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Psychiatrist Reveals: Psychedelics Won't Fix The Life You're Hiding From Oct 06, 2026

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What if your psychedelic journey is helping you avoid the very thing you need to feel?

Josh Trent welcomes Will Van Derveer, MD, co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 836, to explore why psychedelics open a door but can't walk you through it, and why real healing means building the capacity to feel everything, not just feeling less bad.

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In This Episode, Will Van Derveer, MD, uncovers:

(01:25) Why Psychedelics Don't Work for Everyone
(08:55) Why Mental Illness Becomes Intractable
(14:30) The MDMA Study That Changed Everything
(18:35) What Can Go Wrong in the Ceremony Space
(24:10) Time, Set, and Setting
(31:40) Can Plant Medicine Heal Your Pain?
(34:50) Psychedelics Open a Door But You Have to Walk Through It
(38:50) The FDA, Ibogaine, and the Caution Flag
(44:30) Who Should Never Take Psychedelics
(52:20) The Root of Mental Illness
(58:10) Chronic Childhood Trauma Is More Damaging Than Big T
(01:01:05) The Infant Alone on the Floor
(01:08:10) Drawn to Heal The World
(01:11:15) The Price of Not Grieving
(01:18:10) Non-Directive Is the Only Safe Direction
(01:20:25) Stop Chasing Change Through Plant Medicine
(01:26:40) Biology at War with Reality Is Disease
(01:34:10) Science Is Just Spirituality With a Lab Coat
(01:39:55) The Real Value of Psychedelic Therapy

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Why Men Unconsciously Reject Love: The Hidden Wound Disguised as Avoidance Sep 29, 2026

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What if the man who pulls away from the love he wants isn't rejecting you, but protecting a scared little boy inside him??

Josh Trent welcomes Ryan Moresby White, founder of Heal The Boy, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 835, to explore why every man carries a wounded boy into his relationships, how the grief he never let himself feel turns into shutting down, avoiding intimacy, and self-sabotage, and why a man becomes truly safe to love only when he heals the boy within.

In This Episode, Ryan Moresby-White Uncovers:

(01:20) Women as God's Mirror for Men's Unresolved Pain
(06:15) The Original Wound and the Empty Mirror
(10:50) The Rose That Gets Trampled
(15:10) Why Men Paradoxically Reject the Love They Desire
(19:50) That Is How We Change the World
(25:05) I'll Never Be Like My Father Is a Prayer
(29:25) The Generational Library We Carry
(32:55) Spread Activation Theory and Where It Lives in the Body
(36:35) Breathwork and the Little Boy's Language
(41:10) The Man Who Had Done All the Inner Work
(47:30) Racing Dirt Bikes and Not Feeling Like He Had a Father
(50:50) The Story Beneath the Pattern
(01:00:00) How He Knew in His Body She Wasn't for Him
(01:04:20) Love All Parts and Still Hold Standards
(01:09:20) The Notebook, Hollywood, and the Wound Being Monetized
(01:16:10) Embodiment Is the Only Test That Matters
(01:19:20) Every Man Also Needs to Feel Safe
(01:22:00) The Man on the Couch
(01:30:30) It Happens Only in Community
(01:37:25) Build the Ship Before Sailing the Waters of Soul
(01:40:30) Rite of Passage

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Why You Fight: The Hidden Wound Behind Every Argument in Your Relationship Sep 22, 2026

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What if the fight you keep having with your partner is not about them at all, but about a wound that formed in your childhood?

Josh Trent welcomes Kim Polinder, relationship therapist and author of Why We Fight, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 834, to explore why every recurring argument is a psychodrama from your earliest wounds playing out in the present, why self-awareness alone is never enough to change behavior in conflict, and how a five-step apology framework can turn the most exhausting fight into the most honest conversation you have ever had with the person you love most.

