Autoimmune Hour On Life Interrupted Radio With Sharon Sayler

Back by popular request, our special guest, Valerie Sheppard, the author of the award-winning, #1 international best-seller ‘Living Happy to Be ME!’ book shares with us fantastic insights, including those she gained during her on-going recovery from a catastrophic-hemorrhagic stroke. They include:• How the story you are building around your current experience can keep you stuck• The difference between stagnation and gestation, and what it means to you• How paying attention to the little things creates significant changes• Why slow downing speeds up your progress, plus much more…Valerie Sheppard is also an inspirational keynote speaker, university lecturer, and a certified Laughter Yoga instructor! In this compelling interview, she shares her passion for life-mastery featuring her 4-Step Happy to Be ME!© process. Her process is the centerpiece of her partnership with the University of California, Irvine for a much-loved and successful class called Living 101: Being Happy and Whole. Learn more about Valerie and

In this fascinating, raw, and real chat, we explore the absurdity of 'all-of-this' along with what to do with the all too common statement "It's all in your head" with mycotoxins autoimmune thriver, National Geographic explorer and FAU professor, Maria Fadiman. Maria Fadiman works to make a difference in the world (really, the whole world) and embraces the challenges that come with the explorer kind of life. She is the creator of a compelling and funny one-woman show about discovering her autoimmune disorder, dealing with it, and getting back to being a "badass international explorer" even with an autoimmune condition. Just some of what she shares with us is:• The freedom when you discover 'It's a crazy reaction, AND I'm not crazy...'• How to find the humor and uncover happiness within your diagnosis, • Why it is essential to have someone who "helps you think it out…" • The mindset tips that keep this international explorer continuing her adventures, plus so much more. Our guest Maria Fadiman is an associate

In this engrossing (pun intended) interview, we discover why and how digestion problems including gas, bloating and leaky gut are all too common for those with autoimmune conditions with our guest Health and Wellness expert Dr. Julie Gatza. We uncover suggestions on how we can ensure that not only our taste buds have a wonderful time, but that our gastrointestinal system doesn't suffer any painful stomach aches, gas, bloating, belching, and constipation. Some of the questions she answers are: • What are some of the common mistakes that cause bloating and gas and what we should do instead• Understanding the role of 5 key digestive enzymes and why we need them• How to improve nutrient absorption from our food• Even how many times we should chew... and much more. Our guest health educator Dr. Julie Gatza, Co-founder of the Florida Wellness Institute, is one of the nation's top chiropractic physicians with more than 26 years of clinical practice during which she assisted thousands of patients to resolve a wide va

In this captivating chat, we explore how self-acceptance can integrate all the parts of you. Our guest Liberty Forrest, international-known Psychic and Medium shares how she turned her constant “self-sent-hate-mail” into “fan mail” by thanking her body, mind, and spirit for all the things they do so well. In response, misfortune, sadness, and ill-health started to transform into a calm place of self-acceptance that changed everything. Liberty also shares: • How to give your body an apology that can work wonders• Ways to listen to your little inner voice and higher self• Why it’s so important to take the time getting to know yourself• Discover how to give compassion for yourselfPlus much more…. About our guest: International Psychic and Medium Liberty Forrest is an award-winning author, a columnist, and a Huffington Post contributor. Her abilities became evident in childhood and naturally evolved over the years until eventually, she began reading professionally. For five years, she appeared approximately month

In this fascinating interview, we explore the emotional and spiritual components to healing on all levels including the physical. Our guest Dr. Dorothy A. Martin-Neville a licensed psychotherapist and longtime developer of creating a cultural shift to include the heart and soul in wellness, and patient-and-practitioner-focused health-care culture invites us to enter this multidimensional view of healing for patients. Dr. Dorothy shares• What the emotional element of healing needs,• How to get your whole 'being' body-mind-soul to work together,• Ways to forgive your body and your self for the current state,• How to talk to your various parts to create lasting healing,Plus much more... Our guest Dorothy A. Martin-Neville, PhD supports Women Executives through Leadership Coaching in getting out of their own way while recognizing and living their purpose as well as creating a culture of Purpose within their organizations and it the author of multiple books, in this interview we share from her book, "When Your So

