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50+ World-Leading Experts

Dr. Miles Nichols
Microbes and Mental Health: rethinking the antiquated paradigm for mental health
  • Statistics of the present day state of mental health and why this topic is timely and relevant
  • Why the largely accepted paradigm for the main cause of mental health disorders such as depression has been called into question with recent research
  • Review of the history behind the antiquated ‘neurochemical imbalance’ cause for mental disorders
  • Research covering an alternative explanation for why antidepressant medications are effective for some
  • A new paradigm for mechanisms and causes of mental health and brain dysfunction
  • How microbes and toxins can cause brain changes and lead to mental health and cognitive dysfunction
Wim Hof
Proven Solution For Depression And Anxiety Through Breath And Cold: Wim Hof Method Research For Mental Health
  • Wim Hof’s story and how he started with cold exposure and breath work
  • Tragedy in Wim Hof’s life and how cold helped him overcome a terrible life circumstance
  • Research about overcoming inflammation in response to endotoxin injection
  • How depression is connected with inflammation and how breath work and cold training have been shown to control and reduce inflammation
  • Research about mood regulation and chronic disease with the Wim Hof Method
  • The innate healing potential and the power of interoception for inner peace and happiness
  • The future of research and developments for what is coming next with the Wim Hof Method
  • How to start with simple practices that have been shown with research to control inflammation and mood
Dr. Jeffrey Bland
The Four Quadrants Of Structural Causes For Mental Health Dysfunction And What To Do About Them
  • A paradigm shift in modern medicine: how structure leads to function and improving function by uncovering underlying structures that are connected
  • The four quadrants of structure and how those lead to either health or chronic disease and mental health issues
  • History of depression and medical research and treatment: why depression medications do not work in a majority of cases
  • Overview of the latest research over the past decade into issues such as gut dysbiosis that lead to mental health dysfunction
  • Other elements in addition to the gut that contribute to depression including inflammation, immune system insult, and nervous system changes
  • The three main classes of compounds that have shown to restore immune and nervous system repair
  • Some practical steps to introduce these three classes of compounds through diet and supplementation
  • How to learn more and take next steps towards a more balanced neurological function and mental health status
Christopher Shade, PhD
What Is Causing Your Neuroinflammation And How It's Contributing To Your Mental Health
  • Why and how the brain becomes inflamed
  • How brain inflammation is connected to mental health
  • How anti-inflammatory supplements can actually promote inflammation in some cases
  • Treatment options for Neuroinflammation and how to support healing mental health issues
Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum
Fungus IS Among Us: Depression and Your Mycobiome
  • Mycobiome and the fungal colonies in the gut
  • How fungus can contribute to chronic diseases including cancer and gut imbalances
  • Connections between candida and bacteria forming biofilm and leading to inflammation
  • Links between fungus and immune dysfunction
  • How brain health and mental health issues can connect with fungus
  • The importance of diet, lifestyle, supplements, and sleep for balancing the microbiome
  • Garlic and candida research
  • The future of research on anti-fungal drugs
Thomas Moorcroft, DO
Infections And Toxins As A Cause For Brain Autoimmunity And Chronic Inflammation
  • A journey through mystery symptoms and misdiagnosis of ADHD and bipolar
  • How yoga, breath work, and internal practice began the inner transformation
  • Discovering Lyme and co-infections as causes for persistent symptoms
  • Recovery and the role of both external treatments and mind-body practices
  • Research and experience with infections and toxins as a cause for pediatric and adult behavioral and mental health challenges
  • How mindset, relating to past memories, and the stories about chronic illness we tell ourselves play a role in the illness
  • Strategies for working with the mind and uncovering inner wellness
Jill Carnahan, MD
Psychobiome And Mold: How Biotoxins May Be Destroying Your Gut And Affecting Your Mind
  • Dr Jill Carnahan’s health journey through cancer, autoimmunity, and mold illness
  • Stats about mold and water damage
  • Signs and symptoms of mold illness
  • Testing for mold and biotoxin illness
  • Connection with trauma and mental health concerns
