July 29, 2024 • 33 mins
Unlock the secrets to holistic wellness with the inspiring Dr. Deb Harrell, a wellness expert with 30 years of experience, as she shares the deeply personal journey that led her to write "Heal - Your Journey to Thriving." Motivated by her daughter's health struggles and her own upbringing in Kentucky, Dr. Harrell emphasizes the transformative power of self-love and how it steered her from a career in accounting toward becoming a passionate advocate for holistic wellness.
Learn how incorporating colorful fruits and vegetables can enhance your gut microbiome and overall health, and why shopping the perimeter of the grocery store favors a whole food diet over processed options. Our guest also shares practical hydration advice, including a refreshing homemade electrolyte drink recipe, and introduces a revolutionary health product that promises to help reverse aging, complementing a nutritious lifestyle.
Hear about the groundbreaking benefits of LifeWave patches, with a focus on the X39 patch that boosts copper peptides and reactivates dormant stem cells from both Aideen and Dr Deb. They showcase the transformative impact of these patches on overall health from improved sleep quality to normalized blood pressure.
Tune in to gain insights from Dr. Harrell and start your journey to a vibrant, healthy life today.
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Aideen Ni Riada (00:03):
Welcome.
This is the Resonate podcastwith Aideen.
I'm Aideen Nereida.
My guest today is Dr DebHarrell.
Welcome, deb.
Thank you so much for having me, aideen, I'm so excited for
this conversation.
Let me tell my listeners alittle bit about you, deb,
before we get into ourconversation.
Dr Deb Harrell is a passionatewellness warrior with 30 years
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of experience teaching peoplehow to reclaim their health,
body, soul and spirit.
Her inspirational workshops,retreats and coaching have
equipped people to live lives ofvitality, passion and purpose.
She is the author of an amazingbook called Heal your Journey
to Thriving, which is availableon Amazon.
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I have a copy right in front ofme and I've really enjoyed
reading this book.
For the listeners who don't knowme very well, it might be good
to mention that I also have abackground in health.
I worked in health shops forabout eight years.
I have a qualification inholistic dietetics and key
massage, which is an energyhealing massage, and I didn't
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feel fully fulfilled in that Ineeded to go into the music side
to that connection I have withhealth and understanding the
value of that, because it is aform of self-love to look after
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yourself, and I think thatthat's something that we should
allow and embrace.
So right, yeah.
So, deb, tell me a little bitabout your journey to writing
this book, because a book isvery, it's a, it's a big thing,
it's a huge creative endeavor.
It can often be something thatwe can have a lot of mental
blocks to seeing ourselves inthat light and it takes a huge
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commitment.
Tell us a little bit about thatjourney for you.
Dr. Deb Harrell (02:04):
Well, I will tell you that it took multiple
years to do that project, and itwas something that I kind of
knew I wanted to do for quite alot of years.
When I would meet with peopleto have a consult, you know, I
would try to download all ofthis information to them in an
hour and a half, which wasreally challenging.
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And my real goal with writingthe book was to have sort of a
curriculum, so to speak, or justall of that that I was
downloading to people in onespace for them, and so that was
really my goal with that book,and I, you know, just
procrastinated on it for a longtime, but finally it was like I
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have to do this and get thisdone, you know.
And so finally I did it andpublished it in late December 21
.
Aideen Ni Riada (02:55):
It's so beautifully written, I have to
say, because it's very it's verypersonable, it's very relatable
.
It's very personable, it's veryrelatable and you talk a lot
about your own journey torecognizing that health was so
important and I believe itrelates to your daughter
initially was one of the reasonsthat you started to become more
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aware that health needed to bemore of a priority.
Dr. Deb Harrell (03:22):
Yeah, I would say the experience with my
daughter actually launched meinto the holistic health world.
I actually, you know, I mean, Igrew up in Kentucky and you
know food choices weren't alwaysgreat, however, you know, my
parents were.
You know they were born in 1915and 1921 and fast food was
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never a part of our lives Numberone, we couldn't afford it, and
back then you just didn't havefast food restaurants really pop
up until probably my teenageyears, and so I I, at 18, I
actually became a vegetarian andit was really all about
becoming really loving animalsand just not wanting to, you
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know, eat them or be a part ofthat system.
But I was a junk foodvegetarian and I had my own form
of self-sabotage going, and Ithink a lot of times with people
, bad eating and abusive habitsare really a form of
self-sabotage and that really,at the root, is a situation of
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not valuing yourself and notloving yourself.
And so I kind of, when I hadchildren and my daughter is my
first child I thought, gosh, youknow, when I was pregnant I
decided I should really eat well, and then, you know, I wanted
to raise my kids to be healthyand so I really was motivated to
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clean up my diet and get rid ofthe junk and really make it
whole food, plant-based, whichis so much more important than
vegetarian or vegan and so.
But when my daughter was in thefirst grade she did have chronic
upper respiratory infections,those kinds of things.
We would go to the doctor,they'd give her antibiotics and
then a couple of weeks later wewere right back.
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And so at the end of her firstgrade year they asked they
wanted to take her tonsils andadenoids out.
And I was like, eh, screech,screeched on the brakes and went
.
I think those things are inthere for a reason and that kind
of launched me into reallyseeking out, you know more
holistic things like homeopathyand chiropractic.
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And I actually got her offdairy, which was one of the keys
to her getting well.
And you know she's 40 now andshe still has her tonsil as an
adenoid.
So Yay, that was yeah, causethere's such a key component to
the immune system.
Aideen Ni Riada (05:48):
So and I know that that that journey then led
you to go on a journey oflearning, um, you know, really
diving very deeply into things.
Um, were you always someone whowas very curious about life?
Dr. Deb Harrell (06:07):
I really was.
I was always a reader, you know.
I started as soon as I couldread.
I was constantly at the libraryreading books and of course
back then it was just novels andstuff.
But I've always been an avidreader and I kind of became a
personal growth junkie when I myfirst job out of college, my
first career was in accounting.
I was an accountant and myfirst job out of college was
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with Seagram and of coursethat's an alcohol company and
but it was a great job.
And my boss I was reallypetrified of speaking in public
and my boss I mean even speakingat a staff meeting of people
that I worked with every day.
I was nervous and so my boss,you know, spent a lot of money
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even back then to send me to theDale Carnegie course of in
human relations and publicspeaking and I graduated that
class, you know, after 13 weeksas the most improved.
I still had a long way to go,but that kind of really got me
into the personal growth spaceand really always working on
myself, and I still do to thisday.
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I'm, you know, almost 67 yearsold and I'm constantly in a
place of growth, and really froma spiritual, emotional
standpoint, really from aspiritual, emotional standpoint,
and I had a lot of things toovercome from childhood and and
really this really helped me toget to that place where I could
love myself.
I was really digging deep andfinding out what those, those
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barriers were to, to being ableto take care of myself well, I
think we have this in common.
Aideen Ni Riada (07:40):
I was really lucky my my mother.
I was, I'm Irish, I brought upin Ireland, but my mother is
American and moved from Americato Ireland to marry my dad and
brought with her books that mostmaybe Irish kids didn't have on
the shelf.
I was reading, you know.
I think there was books by CarlJung on the shelf and I had a
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big interest in reading and Igot to do that as a teenager and
study psychology and there wasa huge this willingness to find
out more.
