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Today, we welcome Dr. Stephanie Seneff, a Senior Research Scientist at MIT, and go deep into some serious science and research on three very important and polarizing topics: vaccines, COVID, and glyphosate. As we unpack the role of toxic chemicals in disease, she states statistics that link increasing rates of autism to glyphosate amongst other conditions. We then move into equally challenging topics: COVID and vaccines. Stephanie breaks down the way that mRNA vaccines operate and highlights that while many of the short term effects of these vaccines may slow the spread of COVID, the longer term health impacts are dire. Although the episode may feel in some ways like a dystopian high school chemistry or biology class, it does end on a positive note. All is not lost...there are alternatives to some of our biggest health crises if we galvanize and do our best to hold our governments accountable and share our perspective.

Today, we sit down with Dr Aviva Romm MD, a world-renowned midwife and herbalist, who also happens to be a Yale-trained doctor and board certified family physician. We always feel privileged to engage in conversations with physicians that are at the top of their field in both Western and alternative fields of medicine -- and today is no different. If you’re looking for insight and information from one of the most respected minds in the fields of hormones, birthing, and integrated womens’ health -- this one’s for you.

One of our favorite contributors, Dr. Asia Muhammad, joins the pod to dive deeper into naturopathic, evidence-based medicine. Dr. Asia has a profound understanding of the necessary balance between conventional and non-conventional medicine. Building on her educational background, Dr. Asia brings an empowering, highly-researched, and no-bullshit approach to wellness. On today’s episode, Dr. Asia shares her depth of scientific knowledge and call-it-as-it-is truth bombs on a host of topics including vaccines, “healthy” versus “optimal health,” fatty liver disease, the bigger implications of organ removal, and the body’s subtle nuances that are often overlooked by Big Pharma and un-integrated medicine. Please do yourself a favor and check her out on today’s episode and subscribe to her social handle @dr.asiamuhammad for a powerful perspective on the current health system and ways to optimize your own health.

Chris Sanborn is the leading visionary for Alive Water --- our absolutely preferred and most loved spring water delivery system. Finding Alive Water helped us realize the importance in sourcing high-quality water. Many of us feel that buying spring water from the store or using a filtered jug is providing the cleanest type of water for our bodies. However, as we learned in today’s episode with Chris -- unfortunately, that’s not the case. In this episode, Chris shares a lot of hard truths about the current spring water market but he also leaves us armed with a ton of practical steps you can use to help hydrate your body and your home in the healthiest way possible!

Dr. Elizabeth Cohen is a clinical psychologist who is breaking the stigma of divorce. Her books and courses have helped so many heal, grow, and thrive after divorce no matter how difficult the process has been. We’re conditioned to believe that divorce is a failure but as Dr. Cohen powerfully explains in this episode, divorce can be a gift to help us better understand ourselves and patterns, and to move forward to create richer and fuller lives. If you or your loved ones have experienced divorce as a partner or child — this episode provides powerful insights and practical reframes to help you make sense of an often confusing and painful chapter of life.

Today, we welcome Dr. Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting. Dr. Laura Markham earned her PhD in clinical psychology at Columbia University and has worked as a parenting coach with countless families across the world. In today’s episode, Dr. Laura explains sibling envy, tantrums, and empathy development. Dr. Laura also explains the different stages of a child’s brain development and in doing so, provides incredible insight about the level of understanding your child is able to receive (physiologically, let alone psychologically). If you have kids or are thinking about it in the future -- this one’s a must listen!

Today, we are thrilled to welcome Usha Anandi to the podcast. Usha is the founder and creative director of Womben Wellness. Usha’s work is dedicated to revolutionizing the way modern healthcare serves the sacred and ancient within each woman. Refreshingly, Usha backs a lot of her teachings in science and hours of studies with embodied masters from Costa Rica to Mexico. She is eloquent, intelligent, fierce, and nourishing. She doesn’t speak in New Age language or promote superficial spiritual healing but rather advocates for every modern woman to delineate from patterns that have been inherited rather than intuited. It’s a powerful episode for anyone desiring to become more sovereign, clear, and strong.

Lauren Geertsen joins us today for an episode that is packed full of serious truths but delivered with compassion and understanding. After her own experience with both disordered eating and a disordered allopathic medical system, Lauren began her own healing journey. If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your own intuition, experienced confusion about the “correct” way to nourish yourself, have outsourced your own authority to food rules, or sought control and perfection from food -- this is an absolute must-listen. Many of these same subconscious patterns we apply to our relationship with food can be mirrored in our relationship with others, our careers, governments, and authority figures. Lauren and Nikki unpack the power of tuning into yourself and finding the courage to stand for your own beliefs in every area of life. There’s truly a takeaway for everyone in this episode!

Today, we welcome Raj Agni to THE FULLEST podcast. As you’ll hear, Raj is a man of many talents spanning energy healing, the arts, and herbalism. Today, we dive deep into the subject of our different physical and energetic bodies and the ways they can be tuned for deeper alignment, deceleration of aging, reincarnation, and energy attachment. These subject matters may be potentially more “out there’’ for some listeners but listening to Raj’s calm, clear, and gentle explanations of these more metaphysical concepts is an eye and heart opening experience.

Dr. Leah is a functional medicine doctor who specializes in root-cause women’s hormonal health, low libido, preconception, and fertility care. Today, she joins us to discuss all these issues and more. We dive deep into the conventional medical system’s primary solution to hormonal problems, the pill, which Dr. Leah explains is often a disservice to many (but not all) women. We also discuss nutrition and fertility, female libido, and porn’s impact on male (and female) sex drives. However, this conversation acknowledges that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to our bodies. Instead, true sovereignty comes in knowing our options and making our own empowered choices.