In This Episode, Kim Polinder Uncovers:

(01:15) The Fight Beneath the Fight
(08:20) Why Gratitude Opens the Door to Repair
(12:10) The Anatomy of a Trigger
(16:05) The Work That Makes Repair Possible
(19:55) The Childhood Wound
(24:20) The Belief You Choose to Keep
(28:35) Own the Mindset
(34:15) The Price of Not Apologizing
(39:35) Projection and the Power of Going First
(43:00) What Suffering Teaches About the Soul
(48:35) When We Make a Promise We Cannot Keep
(55:20) Raw Honesty Requires Courage
(01:01:00) The Importance of Grace and Forgiveness
(01:06:50) How to Give Yourself a Little More Grace
(01:12:15) Self-Awareness Is Not Always Enough
(01:16:25) All Roads Lead Back to Your Inner Child

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MD Reveals: Your Healing Creates Your Child's Reality (The Souls Coming In Need Strong Bodies) Sep 15, 2026

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How is the health and future of the child you haven't conceived yet already being shaped by the life you are living right now?

Josh Trent welcomes Ann Shippy, MD, functional medicine physician, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 833, to explore why the environment you conceive in matters as much as the genes you pass on, why unexplained infertility does not exist, and why the 90 days before conception may be the most important window of health your future child will ever have.

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In This Episode, Ann Shippy, MD, uncovers:

(01:10) Bathing Our Children in the Water We Create
(04:50) Why This Book Took Nine Years to Write
(08:10) The Zinc Spark and What Science Cannot Explain
(12:10) How the Epigenetic Dials Actually Work
(17:00) The Work Starts Before You Think About Getting Pregnant
(20:00) What She Was Carrying Without Knowing It
(23:25) Toxic Mold, Short Fuses, and the Tipping Point
(28:15) What Creates the Tipping Point of Disease
(32:25) There Is No Such Thing as Unexplained Infertility
(36:25) Faith Is the Fulcrum
(41:55) Souls Wanting to Come In
(46:35) Love Is the Frequency That Creates Life
(49:40) The Preconception Revolution And Longevity

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Exit The Matrix: How to Stop Feeding The Health Insurance Parasite Sep 08, 2026

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What if the monthly payment you make to stay "protected" is actually the very thing keeping you sick?

Josh Trent welcomes Andy Shoonover, founder of CrowdHealth, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 832, to explore why the American healthcare system is structurally designed to keep you in it, why the most powerful act of rebellion is not fighting the system but simply exiting it, and how a community-funded alternative is quietly proving that people take better care of each other than any insurance company ever will.

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In This Episode, Andy Schoonover Uncovers:

(01:05) The Parasite That Lives Inside Health Insurance
(04:50) Why We Stay in a System We Know Is Broken
(09:10) The Economics of the Sick Care System
(16:05) Getting Out of the Quicksand
(20:55) The Diabetes Study They Shut Down
(24:15) The System Is Designed to Keep You Sick
(31:00) Supporting Community by Cost Sharing
(37:50) Why 40% of CrowdHealth Babies Are Born at Home
(47:10) The Best Way to Fight the War Is to Exit It
(54:55) You Are Never Chasing the Number
(01:01:30) Exiting the System
(01:07:15) Who Is Already Around the Fire
(01:14:00) Travis Is Alive Because of CrowdHealth

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Nir Eyal: How To Change Beliefs That Keep You Stuck... And Stop Suffering Sep 01, 2026

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What if the beliefs you are most certain about are standing between you and the life you dream of?

Josh Trent welcomes Nir Eyal, behavioral design expert and author of Beyond Belief, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 831, to explore why motivation is not a straight line, why the beliefs we treat as facts are often the only thing keeping us stuck, and why the brain is not a recording machine but a prediction device that filters reality through whatever it already believes to be true.

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In This Episode, Nir Eyal Uncovers:

(01:15) Motivation Is a Triangle
(05:20) The Flower Story: Beliefs Are Tools Not Truths
(08:20) Four Important Questions and the Turnaround
(19:50) The Science of Separating Pain from Suffering
(28:15) What Prayer Actually Does to the Brain
(38:15) How to Pray Without Perfect Faith
(42:40) The Word "Belief" Has "Lie" Inside It
(46:40) Pain Is Information + Mental Contrasting
(54:05) The World as a Simulation
(58:55) Three Things You Need to Know About Belief

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Burnout Is Self-Abandonment (Disguised as Ambition) Mandy Balak Aug 25, 2026

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What if the exhaustion you keep calling burnout is actually your soul telling you that the life you've been building is not right for you?

