Brain Health Matters Seasons 1 and 2
Auto-Immune Disease and Alzheimer's - The Connection
Auto-Immune Disease and Alzheimer's - The Connection
In this week's episode, Kate Kunkel shares the latest research that reveals why all those expensive Alzheimer's drugs are failures, and demonstrates the link between our immune system and Alzheimer's.
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with an auto-immune disease or dementia, this is an especially important episode.
Listento the Podcast HERE.
Memory Hacks to Improve Your Life
Auto-Immune Disease and Alzheimer's - The Connection
Memory Expert Rena Yudkowsky joined Kate Kunkel on Brain Health Matters to share her short and easy tips and tricks to improve your memory.
Get set for some great hacks to help you remember people's names, and use your senses so you don't forget things so often!
Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the Podcast HERE.
How your Eyes Impact your Brain
How your Eyes Impact your Brain
In this touching story of overcoming pain and reading disability, Trent McEntire shares how he used his own pain to help others regain their mobility and quality of life.
Trent joined Kate Kunkel on this episode of Brain Health Matters to share the connections between our brains and what and how we see.
Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the Podcast HERE.
Your Brain on Alcohol
How your Eyes Impact your Brain
This week – the mental and brain health effect of alcohol. Is it true we lose thousands of brain cells every time we imbibe?
Our guest this week is Stephanie Pratico, an Independently Licensed Mental Health and Alcohol/Drug Abuse Counselor, Clinical Supervisor & Educator who has been in the field 12 years.
Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the Podcast HERE.
Aromatherapy: So Much More than a Pretty Scent
Amy Galper is the founder of the first Aromatherapy School in NYC, the New York Institute of Aromatherapy and has been a Certified Aromatherapist since 2001.
In this week's edition of the show, Amy uncovers the secrets of aromatherapy and how best to use essential oils, including in a diffuser. She also offers recommendations for specific oils to use for particular outcomes. This is a usable-info packed episode of Brain Health Matters.
Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the Podcast HERE.
Cannabis and Magic Mushrooms for a Better Brain
This week, we delve for the first time into plant medicine, and learn how we can use the power of CBD for a healthier brain.
Darlene Mea has personally been involved with plant medicine for wellness her entire life, and shares the many ways that cannabis and hemp can improve our health. She also dives into the magic of mushrooms. Somewhat controversial, but an important topic! Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast HERE.
Eliminating Toxins and Inflammation to Improve Brain Health
Eliminating Toxins and Inflammation to Improve Brain Health
Eliminating Toxins and Inflammation to Improve Brain Health
It's quite frightening to think of the number and variety of toxins that we're exposed to in our food and environment every day, and the damage they can do to our bodies and brains. But Evan Brand shared literally dozens of ways to recognize everything from exposedmold exposure symptoms to parasite infestations and how to deal with them in this episode of Brain Health Matters.
You can overcome things like IBS, colitis, and many more chronic conditions by cleaning up your body and your environment. Learn how on this episode on YouTube, or listen to the podcast HERE (Available 8/17)
Meditation: A Secret Weapon to Improving your Brain?
Eliminating Toxins and Inflammation to Improve Brain Health
Eliminating Toxins and Inflammation to Improve Brain Health
This week, Christopher Manning, the Mindfulness Man, joins Kate Kunkel to share the many ways that meditation can help us concentrate, learn, and deal with stress.
You'll be delighted to learn that you don't have to sit cross-legged with your fingers in circles to meditate “properly”, and you can actually improve the size and function of your brain by meditating!
You can also resolve real-life problems with a meditation Chris shares called the "Loving-Kindness Meditation.
Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast HERE.
Sound Therapy for a Healthier Body and Brain
Eliminating Toxins and Inflammation to Improve Brain Health
This week on Brain Health Matters, Kate is delighted to share the healing and transformative power of sound.
Her special guest is Craig Goldberg, president and co-founder of Inharmony Interactive, a company dedicated to creating VAT technology that enables us to experience sound and frequencies in a unique and powerful way.
When you learn how much power frequencies have to get your body into the "rest and relax" nervous state, you'll be looking for a VAT therapist near you!
Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast HERE.
