The AutoImmune Hour

Aired Friday, 2 June 2017, 7:00 PM ET Three Cosmic Tools to Break a Cycle of Suffering Sharon Sayler, your host for The Autoimmune Hour welcomes Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tanya Gee. Dr. Tanya shares why a good laugh and a good cry are good medicine and how the laws of nature apply to healing the human body. We explore the body, mind, emotion, and spirit connection as an integrated whole, rather that disconnected parts to be treated separately. Dr. Tanya shares with us: ~ How the mind, body, emotional, spirit connection affects your health, ~ Ways to be aware of how you are ‘being’ in this world, and how the ‘Peace Pause’ quickly brings your nervous system into a place of calm, ~ A powerful ‘Release from Self Anguish’ exercise and letting go to only love, ~ Easy ways to cultivate states of love and gratitude – the basis for healing. ~ Plus, so much more in this information-packed chat… Dr. Tanya Gee inspires her patients to seek health and wellness through the holistic practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). As a graduate of the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Vancouver, BC, she completed her post-graduate studies and clinical practice in Hefei and Shanghai, China. Dr. Tanya holds the highest rank of her profession in the Province of British Columbia as a Registered Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Learn more about Dr. Tanya Gee at: www.DrTanyaGee.com Listen to our fascinating and informative interview live Friday, June 2, at 7 PM ET and later in podcast.

Aired Friday, 26 May 2017, 7:00 PM ET ‘I Did It My Way’ - Two Women Share How They Healed Themselves From Life-Threatening Disease Sharon Sayler, your host for The Autoimmune Hour, welcomes the songstress Sheena Grobb and author Annie Pool, who proudly proclaim my favorite title ‘Thrivers”, not just survivors. We will hear how they uniquely created their personal success stories as we explore self-care, self-love, and self-forgiveness. Sheena Grobb, a songbird from the age of two, songwriter at ten, the acclaimed singer/songwriter, and health coach Sheena Grobb shares how she learned to strengthen and support her complete self. After being told “You have MS” at age 16, she developed her own system to regain her health by alleviating her hidden stressors. Sheena shares how she discovered ways to move through the complex language of emotions and a simple technique to uncover and remove ‘stuck emotions.’ Next, Annie Pool, author of the book, “Passport to Life: How I Overcame Incurable Cancer Through the Power of Travel,” shares how she turned an insurmountable obstacle into an opportunity by changing her incurable cancer diagnosis into a passport for life. Today, Annie is completely cancer-free and she shares how to create happiness and peace of mind regardless of what else is happening. Plus simple ways to quickly change your mood and start living your best life now.

Aired Friday, 19 May 2017, 7:00 PM ET Is Ruminating the Past or Fretting the Future Keeping You From Healing? Many of us have discovered that a complete healing process requires we examine our current habits, actions, and beliefs and ask our self; “In what ways, am I keeping my self from fully healing?” In this captivating interview, Pamela Sylvan, the Mojo Maker, suggests that radical gratitude and present moment truths are two ways to ‘let go’ of things that keep us from enjoying life and keep the body from healing. She also shares with us from her long career helping others ‘spiral up’ their personal power (mojo), amplify their presence, and make an impact on the world as a change-maker: ~ How to connect to the safety of the present moment; ~ Steps to stop tripping into fear, ruminating the past or fretting the future; ~ Simple tips to integrate healing with Radical Gratitude and Present Moment Truths. Plus, easy actions to embrace “full-throttle-living” regardless of your current state. Learn more about Pamela Sylvan at www.PamelaSylvan.com and join Sharon Sayler, your host for The Autoimmune Hour on Life Interrupted Radio to discover the healing power of letting go to stay in the present moment.

Aired Friday, 12 May 2017, 7:00 PM ET Sometimes There Is No Silver Lining - What Then…? I know when I got my diagnosis, I had a profound sense of loss and a period of grief… and loss is a topic we don’t give enough voice to according to this week’s guest expert, compassion and grief expert Laura Jack. In this transformational episode, Laura Jack, a trainer for the Grief Recovery Institute®, Mastery Level Transformational Life Coach, and author of the forthcoming book The Compassion Code: How to say the right thing when the wrong thing happens will share with us the practices of self-care and self-love, what to do when you are stuck in loss and how to develop a deeper understanding of loss (including the loss of your health) and its accompanying grief. She also will share with us: ~ How to rediscover your light after a loss. ~ Ways not to get stuck in a pity pit ~ What happens when you pretend you’re fine ~ How to be okay even while you are falling apart. ~ And the power of ‘acknowledge and not fix’ plus so much more…. Learn more about Laura at www.LauraJack.com and discover the healing power of self-compassion and compassion for others with Laura Jack and Sharon Sayler, your host for The Autoimmune Hour on Life Interrupted Radio.

