Healing The Source Podcast

Want to live longer naturally? The Bible has been pointing to healing herbs, leaves, and fruit all along. In this solo episode, clinical herbalist Claudia Briare shares a Christian, root-cause approach to longevity: how to make healing herbal tea from leaves in your own backyard, which biblical foods support a long life, and how fasting, rest, and forgiveness fit in.

• Healing leaves in Revelation 22, plus quercetin in oak leaves and its role in histamine
• How to make healing leaf tea at home, and which leaves and trees to avoid
• Biblical foods for longevity: pomegranate, figs, grapes, olives, milk, honey, and bitter herbs
• Fasting for faith and health through a pro-metabolic lens
• Sabbath rest, morning sunlight, and slowing down as medicine for chronic stress
• Forgiveness, boundaries, and letting go as part of root-cause healing

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This episode is for educational purposes and is not medical advice. Positively identify any plant before consuming it, and talk to your provider before adding herbal teas if you're pregnant, nursing, or on medication.

Bloated, puffy, foggy, and exhausted after eight hours of sleep? Brutal PMS, achy joints, skin that flares like clockwork? If your labs keep coming back "normal" and you've been told it's just stress or age, chronic inflammation may be the root of it.

In this solo episode, I break down why inflammation gets stuck in the "on" position and what keeps it going: seed oils, hidden additives, blood sugar swings, chronic stress, a sluggish gut, and mold. I share why so much popular anti-inflammatory advice, like fasting and cutting carbs, can backfire for women who are already depleted, and how to eat to calm your system through a pro-metabolic lens.

You'll also learn the supplements worth considering, free ways to calm your nervous system today, the specific labs to ask your practitioner for, and how inflammation affects your hormones, your liver, and your mood.

This episode is educational and is not medical advice.

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Dr. Jennifer Simmons spent 17 years as a board-certified breast surgeon before walking away from conventional practice to become a functional medicine doctor. She's the author of The Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer and host of the podcast Keeping Abreast with Dr. Jenn. In this episode, she makes the case for rethinking how we screen for and treat breast cancer, from the surgeon's chair to the other side of it.

• Why routine mammogram screening isn't delivering the protection it's marketed on
• What dense breast tissue actually means for your risk and your screening options
• Radiation-free alternatives to mammography, and how they work
• Whether hormones actually cause breast cancer, and what the research really shows
• Is HRT safe, and who should (and shouldn't) be taking it

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Resources:

Dr. Jennifer Simmons' website, follow her on Instagram, listen to her podcast, read her book.

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Lauren Papanos MS, RD, CSSD is a Functional Endocrine & Performance Registered Dietitian and former Director of Performance & Clinical Nutrition at UCLA, specializing in women's thyroid function + hormones. Lauren helps women understand why they still feel off despite 'normal' lab results, using functional nutrition to uncover the thyroid and hormone imbalances conventional testing keeps missing. Her journey mirrors what so many women in your community are experiencing. She overcame hypothyroidism, PCOS, and ovarian dysfunction, restored her health naturally, and went on to have a natural pregnancy. She has 10+ years specializing in thyroid and hormone health, with 5,000+ patients treated worldwide.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The real differences between an underactive and overactive thyroid
• Why workouts can leave the body wrecked for days afterward
• What a genuinely useful thyroid panel looks like, beyond TSH
• Mold exposure and its impact on thyroid function
• Why low-carb diets often backfire on thyroid health
• Postpartum thyroiditis and why it's mistaken for postpartum depression

Lauren's new book, The Thyroid Breakthrough: An Active Woman's Guide to Feeling Better When You've Tried Everything, is up for pre-order now, and releases in January 2027.

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Resources:

Work with Lauren, follow Lauren Papanos on Instagram, and listen to her podcast

Follow the host, Claudia, on Instagram, check out Elham's Castor Oil 100% Organic Castor Oil, and enjoy her deep-dives on Substack

This episode is about a pattern I've now lived through twice: losing my voice, not from screaming at a concert, but from swallowing something true and watching my body take over where my mouth wouldn't. I walk through both stories, a recent one and an older one from my acting days in college, then break down what's happening physically in the larynx when this hits, what German New Medicine says is underneath it, and why I think this shows up so often in women specifically raised to choose agreeable over honest.

I also give you the exact protocol that got my voice back in two days instead of two weeks, from what went in my nebulizer to what I prayed about.

