Most people in the biohacking world know red-light therapy for the flashy marketing. That means shiny panels, endless “revolutionary wavelength” claims, and thousand-dollar price tags.Andrew LaTour isn’t about any of that.He’s an engineer, a skeptic, and the founder of GembaRed, a company that quietly built a cult following by doing things the right way — evidence-based, affordable, and honest. In this episode we dig into how he took on the red-light industry by exposing bad science, inflated prices, and high-intensity gimmicks that were actually making people worse.We talk about:How Andrew’s own health struggles led him to photo biomodulation and why less light can actually be more healing.The biggest lies being pushed in the red-light world - from “invented wavelengths” to “FDA-approved” nonsense.What EMFs, flicker, and dosage really mean for your health.Why sunlight is still the gold standard for human biology - and how red-light therapy can complement it, not replace it.Why understanding your skin tone, environment, and circadian rhythm actually changes how you should use light therapy.Andrew brings clarity, integrity, and a refreshing humility to a space that desperately needs it. No gimmicks. Just light, physics, and truth.If you’ve ever wondered whether red-light therapy actually works, and how to do it without getting duped, this episode is your guide.Giddy Up.Connect with Andrew https://www.instagram.com/gembared/Order Red Light https://gembared.com/
At just 19 years old, Lexi Noel has already lived through and overcome something most adults never face -- a battle with anorexia that turned into a mission to heal herself naturally and help others do the same.
From questioning the advice she was given by the system to rebuilding her body through real food, faith, and movement, Lexi’s story is powerful proof that the human body, and spirit, can heal when given the chance.
We talk about everything from her journey with raw milk and whole foods to the MAHA movement, mental health, and how faith anchored her through it all. She tells me all about her supportive family, her advocacy for healthy eating, and her experiences at various health conferences.
Ultimately, It’s a reminder that health isn’t found in ultra-processed promises but rather built through authenticity, discipline, and belief. Lexi is living it and encouraging others to do the same.
Grateful to have had this conversation.
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Join Dr. BeeWell and Lana Vogestad, the founder of YNDI Yoga while they discuss the practice, authenticity, and showing up for your community.
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If you told me ten years ago that I’d be sitting down with a guy who helps people reconnect with their own soul using mushrooms… I’d probably have raised an eyebrow.
But that’s exactly what Rory Stephens is doing — and doing with integrity.
He’s the Associate Minister at Sacred Earth Sanctuary, a psilocybin church tucked away in Amesbury, Massachusetts. It’s not a mega-retreat or a high-volume psychedelic factory — it’s small, intentional, rooted in tradition. The mushroom is the sacrament. The goal? Connection. With yourself, with Spirit, with truth.
Rory also runs Inner Evolutions, a self-mastery coaching program focused on integration, emotional fluency, and nervous system regulation. And I’ll say this: he’s not selling spiritual quick-fixes. He’s done the deep work.
This man has walked through hell and learned how to alchemize it — and now he teaches others to do the same.
We talk about healing, burnout, the trap of perfectionism, why suffering can be sacred, and what the future of psychedelic care should look like — blending spiritual truth with scientific rigor, without losing the humanity in it all.
If you’ve ever felt lost, disconnected, or like your nervous system is just cooked... this one’s for you.
Let’s get into it. Giddy up.
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The gym-owning Marine is back—and back big. 💥
We kick it off with the return of the mustache (finally, men can flourish again 😎). Then Alec and I torch some of the fakery in the fitness world—like dudes juicing on TRT while selling “clean” diet plans. Nope… we’re not buying it.
From there, it’s all about parenting. How badass it is, how to stay strong when your kids are running the show, and the best hacks we’ve learned from the dad-life grind. Alec’s seen thousands of clients over the last decade, and he drops real talk you won’t hear on Instagram reels. And it's likely not what you think - it's time to double down!!
And don’t sleep on this: Sept 26th is the grand re-opening of On Target. Food, drinks, giveaways, and a charity auction for Gather. It’s going to be a night where the Seacoast fitness community shows up big.
