The Meraki Project: A New Framework for Women Navigating Life's Biggest Shifts

Can Magnesium Really Improve Your Healthspan? | Dr. Carolyn Dean

Dr. Carolyn Dean — MD, ND, and author of The Magnesium Miracle — has spent 50+ years connecting mineral deficiency to chronic illness. In this episode, she breaks down why magnesium is the foundation everything else is built on, what the biohacking world is missing, and how her Maui study reversed biological aging by an average of four years in six months. In this episode: * Why 80% of people are likely magnesium deficient — and don't know it * How magnesium powers ATP production and mitochondrial function (and what that means for dementia risk) * The difference between magnesium forms and why bioavailability is the key variable * Results from the Maui Reset Study: 4 years of biological age reversal in 6 months * The real cause of heart disease — and why cholesterol is not the villain * How sugar blocks vitamin C absorption at the cellular level * Why high-dose vitamin D without magnesium may be making things worse * The FDA's 99 mg potassium cap — and how to work around it intelligently * What the RDAs were actually designed to do (and it's not optimize your health) Guest resources: * drcarolyndean.com — education, podcast, and free resources * rnareset.com — Dr. Dean's supplement store * Live stream every Monday at 7 PM Eastern on YouTube * The Magnesium Miracle (updated edition) — condition-indexed reference guide "If you don't have enough magnesium, you're going around trying to treat the symptoms of magnesium deficiency with ashwagandha and NAC and creatine — and missing the whole point." — Dr. Carolyn Dean

Laura Richards: “Could You Live Like This For the Rest of Your Life?”

Laura Richards spent 32 years married to a covert narcissist — someone who looked like “the nice guy” to everyone outside the marriage while quietly breaking her down inside it. After her divorce, she became a bestselling author (“Married to a Nice Guy,” “You’re Not Crazy”), podcaster, and coach helping other women recognize the same patterns she lived through. In this conversation, Laura and Greg dig into: * How covert narcissism hides in plain sight — generous and well-liked in public, cold and controlling at home * Trauma bonding and the “breadcrumb” cycle that keeps people hoping things will change * Gaslighting in real, everyday moments — not just dramatic ones * The subtle ways partners get isolated from friends and family * Why “could you live like this for the rest of your life?” is the only question that matters * What to do first if this is resonating — and why a trauma-informed therapist matters * How to leave safely: quiet, strategic, and on your own terms Laura’s full library of books, coaching, community, and resources is at thatswhereimatpodcast.com. [https://www.thatswhereimatpodcast.com]

Can Healing Trauma Help Your Body Fight Cancer?

If you've wondered whether your mental and emotional state affects your body's ability to heal cancer, the answer — backed by 50+ years of science — is yes. Avinoam Lerner is a holistic therapist, clinical hypnotherapist, and cancer recovery coach with 25 years of experience working at the intersection of trauma and cancer recovery. In this episode, we cover: • Why unresolved trauma creates chronic immune suppression — and how that connects to cancer • The science of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI): what it is, why your oncologist doesn't mention it, and why that's not the whole story • The difference between conscious and subconscious mind — and why treating only the physical body leaves half the healing equation unaddressed • How clinical hypnotherapy bypasses the conscious mind to update the patterns driving stress and immune dysfunction • Why self-blame is both scientifically inaccurate and actively harmful to recovery • When to start this work — and why stage doesn't matter as much as you think • Avinoam's new book, Mindful Remission, and how to access his programs Mindful Remission: The Mental Science of Healing CancerAvinoam’s new book https://www.avinoamlerner.com/shop/p/the-new-cancer-paradigm-3lte7 Mindful Remission Program: Support for people navigating cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. TEDx Talk: “The New Cancer Paradigm” https://www.avinoamlerner.com/videos Connect with Avinoam Lerner https://www.avinoamlerner.com/

The Meraki Project: A New Framework for Women Navigating Life's Biggest Shifts

When a health event, financial shift, or relationship change hits, most support systems treat each issue in isolation. The Meraki Project [https://www.merakidignity.com], founded by Stephanie Geprges, was built on research with 1,000 women to do the opposite — centering dignity, connection, and agency at life's hardest inflection points. In this episode: • Why midlife transitions never stay in their lane — and why that matters for how we get help • What dignity actually means, and why it's more useful than empowerment as an organizing principle • The $38 trillion wealth transfer to women — and why so much wellness noise is pointed directly at midlife women • How the Meraki Project platform works, including Sophie the AI navigator • The Dignity Report: how aggregate data becomes a tool for systemic change • Clarity → Confidence → Agency: the framework at the heart of the platform The beta is open now at merakidignity.com [https://www.merakidignity.com] — no cost, no coaching, no advice. Just your experience contributing to something that's trying to get this right.

Can Breathwork Really Clear Trauma? Jon Paul Crimi on Circular Connected Breathing

If breathwork sounds like a lot of work to you, we’re in the same boat. I have tried it a couple of times, once in a room filled with others seeking transformation of some kind, once in a small room with five “regulars” at this particular studio. Neither time did I feel I was going it “right.” Is there a right way? I asked JP if my resistance was just a matter of “this isn’t for everyone.” His answer surprised me. According to JP, you've been breathing your whole life, you're probably doing it wrong — and it's costing you more than you think. Breathwork pioneer Jon Paul Crimi joins the show to explain why shallow breathing is emotional avoidance, how 30 minutes of circular connected breathing can clear what years of therapy haven't, and why the results are immediate and undeniable. What You'll Hear * Why most of us breathe shallow — and the emotional reason behind it * The science of how breathwork processes stuck emotion and generational trauma * What actually happens in one of JP's sessions * Why self-love is the work, not the reward * Purpose vs. happiness — and why the distinction matters Connect with Jon Paul Crimi breathewithjp.com [https://www.breathewithjp.com/] | Sunday live classes — first session $19