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Sweet Herbin' Livin'Unseen Illness: Understanding Ehlers-Danlos with Jena Seay part 1In this heartfelt two-part conversation, Jena Seay shares her personal health journey, a story that began with chronic pain, allergies, and sensitivities as a child and grew into a lifelong pursuit of healing and understanding.
Jena’s health challenges intensified in 2017, revealing deeper layers of an undiagnosed but suspected connective-tissue disorder, likely Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. With over 16,000 genetic markers suggesting a complex picture, she faces symptoms such as POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), low blood sugar instability, seizures, fibromyalgia-type pain, and mast cell activation symptoms.
Through it all, she has remained resilient, partnering with medical specialists while also leaning on her na...
2025-10-071h 08
Sweet Herbin' Livin'Faith + Natural Healing = Freedom | Rebekah Crossgrove InterviewHealing isn’t just about the body—it’s about the spirit and soul too. Rebekah Crossgrove knows this firsthand. On this episode, she shares her journey from depression and imbalance into energy, clarity, and freedom, and how she now helps other women experience the same through Naturally Blessed Health, LLC.
Rebekah’s path into natural health began with her own struggles—depression, anemia, thyroid issues, and navigating family life. When God spoke the words, “Now is the time to do medicine My way,” she embraced a new calling: to bring spirit, soul, and body back into balance using both Biblical truth...
2025-09-2650 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'Faith and Fertility: Restoring Cycles with Rebecca VerversWhat happens when years of chronic illness lead you to discover a whole new path to healing? That’s the story of Rebecca Ververs, founder of Mend to Bloom.
In this episode, Beth talks with Rebecca about her journey from years of battling Chronic Lyme disease to discovering the healing power of natural medicine. Her story is one of perseverance, faith, and transformation.
Rebecca now helps women navigate fertility, transition off birth control, and balance their hormones naturally—all while honoring each woman’s personal choices. With a strong foundation in faith, she emphasizes using what God has given us to hea...
2025-09-1846 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'The Power of Self-Care: Stephanie Criss on Natural Healing & FaithBehind every wellness journey is a story of courage and conviction. In this episode, Beth welcomes Stephanie Criss of Evergreen Healing, a nurse-turned-natural health provider who discovered the power of self-care and faith in guiding others toward healthier lives.
A Journey from Nurse to Natural Health Provider
Stephanie’s background as a nurse shaped her deep compassion and her natural gift for nurturing others. But as she explains in this conversation, she also had to learn an important lesson: self-care isn’t selfish. In fact, it’s essential. She shares how her faith in God, her personal health journey, and her co...
2025-09-1146 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'When Silence Isn't an Option with Greg AdameThis week, Beth welcomes Greg Adame, founder of The Nature Medic, for a powerful and heartfelt conversation about whole-person wellness. Greg’s approach blends practical natural health strategies with a deep faith foundation—helping people not only restore balance to their bodies and homes, but also reclaim hope.
Greg shares how his journey into natural health was ignited during the COVID crisis, when personal loss fueled his resolve to never stay silent and to guide others toward safe, life-giving solutions. Today, he serves clients through assessments of their living environment—covering water quality, nutrition, EMFs, and more—while empowering them with the...
2025-09-0458 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'Transforming Challenges into Healing with Mary Jane GonzalesThis week, Beth welcomes an amazing guest to the podcast—Dr. Mary Jane Gonzales. Her story of turning personal pain into purpose is both inspiring and deeply relatable. Together, they explore how true healing goes beyond the surface, touching every part of our physical, emotional, and spiritual lives.
Dr. Mary Jane Gonzales – From Pain to Purpose in Whole-Person Healing
Dr. Mary Jane Gonzales, Board-Certified Doctor of Natural Medicine, Holistic Skin Expert, and Founder of Mary Dermcare New York turned her own struggles with chronic skin issues, hormonal imbalance, and burnout into a life’s mission. Known as “The Queen of Whole-Pe...
2025-08-281h 11
Sweet Herbin' Livin'Can Your Body Really Heal Itself? with Cristy BerryIn this episode, I sit down with Cristy Berry, a natural wellness practitioner who brings over 20 years of experience helping women find real answers to their health challenges.
Cristy’s journey into holistic health began with her own story. After working as a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer, she faced multiple health conditions that conventional medicine couldn’t resolve. In 2008, she turned to holistic practices, went back to school, and completely reshaped her career and her own health—reversing insulin resistance, healing from mold illness, overcoming PCOS without medication, restoring hormone balance, eliminating daily pain, and regaining her energy and resilience.
Her id...
2025-08-2156 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'Fear to Faith: Overcoming Health Fears with Natural Healing with Priscilla BillWhen Priscilla Bill was just 13, a frightening breast lump led her to a naturopath — and changed her life forever. That moment sparked a lifelong calling: to become a naturopath herself and help others face their health challenges without fear. In this inspiring interview, she shares how herbs, faith, and holistic healing not only restored her health but also sparked her passion to help others.
