That Naturopathic Podcast

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The Umbrella Project Feb 04, 2021

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Dr. Jen Forristal is a Naturopathic doctor specializing in family medicine and paediatrics. She is the founder of The Umbrella Project, which is creating a profound paradigm shift in the understanding of our personal well-being and that of our children.
Dr. Jenn has worked extensively with schools and organizations, delivering effective and integrated programming that target personal growth for all community members.
In today’s episode we discuss:
-How to help children develop foundational skills that will enable them to cope better with life’s challenges
-Applying these coping skills within the classroom
-Learning and practicing self compassion
-Shifting towards this type of thinking to positively impact mental health
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The Menopause Transition Jan 22, 2021

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Dr. Kara gives the listeners a brief run through of how the menopause transition presents itself for women.
Topics covered in today’s conversation include:
- The start of menstruation and how periods present in the beginning
- The reproductive years
- Perimenopause, and how cycles will start to change
- The variability of hormones during the perimenopause stage
- How specific hormones affect period symptoms
- Average timeline of when perimenopause will happen
- Brain/hormone connection leading to menopause
- Defining early menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency, post menopause
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White Flow Jan 13, 2021

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Today we are joined by retired ND Nora Pope, and Dr. Jessica Liu, ND.
Dr. Liu has been a licensed ND since 2006, with a clinical focus in fertility, women’s health, pregnancy and mental- emotional wellness. Nora Pope is a retired ND, who has been teaching accredited continuing education courses to healthcare professionals since 2007. Together, this dynamic duo have developed a fertility education course for healthcare providers, set to release at the end of this month.
The conversation today covers the concept of cycle charting, the importance of progesterone, and optimizing your hormones for health and fertility. Even if conception isn’t in your future, learning more about your cycle can help to better comprehend overall health status.
The more that you know about your body, the more empowered you can be to take control of your health
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Iron Women Jan 01, 2021

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Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2021 with a new episode on one of our favourite topics- IRON.
Today we welcome Ying Wang, a compounding pharmacist located in Vancouver, British Columbia. She discusses the importance of iron for health, and how compounding can be an effective treatment for iron deficiency.
Topics covered in this episode include:
- Common & uncommon signs of iron deficiency
- How iron is regulated and absorbed in the body
- How to improve iron absorption
- What bioavailability means, and how it plays a role in choosing and iron supplement - Heme vs non heme iron
- How different forms of iron are absorbed in the body
- Solving the side effects of iron supplementation
We hope you enjoy!
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The Most Random Episode with the Weirdest Ending Dec 21, 2020

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This week’s episode is a house call with That Naturopathic Podcast hosts Dave and Kara on the mic, keeping things a little more casual.
Dr. Dave and Dr. Kara fill us in regarding what is happening within their clinical practice at the moment. Dave is a gut health focused ND, and Kara’s clinical focus in within women’s health. Both practitioners discuss the strengths of having a special interest category within their practice, advocating for their patients, and bridging the gaps within our healthcare system. One solution isn’t better than the other, rather an integrative approach will help you to be in the best possible health.
Dr. Dave finishes off the episode in the weirdest possible way, with a “fun fact” from the gut gangsta himself.
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Community and Connection During COVID Dec 12, 2020

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In a time where being connected is easier than ever, why are people so far removed? Social isolation has proven to be remarkably detrimental to our health, and yet more people today are suffering due to the current pandemic.
Join us with Dr. Michelle Peris, as she explains her journey to connection and belonging, and how she is helping others to find it. Just because we need to maintain “physically” distanced, doesn’t mean we need to also “socially”distance. There is power in sharing your story, and this is how humans were designed to thrive.
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Alphabet Soup for Y'all Nov 30, 2020

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LGBTQ2SIA+.
Or is it 2SLGBTQIA+?
Look, we’re all letters in the broth. Some of us are as common as the letter “E”, but all the letters are equally important.
Creating a healthy, inclusive environment and language is like alphabet soup for the soul.
Join us and Dr. Cyndi Gilbert ND as she clears up inclusiveness and queers up wellness.
If you’d like to dive deeper, check out Dr. Gilbert’s courses at https://drcyndind-school.thinkific.com/collections.
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Chemical Soup Nov 19, 2020

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If your fish is sick do you make it wear a mask, or do you change the water?
We’re all swimming in a soup of toxic chemicals. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and the lotions and potions we put on our skin, and the dust under our beds, are contaminated with myriad toxins that can, over time, make us sick.
Just because they haven’t been proven to kill us doesn’t mean that they aren’t harming many of us when encountered frequently in our environment, with our endocrine system, babies in bellies, and our kids being particularly vulnerable.
It can be easy to ignore, or too overwhelming to change, but we’re approaching the tipping point where our health might not be able to take much more.
Enter Emma Rohmann. Our first solo non-ND guest with the smarts and ND-like integrative thinking to tackle this problem for you, your family, and future generations.
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Yin in the Time of Yang Nov 13, 2020

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Our culture and institutions have been overly focused on the masculine, and our approach to medicine is also reflective of this very imbalanced bias towards the masculine.
The masculine approach is like this -- fix this precise problem for me, now, then we’re done. It’s compartmentalized, it has an end point, a goal. Success is the achievement of the goal (the symptom is gone).
The feminine perspective understands that, in reality, we are constantly changing beings and our healing work is never really done. It is more of a holistic, process-oriented perspective.
In reality, we need BOTH. It is this AND that, not this OR that.
Join Jessika Marie and her husband Dr. Ben Snider ND as they help us weave a bit more yin into the yang in our discussion on the need to recognize the importance of the Divine Feminine in a more comprehensive and balanced approach to health and medicine.
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Beyond TSH Nov 05, 2020

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When your thyroid is a bit sluggish, your brain tries to lash it into shape with a TSH-shaped whip.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the thyroid is going to do what your brain is telling it to do -- what if you’re low in B12, iron, or vitamin D?
Have you had a thyroid ultrasound?
What if you have an autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto’s going on?
What if your foundational lifestyle health practices such as sleep, nutrition, and stress management are the missing piece?
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Katie Rothwell ND as she goes beyond TSH and describes her 3 pronged approach to thyroid health.
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