Nutrition Matters for Mental Health
This week on Brain Health Matters, Kate Kunkel interviews Dr. Bonnie J. Kaplan. She is a Professor Emerita in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Kaplan has published widely on the biological basis of developmental disorders and mental health, especially the contribution of nutrition to brain development and brain function, including in her book, “The Better Brain”.
Watch this episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast HERE.
Research to Boost Your Brain
Healing With our Thoughts AND With the Blues!
IN this episode of Brain Health Matters, Amen Certified Brain Health Professional Kate Kunkel shares some of the latest important research on risk factors for dementia and other brain disorders including dementia and anxiety.
Knowledge is power, and Kate has given you several powerful steps based on this research to help you protect your health and lower your chances of developing cognitive decline.
Be sure to watch the video on YouTube HERE or listen to the podcast HERE.
Healing With our Thoughts AND With the Blues!
Healing With our Thoughts AND With the Blues!
Dr. Tanya English has been working for 30 years in the healing field, first as a massage therapist, then as a chiropractor and energy healer. Dr. English has been inspired by the idea that we have been born with power to heal but people have not been shown how this works in real life.
In this episode of Brain Health Matters, Dr. English helps us understand how to tap into our own inner knowing to heal ourselves body, mind and spirit. And wait ‘till you hear how The Blues can help you heal! so be sure to watch the video on YouTube HERE or listen to the podcast HERE.
Are You Wasting Your Money on Supplements?
Are You Wasting Your Money on Supplements?
Are You Wasting Your Money on Supplements?
In this week's episode, Kate Kunkel goes solo to guide you through what she calls the “minefield” of nutritional supplements by sharing gems of information released in the recently broadcast docuseries, “Supplements Revealed”.
You'll be shocked at the information she shares about probiotics and the necessity of vetting the companies from whom you are buying products.
You'll also learn some of the most well-researched supplements that can help with brain health and function, so be sure to watch the video on YouTube HERE or listen to the podcast HERE.
Traumatic Brain Injury Can be Overcome!
Are You Wasting Your Money on Supplements?
Are You Wasting Your Money on Supplements?
Marita Rahlenbeck is a survivor of a traumatic brain injury and helps others struggling to regain what was lost after an injury of this magnitude.
Despite what her neurologist told her, Marita has regained an amazing level of brain health and shares how the allopathic medical model was virtually no help.
In this episode, you'll learn many of the processes and products that enabled her to regain a new level of health and wholeness.
Watch the episode on YouTube HERE or listen to the Podcast HERE.
Your Eyes are the Windows to your Brain!
Are You Wasting Your Money on Supplements?
Why Women are 3X More Likely to Develop Alzheimer's
If there ever was a reason to make a date with your optometrist, this is it! We had some technical difficulties this week, so there is no YouTube video, but you can listen to the whole amazing interview with Dr. Thomas Lewis as he shares powerful insights into the relationship between the health of the eyes and the potential for developing Alzheimer’s. He says, "Alzheimer’s is glaucoma of the brain, and glaucoma is Alzheimer’s of the eyes." Yikes! You'll also learn that the push to lower cholesterol is NOT good for our brains. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast
Why Women are 3X More Likely to Develop Alzheimer's
Why Women are 3X More Likely to Develop Alzheimer's
Why Women are 3X More Likely to Develop Alzheimer's
Our guest this week, Dr. Felice Gersh, one of the first dual board certified integrative gynecologists in the United States, explains how our hormones, what we eat, and how we sleep all make a difference in the likelihood of developing dementia.
PLUS – what is the real danger in taking birth control pills and what about soy?
And... what is the connection between a vegan diet, autoimmune disease, and Alzheimer's? CLICK HERE to catch the podcast, or on the photo to watch on You Tube HERE.
We CAN and DO Reverse Alzheimer's
Why Women are 3X More Likely to Develop Alzheimer's
The Seeds of Alzheimer's are Planted in Childhood
Despite popular wisdom saying it is impossible to turn it around and the failure of allopathic medicine to do anything but throw drugs at the problem, dementia, including the Alzheimer’s form, is reversible. Dr. Heather Sandison is a Naturopathic doctor who specializes in neurocognitive medicine and neurohacking. She works every day to not only treat those afflicted with dementia, but actually help them reverse it and return to their homes even after being institutionalized due to cognitive decline. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast, or on the photo to watch on You Tube HERE.
