The LIVYOUNG Podcast

In this episode, Olivia speaks with Naturopath Victoria Fenton about both the scientific and the mystical, how Victoria has overcome many near death experiences, autoimmune disease and other challenge to reembody her physicality and find love in her life.

Naturopath, Functional Medicine Practitioner & Somatic ExperiencingTM trained Trauma Integration specialist, Victoria is Dasein’s second clinical provider. Originally from the UK, Victoria has found her medical & philosophical home within the Dasein team.

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In his book Harder than Life: Weaponizing Poverty, Addiction, and Violence, Kelly Siegel shows you how he built an exceptional life for himself despite struggling with poverty and addiction. On this episode, we discuss that and more -- how to overcome resistance with ease.

Kelly is the CEO of National Technology Management. He has an educational background in criminal justice and sociology from Western Michigan University. Kelly has been creating value and delivering results since running his first paper route as a twelve-year-old. His mission in life is to always strive to learn more and do better. When he's not working or with his family, you'll find him working out, reading, or listening to a podcast. On this episode we discuss how he overcame poverty, addiction and less than ideal circumstances growing up to build a company, write his life journey, face himself to free himself and find love within.

On today's episode, the magnificent Ellie Rome shares her personal story of healing from sexual trauma and helping others find their way. The youngest of many siblings, Ellie found herself often feeling lonely in her younger years and leaning into food and keep her company. As time passed, Ellie found herself spiraling in sabotaging tendencies like binge eating and sugar addiction. Today, Ellie is a breathwork specialist and Mindful Eating Coach. She has used her experience to help others in theirs. The beautiful power of healing! If you suffer from disordered eating, know you are not alone, but please do seek professional help.

On today's podcast with powerhouse Rachel Scheer who is a Functional Medicine Nutritionist. Rachel's journey as a nutritionist began in bodybuilding and athletic performance, however, a couple years into her practice she began to suffer from severe gastrointestinal dysfunction (IBS.) After many false diagnoses, spending thousands of dollars on doctor visits and tests, and one doctor even suggesting the removal of her entire large intestine, Rachel decided to take her health into her own hands.

Rachel says "using a functional approach and focusing on the health of the gut microbiome saved [her] life. All disease begins and ends in the gut, so rather than putting a 'band-aid' over an issue I.e. medications/drugs/surgery, we need to get to the root cause and that's what functional medicine comes in. My gut issues came from a bacteria imbalance or gut dysbiosis, and once I was able to address that through diet, stress, supplements, and lifestyle changes I was able to heal my body, avoid surgery, and come off dozens of medications I was put on over the years."

On today's episode of the LIVYOUNG podcast I interview the hilarious, honest, beautiful and exciting and excitable Vasavi Kumar. Vasavi Kumar is often described as the “Queen of Saying It Out Loud.” A first-generation Indian immigrant raised on Long Island, NY, Vasavi has relentlessly searched to find her own voice, access the freedom of her creative spirit, and help others along the way…out loud. When she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 19, she made it her mission to understand how her mind works, starting with making room to hear herself think.

Her mission is to share everything—the good, bad, and ugly—in order to teach a more mindful, practical, and simple way of running every aspect of your life. Vasavi has taught thousands of entrepreneurs, creatives, and artists from all walks of life how to work through any situation —by saying it out loud.

Vasavi is a Former TV host, Licensed Therapist, Voiceover Artist, and Creator of the Say It Out Loud Safe Haven, an online support community. She holds dual Masters degrees in Special Education from Hofstra University and Social Work from Columbia University.

Ben Feiden is an athlete, to put it mildly, a strength expert, coach, and motivation. He boasts a "not for everyone," mentality which is brutally honest because he only works with those who strive to truly thrive. In today's podcast we talk about the mental focus to achieve, strength and conditioning advice, designing programs for the body and Ben's journey on going from desk to getting fit as well as his new endeavor into entrepreneurship and opening a physical space in New York City.

Christina Allen is the face of Austin Shamanic Center and the woman I prize as most impactful in my healing journey over the past two and a half years. Christina's energetic work has healed hundreds if not thousands through her depth of knowledge and dedication to her craft of holding space.

In this episode we go in depth into:

Identifying trauma through people pleasing, attachment styles, relational healing.

We share personal stories about trauma, triumph, and the "why," behind many behaviors,

as far as to say that everyone has some trauma, which is why it's not about "what's wrong with you," rather, "what happened to you," and unwinding the story to find freedom and wholeness and healing within!

About Christina Allen: Following a traumatic childhood she was called to bridge Western and traditional teachings. She studied physics in College before a PHD program in Neuroscience. But after her mother's death she realized that as the body dies, there is a level of consciousness that remains in tact. By apprenticing with renowned Spiritual Masters of Yoga, Reiki, and Shamanism she has now spent over 30 years integrating the power and wisdom of ancient indigenous Energy Medicine pracices with her studies of physics, biology, psychology, and neuroscience.

Similar to Olivia, Christina owned and taught yoga at the Blue Raven Yoga and Healing Center in the San Diego area. She began her formal shamanic studies within that time under the guidance of psychologist, medical anthropologist, and shaman Alberto Villoldo at the Four Winds Society. Christina now teaches the traditional Andean teachings integrating her 20 plus years experience as a shamanic healer employs all she knows about about neuroscience, shifting states of consciousness, psychology and working with the energies of creation into her one-on-one healing practice and in her Energy Medicine Certification program teachings.

Three years ago, Rachel was working a soul-sucking job in corporate America when a freak accident led her to an epiphany and a life overhaul. Since, she's
created 3 companies and created a life wilder than my dreams. And she wants to help you do it too. On this episode we talk all things making magic out of monotony and building a life of dreams...but not without the effort. We go deep into change, trauma, tricky relationships, undoing patterns, healing, finding magic in the mundane and otherwise. If you're looking for inspiration, look no further. Rachel makes spirituality crazy, sexy, cool.

Grace Romano aka Graceful_Healing is a light worker who has moved so much energy through my body that our last session had us both screaming, fervently. While some might call this massage, I call it intuitive bodywork. Grace uses her intuition to track where energy needs to move in the body. Using different practices like cupping, hot stone, and traditional massage, the work I've done with her has tapped into incredibly energetic release ... On this episode, you'll learn about the power of healing through the body. Less spa massage more psychedelic, without any substance aside from some palo Santo, sage to clear space and massage oil. When I've been on Grace's table, I've literally been transported to different realms. And in my journey, she has been incredibly impactful in helping my physicality move through old wounding and eliminate trauma through the body.

On this episode, I connect with Lana Pribic of Modern Psychedelics podcast chatting all things evolution, plant medicine, her recent experience with Iboga, the difference between Ayahuasca and Iboga, how she got into this work, how the medicines shifted how she sees herself, her body image, her relationships and more. If you're interested in plant medicine, start here, and check out my previous pods with Christina Allen and my solo pods about my use with the medicine. 

Anya is one of the most in depth functional medicine practitioners I know ... and an incredible healer. Founder of Birchwell, a virtual clinic based in New York City, USA. Birchwell combines conventional and unconventional medicine to get to the root causes of your condition by learning about your bio-individuality and doing comprehensive lab testing. And uses nutrition, supplements, lifestyle and exercise that address those causes. Birchwells, our mission is to be the last stop on your search for answers and the first step on your path to real healing.