Why people pleasing is bad for your health with Amy Green Smith

After her breast cancer has come back in her body, 13 years after the initial diagnosis, Sparky Fletcher started working with Dr. Lela Iduna, guest of a recent HEAL episode about cancer and autoimmune disease. Sparky shares her initial diagnosis and treatment process with breast cancer and what cancer has taught her about living and life. In this incredibly vulnerable and powerful episode, Sparky tells it like it is and stands for each and every one of us to take control of our healthcare team and get the healing we need. This is an episode not to be missed. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

Functional Medicine MD, Dr. Lela Iduna joins me to elucidate how cancer and autoimmune disease stem from the very same breakdowns in the immune system and the gut, all things you can take action to heal and prevent or reverse the cancer process. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

I reconnect with a dear colleague from Naturopathic Medical School, Dr. Jennifer Karon, to discuss our shared passion for spiritual healing and indigenous Mayan traditions. Turns out, we both have been studying the connections between our energetic spiritual selves and chronic illness, and discovering the limitations of trying to heal people from physical medical approaches alone. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

This week we're going to do something a little different. We are turning the table, and I am in the hot seat as the guest. I've invited one of my best friends to the show to interview me, Curt Hill. In this episode, we are doing a research driven scientific review into the true disease of the heart or what really causes heart disease? How do we really need to eat to prevent it? And the shadow side of statins and why they are on the top of my most unliked drug list. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

One of the things I love most about HEAL is sharing people's stories of healing and overcoming complex challenges. In this episode, I speak with a dear friend, medical doctor, and fellow plant medicine journeyer who has spent decades healing his own addiction, shame, and living with HIV. This episode flows differently; when Keith began his story, it was so pure and complete I didn't want to interrupt. He shares an intimate journey from feeling trapped in a medical system that hindered his health to becoming an addiction therapist himself. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

Ever wonder what a naturopathic physician would do if they were diagnosed with stage 4 cancer? Well, today on Heal, Dr. Kathryn Kloos, fellow naturopathic physician and school classmate of mine, shares about having to face just that with colon cancer. Committed to being an example of what is possible, Kathryn graciously and powerfully shares about how she turned the conventional fear based approach to cancer inside out. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

We are privileged to get to talk with superstar coach and fellow podcast host, Amy Green Smith. Amy's all about healthy boundaries, self empowerment, and loving collaboration without being a jerk. Her irreverent, down to brass tacks, boots in the dirt style brings a refreshingly authentic voice to the very misunderstood conversation of people pleasing versus self empowerment and emotionally detoxing our relationships. For all the show notes and more, visit sarahmarshallnd.com/podcast.

Mawish Syed shares her story of being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 and how it prompted her to embark on a profound exploration of the interplay between environmental beauty, health, and the healing journey. Together, we explore the epigenetic factors contributing to illness and focus on the almost always overlooked factor of the experience and toxicity of our physical environment in which we live and work every day and how you can cultivate a sanctuary of healing and renewal. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

As we get older, our bodies will change. Our skin, our muscles, our functioning of our organs. But what if most of the low energy, loss of sex drive, dullness, and lack of a sense of lust for life is not a given and can be addressed with the right restorative practices? In this episode, medical doctor and hormone expert Dr. Prudence Hall and I distinguish the world of regenerative medicine and discuss how it is the next frontier to optimal, radiant aging. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.

I am joined by Gina Cotner, founder and CEO of Athena Executive Services. Together we discuss real, authentic work life balance and what it takes to build a culture of wellness in business today. We discuss the importance of taking breaks, rejuvenating oneself, and maintaining a clear time boundary around work life. For all the show notes and more, visit SarahMarshallND.com/podcast.