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I can’t tell you how many times after I’ve thrown my hands up and said, “I’m done” things started to fall into place. Our guest, visual artist and best-selling author, Karen Kinney, shares, among other things, her wisdom with us on, “why it all falls into place in moments of surrender” from her latest bestseller Doorways to Transformation: Everyday Wisdom for the Creative Soul. In our conversation, we talk about how change only happens when we dismantle fear, plus• How to trust your inner authority and take radical responsibility,• Why it is essential to abandon the search for how life works,• Ways to create peace and or ‘settledness’ by learning to be okay with the unresolved,And, so much more…More About Our Guest: Karen Kinney is the author of two books, a visual artist, freelance writer, and teacher living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She has pursued a multifaceted art and writing career, exhibiting her artwork nationally and internationally, and her articles and essays have appeared in numerous publi

In this episode, we welcome Advanced Hypnotherapist and Energy Healer Jill Fischer. Jill brings a wealth of wellness modalities to help others create the life they want. She will share with us how to make deep, trusting connections with ourselves, plus• How to replace habits that no longer serve us,• How to embrace change and stop resisting what life brings us,• Tips for better sleep that renews and refreshes, as it activates your relaxation response, and so much more...More About Our Guest: Jill Fischer is an International Speaker, Advanced Hypnotherapist, and Energy Healer. She coaches people struggling with anxiety, chronic health, weight, and sleep issues when nothing’s worked, and they feel hopeless. With her light-hearted, energizing processes, she helps people feel healthier, wealthier, calmer, lighter, and happier than they’ve ever felt before. Learn more at www.JillFischer.caPlease share this link to our chat with family and friends: https://UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/JillFischer_2022.This show is n

Join us in welcoming Nikki Burnett, a Functional Nutritionist and Founder of Taste Life Nutrition – a Health Detective Practice. After suffering a 2-year headache that affected every part of her life and dealing with the frustration of feeling helpless with no answers, she decided to take her health into her own hands.Over time and with consistent research into many health modalities, Nikki was able to find the answers she needed to heal. Now seven years of being in practice as a Functional Nutritionist and over 20 years of study, Nikki is helping her clients regain their health too. In this episode, Nikki is sharing with us how to• Understand the impact of nutrition and your genetics on your recovery,• Uncover patterns, triggers, and influences that are keeping you stuck,• Discover what hormones have to do with your immune system • Reveal if nutrition can play a part in your fertility struggles,Plus so much more...More about our guest: Nikki Burnett has long been interested in nutrition and its role in our e

In this episode, we welcome Pi Venus Winslow, the founder and creator of Full Venus Rising - a global online community dedicated to healing the wounds of childhood narcissistic abuse. As the daughter of a malignant narcissistic mother, Pi Venus Winslow has a lifetime of experience and understanding of the emotional and psychological effects of being raised by a narcissistic parent and how it can affect your health. Pi shares with us how "finding her voice" helped her conquer Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and • How to end the struggle with self-worth and the wounds of our hearts, • Why it's critical to reclaim your authentic self and live intentionally free from codependency and narcissistic abuse,• Ways to overcome the devastating and too often long-term effects of being raised by a malignant narcissist,Plus so much more...More about our guest: Through her own transformation journey Pi Venus Winslow has stepped into her purpose as a transformation life coach to help those recovering from a narcissistic upbringing.

Today, we welcome Dr. Jenny Tufenkian to chat about why we can sometimes hit a 'ceiling' in our healing. A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) thriver herself, Dr. Jenny dug deep into the literature and uncovered five root causes of CFS. Using her 20-plus years of research and experience, she developed an effective road map for lasting change in her patients with CFS and other complex chronic medical conditions. In this episode, she shares tips on how to break through those 'ceilings' in your healing and• How to begin to uncover your root cause(s)of complex medical conditions,• Why some symptoms of long cov*d are similar to CFS/ME,• Why true healing is more than the physical body,• How we can sabotage our well-being with self-care for surviving instead of self-care for thriving, plus much more....More about Dr. Jenny TufenkianDr. Jenny Tufenkian is a Naturopathic Physician and Functional Medicine Educator. She teaches patients, students, and physicians the latest information on understanding complex chronic diseas

