Ashley Taylor Wellness Podcast Ashley Taylor
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Brought to you by Ashley Taylor from @ashleytaylorwellness --- Ashley is an RN of 10 years, as well as a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and has learned so much from both the conventional and alternative health care systems! --- As always, one size does not fit all and this is not medical advice. Everything on this podcast is shared for educational and entertainment purposes only. --- On this podcast, we talk about all things beauty, health/wellness, and optimization! --- Ashley is known for being an open-book, exploring alternative wellness practices, and respecting that each adult has the right to autonomy and to make their own choices regarding their health and lifestyle. What works for one person is not necessarily right or appropriate for another person. --- This podcast is here to inspire you to learn new ways to improve your quality of life and take your power back! --- Episodes are released Mondays & Thursdays, and are a mix of solo episodes and guest episodes. Feel free to make any suggestions for guests/topics by emailing ashley@ashleytaylorwellness.com --- Please leave a review so that I can help reach more people, bring on amazing guests, and continue to run this podcast free of charge to the listeners!
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068 - Our Bodies Are Electric, Pulse PEMF With Joe Lehotay
Joe has been in business development in the PEMF wellness and performance market for 7 years and – and it’s the most fun he’s ever had! One of Joe’s specialties is educating private and business users on the benefits of PEMF in an easy to understand way. He believes his clients should never feel like they have to figure things out alone. When Joe is not spreading the good news of PEMF, he likes spending time with his wife and son, cooking at home, and playing golf.You can follow Joe on Instagram @lehotayjoe, Linkedin and Substack, and also tune in to his podcast, Resilient Business with Joe LeHotay, on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. All contact and affiliate info is found at dot.cards/joelehotayListeners to the Ashley Taylor Wellness podcast receive a free gift with PEMF purchase. Visit www.pulsepemf.com/joe-lehotay and use code "Ashley Taylor"
3:58 - PEMF has primarily been used mainly in the chiropractic market. It’s emerging in other markets now including biohacking to professional sports to the private Consumer family market
4:58. - PEMF, Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields, meant to exercise and stimulate low energy and depleted cells
7:00 - It provides bulk energy, the body operates on electricity and if you don’t have enough electricity in your body your heart would stop
8:04 - It could be looked at as a nutrient
9:45 - PEMF has been in use for 100 years or more, on humans and animals
11:32 - A simplified way of understanding it: Pulse PEMF is like industrial strength grounding
14:18 - Nature offers the best free biohacks - but when you need efficiency a lot of these tools are phenomenal
18:42 - With the right type of real energy you can rest, then you can recover, then you can train, then you can perform, and then you will succeed in any walk of life.
22:12 - Sleep hygiene, open up a book, try not to stare at screens
24:54 - PEMF, is it EMF?
25:32 - Megahertz, gigahertz, Terrahertz, millimeter waves, those are very fast frequencies that are foreign to the body. PEMF deals with single to double-digit hertz instead of thousands of hertz.
28:29 - Put Cell Phones at least a foot away while using Pulse PEMF, your phone may malfunction if too close
34:39 - With the cellular stimulation of the Pulse magnetic field, better assimilation can take place
36:39 - Ashley wanted to use it every day, kept using the highest setting and then she found that it was too much for her. More is not better
38:34 - You might feel some nausea or a headache, sleeplessness after
40:02 - Fulvic-humic binder with some electrolytes if you’re detoxing
45:02 - Hydration is key to receive the full value of the technology
46:57 - Ashley works with Cellcore Sciences, she recommends doing a liver support and making sure your drainage pathways are working properly 1st!
50:02 - interview with Dr. Porter of Brain Tap and the CEO of Pulse. Your energy level has to be at a certain level to do Brain Tap. They suggest using PEMF to increase your energy level to take full advantage of the Brain Tap.
55:24 - Charging your battery
59:39 - Ashley loves how non-specific it is - how you might go in for one thing and it helps with something else.
1:04:01 - There’s a spectrum in terms of frequency versus impulse, no sensation versus very aggressive sensations
1:05:05 - Contraindications are pregnancy, any type of implanted medical device that’s electronic like an insulin pump or a pacemaker or anyone with an organ transplant. If people have just had surgery give it about 10 days two weeks. Not s hip or knee replacement
1:08:13 - https://www.pulsepemf.com/location-map/
1:09:39 - @lehotayjoe Podcast: Resilient Business with Joe Lahotay - about clients wellness practices and -
067 - Unexplainable Weight Gain, Cortisol & Cushing’s Syndrome With Samantha Weakland
@samantha.weakland on Instagram
00:49 - Today’s guest is Samantha Weakland bringing awareness to a rare disease called Cushing’s syndrome
2:34 - Her first symptom was a 50lb weight gain
5:18 - She saw several doctors
7:25 - None of her doctors tested her for Cortisol
11:10 - Two places that a tumor could be located - the Pituitary gland, or the Adrenal glands
17:00 - Sam’s surgery was at the Mayo Clinic
19:40 - Brain Surgery through the nose which affected her taste and smell
22:00 - Symptoms - weight gain on tummy area, moon face, buffalo hump on the back of the neck, elevated blood pressure, brain fog. etc.
24:00 - https://requestatest.com/?aff=237 to order a Cortisol test, not available in some states. Not covered by insurance.
28:45 - Amy Schumer was diagnosed with Cushing Syndrome from long term use of glucocorticoids which function like cortisol in the body
32:25 - Vote with your $
39:56 - Prenuvo MRI prenuvo.com/ashley looks for 500 things
42:44 - Samantha is doing FNTP
47:05 - Symptoms are messages from the body
50:24 - Ashley uses the Oura Ring and Sam started using one after surgery https://ouraring.com/ashleytaylorwellness
53:00 - Sam adopted a dog and has been slowing down, MRI came back clean and has to get them a few more times.
55:10 - Biggest takeaway - Listen to your gut if you think something is wrong and don’t back down. Take responsibility for yourself.
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066 - The Life Changing Power Of Lab Testing With Reed Davis Of FDN, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition
Use this link for FDN training: https://www.anw5astrk.com/2JBZLWJ/2CTPL/
Reed Davis is the founder of FDN Functional Diagnostic Nutrition which is a program that Ashley is enrolled in. Ashley has been a nurse for 10 years and she is learning things that she never learned before.
1:37 - Reed is 70 years old and he founded FDN over a period of time working in the clinic via environmental law. He’s been a conservationist his whole life
2:45 - Then he changed jobs and worked in a clinic chiropractic acupuncture wellness center - his son was going there as a high school athlete
3:27 - Reed took a class in nutrition with the doctor from the clinic and he got a certificate and was able to work with the clinic’s patients
4:00 - He became discouraged with how many doctors the patients had seen and they weren’t better yet.
5:12 - So the patients came to their alternative clinic
6:15 - Reed started running labs
7:05 - Reed wanted to stop the cycle of trial and error and he started to make observations that are part of the methodology that they use at FDN
8:55 - The hospital is the place to go for emergencies - it’s not the place to go to get Healthy. A lot of people don’t want to take an active role in their healing.
9:58 - It’s what you do at home that’s going to help you between your visits. DRESS - Diet, Rest, Exercise, Stress Reduction and Supplementation
12:14 - Making the invisible visible. Getting to the underlying cause of symptoms is important. But what if you don’t have any symptoms?
15:29 - FDN owns the health coaching overlap with regular medical doctors who treat for emergencies like wounds or viruses
17:32 - One patient was frustrated that she was 45 pounds overweight and her medication is giving her hives. Her doctor told her that she can be fat or she can have the hives. And she was depressed so her doctor was happy to give her a prescription for antidepressants
20:15 - Teaching around the world came 10 years later. Before that all he did was teach people face-to-face - he was the head educator for the clinic.
24:04 - There are FDNs in over 50 countries and they are not limited geographically, by pricing or by time.
26:62 - The metabolic wellness panel, oxidative stress, digestion, detoxification. The pattern emerged of hormone, immune, digestion, detoxification, energy production, and nervous system balance. HIDDEN.
33:51 - Test don’t guess
35:12 - Tests they recommend running
40:27 - Metabolic typing tests for diet - tells how much protein, fats & carbs you should be eating- by testing not by experimenting
43:11 - Testing for 176 different food sensitivities
46:00 - School story
48:38 - Retest (using the MRT test) after healing and food sensitivities will change.
52:32 - The FDN course takes about 10 months, it is self-paced so it can take longer or less depending on the person. No prerequisites needed.
58:23 - FDNs cannot diagnose or treat specific things but can look at the healing opportunities, and the person then self treats everything.
1:04:35 - Get up every day and be grateful, it’s a decision that you get to make - take control, no one else should have control.
Use this link for FDN training: https://www.anw5astrk.com/2JBZLWJ/2CTPL/
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065 - Sleep Like Our Ancestors, Dangers of Light Bulbs, ‘Sleep Is a Skill’ With Mollie Eastman
Mollie is a speaker, podcaster, writer and a course creator
https://www.instagram.com/mollie.eastman/
https://www.sleepisaskill.com/
1:10 - Mollie Eastman and Ashley go to a lot of the same events, share a passion for high-quality sleep
3:07 - Mollie used labels and narratives around her sleep like she was a short sleeper, I’m a night owl, I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
4:39 - It became frightening because she was starting to wonder if she was stuck and felt like she was losing her mind
5:28 - Once you start on some of these medication‘s you’re on them for the rest of your life
7:15 - Online poker players are a huge niche looking to optimize their sleep
9:47 - Chronobiology, the science of time and how time effects are biology.
11:18 - Every cell in our body have these these circadian rhythm clocks
12:23 - One of the commitments at ‘Sleep is a Skill’ is bringing the intersection of technology, accountability, and behavioral change
14:38 - Night shift workers
16:07 - The Shiftwork app is relatively new from the same creators who made the time shifter app
17:06 - New book called “The Sleep Fix” created by an ABC correspondent, a night shift worker.
18:40 - Deep sleep is the least accurate
22:29 - Light & dark, consistent schedules
24:14 - Cooling mattress toppers
26:36 - CGMs (glucose monitors) in addition to the Oura ring data https://www.nutrisense.io/?rfsn=6778584.5479636&utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Ashleytaylorwellness&utm_term=6778584.5479636
29:30 - Weighted blankets may emulate heavy hides that our ancestors wore for sleep
30:39 - The more we are disconnected from nature it does seem to misalign us from rhythms and cycles and seasons
31:22 - Ashley has her bed on a 3% incline to facilitate lymphatic flow. Some people even have a 15% incline.
34:13 - Mouth taping
41:20 - Sleep is a puzzle and it’s not just about the duration
42:37 - Even at Harvard med the average doctors only get two hours of training in sleep, the thing that we’re doing 1/3 of our life
44:39 - Ashley focuses on resilience in her coaching practice, which is a new feature that the Oura ring added https://ouraring.com/ashleytaylorwellness
46:46 - Some people are stressing over the sleep staging of the Oura, so be aware that there are some shortcomings at the moment
49:24 - Restaurant food and quality of sleep
51:19 - Socializing is crucial for our well-being and sleep results.
52:35 - Ashley is Solar powered
55:00 - Mollie does “walk and talks” all the time in Austin during the day versus traditional Social norms after dark (which affects circadian rhythm and sleep quality)
58:00 - It’s all connected, blood sugar, stress all connected to sleep
1:00:35 - The trojan horse effect
1:01:00 - The quantified self, the impact of our relationships on our HRV
1:05:00 - A message to those who think the Oura ring may be stressful
1:07:11 - Paradoxical insomnia & having an objective tool like an Oura ring that can tell you exactly how much sleep you actually got
1:09:40 - Over time, the removal of the charge behind the scores goes away
1:12:48 - Warning label need on lightbulbs!
1:16:00 - Thinking after midnight
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064 - Real, Raw & Beautiful, New Chapter & Becoming A High Value Woman: The Ashley Taylor Wellness Podcast Debut
1:10 - Katie was moving in already
2:25 - Last year Oto & Ashley split
2:55 - Why Ashley got back together with Oto
3:55 - Ashley didn’t feel safe having kids with their differences
5:20 - “As hard as that is…I knew I was holding him back in a way from what he really wanted”
6:00 - He is an incredible man, which is why it was so hard to make this decision, and my old belief system said that it’s hard to find someone
7:11 - Sometimes we’re better off as friends with certain people
7:20 - Episodes 31, 32 & 33 were what we learned from getting back together https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/031-the-vulnerable-truth-about-oto-ashleys-uncoupling/id1690715520?i=1000628698306
7:34 - No character assassination
7:50 - It’s often a reflection of us, when we speak poorly about exes
10:20 - Ashley did tell him from day one that she didn’t plan on having kids
11:30 - Oura as a feedback tool
13:30 - Oto helped me shatter so many limiting beliefs, and become closer to my family
14:00 - Feeling it all
14:32 - Double rainbow & red cardinal
14:54 - New chapter, also ditched the lashes
16:13 - “If God or the universe can take away someone you never thought you could lose, then you can gain someone you never thought you’d gain”
16:52 - We did a ton of couples therapy, and it wasn’t a waste, it helped us both grow so much
18:55 - She will share in future episodes how she’s further navigating this
19:30 - Becoming a high-value woman
19:44 - High-Value Woman Retreat!
22:00 - “When a relationship ends, if you feel like your whole world is over, did you make that person your whole world?”
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063 - What To Look For In A Therapist, The Impact of 2020 On Mental Health With Kim The Counselor
www.instagram.com/kimthecounselor/
2:22 - How Kim became a counselor
3:21 - Even in business Kim was more interested in the human side of business
7:12 - Listening is really about the capacity to understand, to be heard and not judged
11:04 - 5 pillars of functional medicine coaching
13:30 - Capacity, sometimes suffering is hard to watch
14:10 - Minimizing
17:00 - Authentic empathetic responding
19:55 - Challenges, mental health, suffering can be hard to watch
23:35 - Conscious & Subconscious belief structure
26:10 - Aha moments in therapy and when they happen most
27:50 - Inner conflicts
29:00 - How Ashley went from not believing in herself to where she’s at now
29:44 - All-or-nothing thinking
30:00 - Everything is fixable, maybe it’s the lesson you learn that “fixes it”
33:13 - Practice not telling yourself things that you wouldn’t say to others
35:00 - Piano teacher theory, the embarrassment when you don’t do the things you say you’ll do
36:04 - Oura coaching program
37:50 - What are the pros & cons to labeling a mental health diagnosis?
39:40 - Dr. McFillin & his podcast “Radically Genuine”
42:35 - Noticing the effects of medications
46:32 - You have a right to autonomy
47:40 - The impact of 2020 on mental health
52:00 - Kim’s story of being stuck on a cruise in Japan
57:00 - Themes and patterns when we get sick
59:00 - Start with the basics, sunshine, sleep, grounding in nature
1:00:23 - You can’t "out sauna" a crappy relationship
1:07:10 - The importance of the sun
1:10:13 - You can always start now
1:11:20 - There is always hope
1:14:20 - Everyone loves the underdog, they don’t love the perfect person all the time
Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/kimberly-hall-sadegi-scottsdale-az/778125
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Customer Reviews
Amazing podcast
I loved the episode on “The Power Of The Nervous System”as well as “The Power of Coffee Enemas”. As a fellow functional wellness practitioner, I loved hearing these topics talked about as they are key aspects to overall health and wellness that most people don’t know about. Highly recommend listening to them :)
10/10 for HMH
Great content with informative and interesting guests. I learn something new every episode. Sometimes I’ll listen to a guest and think of questions as they speak, and Ashley will follow up with that question or seek clarification, it feels like she’s very in tune with the listening audience. Following curiosity in lock step with transparency has turned out to be a great strategy! Thanks for creating HMH, I’m Learning so much.
Great topic!
What a great discussion. So very informative!