All Things Vagus
Nourishing Self Care for the Helping Professional
Displaying 3 items of All Things Vagus with the tag "cortisol".
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Episode 38: While You Were Sleeping
February 26th, 2026 | 38 mins 43 secs
adrenal glands, alzheimer's, blood sugar, blue zones, cortisol, dreams, loneliness, longevity, memory, natura, natura health and wellness, nervous system, neuroscience, nightmares, red willow learning center, rem sleep, sleep, the brain, the university of montana, wmt-ahec
In this episode, Kathy interviews Dr. Michael Smith and Dagny Deutchman from Natura Health and Wellness in Missoula. Topics around sleep health and hygiene include: dreaming, neuroscience of sleep, and how sleep affects the nervous system.
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Episode 37: Staying Healthy Through the Holidays
November 28th, 2025 | 37 mins 33 secs
5 elements, blood sugar, christine white, cortisol, holiday health, immune support, kathy mangan, michael smith, natura, naturopathic, naturopathic medicine, red willow, sad, seasonal affective disorder, stress, university of montana, vagus nerve, vitamin c, vitamin d, warming spices, wintering, wmt-ahec
In this episode, Kathy interviews Doctors Christine White and Michael Smith from Natura Health and Wellness in Missoula. Topics include eating with the season, preparing for stressful events, and the foundations of health that can keep you healthy during the holidays.
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Episode 36: Retrain Trauma’s Effects
October 29th, 2025 | 24 mins 45 secs
ahec, cortisol, eft, epigenetics, meditation, natura health, naturopathy, red willow, tapping, trauma, vagus nerve
Kathy interviews Dr. Michael Smith of Natura Health and Wellness about the effects of trauma on the body and how we can mitigate the symptoms.