppable. Her magic:

This week we welcome Minette Riordan Ph.D., a modern-day Renaissance woman: artist, writer, entrepreneur, and advocate for creativity being essential to our well-being. Creativity is not just about making art. It’s a way of thinking and being. Dr. Minette is a creative catalyst and mentor for artists and creatives who fondly call her the “Unicorn Squirrel Wrangler.” Her clients appreciate her unique ability to help them manage their bright shiny idea syndrome, reduce stress, create well-being, and increase their productivity without getting bored or burnt out. As the creator of the Emerge Method™, she shares from her breakthrough transformational process that helps you heal your relationship with your Inner Artist so you can emerge as your most authentic and creative self. Just some of what Dr. Minette shares with us is ways to: • Turn your inner critic into an ally• Discover how creativity can be a radical form of self-care• Let go of pretty and focus on the play because creativity is not just about making a

One of my favorite quotes from this week’s guest, Dr. Sondra Barrett, is, “I find myself asking questions — where does knowledge come from, how can we make it useful for healing. That is what a scientist does — asks questions and looks for answers.” Dr. Barrett refers to herself as a ‘recovering scientist.’ With a Ph.D. in biochemistry, post-doctoral fellowship in immunology,  and former faculty at the University of California Medical School, she veered off from mainstream medical research to people caring and mind-body healing education. In this wide-ranging exploration of inner wisdom, we chat about healing beyond the physical to create more profound wellness and well-being. Her newest work goes back 40 years when she discovered, through the microscope, elemental sacred geometry in minerals associated with the Zodiac.    Dr. Barrett shares with us her research on elemental wisdom and symbolism plus• What is inner-knowing, and how does it manifest in our well-being• Can we talk to our higher-self and is it u

This week we welcome back MarBeth Dunn, an Intuitive Energy Management Maven, and her message that wellness and well-being are not simply curing the body. MarBeth brings to us helpful tips and techniques, including “Miracles don’t flow when you are too attached to a certain outcome” from her proprietary Miracle Breakthrough© System to help us achieve greater confidence, alignment, emotional freedom, peace of mind, and happiness.Her powerful healing story changed her life direction. Decades ago, during a time of deep struggle, MarBeth implemented ‘A Course in Miracles (by Helen Schucman) and mindfulness which showed MarBeth how to live a happy drama-free life. She also shares:• How to clear energy-blockages • Tips for visualizing positive change• How to maintain happiness and joy during difficult timesand so much more.About our Guest:MarBeth Dunn works with entrepreneurs who are stuck, unhappy, and out of alignment. As an Intuitive Energy Management Maven, MarBeth Dunn pinpoints the hidden issues holding you

Here we are more than a year into the pandemic and many of our abilities to power through ‘all-this’ are stretched thin. What if you could calm down, refocus, and quell anxiety in as little as two minutes? Think about everything that would change if you could:• Sleep better and focus more• Not let anxiety rule your decisions• Have more time for what’s important• Let go of stress and angst effortlessly• Vanquish fear and come from love and more….In this awesome encore, we welcome back to the show Tamara Green and David Dachinger of LovingMeditations.com. In 2013, David Dachinger and Tamara Green heard the six words that changed everything… “David, you have stage IV cancer!” Choosing to focus on the gifts rather than the difficulties, they stayed calm, grateful, and even optimistic, with David avoiding severe health complications from his treatment.David’s results sparked his oncologist to ask what they were doing to remain so upbeat. “Whatever it is,” he said, “I want that for all of my patients and families!”

Awe, the conveniences of modern life… can all the overhead power lines, indoor lighting, cellphones, tablets, Wi-Fi routers, smart meters, microwave ovens, some medical imaging systems, etc., be affecting our wellness and well-being? As time goes on, we’ve increased our exposure to EMFs exponentially with the advent of a multitude of artificial sources. In this episode, Dr. Anne Hill, ND, named one of Portland, Oregon’s Top Doctors for 2021 by Portland Monthly Magazine, shares EMFs are from natural and artificial sources. And although research is limited and on-going, some research has determined that overexposure to EMFs can affect our body’s nervous system function and damage our cells when exposed to high amounts of EMFs. Dr. Hill helps us understand if/when we should be concerned plus:• Ways to mitigate our home and personal exposure• How high EMF exposure can disrupt our body • Common symptoms to consider EMF exposure such as sleep disturbances, difficultly concentrating, even dysesthesia (an itchy sensa