I felt very lost in some ways,like as if I didn't know myself
very well and I was lookingoutside of myself and learning a
lot and it's all stood me ingood stead.
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But it's such a, it's such ablessing when you know you don't
know something.
Dr. Deb Harrell (08:31):
Right, yeah, and you kind of stay in that
perpetual state of learning andI there's more that I can learn
and that can help me.
Aideen Ni Riada (08:40):
Yeah, to stay teachable in that way, because I
think we're, we're all, and Ithink, especially as we get a
little bit older, sometimesthere's a tendency to go okay,
well, this is what I believe andI'm not changing now, um, but
there's so much, uh, so muchmore possible when we open up
our mind to new ways, and so Ihave a little story for you that
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I thought was cute to share.
I've been.
I was reading your book andthey have a little section there
on hydration and I read it andI was like, oh my gosh, I wish
my mother-in-law would read thisand she was visiting and I left
the book out and you know,because if I tell her to read it
, she won't read it um.
I left it out.
She didn't take a look at it,but she was here on Friday and
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she was flicking through it andshe was really.
She loved the little um.
You have some little uh time tosmile little joke stories.
And she was really.
Dr. Deb Harrell (09:29):
She loved the little um you have some little
uh time to smile little jokestories in there she was.
Aideen Ni Riada (09:32):
She was reading them out to me for some.
She just picked it up cause Ihad left it where she likes to
sit and, um, I said, mom readthe read the piece on
dehydration, and so she readthat.
And so I really, really I'm sopleased that I had this book
that I could share with her,because the way you've written
it is so accessible, it's sopersonable, it's so easy to
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relate to and I think that makesit a really, you know, a really
positive book, because there'slots of books on what to eat and
what not to eat.
But you can feel your energy inthis, deb, you can feel your
heart coming through the book.
Dr. Deb Harrell (10:09):
Well, thank you your energy in this, Deb.
You can feel your heart comingthrough the book.
Well, thank you.
One of the things I wanted tomake sure I did was not make
people feel guilty.
And I'll be honest, in my earlyjourney when I was helping
people in this space, I was alittle judgmental and a little
impatient with people, andbecause I'm one of these people
that when I make a decision todo something, I literally draw a
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line in the sand and I do it,Boom, I don't go back, and so
you know I.
So I expected everybody to bethat way, but part of my
personal growth journey reallywas learning that not
everybody's like me, you knowpeople.
People adapt and change indifferent ways.
Some people it's little babysteps at a time, and so I really
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wanted to make sure that I wasnot judgmental in the book and
really meeting people where theywere at.
And the reality is, if I caninspire one change out of people
reading that book, I'veaccomplished my goal.
You know, Would I love forpeople to apply every single
aspect of that?
Yes, but that's not reality,and so I really that was really.
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I appreciate your commentsbecause that was really one of
my main goals is I just wantedpeople to feel like they're
having sitting and having afriendly conversation with me.
Aideen Ni Riada (11:21):
Yeah, and it's so true.
I've actually recently beenreading one of Brené Brown's
books on shame and how she gotinto this.
You know, study ofvulnerability and shame, and one
of the things that was said toher as a young you know young
person before she finishedcollege was that shame is not a
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good way to create change.
People don't change if they'reshamed, and she went about her
whole career then testing thatis this actually true?
And she came to a very, verystrong conclusion that shame
does not help people to change.
You know judgment, and thiscomes back to that idea of
self-love and allowing yourselfto, like my husband calls it
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give yourself a permission slip.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, tell us a little bit about,like, if I don't have a lot of
guests on here talking abouthealth, you're probably the
first.
But tell us what you think isyour top.
You know maybe one or two tipsfor someone that maybe hasn't
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really looked into what isreally healthy for them?
What do them?
What's the first priority forpeople, do you think?
Dr. Deb Harrell (12:34):
Well, and I would say that there's a lot of
confusion out there.
I have a cartoon in my bookthat says a patient talking to
the doctor saying I want you tofollow a healthy lifestyle,
whatever the experts say.
That is this week.
That really is.
There's so much healthinformation out there that's
very confusing to people, and soI would say the very number one
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thing that you can do toimprove your health is to power
up your produce, and so thatmeans to eat a lot of plant
foods, a lot of fruits andvegetables.
The darker the color, thebetter, to really eat a colorful
diet with multiple colors a day.
You know there's a lot ofresearch showing.
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You know one of the thingsthat's really important is our
gut microbiome, and even withthe brain, you know there's a
lot of.
You know there's a gut brainconnection, and you know we live
in a world where a lot ofpeople are having issues with,
you know, depression, anxiety,all that kind of stuff and it's
really important to have areally good gut microbiome.
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And there's a really good bookcalled Fiber Fueled, and it's by
this brilliant doctor and hisname is Dr B.
I forget his last name, butit's a long last name.
But what they found is that themore variety you eat in the
plant kingdom, the healthier gutmicrobiome you're going to have
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.
Fruits and vegetables also have, you know, lots of vitamins and
minerals, phytochemicals,antioxidants, all these things
that you really have to get fromthe plant kingdom.
So power up your produce is thevery number one thing, and then
the other would be you know toreally and when you power up
your produce you're going to geta lot more fiber and probably
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the second thing is to you know,it's not just about what you
add, but it's always to reallygo to a whole food diet.
Aideen Ni Riada (14:32):
So you mean?
A non-packaged diet.
Dr. Deb Harrell (14:36):
Yes, non-processed food diet, because
processed foods have zero lifein them.
They have very, very littlenutrition, if any, and we have
become.
You know, we live in a veryfast-paced world and people are
just grabbing whatever'sconvenient and it's.
You know, we have an obesitycrisis in America.
I don't think so in Ireland,but for sure we do have an
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obesity crisis here, and it'shappening at younger, younger
ages.
And so if you, if you reallyjust eat whole foods, which is
shopping the outside perimeterof the grocery store not that
there aren't some whole foods ininside, like rice or something
like that but but you reallywant to just make sure you eat
whole food as much as possible,and that doesn't mean that you
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don't occasionally have a treat.
You know I'm really big on.
You know the 80-20 rule.
If you do the right things 80%of the time, what you do the
other 20% is not going to matteras much.
And so, really focusing onwhole foods, power up your
produce and focus on whole foods.
Aideen Ni Riada (15:35):
I love it.
Well, one of my I was lucky tostudy nutrition and that kind of
thing in my later twenties andum, so I had the chance to
really dive deep into that and Ihave to say one of my favorite
things is blueberries.
I'm just like I think I haveblueberries every day and if
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anyone, asks me what my secretis.
I tell them eat blueberries, youknow.
And so there's, there's.
There's so many good things,and I loved in your book when
you were talking about hydration.
You mentioned how a great wayto get your electrolytes is to
squeeze an orange, a lemon and alime into a gallon of water and
drink, and drink about a gallonof water a day.
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Is that what you cause?
We don't talk in gallons in.
Dr. Deb Harrell (16:18):
In ireland we're talking liters, so we'll
have to do both yeah, I, I can'tconvert to liters for you, but
I'm sure you can.
Um, no, I, that's just.
You know the measurements toget a good electrolyte, but you
want to.
You want to drink half yourbody weight in ounces per day.
So let's just say you weigh 100pounds, you want to drink 50
ounces of water.
Now you need to add that.