In this engaging episode, we uncover the 'secret life' of our cells with Sondra Barrett, Ph.D., medical scientist, and health educator. She shares the inner workings of our bodies at the cellular level and why healing at that 'invisible-level' has enormous impacts. I never thought about healing from the cellular level... until Dr. Barrett radically changed my view. She merges the mystical with the meaning of our molecules including:• How to bring the body, mind, and spirit into alignment at the cellular level,• How our cells are like perfect string instruments, finely tuned for vibration and how to up-level to healing energy, • What happens when specific cells lose their sense self and how to regain wholeness, plus much more.About Sondra Barrett, Ph.D. Dr. Barrett is a medical scientist and former faculty at the University of California Medical School and California Institute of Integral Studies. She is the author of three books: Wine’s Hidden Beauty, Secrets of Your Cells: Discovering Your Body's Inner Inte

Lee McCormick, a co-author of the Heart Reconnection Guidebook, shares the collective wisdom he and a group of conscious-connected friends created for heart-based healing. Lee also shares why he has chosen to live out loud and ways we can too, plus…• How to move beyond the limitations of our beliefs• How to get out of automatic and get clear on our spiritual consciousness• Ways to increase our awareness, authenticity, and joy• How to reconnect and reclaim the tangled parts of our selfAnd much more….Our guest, Lee McCormick, is the founder of The Integrative Life Center in Nashville, The Ranch Recovery Center in Tennessee, and The Canyon Treatment Center in Malibu, California and has been a creative force in the Mental Health and Recovery scene for over 20 years. He also founded Spirit Recovery Inc. to produce Healing and Recovery conferences and Spiritual Journeys around the world. Lee is also a co-founder of Front Porch Partners a Consulting, Management, and Research Development Company working in the medica

Consciously focusing on your breathing has been a tool to feel better since ancient times. And, I was fascinated to learn that the Latin words for breath and spirit are the same. Breathwork utilizes conscious controlling of breathing patterns to achieve specific desired results. In this intriguing interview, we explore Biodynamic Breathwork with expert Jennifer Prema McKeever. Prema is a body-oriented therapist and educator who combines more than 20 years of experience in Eastern medicine, meditation, emotional release work, and body-mind therapies. She will share with us how breathwork can:• Help the body by releasing chronic tension and stressors • Discover ways to discharge sorrow and grief • Use touch, sound, conscious emotional expression and meditation to support trauma release • Create change on the somatic level plus much more... Our guest Jennifer Prema McKeever while treating thousands of patients as a doctor of Chinese medicine saw how vital our emotional health is for our physical health. She is

Back by popular demand, Sharon Sayler and Karen Hoyt talk about what happens when one minute you are enjoying a sunny day bike ride, the next you are fighting for your life with end-stage liver disease… That's what happened to our guest, Karen Hoyt.Karen Hoyt is on a mission to help others Live Longer Stronger. She is a teacher, writer, blogger, yoga instructor, and healthy living coach. Her low sodium diet and recipes have helped her, and thousands of others, thrive with liver disease from fatty liver, hepatitis, alcoholic, primary biliary cholangitis, and liver cancer. Karen will share how she chose to Live Stronger Longer even while she faced a liver transplant…. We will also discover how• her love of story and the “hero’s journey’ changed her health outcome,• she learned to bounce back regardless of what life threw her way,• journaling, mindfulness, and meditation tips that maintain her health,• and why food is critical to your overall health, plus so much more...Karen Hoyt, author of The Liver Loving Die

In this episode, Ani Anderson, the creator of the Find Your Soul’s Agenda process and co-creator of Sensation-Based Mindset coaching shows us how to discover your soul agenda to navigate life’s challenges with grace and gratitude rather than the toxic emotions that ultimately affect our health, vitality, and quality of life. We also learn how to: • Discover that one word that describes your soul's agenda,• Ways to reduce stress and heal from within by optimizing where we are,• And breaking though conditioned patterns or responses so that life is enjoyed not endured! Ani Anderson, MS, OT, LMT, CEMP, SBMC has had many outward successes in her life, from Broadway to business, however her most treasured success has been becoming a person, wife, and parent that she’s proud to be. She is the author of 'Find Your Soul's Agenda: The One Word That Will Make Your Whole Life a Success.' Learn more about Ani and your Soul Agenda at www.AniAnderson.com/ and listen to this delightful interview and share this link with frie

