Healing is in your hands - Empower yourself through holistic healing

In Chinese medicine there's a concept called wei qi - a kind of energetic barrier that protects us from pathogens. In this episode, Erik introduces a variety of tools and techniques that you can use at home to help boost your wei qi and prevent infection as the weather gets colder. Included in the discussion are guasha (skin scraping), fire cupping, moxabustion, herbs and vitamins. You'll also learn how to make your own immunity ti...

Our guest Linda Lentini is the Director of Healing From Within at Toivo,  a Hartford-based program that focuses on making holistic healing and stress management techniques available to everyone. She is trained in Breath Body Mind, Aromatherapy, and is a certified Louise Hay trainer. In this episode, Linda, Erik and Kim discuss Linda's work inside inpatient psychiatric units, and the ways she's adapted her work to the challenge...

With a global pandemic, gun violence, sometimes violent clashes between protesters and police, wildfires in California, devastating storms in the Gulf Coast and more, there’s an elevated level of fear in our country and on our planet that can prevent us from focusing on love and moving forward in life with ease.

In this episode, Erik and Kim share their insights on coping with fear in our current climate. Several of our previous gu...

Kim and Erik are back with more hilarity and touching stories this week. Your cohosts ask and answer questions about their most influential teachers, troublesome personality traits, proudest accomplishments, and facts you might be shocked to know about them! Plus insights from the pandemic, and more.

And if you missed it, check out part 1, four episodes back in your feed (#35).

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Grab your hot cocoa- this week Kim and Erik welcome Ali Lazowski! Ali is the founder and CEO of Bare Life, a crave-worthy and allergen-friendly food startup, inspired by her journey with chronic illness. Ali attended culinary school in Italy before starting college at Johns Hopkins University. Ali has always been passionate about food, but it was her simultaneous battles with cancer and Lyme disease that inspired Ali to truly explo...

Kim and Erik welcome guests Lucy Meigs and Victoria Boccalatte of Everyone Outside. Everyone Outside is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Connecticut that provides opportunities for people of all ages to spend time outside learning about and appreciating their natural environment.

Their goal is to help people connect with the natural world on a personal level, in order to promote healthy living and environmental stewardshi...

This episode is a recording of a virtual meditation that Erik led along with master medicinal aromatherapist John Odlum.  You might remember John - he was our guest way back on the fourth episode of the show.  For years now, John and Erik have been holding live events that combine aromatherapy, qi gong, guided meditation and sound healing - typically around each solstice and equinox.  This spring, In light of the cor...

Our guest Kelli Joy is a massage therapist who integrates sound healing in sessions with her clients. She also works with aromatherapy, leads ecstatic dance events, practices chanting and is a student of Amma, the hugging saint. (Erik also shares a great Amma story in this episode!) Kelli is based in the Hartford, Connecticut area.

To book a massage, energy work or a personal sound healing session with Kelli, text 860-508-0213 or e...

Our guest Aaron Weston is founder and "freedom facilitator" of Nourishing Necessities, a wholistic fitness and wellness center on Farmington Ave, in Hartford CT. Aaron is a man who was born with many gifts. He went through a healing journey, and came through a powerful healer.  He is multi-faceted - working with people on all levels: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual. He is a master martial artist, massage therapist, ...

Kim is taking a health and wellness break so we decided to bring you the recording of a lecture that Erik gave last summer at the Red Barn in Durham, CT, entitled the "Four Pillars of Optimal Health." (Please excuse the whirring sound -that's the air conditioner kicking in- it was hot that day!) Erik delivered this talk with people with chronic pain and chronic illness in mind, but the information can apply to anyone.  Some pi...

Erik and Kim invited guests from podcast episodes so far for a special episode at the Soulshine Salt Cavern in Durham, CT to share their intention setting practices and rituals for the new year. It was so great welcome back our wonderful guests from 2018 and 2019 in this special environment. Those who couldn't join in person sent in an audio message. We are thankful for all of you who are part of our podcast community!

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Now that the holidays are in full swing, Erik and Kim talk about ways to stay grounded throughout the  season. Some people absolutely love the holidays and others struggle to just maintain. In this episode, we chat about these two extremes and everything in between.

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In this episode, Kim goes on a 6,000-mile round trip journey to Northern Ireland to meet our incredible guest, Amanda McTaggart. Amanda has a rare connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).  EDS affects every function in Amanda's body and causes severe pain, dislocations, heart problems, stomach issues, sleep disturbance, lack of concentration and overall poor mobility. She has a long list of other severe ...