Today, we welcome Holly Owens from wellness account, Wellthy Belly, to the pod. Today, Holly specifically shares her direct experience with Lyme Disease and Bee Venom Therapy (BVT). After realizing that her body was struggling and that there was something “wrong,” she was eventually diagnosed with Lyme Disease. After considering multiple treatment paths, she opted for Bee Venom Therapy (BVT) and for the next two years, began to sting herself with bees to help heal herself. If you’re embarking on any sort of non-traditional healing path, are interested in BVT, or wish to share your own healing story on social media -- this one’s definitely for you!

The title of this episode may have you thinking that this one’s for the parents. And yes, it is a fount of child rearing wisdom. However, it is also an excellent listen for anyone that may have grown up in a household that didn’t encourage a healthy expression of big feelings. All of this is due to the clarity that today’s guest, Nicole Beurkens, imparts. She reframes the links between emotional resilience, healthy expression of feelings, and the mind-body connection -- not just for kids but also for adults. Have a listen and feel empowered and reassured that you can help yourself and your child build better behaviors, naturally.

Today’s guest, Kimberly Johnson, is a sexological bodyworker, somatic experiencing practitioner, yoga teacher, postpartum advocate, and single mom. She joins the podcast to remind us of the immense wisdom held in our physiology. However, for many of us, who have been taught to intellectualize our feeling states; reconnecting with the body is a process that must be remembered and cultivated. Learning to understand our flight, freeze, or fight response as well as the areas of our bodies that hold our these emotions can help us to move forward with our lives. This is an episode full of powerful insights relatable to every modern body. Check it out here.

Did you know 37 BILLION diapers are thrown away each year? It’s a number that feels too big to compute. Today, we welcome Liz Turriginao, mama and co-founder of Diaperkind and Esembly, to help us parent more sustainably. Although Mother Nature seems like the obvious reason for switching to Esembly (see previous gigantic statistic), it’s not the only reason. As Liz explains in this episode, their bespoke system and innovative design is made of natural organic materials for your baby, saves you time (big win), and also reduces the chance of diaper blowouts. For 15% off your Esembly order, use code THEFULLEST at checkout.

Today, we welcome Dr. Sophia Kogan M.D., co-founder and Chief Medical Advisor of Nutrafol, to the podcast. Nutrafol is the first clinically effective hair wellness supplement that utilizes powerful botanics — essentially, it’s hair wellness from within that legitimately works. Many cultures believed that our hair was our lifeforce. Equally, the confidence that comes from having your hair in its most natural and thickest state is a real thing (see: good hair days and its polarity, bad hair days). If you’re experiencing thinning, loss, or just generally have never felt that your hair was not glowing up to its maximum potential — this one is for you. Sophia breaks down everything from a scientific and plan-based perspective to help you find the formula that’s best for your current life cycle. And for a limited time you can receive $15 off your first month subscription of Nutrafol, using code THEFULLEST at checkout. (Available to US customers only for a limited time.)

Firstly, we want to give our deepest thank you to our guest,Elaina Bellis, for her vulnerability, strength, and grace in this conversation. We are honored to be able to share your story with our listeners. As you’ll come to hear, Elaina’s first son, Lincoln, was stillborn. An incredibly painful experience for any mother, Elaina walks us through her stillborn journey from pregnancy to delivery, and from immense grief to deep healing. Listen in here. However, if you are experiencing grief or loss of a child or loved one, heads up...this one is quite emotional.

Dr. Aly Cohen is a board certified rheumatologist and joins us on the podcast to discuss the correlation between environmental and human health. Aly began doing her own investigations about the link between toxins and disease. Her findings on the impact of chemicals on humans, animals, and the earth both shocked and inspired her. She has since dedicated a huge portion of her professional life to helping people adopt practical solutions that can reduce toxin exposure. Aly also shares her thoughts on water (including reverse osmosis), radiation, 5G, and the issues with BPA and manufacturing legislation. If you’re struggling to wrap your head around the extent of toxins in our modern lives, take a listen to this ep! We promise you’ll walk away more reassured and armed with useful advice to help you create healthier internal and external environments.

Today, we welcome Dr. Roy Nambudripad, a pioneer and practitioner of NAET (Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques), to the podcast. This healing modality is powerful and extends far beyond the common definition of “allergies.” In this technique, allergies are defined as factors that create sensitivity in the body -- this can of course be food, like peanuts, but it can also be emotional and environmental sensitivities. NAET believes that when we look for causes, most could be found easily, allowing symptoms to be reduced or effectively mitigated. We encourage everyone to give this one a listen as even if you don’t suffer from allergies -- there’s a wealth of wisdom to be gained for every person.

Today’s guest opened up our minds and our mats to the massive impact of textiles. Heather Parkin is the founder of Bennd, an Ayurvedic and medicinal yoga mat and textile brand. Heather introduces us to a new concept (well, new to us) called Ayurvastra. As you may have guessed, Ayurvastra is a branch of Ayurveda. Essentially, this arm of the ancient healing lineage uses cotton as a medium for absorbing herb preparations into materials and textiles. Heather has used Ayurvastra to create her own line of healing yoga products and it was an absolute revelation to learn more about healing materials, Heather’s personal journey, and ways we can all add more personal wellness into our practice.

Our neighborhoods are an extension of our homes -- and yet, we can often feel that we have no ownership (or authority) when it comes to the public spaces that we and our children live and play in. Today’s guest, Kim Konte of Non-Toxic Neighborhoods, breaks down the truth about the pollutants and chemicals that are more than likely in your local area. She also explains the simple ways we can exercise our personal advocacy and make real change from the ground up. Plus, Kim offers listeners access to one of the Non-Toxic Neighborhoods’ webinars and loads of other resources.