  • Limbic system retraining and somatic exercises for mold and biotin illness
  • How mold connects with the gut and the microbiome
  • Practical steps people can take to reduce exposure and get started with recovery
Nafysa Parpia, ND
The Impact Of Microbes & Mycotoxins On Your Sinuses + Mental Health
  • Why sinus health is so important to address and support
  • The connection between sinuses and mental health
  • How healing your sinuses is similar to healing your gut
Diane Mueller, ND, DAOM, LAc
Glymphatic System, Lymphatic System And Mental Health
  • How are microbes, toxins and mental health related
  • What is the glymphatic system and how is it related to mental health
  • What is the lymphatic system and how is it related to mental health
  • What can you do to support the lymphatic system, the glymphatic system and your mental health picture
Diane Mueller, ND, DAOM, LAc
Chronic Fatigue, Mental Health and Microbes
  • Learn the relationship between chronic fatigue syndrome and mental health
  • Learn about how microorganisms impact your mental health hormones: serotonin and dopamine
  • Learn about how microorganisms impact the energy hormones: thyroid and cortisol
Neil Nathan, MD
Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease And Mental Health
  • Mold Toxicity frequently causes or triggers significant anxiety, depression, OCD, depersonalization and cognitive issues
  • Lyme disease and Bartonella frequently triggers significant anxiety and depression
  • The testing for mold toxicity and Lyme disease should be a component of evaluation for many patients with mental health issues
Kim Bruno, DC, CCN
Hidden Sources Of Neuroinflammation And How They Are Connected To Mental Health
  • There are many hidden sources in our environment which can cause neuroinflammation – we will explore these sources and affect your mental and physical health
    • Tickborne microbes
    • Environmental toxins including PFAs
    • Mycotoxins
  • Exploring testing options to identify and monitor the body burden which is leading to neuroinflammation
  • Learn what lab tests you may likely be missing
Richard Horowitz, MD
Novel Solutions For Lyme, Tick-Borne Disease, And Our Climate Crisis
  • How Lyme disease and other systemic infections can cause mental health symptoms, fatigue, pain, inflammation, and more
  • What role does climate change play in the increased spread of infections and associated symptoms
  • Is there hope for dealing with multi-system illness that has not responded to other therapies? 
  • Double dapsone combination therapy for chronic Lyme and Bartonella
  • Climate change solutions and science fiction / comedy novel
  • Courage and the future for infections, climate, and humanity
Jill Crista, ND
PANS And PANDAS: The Missing Links To Behavioral Disorders In Children
  • Symptoms of PANS and PANDAS and how to recognize them in your children
  • The connection between mold, infections, glyphosates and more in behavioral disorders in children
  • The impact of mold on digestive health, your nervous system and your brain
  • The core four treatment strategy of working with children with behavioral issues coming from PANS/PANDAS
Kent Holtorf, MD
New Peptide Protocol For the Rapid Treatment Of Microbe-Induced PANS And Mental Health Disorders
  • The thymus gland and immune dysfunction as a root cause for chronic infections, autoimmune, and mental health issues
  • TH1/TH2 immune system imbalance and how that can lead to chronic infections setting in and autoimmunity
  • Lab testing and assessment for immune dysregulation 
  • Peptides as treatment options for immune regulation and infections
  • Thyroid hormone as treatment for mental health concerns
  • Other treatment options and summary
Dr. Nancy O’Hara
Demystifying PANS/PANDAS: A Functional Medicine Guide to Basal Ganglia Encephalitis
  • The participant will be able to understand the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of PANS, PANDAS and Basal Ganglia Encephalitis
  • The participant will be able to differentiate causes of anxiety, OCD and tics, as it relates to autoimmune encephalitis
  • The participant will be able to define the triad of treatments for PANS and PANDAS
Bruce Alan Kehr, MD
Do Infections Cause Depression, Anxiety, And Other Psychiatric Diseases?
  • Psychiatric and mental health conditions and the connection with infections
  • How the gut, brain inflammation, and microglia activation can all contribute to mental health disorders
  • Post-infection cross-reactive autoimmunity against structures in the brain as a root cause for many mental health issues
  • Testing for how to assess whether infection may be playing a role in mental health and mood
  • Treatment options to reduce infectious load and regulate the immune system
  • Can brain autoimmunity change with treatment and if so is brain function restored and mental health improved?
