Season 2 is here and I am starting it with the episode I have needed to record for a long time.

The last few years have been the hardest of my life. My sister died of triple negative breast cancer at 31, I faced my own cancer scares, I went through toxic mold exposure and PTSD, and somewhere in the middle of all of it, I found my way back to faith.

In this solo episode, I walk you through all of it honestly: the mammogram callback that started a two-year testing spiral, why I stopped circulating tumor cell screening, what EMDR did for my nervous system that nothing else could, and how Dr. Joe Dispenza meditations and clarigenic medicine gave me back a relationship with something greater than myself.

I also talk about my daughter Elle and the bullying that quietly dismantled her confidence, and the school change that gave her back to me in less than a week.

And I share what is coming: a revised The Autoimmune Solution™ with new sections on trauma, COVID, and long COVID; a new website; and the Dr. Myers Inner Circle.

I have missed you. I am back. And I have a lot left to do.

Resources and People Mentioned

• Episode # 22: The Devastating Effects of Toxic Mold Exposure with Ann Shippy, MD
• Episode #34: The Power of EMDR therapy: Overcoming Trauma and Anxiety with Ginger Poag
• Episode #13: The Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer with Jenn Simmons, MD
• Episode #39: The Terrain Approach to Cancer: Dr. Nasha Winters on Revolutionizing Integrative Oncology
• Dr. Joe Dispenza meditations
• Prenuvo full-body MRI (no contrast). Use this link for $300 off.
• The Autoimmune Solution™
• My Instagram video on alternatives to mammograms.
• AMMD™️products: Estroprotect, Methylation Support, Detox Bundle (including Acetyl-Glutathione, Liver Support, Charcoal Binder Complete).

[Originally published on April 1st, 2014] Dr. Hays has practiced obstetrics and gynecology, and now Functional Medicine, over a career lasting 32 years. In describing the focus of her career at present – she said: “I went into medicine to help people be healthier, but what I found in medicine was a system that was as sick as the people it was treating. Ultimately I realized that my calling was to heal the system as well as the patients. I have three areas that I feel are important enough to put my time, energy and monetary resources into. They are:

• creating a model for integrative care that treats illness upstream before it requires drugs and surgery
• finding better ways to train physicians
• providing better end of life care, essentially, learning to die better

Her practice includes: comprehensive women’s health care, Functional Medicine, non-surgical gynecology and mine-body medicine. Dr. Hays is a founding member of True North.

1. Can you explain perimenopause and menopause for us?
2. Neither of us is an advocate of synthetic hormones, but what are your thoughts about using biodentical progesterone and testosterone during the perimenopausal phase?
3. What’s the best delivery system for progesterone – oral, cream, sublingual troche? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one?
4. What’s the best way to test for hormone levels? Saliva, blood, urine? What are some of the disadvantages and advantages of each test?
5. Let’s talk about 2/16 ratio. Can you explain this for us?
6. What are symptoms of too much estrogen?
7. Many people, myself included, have a problem with their methylation pathways. Can you tell us a little bit more about what we can do to improve our metabolism of estrogen? Are there those of us who need supplementation, even when we are eating a nutritious diet?
8. Which tests should someone start with to determine how well they are methylating?
9. Do you typically perform a urine test on every patient before you adjust their hormones?
10. What are some of your go-to methods when it comes to treating the adrenals?
11. Do you use adaptogenic herbs?
12. Do you use a compounding pharmacy for the bio-identical hormone gels you use for your patients?
13. Do you continue women on hormones after menopause when they are no longer having hot flash symptoms?
14. Do you use bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for women with a history of cancer?
15. Any recommendations for PCOS?
16. Lab testing we talk about on the podcast can be found on Youtube here.

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This week, I welcomed Heather White on my show to discuss the impacts of climate change on mental health and share actionable advice for living more sustainably. In addition to having decades of experience in environmental advocacy, Heather is also a mom of two and is driven by her own children’s deep concern about the future. She shared a staggering statistic from a recent global study of 10,000 young people (ages 16-25): 47% of respondents said climate anxiety interfered with their daily life.

Though it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, Heather’s goal is to empower individuals to take meaningful and joyful daily actions to ease eco-anxiety. Drawing from her wealth of experience, she shares actionable advice aimed at fostering a more eco-conscious and health-oriented lifestyle. We explore a range of topics, from the importance of deciphering product labels to practical strategies for reducing food waste. Heather underscores the significance of everyday choices, whether it's opting for safer personal care products, environmentally-friendly cleaning agents, or embracing sustainable fashion.

Heather White is an author, speaker, consultant, and expert in environmental health, green living, and eco-anxiety, the mental health impacts of the climate crisis. She is also founder of the nonprofit OneGreenThing.org. White's two decades of experience include serving as presidential campaign staffer to Al Gore, as the environmental counsel to a US senator, and as the executive director to three national environmental nonprofits, including EWG (Environmental Working Group). Her new book, 60 Days to a Greener Life, will be released nationwide next Tuesday, April 9th.

Tune in as we discuss practical ways of easing eco-anxiety and discover the power that small, daily actions can have in building a more sustainable future.

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