A Healthy Curiosity
Episodes
Medicinal Mushrooms
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medicinal mushrooms have been revered in Chinese medicine for millennia and are gaining popularity for their ability to support immunity, energy, stre...
Evil Bone Water for Pain
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You're probably aware of how powerful acupuncture is for treating pain. Chinese herbal Medicine has a role to play as well. Fellow acupunctuist and he...
Chinese Medicine For Your Gut Microbiome
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know we need a healthy gut microbiome in order to digest and absorb nutrients from our food – without pain, gas, bloating, diarrhea or constipat...
Lessons From 20 Years in Practice
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2023, my Chinese Medical practice turned 20 years old. This episode started off as a retrospective on lessons learned in these two decade...
The Hormone Balance Pyramid
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moving from overwhelm to a more healthy life is often about small steps. One such step can be embracing the philosophy of seeing how so many things ca...
Care and Feeding of Your Microbiome
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Taking steps in the direction of better health is a multi-faceted process. Not only do we have to take care of ourselves, but we also have to take car...
Questions from the Treatment Room, Answered
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This season of the podcast has focused a lot on demystifying different aspects of Chinese Medicine. From acupressure to qi gong, we've spoken with e...
Self-healing with Acupressure: There's an App for That
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A consistent theme in this show is empowering you to embody self-respect through daily actions; to take small steps in the direction of better. The bo...
Immunity, Digestion, Focus and Relaxation Practices
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether dealing with a COVID infection or just moving through life, a lot of us may be hitting energetic walls these days. In times like this, employi...
Why Acupuncture is the Best for Musculoskeletal Pain
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when your back hurts, or when your neck and shoulders get tight and sore? Acupuncture is a potent medicine for joint pain, muscle pain,...
Move Your Stuck Qi with Breathwork
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chances are, if you're checking out this episode, you're looking for tools and techniques to help tune into yourself and be a better self-healer. You'...
Deep Listening, Gifts of Winter, Overcoming low motivation
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winter is cold, dark, slow time of year, and since we're a part of nature, it's easy for us to feel the same way: sluggish and more inclined to hibern...
The Shiny & Dark Sides of Habit Change: A Personal Story
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would you really like to make time for on a regular basis, that somehow keeps getting pushed to the back burner? Whether it's writing a book, sta...
Regaining Self-Trust: Advice from a Former Cult Member
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From time to time, every one of us makes mistakes and bad decisions. Once we recognize what happened, it can often be hard to regain our self-trust. K...
TCM Nutrition tips for a Healthy Digestive Microbiome
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our digestive microbiome supports every other system in our bodies. Since we can't use what we can't digest and what we can't digest can cause problem...
Freeing Your Vagus Nerve: Self-Care Tutorial
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Given the stress and restriction of the last year, a lot of us might be carrying around some neck pain or unproductive posture. In the spirit of allow...
From Surviving to Thriving - A Chinese Medicine Take
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a tough year. As we slowly begin to emerge from, hopefully, the worst of the pandemic, we're also entering the full on yang-mode of summer. ...
Dampness & Digestion Master Class
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Almost everyone that comes through the clinic is dealing with some combination of two things: stress and dampness. This episode is a masterclass, or a...
Moving Through Trauma with Chinese Medicine
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the world slowly begins to emerge from the worst of the COVID era, there is a lot of collective trauma that we'll be working through for years. Whi...
Why Your Heart and Brain Like Estrogen
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maintaining a healthy alignment with our bodies so often comes back to keeping things balanced and our hormones are no different. Dr. Felice Gersh is ...
Momentum, Inertia, and Self-Kindness: Lessons from Winter
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese Medicine teaches us that winter is a time of quiet and stillness, a time for reflecting and conserving scarce resources. As we reflect on how ...
Q+A - 5 Elements for Personal Growth & Getting out of the Way
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine have been used for centuries to treat a variety of ailments in the population. In this episode, we'll explore how tha...
The Science of Energy Medicine
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having recently explored the biomedical aspects of acupuncture on the show, this conversation takes an interesting counterpoint to examine how this mo...
Breaking Free from Chronic Pain
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suffering from chronic pain is not a sign of brokenness, it's part of the human experience. If you're interested in exploring the idea of chronic pain...
