Podcast

Today, I’m sharing my conversation with Dr. Richard Horowitz, a board-certified internist who has treated more than 13,000 patients with Lyme and tick-borne disease over the last four decades, many of whom had already seen countless doctors and collected diagnoses like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, and early dementia before discovering Lyme may have been part of the picture.

Today, I’m excited to share my conversation with Emily Fletcher, a meditation teacher, founder of Ziva Meditation, and someone deeply exploring the connection between manifestation, consciousness, pleasure, and what she calls sacred sexuality.

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Alan Christianson, who is a board-certified naturopathic endocrinologist and the founding president of the Endocrine Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the American College of Thyroidology. We’ll discuss his new book, the Hormone Healing Cookbook, and specific foods for resolving pesky symptoms driven by hormonal changes in midlife.

n this episode, I’m speaking with Caroline Alan, the self-proclaimed “Mineral Geek.”
She shares her history of serious health problems, including gut inflammation, periodontal disease with bone loss in her teeth, recurring sinus infections, brain fog so bad she left her corporate career, and lifelong insomnia.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Christopher Pickard, a hypertension expert with decades of expertise studying nutrition and lifestyle on how to get your blood pressure back down into the healthy range.

Today, I’m excited to have Dr. Eric Gordon back on the podcast. He’s built a reputation for doing what most doctors won’t, which is looking beyond the diagnosis to find what’s actually driving a patient’s illness and figuring out the right order to address it. His clinical work spans Lyme disease, ME/CFS, autoimmune conditions, and mitochondrial dysfunction, and many other forms of dysfunction, often all at once in the same patient.

In this episode of The Energy Blueprint, I’m speaking with neuroscientist and bestselling author Mark Waldman. Mark has been on the podcast multiple times, but I find his information so interesting that I’m excited to have him back today.

Mark is now working in a new field called network neuroscience. During our conversation, he explains the framework of this field and shares some very practical but very effective steps to reduce mind-wandering and improve psychotherapy outcomes.

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo about metabolic syndrome, diabetes, insulin resistance and blood sugar issues.

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Amie Hornaman, also known as The Thyroid Fixer. She’s the founder of the Institute for Thyroid and Hormone Optimization, an organization with transformational, proven approaches to address thyroid dysfunction and support people in returning to optimal health. We will talk about the root causes of Hashimoto’s, testosterone, hormone replacement therapy, and more.

In today’s episode, Dr. Sonya Jensen shares how her personal battles with cultural expectations and childhood trauma led her to uncover the profound link between unexpressed emotions and physical health. Join us as we dive into her transformative work helping women heal by addressing the hidden emotional roots of their physical symptoms.

Today, I’m excited to introduce you to Zora Benhamou, a gerontologist who studies aging and has some unique ideas about menopause, based on research and her gerontology background.

Dr. Shivani Gupta comes from a family of people with diabetes, generation by generation, where she’s seen the after-effects of suffering with chronic metabolic disease.  Her new book, The Inflammation Code, distills 20 years of studying Ayurveda into simple pillars you can apply to prevent the level of inflammation and disease we see today. When

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon argues we’ve been focusing on the wrong idea for 50 years…the problem isn’t that we’re over-fat, it’s that we’re under-muscled.

Periodontist Dr. Al Danenberg was diagnosed with incurable bone marrow cancer (multiple myeloma) in September 2018 and given 3 to 6 months to live. His oncologist wanted to start chemotherapy the next day, but Dr. Al rejected chemo and instead focused on natural methods to help his body heal.  While Dr. Danenberg has since passed

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Reef Karim, about the victim mindset that appears to be rapidly spreading across the youth of the Western world, the difference between victimhood vs vulnerability, conformism vs authenticity/courage, healing from trauma, self-sabotaging behavior, and how to grow into the fullest expression of your own capacities and authentic self.

In this episode, I am speaking with Margie Bissinger who is a physical therapist, integrative health coach, author, and happiness trainer. She has more than 25 years of experience helping people with osteoporosis and osteopenia improve their bone health through an integrative comprehensive approach.

In this episode, Dr. Bonnie Kaplan shares a statistic that should stop everyone in their tracks: 50% of people will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some point in their lifetime. When she was a kid in the 1950s, that rate was 1% or less.

My guest, Dr. Mariza Snyder, author of The Perimenopause Revolution, explains why this matters and why women have been suffering needlessly for decades while doctors dismissed their symptoms as “just aging” or “just stress.”

