The health is powher podcast
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Listen to my podcast where I talk with special guests about creating the life, love, and relationships you want. New episodes posted each week.
Health is PowHer is your resource for integrative medicine, chronic pain, autoimmune disease, women’s wellness, and the trifecta of the mind-body-spirit connection.
Our host, Dr. Anna Esparham, MD is triple board-certified in integrative medicine, acupuncture, and pediatrics with certifications in clinical hypnosis and aromatherapy! And, of course, her years of experience in headaches, pain and women’s health!
Not only is she a doctor, but she has also been there as a patient and healed a dozen times over from multiple chronic pain syndromes, autoimmune disease, women’s health issues, and more! Now, she wants to help you heal and recover from chronic autoimmune disease and pain that has been holding you back.
She interviews experts all over the world to bring you the most down to earth knowledge and insights into how to heal yourself, even when you think it’s impossible.
We will delve into tough topics to promote your well-being. Our goal is for every woman to take charge of their health because...
Health is PowHer!
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Recovering From Trauma, Stress, and Burnout with Dr. Sapna Shah-haque, Creator of The Worthy Physician Podcast
Dr. Sapna Shah-Haque, Board-Certified Internist is one of my closest friends who has lived thru many dark nights of the soul and found her passion creating The Worthy Physician Podcast. To help physicians share their story about burnout, overwhelm, mistreatment, and moral injury.
Gut Health and Hormone Balance with Hally Brooke, Founder of Live Nourished Coaching
Hally Brooke is the Founder and CEO of Live Nourished. She's a Certified Functional Medicine Nutritional Counselor and Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and a Fox 21 Fitness & Nutrition Expert!
How To Correct The Musculoskeletal Imbalances that Lead to Chronic Back Pain, Headaches, and Neck Pain with Rick Olderman, Physical Therapist
Rick Olderman who is a Physical Therapist and Creator of the Fixing You Method has so much experience in how to correct the musculoskeletal imbalances that occur daily, ultimately ending up in chronic headaches, neck pain, back pain, hip pain, and even the troublesome plantar fasciitis!
"The Soul Solution" A Roadmap for Overwhelmed and Exhausted Women to Recover Their True Selves with Author, Vanessa Loder
Vanessa Loder, Author of "The Soul Solution: A Guide for Brilliant, Overwhelmed Women to Quiet the Noise, Find Their Superpower, and (Finally) Feel Satisfied," is a phenomenal woman and leader helping women create the life they want!
The Importance of Nervous System Safety When Healing Chronic Pain with Dr. Andrea Moore, DPT
Dr. Andrea Moore, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Board-Certified Orthopedic Specialist, Life Coach, and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner speaks about her experience healing chronic pain.
How I Healed From Chronic Pain
Pain Free Life Academy Group Coaching 8-Week Program is starting Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 and the first clients get a very special discount (one time only). This program goes through my 5-step "Take Back Your PowHer" framework on how I healed from chronic pain. You can too!
End the War With Your Body and Food with Nina Manolson
Nina Manolson is a Body-Peace® coach. She helps people end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body—as it is. She is known for her deeply feminist, anti-diet, body-peace approach. She brings her 30 years experience as a therapist, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Body-Trust® Guide and Psychology of Eating Teacher to helping women create a respectful and trusting relationship with their food and body.
End Suffering and Start Thriving with Divine Trust by Author, Dr. Nancy Wiley
Dr. Nancy Wiley, a super smart woman who graduated from Columbia University to become an Orthondontist for 27 years, is now here on Health Is PowHer to share her inspirational and spiritual truths in her new book,
Raise Your Vibrational Energy as a Caregiver with Dawn Renee, Founder of Traveling Caregivers
Dawn Renee has an amazing story to share with you all.Dawn Renee is a holistic life Doula, caregiver, Reiki energy and Ayurvedic practitioner who struggled for most of her life to understand the triggers and the cell to cell communication breakdown that were causing her to experience migraines, allergies, Endometriosis, auto immune disorder, Diabetes II, Lyme, Epstein Bar, mold exposure, gallstones and chronic fatigue.