  • The future of cutting edge treatments and where psychiatry is going as the field evolves
Dr. Miles Nichols
Mind you it’s all in your Gut: the gut psychobiome for modulating brain and mood
  • Dramatic increases in rates of depression and anxiety with gut dysfunction compared with the standard population
  • Research connecting behavioral disorders, autism, and Parkinson’s to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • Study showing gut bacteria can induce depressive-like behaviors and synthesize neurochemicals
  • Hallmark research supporting a definitive connection between gut bacteria and signals to the brain from the gut regulating stress
  • Other mechanisms of action for the gut-brain connection including leaky gut and resultant systemic inflammation
  • Some of the causes of leaky gut, imbalanced bacteria, and gut-brain problems
David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM
Why A Neurologist Shifted Focus To Gut Microbes And Metabolic Function As Solutions For Brain And Mood Issues
  • How and why a neurologist found himself studying gut microbes and their connection with brain dysfunction
  • Common underpinning of chronic illness and how inflammation and metabolic dysfunction are connected
  • What research says about Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and brain aging in terms of causes and solutions
  • How mental health is connected to brain dysfunction and gut microbiome and metabolic issues
  • Inflammation as a cause of depression and cognitive decline and heart disease
  • The commonly missed signs of metabolic syndrome and dysfunction
  • The missing criteria from metabolic syndrome that few are addressing but many would benefit from
  • The evolutionary link between fructose and fat storage and the present day role in metabolic dysfunction
  • How and why to test for uric acid levels and what the optimal range is
  • How diet can modify uric acid levels and improve metabolic function and gut microbiome
  • Continuous Glucose Monitors and how CGM can improve assessment and personalization of treatment of brain and mood issues
  • Research on exercise for brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and Alzheimer’s prevention
  • Summary and review of main assessment tools and at-home diet and lifestyle changes you can make to improve your mood and brain
Kiran Krishnan
Psychobiotics And The Gut/Brain Connection: Latest Research On Probiotics For Stress, Depression, And Anxiety
  • How endotoxins from leaky gut can cause changes in mood, serotonin, dopamine, and inflammation connected with depression
  • Clinical trial on probiotics and reducing the endotoxin and inflammatory response to food
  • Repairing the metabolic function for brain health, weight management, and chronic disease
  • Nervous system dysregulation and the fight or flight response as induced by leaky gut and LPS
  • Psychobiotics and peptidoglycan as important for brain development and function
  • How psychobiotics can regulate the stress response, improve neurotransmitter balance in the brain, and attenuate the stress response
  • Where to start for addressing LPS and peptidoglycans together with diet, lifestyle, and mind-body practices
Tom O’Bryan, DC, CCN, DABCN, CIFM
THE CANARY’S SONG: A Primer On Neuroinflammation And Neurodegeneration Early Biomarkers Of A Brain On Fire
  • The ‘Spectrum’ of Autoimmunity?
  • Predictive Autoimmunity
  • What is the ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’ –the brain as an early biomarker of a body in accelerated degeneration
  • Identifying the ‘stair-step’ progression of brain deterioration 25+ years before symptoms
  • The 2 Major Pathways of ‘environmental triggers’ fueling brain inflammation, killing off brain cells
  • Test, Don’t Guess-Identifying the most sensitive Biomarkers of Brain Inflammation
Kenneth Swartz
Improve Your Mood By Increasing Your Overall Mitochondrial Function
  • Elimination of Chronic Inflammation leads to rise in Dopamine Levels
  • Dopamine The Motivation Molecule
  • Mitochondria - "The Powerhouse of the Cell" - ATP
  • Hormone Balance and Pregnenolone
  • Mitochondria produce RNA and DNA synthesis
Norm Robillard, PhD
Resolving Headaches Through The Brain/Gut Connection
  • Surprising link between digestive health, gut microbes and headaches
  • Histamine connection
  • Resolving headaches with diet changes
  • Actions steps to address headache
Dr. Allison Siebecker
Is Your Anxiety Caused By Too Many Bacteria In Your Small Intestine?