In this episode, we welcome the host of the JOY of LIVING Podcast and best-selling author Barry Shore. As the Ambassador of JOY, Barry is a change-maker and life transformer whose profound message of JOY has gone global. When I met Barry one of the many insights he shared with me was, "Your diagnosis is not your destiny" and Barry knows what he's talking about... Years ago, he was suddenly afflicted with a crippling disease that left him completely paralyzed. Yet, Barry’s decision to use this experience to better his and others’ lives has opened a unique opportunity to find JOY in living regardless of circumstance. Just some of what he shares with us is:• Why ‘later is the first step to never’• The three fundamentals of life• Why choice, not chance, determines your results• How to see miracles in life every dayPlus much more... More about our guest: Barry Shore’s Keep Smiling Movement has distributed over TWO million Keep Smiling Cards free to all. His radio show/podcast, The JOY of Living, is heard worldwide

Uncovering the root causes for your autoimmune issues too often feels like a true-life detective story... Just like there are many autoimmune diseases and immune system dysregulations, so too are known ‘triggers’ for autoimmune disease, including uncontrolled stress, poor diet, toxins, mold, and environmental allergens, even insufficient exercise, and interrupted sleep. Our guest, Dr. Ian Hollaman, shares insights into finding root causes of complex conditions’ including why we all need “Vitamin H” (H for Hope!) and• The importance of taking intestinal hyper-permeability seriously,• Why you should reconsider eating those ‘leftovers,’• The need to know your A1C numbers, • Why regulatory T cells are important and more...  About our guest: Dr. Ian Hollaman’s primary focus is to help his patients achieve their health goals through natural methods, including functional medicine, with ease of care and empowerment. He too has experienced the “machine” of traditional healthcare and strives to provide a different type

Are you feeling blocked or held back somehow? Are you struggling with your body having weird reactions out of the blue? Well, don’t wave the white flag yet... for in this episode, we welcome the author of the new book ‘Relatefully: How to gain great relationships from the inside out. Relationship Renovator Sheila Unique joins us to share from her personal experience and years dedicated to helping tens of thousands of people resolve the unrest they feel inside and establish a strong relationship with the most important person in their lives—themselves. Just a few of the many things Sheila shares with us are:• How to work with reactions and thoughts that no longer serve you,
• How to create harmony between your’ different bodies,
• The questions you should consider when you want to change,
• The mental, emotional, and spiritual mind games that can keep us stuck 
plus so much more….More about our guest: Author Sheila Unique journeyed from being identical to truly being Unique. Born an identical twin, she related

Tap Into the Power of Your Mind with BrainTap® Creator Patrick Porter Ph.D.In this episode, we welcome Patrick Porter Ph.D. to the show to talk about what stress and anxiety do to our brain, our well-being, and our overall health especially with the emotional toll of 2020 - what a one-two-three punch of a year that was for many of us. I asked Patrick to join us because I’ve seen some magical thinking out there that at the stroke of midnight and the turn to 2021 - POOF! - it would all be different. And many are feeling down and defeated, because, well, it's not! Patrick will share with us his• Top things to consider to keep stress away • Ways to protect yourself from the consequences of prolonged stress and anxiety• How to triumph over past traumas• Try-at-home mental health and wellness tips for all ages• How to reframe anxiety and channel it into motivation and productivityPlus so much more…  About Our Guest: Patrick K. Porter, Ph.D., is an award-winning author and speaker who has devoted his career to neuro

Relationships — spouse, partner, and even friendships — are hard enough even in the best times. Add in a chronic or long-term condition, where one becomes a caregiver, and you add a new, unexpected dimension of roles. And one that often comes with little to no training!Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sharon Sayler chats with Michael Grinder. Michael, a master of communication, shares from his long-running Couples Workshop ‘To Love, To Honor, and To Negotiate.’ After 21 years of presenting his Couples Workshop, Michael has a multitude of insights and ways to make sure the inevitable changes are mutual and fair and create a safe space for both parties including• Creating daily support interactions to improve psychological well-being• Ways to make sure the diagnosis doesn’t define roles• How to have the hard conversations and set boundaries• Tips to protect against emotional and physical stressorsPlus much more...About our Guest: Michael Grinder He is called “the father of nonverbal communication” by his clien

