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A Healthy Curiosity

You know that health and happiness aren’t things you can outsource. You’ve also got a full plate, and making the time to take care of yourself can be challenging. A Healthy Curiosity is here to support you.
The Mission: to explore what it takes to be well in a busy world, offer self-care strategies rooted in the traditions of Chinese Medicine, yoga, and Ayurveda along with the cutting-edge research from functional medicine. Host Brodie Welch, L.Ac., M.S.O.M. is a holistic self-care strategist and expert in Chinese Medicine and acupuncture who helps self-aware, Type-A women put themselves at the top of their own to-do lists so they can experience vibrant health, enjoy their lives, and evolve their consciousness — without losing their edge. On the show, you’ll learn self-care tips to help you feel calm, confident, and energized. You’ll hear personal chats where we explore what gets in the way of our best intentions: perfectionism, big goals, habits and routines, chronic pain, overwork and overwhelm, boundaries, limiting beliefs — and what it takes to overcome such obstacles mindfully. You’ll also get deep-dives into hormone balance, gut health, sleep issues, habit change, mindfulness, overcoming anxiety, depression and how to make time for what matters most.

Latest Episodes:

Congruence and the Power of Choices Apr 27, 2017

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Do you ever have a hard time making choices? Like someone will ask you where you want to go for dinner, and you just can't bring yourself to choose?

Have you ever wondered why that is? In Episode 44, Brodie talks with Sarita-Linda Rocco, Wise Earth Ayurveda Practitioner, Sadhaka Adept, and E-RYT500 Svaroopa Yoga/Meditation Teacher, about how living in our truth helps us making choices in congruence with our values. Living authentically may not be easy, but the intuition gained through knowing yourself and your values is freeing.

In this episode, we explore:

The definition of congruence
What keeps people from making choices?
What does it mean to live in your truth?
The value of integrity
The freedom in vulnerability

Resources:

- Eleven Weeks to Level Up Your Life, Brodie's group coaching program designed to help you up your self-care game and live in greater alignment with your values

The Collective Evolution Phenomenon with Grace Edison Apr 19, 2017

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Do you try to change your habits again and again, only to fall back into old patterns?

In Episode 43, Brodie talks with Grace Edison, Studio Owner, Yoga Teacher, Yoga Health Coach, and Brodie's friend, about what it takes to make big changes in our health habits. Grace lived with bipolar depression and addiction for years, even though she knew everything she needed to do to start feeling better. It wasn't until she joined a course about habit change and experienced evolution alongside peers that new habits began to stick.

In this episode, we explore:

Why we have trouble seeing our own hang-ups
What's different about a shared evolution experience?
What are the benefits of changing one's habits alongside peers?
Why does our culture seem to think it's ok, and even normal, for people, and especially women, to self-medicate?

Resources:

Grace's Website

Grace's new Yoga of Money Course

Brodie's new group program, Eleven Weeks to Level Up Your Life

Taming Your Inner Critic Apr 12, 2017

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When you talk to yourself (which, let's face it, we all do), are you kind?

Do you speak to yourself like you would speak to a friend, or do you have a tendency to resort to name calling? Do you use words like stupid, lazy, or failure?

In Episode 42, Brodie talks with Catherine Polan Orzech, MA, LMFT, about being kind to ourselves. Many people, and especially Type As (you know who you are), treat themselves more harshly than they would ever want to (or dare to) treat a friend. Catherine wants you to take a lesson out of your own friendship book and turn that treatment inwards to promote peace and compassion within ourselves.

In this episode, we explore:

What is mindful self-compassion?
What is the inner critic? What effect does it have on our overall well being?
Does our inner critic affect our physical health?
Speaking sweetly to ourselves
How stopping to notice a moment can spur lasting change

Resources:

Catherine's Website

Dr. Kristin Neff's Website

Creating Your Personal Mythology Apr 05, 2017

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When someone asks you to tell your story, what do you say? Does the story you tell represent the person you want to project out to the world?

Maybe you haven't noticed, because you've never thought about it. Perhaps the answer comes so automatically it's as though you're on autopilot. In Episode 41, Brodie talks with Tracey Duncan, writer, yoga teacher, and transformation coach, about telling our stories consciously and authentically.