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. John Lieurance who is one of the top clinical experts in the world on the use of melatonin and methylene blue, as well as EndoNasal Cranial therapy. He runs the Advanced Rejuvenation Center in Sarasota, Florida. In this podcast, we do a deep dive into melatonin and methylene blue and how they are critical for optimal mitochondrial health.

In this episode, Dr. Chris Masterjohn cuts through the noise with his refreshingly practical approach to nutrition for your mitochondria. He exposes supplement industry myths and explains why your mitochondria need more than just CoQ10 and alpha-lipoic acid. Plus, his insights into how your brain regulates energy metabolism will completely shift how you think about fatigue.

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Greg Kelly, a naturopathic physician and neurohacking expert about longevity, cellular energy, melatonin, brain enhancement, stress, and disease.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Eric D. Gordon, MD, a clinician with over 40 years of experience working with and deeply listening to patients with complex, chronic illnesses…and one of my favorite podcast guests.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Rome Za. His take is that the biggest threats to your health aren’t the diseases doctors test for, but your nervous system and the toxins you can’t see. He believes that most people are breathing wrong all day, keeping themselves trapped in a state of chronic stress.

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, who is a Washington University fellowship-trained physician in nutritional science and geriatrics and is board certified in family medicine, and osteopathic manipulation. We will talk about the link between muscle health and longevity and mitochondria.

In this part, we talk about the common misconceptions about the impact of nutrition and lifestyle on health and why it is much better than common drug treatment for long-term health.

Dr. Aimie Apigian is a double board-certified physician in preventive and addiction medicine who’s revolutionizing how we understand and treat trauma.
Her groundbreaking new book, “The Biology of Trauma,” reveals the hidden physiological mechanisms behind trauma responses.

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. James Chestnut about the common misconceptions about the impact of nutrition and lifestyle on health and why it is much better than common drug treatment for long-term health.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Heather Sandison, a naturopathic doctor, published researcher, and the author of a new book you’ll definitely want to read, Reversing Alzheimer’s: The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Børge Fagerli, creator of an innovative and highly efficient resistance training method called Myo-Reps, which is a way to create 80% of the results in a fraction of the time.

In this episode, Dr. Mike T. Nelson pulls back the curtain on some common keto myths, including how it’s connected to fat loss, athletic performance, and even ancestral eating patterns. You might be surprised to learn that smart athletes will do anything to win—except go keto.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Michael T. Murray, a naturopathic physician, widely respected author, and mitochondrial expert with over 40 years of experience.

In this episode, Alex Leaf and I discuss the startling fact that 94% of adults have some form of metabolic dysfunction and why treating the biochemistry misses the real problem entirely.
In this paradigm-shifting conversation, you’ll discover why insulin resistance isn’t a glucose problem but a fat cell capacity problem, how hunter-gatherers naturally regulate body fat without counting calories, and even research-backed ways to reverse diabetes.

In this episode, I’m speaking with gut health and microbiome expert Dr. Jason Hawrelak about his absolutely fascinating research on how to best care for your gut and feed your good gut bacteria.

Your mitochondria and responses to stress are more connected than you think.  In this episode, Dr. Scott Sherr is back to tell us about why 94% of US adults have mitochondrial dysfunction and how chronic stress and inflammation deplete GABA, your brain’s primary calming neurotransmitter. We also discuss why methylene blue has exploded from an

In this episode, Dr. Keesha Ewers explains why post-traumatic growth, not comfort, creates robust mitochondrial health and resilient humans.

Her personal journey from autoimmune disease to vibrant health will inspire your own transformation and help you understand the mind-mitochondria connection.

In this fascinating episode, I’m speaking with inventor and researcher Alex Tarnava, who developed the first effective-dose molecular hydrogen supplement to address a crippling mystery illness that suddenly destroyed his once highly active life.

Our conversation reveals how initially skeptical we both were about the effectiveness of molecular hydrogen!

In this episode, I’m speaking with Steven Sashen, who founded minimalist shoe company Xero Shoes with his wife Lena Phoenix in 2009.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Robert Naviaux, MD, Ph.D., you’ll discover how one universal biological response underlies conditions from autism to ME/CFS to heart disease, why the path to healing isn’t simply reversing the path to illness, and why our current medical paradigm has been asking the wrong questions.

Dr. Mel Hopper Koppelman is back for her 3rd podcast appearance to shatter everything you think you know about heart rate variability and biohacking.

In this episode, I’m back with Dr. Mel Hopper Koppelman, discussing what she believes is one of the most important and overlooked areas in health—how brain development in childhood might be at the root of the health problems you’re experiencing as an adult.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Mel Hopper Koppelman about her powerful and unique view of medicine, a context that I believe is much more effective than the conventional or even functional medical models we’re used to.