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This episode is with Dr. Ali Fleming, a chiropractor who’s doing something very different than the snap-crackle-pop most of us think of.
Ali practices Network Spinal, a gentle yet powerful technique that helps the body release tension, reorganize, and actually heal itself. We talk about:
✨ Why healing starts in the nervous system
✨ The hidden cost of chronic tension and stress
✨ How chiropractic survived attacks from mainstream medicine
✨ Moving from “sick care” to true preventative health
✨ The role of energy, breath, and awareness in transformation
Ali’s approach is authentic, human, and rooted in connection—not just adjustments. After working with her, I can tell you… this stuff is as real as it gets.
If you’ve ever been skeptical about chiropractic—or just curious about what’s possible when you give your body permission to heal—this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
She is rooted in community and is one of the most uplifting and positive people I have ever met. I am truly grateful this person and the modality she teaches are in my life. You will be too. Check it out!
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https://www.instagram.com/shiftingtidesnh/
Today’s episode is with Ryan Yurista — coach, co-owner of On Target Fitness, former college athlete, and a guy who lives what he teaches. He’s got the degrees, the coaching chops, and the mindset dialed in. Ryan’s a reader, a thinker, and someone who takes the lessons off the page and puts them to work in the gym and in life. He is all about consistency, community, and keeping the process simple.
We talk about self-determination theory, why learning and showing up matter more than quick fixes, and how strength and movement open doors in the rest of your life. From building a gym culture where people actually hang out outside of workouts, to raising a family while running two locations, Ryan brings a grounded, real-world take on what it means to invest in yourself and the people around you.
This one is STRONG!
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This episode is with Dan Blakeslee. Dan is a musician, artist, and all-around creative force. If you’ve spent any time on the Seacoast, you’ve seen his fingerprints everywhere — whether it’s his prints hanging in local cafés or his name on the bill at your favorite venue. He’s led the Calabash Club from subways to festival stages, blending grit, heart, and a relentless creative drive.
We get into his origin story — growing up surrounded by jazz, hip hop, punk, and country, finding guitar in art school as a way to decompress, and building a life around both music and visual art. He shares the grind of booking his own shows, the joy of connecting with intimate audiences, and his vision for getting his work out into the world without sacrificing the authenticity that fuels it.
We talk home turf vs. the road, his deep connection to nature, and the loss of his younger brother, and how those experiences shaped the way he creates and lives today. It’s a conversation about craft, community, and carving your own lane without compromise.
And we sang some songs!
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https://www.instagram.com/danblakesleemusic/
In this conversation, Dr. B and Jenn discuss the importance of wellness, community, and personal growth through the lens of Jen's wellness series at Laney and Lu.
They explore how creating elevated experiences in hospitality goes beyond food production, emphasizing the significance of connection, authenticity, and empowerment, particularly for women. The discussion highlights the challenges of entrepreneurship, the value of real conversations, and the role of fitness and active adventure in fostering community and personal development.
Jenn then tells us about the next steps she will be taking with her personal brand to further empower women within our community.
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Today’s episode is with Dagan Migirditch.
Dagan is the co-founder of Liar’s Bench Beer Co. in Portsmouth. But more than that, he’s a guy who gives a damn. About beer, sure. But also about people. About story. About building a place that actually feels like a place.
We talk about what it means to create real community. Not the buzzword version. The kind you can feel in your gut when you walk in the door. We get into authenticity, alcohol as a tool for connection (and disconnection), and how his brewery became a third space for the Seacoast.
And then we take it further. Into Portsmouth's housing crisis, zoning reform, yoga, nervous stomachs, capitalism’s shadow side, and why modest living shouldn’t feel like a failure.
It’s real. It’s raw. And it’s local. This one's got some bite. Giddy up.
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https://www.instagram.com/daganspellsgood/
https://www.liarsbenchbeer.com/
Today’s episode is with Tony Retrosi.
Tony’s a force. Owner of Atlantic Gymnastics in Portsmouth and Dover. Founder of Gym Momentum. International coach. City councilman. Dad. Blogger. Still doing handstands at 59. Gamba, baby.
We talk about building something real, from scratch. What it takes to create a business that actually means something. How to lead a family, a team, a town. And what happens when you stop chasing the message and start doing the damn thing.
Tony’s got thoughts on everything from youth sports and parenting to campaign finance, healthcare, and the collapse of the middle class. And he’s not wrong.
If you’ve ever tried to build anything, your body, a business, a community, then get in here, this ones for you.
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Today’s episode is with Keelia Ryan. Keelia is a medicine woman, a trauma survivor, and space holder who doesn’t just talk about healing, but lives it.
She is the founder of Plant Allied Recovery, a growing community for people navigating trauma, addiction, and everything in between, through connection, integrity, and conscious work with plant and fungal medicines.
She’s walked through fire—kidnapped as a teen, hooked on drugs, surviving homelessness, and losing her partner to suicide. But this isn’t a story about what broke her. It’s about what built her
We talk about AA, the limitations of abstinence-only rhetoric, and the power of choosing a path that’s rooted in community, honesty, and aligned medicine. We talk about nervous system healing, safe psychedelic spaces, and why “recovery” means more than just putting the bottle down.
Keelia’s the kind of person who brings ceremony into real life. Who teaches you that integrity matters more than image. That healing isn’t a trend, it’s your birthright.
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Today's episode is with Kathleen Beede — physical therapist, mom, hiker, and owner of Eagle PT in Dover, NH.
She walked away from her hospital job when they told her to get the COVID vaccine. Started her own practice. Didn’t take insurance. Built something from scratch, based on her values.
Freedom. Sovereignty. Service. Strength.
We talked about healing the body through breath, movement, food, and intuition.We talked about hiking in snowshoes. Parenting teenage boys with discipline and love.
We talked about rebuilding trust in your body — and what happens when the system you served turns on you.
Kathleen’s the real deal
This is a story about alignment, resilience, and reclaiming your health on your own terms.
Full episode’s live.
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Today’s episode is with John Moro.John’s a pharmacist — but not the kind who rushes your script and tosses a bottle in a bag. He’s the owner of The Herbal Path, and one of the few folks I’ve met who took the white coat path and still found his way back to the Earth.We talk about how that happened. How his dad’s heart surgery derailed his plans and pulled him into pharmacy. How he climbed the ladder, got the MBA, ran districts, answered to spreadsheets. And how COVID cracked the whole thing open.John walks me through the exact moment he reconnected with the founder of The Herbal Path, the chance encounter on a street corner, and how that led to leaving the corporate machine behind for good.We talk chronic disease, polypharmacy, the real reason so many people are sick, and what happens when healing becomes a business model instead of a birthright.And we get into herbs. The good ones, the dangerous ones, the forgotten ones. Mushrooms, too. Echinacea, maca, ashwagandha — adaptogens, immune modulators, the works. We talk about why lavender wrecked one woman’s skin and why marshmallow root might save the trees. We even get into creatine and hydrogen therapy.But this episode isn’t about pills or powders. It’s about connection. It's about returning to the path.Giddy up.
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https://www.instagram.com/herbalpathportsmouth/
@theherbalpathdover https://www.instagram.com/herbalpathdover/
Today’s episode is with Alex Tarnava. Alex is a self-taught scientist, a relentless innovator, and the creator of the world’s first open-cup molecular hydrogen tablet. He’s also the co-founder of Inhale H2 and the author of The Final Thought War, a book that pulls no punches when it comes to Big Pharma, academia, and the future of free thought.During the episode, Alex walks me through the moment his health collapsed and how that led to an obsessive journey to understand inflammation, biohacking, and ultimately, hydrogen therapy. He takes us from his garage experiments with magnesium powder to FDA-grade production runs, and the unlikely relationships with chemists and skeptics who helped him prove the doubters wrong. We dive deep into how scientific consensus gets manufactured, what AI is doing to our minds, and how decentralized networks might be the only way out.Ultimately this was a powerful conversation with someone who’s not just disrupting health and science—but reimagining what it means to seek truth in a world built to suppress it. Giddy upConnect with AlexAlexTarnava.comhttps://www.instagram.com/alextarnava/
Today’s episode is with Steven Wright.
