The Architecture of Health

In this episode, I talk with Kaleigh Erin Mason, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and founder of Nutrition Elements, about real beauty, body types, fashion, ancestral food, and learning to become ourselves.We talk about everything from feeling awkward or “ugly” at home and on Zoom, to the way fashion trends often choose one body type and pressure the rest of us to reshape ourselves to fit in.We also explore ancestral eating, soups and broths, individual food needs, and the idea that “one person’s food is another person’s poison.”This is a juicy conversation about beauty, nourishment, self-love, and the freedom of not trying to become someone else.Find Kaleigh: https://linktr.ee/nutrition.elements

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Peter Salerno, author of Cruelty by Nature, about the deeper roots of manipulative and abusive behavior. Drawing from neuroscience, genetics, and clinical psychology, Dr. Salerno challenges the idea that cruelty is always just the result of trauma or bad upbringing. We explore how certain personality pathologies may be tied to stable biological patterns that bias some individuals toward exploitation, calculation, and harm. This conversation offers a bold reframe of abuse, accountability, and victim protection—and invites a more honest look at human cruelty, survivor validation, and what true healing and justice may require.Dr. Peter Salerno is a psychotherapist, educator, and author specializing in personality disorders, pathological abuse, and complex trauma. With advanced clinical training and a research-driven approach, he is the author of Cruelty by Nature.Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dZzsvFWebsite: www.drpetersalerno.comInstagram: drpetersalerno

n this episode of The Architecture of Health, I talk with Matthew Zachary — cancer survivor, patient advocate, founder of Stupid Cancer, and co-founder of We The Patients — about what happens when people are forced to rely on the US healthcare system at one of the hardest moments of their lives.This conversation is a little different from many of my episodes. I often talk about movement, prevention, and how to stay out of the medical system as much as possible. But Matthew works in the world of people who do not have that option — people facing cancer and other high-stakes diagnoses.We talk about his own experience with cancer, and about the larger system patients are thrown into when the stakes are high: insurance denials, shocking prices, and the strange reality that so much of American healthcare operates like a business, even when it carries the label “nonprofit.”This is not an episode about avoiding Western medicine. It is about seeing the system more clearly — especially when you or someone you love may need it most.Because when things get serious, it helps to understand what you are walking into.www.matthewzachary.comwww.wethepatients.comwww.wethepatients.org

In this episode of The Architecture of Health, I sit down with David Crow, L.Ac., a clinical herbalist, acupuncturist, and educator who has spent more than four decades studying traditional medical systems including Chinese, Tibetan, Ayurvedic, and Western botanical medicine.Our conversation explores a concept David teaches called clinical-level self-care — developing enough health literacy to understand your body and participate intelligently in your own health decisions.Too often the health conversation becomes polarized. Some people reject modern medicine entirely, while others become completely dependent on it.David offers a thoughtful middle path.We discuss how modern medicine excels at emergency and acute care, yet often struggles with complex chronic conditions — and how both conventional and alternative health cultures can sometimes fall into what David calls “trendy wastebasket diagnoses.”As he explains, when complex health problems are reduced to simple explanations like parasites, heavy metals, or SIBO, these labels can become catch-all answers that stop deeper clinical thinking rather than advancing it.We also talk about another pattern he sees frequently in clinical practice: excessive detox culture. David notes that roughly half the people who seek his help are actually struggling with the effects of too much cleansing and detoxification, rather than too little.This idea echoes an old principle from Chinese medicine, attributed to a Daoist priestess:“Nourish the weak and cleanse the strong.”In other words, cleansing practices have their place — but many people today need restoration, nourishment, and rebuilding, not more aggressive detox protocols.Throughout the conversation we explore how people can live deeply connected to natural health practices while still appreciating the life-saving role of emergency medicine, and how to support recovery after powerful medical interventions such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, and surgery.Ultimately, this episode is about restoring health literacy, discernment, and resilience — learning how to work with the body rather than against it.For more information about David and his many offerings, you can find him at www.crowconsultations.com.

JD Tremblay completed one of the most extreme endurance challenges on the planet — a Deca Ironman: ten full Iron-distance triathlons completed back to back. You don’t finish something like that by simply pushing harder. You finish it by managing energy. And that’s where our worlds meet.In this conversation, we explore a powerful idea: what if many health problems aren’t strength problems, but energy management problems? What often looks like a lack of discipline may actually reflect something deeper — dependency. Dependency on tension, on inefficient movement patterns, on constant output without recovery, and even on false beliefs like “I’m special” or “I can’t do this.” These narratives can quietly drain energy just as much as physical misalignment or chronic stress, keeping people stuck in cycles of overexertion or avoidance.At the elite level, poor energy management ends races. In everyday life, it shows up as fatigue, chronic pain, burnout, and metabolic strain. The scale is different — but the principle is the same.JD learned through extreme endurance that you can’t override physiology forever. You can’t muscle through inefficiency without consequence — and you can’t sustain performance while clinging to stories that either inflate or limit you. The body always keeps score.So what if health isn’t about pushing harder… but about wasting less?This episode explores how the same principles that sustain ultra-endurance performance may also hold the key to graceful longevity — because both run on the same currency: energy.Learn more about JD and his work:🌐 https://hunger4more.com/🌐 www.hungrywarrioracademy.com📸 Instagram: @jdtremblaytri