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Add some to that If you're, youknow, in places like Florida
where you sweat a lot, or if youdrink caffeine or alcohol,
you'll need more hydration.
So, half of your body weight inounces.
But that's just a good way tomake a good electrolyte drink
that you can have ready and andtasty too Very tasty yes.
Aideen Ni Riada (16:58):
Yes, have ready and tasty too, very tasty, yes,
yes.
So I know that that um, weactually met through one of my
aunts and Eileen, and she hadrecommended that I speak to you.
After um, I became interestedin a health product that you
promote and she promotes thathelps you to get younger.
(17:19):
So I was wondering if that'ssomething that you would like to
talk about today.
Is this something that, when Isaw this um, this revolutionary
kind of product, I was like, hmm, okay, I can eat everything and
I can do everything well, butthis is something that I don't
think is?
And I can do everything well,but this is something that I
don't think is.
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You can't hack it withnutrition fully.
You can do, obviously, when weeat the blueberries and we're
protecting ourselves and we'reactually staying younger when we
eat well, but this actuallyseems to reverse aging.
Would you say that that is trueof this?
Dr. Deb Harrell (17:54):
I would say, that's true.
And, yes, you're right, eatingand I eat blueberries every.
And, yes, you're right, eatingat night blueberries every day
too, by the way.
But eating right and, you know,dealing with your stress,
hydrating, all those things arehelp.
They are anti-aging, for sure,but there's not anything that I
have found until this thatreverses aging.
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And so, you know, I'm almost 67years old and I'm very
interested in that.
You know, the older I get, themore I'm interested in it.
And it's called the LifeWavepatches.
One of them, the main one, iscalled X39.
And what it does is they, andthey've, they've researched
these patches.
They're not making claims,there's actually research behind
it.
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I actually resisted getting onthe patches for about two years
because I just kind of didn'tbelieve I didn't look at the
research, I was kind of, youknow, acting like I know it all.
But a lot of people talked tome about them and I was just
like, you know, I just can'tbelieve that that really is, you
know, going to make that dothat.
But then when I, you know,finally, after two years, I
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thought you know what, I had afriend that really kept bugging
me about it and I thought, well,let me at least, you know, look
into this.
I actually look at some of theresearch versus just ignore it,
and I was pretty impressedbecause what the research has
shown is that I had alreadylearned, you know, in the last I
started the patches in lastSeptember of 23,.
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But for the couple of yearsprior to that, I had really
learned the benefits of ofreally, um, like the copper
peptide and actually peptides,and I had actually done a round
of peptide most peptides youhave to inject and so I'd
already done a round of aspecific peptide that's supposed
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to help with inflammation andyou know I did a round of
injecting it every day into mybody, twice a day, and it's
really expensive and I saw noresults.
Well, what the patches do?
The X39?
For sure it causes your body toboost production of the copper
peptide.
For sure it causes your body toboost production of the copper
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peptide.
And what they found that does?
It does a lot of differentthings.
You can research, you know thebenefits of copper peptides, but
what it does is it causes yourstem cells to be reactivated,
and the stem cells are reallyone of the reasons we age is, as
we age, our stem cells becomeinactive and you know a baby is
just bursting.
You know the stem cells arevery active and available, but
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as we age they become more likedormant and so these kind of
reactivate the copper peptide isknown to help reactivate stem
cells you know a lot of peopleare going to other countries
because you can't do it I don'tbelieve in this country to get
stem cell transplants and allthat kind of stuff and it's
extremely expensive.
So I thought, well, if there's away that I don't have to inject
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myself because I wascontemplating, you know, to help
my clients I was contemplating,you know, really kind of
recommending peptides, but itwas just like, you know, most
people are not going to injectthemselves and they're very
expensive.
So I thought, well, if I canfind a way that does the same
thing without that.
And so that's really whatmotivated me to really check
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into the LifeWave patches.
And you know I've seenpersonally seen some really
great benefits.
My, you know, family's seengreat benefits, people I've
recommended them to have seengreat benefits.
And it's super easy.
It's like a little roundbandaid that you put on every
day and it's been shown somereally good stuff.
Aideen Ni Riada (21:27):
I was fascinated by this because I've
always been interested in inbeauty and um, you know,
anti-aging I am.
It's all started withCosmopolitan Magazine I was
reading oh, there you go.
They said, put on sunscreen,it's the key thing for
anti-aging.
And I did that.
So you know people were askingme my secret because I had a
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very big birthday recently.
Oh, you did, yeah, the big fivezero.
And I thought, oh my gosh,probably just like staying out
of the sun and putting onsunscreen was one of the big
things.
And then having this, you know,knowledge about nutrition in my
later twenties and gettingfitter, and you know, eating
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more blueberries and and what Iwould call, you know, really
nutrient rich foods and wholefoods, as you say, not processed
foods.
And I stopped eating sugarbecause I worked for a company
called Perricone MD.
You're probably familiar, andthey're an American company that
does very sciencey skincare,but his whole foundation is the
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food, and he would say that DrPerricone would say that, you
know, sugars create glycation,which isa a way that stiffens
the skin.
So I always say to people whenI worked for him actually for a
while as well um, that your skinis like silk, and when we eat
sugar it's like spraying thesilk with a starch and it kind
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of just clumps it all up.
So I was lucky to know thatearly on and I mean I eat my
little piece of dark chocolate.
I had a dessert for our weddinganniversary last week.
I'm not like being right.
So I mean I was very carefulfor a year I didn't have any
sugar, um, but I I learned mybalance in that.
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But when I found out about thelife wave patches, it just made
so much sense to me because Ithankfully I'd had some
education around.
You know nutrition and you knowI always love biology.
Actually, so it does seemcompletely incredulous like
that's something that you couldstick on your body.
That doesn't even put anythinginto you.
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That's just reflecting your ownbody heat, and your ultraviolet
light back can stimulate thecells to work in a more youthful
way.
I think what's a good idea tomention is it works in a similar
way to how, when sunlight hitsyour skin, your body will
automatically convertcholesterol in your skin into
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vitamin D.
So our bodies are naturallydesigned to respond to light and
to work better with certainlight waves.
So this was really aneye-opener for me, and so I'm
very glad that you decided totry them eventually, because I
believe, because you, you triedthem.
My aunt Eileen tried them withher husband, who has dementia
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and had had a stroke and veryserious issues, and he's
improved dramatically, and I'vebeen able to recommend them for
my husband, who his uh, his scarfrom his heart surgery has
started to heal up and that'sawesome.
His mind is much clearer.
My mom is taking them.
So, um, you know, I think it'sreally interesting how you know
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we just are living our bestlives, we're just trying our
best as people.
But one person taking a standon something and, you know,
being willing to share what theyknow can transform many, many
other lives.
It's like that little light.
You know you light everyoneelse around you.
Dr. Deb Harrell (25:03):
Or I like the ripple effect.
You know when you throw thatwater in the pond, you know, yes
, yeah.
Who would have ever thoughtsome beautiful Irish woman,
because I decided to get onboard with patches, would now
get to experience the benefits?
I love that.
Aideen Ni Riada (25:18):
Yeah, yeah, they're that.
Yeah yeah, uh, they're reallyvery, very good.
So the um just in case anybodyis curious about that, I, um, I
have a um website you can go toto learn about it and you can
talk to myself or Dr Deb aboutthis Um.