After 25 years of being “Superman on the outside but a train wreck on the inside,” John A. Mollenhauer has discovered the missing piece between high achievement and sustainable health.  John is an entrepreneur who started his first gym at 19 and worked with Tony Robbins in his 20s—he learned the hard way that our

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, who is an adjunct associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester. She’s president of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, a company dedicated to helping people achieve the vibrant health that

In this conversation, Dr. Cronshaw presents what he calls his “philosophy of care” for using photobiomodulation to enhance healing, manage pain, and prevent injury. His approach focuses on a few fundamental questions:

In this podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Gerald Pollack about research into his theory of structured water and its implications for our health.

In this episode, I’m back for a third installment of my conversation with Dr. Mark Cronshaw, one of the world’s foremost photobiomodulation (PBM) experts…what most people commonly refer to as red light therapy. He’s particularly one of the top experts when it comes to dosimetry (the details of how to properly “dose” light therapy).

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Jason Conviser – who is one of the leading experts in fitness assessment and exercise prescription for special needs populations. He’s best known for his work with patients dealing with metabolic syndrome, obesity, and providing exercise strategies for those who have “given up”. We will talk about Whole Body Vibration (WBV) and how it can improve your health and lifespan.

In this episode of The Energy Blueprint podcast, I’m speaking with Dr. Melissa Sonners, host of the Be Inspired Mama podcast and creator of a movement that’s transforming how women approach self-care.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Nadine Artemis, author of Renegade Beauty and Holistic Dental Care. But most personally impactful to me is that she is the woman behind Living Libations, an obsessively natural skincare line that has been creating and promoting pure products for over 30 years. My family and I really love and

In this episode, I’m speaking with Nick Polizzi, an investigative journalist who’s spent his career traveling the world and directing and producing feature-length documentaries about natural alternatives to conventional medicine.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Julie Matthews, a Certified Nutrition Consultant and published researcher specializing in personalized nutrition for complex neurological conditions, particularly autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. Julie has a new book that just came out a few days ago called The Personalized Autism Nutrition Plan. It’s a wonderful book if you’re the

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Scott Sherr, a board-certified internal medicine physician certified to practice Health Optimization Medicine (HOMe) and a specialist in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). You may have heard of HBOT or even experienced the treatment yourself, but Dr. Sherr does a fantastic job of telling the whole story of HBOT

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Sean Drake, a highly accomplished chiropractor with a fascinating career and life. His work now focuses on helping athletes, but don’t stop reading just because you’re not a high-level athlete. The beauty of Dr. Drake’s strategies is that they apply to everyone. I actually love what he says

In this episode, I’m back for the second part of my conversation with Dr. Mark Cronshaw, a highly respected expert in photobiomodulation (PBM), more commonly known as red light therapy.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Mark Cronshaw, a highly respected expert in the field of photobiomodulation (PBM) – what most people commonly think of as red light therapy.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Miriam Rahav, M.D., a triple-board certified physician in the fields of internal medicine, hospice, and palliative care, along with extensive training in functional medicine.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Mike T. Nelson, a self-described research fanatic who has more than two decades of experience studying and obsessing over how the human body works.

In this episode, I’m back with Victoria LaFont, co-host of the Influenced to Death podcast. Be sure to listen to part 1 of our conversation if you haven’t already.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Victoria LaFont, co-host of the Influenced to Death podcast, owner of The LaFont Agency, and someone I’ve been working with for a few years now and consider a friend and trusted peer.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Vincent Pedre, MD, known as America’s gut doctor. We explore what the latest research and his extensive clinical experience can teach us about fixing gut problems.

In this episode, I’m speaking with neuroscientist Ariel Garten, the co-inventor of Muse, a brain-sensing headband that makes meditation easier. Ariel’s research has mainly focused on Parkinson’s disease and hippocampal neurogenesis, but she also has a background as a fashion designer and artist!

In this episode, I’m speaking with Eva Detko, Ph.D., a natural healthcare practitioner, speaker, and author of The Sovereign Health Solution: Heal the Psycho-Energetic Root Causes of Chronic Illness. She has studied natural medicine and the human mind for 25 years and successfully recovered from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, along with reversing a diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.

In this episode, I’m continuing my conversation with Tom Kerber, an engineer with a great deal of knowledge and experience in the field of photobiomodulation, aka modifying biology with light.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy, the owner and medical director of the Cancer Center for Healing and the Center for New Medicine. Her clinics have become the largest integrative medical facilities in North America and are visited by people from all over the world, with 47,000 patients and growing.