If you've ever lost your voice and had a doctor blame a virus with no explanation for the timing, this one's for you.

In this episode:

• What laryngitis actually is in the body, and the difference between acute and chronic
• What German New Medicine says is really happening in the larynx during a voice loss
• Why the throat holds this same weight across so many traditions, not just this one
• The link between recurring illness and viruses that never leave, they just go dormant
• Why women in particular carry this pattern, and how using your voice functions as a health practice
• My full recovery protocol

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Resources:

Follow the host, Claudia, on Instagram, check out Elham's Liquid Gold 100% Organic Castor Oil, and enjoy her deep-dives on Substack

Your nervous system runs on minerals. Magnesium, potassium, zinc, and sodium handle nerve signaling, fluid balance, and stress regulation, and chronic stress burns through them faster than most people realize.

This week:

• Why stress and mineral depletion create a loop that repeats until you interrupt it
• The signs your minerals might be low, including a few that get mistaken for anxiety
• A myth check on sodium, and why "less salt is always better" doesn't apply to everyone
• Food swaps that rebuild your mineral foundation without an overhaul
• A mineral broth recipe I come back to on the weeks that ask a lot of me
• A mineral bath ritual to help your body downshift out of fight or flight
• Food first vs. supplements, and how to know which one you need

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Three days after moving, I couldn't get through my new hallway without having a panic attack. This episode is the real story behind why we left LA County for Ventura County: the sirens and traffic that wore down my nervous system for years, the mold infested building that made the final decision for us, and the parts of moving stress, the blood sugar crashes, the decision fatigue, the research on why your home is more than just a place to sleep. If you're in the middle of a move, or still recovering from your last one, this one's for you.

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Resources:

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Nicole Woodruff, OTD, OTR/L, is an Occupational Therapist, pelvic health specialist, educator, author, and the founder of Intuitive Therapies & Pelvic Health in Tampa, Florida. She specializes in helping people navigate hypermobility (hEDS/HSD), dysautonomia/POTS, chronic pain, and pelvic floor dysfunction. After facing her own journey with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, pelvic health challenges, and a complex postpartum recovery, Nicole became passionate about bridging the gap between traditional rehabilitation and whole-person healing. Her work focuses on helping clients move beyond symptom management to rebuild trust in their bodies through education, nervous system regulation, lifestyle strategies, and compassionate, evidence-based care.

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Resources:

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Here's the episode you've been looking for about nicotine: the good, the bad, the ugly. THE NUANCE!

Nicotine is having a wellness moment. Zyn pouches, vapes, nicotine patches — people who would never touch a cigarette are using them daily and calling it biohacking. And the focus hit is real. But here's what nobody is stopping to ask: why is it working? And what does it mean that you need it to feel that way?

In this episode, we break down what nicotine is actually doing in your brain, why it stops working the longer you use it, and what your body is really signaling when nicotine gives you that hit of clarity. We get into acetylcholine — one of the most important and undertalked neurotransmitters in your nervous system — what depletes it, why so many people are running low without knowing it, and what rebuilding it actually looks like through food and foundational support.

This one is for anyone who relies on nicotine, caffeine, or any stimulant to feel sharp, focused, or like themselves. The signal your body is sending is worth understanding.

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If you've ever felt like your anxiety, depression, or inability to calm down is just who you are — this episode will change how you see your brain.

Angie Noack is a licensed professional counselor and Senior VP of Business Development at Braincode Centers, where she specializes in brain mapping and neurofeedback. She has a deeply personal story that led her to this work, and the way she explains how our brains get stuck — and how they can actually be retrained — is one of the most eye-opening conversations I've had on this show.

some things we got into:

— why you can't think your way out of anxiety no matter how much therapy you've done

— the ADHD misdiagnosis epidemic and what's actually going on in those kids' brains

— why SSRIs don't heal anything, they just cover it

— Bipolar vs Borderline Personality Disorder

— what social media and dopamine are doing to our brains (and our kids' brains)

— how neurofeedback literally rewires your brain without putting anything into it

— simple tools you can use at home today to start regulating your nervous system

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If you've been following a low-histamine diet for months and still reacting, this episode is going to reframe everything.

Most histamine protocols treat this as a food supply problem. Avoid the aged cheese, take the DAO enzyme, cut the fermented foods. But for women whose symptoms track with their cycle, flare before their period, or seem to be getting worse despite all the right interventions, the food list is never going to be enough.