Taking Off the Invisible Corset of Beauty Culture
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our journey of learning to embody self-respect, it's always important to include respecting our bodies. After centuries of propaganda from the beau...
Keeping Your Inner Adult in the Driver's Seat
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of us that are working toward personal growth and evolution are always looking for ways to avoid getting triggered and getting reactive. If you'...
Body-Centered Mental Health for Kids
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we're coming to the close of a particularly difficult year, we're all probably feeling pretty stressed. For kids who have been thrust into online s...
Embodiment as Conscious Path
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be embodied? To start cultivating embodiment, we can often begin by bringing more focus to what it's like to inhabit our body rat...
Practical Qi Gong
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we continue to investigate ways we can use our bodies to affect our minds, we're taking a deeper look at qi gong and how we can use the practice to...
Healing Trauma by Letting Sensation Speak
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The answers we get about trauma often depend on the questions we ask. If you're feeling stuck in your healing process, sometimes the best way forward ...
Healing with Your Heart
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been looking for a different approach to cultivating emotional wellness and wellbeing, you will definitely want to catch this conversation. ...
Tapping on the Body to Shift Your Mind and Emotions
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our responses to stress can often be habituated in ways we may not like. With practice, however, it's possible to hack our limiting beliefs and subcon...
Is Addiction a Disease?
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a time when a lot of us are dealing with strong, difficult emotions, it can be easy to slip into bad patterns to try and cope and these patterns ca...
Reactivity and Anger: Dialing it Down
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In challenging times, taking the time to make sure we take care of ourselves can be especially difficult. As the changes brought on by COVID continue ...
Finding Power in Hormonal Transitions
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hormonal shifts women experience later in life, namely perimenopause and menopause, aren't talked about very often. This lack of education and awa...
Chronic Pain, Migraines, Brain Injuries: Acupuncture & Functional Neurology
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you suffer from chronic pain, migraines, ongoing concussion symptoms, or really anything related to neurology, you'll definitely want to check out ...
Chinese Herbal Medicine, Neurology, and the Gut-Brain axis
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seeing herbs in action is a powerful reminder of why we can find roots of herbal medicine in basically every culture. Through a couple different ventu...
Treating Fibromyalgia Naturally
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fibromyalgia is an incredibly complex syndrome that involves multiple, intertwined systems in the body. The collection of symptoms and expressions of ...
How Acupuncture Works: The Science Behind the Healing
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you're curious about trying acupuncture or know someone who may benefit from it, it can be helpful to understand some of the background science for...
Breath: Unlocking Your Dormant Superpower
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you're feeling tight and stressed, listless and exhausted, or generally just not at your best, one of the most immediate levers we can pull to...
Eating Triggers
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we're taking a brief pause from the regular podcasting schedule, Ali Shapiro gave us permission to rebroadcast this interview on eating triggers an...
From Burnout to Breakthrough
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Operating with a sustainable level of energy is not exactly a practice that's encouraged in our culture. Particularly in times of intense, prolonged s...
Addressing Insomnia with Chinese Medicine
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a yang addicted society, particularly in the COVID era, falling asleep and staying asleep can be a serious challenge. Unfortunately, there's no one...
The Five Elements in Psycho-Emotional Health
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding our traits and tendencies through a framework like the Five Elements can allow us to step beyond allopathic identifiers and change the f...
Better Living Through Lab Tests
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you suspect that you could have more energy or feel better than you currently do? Viewing our bodies as interconnected ecosystems, it follows that ...
The Science of Slim: Why Diet and Exercise Aren't Enough
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we age, our bodies can send us messages about what's happening and what we need to do in the form of symptoms. With the proper investment of time a...
Breathwork, Beats, and Cold Water
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are any number of reasons that you may be experiencing heaviness right now. Fortunately, there are methods available to all of us for altering o...
Lyme Disease with Chinese Herbal Medicine
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the greatest strengths inherent to Chinese Medicine is the focus on getting specific to the individual and the symptoms they're expressing, rat...
Healing from Trauma
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trauma is unfortunately an all too common reality. This leads to unknowingly connecting everyday triggers to life threatening feelings which can have ...
Personality Isn't Permanent
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With so many personality assessments and indicators out there, it can be easy to fall into a rigid idea of what traits you feel you have to embody. Dr...
