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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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How to Decrease High Cholesterol without Medication, Using Nutrition and Diet for Heart Health
Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD
-- (stands for the first and one of maybe 6 Master's Level Integrative Dietitians in the entire COUNTRY - possibly the entire world)--
reveals what the latest evidence says about high cholesterol and why medicine isn't really going to help prevent heart disease and risk of death. Learn how to decrease high cholesterol without medication.
Simple and Powerful Mind-Body Therapies to Transform Your Well-Being With Dr. Lawrence Rosen, MD
Health Is PowHer Podcast Episode 30: Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Rosen, MD is a sought-after pediatric integrative medicine physician who advocates for family and child wellness nationally. Discover how to transform your Well-Being
What You can Do to Prevent Toxic Air Pollution From Affecting Your Health and Protect Your Immune System
Combustion particles -think exhaust, smoke particles, anything that gets set on fire- increases risk of chronic disease! No wonder why people feel sick after sucking in diesel fuel and living near wildfires that plagued many of us this 2020.
Think worse outcomes for heart disease, asthma, migraines, and even more susceptibility to the damage of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Top 4 Essential Oils for Anxiety and Stress Relief
Discover the top 4 Essential Oils and Blends for anxiety and Stress. Aromatherapy is incredible for anxiety and stress.
Even if we take out the physiologic activity of each essential oil, using our smell sense to self-regulate is incredible at calming our nervous system.
Natural Treatments to Heal Anxiety and Relieve Stress
Health Is PowHerPodcast Ep. #26
Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms worldwide, where our sympathetic nervous system is in a state of heightened alert!!
The fight or flight response that is amazing at ensuring our survival.
But it's not so great when it’s constantly turned on. Our bodies can’t go into a rest or relax and chill out state to sleep, focus at work or school, and play with our children, or spend quality time with our families.
Best Essential Oils to Use for Pain - Doctor Approved!
We're going to discuss the top and doctor approved essential oils and aromatherapy for headaches, myofascial pain, muscle pain, muscle spasms, muscle tension, and fibromyalgia!
Aromatherapy refers to the therapeutic use of essential oils through topical application or inhalation (not ingestion!!). The current evidence for utilizing aromatherapy to manage pain is growing (Lakhan et al. 2016).
How to stop fear and anxiety from creating health problems
I’ve been hearing so much venting from my colleagues, patients, and friends that this constant stress and anxiety has us in a bind - creating new symptoms of insomnia, palpitations, anger, overeating, a constant buzzing/shaking feeling, constipation, abdominal bloating or even abdominal pain, and chronic fatigue.
Healing Moms through Whole Child Wellness
Carissa Stanton, MD is a pediatrician who provides holistic care for children to make them more well, not just less sick. She cares for the whole child by integrating nutrition, functional and general pediatric medicine. She has a bachelors of science degree in dietetics and a medical doctorate degree. She completed a residency and board certification in General Pediatrics.
How to Get Better Sleep for More Energy and Decreased Pain: Part 2
How To Get Better Sleep To Cure Pain & Increase Energy? So we left off from episode #20 where we discussed how sleep can worsen pain and vice versa, as well as the importance of sleep to ward off and prevent pain. We talked about how sleep and stress are the #1 triggers of pain. But what I may have failed to mention is that stress may be the #1 trigger of sleepless nights! That’s why it’s so important to focus on stress, anxiety, and our mental health in order to achieve the deep and healthy sleep we need to stay healthy.
Using Companion Archetypes to Heal Chronic Pain and Illness with Stephanie McGuirk, Doctor of Acupuncture and Somatic Healing Expert
Using Companion Archetypes to Heal Chronic Pain and Illness. Over the past 20 years Stephanie McGuirk, Doctor of Acupuncture has studied in the U.S as well as China, grown a thriving private practice worked as the staff acupuncturist at Kansas University Hospital’s Integrative health department. Stephanie has helped thousands of people heal their stressed nervous systems’, improve their performance and experience higher levels of life satisfaction. Her book, TOTEM Companions, Mastering the Archetypes and the five elements within you is available through Amazon books.
How to Heal Pain By Sleeping: remedies and therapies to sleep better to decrease pain
Hi everyone, welcome to HIP’s Health Is PowHer episode #20! How to treat sleep and pain issues! I’m your host Dr. Anna, MD and we’re going to talk about how sleep affects pain. And how pain affects sleep.
Healing Fibromyalgia: Treatments and Remedies to Heal and Recover from Fibromyalgia
HI Hipsters, welcome to the Health Is PowHer Podcast Episode #19, I’m your host Dr. Anna and I’m super uber excited to talk about fibromyalgia as I have had the most crazy experience dealing with this crazy achey burning muscle and joint pain. In our previous pain episodes, we figured out I developed this immediately after a flu shot likely due to a neuroimmune challenge from my past history with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome. But I had no idea it could be that freaking PAINFUL!
The Secret Health Manifest
This is your chance to finally learn what you truly need to heal and recover from whatever you’re struggling with. This is your excavation: digging deeper to find out what you truly need to be more aligned and connected with your authentic self so you can live out the life you’ve always wanted.
How to Heal From Chronic Pain: Lessons from my chronic pain journey as a pain-trained physician
In this episode I am going to share super huge mama jamba chronic health journey again. One of the most PAINFUL and FEARFUL and LIFE-DRAINING experiences I’ve ever gone through.
As a pain-trained physician, I finally understood how freaking painful PAIN can be. I mean... when my patients say 11/10, I know exactly what they’re talking about now.
Healing from Mold and Mycotoxin Exposure with Dr. Jessica Jellison, MD
Dr. Jessica Jellison at her integrative and functional medicine practice, Jellison Integrative MD in Overland Park, KS
Wondering why summers are so much more fatiguing and nose clogging and physically exhausting in the Midwest than in other drier regions of the United States?
Benefits of Myofascial Release
The one thing you should start doing every day.
Research on myofascial release is incredible. It has been used by athletes and physical therapists for years to help with pain, injury and muscle tightness, but studies show even more health benefits than that.
How Hypnosis Helps Heal Chronic Symptoms
#1 Myth of Hypnosis: No one can be hypnotized without wanting to. There is no such thing as mind control. I know many think of hypnosis as someone getting on stage and being “hypnotized” by a performer. While that is fun to watch, clinical hypnosis is something completely different.
My Journey Healing From Chronic Illness and Pain
Hi beautiful people, thanks for listening to the HIP: Health Is PowHer Podcast Episode # 13. First off, thank you so much for choosing our podcast/website and being here today. I do want to provide and gift you with as much information and resources as humanly possible to help women all over the world recover and gain back their lives from chronic illness and pain.
Exercise: What is too much and what is enough?
Exercise: How much is too much and how much is enough?
Join HIP hosts Dr. Anna Esparham-Evans and Anne Clark, registered nurse and certified personal trainer for a conversation about sustainable exercise that helps and does not hinder health. So often, us women find ourselves on one end of the spectrum. We either feel like we don't work out enough and want to be in better shape, or we are over-exercising and running ourselves into the ground.
Working out the right way: To be strong and injury-free
Anne Clark, RN, CPN and NASM-CPT discusses her path to becoming a personal trainer and how you can get started with a safe and effective exercise plan. The world of fitness can be hard to navigate and so many people end up with injuries. We want to share some evidence-based strategies to get in awesome shape without being slowed down by injury and pain!