The Seeds of Alzheimer's are Planted in Childhood
Why Women are 3X More Likely to Develop Alzheimer's
The Seeds of Alzheimer's are Planted in Childhood
Poor dental health, including gingivitis, has a direct effect on inflammation and the health of the body and brain. But what many people don't realize is how the form and function of the jaw in childhood can also contribute to the risk of developing Alzheimer's. This episode of Brain Health Matters with Dr. Scott Saunders of Healthy Mouth Media will be of special importance to parents and grandparents because we can help prevent a lifetime of misery by attending to this issue early in life. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast, or on the photo to watch on You Tube HERE.
Defeating Chronic Pain with Neuroscience
Defeating Chronic Pain with Neuroscience
Defeating Chronic Pain with Neuroscience
Dr. Alissa Wolfe, a chronic pain specialist, shared some important insights into the ways our brain and central nervous system are impacted by chronic pain. She also shared practical tips on ways you can utilize neuroscience to alleviate your suffering and offers a FREE self-assessment to help. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast, or on the photo to watch on YouTube
Your Brain on Toxins
Defeating Chronic Pain with Neuroscience
Defeating Chronic Pain with Neuroscience
Fallon Jordan is a Functional Medicine Coach and Coach to the Coaches at Amen Clinics. Combine this experience with her own battle with toxins, and Fallon is she is uniquely qualified to share the importance of minimizing toxic exposure, and creating a plan to reduce the impact that toxins have on your body, mind, and spirit. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast, or on the photo to watch on YouTube.
The Healing Power of Therapy Animals
Defeating Chronic Pain with Neuroscience
The Healing Power of Therapy Animals
Taylor Chastain Griffin of Pet Partners joined me to explore the many ways that animals can help us improve body, mind, and spirit. With her doctorate in research psychology focusing on the human-animal bond, Taylor is passionate about bolstering pet therapy with empirical investigation. Taylor is based in Georgia where her family includes 9 dogs and 3 cats. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast or on the photo to watch on YouTube.
Dump the Sugar!
Connecting Sleep, Your Gut and a Healthier Brain
The Healing Power of Therapy Animals
Your Brain Needs you to Dump the Sugar!
More sugar = greater likelihood of developing dementia. If that doesn’t scare you off sugar, then maybe listening to this episode of Brain Health Matters with Registered Dietician Becky Bell will do it. Not only can it spur insulin resistance, sugar addiction can destroy your gut microbiome and contribute to chronic stress. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast or on the photo to watch on YouTube.
Technology and your Brain
Connecting Sleep, Your Gut and a Healthier Brain
Connecting Sleep, Your Gut and a Healthier Brain
Dr. Larry Rosen is a research psychologist, educator and counsellor who co-authored an eye-opening book entitled "The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World." Our discussion was very revealing and frankly, a little frightening. Well worth the half hour of your time! Please share far and wide, especially if you know people with kids who are glued to their devices. CLICK HERE to catch the podcast or on the photo to watch on YouTube.
Connecting Sleep, Your Gut and a Healthier Brain
Connecting Sleep, Your Gut and a Healthier Brain
Connecting Sleep, Your Gut and a Healthier Brain
Ariel Jarvis is a holistic health practitioner who generously shared her wisdom to help us improve our brains. First up: You must nurture the Four Pillars of Health to produce a healthy ecosystem for a healthier brain. That includes water, and you'll learn all about structured water. And Ariel's sleep hygiene tips will help you improve your sleep for a healthier brain. PLUS - what about Lion's Mane? CLICK HERE to catch the podcast, or on the photo to watch on YouTube.
Supporting Brain Health in Children
Shameguilt: The Root of Many Brain Problems
Shameguilt: The Root of Many Brain Problems
Allison Davies helps parents and educators support childhood development, enhance brain function and reduce anxiety in children. As a person with autism herself, Allison understands the challenges of being neurodivergent, and does powerful work with music to help parents embrace and appreciate differences while working to enhance cognitive development.