Neurodharma: Skillful Means for Happiness
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Given the frenetic pace of life we deal with today, it's useful to mine the wisdom traditions for ways to slow down and embody feelings like contentme...
Pause for Racial Justice #saytheirnames #podcastblackout
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when racism's effects on the US are on display, as they've been with the most recent slayings of unarmed Black men and women, it can be diff...
The Evidence for Acupuncture
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's a lot of fascinating research being done that continues to bridge the gap between Chinese Medicine and the conventional western medical approa...
Medical Intuition
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we stop trying to actively find the solutions for health problems and instead stop to listen to the information coming to us? Megan ...
Hypnosis: Reprogramming Your Subconscious
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We typically know the things we need to do to take better care of ourselves, so why is it so difficult to make healthy choices and prioritize those he...
Ending Emotional Eating / Self-Quarantine Edition
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this time of social distancing and isolation, one of our natural tendencies is to eat as a way of coping with stress and anxiety. Tricia Nelson is ...
Cultivating Confidence and Authenticity 90 seconds at a time
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lack of confidence can be a huge roadblock in many aspects of our lives, but fortunately we can cultivate this in ourselves. Dr. Joan Rosenberg join...
PMS, PCOS, and Pain: Your Period Doesn't Have to Suck
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the significant percentage of women affected by polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, it often goes undiagnosed or diagnosed incorrectly. If you...
Chinese Herbs and Qi Gong for a time of plague
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When we're trying to stay healthy, it's crucial to remember there are multiple ways of looking at our health and multiple paths to creating balance in...
Autoimmune Diet and Lifestyle Help with Dr. Terry Wahls
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Incorporating a therapeutic diet and lifestyle is a central tenet of a lot of different approaches to health. It's always fascinating to see where the...
Staying strong through COVID-19
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we're grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, conditions are changing super fast so it's crucial we find ways to stay strong, resilient, and connecte...
Fertility and Intimacy: A Chinese Medicine perspective
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fertility problems are often a lonely and stressful experience, but Denise Wiesner joins this conversation to share why that doesn't have to be the ca...
Protecting Your Bones
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ensuring that our bones stay strong throughout our health span means not waiting until retirement to think about it. Bone health expert Margie Bissing...
Fitness over 50
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Contrary to the prevailing way of thinking, aging does not have to be about deterioration. Debra Atkinson joins this conversation to help us embrace t...
Microbiome Biohacking
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's always interesting to dive deeper into the places where modern research starts to overlap with the teachings of Chinese Medicine and Dr. Andrew M...
Body Mapping to Calm the Nervous System
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are smart. We can get bogged down in focusing on different cues for how we think our body should be moving or feeling, but Alicia Fajardo e...
Stress & sleep: geeking out on Chinese herbs, cannabis
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For both men and women, it's tough to slow down. The effects of not slowing down can end up seeping into our lives in aspects like stress and trouble ...
Imperfect Allyship
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Privilege has a lot of layers. Each of us, particularly in dominant groups, often benefit from several different layers, which makes the work of unpac...
Permission to Slow Down
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the spirit of a new year and taking a step back to replenish ourselves, this episode is a special rebroadcast of a conversation from Andrea Claasse...
Stopping Panic Attacks
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We often talk about things like anxiety and perfectionism and when these issues are carried out to an extreme, they can sometimes lead to panic attack...
7-Day Clean Eating Detox - an Ayurvedic and Functional Medicine approach
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Living in today's industrialized society, we're exposed to environmental toxins that can overload our systems. Combine that with the junk in processed...
Mindfulness for Sleep
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a busy world that seems to demand more and more of our attention everyday, falling asleep can often be a challenge. If you find yourself in this wi...
Eating for Anxiety
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anxiety has surpassed depression as the number one mental illness in the US. Could our food and missing amino acids be part of the reason why?  Tru...
Yin and Yang of Power
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Power is a complicated structure. With dimensions relating to both the yin and yang, those different aspects of power ultimately support and amplify e...
Brain Science and Behavior Change
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Creating and maintaining healthy habits is often the biggest lever that we can pull to affect our health and happiness, but it can be an incredibly di...
Rejecting "There's Nothing You Can Do"
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Certain changes in our lives can often make us feel so exhausted and overwhelmed because it feels like there isn't anything we can do about the situat...