But they have a number of otherpatches for for various other
things as well, but the X39 isprobably the first one that I'm
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sure that you would recommend topeople Is that right A hundred
percent.
Dr. Deb Harrell (25:45):
The other patch that I've seen amazing results
with is the Eon, which is forinflammation.
I start when I started.
I started with both the X39 andEon and I was having I.
I was just waking up every dayand I didn't feel refreshed, and
that was one of the.
When I have a consult withsomebody, I'll ask them do you
wake refreshed?
Cause that's really important,and I kept you know for months.
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I was going, why am I not?
I must.
I thought I was sleeping well,but I must not be because I'm
not waking refreshed.
It was really bugging me andliterally within one day on the
patch and I started with X39neon.
Next morning I woke uprefreshed, and it's been that
way.
And then also I was having aweird heart vibrational thing.
It wasn't flutters, it wasn't,you know, palpitations or
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anything like that, it was justthis weird vibration.
I'm very in tune with my body.
A lot of people become very outof tune with their body, but
our bodies constantly tell us astory and I'm not one of these
people that go off and run to adoctor.
I just don't do it.
And so you know, I've beenhaving for a couple of months
this really weird vibrationalthing and within three days that
was gone, hasn't returned.
My father-in-law, who's 96 anda half, lives with us.
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He uh with.
With those two patches he wasable to normalize his blood
pressure and I don't say thatanybody's going to have these
same results, but I'm justtelling you what my results were
.
So, yeah, I love the Eon patch.
I have to say, if you can doboth, I recommend both of those.
If someone had like with DavidEileen's husband, because it
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involves the brain, we have himdoing the carnosine patch, which
is really good for the brain.
We've got a glutathione patchthat elevates glutathione in the
body, which is a masterantioxidant.
So, yeah, there's other patches, but for sure X39, many, many
people see dramatic results withthat.
Aideen Ni Riada (27:39):
Yeah, it was interesting because I was trying
it out.
I don't think I wasn't like Ididn't have a health issue.
I was like, okay, I'll just,I'll put on the X39 for a few
hours here and a few hours thereand I'll skip days.
But within the first few days Istarted to want to wear the X39
the same way as I might want todrink a glass of water.
So that was my version of mybody.
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Is telling me something aboutthis, you know.
So, if anybody's curious aboutit, there's lots of great
information out there.
There's clinical researchstudies I think there is, is it?
80 clinical research studies,130 patents for the patches, and
they've been proven to regulateyour brain, regulate your heart
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, improve your skin, boostcollagen.
So there's lots like that thatI can say is phenomenal and
worth looking into, particularlyif you have a health issue.
But even if you're just alittle bit vain, like I am, I'll
tell you that's part of myreason, that's for sure, yeah.
So, look, look, it's beenabsolutely amazing speaking to
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you, and I know that you arestill working at this.
You know you're a naturopathicdoctor.
You um have a lot to teach andyou do teach classes, so, um, I
know that your website is wheremost people can connect with you
.
Do you want to invite people toto sign up for anything in
particular?
Dr. Deb Harrell (29:03):
Yeah, so my website is purelighthealthcom
P-U-R-E-L-I-G-H-T healthcom and,yes, sign up on there.
You can become a part of mytribe.
Uh, I would definitelyrecommend getting my book.
I am actually currentlyrepublishing it.
I think there's still a fewcopies on Amazon, but, uh,
(29:24):
hopefully that will be finishedthis week where I can get that
new one up there.
It's just got a few littletweaks.
It hasn't changed a lot, but Iwanted to basically kind of take
it back from from where it wasbeing published and, um, yeah,
sign up if you'd love to tolearn about classes or you know
any, any of that kind of kind ofstuff, coaching, all of those
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kind of things.
Aideen Ni Riada (29:48):
Well, I'm so excited this book is standalone.
Anybody can access it.
This will be around afteryou're not around as well, deb.
This is something that peoplecan have in their home, pick up
whenever they feel like it.
Hand it.
Hand it to a family member,like.
Your words are going to reach alot of people with this book.
Dr. Deb Harrell (30:07):
Um, it's called .
Aideen Ni Riada (30:08):
Heal your Journey to Thriving.
By Dr Deb Harrell.
Um, thank you so much, deb, forbeing here.
It's been an absolute pleasure.
Before we finish up, is thereanything that you'd like to say
to the listeners?
Is there anything, any finalwords of wisdom, that you'd like
to say to those listening to ustoday?
Dr. Deb Harrell (30:26):
Um, I would, I would really like to say to I
encourage you to make yourself apriority.
Don't put off till tomorrowwhat you can do today, because
tomorrow may be too late.
You know that's so many, somany people I've lost to cancer
and things like that, and youknow, by the time they got the
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diagnosis it was so far gonethat they really couldn't stop
the progress.
And so I just really encourageyou to do whatever it takes to
take good care of yourself, toput your own oxygen mask on
first, because you can't be goodto anybody else unless you take
care of you.
And so please make yourself apriority.
That's not ego, that isactually love.
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And it also, you know, myfavorite quote is example is not
the main thing in influencingothers, it's the only thing.
Aideen Ni Riada (31:18):
Say that again, say that one again, because it
went by so fast that I didn'teven catch it Okay.
Dr. Deb Harrell (31:22):
Example is not the main thing in influencing
others, it's the only thing.
Say that again, Say that oneagain, because it went by so
fast that I didn't even catch it.
Okay.
Example is not the main thingin influencing others, it's the
only thing.
So the only way we influenceothers is through our example.
And so you know, I encouragepeople, don't you want to be a
good example to your family?
Because the reality is, if youlook at the statistics of where
we are, especially in AmericaI'm not familiar with the
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statistics in Ireland, but whenI went there and visited Irish,
people look a lot healthier.
I just you know, really youknow we have a health crisis of
epic proportions in our nationand be an example, because other
people are going to be inspiredby your example.
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Take care of yourself.
If you're one baby step at atime person.
Take one baby step at a time.
At the end of each chapter ofmy book, I have an action plan,
and so it's meant to help youkind of make some changes
gradually and and you'll feelbetter, You'll be able to do
more things, You'll be able toreally live your purpose, which
is so important.
Aideen Ni Riada (32:23):
Because when you feel good, you do good and
you can offer more of what youhave to the world.
It's beautiful, yes, soappreciate you being here, deb.
My pleasure, absolutelybeautiful, and if anybody has
any questions, dr Deb would behappy to hear from you.
I would be happy to hear fromyou and we would love to to hear
from you.
I would be happy to hear fromyou and we would love to share
(32:44):
what we know.
Please find this book, healyour journey to thriving and
read it and give it to friendsand family, because I can highly
recommend this book.
There's even a lot in hereabout your, about faith, about,
you know, personal growth, abouthow to make better choices.
(33:04):
Like what is that?
That?
You know how do we get our mindaligned to making those better
choices?
So it isn't just about what todo, it's also about how to do it
, and there's recipes in theback.
That was one thing mymother-in-law was very excited
to see.
Dr. Deb Harrell (33:18):
Actually, yes, yeah, some of my favorite
recipes are in there.
So, yes, thank you so much.
I really appreciate it, aideen.
It's been fun.
I'm actually glad I get to seeyou and have a face, to connect
with the beautiful Irish accentand voice, and such a pleasure
to meet you and be on your show.
(33:38):
Thank you so much.