We go deep into the work of Dr. Ray Peat, biologist and physiologist, to make the case that histamine excess in women is fundamentally a hormonal and metabolic problem. Estrogen directly multiplies mast cells and activates them to release histamine. Progesterone stabilizes them. Thyroid function governs the entire hormonal environment. And a gut producing endotoxin feeds back into estrogen production in ways that keep the whole cycle running.

We cover:

• Why estrogen is the primary upstream driver of histamine excess in women
• The estrogen-histamine feedback loop and why it intensifies around your period
• What thyroid function has to do with histamine and why it's almost never addressed
• Why seed oils and low-carb approaches may be worsening the problem
• The gut-endotoxin-estrogen connection
• The heavy metal and liver piece that changed everything for me personally
• What Peat actually recommended, and what to bring to your provider

Resources

→ PUORI | Go to https://puori.com/HEALINGTHESOURCE and use the code HEALINGTHESOURCE at checkout to get 32% off your first Puori Grass-fed Whey Protein subscription order and get a free shaker worth $25.

Follow the host, Claudia, on Instagram, check out Elham's Liquid Gold 100% Organic Castor Oil, and enjoy her deep-dives on Substack

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i got married at the end of april in maui, hawaii -- and somehow, i was the calmest i have ever been leading up to the biggest day of my life. for a virgo, perfectionist, chronic overthinker, that was... suspicious.

in this episode i'm sharing the full mental and emotional experience of planning and living my wedding -- the intentional decisions that kept me grounded, the external chaos i couldn't control (historic maui rainstorms two weeks out, anyone?), the guest list boundaries that required real courage, a painful personal situation i'm only briefly touching on today, and the one thing we did for our guests that made multiple people cry.

this isn't a wedding recap. it's an episode about learning to trust your own peace -- and what happens when a high-achieving, type-a woman finally stops white-knuckling an important moment and just lets it be good.

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Resources:

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Oliver Amdrup-Chamby is back for his third conversation on Healing The Source, and this time we're going deeper. As co-founder and CEO of Puori, Oliver has spent 15 years building the case that supplement transparency isn't a marketing strategy, it's a baseline obligation. Now, with California's SB 1033 moving through the legislature and two major category studies confirming what he's been saying for years, the rest of the industry is being forced to catch up.

We get into the bill itself, what it actually requires, why the supplement industry's largest trade association is fighting it, and what you should be doing right now while compliance isn't mandatory until 2028. We also talk about what protein actually is, the difference between protein and amino acids, bioavailability, and why your protein source matters more than most people realize. Plus, Oliver shares some nuance about his own product line that most brands would never say out loud.

If you've been consuming protein powder without seeing a single batch test result from that brand, this episode is for you.

Resources

→ PUORI | Go to https://puori.com/HEALINGTHESOURCE and use the code HEALINGTHESOURCE at checkout to get 32% off your first Puori Grass-fed Whey Protein subscription order and get a free shaker worth $25.

Follow the host, Claudia, on Instagram, check out Elham's Liquid Gold 100% Organic Castor Oil, and enjoy her deep-dives on Substack

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Your chronic sinusitis, brain fog, hormonal dysfunction, and fatigue may all have the same root cause — and your doctor has probably never mentioned it.

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Dr. Donald Dennis is a board-certified ENT surgeon who had his "mold epiphany" after a patient returned from a beach vacation with her nasal polyps completely resolved. He traced it to one thing: two weeks in a mold-free environment. What followed was decades of research connecting mold and mycotoxins to pituitary damage, cognitive decline, hormonal disruption, gut compromise, and chronic illness that the conventional medical system keeps misdiagnosing.

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In this episode, Dr. Dennis breaks down why the antibiotics most sinusitis patients are prescribed actually make the fungal problem worse, how mycotoxins travel from the sinuses into the brain and disrupt hormone production, and the AI MRI technology now being used to see mycotoxin deposits in the brain and track their removal. We also cover biofilms, the gut as a second battlefield, hidden mold exposure sources, and what a real recovery protocol looks like from the ground up.

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Laura Petkunaite is a dedicated educator and practitioner specializing in quantum wellness and frequency-informed methodologies. She holds a PhD in Natural Medicine and seven academic degrees across holistic health sciences, psychology, natural health education, and related disciplines. Throughout her studies, she has focused extensively on principles of quantum physics as part of her multidisciplinary education.

