Essentially You: Empowering You On Your Health & Wellness Journey With Safe, Natural & Effective Solutions

Today Dr. Vincent Padre is taking time off the front lines helping treat the Covid-19 virus to share recommendations on ways that you can boost your immune system by restoring your gut health. The medical director of Pedre Integrative Health, founder of Dr. Pedre wellness and practicing physician in New York City since 2004, Dr. Pedre is my go-to doctor when it comes to shedding light on the organ in charge of your immune system, the gut.

Fluoride has been widely accepted as a ‘healthy’ additive to our water and air pollution since 1945, but did you know that it can have dangerous side effects when building up over time? Melissa Gallico went from being an FBI analyst to a podcast host and author focusing on the detrimental effects of fluoride through her own personal experience with acne breakouts when consuming fluoride and is here to share her knowledge with you today.

Given the current state of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is extra important now more than ever to practice good hygiene and boost your immunity so that you can keep you and your loved ones safe from infection. Boosting your immune system is the #1 best defense against environmental and viral threats, which is why I wanted to spend today providing you with the Top 10 ways to quickly and immediately boost your immune system to be prepared for any situation.

Over 50 million women in the United States alone are going through menopause, and traditional medicine is still scrambling to find root cause solutions to symptoms that affect the majority of women 40 years of age and up. Dr. Kyrin Dunston was one of these women, and through her journey of getting her hormones back on track, Dr. Kyrin made a shift from her traditional OBGYN practice to focusing on root cause medicine for her patients.

How does food influence your life? It's hard to comprehend just how much food impacts everything that we do from social events to nights at home. However food is also medicine, and it is one of the most important ways that you can impact your hormone health, energy levels, and overall wellbeing.

Endometriosis contributes to over 80% of chronic pain found in women, yet many doctors are not confident in their ability to diagnosis endometriosis, and the symptoms can be all over the map. Dr. Jessica Drummond is the CEO of the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, author, board-certified health coach and expert with over 20 years of experience working with women to cure their chronic pelvic pain.

It’s safe to say that many of us are worried about the current information surrounding the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. While watching the news is not always the best place to get your information, it is imperative that you take care of your families, as well as your own immune system during this time. 

The power of food has changed the landscape of my health and so many other women. Food can be the best medicine when looking to regulate your immune system, balance your hormones, reverse chronic disease and healing the body. However, it needs to be used correctly, which is where today's expert comes in.

Have you ever set boundaries for yourself and your health, only to have someone close to you undermine those boundaries? Setting boundaries around your health choices and enforcing them can be difficult, which is why I have brought boundary expert Amy Smith on the show today. 

Toxic exposure is something that many people turn a blind eye too, but did you know that it can increase your risk of cancer, infertility, and much more? Lara Adler is an environmental toxin expert and educator and a certified holistic health coach who teaches other health coaches how to eliminate the #1 thing holding their clients back from the results they are seeking environmental toxins. 

Meditation seems to be on everyone’s to-do list these days, but did you know that meditation can actually help boost your productivity and unlock more energy when done the right way? Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation, a cutting edge meditation platform that has been embraced by everyone from Dave Asprey and Jenna Dewan to companies such as Google and Mind Body Green. 

Estrogen dominance is at an all-time high for women 35 years or older in this country. Estrogen dominance can be linked to everything from allergies to autoimmune disorders, breast cancer, infertility and an increased acceleration in your aging process. So what can we do about estrogen dominance? That is where this episode comes in.

Have you ever blamed yourself for feeling sick, or felt guilty about taking time out for yourself? These limiting beliefs could be stopping you from achieving your optimal health without you even realizing it. 

By now you may have figured out that your hormone issues are a symptom of something bigger, but did you know that there are ways to naturally reverse these imbalances with just three simple foundations? Samantha Gladish is a registered holistic nutritionist, weight loss coach and hormone fixer-upper who reversed her own Hashimoto’s diagnosis through simple and free tools and is here to share her knowledge with you today. 

If you are worried that you may have started trying to conceive too late in life, Dr. Lauren Noel, better known as Dr. Lo, has some good news for you. A naturopathic doctor and fertility expert with a 99% success rate of getting women pregnant, Dr. Lo knows a thing or two about fertility. One of my go-to practitioners and top fertility expert, Dr. Lo is here today to highlight the importance of your fertility, regardless of your intention to have a family.