Raynaud's Phenomenon - When Your Fingers and Toes Are Really Cold
I’ve been working with a family member with Raynaud’s Phenomenon, where the fingers and toes turn white, red, purple, blue, sometimes even yellow/green, because they are not getting enough blood supply and oxygen.
You are Your Own Powerful Healer with Christina Woods, Certified Hypnotherapist and Founder of Wise Woods Hypnotherapy
I’ve been working with a family member with Raynaud’s Phenomenon, where the fingers and toes turn white, red, purple, blue, sometimes even yellow/green, because they are not getting enough blood supply and oxygen.
Conquer Menopause and Optimize Vaginal and Sexual Health with Author and Gynecologist, Dr. Alyssa Dweck, MD
You are going to love this jam-packed episode with Dr. Alyssa Dweck, OB/GYN and now practicing gynecologist in the field of menopause, vaginal, and sexual health.She is also Chief Medical Officer of Bonafide, a company that provides women with natural supplements that Dr. Dweck has found to be excellent in her practice.She is a breath of fresh air for those of us dealing with so many of these women's issues and helps guide us on the right path to feeling better.
How To Rise Up From Depression: 6 Lesser Known Therapies
This is something I’ve recently learned in dealing with it myself. Sometimes, the best way for me to understand a condition, disease, illness, issue, symptom is to truly experience it for myself and figure out how to overcome it, heal, and grow.
The Anti-Aging Benefits of Sauna
The evidence for sauna bathing is definitely on the rise when looking through the literature. Sauna use or sauna bathing is when you are exposed to short-term high temperatures between 115 deg F to 200 deg F. It increases your body’s core temperature and this creates a cascade of thermoregulatory responses that alters the nervous system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system, and protective mechanisms in the body.
Honoring Darkness and Embrace Your Shadow with Dr. Winnie Chan Wang
Dr. Winnie Chan Wang is such a powerful healer and empowers each and every individual to integrate their darkness with their light.
No matter what you've gone through - grief, shame, anger, oppression, lack, manipulation, and fear... She shows you how to navigate through the dark and turn our wounds into light and love.
How To Trust Yourself
Trust was my word of the year back in 2021, because for so long, I always looked up to other people for advice and leadership.Thinking they were in the right and that I must follow their successes instead of my own. Trusting in yourself is giving the power back to you - listening to your inner truth and higher self to create what you’ve been destined for all along.
What To Do When You Are Being Manipulated and Used
If anyone has ever worked in their life, then I’m sure they’ve experienced manipulation or the feeling of being used, influenced, or worse - coerced. Emotional manipulation is a common method to control or influence others, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities, experiences, triggers and past traumas.
The Way with Jessie Kanzer, Author of "Don't Just Sit There, Do Nothing: Healing, Chilling, & Living with the Tao Te Ching"
Jessie Kanzer talks about her new book coming out March 1st, 2022 "Don't Just Sit There, Do Nothing: Healing, Chilling, and Living with the Tao Te Ching".She brings amazing insight into the foundation of health and wellbeing. And she has one of THE BEST presentations of "The Way" - The Tao Te Ching.
Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Today’s episode is all about chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis and similar symptoms.
Diagnosed as having persistent or relapsing fatigue lasting six or more consecutive months. The fatigue is generally not alleviated by rest, and there can be brain fog that limits functioning, sore throat or tender lymph nodes, muscle pain or generalized pain, joint pain, headaches, dysautonomia symptoms, food sensitivities or sensitivities to medications/chemicals, unrefreshing sleep and malaise/fatigue/pain after exercise for more than 24 hrs.
How to Reset Your Energy When You Feel Drained
Don’t you feel exhausted by the end of the week or on the weekend after a week of stress, worry, conflict, or even doing things that don’t light your inner fire. That’s why many of us feel so tired – because we’re pulled in multiple directions, giving away more of our energy to others, healing them instead of ourselves.