The Meditative Shift Podcast with Susan Taylor, PHD
Doctor Susan Taylor hosts the Meditative Shift Podcast – Author of Return to Radiance, Feeling Good Matters, and the Vital Energy Reset. Susan guides us as we navigate ancient wisdom and modern science across the topics of mind, medicine, and holistic health.
Get Back Your Go, Vitalize Your Immune System
Given the choice, who among us would refuse a vital immune system? Doesn’t everyone want to be healthy and would rather avoid illness and disease? In today’s episode, Susan discusses: Innate and acquired immunity When our immune system is most vulnerable Strategies to build immunity
Listen...Vitality, How to Get It and Keep It
Are you enthusiastic and feeling inspired? Are you abundant with energy for living? In today’s episode, Susan discusses: Why we lose our vitality How we restore our vitality 4 principles to getting and keeping it
Listen...Detox Your Mind: Eight Ways to Restore A Healthy Mind
Are you being dragged around by worrisome thinking? Are you carrying around undigested experiences? Does your mind need a detox? Today’s topic seems to be one of my best selling retreats and I think the reason why is that we have so much worry and stress due to the current climate of our world. In today’s episode, Susan discusses: What does it mean to have a clean mind? What causes toxic mental buildup? Ways to restore a healthy mind
Listen...Rewire to Relax: Create Biological Balance
In today’s world, there is no question that relaxation is a core ingredient for living with health and vitality. Without training, your brain is reactive. It seeks comfort above all else and chases whatever is right in front of you. In today’s episode, Susan discusses: The core components needed for relaxation Relaxation and brain health Outcome of being biologically balanced
Listen...6 Steps To Optimize Your Meditation
If you have ever tried to meditate, you might have found that it is not so easy. Well, you are not alone. Meditation is not so easy and requires precision, skill and practice. In today’s episode, Susan discusses: How to prepare for meditation Why stability of the body is important The importance of proper breathing
Listen...Focus Your Mind; Master Your Body
When we bring the light of our awareness to a point of convergence rather than having it become dissipated, we create an energetic hub. In this hub, we actually change our cellular mechanisms. In today’s episode, Susan discusses: Focus as it pertains to our health How focus helps us acquire mastery over our body 4 ways to get started on that path of focus
Listen...Want To Be A Healing Force For Positive Change?
Today more than ever we need to come together in a collective effort to bring back a positive vibe to ourselves, nature and all of humanity. In today’s episode, Susan will discuss: Why we need purposeful change? How does group meditation benefit this change? Four aspects that make a group meditation powerful.
Listen...Diet Strategies For Energy and Creativity: A Look At Digestion
The food we eat has a significant influence on our minds and hearts. You could even say that the nature of our mind and feelings depends on the food we have eaten. In today’s episode, Susan will discuss: How does food affect our mood? The connection between food, mood and the brain. Recommendations to improve digestion.
Listen...Is Your Brain Wired For Optimal Health?
Your brain contains over 100 billion neurons. Each neuron forms synapses with 1000 to 100000 other neurons forming intricate neural networks that rely on certain factors. In today’s episode, Susan discusses: Fats and Brain Health The Importance of Neurotransmission The Role of Micronutrients for Protection
Listen...From Microbes to Mental Health: Connecting Your Gut To Your Head
Did you ever wonder why so much of how we feel registers in our stomach? Terms like butterflies in our stomach, or a gut feeling, or gut wrenching experiences are all tell tale signs of how our gut has feelings too. In today’s episode, Susan discusses: How our gut communicates with our brain 5 nutrition tips to nourish a healthy gut General guidelines to support harmony and happiness
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