In this episode, we explore:

Telling stories consciously vs. unconsciously
The difference between a story and a collection of things that happened
Telling the story you're in, not the story people want to hear from you
How we go about projecting different versions of ourselves to the outside world
Changing the arc of the story

Resources:

Tracey's website, More Yoga, Less Bullshit

Essential Oils: First Aid for Body and Soul Mar 29, 2017

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What's in your first aid kit? If all you've got is band-aids, antibiotic ointment, NSAIDs, and antihistamines, you could be missing out.

In Episode 40, Brodie talks with Tiffany Carole Pollard, MS, L.Ac., LMP, about how to use essential oils for first aid. Tiffany is currently in Sri Lanka preparing property for a retreat she's creating, and she's been glad to have her essential oils travel kit to aid in healing from ailments ranging from cuts and bruises to allergies to indigestion and beyond.

In this episode, we explore:

6 (+) essential oils to keep in your first aid kit
Various maladies that can be cured or curbed using essential oils
The various uses for essential oils both inside AND outside the body
"As without, so within"

Resources:

Tiffany's Website

E-mail Tiffany

Losing Weight the Mindful Way Mar 22, 2017

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We've all heard of stress eating and emotional eating, but could you be exhaustion-eating?

In Episode 39, Brodie talks with Katrina Ubell, MD, a pediatrician turned certified life and weight loss coach, about the ways mindfulness can be a helpful aid in the weight loss journey. Katrina lost 50 pounds using a variety of weight loss methods, but when she reflects on the process, mindfulness and truly listening to her body really stuck out as catalysts for success. She's now a full-time coach for busy physicians, as well as the producer of the podcast Weight Loss for Busy Physicians.

In this episode, we explore:

Different kinds of needs we try to suppress with food
The ways mindfulness can help us understand our cravings
How our cultural food habits don't align with the way our metabolisms evolved
The ways group programs can add an extra layer of support to weight loss

Resources:

Katrina's Website

Katrina's Facebook Page

Katrina's Podcast

Brodie's Inner Knowing Healthy Eating Meditation – a tool for those looking to lose weight but encountering difficulty on the journey

Essential Oils for Essential Self-Care Mar 15, 2017

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In Episode 38, Brodie talks with Jodi Cohen, NTP about the power of essential oils and aromatherapy. Jodi first discovered essential oils after going through an emotionally strenuous time in her life, and the practical knowledge she garnered during her healing journey spurred her to found her aromatherapy and essential oils company, Vibrant Blue Oils.

In this episode, we explore:

The biochemistry behind our sense of smell
The function of the amygdala
A few essential oils and their various uses
The power of intuition in aromatherapy

Resources:

Jodi's Website, Vibrant Blue Oils

Vibrant Blue Oils on Facebook

Playing With the Life Force Mar 08, 2017

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Did you know just 8 weeks of a bodymind practice can change the way your brain is wired, helping you to stay calm and make sound decisions?

In Episode 37, Brodie shares a piece she wrote for Huffington Post about 10 reasons to get to know Qi Gong, plus some great research proving the efficacy of qi gong in keeping us healthy.

In this episode, we explore:

What qi gong means
How qi gong differs from yoga
Health benefits of qi gong
Research on the effectiveness of qi gong

Resources:

12 Treasures: Your Movement Multivitamin – Brodie's learn-from-home qi gong course

Brodie's Huffpost article: 10 Reasons to Get to Know Qigong: Yoga's Less Popular Cousin

Who Helps You Grow? Mar 01, 2017

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When it comes to making changes in your own life, it's really easy to set yourself up – for success or for failure.

In Episode 36, Brodie shares some lessons she learned last week at a Yoga Coaching Conference about growth: what's helpful, what's not, who's helpful, and what you can do to set yourself up for success. The way we design our lives can have a huge effect on how much we can do and how closely we're aligned with who we want to be.

In this episode, we explore:

The natural genius
The five people who shape who we are
Accountability buddies

Resources:

Basics of Chinese Medicine: Your Inner Ecosystem

Reducing Acid Reflux Feb 22, 2017

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Have you ever wolfed down a delicious meal only to find yourself met with the burning discomfort of acid reflux?

In Episode 35, Brodie talks with her colleague, Joe Moceus, L.Ac., about what you can do to avoid feeling the burn. Joe's family has been genetically plagued by acid reflux, but they've managed to not only soothe their symptoms but also alter their lifestyle choices to prevent acid reflux from bubbling up and becoming an issue in the first place.

In this episode, we explore:

What causes acid reflux?
What is the best symptom relief for acid reflux?
How can acid reflux be prevented?
Why are Tums not the answer?
A few acu-points to help with acid reflux

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