Aideen Ni Riada (33:40):
Dr Deb, take care and thank you all for
listening.
Goodbye from the Resonatepodcast.
We'll so much.
Dr Deb, take care and thank youall for listening.
Goodbye from the Resonatepodcast.
We'll see you next time.
Welcome.
This is the Resonate podcastwith Aideen.
I'm Aideen Nereida.
My guest today is Dr DebHarrell.
Welcome, deb.
Thank you so much for having me, aideen, I'm so excited for
this conversation.
Let me tell my listeners alittle bit about you, deb,
before we get into ourconversation.
Dr Deb Harrell is a passionatewellness warrior with 30 years
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of experience teaching peoplehow to reclaim their health,
body, soul and spirit.
Her inspirational workshops,retreats and coaching have
equipped people to live lives ofvitality, passion and purpose.
She is the author of an amazingbook called Heal your Journey
to Thriving, which is availableon Amazon.
(00:49):
I have a copy right in front ofme and I've really enjoyed
reading this book.
For the listeners who don't knowme very well, it might be good
to mention that I also have abackground in health.
I worked in health shops forabout eight years.
I have a qualification inholistic dietetics and key
massage, which is an energyhealing massage, and I didn't
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feel fully fulfilled in that Ineeded to go into the music side
to that connection I have withhealth and understanding the
value of that, because it is aform of self-love to look after
(01:35):
yourself, and I think thatthat's something that we should
allow and embrace.
So right, yeah.
So, deb, tell me a little bitabout your journey to writing
this book, because a book isvery, it's a, it's a big thing,
it's a huge creative endeavor.
It can often be something thatwe can have a lot of mental
blocks to seeing ourselves inthat light and it takes a huge
(01:59):
commitment.
Tell us a little bit about thatjourney for you.
Dr. Deb Harrell (02:04):
Well, I will tell you that it took multiple
years to do that project, and itwas something that I kind of
knew I wanted to do for quite alot of years.
When I would meet with peopleto have a consult, you know, I
would try to download all ofthis information to them in an
hour and a half, which wasreally challenging.
(02:25):
And my real goal with writingthe book was to have sort of a
curriculum, so to speak, or justall of that that I was
downloading to people in onespace for them, and so that was
really my goal with that book,and I, you know, just
procrastinated on it for a longtime, but finally it was like I
(02:47):
have to do this and get thisdone, you know.
And so finally I did it andpublished it in late December 21
.
Aideen Ni Riada (02:55):
It's so beautifully written, I have to
say, because it's very it's verypersonable, it's very relatable
.
It's very personable, it's veryrelatable and you talk a lot
about your own journey torecognizing that health was so
important and I believe itrelates to your daughter
initially was one of the reasonsthat you started to become more
(03:17):
aware that health needed to bemore of a priority.
Dr. Deb Harrell (03:22):
Yeah, I would say the experience with my
daughter actually launched meinto the holistic health world.
I actually, you know, I mean, Igrew up in Kentucky and you
know food choices weren't alwaysgreat, however, you know, my
parents were.
You know they were born in 1915and 1921 and fast food was
(03:44):
never a part of our lives Numberone, we couldn't afford it, and
back then you just didn't havefast food restaurants really pop
up until probably my teenageyears, and so I I, at 18, I
actually became a vegetarian andit was really all about
becoming really loving animalsand just not wanting to, you
(04:04):
know, eat them or be a part ofthat system.
But I was a junk foodvegetarian and I had my own form
of self-sabotage going, and Ithink a lot of times with people
, bad eating and abusive habitsare really a form of
self-sabotage and that really,at the root, is a situation of
(04:26):
not valuing yourself and notloving yourself.
And so I kind of, when I hadchildren and my daughter is my
first child I thought, gosh, youknow, when I was pregnant I
decided I should really eat well, and then, you know, I wanted
to raise my kids to be healthyand so I really was motivated to
(04:48):
clean up my diet and get rid ofthe junk and really make it
whole food, plant-based, whichis so much more important than
vegetarian or vegan and so.
But when my daughter was in thefirst grade she did have chronic
upper respiratory infections,those kinds of things.
We would go to the doctor,they'd give her antibiotics and
then a couple of weeks later wewere right back.
(05:09):
And so at the end of her firstgrade year they asked they
wanted to take her tonsils andadenoids out.
And I was like, eh, screech,screeched on the brakes and went
.
I think those things are inthere for a reason and that kind
of launched me into reallyseeking out, you know more
holistic things like homeopathyand chiropractic.
(05:29):
And I actually got her offdairy, which was one of the keys
to her getting well.
And you know she's 40 now andshe still has her tonsil as an
adenoid.
So Yay, that was yeah, causethere's such a key component to
the immune system.
Aideen Ni Riada (05:48):
So and I know that that that journey then led
you to go on a journey oflearning, um, you know, really
diving very deeply into things.
Um, were you always someone whowas very curious about life?
Dr. Deb Harrell (06:07):
I really was.
I was always a reader, you know.
I started as soon as I couldread.
I was constantly at the libraryreading books and of course
back then it was just novels andstuff.
But I've always been an avidreader and I kind of became a
personal growth junkie when I myfirst job out of college, my
first career was in accounting.
I was an accountant and myfirst job out of college was
(06:29):
with Seagram and of coursethat's an alcohol company and
but it was a great job.
And my boss I was reallypetrified of speaking in public
and my boss I mean even speakingat a staff meeting of people
that I worked with every day.
I was nervous and so my boss,you know, spent a lot of money
(06:53):
even back then to send me to theDale Carnegie course of in
human relations and publicspeaking and I graduated that
class, you know, after 13 weeksas the most improved.
I still had a long way to go,but that kind of really got me
into the personal growth spaceand really always working on
myself, and I still do to thisday.
(07:13):
I'm, you know, almost 67 yearsold and I'm constantly in a
place of growth, and really froma spiritual, emotional
standpoint, really from aspiritual, emotional standpoint,
and I had a lot of things toovercome from childhood and and
really this really helped me toget to that place where I could
love myself.
I was really digging deep andfinding out what those, those
(07:34):
barriers were to, to being ableto take care of myself well, I
think we have this in common.
Aideen Ni Riada (07:40):
I was really lucky my my mother.
I was, I'm Irish, I brought upin Ireland, but my mother is
American and moved from Americato Ireland to marry my dad and
brought with her books that mostmaybe Irish kids didn't have on
the shelf.
I was reading, you know.
I think there was books by CarlJung on the shelf and I had a
(08:01):
big interest in reading and Igot to do that as a teenager and
study psychology and there wasa huge this willingness to find
out more.
I felt very lost in some ways,like as if I didn't know myself
very well and I was lookingoutside of myself and learning a
lot and it's all stood me ingood stead.
(08:22):
But it's such a, it's such ablessing when you know you don't
know something.
Dr. Deb Harrell (08:31):
Right, yeah, and you kind of stay in that
perpetual state of learning andI there's more that I can learn
and that can help me.
Aideen Ni Riada (08:40):
Yeah, to stay teachable in that way, because I
think we're, we're all, and Ithink, especially as we get a
little bit older, sometimesthere's a tendency to go okay,
well, this is what I believe andI'm not changing now, um, but
there's so much, uh, so muchmore possible when we open up
our mind to new ways, and so Ihave a little story for you that
(09:02):
I thought was cute to share.