Sarah Peyton, one of our most requested experts, returns to share with us what creates resilience and how we can harness it and other 'superpowers' to optimize our well-being even in times of significant change.In this episode, Sarah shares her insights and tips to move from self-criticism to self-encouragement and self-love, plus how to • Create an ally-ship with your body even with autoimmune• Decode the messages your body is sending you• Integrate deeper layers of self-understanding and empathy for ourselves and others • Use the power of resonant language to support strength, healing, and create positive change — plus much more… About our Guest: Sarah Peyton is an author, international speaker, and neuroscience educator dedicated to helping you transform your brain into a kinder, cozier place to live. Her book 'Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain's Capacity for Healing' bridges the gap between neuroscience and daily practice, offering meditations that change the way o

Several years ago, I began exploring what it meant to heal beyond the physical body. I dove into exploring a nagging question; how would life change if I include the mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic parts of myself? In pursuit of the answer(s), I chatted with Jaya Sarada, trainer, guide, and author of numerous books, including 'Awakening Your Chakras' and 'The Path of Return - A Guide for Sacred Living.' Jaya brings her 35+ years of experience and training in Vibrational Energy and Spiritual Transformation to our conversation. Join me as we discover the power we have to change and optimize our well-being as we include the mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic parts. Jaya shares how: • Affirmations and positive self-talk support our 'energy centers' known as chakras• Guided visualizations and tapping bring a feeling of balance and calm• Activating the body's subtle energy systems optimize well-being• Simple 'do-it-yourself' modalities can stimulate the body's natural balancing systemsand so mu

Did you know that the state of our world has everything to do with our relationship with our Mother?  That profound question from this week’s guest, Kerri Hummingbird, intrigued me… So Kerri and I sat down to chat about her new best-selling book “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound.” It is a profound, insightful look at how the Mother Wound can unknowingly direct our decisions. She offers actionable steps each of us can take to support and change ourselves, our families, and our world, such as• How to uncover shadow those decisions that are keeping you stuck• Tips for healing a Mother Wound• Ways to support ourselves and others in creating lasting harmony within and so much more.
About our Guest: Kerri Hummingbird, Soul Guide and host of Soul Nectar Show is the #1 internationally best-selling author of “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman’s Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. Kerri

It seems like so many fear-inducing things are happening all at once these days, civil unrest, COVID, quarantines, lockdowns, many losing loved ones, employment... It’s no wonder that many people are dealing with anxiety, depression, and fear. In this episode of The Autoimmune Hour, host Sharon Sayler chats with Teri Smith-Pickens, author of 'The Irrational Fear Cure in Four Miraculous Steps.' Pre-pandemic, Teri interviewed more than 200 people to better understand where their fears and anxieties come from. In our chat she shares:• What living in survival mode does to us, • An understanding of irrational fears and tips to cure them,• Why COVID has increased the problem of irrational fears,• How to aid children when surround by both rational and irrational fears• And, why ADD/ADHD is a side effect of fear and more…. More about our guest: Teri Smith-Pickens is an award-winning and best-selling author and speaker, in addition to her work as a mental health practitioner and coach. In 2007, Teri had a supernatural

There’s no doubt 2020 has been a devastating year for most of the world. The personal health, well-being, and economic losses are too numerous to mention. COVID, political divides, civil unrest, and unexpected ever-changing conditions have altered our ability to control our destiny.As we begin in 2021, we hold the hope for renewal, reinvention, and relief. In this episode, returning guest, back by popular demand, certified Professional Coach Bev Martin shares ways to find opportunity and choice even in difficult times. She also shares ways we can• Choose how we will respond,• Be flexible and adaptable,• Naturally lower our stress and anxiety,• Modulate the ‘collective fear and anxiety.’• Create the environment for wellness and well-beingPlus much more.About our Guest: Bev Martin is a natural and trained intuitive, a certified Professional Coach (PCC) Member of ICF international Coaches, Master Practitioner of NLP, (MNLP) and NLP and Health (HNLP) Certified Facilitator of Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling,