Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Vanashree Gadam, founder of Vanashree Ayurveda in Minnetonka Minnesota. Vanashree shares her first experiences with Ayurveda as a child with a condition her parents were struggling to solve with modern medicine and how it inspired a lifelong passion for this ancient healing tradition. Now settled in Minnesota she seeks to educate and bring her passion for this holistic modality to the forefront of medicine. https://vanashreeayurveda.com

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Torkil Faero, an MD from Norway about his book, The Pulse Cure, The revolutionary new way to balance stress, optimise health and live longer, which looks at ways to monitor and keep this same system in balance using wearables.   While wearables don’t teach you lifestyle habits, they can help train you to stay regulated.  Torkil shares how he felt like his role as a doctor of ‘heroically saving’ people after they were sick felt backwards and he started looking for simple cost effective ways to get people interested in reclaiming their own health by tracking sleep, diet, exercise, oxigination and heart health.  What he found was this was an incredibly easy way for him to keep a dialogue going with his patients while tracking their progress. Ultimately, this is a conversation about how to empower us to stay well with simple practices ... which should be the goal of true health care. https://thepulsecure.com https://www.amazon.com/Pulse-Cure-revolutionary-balance-optimise/dp/1529437334

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with friend and colleague Dr. Eris Reis about treating and diagnosing neurological disorders like headaches, POTS, peripheral neupathy, and the affects of concussion. Together they explore the landscape of support and who they rely upon for collaboration in the case of complex cases and how we can become better parters in integrative care across health care. https://theneuralconnection.com https://nobodystudios.com

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Jeff Crippen about the benefits of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss. Jeff breaks down how they work to suppress appetite and shares research looking at a number of studies about these drugs work over time. Together they explore what underlying systems may be causing a person to gain and retain excess body fat and what options there are to naturally bring the body back into regulation for long-term weight loss success. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alive-and-well-ness-retreat-tickets-1236231825669?aff=oddtdtcreator

Host Uzma is an MD PhD and private practice neurosurgeon and brain injury researcher at the University of Minnesota.  She’s also the founder of Oculogica, seeking to improve diagnostics for concussion. Together they discuss why concussion and TBI are so hard to diagnose and quantify the long term impacts as well as where science is at currently for both diagnosis and recovery protocols. Having also worked as a neurotrauma consultant to the National Football League from 2015 to 2018, they discuss contact sports and their risk and benefits. https://oculogica.com/

In this episode host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Mariann Cisco, long-time instructor with The Upledger Institute. Starting as a PT, she has worked in the industry for more than 50 years and continues to teach students all over the world. Having done a training with Mariann in 2024, Jeremy shares his new insights from his course with Mariann where he gained an even greater appreciation for both how the body and mind can be impacted by a concussion, but also the many avenues through which it can heal.  Having gotten to work along side Dr. John Upledger for many years, Mariann also shares a few stories of her time with him and some of the important things he taught her.  https://www.iahp.com/mariannsisco/?_gl=1*1khiium*_ga*MTA5MjE1ODQyNy4xNzQwNjk0NDg3*_ga_2NPCRHNTWG*MTc0MDY5NDQ4Ny4xLjEuMTc0MDY5NDU4My4wLjAuMA..

We are sad to announce the passing of Erik Dalton on January 11, 2025 in Costa Rica on his 81st birthday of a heart attack while swimming laps in his pool. He will be known for many years to come as one of the most brilliant minds in manual therapy technique and training in the United States and around the world. Host Jeremy Quinby had an opportunity to talk shop with him back in 2020 and it was one of most joyous episodes in the podcast's history as the 2 share their 70 years of combines experience and backgrounds as musicians. His daughter, Adrienne Kesinger, will be stepping into the leadership role at the Freedom from Pain Institute and Dalton Myoskeletal as Erik had intended. Enjoy this conversation of him sharing his most wonderful life. https://erikdalton.com/

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with his son Phoenix. Now 21, and about to graduate from college and move on to his master’s program in the fall, he looks back on his past 3 and a half years and what he’s learned about staying well as well things he’d like to do better.  Check out episodes 3, 34, 69 & 121 to hear more from Phoenix.

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Carolyn Torkelson about her new book Beyond Menopause; New Pathways to Holistic Health. She shares her insights on the unique healthcare needs of postmenopausal women from her 30 years as an MD. She shares why she's been driven to bridge the gap between conventional medicine and other integrative approaches, providing a fresh perspective on the mental, physical, and spiritual elements of holistic living. She and Jeremy discuss the eight common health conditions women can become more engaged with to improve their overall all state of well-being after menopause. https://womenagingwell.org/

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Guy Odishaw - cofounder of Bhaki Brain Health Clinic and Wellness Center. Together they discuss neuro-health, brain function and what it is we call the 'mind'. When considering concussion, dementia and other factors that can impact our optimal brain function, it's important to understand all the physiological factors that can impact the body's ability to heal and regenerate. Together they discuss, with their 50+ years of combined experience, treating as craniosacral therapists as well as Guy's experience using bioelectric medicine; microcurrent, neurofeedback, and neuromodulation to improve optimal health. https://bhaktibrainhealthclinic.com/ https://tech4brains.com https://cerebralfit.com

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Dan, a Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician for the 3rd time on the podcast to discuss bedwetting, medically known as nocturnal enuresis. There are no medical interventions proven to solve this challenge, but Dan has been working for decades helping children who lose control while sleeping to wake up proudly in their warm, dry beds. For both parents and children, this can be one of the most frustrating and embarrassing disorders for an otherwise healthy child. Clinical hypnosis helps to reprogram an otherwise well regulated system which has only become faulty during sleep. Jeremy and Dan discuss their experience with with this condition through their complementary integrative methods and take us through a clinical hypnosis session, to show the exact method used to reprogram bed wetting and other behavioral challenges. Lots to learn for any parent who has a dysregulated child.

