Marylee Calmes spent years dealing with asthma, allergies, recurring illness, headaches, and the frustration of being handed one more prescription without getting a real answer. Her personal health struggles eventually led her to traditional Chinese medicine, where she found a different way to look at the body, not as a collection of disconnected symptoms, but as a whole system with patterns worth paying attention to. We talk about why health problems often build quietly over time, why recove

Picky eating can turn every meal into a battle, and too often the child gets labeled as difficult before anyone asks what is really going on. Lena Livinsky is back on the podcast to help us look below the surface. She explains her B.L.O.O.M. Framework, a practical way for parents to consider connection, health, oral function, the microbiome, exploration, and boundaries when food becomes a struggle. What I appreciated most about this conversation is that it was not about blaming kids or blamin

Tracy Smaldino is back for part two of our conversation, and we get real about what healing after trauma actually looks like when life keeps moving. Tracy shares how breath work, meditation, journaling, and simply learning to pause helped her recognize the physical signs that something was off before she reacted. We talk about the pressure to keep up appearances, especially for men who were taught to tough it out and women who were taught not to cause trouble. Tracy’s message is simple but po