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), digestive issues, and mental health
  • Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) as the primary cause for IBS
  • Link between SIBO with depression and anxiety and autoimmunity
  • What causes SIBO and why
  • Who should test and which testing to ask for
  • Stubborn and recurring SIBO: why does it recur and how to manage when it comes back
  • Non-digestive symptoms that might also still indicate SIBO
Steven Wright
How To Prevent Your Gut From Changing Your Mind
  • Digestive problems and mental health struggles
  • How the immune system is intimately linked to the gut
  • The gut and brain and immune and inflammation connection
  • Paraprobiotics and how they can modulate the immune system
  • Butyric acid and fermented foods and microbial diversity
  • Adaptogenic herbs and chronic stress and sleep
  • Zone of tolerance and opportunities for increasing resilience to stress
  • Practical tips and a place to start with gut or adaptogenic herbs or mindset
Diane Mueller, ND, DAOM, LAc
Genetics, Epigenetics And Mental Health
  • Learn about the relationship of genetics to mental health including discussion on pyroluria
  • Learn about microbe impact on genetic expression
  • Explore what you can do to help promote healthy genetic expression
  • Connections between microbes and mental health
Alex Howard
Reset Your Nervous System For Digestive and Mental Health
  • How chronic fatigue and mental health issues can be demotivating and lead to a loss of hope
  • When mental health symptoms are tied to physical symptoms and circumstantial versus global depression
  • Multivariable root causes for fatigue, mental health symptoms, and digestive issues
  • How nutrition, functional medicine, and mindset can work together for better outcomes
  • Nervous system and the role that the nervous system dysregulation plays in perpetuating chronic illness
  • Stress response and perception and adrenal hormone imbalance
  • Restoring hope and identifying root causes plus a process for recovery
  • Role of the nervous system in allergies, sensitivities, and inability to tolerate treatments
  • Tools and a place to start for people who feel like they have tried everything already and who have nearly lost hope
William Pawluk, MD, MSc
Can A PEMF Device Change Your Gut Microbiome And Improve Your Mental Health?
  • Difference between EMFs and PEMFs
  • The health concerns with EMFs and some basic physiology about why they can be problematic
  • How Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) can have positive health effects and the history of magnetic field therapy
  • Different mechanisms of action for magnetic field therapies and how they can help with the gut microbiome as well as mental health concerns
  • Targeted vs broad application of magnetic fields and the differences in effect
  • Using magnetic fields with water
  • How to find out more about specifics of PEMF devices and applications
Cheryl Burdette, ND
How Foods Influence Neurotransmitters, Immunity And Cognitive Function
  • How foods influence the microbiome
  • How inflammation in the gut affects the rest of the body
  • How foods influence neurotransmitters, immunity and cognitive function
Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc
The Survival Response And Microbiome Health: Dysbiosis, Leaky Gut, And Achieving Microbial Harmony
  • How stress and survival connect with a protein called galectin-3 and why that perpetuates inflammation and disease
  • A compound that has shown to block galectin-3 activity and may help with many health issues
  • The connection between the psychologic and physiological dimensions of chronic illnesses including mental health concerns
  • Impact of epigenetic impact of ancestry and family systems on illness and mental health
  • How Lyme, infections, the microbiome, and environmental toxins play together in illness and health
  • Practical steps people can take to restore health and reverse the causes of illness
Chris Masterjohn, PhD
How Your Brain And Mood Are Impacted By Nutritional Biochemistry And Diet
  • How Chris notices his brain, mood, and anxiety improve dramatically with a dietary shift
  • Theory of the nutritional biochemistry involved in the significant mood improvement for Chris
  • Overview of general areas that are researched for potentially relating to mental health concerns
  • Testing to assess nutritional status to identify possible imbalances and dysfunctions that can mood and cognition
  • How methylation relates to mental rigidity or flexibility
  • MTHFR and COMT genetic polymorphisms and their relationship to methylation dysfunction
  • Riboflavin as it relates to methylation and protein mis-folding and migraines
  • Importance of also doing mindset and cognitive work and how biochemistry work can help
Rob Abbott, MD
Treating Autoimmunity And Depression Through Nutritional Therapies And Improving Gut Health
  • Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis clinical trial using elimination diet, coaching, and group support
  • How and why thyroid issues can connect with depression and mental health concerns
  • Multiple mechanisms for depression, anxiety, and mental health symptoms
  • Clinical trial on major depressive disorder
  • Discussion about over-pathologization of some emotional symptoms
  • How to accept and embrace emotional experience while still maintaining an active role in working towards improving
  • Practical suggestions based on key takeaways from the clinical trials
Kevin Conners, DPSc, FICT, FAARFM
How Rife Frequency Supports Diagnosis And Treatment Of Microbial-Inflicted Mental Health Disorders
  • Rife light frequencies help guide your immune system
  • Protecting the brain from microglial priming supports mental health
  • The immune system helps protect the blood brain barrier
  • How do microbes negatively impact the brain?