Shameguilt: The Root of Many Brain Problems
Shameguilt: The Root of Many Brain Problems
Shameguilt: The Root of Many Brain Problems
RN and Educator Lois Hollis healed herself of a lifetime of pain and suffering when she learned how Shameguilt was holding her captive to her past. As Lois said: “Shameguilt has only one defect: It dissolves in Detection.” Once you understand its power and expose it to the light, you can also become healthier and happier.
March is Music for a Healthier Mind Month
Flute, Drums, and Didgeridoos, Oh My!
Flute, Drums, and Didgeridoos, Oh My!
Flute, Drums, and Didgeridoos, Oh My!
On this episode of Brain Health Matters, special guest Artist, Author and Musician, Diane Annie Mathias shares ways you can capture and utilize the vibration-raising power of music and silence to become healthier and happier. With respect to silence, Annie says, “Being a part of the whole, in the silence, is a powerful place to be.” Beautiful.
And if you've ever wondered about the didgeridoo, here's the place to learn more about this ancient healing instrument!
Frequencies for Your Brain
Flute, Drums, and Didgeridoos, Oh My!
Flute, Drums, and Didgeridoos, Oh My!
Have you ever heard of The Resurrection Code? Once you learn what it is, you'll be incorporating it into your life as Del Hungerford has! And what if your music was based on a more healing frequency than the 440 hz. that we're most familiar with in Western music? This is important info to help you not just boost your brain, but improve your overall health.
Harps and Healing Music for a Better Brain
Learn to Play an Instrument for a Healthier Brain
Learn to Play an Instrument for a Healthier Brain
In this powerful and heart-warming episode, you'll learn from Tami Briggs how playing a musical instrument improves the functioning of the brain while healing the soul and nurturing peace. This magical power of the harp and music extends to the end of life as well, and you will learn how you can offer this comfort to those you care about.
Learn to Play an Instrument for a Healthier Brain
Learn to Play an Instrument for a Healthier Brain
Learn to Play an Instrument for a Healthier Brain
Music teacher and coach Emma Nottage joined Kate Kunkel on Brain Health Matters in a wide-ranging discussion about the power of music to enhance mental abilities and health while also improving brain function. You'll be amazed to learn the difference between the brains of musicians vs. non-musicians, and what dancing can do for your mind.
Healthy Heart for a Healthier Brain in February
Dealing with Trauma in a Spiritual Way
Acknowledge your Emotions for a Healthier Brain
Laughter is the Best Medicine for Your Brain
In this heartfelt and honest interview, Author and coach Carol Holland March shares with Host Kate Kunkel how she overcame the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. You will learn how you, too, can survive and thrive by understanding what trauma means to the physical functioning of your brain and how to tap into spirit and your own inner knowing to heal.
Laughter is the Best Medicine for Your Brain
Acknowledge your Emotions for a Healthier Brain
Laughter is the Best Medicine for Your Brain
You'll be glad you joined us for this episode because we did some laughing! You'll love learning a simple, joyful way to get that belly laugh started, and how laughter can help you deal with the many stressors in our lives. Dave Berman, is a laughter coach and the creator of Laughnosis, a blend between laughter and hypnosis. PLUS on this show - learn how to inspire neurogenesis with a popular veggie.
Acknowledge your Emotions for a Healthier Brain
Acknowledge your Emotions for a Healthier Brain
Acknowledge your Emotions for a Healthier Brain
You may think you have it all "under control", but what does your body think? And how about your brain? Marina Yanay-Triner joined Kate Kunkel to share why it is so important to acknowledge and work with your emotions. Experience more joy and aliveness - essential for good brain health!
Energy Begets Energy for a Healthier Brain
Energy Begets Energy for a Healthier Brain
Acknowledge your Emotions for a Healthier Brain
Your brain is only 2% of your body weight, but consumes 20% of its energy. Where does that energy come from? HINT: It's not just food. Join Kate Kunkel as she learns from Sue Lyndes of Wellness Clusters the many ways we can improve energy for a healthier heart and a better brain.
Dance Your Way to a Healthier Heart
Energy Begets Energy for a Healthier Brain
Dance Your Way to a Healthier Heart
Movement specialist and Holistic Health Coach Holly Wade joined Kate Kunkel for our first episode in the Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain series. Holly shared the power of dance to overcome chronic disease AND to improve heart and brain health.