In this episode, I share my personal experience working with Andrea McManus, an Accelerated Evolution practitioner who supported me through a deeply sticky time.I found myself repeating very old patterns — beliefs that once helped me survive a traumatic chapter of my life, but were no longer serving me.Accelerated Evolution (AE) is a verbally-guided process that combines multiple therapeutic and awareness-based modalities into one structured approach. It is designed to help identify and dissolve non-serving beliefs, emotional blocks, and internal conflicts.Rather than endlessly analyzing problems, the process focuses on safely uncovering where protective patterns formed — and allowing them to release — so forward motion can return.Participants are guided step-by-step to help resolve stored emotional tension, clear inner conflict, and restore a sense of flow, peace, and personal agency.What surprised me most was how holistic, gentle, and effective the work felt.Instead of pushing change, it helped me recognize where I had frozen — and begin moving forward again with more ease and peace.Sometimes getting unstuck isn’t about becoming someone new.It’s about restoring our capacity to move forward.Andrea McManus+1.720.726.0316Instagram: everywhereyouwonder

What if feeling weaker isn’t a personal failure—but a signal that something essential is missing?In this conversation, we explore how many well-intended health paths slowly drift away from true nourishment—away from strength, resilience, and the body’s innate intelligence. From ancestral practices like nose-to-tail eating and natural movement, to periods of restriction, softness, and ideology, this episode traces a return to what genuinely sustains life.We talk about nourishment that builds rather than depletes—like clean spring water, mineral-rich food, honest resistance, and movement that strengthens our relationship with gravity. This is a conversation about listening again to biology, restoring trust in the body, and remembering that health was never meant to make us fragile.use discount code FITNESSCONTRARIAN on your order for 10% off!longevitypower.com/FITNESSCONTRARIANinstagram: sculptoroflife

Sam Miller was told his extreme scoliosis was life-threatening and would require surgery. Instead, he rebuilt his posture using breathwork, nervous system retraining, and whole-body tensegrity principles.In this episode, we explore how scoliosis can be approached as a pressure and alignment problem rather than a fixed structural defect. Sam explains how the body functions as a hydraulic system, why 80% of nervous system signals travel from body to brain, and how true posture change happens from the inside out.We cover his practical 3-step process:Unraveling – releasing interference and distortionAlignment – restoring pressure and tensegrityFortification – strengthening the new patternThis conversation challenges the belief that scoliosis is permanent and shows how natural methods can restore agency to the individual—when paired with patience, belief, and consistent practice.Guest: Sam Miller (The Flow Wolf) – PostureDojo.comInstagram: the_flowwolf

Today’s guest is Dr. Cuan Wayne Coetzee, founder of MoveMedUK—a clinician and educator specializing in restoring pain-free, efficient movement through a neurological approach to the body. We dive into the central idea that movement is neurology. Rather than viewing pain as only a tissue problem, Dr. Coetzee explains how pain often reflects the brain’s protective responses, how movement patterns become “wired in” over time, and how they can be retrained with the right inputs.In this conversation, we explore:- what it really means to say that movement is driven by the nervous system- why pain is often a protective output, not simply “damage”- the differences between mobility, flexibility, stability, and control- the 10 levels to include in a pain-free movement plan- the pillars of healthy movement he teaches clients and clinicians- practical first steps if you feel “stuck” in your bodyYou’ll hear both science and story—and plenty of practical wisdom you can apply immediately in your own movement practice.🔗 Connect with Dr. Cuan Wayne Coetzee / MoveMedUKWebsite: https://www.movemed.co.ukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/movemedukYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@movemedukHis book "Why Movement Is Medicine" is available for free on YouTube as an audiobook and is for sale on Amazon.

In this episode, I’m joined by Monica Heine, author of Simply Done: Stories and Strategies That Make Life More Joyful.Do you ever feel like your days should have 38 hours instead of 24? In a world where constant busyness has become the norm, Monica offers a refreshing approach to daily life—one rooted not just in productivity, but in leadership. A recurring theme in our conversation is the kind of leadership that begins at home: how the way we manage our time, energy, and attention shapes healthy parenting, calmer households, and more resilient families."Simply Done" is for sale on Monica's website and Amazonwww.monicaheine.com