Today, Priscilla serves clients of all ages, specializing in women’s hormone health, and believes in caring for the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit. She opens up about her journey, the lessons she’s lear...
2025-08-1446 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'Meet The Resurrected One Who Inspires Hope!In this episode of The Healer’s Journey, Beth sits down with Samantha Wendt, a deeply compassionate and faith-led practitioner and founder of Empowered by Nature Wellness Center.
Samantha shares her powerful personal story of transformation, from surviving her own health challenges to guiding others from brokenness to wholeness. In this video, Samantha talks about her personal healing journey and how she now helps others, sharing inspiring stories of strength. Delving into the power of self-healing and self-compassion, Samantha's inspirational journey offers insights for overcoming challenges. Learn about resilience and find encouragement in hard times with this inspiring conversation.
As an...
2025-08-0753 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'Rose Hollo: Journey from Trauma to HealthIn this episode of The Healer’s Journey, Beth sits down with Rose Hollo, founder of Golden Ratio Wellness, to explore her unique path into natural wellness and the passion behind her thriving virtual practice.
With roots in animal care and veterinary medicine, Rose's journey organically evolved into the world of holistic health for women. She shares how her experiences in marketing for wellness businesses and co-founding a holistic mental health practice shaped the foundation for her current work.
What We Talk About:
• Rose's transition from animal rescue and veterinary care to women’s wellness
• Her passion for working with women an...
2025-08-0757 min
Sweet Herbin' Livin'From the Heart. Hope-Healing-Honesty. Working through the Scars and Walking in TriumphIf you’ve ever felt like life has knocked the wind out of you—whether through personal loss, professional setbacks, or simply the exhaustion of holding it all together—this episode is for you. It's an honest reminder that you’re not alone, that healing is real, and that you can begin again, stronger than before.
In this deeply personal episode, Beth pulls back the curtain on the past five years of her life, the heartbreaks, the struggles, and the silent moments of starting over.
From losing both of her parents to facing business failure, navigating her own health challenges, and walk...
2025-08-0751 min
Effective CannabisEpisode 11: Empowering Solutions: Cannabis Tackles Autism and Neurological ChallengesHost: Debi Wimberley - Founder of the Effective Cannabis Newsletter with Guest Janna Champagne BCMH, DMCS, BSN, RN (RET)
In this episode, join us for an insightful conversation with Janna Champagne, this month's Effective Cannabis Newsletter Guest Editor, as we delve into the benefits of medical Cannabis and its applications in treating neurological conditions.
The conversation underscored the personalized nature of Cannabis therapy, with Janna stressing the importance of tailoring treatment to individual needs. Discussing conditions like autism, she advocated for a symptom-driven approach, citing the potential benefits of cannabinoids in managing various symptoms.
2024-09-0159 min
Demystifying Research: Dialogue on training, careers, and all things researchFostering Inclusive Graduate EducationQuinn Tyminski, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH, joins us to discuss inclusion and belonging, the factors that contribute to feeling a sense of belonging, the difference between inclusion vs. belonging, common barriers to belonging, using power identities to facilitate inclusiveness for minoritized people, how to create an inclusive academic environment, promoting mental health in students, supporting students with disabilities, and advocating in graduate school with our hosts, Dr. Kelly Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP and Dr. Catherine Hoyt, PhD, OTD, OTR/L.
2024-05-1459 min
Stuff You Missed in History ClassA History of MammographyThe history of mammography begins with the discovery of X-rays in 1895. But it took a very long time for breast imaging to advance, in part because it wasn't prioritized. Research: “The St George’s Four: Meet the women that shaped St George’s.” St. George’s University of London. 3/8/2019. https://www.sgul.ac.uk/news/the-st-george-s-four-meet-the-women-that-shaped-st-george-s American Physical Society. “This Month in Physics History.” November 2001 (Volume 10, Number 10). https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200111/history.cfm Bassett, Lawrence W. and Richard H. Gold. “The Evolution of Mammography.” AJR 150:493-498, March 1988. Bhidé, Amar et al. “Case Histories of Significant Medical Ad...
2024-01-3142 min
The Uncommon OT SeriesQuinn Tyminski, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH & Serena Blank, MOT, OTR/L: OT with Individuals Experiencing HomelessnessIn this special episode, we will learn from Quinn Tyminski, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH & Serena Blank, MOT, OTR/L, two occupational therapists working with Individuals experiencing homelessness. Quinn Tyminski, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH currently serves as an instructor in the Program in Occupational Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Tyminski earned her master's degree in occupational therapy from Washington University in 2012 and her Clinical Doctorate of Occupational Therapy in 2017 from Saint Louis University. Her clinical practice experience is in the area of community-based mental health practice, where she served as the o...
2023-08-071h 05