This episode is part two of my in-depth discussion with Dr. Praveen Arany, a world-renowned light therapy (photobiomodulation) researcher and expert who’s been working in the field for over two decades. If you missed part one, I highly recommend you go back and listen to that episode. We delve into some very deep and specific

In this episode, I’m speaking with one of the global authorities on light therapy, Dr. Praveen Arany. Dr. Arany began researching photobiomodulation (PBM), aka light therapy, 25 years ago, and since then, he has become a world-renowned expert in the field.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Sam Shay, a recognized clinician who proudly shares his own experience as someone who grew up with undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome.

Dr. Shay’s mission is to support moms trying to balance raising a “neurodistinct” child with their work, other children, relationships, and staying healthy themselves. He sees these parents as being overlooked and uncared for, and his work is to bring them the tools they need to thrive along with their families.

In this episode of The Energy Blueprint, we’re looking back on conversations with three hormone experts: Dr. Shawn Tassone, Dr. Stephanie Gray, and nutritionist Magdalena Wszelaki, the author of the bestselling cookbook Cooking for Hormone Balance.

In this episode of The Energy Blueprint, we’re looking back on some of the most potent ways to support your brain health and cognition.  This episode features Harvard-trained clinical research scientist and brain expert Dr. Datis Kharrazian, the foremost authority on holistic (and highly effective) care for dementia Dr. Dale Bredesen, and founder of Marama

In this episode of The Energy Blueprint, we’re revisiting episodes featuring three giants in the world of mitochondrial research and the cell danger response, i.e., your body’s intelligent but double-edged response to stress or injury—Dr. Eric Balcavage, Dr. Robert Naviaux, the originator of the cell danger response hypothesis, and Dr. Eric Gordon.

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Achina Stein and Silvia Covelli about their soon-to-be-launched venture, The Healing Depression Project.  If you’re a long-time depression sufferer, this episode is for you. And if depression isn’t an issue you deal with, please consider passing this episode on to someone you love who lives with this disease.

In this episode, Dr. Evan Hirsch talks about how his approach to chronic fatigue and ME/CFS has evolved over the years and how he’s now working with patients who have long COVID. He also describes what he calls “The Toxic 5” and how these are at the root of many fatigue issues.

In this episode of The Energy Blueprint, I’m excited to share a recording of Dr. David Jockers interviewing me!

We cover a lot of fascinating topics, from how the mitochondria control our health and energy levels, the Cell Danger Response, how “stress” is often misunderstood, myths about antioxidants and plants (and the way things really work), and more.

In this episode of The Energy Blueprint, we’re highlighting how you can naturally address anxiety, mood disorders, and brain health thanks to the expert work of two past guests—nutritionist Trudy Scott and Uma Naidoo, MD.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Stephanie Estima about some truly incredible and unexpected differences between males and females and how women can use simple nutrition and exercise tweaks to optimize their potential.

In this unique episode of The Energy Blueprint, I’m speaking with a man named Evans L., who shares his profound story of personal transformation through debilitating fatigue, physical symptoms, and pain beyond what most of us can imagine… to living a rich, full life with a level of energy and functionality he couldn’t have dreamed of just a few years ago.

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Yogi Hendlin who is an environmental philosopher and public health scientist. We will talk about how science is manipulated by the industry and what you can do to filter through the disinformation and protect yourself.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. William Pawluk, one of the world’s most respected authorities on pulsed electromagnetic fields, or PEMFs, a topic that might seem confusing due to what you’ve learned about EMFs, aka electromagnetic fields.

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Martin Picard, a mitochondrial researcher who directs the Mitochondrial Psychobiology Group at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine in Psychiatry and Neurology.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr. Robert Lufkin, a physician and medical school professor at UCLA and the University of Southern California, about his new, provocatively titled book Lies I Taught In Medical School.

In this episode, I’m speaking with my friend and brilliant functional doctor, Dr. Datis Kharrazian, on the most evidence-based and practical ways to support your brain.

In this episode, I’m speaking for a third time with Borge Fagerli about some powerful mindset techniques he uses in his coaching practice that will help you achieve your fitness, muscle-building, and weight-loss goals.

In this episode, I am speaking with holistic dentist and dentist educator, Dr. Judson Wall about how your oral health is the gateway to bodily health, and the keys to optimizing your oral health.

In this episode, I am speaking with top nutritional experts, Dr. Stephan Guyenet and Dr. Mario Kratz, about their evidence-based website project assessing the scientific credibility of popular modern diet books.

In this episode, I’m happy to welcome Borge back for another conversation about fitness. But this time, he’s focusing on the importance of mindset.