Drawing on this extensive academic background, Laura offers informational assessments designed to illuminate energetic and biophysical patterns within the body. Her approach focuses on providing insights and education that empower individuals to better understand their unique energetic profiles and explore personal wellness from a holistic perspective. Laura's work integrates principles from multiple disciplines to support awareness and balance, emphasizing empowerment and informed choice rather than diagnosis or treatment. As a passionate educator, she is committed to lifelong learning and sharing complex concepts in an accessible, engaging way.

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Dr. Andy Kaufman, a "recovering physician," transitioned from a prestigious mainstream medical career to challenge conventional paradigms. Trained in allopathic medicine, his journey of questioning traditional principles led him to become a dynamic educator and speaker. Dr. Andy shares insights on medicine, viruses, and natural healing, while exploring interconnected fields like economics, law, and science, offering a holistic perspective that inspires critical thinking.

With a Bachelor of Science in Biology from MIT, an MD from the University of South Carolina, and a psychiatric residency at Duke University, Dr. Andy has held academic leadership roles, contributed to research, and patented a medical device.

Now, he dedicates himself to researching and delivering trustworthy products and protocols, empowering health-seekers to achieve optimal wellness. Follow Dr. Andy Kaufman on Medicamentum Authentica (YouTube, Instagram, Rumble) to gain knowledge and take charge of your health journey.

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Most people think about what they put in their bodies. Almost no one thinks about what they put on them.

In this episode, I'm joined by clothing safety advocate and policy reform leader Hannah Dunning, widely known as The Clean Clothing Chick. She's a leading voice in the clean clothing movement, helping consumers understand the hidden health risks in modern apparel and pushing for transparency in an industry with very little regulation.

We discuss how chemicals in clothing interact with the body, why women are disproportionately affected by toxic exposure, the truth behind synthetic fabrics and "sustainable" materials like bamboo, and what's happening behind the scenes in both fast fashion and luxury brands. We also explore corporate accountability, supply chains, and what the future of clean fashion could look like.

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I'm talking about something we're rarely allowed to admit: I don't care about everything anymore, and choosing that has made me healthier.

We've been taught that being a "good person" means emotionally absorbing every crisis, headline, and injustice. The result is empathy fatigue, chronic stress, and nervous systems that never get a chance to reset.

I unpack why carrying the emotional weight of the world isn't empathy, it's ego. Why caring beyond your ability to act is psychologically irrational. How doomscrolling and outrage culture are draining our mental and physical health. And why boundaries are a form of humility, not apathy.

We also explore what real nervous system regulation looks like beyond meditation: sleep, blood sugar balance, relationships, attention hygiene, and building a life your body can relax inside.

If you're exhausted by the news cycle, overwhelmed by social media, or craving more peace and clarity, this episode is for you.

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Adam Roa is a poet, artist, and transformational guide known for articulating the emotional truths people feel but often struggle to name. His spoken-word poem "You Are Who You've Been Looking For" has reached over 250 million people, becoming the most viewed live poetry performance in history. He has shared his work on stages around the world, including TEDx, Eudemonia Summit, Oslo Freedom Forum, and Mindvalley, where his blend of poetry, storytelling, and insight consistently moves audiences beyond inspiration and into real reflection. Through his workshops, courses, and private mentorship, Adam helps individuals and organizations access authentic confidence, clarify their voice, and communicate what truly matters.

He is currently completing his first book of poetry and reflections, Crazy Love, a raw and intimate exploration of love, heartbreak, and self-reclamation, scheduled for release in Spring 2026.

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For a long time, I believed I was waking up and "exiting the matrix."

I was involved in New Age spirituality, including astrology, human design, manifestation, psychics, and wellness spaces that promised healing, empowerment, and answers. When I was chronically ill, exhausted, anxious, and desperate for relief, these beliefs felt comforting. They made me feel seen. They made me feel in control. They made me feel powerful.

But something was off.

In this solo episode, I share my personal journey out of New Age spirituality, including my experience with Medical Medium, psychic culture, manifestation, and spiritual communities in Los Angeles. I talk about how desperation can override discernment, especially when you are suffering.

I explore why vague spiritual language feels convincing, how manifestation appears to work, why control is often mistaken for faith, and what finally opened my eyes. I also share how walking away from these beliefs led me to something I had never experienced before: peace.

This episode is not about honesty, discernment, and what happens when you stop trying to be your own god and choose surrender instead.

If you have ever felt disillusioned, spiritually confused, or exhausted from trying to fix yourself, this conversation is for you.

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