Limiting beliefs and negative self-talk can slowly erode self-confidence, self-esteem, and even our well-being and health. In this week’s episode, Roberta Mittman, L.Ac., founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York City, will show us how to escape negative self-talk and offers tips to change that self-talk and the stories we tell ourselves so that they support our health, including:• The importance of recognizing the harmful consequences of negative self-talk;• How to stop blaming, shaming, and criticizing yourself; • Get over limiting beliefs to feel safe and supported in mind and body;• How limiting beliefs can keep us from getting what we want.Plus, I even coax some tips on combatting seasonal allergies as we close and so much more….More about our guest: Roberta Mittman, L.Ac. the Founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York helps her clients understand how their minds affect their health to overcome chronic and long-term issues and challenges. She’s a dedicated multi-disciplined alt

We are welcoming back the amazing Sarah Peyton. In this episode, Sarah and I chat on a wide variety of simple ways to take care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually and the latest wisdom from her upcoming The Resonance Summit’s Speakers Dan Seigel, Sue Johnson, and Jade Sasser, to name a few... plus insights into• How the words we choose change our brains, • Why Sarah calls “emotions, the human music of life,”• How to uncover and revise an unconscious contract,• Are we doing self-care for surviving or self-care for thriving? And much more....More about Sarah PeytonSarah Peyton is the author of W.W. Norton’s Your Resonant Self, Your Resonant Self Workbook and Affirmations for Turbulent Times. She teaches and speaks internationally about the ways that relationship and language transform the brain and prevent and heal trauma. Audience members leave Sarah’s presentations with more wisdom and self-compassion and often making sense to themselves for the first time.Her free summit, The Res

In this episode, we welcome Career, Transition, and Empowerment Coach Laurie Lawson, CEC, PCC. As a Certified Empowerment Coach since 2004, Laurie specializes in transition challenges, strategic planning, goal actualization, and personal life re-invention, plus so much more. Sharon and Laurie talk about transition exhaustion, staying on track with our wellness goals, and re-invention in this raw-and-real episode. Laurie shares with us quick-change tools we can use to create momentum building, sustainable well-being plans plus• How to politely say "no" and maintain relationships• How to move away from distractions and set beneficial boundaries• How to create a positive mindset even in constant change• How to create and keep healing habits going?And more...More about our guest: Laurie Lawson is a Certified Empowerment Coach from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation (ICF), a Certified EQ Mentor Coach, a Certifie

We welcome Lee Tomlinson, the author of Compassion Heals: From Self-care to Healthcare. He’s also affectionately known as Patient Lee from his TED Talk, where he wowed his audience with more than showing up in a patient gown.He’d be the first to tell you he led a charmed life until his world crashed around him when his doctors discovered Stage 3+ throat cancer. Lee will share with us:
• What inspired him to create “The C.A.R.E. Effect Movement
• How does trauma is the result when treatment is lacking in compassion
• What is compassion, and why is it a powerful change agent
• The life-saving benefits of giving others compassionate care
Plus more…More About Lee: After a lifetime of extraordinary experiences as a highly successful entrepreneur and long-term customer service expert, Lee Tomlinson faced a battle with Stage 3+ throat cancer. His journey through cancer and encounters with compassion-less care led him to severe depression and thoughts of suicide. It opened his eyes to the life-saving benefits of comp

When everyone else gave up, this week’s guest Noah Hammond Tyrrell went to “work.” Noah, a spiritual life & business coach, got a call that no one ever wants… his father had been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Noah heard the resignation in everyone’s voices—doctors, family, even his dad. But that’s when Noah went to work…He went home and dug into the trainings he’d taken in the prior years with a natural healer "who’d cured thousands using ancient wisdom." Noah reviewed other wellness approaches he’d studied, including the benefits of juicing, the use of cannabis—particularly hemp oils, and other ‘natural’ modalities. Before long, Noah was gently coercing his reluctant father to drink massive amounts of beet and carrot juice, along with taking hemp oil capsules. Noah says, “then the miracle happened; not only did dad learn to love the protocol, but the tumor began to shrink, and soon it was gone!” The doctors are mystified—but not Noah and his family. The following month, Noah and his wife launched