BioGeometry is a modern design-based science rooted in ancient Egyptian principles that uses geometric forms to balance the subtle energy qualities of living systems, environments, and technologies. It centers on a unique “BG3” energy effect—said to create harmony and biological regulation—which practitioners apply through shapes, environmental design, and large-scale EMF harmonization projects, including the well-known Swiss town case studies. The field now spans architecture, agriculture, product design, and home energy balancing, supported by courses, research collaborations, and an expanding global community.Deb invited Diana onto The Architecture of Health because BioGeometry is, quite literally, the architecture of health—bridging space, energy, biology, and design in ways that directly affect human well-being. Diana has personally helped Deb navigate and mitigate the stressors in her own living environment, including dozens of WiFi signals, a nearby 5G tower, and the impacts of toxic mold.Diana Moll is an advanced student of BioGeometry with a deeply interdisciplinary background: she holds a BA in Art from UCSC with an emphasis in drawing and printmaking, an MA in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and has been a California-licensed acupuncturist since 1999. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.Diana Moll's website: www.qipapers.comBiogeometry's website: www.biogeometry.comBooks referenced: "Hidden Reality: The BioGeometry Physics of Quality" and "BioGeometry Signatures: Harmonizing the Body's Subtle Energy Exchange with the Environment" by Ibrahim Karim Dr.Sc.Horse project reference: Katy Anderson, CMT-CLT Advanced Manual Lymphatic Drainage for humans and horses - website svbodywork.com#architecture #health #bg3 #biogeometry

In this episode, Brooke McPoyle—former Division 1 athlete, singer, and creator of Musical Breathwork—shares how her panic attacks and breakdowns inspired her to create a beautiful toolkit where science, sound, and breath collide. She explains how breath, fascia, and vibration can fine-tune your brain, breath, and body, unlocking resilience and pain-free performance in just 18 minutes a day. We explore stagnation, whole-body tension, and why restoring tension and rhythm—not forcing change—is the key to sustainable movement and healing.www.musicalbreathwork.cominstagram musicalbreathwork

What modern obstetrics often forgets is that we are mammals—with innate birthing instincts honed over tens of thousands of years. When we allow that system to unfold, it’s nearly perfect.In this episode, Eyla Cuenca, founder of Uncovering Birth, invites us to remember these “new old ways” of self-sovereignty and embodied knowing. Drawing from her background in anthropology, ethnographic photography, and years as a doula and birth trauma specialist, Eyla helps us reconnect to the deep intelligence woven through conception, birth, and beyond.Join us for a conversation that reawakens trust in the body’s design and explores how reclaiming our primal instincts can transform not just birth—but our entire approach to life.www.uncoveringbirth.cominstagram @eyla_cuenca_birth

Allergies are permanent, right? That's what I thought before I used Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET).NAET is a non-invasive, drug-free approach to eliminating allergies of all types. It combines methods like applied kinesiology (muscle testing), acupuncture, acupressure, and nutritional disciplines to identify and treat energy blockages caused by allergens. NAET is used for a variety of conditions, including food allergies, environmental allergies, and symptoms like chronic sinusitis, asthma, and fatigue. In fact, it can help heal MANY conditions as you will learn in this fascinating interview with Dr. Nambudripad.Dr. Roy Nambudripad is a distinguished UC Irvine Medical School alumnus and pathologist and a leading figure in holistic healthcare. Dr. Nambudripad has trained thousands of healthcare professionals globally, significantly advancing the practice of NAET. In this episode we discuss how this process works. Dr. Nambudripad’s dedication to excellence in patient care and his innovative approach continue to inspire the medical community and enhance the lives of many.#allergies #naet #foodintolerances #asthma #health #energymedicine www.naet.com

Frank Forencich, acclaimed author on evolutionary biology, ecology, and movement, joins me to discuss his latest book "Honor The Animal: Experiential Design for Teachers, Coaches, Trainers, Therapists, Parents, and Health Professionals."In this conversation, Frank confronts the mounting ecological and social storms that are pushing human stress to new extremes. His message is urgent: to survive and thrive, we must invent new cultures, new ideas, and new ways of living—radically, ferociously, and relentlessly creative.More importantly, he shares practical strategies to help us train for resilience. By designing deeply human experiences for students, clients, patients, and athletes, we can equip people to meet intimidating challenges with strength, relevance, and equanimity in a high-stress.humananimal.earthhttps://humananimal.earth/honor-the-animal

What if first aid could be more than just disinfecting and covering up wounds? What if it could actually nourish your body while protecting it—without toxic alcohol or petroleum-based products?In this episode, Deb sits down with Jodi Scott, CEO and Co-Founder of Green Goo: Plants With Purpose, to talk about how a woman-owned, family-run business is reimagining first aid and personal care for the better.Green Goo creates all-natural herbal salves designed not only to fight infection but to actually feed the tissue so it heals faster. Their mission: make wound care and wellness both affordable and accessible—from everyday households to underserved communities around the globe, where simple injuries can still turn deadly.Jodi started in pre-med and earned her Master’s in Health Psychology and trained resident physicians on bridging the gap between mind, body, and medicine. When she saw the potential to revolutionize wound care with plants, she took the leap into entrepreneurship.Now, through Green Goo, Jodi and her family are proving that healing can be simple, natural, and powerful. Their products are available online and shipped worldwide, making healthier first aid accessible to everyone.What You’ll Learn in This Episode- Why common wound care products may do more harm than good- How herbal salves can speed recovery by nourishing skin and tissue- The vision behind a woman-owned, family-operated business with global impact- How your skin serves as a “portal” to better health and vitalityConnect with Green Goo🌿 Website: www.greengoo.com🌿 Instagram: @greengoohelps🌿 Amazon Store: Green Goo: Plants With Purpose#NaturalFirstAid#HerbalHealing#HolisticHealth#WoundCare#PlantMedicine

