Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 154
Date: January 7, 2025

Participants: John Webster and Sheila Webster
Guest: Dr. Tracy McCarthy

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[0:00:35] What’s On Your Mind: After 2023, we looked back real changes we made in our lives because of this podcast and the approach to wellness we talk about. It’s time to do the same for 2024 activities.

[0:10:39] Expanding Minds Interview: [Mental Wellness] We meet Dr. Tracy McCarthy, a psychiatrist and physician, who has never been comfortable with a “diagnose and prescribe” approach. Medication has its place, but Dr. McCarthy digs deeper. She works with patients to investigate underlying issues, then treats them. Functional medicine is about identifying root causes of symptoms and understanding the body as a whole, taking a systems-based approach. Inflammation can affect the body in many ways. Systemic inflammation affects the brain, e.g. it could affect how neurons are working and how well they’re firing. Therefore, it can affect mental health.

[0:27:01] Flipside of the Coin: We disagree with a tip we heard – don’t start into a relationship unless you’re in love. Our experiences are different. Maybe the person meant don’t get married or don’t start into a serious phase unless you’re in love. A relationship can grow and turn into love even if it doesn’t start there.

Guest Information: Dr. Tracy McCarthy, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and Institute of Functional Medicine certified physician with over two decades of experience. She is the creator of the Natural Mood Solution Online Program and the Founder and medical director of Dr. Tracy McCarthy Functional Medicine, where she has supported thousands in transforming their health. As a wellness thought leader and in her practice, Dr. McCarthy is dedicated to helping adults suffering from depression, anxiety, brain fog, fatigue, digestive issues, and hormonal imbalances by identifying and addressing the overlooked causes of these chronic symptoms. Her approach focuses on underlying issues including mold toxicity, microbiome imbalances, and nutrient deficiencies, empowering her patients to regain their health and vitality.

Website: Dr. Tracy McCarthy Functional Medicine: https://www.drtracymccarthy.com/
Instagram: @drtracymccarthy

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Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 153
Date: December 31, 2024

Participants: Sheila Webster, Elise Seifert, John Webster and Cameron Earnshaw
Guest: Dr Fredric Schiffer

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[0:00:16] What’s On Your Mind: Cleaning can be an underappreciated chore, but it’s great for wellness to live in a clean house, in many ways. Sheila and Elise found an article with ideas to keep a clean house, including jobs that work well doing daily, weekly and monthly.

[0:12:00] Expanding Minds Interview: [Mental Wellness] Dr. Frederic Schiffer introduced us to dual brain psychology on Episode 147. Split brain studies show that each brain hemisphere can have a mind of its own. One of them could be troubled by past traumas, while the other is quite healthy. This time Dr. Schiffer talks about things we can try for ourselves, and about successes in helping clients by usingRee dual brain psychology.

[0:29:59] Running Popup: Looking back and appreciating what I got out of reading more than 50 books of fiction this year. So many benefits!

[034:12:] Adventures of the Starving Artist: Taking time and enjoying creating new music.

Guest Information: Dr Fredric Schiffer has a wealth of experience in psychiatry and is a best-selling author, psychiatrist and part-time assistant professor at Harvard. He’s on a mission to help people understand their anxiety, addiction and trauma and to offer them a proven method to improve their wellbeing. Problems arise from early traumas. Very often, the trauma is not recognized. Dr. Schiffer wrote the book Goodbye Anxiety, Depression, Addiction & PTSD: The Life-Changing Science of Dual-Brain Psychology. He takes an in-depth look at the science behind Dual-Brain Psychology while offering practical tips and tools to try it for yourself. he discovered that the brain is made up of two minds which are competing for dominance. When the immature and troubled half of the brain is treated, Dual-Brain Psychology techniques can curb anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction, and improve psychological wellbeing.

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Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 152
Date: December 24, 2024

Participants: John Webster, Noura Saad and Sheila Webster
Guest: David Hulse

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[0:00:16] What’s On Your Mind:

[0:07:42] Expanding Minds Interview: [Spiritual Wellness] It’s our second Interview with David Hulse, who journeyed from a fundamentalist Christian upbringing to an inclusive spiritual vista that champions love over fear. He challenges conventional religious dogmas and offers a message of unconditional love and inclusivity. We ask him about connections between science and spirituality. David sees that creation and evolution have met in a state of consciousness. He sees consciousness to now be driving evolution. By raising or consciousness, we are moving our ability to evolve ourselves to the next level of what it means to be human. Thinking about quantum physics led him to shift from a religious spiritual point of view to a scientific energetic point of view – that everything is energy. All consciousness is connected to all consciousness at some deep level. As we follow consciousness in, our consciousness becomes part of that one consciousness that we call god, life, spirit, unity, or whatever. He believes that we need to find and remember that connection.

[0:25:59] Move That Body: We encourage people to find time and ways to move that body during the holiday season. It’s easy to avoid movement, but it feels great to move.

Guest Information: David Hulse is a vibrant spiritual guide with decades of experience as a minister, teacher, author, and healer. He’s journeyed from a fundamentalist Christian upbringing to an inclusive spiritual vista that champions love over fear. David is the Founder and Spiritual Guide at the Academy for Spiritual Awakening where his teachings weave together diverse spiritual traditions with modern scientific insights, inspiring individuals to move beyond mere belief in God toward experiencing the divine within themselves. He’s dedicated to challenging conventional religious dogmas. He offers a message of unconditional love, inclusivity, the power of gnosis: direct knowledge from Source. David empowers people to embody their true spiritual potential, fostering a global spiritual evolution.

Website: www.davidhulse.com

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