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.
Is Being Happy and Healthy the Norm?
When I ask people ” what do they need in life to be fulfilled and happy?”, they reply good food, good friends, good relationships, less stress; but something is missing. In today’s podcast Susan discusses: Mental health problems that are sweeping the nation The cause of these problems Solutions that can fix the problem
Listen...The Highly Resilient Brain
Do you have top-notch mental resilience and the ability to utilize your full mental potential? In today’s episode, Susan discusses: The role of diet and nutrition for brain resilience How sleep and rest detox the brain Lifestyle habits to bring meditation into your life
Listen...Eight Steps to Emotional Balance
Modern research has shown that meditation is an effective strategy when coupled with right diet and lifestyle for treating anxiety, depression and other emotional imbalances. In today’s episode Susan discusses: The best time to wake up to prevent emotional imbalance How movement affects emotions How to practice positive ‘being’
Listen...Beating the Blues: Insights into Emotional Resilience
Depression affects more than 19 million adult Americans each year and women are twice as likely as men to experience it. In today’s episode Susan discusses: Lifestyle habits decreasing emotional resilience Yoga Science and Emotional Resilience Solutions for optimal mental digestion
Listen...Do You Feel Like Things Are Falling Apart?
Our health is more vulnerable when one season cycles into another. The change in seasons has an especially strong impact on us, making it easier for us to feel like we are falling apart. In today’s episode, Susan discusses practical strategies to restore balance utilizing: Food Exercise and Meditation
Listen...Confused On What To Eat? False Profits May Be to Blame
Is there something driving our nutrition knowledge? The unstated goal of most company-sponsored research studies is to increase net profits. In today’s episode Susan discusses: Studies driven by sponsored content? Why what you hear about nutrition may not be true A strategy to determine if what you hear is valid?
Listen...Does Feeling Good Really Matter?
To truly feel good is a matter of holding the space to be happy, prosperous and fulfilled in all aspects of our life. In today’s episode Susan discusses: Why how you feel affects your heart Three neurological hubs for resilience Takotsubo – broken heart syndrome
Listen...Inflammation: Fire Gone Wild
Fire is one of the principle metaphors in a Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine; it is an essential ingredient to good metabolism and good health. In today’s episode Susan will discuss: Principles of Inflammation Tips to Redirect Your Metabolic Fire 5 spices to help reduce inflammation
Listen...Cholesterol, The Good and Not So Bad
There is no such thing as good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. In today’s episode Susan discusses: Why cholesterol is so vital to the human body The Good and Not So Bad Cholesterol How Clinical Readings Can be Interpreted
Listen...Worried About Cholesterol? A Look At Dietary Fat Concerns
Did you know that only about 20% of the cholesterol in your bloodstream comes from the food you eat? In today’s episode, Susan discusses: Does the cholesterol you eat really matter? Is Cholesterol bad or is it Inflammation? Are statins good or bad?
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