Anna Gieselman is a seasoned movement and wellness professional with over 20 years of experience in the healing arts. Her expertise spans yoga, applied neurology, and functional mobility, with a deep commitment to helping others heal and thrive.In this lovely conversation, she describes a variety of unexpected and effective ways to train that go beyond functional movement patterns. To think about reframing pain as a predictor of threat as much or more than a symptom of something that already happened blew Deb’s mind! Even our pain is a pattern! Highlights:Your brain has two jobs- one is to keep you alive. Number 2 is movement.Not moving well is a threat to your brain.The quality of the smaller movements is what informs the quality of the larger movementThe brain really wants to know that you are in control of your jointsWe have different types of nervous system organization that determines what kind of interventions will work.You can learn more about how Anna Gieselman can help you at www.beyondfunctional.net or her instagram account @beyond_functional.

Dr. Cuan Wayne Coetzee is a chiropractor, author of "Why Movement Is Medicine," and popular Instagram influencer!In this interview, we discuss the pillars of movement longevity and practical strategies to move better for the long term. His instagram account, movemeduk, is where you will find dozens of specific exercises that he has found help people expand their healthy. movement options. To buy his book or get more information, his website is www.movemed.co.uk.

Bechamp and Pasteur were rival scientists who disagreed about the nature of health.Louis Pasteur's most significant contributions to modern medicine include his development of the germ theory of disease, the process of pasteurization, and the creation of vaccines for rabies and anthrax. These breakthroughs revolutionized disease prevention and treatment and laid the foundation for modern immunology. Bechamp is best known for terrain theory, much more akin to the microbiome theories of health that have gained an increasing amount of traction in current years. He essentially understood the balance of and the importance of the environments we create with foods that our internal systems either support or don't support disease. Béchamp challenged Pasteur's germ theory, arguing that bacteria do not cause disease independently but rather emerge from the breakdown of host tissue under unfavorable conditions. In this short episode, Deb touches upon how she stumbled across the work of this very under-represented scientific pioneer, and how we can have more agency by including his point of view as part of our design thinking.

Author Brian Costello shares about tools he has consistently found to help restore our natural vitality and feeling of belonging.Our conversation flows around the concept of "Do Less First". Brian reminds us over and over that just by protecting our time, space and energy, we can restore our physical health, intuition, our sense of the sacred, and the wonder of it all Brian also facilitates safe and transformative plant medicine ceremonies. He distinguishes between recreational, intentional, and ceremonial plant medicine experiences. Brian is the author of "The Primordial Code"- a fictional novel that reminds us over and over that everything we need is already here! Amazon: The Primordial Codewww.theprimordialcode.comInstagram: brian.costello_

Did you know that real snake-oil from the Chinese watersnake is a powerful anti-inflammatory, rich in Omega 3's? That it actually works? In this episode, Deb Voisin discusses both the irony and reality of what this common smear used against natural medicine really means in the modern pharma-industrial complex. Deb is a mom who helped her son resolve several "incurable diseases" and is the founder of Moving As Designed.

Did you know that “hurt people hurt people” is a dangerously vague, over-used, and under-substantiated claim that invites predatory behavior from dark personalities like narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, and other disordered personality types?Dr. Peter Salerno in this lively interview explains how foundational beliefs behind this statement are embedded in our culture and most therapeutic practices, sometimes putting victims in harm’s way by leaving them open to weaponized empathy, exploitation, and manipulation.Dr. Salerno is a licensed psychotherapist who specializes in trauma and personality pathology and has authored multiple books on these subjects including “Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance: Healing from a Relationship with a Disordered Personality” and “The Nature and Nurture of Narcissism”. He holds a Doctor of Psychology degree (PsyD), a Master of Science degree (MS) in Clinical Psychology, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English Literature. Dr. Salerno is a trauma specialist, clinical supervisor, and consultant who utilizes empirically validated, science-based approaches to promote healing and self-empowerment. Dr. Salerno is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and is certified in Family Trauma and Complex Trauma through the International Association of Trauma Professionals. He also holds certifications in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Personality Disorder Treatment (C-PD) and is trained and qualified to administer and score the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R). He has books, coaching programs, and individual services to help abuse survivors break out of trauma bonds inherent to abusive relationships.Website: www.drpetersalerno.comInstagram: @drpetersalerno YoutTube: @DrPeterSalerno

As a working mom, homeschooling seemed way too overwhelming and scary to take on until Covid mandates tipped the scale. On this episode, Carol Bowles helps explain aspects of home schooling that can empower families to design an educational approach that integrates with their whole family's lifestyle....and most of all, unlocks the innate pleasure of learning!Carol holds a Master's Degree in Education from the University of California Santa Cruz, and a CA Multiple-Subject Teacher Credential. She has been teaching in public and private schools since 2001, including teaching children and teenagers with special needs, teaching reading intervention, 2nd grade, teaching art to students in grades K-12, and being a consultant at a public school home-based independent study program.  She is also the co-founder of the homeschool program Acton Academy Santa Cruz.Carol was homeschooled for a time herself as a child, and when traditional school wasn't working for her own three children, she began homeschooling them as well.  It's been 12 years since she began her journey as a homeschool parent, and she has never looked back.  She wants families to experience the freedom and benefits of home-education, living and learning in a way that is meaningful and engaging to them, without having to fit into a prescribed box of someone else's choosing.  To contact Carol and learn more about how she can support you in designing your child's education, go to www.seacliffacademy.com or email [email protected]

Andreas David Christou has a Master's in Science of Movement and a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition in Cypress. He is a lifestyle optimization coach focused on ciircadian biology and quantum health. In this delightful interview, Deb and Andreas have a meaningful and wide-ranging conversation about how to design and build foundational health essentials into our everyday lives. Blue light regulation, red light, sunlight, and methylene blue are all tools that we can use to better support our circadian biology and create a an environment where our bodies can regenerate.Mobility-fitness.comhttps://www.mobility-fitness.com/storehttps://www.youtube.com/@FitnessWisdomPodcast

Why is Pancha Karma considered the crown jewel of Ayurvedic Medicine?In this episode, longtime Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner and Yoga Therapist, Nicola Turner, shares why and how this thoughtful and integrative approach to restoring health works where other isolated and general approaches sometimes fall short.For more information, go to www.nicolaturnerayurveda.com

Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent journalist who exposes state propaganda designed to manufacture consent for criminal government policies. He provides deeply researched analyses on critical issues—including US foreign policy, economic policy, and health freedom—to empower readers to think critically, take action, and make an impact.His work has been cited and recognized for its literary and scholarly excellence by prominent thought leaders including Noam Chomsky, Tom Woods, Max Blumenthal, Paul Craig Roberts, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and Dr. Joseph Mercola.Jeremy’s book “The War on Informed Consent: The Persecution of Dr. Paul Thomas by the Oregon Medical Board” has a forward by Robert F. Kennedy Jr and is on sale at his website www.jeremyrhammond.com. His book exposes how the medical board suspended Dr. Thomas’s license on false pretexts, illuminating how the true reason for the order was that, by practicing informed consent, he posed a threat to public vaccine policy, which is itself the true threat to public health.We hope you enjoy our conversation about various aspects of public health policy and medical freedom!

Sandy Gross is a "Regen Specialist"! She teaches her athletic clients the performance care skills they needed to learn to recover better in between practices and games. Regeneration is a set of skills, that when combined with breath and the mind, are superlative to simple rest and time. Since 2013, her work has filled a void in the sports performance space with tools, techniques and information that coaches, trainers, athletes, doctors and physical therapists value, but they weren't taught in their schooling. Tune in to our conversation about various gentle techniques that can help anyone improve the possibility of creating long-term, pain-free athleticism!www.sgmovement.cominstagram: mobilitymama

After years of debilitating symptoms that brought her to the brink of death at a very young age, Theresa Piela found health in surprising ways. This inspired her to found Living Roots Wellness as a concrete way to give back to those on similar healing paths. Theresa specializes in difficult to treat gut disorders that failed to respond to traditional antibiotic, herbal, or dietary protocols."The more difficult the case, the better." Theresa focuses on supporting the most complicated cases with “chronic illness” & trauma patterns that may have lost hope & the ability to connect to joy as a result of their conditions.  The art is reversing these signs of early aging and chronic inflammation and restoring function and vitality to the whole system.She is an independent health researcher & brain rewiring coach specializing in trauma, hypothyroidism, digestive disorders, SIBO, Lyme Disease, post-Birth Control Syndrome, heavy metal & mold toxicity, MCAS, insomnia, vagus nerve dysfunction, & hormonal imbalances and their overlapping influence on complex disease processes. Theresa holds space for 1:1, group coaching, and hosts a brain rewiring membership & community.www.livingrootswellness.cominstagram @livingrootswellness

Narayani Gaia is a healer of healers and practitioner of conscious embodiment and global healing! And an amazing dancer!In this interview, Narayani and Deb explore the question of "What's the difference between embodied meditation and other meditation?"Narayani is authoring the upcoming book on the Embodied Awakening Map Method. She is the founder of Awakened  Community and works one one-on-one with people and in groups globally.Social LinksWebsite: NarayaniGaia.comFacebook: @lnarayaniInstagram: @gaianarayaniYouTube: Awakened Life TV with Narayani Gaia Podcast: Awakened Life Radio: NarayaniGaia.com/podcast or Apple Music or Spotify