In this episode, we welcome Dr. Carly Hudson, D.C. As an infant, Dr. Carly suffered a life-threatening illness. She was left with “invisible handicaps,” including balance disorders, muscle spasticity, and hearing loss. She had to begin again to learn how her body worked, and so began her path of life-long learning and healing. With the “gift of this injury,” Dr. Carly has spent her life exploring how conscious self-care influences our mind, body, and spirit.She shares with us essential shifts in self-care, including the beneficial things we can do right now instead of the constant search for a silver bullet, including • The truth about your “issues are in your tissues,”• Her lessons learned from treating her patients and her own lifetime of handicaps, chronic pain, illness, and the pursuit of healing,• Why striving for “perfect” health is an illusion and ways to optimize the health you have now,• Empowered ways to make healthy choices and become more resilient plus so much more…More about our guest: Dr. Carly

Have you ever thought about your legacy? I know some people think that can be a bit grim, but since my diagnosis, I’ve been thinking a lot about creating my legacy before time runs out... And, I see a strong association between legacy and patient advocacy. Maybe like you, I must make meaning of what life has thrown my way. Now, I’m passionate about others not having to experience autoimmune and wanting others to optimize their health 'before it's too late.' So when my friend Susie Briscoe released her latest book, “Ascension to Legacy: How to Live Your Legacy in Your Lifetime,” I asked her to share with us what she’s learned about legacy. Susie first defines it for us "...legacy is something you create during your lifetime with the sole idea of benefiting generations who will follow you, whether in your immediate family or whether you broaden your horizons with the intention to benefit humanity.” In this episode, she reflects on her experiences of: • The multiple ways to reassess your life,• How to uncover th

We welcome back Dr. Nasha Winters! Each time she comes to The Autoimmune Hour, we always have a fun and informative time. When I read Dr. Nasha’s latest co-authored book “Mistletoe and The Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology,” I asked her to come back on the show to share her insights on the latest in enhancing our immune system and the fascinating new approaches of care, including the clinical use of “plant-based supplements that stimulate the immune system’s own power — such as mistletoe…” Mistletoe, in nature, is a poison, as are other plants such as the Pacific yew tree that are now being tested and used in clinical formulations for the basis for specific treatments.We also chat about the latest in:• Where modern eating habits have gone wrong,• How to advocate for a more human-centered form of medical care,• Easy to do changes to create a robust immune system plus so much more...More About Our Guest: Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO, is a global healthcare authority and best-selling author in integrative

In this fun and wide-ranging chat, we explore how play, fun, and humor are part of self-acceptance and improving your well-being. A return guest, award-winning author Liberty Forrest, shares how to make meaning and creativity even in misfortune.We also explore 
• Ways to get over feeling down and reviving your creativity• Why it’s so important to take time for yourself• How to find your inner spark and move between your head and your heartPlus much more…About our guest: Our guest, Liberty Forrest, is an award-winning author, speaker, and contributor to numerous informational publications, including Huffington Post. She is also a senior contributor at SportsEdTV. And, a lover of really dumb jokes.Check out her articles over at Medium (https://medium.com/@libertyforrestauthor) and her two Medium publications. She has written numerous fiction and nonfiction books that cover a range of topics. Learn more about Liberty at www.LibertyForrest.com.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrup

Today's guest, Heather Foisy is an autoimmune "thriver," a chronic illness advocate, creator of PhoenixSoulWarrior.com, and now published author of a children's picture book titled "I'm the Biggest Helper with Momma's Autoimmune Disease." This charming book explains invisible illnesses in an easy-to-learn way. Although written for the zero to six set, it's an excellent book for all ages to understand what it is like day-to-day with something hard to see and even harder to understand, including the ups and downs of a long-term health condition. Heather also shares • How to explain your "invisible" condition(s) in ways that others can understand,• How to choose the right medical team for you,• Why it's important to share your story and experiences,• Great ideas to find more resources regarding your specific questions,• How to move through and past the ever-changing landscape of autoimmuneand more…More about our Guest: Heather Foisy is an autoimmune thriver, making the best of her life even with the diagnoses

