The AutoImmune Hour

Dr. Terry Wahls – Coronavirus, Wellness, and The Wahls ProtocolAired Friday, March 20, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTOur guest, Dr. Terry Wahls shares with us her latest findings from the newly updated and expanded bestselling book ‘The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles.’ Dr. Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials.In 2018 she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care, and patient advocacy. She is also a patient with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day.In this episode, Dr. Wahls shares with us: • What The Wahls Protocol is and how it restored her heath • Easy ways to implement The Protocol regardless of your diagnosis • Plus her views on Coronavirus, and staying healthy during this time • What certain foods including sugar do to our body… and so much more…Learn more about Dr. Wahls MS and The Wahls Protocol at https://terrywahls.com/. You can find her research papers at https://terrywahls.com/researchpapers/ and a one-page handout on ‘Which Therapeutic Diet Is Right For You?’ and the Wahls™ Diet at https://terrywahls.com/diet/.Listen to the informative interview first on Friday, March 20th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life InterruptedRadio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only.Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#Coronavirus #DrTerryWahls #TheAutoimmuneHour #SharonSayler

Imagine When the Focus Becomes We Instead of MeAired Friday, March 13, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTWhat if your mindfulness, practice, your spirituality focused more on “we” than “me?” What would change? In the episode, we welcome Patricia Albere. Best-selling author, founder, and creator of Evolutionary Relationships and Mutual Awakening. A practice-based on consciously creating a connection between two or more people who mutually commit to explore and develop higher states of perception and awareness. Patricia shares:How to find and transform any committed relationship into a dynamic engine for mutual evolution. The eight activating principles of Mutual Awakening Insights into how this practice enhances your feelings of connection, compassion, and kindness, plus so much more…More about our guest:Patricia Albere is at ground zero of an evolutionary stream of spiritual awakening. Just as meditation can be an opening to a personal awakening, Albere originated the Mutual Awakening Practice – a 21st-century practice that empowers us to enter into new dimensions of relating and expanding consciousness together. One in which we learn to go beyond individual psychology and transformation into a new space of shared unity or mutual awakening. Patricia’s work creates a palpable field of shared consciousness and love that reveals the unimagined human potential that can move humanity far beyond the limits of personal growth or self-development and into mutual awakening.She is a recognized visionary, leader, and innovator in the emerging field of inter-subjective awakening and post-personal development. She is the bestselling author of Evolutionary Relationships: Unleashing the Power of Mutual Awakening, developed to connect individuals to activate powerful fields of shared consciousness in their ongoing reality. Learn more at: https://evolutionarycollective.com/ Listen to the intriguing interview first on Friday, March 13th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life InterruptedRadio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only.Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#PatriciaAlbere #EvolutionaryRelationships #TheAutoimmuneHour #SharonSayler

Laurie Seymour – Trusting Your Inner GuidanceAired Friday, March 6, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTOur guest, Laurie Seymour, M.A., is a 2x #1 best-selling author, host of the Wisdom Talk Radio podcast, speaker, and Founder/CEO of The Baca Institute. Twenty years ago, she received the stewardship of a unique esoteric technology that accelerates the process of innovation and creation in individuals and groups.In this episode, Laurie shares with us how to tap into the creation/innovation part of us to optimize our well-being and activate our healing opportunities plus:• Easy techniques to help expand your conscious, creative awareness,• What happens when you feel things like “my body betrayed me,”• How to safely step outside your comfort zone and so much more…More About Our Guest:Laurie Seymour’s work is particularly valuable for professional innovators: thought leaders, product designers, company founders, because her work accelerates the time from ideation to implementation and revenue while also opening the innovator to new levels of confidence, peace, and satisfaction.Listen to the fun and informative interview first on Friday, March 6th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life InterruptedRadio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only.Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#LaurieSeymour #InnerGuidance #TheAutoimmuneHour #SharonSayler

Gary Stuart – Are Negative Patterns and ‘Life-long’ Challenges Holding You Back?Aired Friday, February 28, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTOur guest, Gary Stuart, Master Constellation Facilitator, Speaker, and Author of the #1 international bestseller A.I. Ancestral Intelligence: Constellation Insights from Beyond shares with us how Constellation Work helps address challenges we may not be aware of like negative patterns and other life-long challenges.In this episode, Gary shares with us:• Simple techniques to help expand your conscious awareness,• What are Constellations and how do they work,• How uncovering inner turmoil, such as unrecognized guilt and shame can help gain perspective,• A fun Oracle Card reading plus so much more…More About Our Guest:Gary Stuart has been facilitating transformative healing experiences for over two decades. His skills and techniques help expand consciousness while resolving life-long challenges, stagnation, and negative family patterns through Constellation Work and other transformation modalities. Gary’s passion is to help people heal and resolve lifelong habits that stop them from living their life. He never loses sight in connecting people with their happiness and fulfillment on every desired level.Learn more about Gary, the Constellation Healing Institute and his life-transforming work at: http://www.garystuarthealing.com/Listen to the fun and informative interview first on Friday, February 28th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life InterruptedRadio.com and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#GaryStuart #AIAncestralIntelligence #TheAutoimmuneHour #SharonSayler

Beth Alison Maloney – When Your Child Suddenly Changes, Could It Be PANDAS or PANS?Aired Friday, February 21, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTWhat if one moment your child seemed ‘normal’ and then suddenly as if ‘out-of-the-blue’ their behaviors changed radically? They wet the bed, pull their hair, have obsessive-compulsive or repetitive behaviors, motor and verbal tics, maybe they even rage inexplicably. Ms. Maloney wants you and your doctor to consider whether an infection might be the cause before jumping to the conclusion that it’s psychiatric. The disorder is called PANDAS or PANS.Ms. Maloney shares:• What causes PANDAS and PANS?• How are they diagnosed?• What if my child’s doctor does not understand or does not want to consider PANDAS?• What are the treatment options for children with PANDAS?Plus so much more…More about our Guest:Beth Alison Maloney is an attorney and leading national advocate for the recognition and treatment of PANDAS/PANS. She was thrust into the public role following publication of her memoir ‘Saving Sammy.’ Her son, Sammy, suffered severe mental illness as a result of an undiagnosed strep infection. He fully recovered with appropriate treatment for the infection. His disorder was first propelled to recognition when she and Sammy appeared together on The Today Show. Seeking to further empower parents, she wrote ‘Childhood Interrupted.’ It is the one and only resource guide about the disorder. In 2015, she was named by the Wall Street Journal in “5 Things to Know About PANS.” She also championed the 2016 documentary My Kid Is Not Crazy. Learn more about Ms. Maloney, PANDAS and PANS at: http://www.PandasHelp.comListen to the resource-filled interview first on Friday, February 21st at 7PM ET and later in podcast and videocast.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life InterruptedRadio.com and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#BethAlisonMaloney #PANDAS #PANS #TheAutoimmuneHour #SharonSayler

Swamiji – Living a Life of Celebration and JoyAired Friday, February 14, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTI recently caught up with our dear friend Swamiji also known as The Orange Cowboy, out on another adventure. I wanted to see how a new life choice was going. I found him out in a remote Florida forest, learning how to train horses humanely and lovingly…Recently he made a life shift, and in this episode, he shares with us how he decided to start living based on the question, does this bring celebration and joy? He also shares• How safety is an illusion• How to move past the shadows of beliefs that hold us back• Why now is the time to go and live our dreams plus so much more…More about Swamiji:He is the #1 bestselling author of ‘The Ayurveda Encyclopedia’ with more than 30,000 copies in print. Plus, four other powerful books, including his latest book, ’21 Days of Joy’ bring Swamiji’s mission to the forefront to help bring world peace through each individual finding joy and celebration in their heart and peace in their mind. He is an international trainer and speaker with more than four decades teaching wellness and consciousness, including presenting to the White House Commission on Alternative Medicine.Discover more at https://www.OrangeCowboy.com and join us at 7 PM ET Friday, February 14th and later in podcast and videocast for this fascinating chat.The information provided on The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#TheOrangeCowboy #Swamiji #TheAutoimmuneHour #SharonSayler

Robert Clancy – The Healing Power of ConnectionAired Friday, February 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTAfter Robert Clancy’s life spiraled out of control, he had an extraordinary encounter with one of God’s messengers who inspires him through hope, compassion, and love to discover his own life purpose, and how to show millions around the world to do the same.In this episode, Robert shares his real and raw story behind his life’s work plus• What faith, hope, and love have to do with healing• Tips for changing a negative attitude• Ways to connect deeper with yourself and others to enjoy and appreciate the human experience and so much more…About our guest:Robert Clancy is a creative visionary, #1 international bestselling author, and spiritual teacher. At age nineteen, Robert had a divine spiritual encounter that altered his life in profound ways. In 2012, he created the Robert Clancy – Guide To The Soul Facebook fan page, where he shares his inspirational thoughts, now followed by nearly one million people worldwide. He is a sought after speaker, presenter, and guest.He’s also co-host and producer of The Mindset Reset TV Show. Robert is also a regular contributor and weekly guest on the Los Angeles-based syndicated Late Night Health Radio Show. His latest two books, The Messenger and Soul Cyphers: Decoding a Life of Hope and Happiness, both quickly became a #1 international bestsellers upon their release. Robert is also a 6th-degree black belt master martial arts instructor and was recently inducted into the Action Martial Arts Magazine Black Belt Hall of Fame.Find more at https://www.guidetothesoul.com/; https://www.mindsetresettv.com/; https://www.themessenger-book.com/ and join us at 7PM ET Friday, February 7th and later in podcast and videocastThe information provided on The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#RobertClancy #PowerOfConnection #TheAutoImmuneHour #SharonSayler

Roberta Mittman - Creating Successful Resolutions and Winter Wellness TipsAired Friday, January 31, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTThis week we welcome back to The Autoimmune Hour Roberta Mittman, health and wellness expert, author, speaker, and founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York. She shares ways to ease your journey to better health, why most resolutions do more harm than good, and what to do instead, including her ‘pause’ technique plus:• How to escape self-sabotaging behavior,• What is a seasonal detox,• Wellness and nutrition tips for winter weather• And, so much more…Roberta Mittman is on a “quiet” revolution to help women over 40 redefine what they think their age means and spreading the word that it’s never too late to attain the life (and body) you want. She’s a dedicated alternative healthcare practitioner, health and wellness coach, international speaker, author, and licensed acupuncturist. Learn more about Roberta at https://www.robertamittman.com/ and get her free 10-day food-based “no juicing required” Detox Guide at: http://www.robertamittman.com/Detox/Visit the Autoimmune Hour show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/autoimmune-hour/Connect with Sharon Sayler at http://lifeinterruptedradio.com/#RobertaMittman #CreatingSuccessfulResolutions #WinterWellnessTips #TheAutoimmuneHour #SharonSayler

Dr. Elizabeth Markle – A New Approach to Creating Wellness: A Behavioral PharmacyAired Friday, January 3, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTWhen your doctor prescribes medication, they say something like, “It will be ready at the pharmacy, your insurance will cover it, and the pharmacist will help you understand the dosing.” Great! Yet, what about the behavioral-change prescriptions (advice) you are given, such as exercise more, eat better, and reduce stress?Too often, the doctor gives you behavioral-change ‘prescriptions’ and says, “Good luck. See you in 6 months.” Leaving you with thoughts like ‘well, that sounds good, but how do I start?’ Or ‘I thought I was eating properly?’ Without the right behavioral-change setting, these types of behavioral prescriptions, while well-intended, go no-where.Our guest has co-created a solution to ease the implementation of those behavioral-prescriptions. Elizabeth Markle, Ph.D., is co-founder of Open Source Wellness, a nonprofit place-based space offering experiential behavioral health and wellness. She shares with us this powerful wellness model designed to function as a ‘Behavioral Pharmacy.’Open Source Wellness’ mission is community-as-medicine. They strive to leverage the power of a community to transform health outcomes by preventing and reversing chronic disease through a clinically-proven, low-cost, long-lasting behavior change program. Dr. Markle shares many of the techniques Open Source Wellness clients have implemented to create successful behavioral change, including tips on the ‘big-four’ behavioral prescriptions:– Exercise more– Eat Better– Reduce your stress– Get some social support plus so many great implementation and success strategies for well-being…More about our guest:Elizabeth Markle, Ph.D., is dedicated to multi-theoretical and multi-level approaches to individual and community health and healing. Her research has focused on social support, social capital, and social sustainability in the context of intentional community. Elizabeth’s current area of study and innovation is around combining clinical expertise with social entrepreneurship to create sustainable, thriving cultures of health and wellness. Learn more at www.OpenSourceWellness.org and listen to this intriguing chat with Dr. Markle on the wellness model that’s creating excellent health outcomes Friday, January 3rd, at 7 PM ET.

Elizabeth Kipp – Changing Your Chronic Pain to PeaceAired Friday, December 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTIn this episode, we welcome, Elizabeth Kipp. Elizabeth is a best-selling author, yoga-informed addiction recovery coach, stress and chronic pain management specialist, Ancestral Clearing Practitioner, Bilateral EFT/Tapping Practitioner, and Kundalini Yoga teacher.She overcame chronic pain and addiction caused by childhood abuse and chronic health issues by acknowledging trauma and using spiritual and scientific methods to change a life-time of pain to peace. She believes she is proof that if she can heal from chronic pain, anyone can. She shares with us• How the 80/20 rule applies to healing• How you can accept how you feel in the moment and quickly move through pain• What you might be doing that contributes to pain• And what to do if you or someone you know is an ‘Olympic-level control freak’ plus so much more…Today Kipp’s mission is to spread the word that we can heal from chronic pain—it does not have to be a life sentence. She now works to help others achieve the same healing for themselves that she experienced directly from the work she teaches. She is the author of “The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power.”Elizabeth offers one-on-one and group sessions in stress and chronic pain management and addiction recovery, Forgiveness & Ancestral Clearing, Kundalini yoga and meditation, and conscious communication. Discover more at: https://Elizabeth-Kipp.comListen to our life-changing chat Friday, December 20th at 7PM ET and later in podcast and video.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life InterruptedRadio.com and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.

Melanie Weller – What Happens in the Vagus Nerve, Rarely Stays in the Vagus NerveAired Friday, December 6, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTIn this week’s episode, we are talking ‘all things vagus nerve’ and why our guest Melanie Weller, affectionally dubbed the body whisperer by her clients, says we are making healing way too hard. Melanie is the world’s leading expert in treating the vagus nerve as a pinched nerve, and she will share with us how we accidentally lock into our body past traumas plus• Why chronic pain is locked in our limbic system.• How the vagus nerve allows our heart to ‘speak.’• Why our bodies often take the path of least resistance• The theory of how our nervous system syncs with the electromagnetic field of the earth… plus so much more.In this wide-ranging, fascinating interview, Melanie and I explore overlooks areas of dis-ease and why it’s essential to study. Melanie Weller PT, MPT, OCS, ATC has an extensive background in treating patients no-one else could help. She now focuses on mitigating burnout and optimizing performance in entertainers, athletes, and medical professionals. She is a Physical Therapist, board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, Certified Athletic Trainer, and Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults. Find out more at: www.melanieweller.comJoin us Friday December 6th, at 7PM ET and later in podcast and video.

Dr. Jenny Tufenkian – Health Hacks for Cold and Flu SeasonAired Friday, November 29, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTIt’s all around us, runny noses, coughing, sneezing, oh my…! It makes you want to run and hide this time of year… No need, as our guest, Dr. Jenny Tufenkian, ND, shares with us great tips and tricks for staying healthy during this time of year, even with an autoimmune. Having cured herself of CFS, Dr. Jenny has been practicing and teaching functional medicine for over two decades. In this episode, she shows us the steps we can take to protect ourselves, family, and friends from the dreaded ‘crud’ including:• What to do immediately upon feeling, “I might be coming down with something…”• How to reduce the ‘spread of germs’ if a family member brings ‘it’ home• Things we can do to strengthen our immune systemPlus so much more…Our guest, Dr. Jenny Tufenkian, works primarily with complex medical issues and chronically ill patients. She digs deep into the available research to leave no stone unturned when helping patients… as she says she was ‘a hard case’ herself. Using what she has learning healing herself and others, she now has distilled everything into her signature’ Core Vitality Program.’ Learn more at: https://www.drjennytufenkian.com/And listen to this timely and essential chat Friday, November 29th at 7PM ET and later in podcast and video.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.