David Weck is a regenerative movement visionary and a prolific inventor who has helped millions of people across the globe. From world-class athletes breaking records to disabled individuals regaining the ability to walk, Weck’s inventions and biomechanics concepts have stood the test of time.In this interview, David shares how walking in perfect balance creates a priceless and irreplaceable confidence and resilience. He breaks it down to simple steps to start implementing “Head Over Foot” that can help any make Every Step Stronger! Weck’s work was a big part of helping Deb understand how to heal her chronic hip injuries and recover using balanced locomotion.Our tribe, even the athletes, is in chronic pain in part because we are not walking in perfect balance.  When we focus on this critical function and train ourselves to become “Poised To Pounce”, we not only gain ease by aligning with natural law, but also access to the elevated states and a healthier tribe.Every Step Stronger for EVERYONE! Let’s goooooooooooo!!!weckmethod.comInstagram @thedavidweckbio: https://builtprimal.com/david-weck-biography/

Thermography exposes sensitive breast tissue to 1/1000th the amount of radiation that traditional mammography does. Not only is it safer and cheaper, it identifies inflammation in various parts of the body that are critical for building a systemic and preventative approach to resolving or avoiding chronic diseases like cancer and metabolic diseases. In host Deb Voisin’s case, starting at age 26, doctors always prescribed expensive, frequent, and often false positive mammography scans because her breasts were lumpy and her mom had breast cancer. Fortunately, she eventually discovered thermography and Debby De Martini! This game changing approach showed that her lumpy breasts were FINE but found a cracked tooth and early thyroid issues not yet showing up on traditional medical tests! Debby DeMartini is a licensed thermographer and in our interview shares how thermography can help anyone with a body build a more accurate map towards building lasting health. Debby sees patients in Santa Cruz, California and in Texas. Her websites is [email protected] and you can reach her at [email protected]. If you don’t live in those areas, you can also look up other practitioners at thermologyonline.org.

Deb was shocked at the relief for head injuries and birth trauma that Cindy Bacon, a very experienced craniosacral therapist, was able to help facilitate for members of her family. In this episode, Cindy shares how this therapy helped her recover from a traumatic brain injury and other experiences as a midwife and home-birth specialist that motivated her to practice this method. Craniosacral therapy focuses on the bones, membranes, and fluid of the head, neck, and spine (craniosacral system). Practitioners work with the natural, rhythmic movement that can be disrupted by stress, trauma, or disease and aim to restore this rhythm by gently manipulating the bones, membranes, and fluid of the system.  Cindy Bacon is in the Santa Cruz, California area and can be reached at US 831.462.6575. To find qualified practitioners in another region, try The Upledger Institute at upledger.com.

In Deb’s healing journey, she was surprised at how impactful ions from grounding and ionic footbaths were to support healing from autoimmune and other “incurable” conditions. Once she learned that they worked in great part because they decreased chronic inflammation, she finally found and started using alkalized hydrogen-rich water because it was much more powerful and easier to integrate into her everyday life! Decreasing chronic inflammation became effortless!Reduced inflammation enhances the body’s ability to heal, promotes healthier tissues, and supports better organ function. Hydrogen-rich water increases antioxidant capacity and thereby decreases the inflammation response of the body in healthy adults.In this interview, Thai Cabados from Life Ionizers explains some of the science behind alkalized hydrogen rich water and many practical tips for making the most of this as a part of your health protocol.Studies referenced: https://lifeionizers.com/pages/studiesGo to www.lifeionizers.com to contact Thai and learn more about Life Ionizers! 

Deb Voisin, founder of Moving As Designed, has spent decades considering the physical and cultural aspects of sitting. She has intensely tested a variety of approaches to optimizing it as important part of her health freedom. In fact, when Deb sat at her most as a sedentary technology professional with a daily 3-hour commute, she gained an inch in height from very intentional small changes in how she sat! Whether or not sitting is really the new smoking, it is a critical part of our lifestyle design that merits its own episode! References: www.movingasdesigned.com www.gokhalemethod.com www.goatamovementsystems.com www.primalmovement.org

Susan Hughes is MA Certified Irlen® diagnostician and director of Irlen Visions. She was a teacher for 23 years and started working as a screener for Irlen® Syndrome in 1988. after three of her children tested positive for Irlen® Syndrome. She had been told her 14 year old son was lazy and poorly motivated. After wearing the Irlen spectral filters for six months he was moved into the gifted program. Her other children had similar improvements!  Since then, Susan’s work as an Irlen diagnostician has provided a key tool for brain healing that has helped thousands of people with a variety of disorders including: ADHD, dyslexia, autism, chronic headaches, seizures, concussions, MS, and a variety of other conditions.  Backed by over 40 years of research, The Irlen Institute has helped millions of adults and children around the world. Irlen is the original creator of colored lens treatment for light-based, visual processing difficulties.  For more information:: Susan Hughes in Chico www.irlenvisions.com The Irlen Institute www.irlen.com

Scott Mason is a myth-slayer, attorney, podcaster, TEDx speaker, and leadership coach! In this interview, he shines a light on toxic myths that can obstruct our personal transformation. With his depth of knowledge in mythology, he uses myths to debunk myths and gives us practical tools for becoming our most vital self! He also shares his key part as Deb's first dance teacher in Deb's epic movement journey! For more information about Scott's many offerings, go www.myfreedomrocks.com.