Sarah Peyton, one of our most requested experts, returns to share with us about the transformative power of affirmations from her latest book “Affirmations for Turbulent Times: Resonant Words to Soothe Body and Mind.”If you’ve listened to our other episodes with Sarah, you know how rich and deep her insights are. In this episode, Sarah shares her insights on the power of wondering and how resonate-language affirmations encourage and accompany you through change. We also uncover • Why advice doesn’t change anything in the brain and creates more stress • Using affirmations to integrate deeper layers of self-understanding. • Find out how the power of resonant language supports positive change — plus much more…About our Guest: Sarah Peyton is an author, international speaker, and neuroscience educator dedicated to helping you transform your brain into a kinder, cozier place to live. Her other books, "Your Resonant Self" and "Your Resonant Self Workbook," provide foundational neuroscience concepts, including uncon

This week we welcome author Darlene Turriff. Bedridden for over 20 years, she created eight years ago, a complete reversal of her symptoms. She recounts her success in her bestselling book called “Mastering the Protocol - 10 Success Strategies to Reverse Autoimmune and Heal Your Life Forever.” It was a winner of the international impact book award in July 2021. Darlene shares several of the strategies that allowed her to create remission of her symptoms, including •The success strategies needed to take back your power over the triggers of the autoimmune response. • How to take back your power to change and the problem of only looking externally for solutions,• How to talk to yourself about your condition(s) and create the autonomy to heal yourself, plus much more...More About Our Guest: Darlene Turriff is on a mission to awaken the healing power of people suffering from autoimmune. She was ill to the point of being bedridden for over 20 years and now eight years into a complete reversal of symptoms. Her book

We welcome Lee Tomlinson, the author of Compassion Heals: From Self-care to Healthcare. He’s also affectionately known as Patient Lee from his TED Talk, where he wowed his audience with more than showing up in a patient gown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MldORJ9M9Zg He’d be the first to tell you he led a charmed life until his world crashed around him when his doctors discovered Stage 3+ throat cancer. Lee will share with us:• What inspired him to create “The C.A.R.E. Effect Movement• How does trauma is the result when treatment is lacking in compassion• What is compassion, and why is it a powerful change agent• The life-saving benefits of giving others compassionate carePlus more...More About Lee: After a lifetime of extraordinary experiences as a highly successful entrepreneur and long-term customer service expert, Lee Tomlinson faced a battle with Stage 3+ throat cancer. His journey through cancer and encounters with compassion-less care led him to severe depression and thoughts of suicide. It opened

Celebrating my 350th episode, Bev Martin the founder of InnerActive, joins in for a fun, free-ranging chat about changing the nature of the way we think and talk about dis-ease and wellness. We explore empathy, intuition, self-talk, and creativity to understand ourselves and others at a deeper level during this time of disruption and extreme change. Bev shares with us her powerful insights and techniques to:• Amp up our empathy, creativity, and intuition,• Use powerful questions to change directions when things are not going well, • Find success through self-talk and deep listening,plus so much more...About our Guest: Bev Martin is a natural and trained intuitive, a certified Professional Coach (PCC) Member of ICF international Coaches, Master Practitioner of NLP, (MNLP) and NLP and Health (HNLP) Certified Facilitator of Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling, Certified Hypnotherapist. Learn more about Bev and her amazing work at www.BevMartin.comShare this link with family and friends: www.UnderstandingAutoi

In this episode, we welcome Wendy Darling. In her lovingly written, gently urgent manual for reinvention, “Create Your Miraculous Life: It’s Never Too Late,” Wendy guides us to reset our passion, focus, energy, and mindset to create the life of our dreams. As Wendy shares ways to recaptured goals and intentions, she leads us to discover:• Gentle ways to uncover and identify our priorities and core values,• Simple ways to maintain our focus,• How to deal with our internal ‘mischief makers’ as Wendy likes to call them,• Ways to foster self-compassion and reinvention and more… More about Wendy Darling: Wendy is the founder of Miraculous Living and a recognized relationship and transformational change expert.  She is the creator of The Miraculous Living Method™, her unique transformational system, that allows clients to gently remove internal barriers that have held them back while repositioning them to close the gap to be living the life of their dreams finally.  Wendy has over 35 years of experience as a busin