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Communication and Building Healthy Relationships with Melissa Johari, MSW, RSW / The Good Mood Podcast

Communication and Building Healthy Relationships with Melissa Johari, MSW, RSW / The Good Mood Podcast

We humans are relational beings. I once heard a beautiful quote that stated, "Our wounds are formed in relationships, and therefore our wounds are healed by relationships." This sentiment highlights the importance of healthy relationships, particularly romantic...

From Carnivore to Colours: A Year of Dietary Experimentation

From Carnivore to Colours: A Year of Dietary Experimentation

I wanted to share a recent story about my experience with the Carnivore Diet and Low Insulin Lifestyle. Maybe it's because I just finished watching Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar, but sharing my health experience feels strange: very health-influencer-esque. There is...

The Low Insulin Lifestyle with Dr. Ali Chappell, PhD on the Good Mood Podcast

The Low Insulin Lifestyle with Dr. Ali Chappell, PhD on the Good Mood Podcast

I am excited to introduce a new podcast episode (I know it's been a while). I've been deep in the weeds of research about insulin resistance for a course I'm working on (for a health education platform that I'm very excited to tell you more about in the coming...

Microbial Wisdom: How your gut bugs can influence your levels of wisdom and loneliness

Microbial Wisdom: How your gut bugs can influence your levels of wisdom and loneliness

Hippocrates once said "all disease begins in the gut" and, even though as a naturopathic doctor I have internalized this to the utmost degree, I still forget from time to time.  So, when I was having an increase in histamine symptoms (itchy eyes, runny nose,...

Stomach pH is a Chesterton’s Fence: beware of tearing it down

Stomach pH is a Chesterton’s Fence: beware of tearing it down

G.K. Chesterton described a scenario like this: "There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the...

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