Marc Mangus is a practicing shaman. Shamanic healing and energy medicine helped him recover from crippling injuries he sustained in a car accident. He not only made a dramatic recovery for his broken spine, he also started regenerating health in a way he never imagined possible, even before the accident.  Marc shares insights into shamanic principles that helped guide his healing journey and that he uses with his clients.  For more information about Marc and the shamanic healing services he offers, visit his website www.vital-harmony.com

Regan Caruthers, author of Tragic Magic and spiritual teacher, shares wisdom she acquired from major life events and decades of training.  We talk about what helped her build discernment & intuition in ways that brought more freedom, joy, love and health to her life. This includes the role of our heart in intuition and coherence, the role of meditation and prayer in stress management, and many more practical topics! We also briefly touch upon what does NOT work...where we fall into spiritual bypassing or get stuck in reactiveness rather than with emotional sovereignty. Regan's book, Tragic Magic is available starting Monday November 4, 2024. She has a yoga center in Washington, Missouri, USA. Her website is www.regancaruthers.com and you can find her on Instagram @regancaruthers .

In her health journey, Deb was surprised to find one of the most confusing and downright wrong ideas about health were rooted in women’s health, hormones, energy metabolism, and fertility.  In this episode, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Menstrual Cycle Educator and founder of Golden Wellness Emily Waterfield-Buttner describes her journey away from toxic hormonal birth control methods and towards golden wellness that is practical, sustainable, and affordable! We discuss very practical tools that will make women of almost any age restore health, fertility, and hormonal harmony. Website: www.goldenwellness.co Instagram: @golden.wellness Online Course: https://www.goldenwellness.co/bringing-back-balance-course 1:1 Coaching: https://www.goldenwellness.co/hormonewellnessprogram Website: www.goldenwellness.co

Deb Voisin, the host of this podcast, shares the crashes and episodes of trying way too hard to be healthy that eventually resulted in her discovery of ways to be grounded that are simple and sustainble. Curing the incurable and reaching our full health potential without expensive procedures and gadgets is only possible when we are truly grounded!

In this interview, Heather Houston shares how cultivating our natural singing voices bring health in a surprising number of ways!  Heather has been a professional singer for much of her life and only recently learned that she had a tongue-tie. Tongue ties can be so restrictive that they deform normal facial growth, but after decades of having one, she finally saw a natural orthodontist who told her that her singing practice is what preserved her healthy facial architecture!  Heather gives us immediate first steps to take for harnessing this power more skillfully alone and in groups and together we get a better understanding of just how powerful the practice of mindfully cultivating enjoyment of the sound of our own voice can be. Above all else, singing is skillful and relaxed breathing. Heather Houston is a community choir director, recording artist, and women’s vocal empowerment coach who is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, and building strong, loving communities through the power of singing. She spreads her magic through her 30+years experience writing and producing music, and offering life transforming singing experiences  Heather’s songs are sung by communities across the globe, and weave themes of communion with the natural world, personal and collective healing, prayer, unity and inspiration. You can find her music on her website’s song library, and on all of the streaming platforms. Watch for the arrival of her new album, Shadows & Light, in the Fall of 2024. For more about Heather’s various classes and recordings, go to www.heatherhoustonmusic.com  Her recorded music is on YouTube and Spotify under Heather Houston, Dis Moi, or Sirens. She is hosting a free beginning class on Thursday, September 26, 2024 that you can register for here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/947466105627?aff=oddtdtcreator

Widespread chronic pain is modern...so are cultures designed around chairs and sedentary living that don't regularly get down on the ground. Ricky Stanzi is a former professional football player who experienced recurrent injuries. After years of research, he discovered something that was simple and worked which was Goata Movement. In this interview, Ricky articulates aspects of our design that once honored and incorporated into our everyday movement can make us more durable and free for the long term. He describes the skeletal architecture of the foot and the coiling movements native to our species that the Goata Movement system is specifically designed to address. For more information about Ricky and the free Goata Level 1 Groundwork Coaching masterclass and other offerings, you can find Ricky on Instagram @goata_movement or www.goatamovement.com

Frank Forencich is a writer, philosopher, human advocate, and founder of Exuberant Animal. He is a visionary and leader in the primal movement revolution who has authored many books and presented at many events around the world. In this interview, we take a more expansive view of the human body as it extends beyond our skin and connects deeply with our environments. Frank offers useful ways to imagine health in a stressful, sedentary world that challenges our evolutionary biology. From reimagining medicine to play tribes and participatory athleticism, we cover a lot of territory! Learn more about Frank's various books, videos and other rich offerings on website at https://humananimal.earth/

We have 2 ears and one mouth for a reason! In this episode, Grace Fleming of Hand In Hand Parenting shares the neuroscience behind how specific listening practices helps us connect more authentic and respectful ways. She also shares about what kind of boundaries help this happen.  Deb studied Hand In Hand parenting with Grace when he son was small, so these listening practices are especially powerful for parents, but their utility extends to almost any type of relationship.  [email protected] https://www.handinhandparenting.org/ BOOK: Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges by Patty Wipfler