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Kelsey Reardon, a pediatric nurse and integrative medicine practitioner here in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota. Having worked as a school nurse and as an in patient and out patient provider, she’s recently branched out this past year to create her own clinic setting where she’s finding more freedom to hone her skillset incorporating more holistic pediatric care modalities, including Chinese medicine and acupressure, pediatric massage, aromatherapy, yoga, reiki and most importantly, education.  As they discuss here, it’s incredibly important to continue to build a modal for a more integrative approach to care where individuals and families are able to be exposed to new tools that can address challenges as they come up and prevent them from ever becoming chronic conditions.  So many great considerations in this conversation for both parents and practitioners of care.  https://fourpillarspeds.com/

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. John Neustadt, doctor of Naturopathic medicine and founder NBI, Nutritional Biochemistty Inc. who helps us sort through the many considerations when it comes to supporting bone health, preventing osteoporosis and the options available if you or a loved one have been diagnosed with osteopinia, a sign of diminishing bone mass that can lead to osteoporosis.  John takes us through the science, testing options, medications and supplementation options for both prevention and treatment.  https://www.nbihealth.com/

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Robert Iron Shell, aks Rob - The Grounded Athlete and author of Earth and Water, A Short Story of Life's Matrix. As a track athlete through college and beyond, Rob was always looking for an edge to performance and recovery. After listening to a podcast, he drew from his past education and experience as a Lakota native on theories and practices in grounding to the earth's natural charge. What he discovered he is now sharing with thousands of people with aim to give people a simple way to improve their physical, mental and emotional health. Together they discuss the benefits and how to include it into daily wellness practices. See link below for more inspiration and links to books and products for grounding support. https://www.thegroundedathletellc.com/

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Eva Minkoff about her Ted Talk: Five Minutes to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System. Having worked in a number of different sectors of health from Nutrition, to Researcher to Health Technology, and even as a podcast host - she sees that the key to improving care relationships is finding ways to improve human relationships, and that is is something everyone involved has a role. In our rush to solutions, we often forget that the person we're interacting with is someone else’s son or mother or sibling with a life full of experiences we know nothing about. What matters is that we find some way connect and Eva believes there are specific questions and ways to streamline this process so we allow more time for building rapport into the limitations of appointment times, with the understanding that this is the start of what could be a long relationship for all parties involved. Five Minutes to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDYf0dFgs0

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Raymond Perrin, an osteopath from Manchester England who has spent the better part of his career since the late 1980’s trying to understand ME or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and has written about it extensively. He has detailed this in his recent book, The Perrin Technique where he explains how to use various manual therapy approaches to address the systems being challenged in those with this condition.  Together they discuss how they see this condition affecting people, courses of treatment and how long Covid resembles CFS and what we might be learning from it. https://theperrintechnique.com/ Tad Wanveer H2H episodehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/highway-to-health-podcast/id1314095860?i=1000517501135 Tad Wanveer book on glia, Brain Stars: https://shop.iahe.com/Product-List/Textbooks/Brain-Stars-Glia-Illuminating-CranioSacral-Therapy

Dr. Jeff Crippen is back on the show to discuss nutrition! With so many diet options, how to you know which diet is best for you? Host Jeremy Quinby has a lot of questions for Jeff as they explore mono food diets and why they initially seems to help with a number of health challenges. Together they sort through how certain food affect inflammatory responses, autoimmune diseases, gut processing challenges and age-related disorders. They also delve into allergies, blood tests, cholesterol numbers, triglysirides, the role of fiber, the proper amount of sodium, and the best oils to switch to for optimizing our health. 

In our fast-paced existence most of us do not allow ourselves to just be present in our bodies, to tune in, listen listen deeply and give it the space it needs to loosen, let go, and heal. Modern yoga methods in the U.S. tend towards achievement, and because of this, limit participation based on physical ability. Jeff Bailey, the founder of Avita yoga has in many ways taken yoga back to the basics blending a more restorative approach to yoga with meditative practice that can be enjoyed by all. https://avitayogaonline.com/ https://theyogacenterretreat.com/our-teachers/mark-wheat/

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with colleague Denise McDonald, an internationally board-certified lactation consultant about the kinds of support she's able to provide new families in the early weeks with newborns. Together they discuss the kinds of common challenges new parents face when it comes to breastfeeding and nursing newborns and share their experience with how their unique skillsets are used to address problems that often arise. An episode full of resource for new or expecting parents. https://www.brooklynbreastfeeding.com/