Dr Karen Health Show

So many of us have sugar cravings that can feel uncontrollable! In this podcast I share that it is not about willpower.. it’s about biochemistry. You can change your internal pharmacy with lifestyle shifts. This episode is about action and relief !

Here is a list of 20 scientifically proven brain-nourishing foods. What we eat every day creates and re-creates both our cells and our body! Although the brain comprises only 2 percent of the body by weight, it uses 25 percent of our energy. Since food is energy, our brains are vulnerable to each nutritional choice we make.

In this episode, Dr Deb Kern shares how emotions can get blocked in the body and how important it is to allow these emotions to FLOW and MOVE. She discusses a practice for us to connect to our inner knowing to awaken the health of your mind, body, and spirit.

Wouldn’t you want to be able to assess your likelihood for cognitive decline before it happens? In this podcast Dr Karen discusses biomarkers for you to assess your cognitive health

There are foods that are good for the brain and foods that are bad for the brain. Learn the 5 foods to avoid to support your Mental Health

If you think Heartburn is a minor symptom- think again. Acid redux and mood disorders share a very close link. Unlike what we were made to believe, reflux is actually caused by insufficient levels of stomach acid.

Mental Health and Your Gut is a series designed to show you how our gut is connected to anxiety and depression and provide solutions to improve your mental well-being by optimizing your capacity to digest food and absorb nutrients. Part 1 is about how constipation can lead to recirculation of toxins and imbalance of your Microbiome that is intricately connected to mental health.

Snacking while working at home can be tricky when we are so close to the refrigerator all the time. Here are my Top Ten Healthy Snack ideas Share this Podcast and tag me @DrKarenWolfe Learn about my Sugar Buster Program at https://drkarenwolfe.org/the-sugar-busters/

My dog Max teaches me ( and reminds me) about self care every day. In this podcast episode I share seven self care skills I learned from Max. They are simple and powerful when i practice them every day

There are blessings to be found even in the most difficult times.

The pandemic has thrust many of us into a new work-from-home environment for the first time. It has thrown our daily routines out of balance and especially our wellness routines! Here are my Top Ten Tips for how I stay healthy while working remotely.

An estimated 30 percent of Americans experience some kind of food sensitivity during their lifetime. The most common symptoms include gastrointestinal upset, skin rashes or respiratory issues. You can also experience fatigue, headache, mood swings and even migraine. Learn how to uncover and identify a food sensitivity.

A recent trip to the Emergency Room made me think about how good we are at physical first aid but not so good at psychological first aid. A major “scar” of this pandemic will be many of us needing psychosocial first aid. How good are we at that ?

The five competencies of resilience are a useful tool to assess our own unique resiliency skills. I have found the concept very useful in my own life. In this Podcast i review a process for you to assess your own resiliency!

We all have challenges that shape our character and help us grow. The past few months have tested our resilience. Thank believe we are hardwired to not only recover from adversity. But also grow and transform. In this Podcast I talk about sharing your Resilience Story.

We all have a “set point” for the expected amount of joy, happiness or pain and anguish and we tend to return to that point after negative or positive experiences. In this Podcast I share the 5 set point levels and invite you to begin exploring where you are in your set point levels.

In his new book The End of Alzheimer’s Program, Dr Dale Bredesen talks about needing a new vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease. Not an injection, but a personalized lifestyle program based on all the contributing factors.

Lifestyle medicine is needed now more than ever. Poor lifestyle choices such a smoking and overuse of alcohol and lack of physical activity are key contributors to the progression of many of the chronic diseases that put us at more risk of severe infection with this new corona virus

Raw, honest, powerful, soulful and tender. The book “Untamed” is both a memoir and a wake up call for us all the listen and trust our inner “Knowing”

In this episode I hold space for all the different emotions at this time to co- exist. It is Mental Health Awareness Month so let’s shine a light on how we are feeling !