I've been.
I was reading your book andthey have a little section there
on hydration and I read it andI was like, oh my gosh, I wish
my mother-in-law would read thisand she was visiting and I left
the book out and you know,because if I tell her to read it
, she won't read it um.
I left it out.
She didn't take a look at it,but she was here on Friday and
(09:24):
she was flicking through it andshe was really.
She loved the little um.
You have some little uh time tosmile little joke stories.
And she was really.
Dr. Deb Harrell (09:29):
She loved the little um you have some little
uh time to smile little jokestories in there she was.
Aideen Ni Riada (09:32):
She was reading them out to me for some.
She just picked it up cause Ihad left it where she likes to
sit and, um, I said, mom readthe read the piece on
dehydration, and so she readthat.
And so I really, really I'm sopleased that I had this book
that I could share with her,because the way you've written
it is so accessible, it's sopersonable, it's so easy to
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relate to and I think that makesit a really, you know, a really
positive book, because there'slots of books on what to eat and
what not to eat.
But you can feel your energy inthis, deb, you can feel your
heart coming through the book.
Dr. Deb Harrell (10:09):
Well, thank you your energy in this, Deb.
You can feel your heart comingthrough the book.
Well, thank you.
One of the things I wanted tomake sure I did was not make
people feel guilty.
And I'll be honest, in my earlyjourney when I was helping
people in this space, I was alittle judgmental and a little
impatient with people, andbecause I'm one of these people
that when I make a decision todo something, I literally draw a
(10:31):
line in the sand and I do it,Boom, I don't go back, and so
you know I.
So I expected everybody to bethat way, but part of my
personal growth journey reallywas learning that not
everybody's like me, you knowpeople.
People adapt and change indifferent ways.
Some people it's little babysteps at a time, and so I really
(10:52):
wanted to make sure that I wasnot judgmental in the book and
really meeting people where theywere at.
And the reality is, if I caninspire one change out of people
reading that book, I'veaccomplished my goal.
You know, Would I love forpeople to apply every single
aspect of that?
Yes, but that's not reality,and so I really that was really.
(11:13):
I appreciate your commentsbecause that was really one of
my main goals is I just wantedpeople to feel like they're
having sitting and having afriendly conversation with me.
Aideen Ni Riada (11:21):
Yeah, and it's so true.
I've actually recently beenreading one of Brené Brown's
books on shame and how she gotinto this.
You know, study ofvulnerability and shame, and one
of the things that was said toher as a young you know young
person before she finishedcollege was that shame is not a
(11:41):
good way to create change.
People don't change if they'reshamed, and she went about her
whole career then testing thatis this actually true?
And she came to a very, verystrong conclusion that shame
does not help people to change.
You know judgment, and thiscomes back to that idea of
self-love and allowing yourselfto, like my husband calls it
(12:04):
give yourself a permission slip.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, tell us a little bit about,like, if I don't have a lot of
guests on here talking abouthealth, you're probably the
first.
But tell us what you think isyour top.
You know maybe one or two tipsfor someone that maybe hasn't
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really looked into what isreally healthy for them?
What do them?
What's the first priority forpeople, do you think?
Dr. Deb Harrell (12:34):
Well, and I would say that there's a lot of
confusion out there.
I have a cartoon in my bookthat says a patient talking to
the doctor saying I want you tofollow a healthy lifestyle,
whatever the experts say.
That is this week.
That really is.
There's so much healthinformation out there that's
very confusing to people, and soI would say the very number one
(12:56):
thing that you can do toimprove your health is to power
up your produce, and so thatmeans to eat a lot of plant
foods, a lot of fruits andvegetables.
The darker the color, thebetter, to really eat a colorful
diet with multiple colors a day.
You know there's a lot ofresearch showing.
(13:16):
You know one of the thingsthat's really important is our
gut microbiome, and even withthe brain, you know there's a
lot of.
You know there's a gut brainconnection, and you know we live
in a world where a lot ofpeople are having issues with,
you know, depression, anxiety,all that kind of stuff and it's
really important to have areally good gut microbiome.
(13:36):
And there's a really good bookcalled Fiber Fueled, and it's by
this brilliant doctor and hisname is Dr B.
I forget his last name, butit's a long last name.
But what they found is that themore variety you eat in the
plant kingdom, the healthier gutmicrobiome you're going to have
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.
Fruits and vegetables also have, you know, lots of vitamins and
minerals, phytochemicals,antioxidants, all these things
that you really have to get fromthe plant kingdom.
So power up your produce is thevery number one thing, and then
the other would be you know toreally and when you power up
your produce you're going to geta lot more fiber and probably
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the second thing is to you know,it's not just about what you
add, but it's always to reallygo to a whole food diet.
Aideen Ni Riada (14:32):
So you mean?
A non-packaged diet.
Dr. Deb Harrell (14:36):
Yes, non-processed food diet, because
processed foods have zero lifein them.
They have very, very littlenutrition, if any, and we have
become.
You know, we live in a veryfast-paced world and people are
just grabbing whatever'sconvenient and it's.
You know, we have an obesitycrisis in America.
I don't think so in Ireland,but for sure we do have an
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obesity crisis here, and it'shappening at younger, younger
ages.
And so if you, if you reallyjust eat whole foods, which is
shopping the outside perimeterof the grocery store not that
there aren't some whole foods ininside, like rice or something
like that but but you reallywant to just make sure you eat
whole food as much as possible,and that doesn't mean that you
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don't occasionally have a treat.
You know I'm really big on.
You know the 80-20 rule.
If you do the right things 80%of the time, what you do the
other 20% is not going to matteras much.
And so, really focusing onwhole foods, power up your
produce and focus on whole foods.
Aideen Ni Riada (15:35):
I love it.
Well, one of my I was lucky tostudy nutrition and that kind of
thing in my later twenties andum, so I had the chance to
really dive deep into that and Ihave to say one of my favorite
things is blueberries.
I'm just like I think I haveblueberries every day and if
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anyone, asks me what my secretis.
I tell them eat blueberries, youknow.
And so there's, there's.
There's so many good things,and I loved in your book when
you were talking about hydration.
You mentioned how a great wayto get your electrolytes is to
squeeze an orange, a lemon and alime into a gallon of water and
drink, and drink about a gallonof water a day.
(16:15):
Is that what you cause?
We don't talk in gallons in.
Dr. Deb Harrell (16:18):
In ireland we're talking liters, so we'll
have to do both yeah, I, I can'tconvert to liters for you, but
I'm sure you can.
Um, no, I, that's just.
You know the measurements toget a good electrolyte, but you
want to.
You want to drink half yourbody weight in ounces per day.
So let's just say you weigh 100pounds, you want to drink 50
ounces of water.
Now you need to add that.
(16:39):
Add some to that If you're, youknow, in places like Florida
where you sweat a lot, or if youdrink caffeine or alcohol,
you'll need more hydration.
So, half of your body weight inounces.
But that's just a good way tomake a good electrolyte drink
that you can have ready and andtasty too Very tasty yes.
Aideen Ni Riada (16:58):
Yes, have ready and tasty too, very tasty, yes,
yes.
So I know that that um, weactually met through one of my
aunts and Eileen, and she hadrecommended that I speak to you.
After um, I became interestedin a health product that you
promote and she promotes thathelps you to get younger.
(17:19):
So I was wondering if that'ssomething that you would like to
talk about today.