Josh Trent welcomes Mandy Balak, entrepreneur and author of Chasing Enough, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 830, to explore why burnout is not about doing too much but about self-abandonment in disguise, why the urge to chase more is always rooted in something deeper than ambition, and what it actually takes to stop performing productivity and start choosing presence instead.

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In This Episode, Mandy Balak Uncovers:

(01:00) Burnout Is Self-Abandonment with Better Branding
(06:40) The Colombian Prison and the Prison Mandy Built for Herself
(15:45) Learning to Pause and Expanding Capacity for Good
(22:10) From Chasing to Choosing
(27:10) The Fine Line Between Self-Care and Self-Sabotage
(31:25) Feelings Are the Governor
(36:45) Closing the Gap Between Head and Heart
(42:05) Triggers Are Teachers
(46:45) The Well-Resourced Method
(50:45) Getting Real Is the Hardest Part
(54:40) The Shadow Side of Victimhood
(57:55) Trust Life, Not the Chase
(01:02:20) Why We Gather

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Trauma Expert: How Trauma Affects You Across Lifetimes (Mark Wolynn) Aug 18, 2026

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How is generational trauma formed and activated throughout your life?

Josh Trent welcomes Mark Wolynn, leading expert in inherited family trauma, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast episode 829, to explore why the pain you cannot explain may not have started with you, why the mother is the blood blueprint for how we relate to love, and why releasing blame is not about excusing the past but retrieving your own freedom from it.

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In This Episode, Mark Wolynn Uncovers:

(01:10) How Generational Trauma Actually Heals
(04:50) The Signs You Are Carrying Someone Else's Wound
(09:30) How to Break the Bond
(19:10) The Cherry Blossom Study That Explains Everything
(25:00) What We Don't Feel Holds Us Hostage
(33:00) It Is Not Personal and It Never Was
(41:15) What Exhaled When the Vision Came Back
(49:00) The Partner Is the Healing Ground
(53:55) Stepping Into Your Authentic Self
(58:35) Anger at God Is the First Real Conversation with God

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Fasting Scientist: Hunger Feeds Your Soul (Not Just Your Body) Aug 11, 2026

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Can you get the benefits of fasting without actually having to fast?

Josh Trent welcomes Dr. Chris Rhodes, PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry and founder of Mimio Health, to the Wellness + Wisdom podcast, episode 828, to break down the science of fasting, why the 36-hour window is where the real magic happens, and how four specific molecules can mimic everything a prolonged fast does to your cells without skipping a single meal.

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In This Episode, Dr. Chris Rhodes Uncovers:

(01:10) Why Fasting Feeds You Instead of Starving You
(04:55) The Magic of the 36 Hour Window
(09:00) What Autophagy Really Means
(12:55) How Mimio Was Born
(20:50) When Fasting Becomes Too Much
(24:50) Break Your Food Patterns
(29:25) Leptin, Ghrelin, and Sleep
(36:35) The Parable of Two Wolves
(41:10) Truth of The Universe
(47:40) The Impact of Microplastics
(52:05) The Testosterone Study That Surprised Everyone
(58:35) Closing the Healthspan Gap

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You're Not Playing the Victim (Your Heart Is Broken) Jul 28, 2026

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What if every conflict in your life is not a sign that you are broken, but your heart's most desperate attempt to heal itself?

Josh Trent welcomes Kylie Ryan, mind transformation coach, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast episode 827, to explore why you keep attracting the same wounds in different people, how the craving for certainty is really a craving for safety, and why the obsession with good vibes is one of the most sophisticated suppression strategies alive today.

In This Episode, Kylie Ryan Uncovers: