Can Biophilic Design Reset Your Nervous System At Home?

Can Biophilic Design Reset Your Nervous System At Home?

Your nervous system reset may have been hiding inside your home the entire time. If you've tried therapy, supplements, and better sleep but still feel chronically stressed, the missing piece might not be a habit it could be your living space. This episode is for anyone ready to stop managing symptoms and start designing a home that heals. Licensed Professional Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist Healey Ikerd shares research-backed findings on what natural light, indoor plants, and even a simple view of nature actually does to your cortisol levels and what happens to your healing when those things are missing. New Normal Big Life host Antoinette Berrafato used nature therapy — archery and kayaking to recover from physical limitations, finding passion, purpose, and people as her recipe for mental health. In this episode, she and her husband put biophilic design to the test inside their own Northwoods cabin. Not with a renovation budget, but with intention. The research is clear. The question is whether your home is working for you or against you. Chapters * 0:00 When Your Home Adds To Your Stress * 1:26 Chronic Illness Inside Your Home * 5:53 Searching For A Healing Place * 8:35 Sick Home Syndrome And Toxins * 12:23 Three Biophilic Design Principles Light Order Life * 16:31 Biophotomodulation or Light Therapy And Natural Sunlight * 18:27 Declutter Your Home For Peace And Focus * 22:48 Bring Nature Indoors On Purpose * 25:15 Get Family Buy In Early We want to solve your biggest health challenge. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/support] New here? Start with our 6‑episode playlist: https://nnbl.blog/podcast/start-here/ [https://nnbl.blog/wellness-podcast/start-here/] Free listener ebooks & guides (newsletter subscribers only): https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/ [https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/] Rebuilding Resilient Lives Uncensored Community: https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual [https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual] New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689] DISCLAIMER: For informational purposes only, not medical advice. Always consult your own healthcare professional.

Greenwashing Exposed: Simple Non-Toxic Swaps For A Healthier Home

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by non-toxic living and confused by the "natural" claims on your product labels? Today, we are breaking down the truth about greenwashing and giving you the exact non-toxic swaps you need to start cleaning up your home, pantry, and cosmetics immediately.  Our guest for this episode is Amy Hartshorn. She is a nontoxic living educator, certified organic farmer, podcast host, and retreat leader based in Waitsfield, Vermont. She was the founding Executive Director of the Household Toxins Institute, created with the founder of Seventh Generation, and served as technical editor of Green Living for Dummies. If you are a conscious consumer ready to protect your family's health, this episode is essential listening. You can read how to spot 12 toxic ingredients on food labels in this NNBL.Blog article. [https://nnbl.blog/unmasking-food-villains-are-you-eating-danger/] New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689]. Follow the show so the next episode finds you automatically. Chapters * 0:00 Labels Greenwashing And Spotting Fake Claims * 3:30 Amy’s Non-Toxic Origin Story * 6:24 Fragrance Antibacterials And Daily Exposures * 9:40 Start With Priorities Not Perfection * 14:24 Organic Shopping That Fits Real Life * 17:18 Helping Kids Avoid Hidden Toxins * 23:27 Glyphosate, gluten-sensitivity, Celiac disease, Wheat And Healing Paths Got a health challenge you can’t crack? Send us a text and we’ll find an expert to get you answers and give you a shoutout on the show. We want to solve your biggest health challenge. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/fan_mail/new] DrStellaMD Marketplace [https://marketplace.drstellamd.com/Antoinette] Immune-boosting protocols Premium all-natural supplements Telehealth + wellness consultations BeRootedIn [https://berootedin.com/?aff=124] RootedIn: Magnesium Cream. Shop Now With My Affiliate Link Ready Hour & My Patriot Supply [https://www.mypatriotsupply.com/?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=1&affid=216] Best price on US-based preparedness and long-term storable food. Shop now with my affiliate link. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/support] New here? Start with our 6‑episode playlist: https://nnbl.blog/podcast/start-here/ [https://nnbl.blog/wellness-podcast/start-here/] Free listener ebooks & guides (newsletter subscribers only): https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/ [https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/] Rebuilding Resilient Lives Uncensored Community: https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual [https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual] New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689] DISCLAIMER: For informational purposes only, not medical advice. Always consult your own healthcare professional.

3 Biomarkers That Predict Longevity and Quality of Life

Most people's longevity biomarkers never appear on a standard checkup and that gap may be shortening your health span. Bestselling author and fitness expert, Timothy J. Ward reveals the three markers that do an extraordinary job predicting how long you'll live and how well, and why training all three is possible at any age, even if you've been told it's too late. This episode is for veterans, first responders, blue-collar workers, and caregivers who are done being told their "your labs are normal" while you body tells a different story. The answers you've been looking for are here! Chapters * 0:00 Three Biomarkers That Predict Longevity * 1:29 Tim Ward on Preemptive Healthcare * 5:43 Aging Strong In A Sick Culture * 14:44  Toxic Food * 17:50 The Health Metrics Doctors Miss * 25:12 Biomarker Panels And Healthy Baselines * 29:32 Making Advanced Testing Affordable * 33:03 Custom Supplement Packs And Bioavailability * 35:40 The Longevity Matrix And Fitness Quadrant * 40:41 Training Zones For Real Life and Sports New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689]. Follow the show so the next episode finds you automatically. Got a health challenge you can’t crack? Send us a text and we’ll find an expert to get you answers — and give you a shoutout on the show. We want to solve your biggest health challenge. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/fan_mail/new] DrStellaMD Marketplace [https://marketplace.drstellamd.com/Antoinette] Immune-boosting protocols Premium all-natural supplements Telehealth + wellness consultations Ready Hour & My Patriot Supply [https://www.mypatriotsupply.com/?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=1&affid=216] Best price on US-based preparedness and long-term storable food. Shop now with my affiliate link. BeRootedIn [https://berootedin.com/?aff=124] RootedIn: Magnesium Cream. Shop Now With My Affiliate Link Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/support] New here? Start with our 6‑episode playlist: https://nnbl.blog/podcast/start-here/ [https://nnbl.blog/wellness-podcast/start-here/] Free listener ebooks & guides (newsletter subscribers only): https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/ [https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/] Rebuilding Resilient Lives Uncensored Community: https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual [https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual] New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689] DISCLAIMER: For informational purposes only, not medical advice. Always consult your own healthcare professional.