Is this something that, when Isaw this um, this revolutionary
kind of product, I was like, hmm, okay, I can eat everything and
I can do everything well, butthis is something that I don't
think is?
And I can do everything well,but this is something that I
don't think is.
(17:39):
You can't hack it withnutrition fully.
You can do, obviously, when weeat the blueberries and we're
protecting ourselves and we'reactually staying younger when we
eat well, but this actuallyseems to reverse aging.
Would you say that that is trueof this?
Dr. Deb Harrell (17:54):
I would say, that's true.
And, yes, you're right, eatingand I eat blueberries every.
And, yes, you're right, eatingat night blueberries every day
too, by the way.
But eating right and, you know,dealing with your stress,
hydrating, all those things arehelp.
They are anti-aging, for sure,but there's not anything that I
have found until this thatreverses aging.
(18:16):
And so, you know, I'm almost 67years old and I'm very
interested in that.
You know, the older I get, themore I'm interested in it.
And it's called the LifeWavepatches.
One of them, the main one, iscalled X39.
And what it does is they, andthey've, they've researched
these patches.
They're not making claims,there's actually research behind
it.
(18:36):
I actually resisted getting onthe patches for about two years
because I just kind of didn'tbelieve I didn't look at the
research, I was kind of, youknow, acting like I know it all.
But a lot of people talked tome about them and I was just
like, you know, I just can'tbelieve that that really is, you
know, going to make that dothat.
But then when I, you know,finally, after two years, I
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thought you know what, I had afriend that really kept bugging
me about it and I thought, well,let me at least, you know, look
into this.
I actually look at some of theresearch versus just ignore it,
and I was pretty impressedbecause what the research has
shown is that I had alreadylearned, you know, in the last I
started the patches in lastSeptember of 23,.
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But for the couple of yearsprior to that, I had really
learned the benefits of ofreally, um, like the copper
peptide and actually peptides,and I had actually done a round
of peptide most peptides youhave to inject and so I'd
already done a round of aspecific peptide that's supposed
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to help with inflammation andyou know I did a round of
injecting it every day into mybody, twice a day, and it's
really expensive and I saw noresults.
Well, what the patches do?
The X39?
For sure it causes your body toboost production of the copper
peptide.
For sure it causes your body toboost production of the copper
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peptide.
And what they found that does?
It does a lot of differentthings.
You can research, you know thebenefits of copper peptides, but
what it does is it causes yourstem cells to be reactivated,
and the stem cells are reallyone of the reasons we age is, as
we age, our stem cells becomeinactive and you know a baby is
just bursting.
You know the stem cells arevery active and available, but
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as we age they become more likedormant and so these kind of
reactivate the copper peptide isknown to help reactivate stem
cells you know a lot of peopleare going to other countries
because you can't do it I don'tbelieve in this country to get
stem cell transplants and allthat kind of stuff and it's
extremely expensive.
So I thought, well, if there's away that I don't have to inject
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myself because I wascontemplating, you know, to help
my clients I was contemplating,you know, really kind of
recommending peptides, but itwas just like, you know, most
people are not going to injectthemselves and they're very
expensive.
So I thought, well, if I canfind a way that does the same
thing without that.
And so that's really whatmotivated me to really check
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into the LifeWave patches.
And you know I've seenpersonally seen some really
great benefits.
My, you know, family's seengreat benefits, people I've
recommended them to have seengreat benefits.
And it's super easy.
It's like a little roundbandaid that you put on every
day and it's been shown somereally good stuff.
Aideen Ni Riada (21:27):
I was fascinated by this because I've
always been interested in inbeauty and um, you know,
anti-aging I am.
It's all started withCosmopolitan Magazine I was
reading oh, there you go.
They said, put on sunscreen,it's the key thing for
anti-aging.
And I did that.
So you know people were askingme my secret because I had a
(21:48):
very big birthday recently.
Oh, you did, yeah, the big fivezero.
And I thought, oh my gosh,probably just like staying out
of the sun and putting onsunscreen was one of the big
things.
And then having this, you know,knowledge about nutrition in my
later twenties and gettingfitter, and you know, eating
(22:09):
more blueberries and and what Iwould call, you know, really
nutrient rich foods and wholefoods, as you say, not processed
foods.
And I stopped eating sugarbecause I worked for a company
called Perricone MD.
You're probably familiar, andthey're an American company that
does very sciencey skincare,but his whole foundation is the
(22:32):
food, and he would say that DrPerricone would say that, you
know, sugars create glycation,which isa a way that stiffens
the skin.
So I always say to people whenI worked for him actually for a
while as well um, that your skinis like silk, and when we eat
sugar it's like spraying thesilk with a starch and it kind
(22:56):
of just clumps it all up.
So I was lucky to know thatearly on and I mean I eat my
little piece of dark chocolate.
I had a dessert for our weddinganniversary last week.
I'm not like being right.
So I mean I was very carefulfor a year I didn't have any
sugar, um, but I I learned mybalance in that.
(23:16):
But when I found out about thelife wave patches, it just made
so much sense to me because Ithankfully I'd had some
education around.
You know nutrition and you knowI always love biology.
Actually, so it does seemcompletely incredulous like
that's something that you couldstick on your body.
That doesn't even put anythinginto you.
(23:37):
That's just reflecting your ownbody heat, and your ultraviolet
light back can stimulate thecells to work in a more youthful
way.
I think what's a good idea tomention is it works in a similar
way to how, when sunlight hitsyour skin, your body will
automatically convertcholesterol in your skin into
(23:59):
vitamin D.
So our bodies are naturallydesigned to respond to light and
to work better with certainlight waves.
So this was really aneye-opener for me, and so I'm
very glad that you decided totry them eventually, because I
believe, because you, you triedthem.
My aunt Eileen tried them withher husband, who has dementia
(24:21):
and had had a stroke and veryserious issues, and he's
improved dramatically, and I'vebeen able to recommend them for
my husband, who his uh, his scarfrom his heart surgery has
started to heal up and that'sawesome.
His mind is much clearer.
My mom is taking them.
So, um, you know, I think it'sreally interesting how you know
(24:45):
we just are living our bestlives, we're just trying our
best as people.
But one person taking a standon something and, you know,
being willing to share what theyknow can transform many, many
other lives.
It's like that little light.
You know you light everyoneelse around you.
Dr. Deb Harrell (25:03):
Or I like the ripple effect.
You know when you throw thatwater in the pond, you know, yes
, yeah.
Who would have ever thoughtsome beautiful Irish woman,
because I decided to get onboard with patches, would now
get to experience the benefits?
I love that.
Aideen Ni Riada (25:18):
Yeah, yeah, they're that.
Yeah yeah, uh, they're reallyvery, very good.
So the um just in case anybodyis curious about that, I, um, I
have a um website you can go toto learn about it and you can
talk to myself or Dr Deb aboutthis Um.
But they have a number of otherpatches for for various other
things as well, but the X39 isprobably the first one that I'm
(25:42):
sure that you would recommend topeople Is that right A hundred
percent.
Dr. Deb Harrell (25:45):
The other patch that I've seen amazing results
with is the Eon, which is forinflammation.
I start when I started.
I started with both the X39 andEon and I was having I.
I was just waking up every dayand I didn't feel refreshed, and
that was one of the.