Millions around the world practice mindfulness, the act of paying attention in a non-judgmental way and the well-documented benefits include stress reduction, and feeling happier and calmer; but how do we work mindfulness and meditation into our busy daily life? In this insightful interview, Daniel Gutierrez, author of five books, including his latest ‘Radical Mindfulness: Profound Inner Peace In As Little As 60-Seconds' shares that radical mindfulness is not only becoming aware in the present, it's about being so present that you can monitor your thoughts and redirect your actions in real time to create better outcomes. He also shares:• How to increase your focus with his daily practice tips and techniques• Simple ways to improve your physical and emotional well-being• Easy to implement relaxation practices to help you feel calm and rejuvenatedAnd so much more...Our guest, Daniel Gutierrez, is a beloved mentor, sought-after motivational speaker and author whose latest book 'Radical Mindfulness' takes us on

The Autoimmune Hour welcomes back Dr. Elson Haas, Founder and Director of the Preventive Medical Center of Marin, one of the leading Integrative Medical Centers in the country to talk about staying healthy during the Winter ‘cold’ season and preparing for Spring with a spring detox plus: • Ways to tame Stimulation Sedation Syndrome• Why detox and what is a cleanse• How to break the emotional ties we have to ‘comfort’ food• The 5 keys to staying healthy with changing seasons and much more….Dr. Haas is the author of eleven health books and has traveled the world assisting under-served communities. As a lifestyle and preventive medicine physician, Dr. Haas encourages patients to find their inner source of healing and to protect their health, honor their bodies, and discover that health is mostly a result of how we live, and is much more in our own hands than we realize.  Visit his website at www.ElsonHaasMD.com and join Sharon for this lively, productive interview to set up a great spring and summer! Get your tr

This week we explore Lyme Disease and how often it is misdiagnosed as an autoimmune condition. As our guest, Dr. Julia Greenspan knows all too well, having recovered from Lyme herself. One surprise she shares is, 'you don't have to see a tick on you or the circular, outwardly expanding rash common with infection to have contracted Lyme.' She also shares her expert insights on:• How many symptoms are misunderstood in determining is it a microbe or autoimmune.• How to get beyond the label of 'trend disease' and get help. • The relationship between Lyme disease, other tick-borne infections to autoimmune disease.• Ways one can decrease inflammation in the body to avoid the autoimmune response.Plus much more...Dr. Julia Greenspan is a naturopathic doctor and author of the book "Rising Above Lyme Disease." Dr. Greenspan is a Lyme Literate Doctor with a majority of her patients having some form of the tick-borne disease. Her focus in this area of medicine stems from living in New England, one of the most infected an

According to return guest Gina Bria, the majority of the water we drink has lost its electrical charge, yes electoral charge, and as such is not hydrating!Gina Bria is a cultural anthropologist that has researched ritual, ritual foods, and food strategies for over 25 years and the coauthor of 'Quench: Beat Fatigue, Drop Weight, and Heal Your Body Through the New Science of Optimum Hydration.' In this episode, Gina shares we are 99% water molecules, and even with that, most of us walk around at minimal levels of proper hydration. She also shares:• How water communicates with your cells • How guzzling eight glasses of water a day can harm your health• How micro-movements keep your body hydrated. • What is fascia and why it is critical to your well-being?And so much more... Gina Bria is the Founder and Executive Director of the Hydration Foundation and weds ethnographic strategies to the new science on hydration to serve the elderly, school children, athletes and hydrating while traveling. Learn more at www.Hydr

In this episode, we explore ways to unblock and unlock success when we can’t seem to overcome negative habits and beliefs. Our guest, Karen Seltz has a Master’s degree in Counseling, is a certified Life Coach, and a Brain Gym Consultant and she serves purpose-driven women by helping them become more confident, courageous, vibrant, and free.  As a transformation catalyst, Karen will show us ways to release limiting beliefs and reconnect to our true power, authenticity, and worthiness we were born to embody including: • Ways to move past the voice of fear • The value of observation and removing judgment.• How to pretend your way out of negative habits.• Brain Gym practices to reduce stress and feel grounded.  • Tips and techniques to stop triggers, over-reactions, and anxiety in its tracksplus so much more. Karen Seltz has triumphed over depression, addiction, lack of self-worth, and low self-confidence by doing the work that she now teaches.  Karen has a loving, fun, no BS approach to fully supporting her clie