Functional Medicine for Veterans, Caregivers And First Responders

Functional medicine holds the answers veterans, first responders, blue-collar folks, and caregivers are searching for, but the conventional system keeps running out of time to give them. This podcast strips away the noise around nervous system regulation, TBI recovery, and caregiver burnout and replaces it with an exact road map from the world's best experts. If you've spent years serving, caregiving, or working in conditions most people can't handle and your health is now paying the price, you just found the right show. Host Antoinette Berrafato is a TBI survivor, former Army Air Assault Medic, and The Wellness Warrior — the New Normal Big Life podcast host who used nature therapy (archery and kayaking) to recover from physical limitations, finding passion, purpose, and people as a recipe for mental health. She rebuilt her health from rock bottom and brings expert answers to the questions you're actually living. Every episode is shaped by real listener questions or topical health events, covering root cause medicine, somatic healing, and the health challenges the conventional system consistently misses. Chapters 00:00:00 - Introduction to New Normal Big Life functional medicine and holistic health podcast 00:00:17 - This podcast is for veterans, first responders, caregivers, and blue-collar workers. 00:00:22 - We cover nervous system regulation, TBI recovery, root cause medicine 00:00:29 - About the host - U.S. Army veteran, Antoinette Berrafato 00:00:45 - Every episode features MDs, functional medicine doctors, health researchers and innovators 00:01:46 - Start with the start here playlist New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689]. Follow the show so the next episode finds you automatically. New episodes drop weekly. Start with the 'Start Here' playlist at nnbl.blog [https://nnbl.blog/wellness-podcast/start-here/]. We want to solve your biggest health challenge. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/fan_mail/new] DrStellaMD Marketplace [https://marketplace.drstellamd.com/Antoinette] Immune-boosting protocols Premium all-natural supplements Telehealth + wellness consultations Ready Hour & My Patriot Supply [https://www.mypatriotsupply.com/?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=1&affid=216] Best price on US-based preparedness and long-term storable food. Shop now with my affiliate link. BeRootedIn [https://berootedin.com/?aff=124] RootedIn: Magnesium Cream. Shop Now With My Affiliate Link Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/support] New here? Start with our 6‑episode playlist: https://nnbl.blog/podcast/start-here/ [https://nnbl.blog/wellness-podcast/start-here/] Free listener ebooks & guides (newsletter subscribers only): https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/ [https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/] Rebuilding Resilient Lives Uncensored Community: https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual [https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual] New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689] DISCLAIMER: For informational purposes only, not medical advice. Always consult your own healthcare professional.

Reset Your Nervous System Through Foraging

Nervous system regulation doesn’t start in a pharmacy — it starts on the ground beneath your feet. Modern medicine treats dysregulation with prescriptions, but foraging and food as medicine have held the answer for thousands of years, and this episode takes you back to your roots. Literally. Host Antoinette Berrafato — Army Medic, sponsored adventure athlete, and a believer in natural health solutions takes you on a foraging walk that’s equal parts science and survival skill. You’ll learn why the act of foraging itself is one of the most powerful nervous system resets your body can experience, plus which wild edibles changed how she thinks about healing. If your body has been stuck in fight-or-flight with no way out, this episode is for you. Chapters 0:00Wild Plants You Walk Past  1:24 The Nervous System Crisis  2:46 Why Forest Time Calms You  3:33 Simple Foraging Gear That Works  4:06 Dandelion As Food And Medicine  5:38 Fiddleheads And Cooking For Safety  6:39 Foraging Safety Rules To Follow  7:53 How Outdoor Therapy Helped Me Heal  9:05 Dandelion Gummies And The Research  12:48 A Mullein Tincture Story  13:48 Dandelion Gummy Recipe Walkthrough  15:07 One Plant Challenge New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689]. Follow the show so the next episode finds you automatically. Got a health challenge you can’t crack? Send us a text and we’ll find an expert to get you answers — and give you a shoutout on the show. We want to solve your biggest health challenge. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/fan_mail/new] Disclaimer Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2510516/support] New here? Start with our 6‑episode playlist: https://nnbl.blog/podcast/start-here/ [https://nnbl.blog/wellness-podcast/start-here/] Free listener ebooks & guides (newsletter subscribers only): https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/ [https://nnbl.blog/new-normal-big-life-ebooks-and-guides/] Rebuilding Resilient Lives Uncensored Community: https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual [https://rebuilding-resilient-lives.mn.co/share/kNbNMRnkLlpKWjar?utm_source=manual] New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2W26JnjyV5D1SBXeBlzB] and Apple Podcasts. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-normal-big-life-functional-medicine-and-holistic/id1820645689] DISCLAIMER: For informational purposes only, not medical advice. Always consult your own healthcare professional.