Steven is a former Red Sox All-Star, a two-time World Series winner, and one of the last knuckleballers to throw heat in a game that no longer has room for feel. But what makes this episode powerful isn’t the stats. It’s the story behind them
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Steven walks me through the climb, from the Cape League to Fenway. And the fall that followed—injuries, surgeries, silence, and a league that stops calling the second you’re no longer useful. We talk about pain, addiction, the broken pipeline of pro sports, and how he found a way back through cannabis, purpose, and telling the truth.
We get into what’s changed in baseball, why the culture’s lost its edge, and what happens when players are treated like products instead of people. He also breaks down the work he’s doing now. He’s bringing real integrity to the cannabis space, advocating for healing, and trying to build something better than what he came from.
He’s sharp. He’s grounded. He’s got nothing left to prove. Giddy up.
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Today's episode is with Dessiree Berry. Dessiree is 24, has three degrees under her belt, just wrapped a public health master’s, and is finishing clinical nutrition. She’s also a farmer, a mom, sober since 20, and running point on one of the most compassionate maternal care projects in rural Maine — The Postpartum Project. She is an absolute FORCE.
During the episode, we get into what’s broken in our maternal health system, how she’s building something better, and why birth doesn’t need to be an emergency unless it actually is. We touch on what's happening in Maine and we also get into historical narratives, class disparities and the forgotten middle.
She’s smart, she’s real, and she’s not afraid to challenge the system. Giddy up.
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Today’s episode is with Jonathan Blakeslee. Jonathan is the founder and owner of White Heron Tea & Coffee in Portsmouth and Chickadee in Eliot. He is a veteran of the Coastguard, a musician and community builder.
During the episode he takes me through his journey of thumbing through National Geographics in South Berwick, traveling to Japan for the Coastguard, heading out to the Pacific Northwest for a few years before heading home to start his mission of starting an organic tea company. He talks me through the farmer market days to owning two shops while discussing the challenges and giddy ups that came along the way. We discuss his decision to open up the brand to more birds and how the ethos of giving your best and the best coming back to you remains the backbone. We get into some fun stuff - Jonathan being a vegan before it was a thing and the shifting dynamics of the seacoast.
Ultimately this was another amazing episode with a pioneer who is roasting his own little piece of the world to perfection. Check it out!
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https://www.instagram.com/chickadeeteacoffee/
https://www.instagram.com/whiteheronteacoffee/
Today’s episode is with The Beer Mama, Ashlee Mclaughlin. Ashlee is a former chef, a plant lover, a forager and of course a mom. She is a beer connoisseur and has been featured in publications such as Maxim. She IS the local “beer girly” and has built a wonderful brand around the gathering elixir.
During the show we talk about how she became The Beer Mama from growing up in Italy to landing in Maine and the growth of craft breweries over the past 2 decades. She tells me about the triangle trade and how Americans have been soaked in booze since our inception. We talk about alcohol and whether it can be used in balance. We go through some of the best spots in the seacoast and she tells me about her favorite beers. We also get into some recent questions the republic is currently facing.
Ultimately this was an amazing conversation with a trailblazer who has created their own path.
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Today’s episode is with Freddy Larrosa. Freddy is a producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Ecuador to two musicians and has been on a lifelong journey with music picking up his first guitar at 1 and ½ years old.. He is also the founder of Gardenhouse Records and the visionary creator of Gardenfest.
During the show we talk about how Freddy’s personal journey has helped him understand the deep need for art and healing within our communities. We deep dive into the current state of mainstream music and media and its influence on us and our children. We discuss how people and culture are usually understood by future generations through their art. He tells me his mission with Gardenhouse is to create spaces to tune into this community of people doing their inner work and sharing their process with other souls.
This was a great conversation filled with philosophy and Giddy up… AND Freddy also crushed some songs at the end.
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https://www.instagram.com/freddylarrosaofficial/