POTS is not anxiety, and salt is not the fix. If you stand up and your heart takes off while every scan comes back normal, this episode names what is happening.

Host Melissa Goodwin sits down with Dr. Cooper Dykstra, DC, FIBFN-FN, CFMP, founder of Brain Health and Chiropractic in Sioux Falls and a Fellow of the International Board of Functional Neurology. He has worked with more than 1,000 complex neurological cases, with patients driving in from across South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. They cover what POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) actually is, why it is so often called anxiety, and what functional neurology measures that a normal MRI misses.

In this episode:

• What POTS is in plain English, and the 30 point heart rate rule
• Why POTS and dysautonomia get misdiagnosed as anxiety for years
• Why salt and fluids manage a symptom but do not fix the root
• How long COVID and old concussions can hide inside a POTS diagnosis
• The link between POTS, hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos, and mast cell activation
• What the 4-Day Brain Reset program looks like, and how to evaluate any POTS provider

About the guest: Dr. Cooper Dykstra, DC, FIBFN-FN, CFMP, founder of Brain Health and Chiropractic, Sioux Falls SD. Website: brainhealthandchiro.com. Phone: 605-799-7579. Free 15 minute Discovery Call available.

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What is spiritual health? It is the condition of your inner life, and two pastors say it shapes your mental health, your relationships, and your whole wellbeing. In this episode, Rev. Sara Nelson, Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls, SD, and Pastor Brandon Dunham of Harrisburg United Methodist Church join host Melissa Goodwin for a plain language conversation about the dimension of health most people never check.

In this episode:

1. What spiritual health actually is and the signs yours is depleted
2. The difference between being spiritual and being religious
3. Why watching church online is not the same as being there
4. How to heal spiritually after loss, burnout, or being hurt by a church
5. How to start an honest prayer life when prayer feels performative
6. Whether Christians should see a therapist, and why the answer is yes when needed
7. Why midlife is so hard on faith and mental health
8. How to find a church without treating church like a restaurant
9. What a spiritually healthy person looks like: joy and peace, not perfection

Chapters: 0:00 Why spiritual health belongs on a health podcast | 4:11 What is spiritual health? | 7:04 Signs your spiritual health is suffering | 9:37 Spiritual vs religious | 12:03 Online church vs in person | 13:49 How do you heal spiritually? | 23:03 Does prayer actually do anything? | 37:04 Spiritual health and mental health | 39:32 Do Christians need therapy? | 43:29 How to find the right church | 50:30 What spiritually healthy looks like | 57:14 Connect with the pastors

About the guests: Rev. Sara Nelson, Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Sioux Falls, SD. Worship Sundays 8:30, 9:45, and 11:01, in person or by livestream at sfumc.org. Pastor Brandon Dunham, Harrisburg United Methodist Church, Harrisburg, SD. Blended worship Sundays at 9:30. harrisburgumc.com

About Dialed In Health: Weekly podcast hosted by Melissa Goodwin where real practitioners answer the questions you would ask if you were sitting across from them. Watch the video version at youtube.com/@dialedinhealth or read the transcript and FAQ on the episode page at dialedin.health. Find a trusted provider in the Dialed In Health directory.

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Dialed In Health is for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing here is medical or mental health advice. Our guests are pastors, not licensed medical or mental health providers. If you are struggling, please talk to a qualified professional. This episode is brought to you by Vitality Growth Labs.

Does menopause cause hearing loss — and can untreated hearing loss raise your risk of dementia? Audiologist Dr. Mandy Rounseville-Norgaard, who has worn hearing aids since age 3, says yes to both, and almost no one is connecting the dots.

On this episode of Dialed In Health, host Melissa Goodwin sits down with Dr. Mandy at Audiology Associates in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (she also practices in Miramar Beach, Florida) to explain the estrogen–inner-ear connection, why hearing often declines in perimenopause and menopause, the link between untreated hearing loss and dementia, the first signs to watch for, the right age to get a baseline test, and how over-the-counter devices compare to medical-grade hearing aids.

• Why you can have real hearing loss and not know it
• What estrogen does for your hearing — and what happens in menopause
• The hearing loss–dementia connection, and whether hearing aids reduce the risk
• The first signs: tinnitus and trouble understanding speech in noise
• The age to get a baseline hearing test
• Costco, Amazon, and OTC vs. medical-grade hearing aids
• What speech mapping is and why fit is everything

0:00 The audiologist who has worn hearing aids since age 3
0:48 The menopause and hearing connection no one warns women about
2:37 Dr. Mandy's story
5:08 Why she became an audiologist
7:35 Ears vs. the brain
8:25 Why people wait 20 years
11:55 The first signs of hearing loss
13:53 What you risk by waiting
14:44 Hearing loss and dementia
18:02 OTC vs. medical-grade
21:00 Speech mapping and best practice
22:09 Perimenopause, estrogen, and your hearing
24:33 Myth-busters
30:07 Your first hearing appointment
31:31 The AirPods rule for your kids
32:08 The one thing to know
32:55 How to reach Audiology Associates

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