  • What are the three phases of lyme and 5 phases of detox
Dr. Miles Nichols
Brain Damage: infections and toxins and you, oh my!
  • Overview of one of the main causes of mental health and brain dysfunction called “encephalopathy”
  • Review of how infections and toxins can cause encephalopathy
  • How parasites, viruses, and bacteria can cause systemic inflammation and lead to a damaged blood brain barrier (BBB)
  • Neuroinflammation and microglial activation as part of the picture for infections affecting the brain
  • How the immune system can attack the brain and damage important structures involved with mood and behavior regulation
  • Broader context of non-infection causes for brain and mood imbalances
  • Lab testing to identify triggers for encephalopathy
Mac Davis
How Hidden Parasites And Viruses Can Impact Your Mental Health
  • The parasite toxoplasmosis, how you get it and why it is related to mental health
  • Behind the science: what toxoplasmosis is doing to the brain, memory and dopamine system
  • Chronic hidden viruses and their relationship to mental health
  • Testing and treatment options for viruses and toxoplasmosis
Nathan S. Bryan, PhD
The Benefits of Nitric Oxide In Reducing Brain Inflammation And Improving Vascular Function
  • What is nitric oxide and why is it important to mental health
  • What are the 4 hallmarks of chronic disease
  • What can we do to support nitric oxide production
  • The problems with using Arginine for Nitric oxide production
  • How to support nitric oxide production as we age
Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCP
Environmental Toxins: Can't Live Well With Them, Can't Get Away From Them
  • Best ways to identify exposure to toxins
  • Top sources of toxins
  • Top symptoms of an overwhelmed system
  • Top ways to clean up our personal environment
Jaban Moore, DC
Parasites: Stealth Infections That Can Cause Chronic Illnesses
  • Where and how a person may get a parasitic infection
  • How parasites negatively impact our overall health and their implications on the gut
  • How parasites interact with other infections and toxicities (mold, candida, heavy metals, etc.)
  • Where to start when you suspect a parasitic infection
Evan Hirsch, MD
Insect-borne Parasites Could Be Triggering Your Panic Attacks
  • Why Babesia maybe a cause of your anxiety, panic or depression
  • Learn why labs don't always find Babesia and a clinical diagnosis is key
  • Learn a 4 step process to reprogram your mind to optimize healing
Evan Brand, CFMP, FNTP
Hidden Infections And Toxins Affecting Your Mental Health
  • Big picture around how toxins, infections, and mold can connect with mental health symptoms
  • Bartonella as a trigger for brain autoimmunity and mental health symptoms
  • Beyond mycotoxins: how mold can colonize and why mold toxin treatment may fail if colonization is not addressed
  • Relationship conflict and family dynamic issues as a result of chronic health concerns
  • Toxin and chemical exposures in the world today
  • When meditation, movement, and breath work work and when they do not
  • Asking for help and finding appropriate testing to identify root causes
Diane Mueller, ND, DAOM, LAc
Whole Body Whole Mind Approach To Microbes And Mental Health
  • About the vicious mind body cycle of microbes and mental health and how to get out of it
  • The impact of adrenaline on the brain but also on microbes
  • Body root causes that you should make sure to consider when it comes to mental health
Marco Ruggiero, MD, PhD
The Brain Psychobiome And Universal Consciousness
  • Is the brain required for consciousness? Can we live normal lives without the brain?
  • EMFs and the role the microbiome plays in helping you manage them
  • The Brain Microbiome and its impact on healing from chronic disease
  • Probiotics and Bacteriophages: What to consider in your probiotic choices!
Deb Matthew, MD
How Hormonal Imbalances Can Affect Your Mental Health And How To Reverse It
  • How do you really know if you should test for hormone imbalances?