Caroline Aylward – Body Image and Well-Being: Crafting the Balance Between Striving and You Are EnoughAired Friday, November 15, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTIn this episode, host Sharon Sayler welcomes Caroline Aylward, the creator of ‘Get A Helmet,’ a company focused on heart-centered storytelling through video + audio. Caroline’s journey through body image issues, anxiety, and depression have taught this resilient thriver essential life lessons that she is now sharing with us, and in a film, she is producing and directing on womxn’s body image challenges and self-worth. Caroline shares with us her hard-won insights, tips, and techniques, including:• How to overcome media stereotypes that create a culture of disempowering thoughts and feelings,• Ways to move through ‘it all’ with ease, even in those moments when it feels painful and scary,• What to do when you uncover festering feelings of resistance and• Her personal experience of body image recovery plus so much more…About our Guest:Caroline Aylward creates brand documentaries for female-identifying small business owners, artists, and makers. She also offers 1:1 mentorship sessions for womxn ready to unapologetically reconnect to their power, release shame surrounding their body image + relieve anxiety. Get A Helmet is also a podcast — focused on spirituality, creativity, and wellness — available on iTunes, Spotify, and anywhere you download your podcasts. Caroline is shooting a film on womxn’s body image and self-worth in Boston with an all female-identifying crew + cast. Learn more at: www.getahelmet.coJoin our exploration of body image, wellness, and well-being Friday, November 15th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and video.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.

Stephen Hobbs – How The Stories We Tell Ourself Create Well-being (or not)Aired Friday, November 8, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTCelebrating our 250th episode! Today, we explore how we create our narratives (stories) and assign meaning to them. These stories help create our current and future well-being. Join me, host Sharon Sayler and fellow ‘word-nerd’ Stephen Hobbs as we examine how we co-create the stories we tell our selves and how they often foretell our future.Stephen Hobbs, co-founder of the International Mentoring Community is committed to the development of natural educators who deliver extraordinary experiences with their communities ‘in their words.’ In this episode, Stephen shares the importance of being mindful of the stories we are telling our self plus• How we frame stories based on our past, present, and/or future create our outcomes,• Why the way we share our life stories from our future including our health,• Ways to design your future based on both history and mystery language and so much more…About our Guest:Stephen Hobbs is also an eco-creator, entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist for children and trees. Stephen has published 15 books, book chapters, magazine articles, and blog posts. And, developed and delivered 500+ workshops and online courses around the world. Learn more at: www.WellthMovement.comJoin our philosophical exploration of how we form our future Friday, November 8th at 7PM ET and later in podcast and video.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.

Alicia Dattner – When Finding Your Funny Bone Helps You Feel BetterAired Friday, November 1, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ETWhile most of living with a chronic condition isn’t funny, sometimes I just have to laugh at the absurdity of it all — from the embarrassment of my a** hanging out the back of a hospital gown to my body sometimes having a mind of its own…Recently, I’ve been working on finding my funny bone and enjoying the well-being benefits of laughter with the award-winning stand-up comedian and comedy-coach Alicia Dattner. I like to say she has helped me maintain my ‘sanity through laughter’ at times… In this week’s episode, Alicia shares tips on using humor and laughter to create a positive mindset and well-being, plus• How humor and laughter are positive disruptions to the status quo,• How fun can be part of your spiritual path,• Overcoming the illusion of what is a reality,• Simple ways to exercise your laughter muscle,and so much more…More about Alicia Dattner:Like most of us, Alicia learned early to find the humor in the dysfunction she saw all about her. She has turned that learning into a fantastic career that has seen her perform with Maria Bamford, Ali Wong, Moshe Kasher, Arj Barker, Kate Willett, Ann Randolph, and many more luminaries. Alicia has been mentored by talented comedians over the years, including W. Kamau Bell (HBO, FX), Eugene Mirman (Flight of the Conchords), and Bill Santiago (Huffington Post, CNN, Comedy Central). And, she’s been knocking the tube socks off audiences at clubs like The Improv and Gotham Comedy Club, playing in San Francisco, New York, London, Hollywood, Honolulu, Bali, and Bombay. Learn more at: www.AliciaDattner.comAnd, join Alicia and I share a laugh or two Friday, November 1st, at 7PM ET — later in podcast and videocast.The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.