Body

Today’s Brain Booster is: Calm your fear, and pain will disappear. Last week I did a deep dive into pain, and the key points were that there are two types of pain, classified by their cause: [...]

Today’s Brain Booster is: Retrain your brain to release chronic pain. Since starting my podcast I’ve received a lot of questions about how to manage chronic pain, including back, neck and [...]

The wooden figurehead in the window of the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is called a Gaper. Starting in the late 16th century in the Netherlands, Gapers were displayed outside pharmacies, and soon [...]

Today’s Health Headline is: microbes mess with our genes! I haven’t forgotten about the Brain Booster, I’m saving it for a treat later. Did you know that you have a gene called ‘The Guardian [...]

Last week’s Brain Booster was Go with your gut — a deep dive into all things gut health. It was another very long segment so I ended it after the Health Headline. That means if you haven’t [...]

What does this image have to do with gut health? Think of your body as a planet. It’s inhabited by trillions of micro-organisms adapted to the various environments provided by different parts of [...]

I took this photo while walking above Spiral Beach on Vancouver Island. Spending time in nature or by the water is a great way to lower blood pressure — the theme of today’s podcast episode, [...]

Last week’s Brain Booster was Turn up the heat! — a deep dive into how using a sauna more than 4 times a week can reduce the risk of dementia by over 60%!  Given that this is a very bold claim, I [...]

Photo credit: I took this photo at the Craig Tracy Gallery in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Craig Tracy is a world-renowned fine-art body painter who elevated body painting from a temporary [...]

Photo credit: I took this photo at the Oconaluftee Indian Village in North Carolina in April this year — an outdoor living Cherokee history museum. It’s a reminder that there are many [...]