Back by popular demand, Dr. Dana Cohen and Gina Bria! They changed my way of thinking about hydration completely.I had no idea that when you think you are dehydrated — you are already very dehydrated! And with just a 2% loss of hydration, there are profound physical responses including loss of concentration and focus! Dr. Dana Cohen and Gina Bria!, the authors of the ground-breaking book 'Quench' share with us so much more including:• What are electrolytes and do we need them• What is gel water and why its’ better for health and real hydration• Why, in scientific terms, drinking eight glasses of water/day is not optimal for hydration.• Fascia – what it is, how we can use it to enhance our bodies’ hydration and the simple micro-movement that help drastically improve your hydration, plus so much more….Dr. Dana Cohen served on the Board of Directors of the American College for the Advancement of Medicine—the leading voice of Integrative Medicine, and is currently an advisor to their Board of Directors, on the ed

This week’s guest Donna Blevins, Ph.D. is an expert at showing us how to talk with our subconscious mind for success. To quote from her book MindShift On Demand: Quick Life-Changing Tools, “The brain is the most powerful tool you own, yet most people fail to understand it.” Well, what if you could quickly and easily set your subconscious mind for greater success, including optimizing our health? Dr. Donna will share how to combine positive self-messaging, visioning, physical anchoring and intention for change, plus:• Quick ways to stop the panic and the downward slide into self-doubt, self-judgment, self-recrimination, and negative-thinking.  • How to permanently shift away from fear and fear-based decision-making.• How to ‘put your shields up’ to engage your energetic ‘radar.’• Discover ways to alert you to inner strife and conflict while deflecting outer negativity.• Plus an instant way to stop beating yourself up and more…. Donna Blevins, Ph.D., is transparent and openly shares how you can shift your minds

This week's guest is Pamela Jessen, founder and lead author of the blog ‘There Is Always Hope’ offering true stories and tips about thriving through chronic pain and invisible illnesses. In this episode, Pamela shares her story of thriving regardless of her diagnosis including:• The importance of self-care and self-love• Understanding the power of intention and how to harness hope• The gifts of chronic pain and invisible illness• Ways to fearlessly speak your truth and become a strong self-advocate, plus so much more...In addition to blogging, Pamela is an active volunteer with the Patient Voices Network, an organization in British Columbia that gives ordinary people the ability to have a say in how healthcare is delivered in our province. One of four committees she sits on is the PVN Oversight & Advisory Committee, plus other volunteer patient advocacy programs.  Learn more about Pamela Jessen and her wonderful blog at https://www.PamelaJessen.com/ And listen to our raw and real chat Friday, December 28t

Self-sabotage and negative self-talk can erode self-confidence, self-esteem, and health. In this week's episode, Roberta Mittman, founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York, will show us how to escape self-sabotaging behavior, behaviors to change our internal negative messages and tips for healthy eating during this season of indulgence. She also shares how to reduce stress, focus on what's important, and ways you can support your path to better health including: • How to stop blaming, shaming and criticizing yourself and others. • Ways to get rid thoughts of fairness and stop taking misguided comments to heart.• Techniques to reduce feeling stressed and anxious at this time of year• Nutrition tips for well-being and successful Holiday diet survival.Plus so much more….Roberta’s is on a “quiet” revolution to help women over 40 redefine what they think their age means and spreading the word that it’s never too late to attain the life (and body) you want. She’s a dedicated alternative healthcare pra

Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic affecting an estimated 422 million people. In the US alone, nearly a third of all Americans are either diabetic or prediabetic.  And Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune condition…that’s why we’ve asked expert Dr. Mona Morstein, ND, DHANP, founder and executive director of The Low Carb Diabetes Association and author of Master Your Diabetes to share with us more about: • What is Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and pre-diabetes and is it autoimmune?• How our 'gut' plays into diabetes and what to do to maintain a healthy gut.• The eight steps to controlling diabetes so it doesn’t control you.• What you can and can’t eat with a diabetes diagnosis and it’s not just sugar…. Plus so much more…. Discover simple ways to integrate those things that have been proven to work well including a low-carb whole foods diet, exercise, stress management, gut health, environmental detoxification… you can ward-off diabetes or keep it well managed! Learn more about Dr. Mona Morstein at www.DrMorstein.com