  • How do hormones impact mental health and wellness
  • Root causes and lifestyle considerations for hormone imbalances
  • Treatment and the truth behind Hormone Replacement Therapy
Titus Chiu, MS, DC, DACNB
Leaky Brain: The Hidden Link Between Your Microbes And Your Mood
  • The link between microbes and mental health
  • What the blood brain barrier is
  • Why the blood brain barrier matters
  • What a leaky brain is
  • The link between microbes, leaky brain and mood disorders
  • Simple steps you can take to heal and protect your blood brain barrier
Brendan Vermeire
Brain On Fire: Examining Root Causes Of Microglial Activation
  • Gain familiarity with the physiological principles of Microglial Activation, Neuroinflammation, and Neuroplasticity, in relation to improving clinical outcomes in patient demographics struggling with Mental Illness and Neurodegeneration
  • Learn the major root cause factors that drive Microglial Dysregulation and Chronic Neuroinflammation that are increasingly rampant in patient populations and how to confidently navigate these complexities clinically
  • Explore the roles of the Gut-Brain Axis, Liver-Brain Axis, and HPA axis in the development of Neuropsychiatric conditions
  • Establish effective lab testing strategies to reliably assess, navigate, and monitor clinical outcomes with superior biomarker analysis
  • Learn new therapeutic protocol strategies to target key molecular pathways implicated in Microglial Activation to restore Neuronal Homeostasis and promote Neuroregeneration
Sinclair Kennally, CNHP, CNC
Hidden Root Causes: Terrain Theory of Disease, Exposures And Why You Cannot Get Well Yet
  • How are toxic exposures related to microbes
  • Toxic exposures where are they coming from
  • How are chronic digestive conditions related to toxic exposures
Heather Sandison, ND
Identifying Microbial Triggered Brain Disorders In Loved Ones
  • Microbes trigger brain inflammation
  • Brain inflammation can lead to dementia
  • Microbes systemically can trigger other risks for dementia
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  • What would you give, what would you do, if…
Peter Osborne, DC
How Mold Impacts Your Overall Health And What You Can Do About It
  • Mold as a cause for multi system illness and chronic inflammation
  • How mold toxin can relate to autoimmunity and mental health concerns
  • Pitfalls to avoid around ruling out mold, testing, and identifying an issue
  • Mold testing information both internally to see if your body has an issue and externally in your environment
  • Treatment and detoxification strategies
  • How mold affects the brain, hope for recovery, and asking for help
Dr. Miles Nichols
A Life Transformed: how removing toxins and correcting gut dysfunction resolved longstanding mood and health concerns
  • How and why the process of combining functional medicine with mind-body practices can lead to transformation
  • A story of Peter and his struggle with chronic pain, physical and emotional, as well as multiple chronic autoimmune issues
  • The power of meditation and movement practices for reducing pain and helping to heal his heart
  • Where a functional medicine process added to the mind-body approaches to add another layer of transformation
  • The importance of commitment when working to heal from chronic degenerative conditions
  • How Peter recovered his health, no longer needed several medications, and felt better than he had since a teenager
Ross Douthat
Recovery: A Journey Through Chronic Lyme Disease From A New York Times Columnist
  • How a New York Times journalist with a skeptical view became chronically ill with a mystery illness
  • The journey through medical uncertainty and the search for a diagnosis
  • Exploration with chronic Lyme disease treatment despite ambiguous testing
  • Getting worse before getting better
  • The struggle with relationships and quality of life during chronic illness
  • The complex social and medical perspectives on chronic illness causes and treatments
  • The importance of hope when dealing with mysterious complex chronic symptoms
Alexander Love, MAc, PCC, NCC
A Journey From Fragmentation Into Wholeness When Dealing With Chronic Disease
  • A story of family tragedy and how that shaped Alexanders path
  • Ways in which we can orient to loss, illness, and struggle that can promote healing
  • Disease based vs wholeness based approaches to healing
  • Self as an unfolding gesture that when experienced as fracture is still a part of a larger web of connection
  • Co-arising of motion of mind and body as two sides of a single cloth
  • Working with rather than against chronic illness and the opportunities present within the journey
  • The 4 layers as distinctions within the context of restoring wholeness
  • Practice for regulating the nervous system
  • Connecting with the deeper essence of wholeness during the experience of fragmentation
  • Being in healthy relationship with the symptoms, struggles, and challenges associated with chronic illness
Patrick McKeown, MA (TCD)
Breathing To Change State, Reduce Anxiety, And Improve Sleep
  • Asthma, sleep apnea, nasal breathing, and a lack of breathing education
  • Physiology of breathing and impact on nitric oxide, circulation, and nervous system regulation
  • Simple breathing technique for chronic fatigue, long haul COVID, and anxiety / panic