Despite a variety of setbacks and injuries, Deb shares how she finally grew to love running at age 57! After yet another horrible hip crash that left her limping and cawling to avoid stabbing pain, she regained her ability to sprint in a surprising way. Determined to keep that ability no matter what, she decided to start sprinting every day for at least 111 days in a row. This tiny commitment over the 111 days transformed not only how she ran, but helped her authentically confront things that had prevented her from enjoying running. She called this experiment Project Run-Wave because she recorded her runs in slow motion and wore skirts as she ran that amplified healthy running's natural wave-like motions! She shares what you might learn about yourself by AIMING LOW enough to make small habit changes that will last. You can learn more about Deb at her website www.movingasdesigned.com and see the original videos (with music) of her running projects at her instagram account @deb-voisin

Vincent Wilkin is a physician, professinal musician, and a Safe And Sound practitioner. In this interview, Vince reminds us that safety is the foundation of health. The Safe and Sound protocol that he uses helps his clients make progress in many life areas. It combines specific filtered sound frequencies with a supportive therapist or administrator. It has successfully treated a variety of complex health problems like PTSD and birth trauma! Deb is excited to share this information with more people because it made a noticeable improvement in her son's healing journey. Vince and Deb also briefly discuss polyvagal theory, why calming our nervous system is so important, and how to start working on that in practical ways right away! Leaders in this field Vince references in this interview are: Stephen Porges:https://www.stephenporges.com/ Deb Dana:https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/ Stanley Rozenberg:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/accessing-the-healing-power-of-the-vagus-nerve-stanley-rosenbery/1122536586 To learn more about Vince's work and offerings you can reach him through his website:⁠http://sspvincentwilkin.com⁠

Tim created Original Strength in 2009 after suffering repetitive stress injuries from his athletic pursuits when he was led simple movement protocols that had a measurably positive effect on people with ADHD...and found that they instantly improved his quality of movement! Deb has been heavily inspired by the simplicity, effectiveness, and practicality of the Original Strength movement toolkit for years and HAD to have its originator, Tim Anderson on her show for an interview!!!! WOW this was SUCH A FUN AND USEFUL INTERVIEW! In this interview, Tim shares plenty of stories of healing along with his wealth of experience and plenty of helpful insights about how you can build your own sustainable, safe and effective movement practice bit by bit. We are designed to move JUST ENOUGH and Tim generously shares what we can do day after day to move in our design. Tim Anderson has authored several books on reclaiming our health through movement like "Habitual Strength", "Pressing Reset: Original Strength Reloaded", "A Simple Book of Strength", and "The Becoming Bulletproof Project". His YouTube channel filled with hundreds of tasty movement snacks is called Original Strength. You can find more about Original Strength training and practitioners at www.originalstrength.net.

Craig Lane, the founder of Health Alkemy and inventor of the title “Holistologist,” Certified Nutritionist (B.S. in Nutrition) and Herbalist, has experience and education in Western medicine, Chinese medicine, and Ayurveda. Deb invited Craig to discuss hydration because only after years of drinking 8 glasses of water a day did she realize that it was having a negative health impact! Craig explains the complex interconnections between dehydrating agents like caffeine and alcohol, mineral levels, salt types, and water purification methods that help us get a better picture of what creates optimal health. To learn more about Craig, contact him through his website www.healthalkemy.com.

When my son was young, he had a variety of chemical sensitivies, food allergies, and crowded teeth. In the process of working with Dr.Ariana Ebrahimien, I learned how changing oral posture and guiding facial growth could double airway size...and as he grew, his face and oral posture changed and he eventually lost ALL food and chemical sensitivies...and has a gorgeous jawline to boot! In this interview, Dr. Ebrahimien and I discuss various aspects of how holistic dentistry and oral posture are powerful tools for optimizing our overall health. Breathing, chewing, and swallowing are the most important movements that humans make!!! Walking is not even as important! We discuss a variety of factors beyond simply brushing and flossing affect our mouth's ecology and briefly touch on topics like fluoride alternatives, jaw strengthening, and lip taping to train nasal breathing. Dr. Ariana Ebrahimien treats patients out of her office in Scott's Valley, California. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Boston College and a degree in Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. She also received specialized training from the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI Global), which means she can diagnose and treat issues involving an improper bite, poor oral posture, or a constricted airway. You can learn more about Dr. Ariana at www.functionalsmiles.com and on Instagram at dr.ariana.e.

This week on The Architecture of Health podcast, I interviewed competitive athlete, mom, and stunt woman, Red Herzog!She shares her incredible journey from being almost completely unable to walk, even with a walker at 350 pounds. She shares what gave her the determination to make a complete transformation..in part by going against doctor's orders. By taking one more step every day, she eventually became an elite-level multi-disciplinary athlete and stunt woman. You can learn more about or reach Red on her Instgram account Redhotrises.