Gratitude & Self-Compassion: Skills for a Sweeter Life
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do we find gratitude when we're in really tough situations? How do we soften ourselves and show compassion to both our body and mind when we're in...
Chinese Medicine and Consciousness
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A significant part of treating patients through Chinese Medicine is communicating the aspects of healing that are beyond just the physical. Practition...
Whole-Hearted Living
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Healing journeys can be incredibly stressful, but important events in our lives. Dr. Brenda Walding experienced her own protracted healing journey and...
Perfectionism and People-Pleasing
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our need for belonging and approval traces its roots back to our primary evolution to survive, but today, it can often lead to setting impossible stan...
Anxiety & the Inner Critic: A Kinder Approach
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some of us constantly find ourselves overcoming obstacle after obstacle that's ultimately stemming from our own sense of anxiety which amps up everyth...
Shame, Worth, and Re-writing Your Story
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We've talked about shame recently and how it can hold us back, but what about the kind of shame that is deeply rooted in our past, that becomes and in...
The Sticky Power of Shame
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Shame, and the fear of it, can be such a powerful obstacle that it can stop us from doing all sorts of things we want to do, from going to the gym to ...
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As humans, we've evolved to have strong, often unconscious reactions to thoughts and situations that might cause us to be in danger. Sometimes we en...
The Power of Posture
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When I say the word "posture," do you immediately feel your body tense and gravitate to an unnatural, uncomfortable position? We often hear this advic...
Rising from the Ashes of Burnout
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Being successful does not necessarily bring happiness. For my guest Dr. Andrea Pennington, it did the exact opposite: it burned her out, and stifled h...
Pelvic Pain Solutions for Women
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pelvic Pain Solutions for Women with Dr. Jessica Drummond Is it normal to have pain with your menstrual cycle? Or pain with sex? These types of pain a...
Decompressing Time
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Decompressing Time with Brodie Welch, L.Ac., M.S.O.M. How often do you feel "pressed for time?" Feeling "time-crunched" is an all-too common source of...
Meditation, Mindfulness and Manifesting
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation, Mindfulness and Manifesting Emily Fletcher So, sure, you've tried meditation. But, maybe you haven't been able to achieve the magical "dai...
DIY Detox
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
DIY Detox with Bridgit Danner, L.Ac., F.D.N.P. No matter how well you eat, how much you exercise, toxins are everywhere. How do you limit your expos...
MELT Your Fascia -- and Your Pain
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
MELT Your Fascia -- and your pain with Sue Hitzmann, MS, CST, NMT We're used to thinking of ourselves as a bunch of parts: muscles, bones, joints, ne...
Depression and Yang Addiction
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Depression and Yang Addiction with Brodie Welch, L.Ac. Calling all high-achievers, we who hold ourselves to high standards and push ourselves -- at ti...
Super Wellness Simplified
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Super Wellness Simplified with Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan In Chinese Medicine, health isn't just the absence of disease: it's about living into who we real...
31-Day Food Revolution
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
31-Day Food Revolution with Ocean Robbins Eating "healthy" shouldn't be difficult, expensive, or confusing -- but it really can feel that way. Ocean ...
Deep Core Messages From Your Psoas
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Deep Core Messages From Your Psoas with Liz Koch The psoas is at the core of your body, and is a primary messenger of your well being. Understanding t...
Ways We Self-Minimize
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ways We Self-Minimize with Brodie Welch, L.Ac. Do you move through the world in a powerful way? Or do you subtly give others permission to dismiss you...
Deconstructing Pain
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Deconstructing Pain with Dr. Kevin Cuccaro Dealing with pain can be frustrating and, well...painful. If you don't suffer from a persistent pain, you...
Your 3-Word Rebellion
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Your 3-Word Rebellion with Michelle Mazur, Ph.D Words have power, maybe today more than ever. The capacity to live, spread and lead with a personal me...
Mindfulness for Kids, Community and Planet
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mindfulness for Kids, Community and Planet with Liz Rutledge Mindfulness isn't just for adults anymore! Children experience their fair share of stress...
Forgiveness: Liver's Spring Cleaning
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Forgiveness: Liver's Spring Cleaning with Brodie Welch, L.Ac. Ah spring! A time of new growth, spring cleaning, and, from a Chinese Medicine standpoi...