  • Carbon dioxide and the brain, heart, circulatory system, and nervous system
  • Reduced breathing exercise for training higher CO2 tolerance and improved health and energy
  • Sleep apnea and how to improve sleep through breathing, mouth taping, and more
  • Tying it all together with pre and post testing and measures for how your breathing is doing
  • How to get started with breathing re-education and resources for next steps
Sharon Stills, ND
How To Work With Challenging Mental Health Issues Beyond Medication
  • Learn about the link between microbes and hormones
  • Learn about chinese medicine meridians and how they plan into mental / emotional health
  • How to work with challenging mental health issues beyond medication
  • The glymphatic system of the brain and how it impacts toxicity load the body
  • Pleomophic theory and its relationship to disease prevention
Dan Stickler, MD
How To Improve Cognitive Function With Peptides And Plasmapheresis
  • Transition from surgery and the military into a focus on brain optimization and youthful longevity
  • Brain age and aging and how that manifests in terms of symptoms and life experiences
  • Assessments for how to identify brain function and opportunities for improvements
  • Testing the body under stress and nueromodulation
  • Breathwork, ketamine, oxytocin, nutrition, and environmental inputs
  • Peptides, plasmapheresis, consciousness, and environmental adaptations for optimization
Pierre Bouchard
Psychedelics As A Tool For Healing Your Mental and Emotional Pain
  • Integrative approaches to counseling including somatic therapy, buddhist philosophy, and attachment theory
  • How psychedelics such as ketamine can play a role in the therapeutic approach
  • Psycholitic vs psychedelic dosing and opportunities
  • Subtle trauma of complex chronic illness and mental health issues as pressure on the nervous system
  • Ketamine assisted psychotherapy and opportunities for transformation
  • Healing to awaken vs awakening to heal
  • Differences between ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA
  • Integration between functional medicine and psychedelics
Christine Schaffner, ND
Improve Your Brain Health By Understanding The Complexity Of Your Fascia (Connective Tissue)
  • Learn about the connection between the fascia and mental health
  • What root causes negatively impact fascia function
  • Learn about lifestyle and bioenergetic treatments that improve fascia function
  • Learn about the interplay between microbes, the vagus nerve and the fascia
Gina Bria
What Can Hydration Have To Do With Microbes And Mental Health?
  • Hydration runs every system in our bodies, why is no one mentioning it's profound role in mental health
  • What is full hydration of our tissues, especially our brain
  • What is the role of hydration in our microbiome
  • What's a better way to hydrate without guzzling all that water
  • How can we hydrate our microbes? What does fiber-rich foods have to do with hydrating our microbes
Betsy Greenleaf, DO, FACOOG (Distinguished)
The Connection Between Your Vaginal Microbiome And Your Mental Health
  • Learn how your vaginal microbiome is connected to mental health and even libido
  • Learn about what causes vaginal microbiome issues, and what lifestyle decisions promote vaginal health
  • Learn about clinical and easy at home tests you can do to see if your vaginal microbiome is healthy
  • Learn easy to implement treatment strategies
Peter Kassel
Emotional And Physical Toll Of Pathogenic Spread And Environmental Contamination
  • Why shoes may be carrying pathogens and contribute to infections in hospital and laboratory settings
  • History behind the HealthySole device utilizing UV-C technology to sterilize shoes
  • Results that have been demonstrated from data collected so far
  • How the world today has created an environment that harbors more infectious load than before
  • The overuse of antibiotics and chemical solvents and the associated problems
  • Crowdfunding and investment opportunities for a company with a mission to reduce infection spread
Kashif Khan
The Genetics Of Gut Health And The Brain
  • How chronic fatigue and mental health issues can be demotivating and lead to a loss of hope
  • When mental health symptoms are tied to physical symptoms and circumstantial versus global depression
  • Multivariable root causes for fatigue, mental health symptoms, and digestive issues
  • How nutrition, functional medicine, and mindset can work together for better outcomes
  • Nervous system and the role that the nervous system dysregulation plays in perpetuating chronic illness
  • Stress response and perception and adrenal hormone imbalance
  • Restoring hope and identifying root causes plus a process for recovery
  • Role of the nervous system in allergies, sensitivities, and inability to tolerate treatments
  • Tools and a place to start for people who feel like they have tried everything already and who have nearly lost hope
Heather Gray
Wake Up Your Ability To Heal With Micro-Frequencies and Structured Water
  • What are the foundations of health and why are they important
  • How did Lyme and mold contribute to my mental health issues
  • What is bioenergetics and how did I use to help retrain my brain

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