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Esoteric WellnessEpisode 9 - Client Experience of Pain Recovery ProcessIn this episode we wrap up our series on chronic pain. We've discussed the science and the process of recovery in previous episodes. Today we dive into what it's actually like to go through the process. Not an outlier success story that gives unrealistic expectations, but a real success story that took time and hard work. We welcome our amazing guest Emanuel who shares his experiences in regaining control of his life from chronic pain. Hear it straight from the mouth of someone who has been through it as he shares the good, the bad, and the ugly of...2025-03-062h 25
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 20 - Perspective Vs. TruthIn this episode, we dive into the essential distinction between perspective and truth. It's not the events themselves, but our perspective that shapes our experiences, whether positive, negative, or neutral. We often inherit or adopt perspectives, but they are not set in stone. By learning to let go of perspectives that no longer serve us, we gain the true freedom to craft and choose the experiences we desire. Join us as we explore how shifting our perspectives can transform our lives.Send us a textSupport the show2025-02-1719 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 19 - Replacing Complaining with PositivityThis is a follow-up to episode 18 where I discussed how complaining increases our suffering. In this episode I describe some simple practical tools that one can use to replace a habit of complaining with more positive habits. This will ultimately lead to less suffering in life without even changing any circumstances. This is a small part of the overall learning that we are in control of how we feel and how to wield that power to create a happy and fulfilling life independently of what happens to us in life. Send us a textSupport t...2025-01-2219 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 18 - Complaining Increases SufferingExploration of how complaining is a result of attachment to our own suffering. Complaining about our suffering only serves to prolong and increase our suffering. Why is it so easy to do? Perhaps because it is seemingly similar to practices that actually help ease our suffering. I identify and discuss the difference. Send us a textSupport the show2025-01-1713 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 17 - Loving Our PainI share a recent client perspective on the chronic pain recovery process. Recovery requires learning to meet the pain with love and compassion. What does this mean and why does it hold true? Does this idea sound crazy or upset you in some way? You're not alone, nobody is saying it will be easy!Send us a textSupport the show2025-01-0911 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 16 - New Year's ResolutionsWhy do most of us fail miserably to bring our New Year's resolutions to reality? Are we simply wasting our time? In this episode we take a look at how setting goals can be part of propelling ourselves into better versions of ourselves. However, just setting goals often isn't enough. Discover how a slightly different approach to New Year's resolutions can help to make your goals a reality rather than just another dream for a better life. Send us a textSupport the show2025-01-0811 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 15 - Creative Power of StillnessToday I discuss the experience of stillness. Often referred to as mindfulness or meditation but comes in many other forms. The power of stillness is something that humankind has revered with a level of sacredness throughout all of known human history. It can have significant positive effects on our physical, mental, and spiritual health as well as the course of our lives. I end this episode with a brief guided practice to demonstrate what I'm referring to for those who may not be familiar. The guided practice begins at 16:41 if you want to skip ahead to it or come...2024-12-1325 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 14 - The Value of AttentionA discussion about attention and why it is the most valuable resource we have. Send us a textSupport the show2024-12-0314 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 13 - GratitudeA discussion about how practicing gratitude help to create a more positive experience and improve our health. Send us a textSupport the show2024-11-2811 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 12 - Is Obesity GeneticA discussion on the role of our genetics in our weight and obesity. Send us a textSupport the show2024-11-2411 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 11 - Play Through ChangeA discussion about the importance of play and how it can help us through the process of change. Send us a textSupport the show2024-11-2312 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 10 - Weight LossA discussion about why weight loss scares our brains, and it fights against us in achieving our goals. We can find ways to help our brains better handle weight loss and make it easier for ourselves to stick with it to achieve our goals. Send us a textSupport the show2024-11-1412 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 9 - Beginner's MindsetA discussion on how a beginner's mindset can help in making the process of change easier. Send us a textSupport the show2024-11-1311 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 8 - High StakesDiscussion about how placing high stakes on ourselves or on circumstances can negatively affect our health. Send us a textSupport the show2024-11-0714 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 7 - Incentives of Healthcare and Food IndustriesA discussion about misplaced incentives within the healthcare and food industries. What are they, what does this mean, and how can we as individuals navigate this to achieve our best outcome?Send us a textSupport the show2024-11-0724 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 6 - New ScienceA discussion about exciting new scientific understandings and what it means for us. Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-2921 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 5 - Dealing with UncertaintyA discussion about uncertainty and why our brains hate it so much. Learn some tools to better deal with uncertainty. Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-2520 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 1 - PoliticsA discussion about politics and how it can affect our health. I promise this is not a political discussion about my own political views. Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-2321 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 2 - Finding Internal Power & StrengthA guided meditation to help locate and intensify our own internal power and strength. Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-2323 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 3 - Chronic Symptoms are a GiftA discussion about chronic symptoms and how a different perspective can help lead us to a deeper understanding of ourselves. Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-2323 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - Episode 4 - PolarityA discussion of the hermetic principle of polarity and how it can affect our health and well-being. Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-2321 min
Esoteric WellnessEsoteric Wellness Blog - IntroductionIntroduction to the Esoteric Wellness Blog. This will be more frequent and shorter content to complement the full-length podcast episodes. Send us a textSupport the show2024-10-2303 minEsoteric WellnessEpisode 8 - The Chronic Pain Recovery Process with Dr. Tara KingDue to scheduling difficulties Megan was unable to be a part of this episode. We more than made up for her absence with our first guest on the show. Kyle dives into the chronic pain recovery process with Dr. Tara King. Tara is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Director of Clinical Operations at Lin Health. She specializes in pelvic floor physical therapy and chronic pain recovery. The interview starts by sharing some personal experiences with chronic pain. Then getting into discussing what the process is to recover from chronic pain and what the different elements of the process...2024-08-032h 00Esoteric WellnessEpisode 7 - The Neuroscience of PainIn the first of our series of episodes focused on chronic pain we dive into the neuroscience of pain. We discuss what pain is and how it works generally. It may actually be quite different than you expect. Then we focus on how pain can become persistent or chronic because the processes involved in pain can learn and change. We finish out the episode by introducing what can be done about chronic pain at a high level, much more to come on that in future episodes. This was a fun episode to record with boo boo's, an unexpected guest...2024-06-162h 12Esoteric WellnessEpisode 6 - Preparing For the Journey AheadThis episode is intended to set our listeners up for the journey ahead. Any journey into the esoteric can be uncomfortable and requires challenging your own beliefs and perspectives continually. Esoteric knowledge isn't necessarily hidden from the masses to keep them from accessing it. Rather, the masses generally avoid pursuing it because it is not easy. We then dive into some key paradigms that are foundational to our modern society and culture. Looking at them from different perspectives and how they may in fact be incorrect. Send us a textSupport the show2024-04-302h 16Esoteric WellnessEpisode 5 - MeditationWe start by giving some updates and sharing some news stories in the first segment. In segment 2 we dive into meditation. What is it? What does it do and why? Plus, some other interesting tangents about the power of the mind. In segment 3 we explore the benefits of meditation, both physical and mental. Then we get into why that is. In segment 4 we wrap up our discussion of what meditation does to the brain. Then we get into visualization and manifestation. Lastly, we get into how to start a meditation practice as well as meditation's connections to spirituality. 2023-11-062h 23Esoteric WellnessEpisode 4 - AutoimmunityIn this episode we explore autoimmunity. We start by defining what autoimmunity is and what causes it. Then we get into why mainstream medicine fails to adequately deal with autoimmunity. We explore a functional medicine approach to autoimmunity. Lastly, we discuss a mind-body approach to correcting autoimmunity. Send us a textSupport the show2023-08-302h 13Esoteric WellnessEpisode 3 - Psychedelics Part 2We continue our discussion from last episode about psychedelics. In this episode we cover the common elements of a psychedelic experience. Then we explore the link between these experiences and the near-death experience. That leads us into spirituality and the role psychedelics can play, as well as the role they may have played throughout history. Finally, we explore the reasons why psychedelics are illegal today and have been for 100's of years. Send us a textSupport the show2023-07-192h 13Esoteric WellnessEpisode 2 - Psychedelics Part 1In this episode we start our multi-episode discussion of psychedelics. We start at the beginning with what psychedelics are and how they work in the brain. Then we discuss what therapeutic use of psychedelics is, what it looks like, why they are therapeutic, and what they are being used to treat. Then we get into the current legal status, what that means, and where it might be heading. We wrap it up with talking about how Kyle coaches around psychedelics and finally our own personal experiences with psychedelics. Note: There were some issues with Megan's mic early i...2023-06-302h 07Esoteric WellnessEpisode 1 - Introductions & Difficulty in Maintaining Health TodayWe start off with an introduction to the show and the hosts. Defining health & wellness. Then a discussion of the many reasons why being healthy is so difficult today. Send us a textSupport the show2023-06-071h 56