Aired Friday, 5 May 2017, 7:00 PM ET Maybe It’s Not All In Your Head! The Stress Illness Solution Argh! You know something’s wrong, but all your tests are “normal?” Are they telling you to “just calm down…?” Yet, you know it’s not all in your head…it really hurts! In this fascinating interview, Dr. David Clarke will offer his stress illness solution based on his lifetime of dedicated work and wisdom from his book “They Can’t Find Anything Wrong!” He will also share from his detailed interviews with over 7000 patients whose pain or other symptoms were not explained by traditional diagnostic tests. Join me, Sharon Sayler, your host for The Autoimmune Hour as we find out: ~ How long-hidden effects from stress including adverse childhood experiences can harm your health now ~ How physical unexplained symptoms can result from the brain sending “trapped emotions” into the body now and what to do about it. ~ How current medical treatments have a few blind spots that can keep you subjected to unnecessary tests and unsuitable treatments ~ And tips to start the healing process quickly through “self-exploratory” techniques. Learn more about Dr. David Clarke and his book They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! at: www.stressillness.com

Aired Friday, 28 April 2017, 7:00 PM ET Why You Have Autoimmune and What To Do Instead In this provocative interview, Dr. Thomas O’Bryan, author of the bestseller “The Autoimmune Fix” and producer of the docu-series “Betrayal: The Autoimmune Disease Solution They’re Not Telling You” brings his great sense of humor and ‘take-no-prisoners’ down-to-earth approach to why you have autoimmune and what to do instead. Just a few of the many take-aways you’ll get are: ~ Why what you are probably being told to do now won’t help you heal. ~ How to remove resistance, redirect energy, and let yourself flow towards healing. ~ Why your symptoms were not the first manifestation of your problem, they are one of the last. ~ Why the way we think about healthcare is wrong, and what to do instead. Plus so, so, much more… This interview is not to be missed! Dr. Thomas O’Bryan (www.TheDr.com) is considered one of the world’s foremost guides to understanding chronic disease and metabolic disorders including the whole spectrum of autoimmune and he shares his wisdom freely for us all. He always has me learning (and laughing)… so, join me to find out among other things why “You can’t make lemonade out of prunes…” and what to do instead.

Aired Friday, 21 April 2017, 7:00 PM ET Five Hormone Hacks to Help You Heal from Autoimmune All too often with autoimmune your hormones (and other vital systems) are severely disrupted. On this informative episode of The Autoimmune Hour, Dr. Sarah Ballantyne (a.k.a. The Paleo Mom) joins us to share far more than paleo tips! In this information packed interview you will discover how to: ~ Train your hormones to “behave” and cycle properly. ~ Improve your ability to fall asleep fast and stay asleep. ~ Manage pain and increase your mental clarity and focus ~ Build your body and immune system’s resilience ~ Discover what foods you are sensitive to and what to do when you do… plus so much more. About the Guest: Dr. Sarah Ballantyne Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D. (a.k.a. The Paleo Mom) is the blogger behind the award-winning blog www.ThePaleoMom.com, cohost of the top-rated and syndicated The Paleo View podcast, and New York Times Bestselling author of The Paleo Approach, The Paleo Approach Cookbook, and The Healing Kitchen. Dr. Sarah is passionate about scientific literacy and has the uncanny knack for distilling scientific concepts into straightforward and accessible explanations. As a scientist both by training and by nature, Sarah is deeply interested in understanding how the foods we eat interact with our gut barriers, immune systems, and hormones to influence health. Her curiosity goes further than just our diet; she is genuinely interested in lifestyle factors like sleep, stress, and activity on which she shares her wisdom freely on this episode.

Aired Friday, 14 April 2017, 7:00 PM ET How to Remove Junk Thoughts - “The Junk Food of Your Mind” It’s been long-known that if you put junk in, you get junk out… that includes the mind too… junk thoughts in, junk results out. And, we have the power to change that…when we meditate, even for short periods of time, the evidence shows we can control the mind ‘junk’ to improve our health, mental acuity, emotional balance and spiritual connection — a 4-part win! In this experiential interview, Leonard Perlmuttter, one of the Western world’s leading pioneers of meditation and founder of the American Meditation Institute will share with us his life-learnings, and wisdom including insights from his new book The Heart and Science of Yoga: The American Meditation Institute’s Empowering Self-Care Program for a Happy, Healthy, Joyful Life. During our time together, you’ll discover: ~ How the Bridge of Yoga can always lead you to your highest and greatest good ~ How to release pain and resolve inner conflicts ~ The right mantra for you — and why a mantra makes such a profound difference ~ The best and easiest ways to anchor meditation in your life — even if you are prone to drift! We will even talk him into guiding us through a mini-meditation and so much more…. Perlmutter’s great sense of humor and down-to-earth approach guides us through his ‘ladder’ to achieving mastery over your inner and outer worlds—and living in a daily state of transcendence. Join your host Sharon Sayler and Leonard Perlmuttter, Friday, April 14, 2017 — 7PM ET Learn more about The Heart and Science of Yoga and Leonard Perlmuttter at: www.AmericanMeditation.org