When I have a consult withsomebody, I'll ask them do you
wake refreshed?
Cause that's really important,and I kept you know for months.
(26:09):
I was going, why am I not?
I must.
I thought I was sleeping well,but I must not be because I'm
not waking refreshed.
It was really bugging me andliterally within one day on the
patch and I started with X39neon.
Next morning I woke uprefreshed, and it's been that
way.
And then also I was having aweird heart vibrational thing.
It wasn't flutters, it wasn't,you know, palpitations or
(26:32):
anything like that, it was justthis weird vibration.
I'm very in tune with my body.
A lot of people become very outof tune with their body, but
our bodies constantly tell us astory and I'm not one of these
people that go off and run to adoctor.
I just don't do it.
And so you know, I've beenhaving for a couple of months
this really weird vibrationalthing and within three days that
was gone, hasn't returned.
My father-in-law, who's 96 anda half, lives with us.
(26:55):
He uh with.
With those two patches he wasable to normalize his blood
pressure and I don't say thatanybody's going to have these
same results, but I'm justtelling you what my results were
.
So, yeah, I love the Eon patch.
I have to say, if you can doboth, I recommend both of those.
If someone had like with DavidEileen's husband, because it
(27:20):
involves the brain, we have himdoing the carnosine patch, which
is really good for the brain.
We've got a glutathione patchthat elevates glutathione in the
body, which is a masterantioxidant.
So, yeah, there's other patches, but for sure X39, many, many
people see dramatic results withthat.
Aideen Ni Riada (27:39):
Yeah, it was interesting because I was trying
it out.
I don't think I wasn't like Ididn't have a health issue.
I was like, okay, I'll just,I'll put on the X39 for a few
hours here and a few hours thereand I'll skip days.
But within the first few days Istarted to want to wear the X39
the same way as I might want todrink a glass of water.
So that was my version of mybody.
(27:59):
Is telling me something aboutthis, you know.
So, if anybody's curious aboutit, there's lots of great
information out there.
There's clinical researchstudies I think there is, is it?
80 clinical research studies,130 patents for the patches, and
they've been proven to regulateyour brain, regulate your heart
(28:20):
, improve your skin, boostcollagen.
So there's lots like that thatI can say is phenomenal and
worth looking into, particularlyif you have a health issue.
But even if you're just alittle bit vain, like I am, I'll
tell you that's part of myreason, that's for sure, yeah.
So, look, look, it's beenabsolutely amazing speaking to
(28:43):
you, and I know that you arestill working at this.
You know you're a naturopathicdoctor.
You um have a lot to teach andyou do teach classes, so, um, I
know that your website is wheremost people can connect with you
.
Do you want to invite people toto sign up for anything in
particular?
Dr. Deb Harrell (29:03):
Yeah, so my website is purelighthealthcom
P-U-R-E-L-I-G-H-T healthcom and,yes, sign up on there.
You can become a part of mytribe.
Uh, I would definitelyrecommend getting my book.
I am actually currentlyrepublishing it.
I think there's still a fewcopies on Amazon, but, uh,
(29:24):
hopefully that will be finishedthis week where I can get that
new one up there.
It's just got a few littletweaks.
It hasn't changed a lot, but Iwanted to basically kind of take
it back from from where it wasbeing published and, um, yeah,
sign up if you'd love to tolearn about classes or you know
any, any of that kind of kind ofstuff, coaching, all of those
(29:46):
kind of things.
Aideen Ni Riada (29:48):
Well, I'm so excited this book is standalone.
Anybody can access it.
This will be around afteryou're not around as well, deb.
This is something that peoplecan have in their home, pick up
whenever they feel like it.
Hand it.
Hand it to a family member,like.
Your words are going to reach alot of people with this book.
Dr. Deb Harrell (30:07):
Um, it's called .
Aideen Ni Riada (30:08):
Heal your Journey to Thriving.
By Dr Deb Harrell.
Um, thank you so much, deb, forbeing here.
It's been an absolute pleasure.
Before we finish up, is thereanything that you'd like to say
to the listeners?
Is there anything, any finalwords of wisdom, that you'd like
to say to those listening to ustoday?
Dr. Deb Harrell (30:26):
Um, I would, I would really like to say to I
encourage you to make yourself apriority.
Don't put off till tomorrowwhat you can do today, because
tomorrow may be too late.
You know that's so many, somany people I've lost to cancer
and things like that, and youknow, by the time they got the
(30:47):
diagnosis it was so far gonethat they really couldn't stop
the progress.
And so I just really encourageyou to do whatever it takes to
take good care of yourself, toput your own oxygen mask on
first, because you can't be goodto anybody else unless you take
care of you.
And so please make yourself apriority.
That's not ego, that isactually love.
(31:10):
And it also, you know, myfavorite quote is example is not
the main thing in influencingothers, it's the only thing.
Aideen Ni Riada (31:18):
Say that again, say that one again, because it
went by so fast that I didn'teven catch it Okay.
Dr. Deb Harrell (31:22):
Example is not the main thing in influencing
others, it's the only thing.
Say that again, Say that oneagain, because it went by so
fast that I didn't even catch it.
Okay.
Example is not the main thingin influencing others, it's the
only thing.
So the only way we influenceothers is through our example.
And so you know, I encouragepeople, don't you want to be a
good example to your family?
Because the reality is, if youlook at the statistics of where
we are, especially in AmericaI'm not familiar with the
(31:42):
statistics in Ireland, but whenI went there and visited Irish,
people look a lot healthier.
I just you know, really youknow we have a health crisis of
epic proportions in our nationand be an example, because other
people are going to be inspiredby your example.
(32:03):
Take care of yourself.
If you're one baby step at atime person.
Take one baby step at a time.
At the end of each chapter ofmy book, I have an action plan,
and so it's meant to help youkind of make some changes
gradually and and you'll feelbetter, You'll be able to do
more things, You'll be able toreally live your purpose, which
is so important.
Aideen Ni Riada (32:23):
Because when you feel good, you do good and
you can offer more of what youhave to the world.
It's beautiful, yes, soappreciate you being here, deb.
My pleasure, absolutelybeautiful, and if anybody has
any questions, dr Deb would behappy to hear from you.
I would be happy to hear fromyou and we would love to to hear
from you.
I would be happy to hear fromyou and we would love to share
(32:44):
what we know.
Please find this book, healyour journey to thriving and
read it and give it to friendsand family, because I can highly
recommend this book.
There's even a lot in hereabout your, about faith, about,
you know, personal growth, abouthow to make better choices.
(33:04):
Like what is that?
That?
You know how do we get our mindaligned to making those better
choices?
So it isn't just about what todo, it's also about how to do it
, and there's recipes in theback.
That was one thing mymother-in-law was very excited
to see.
Dr. Deb Harrell (33:18):
Actually, yes, yeah, some of my favorite
recipes are in there.
So, yes, thank you so much.
I really appreciate it, aideen.
It's been fun.
I'm actually glad I get to seeyou and have a face, to connect
with the beautiful Irish accentand voice, and such a pleasure
to meet you and be on your show.
(33:38):
Thank you so much.
Aideen Ni Riada (33:40):
Dr Deb, take care and thank you all for
listening.
Goodbye from the Resonatepodcast.
We'll so much.
Dr Deb, take care and thank youall for listening.
Goodbye from the Resonatepodcast.
We'll see you next time.
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