What if your greatest pain is also the doorway to your greatest resilience?

In this episode, I sit down with Danielle Matthews, a remarkable woman who rebuilt her life after a traumatic brain injury turned her entire world upside down. Together, we explore what happens when your identity is stripped away, when doctors tell you “this is your new normal,” and when you’re left choosing between surrendering to circumstance or reclaiming your inner power.

Danielle’s story mirrors so much of my own journey after being hit by a car—and our shared experience opens a profound conversation about healing, resilience, and the unshakeable strength that emerges when everything familiar falls apart.

Stay with us to hear how meditation, mindset, and unlearning society’s medical conditioning helped Danielle transform her trauma into her purpose.

Listen to the full episode to dive deeper into Danielle’s powerful healing journey and the mindset shifts that change everything.

Topics Covered:

• Danielle’s traumatic brain injury and the invisible symptoms no one could see

• The emotional collapse after losing identity, independence, and career

• How the medical system often overlooks neuroplasticity and the brain’s ability to heal

• Why society gives doctors total authority—and how we can reclaim our power

• Learning to separate your identity from your circumstances

• Meditation as a turning point: calming the nervous system and lifting depression

• The athlete mindset: pushing forward, seeking answers, and refusing to settle

• How trauma becomes a gateway to expansion, growth, and purpose

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What if the symptoms you’ve been dismissing for years are actually your body’s SOS signal?

In this episode, I sit down with Anna Pinnock, a registered nutritional therapist who helps people heal autoimmune diseases, thyroid conditions, and chronic health issues by getting to the root cause. Anna’s own healing journey began with a Hashimoto’s diagnosis in her early twenties—followed by years of fatigue, bloating, hair loss, and doctors telling her “everything looks normal.”

Her story is one of deep self-discovery, functional nutrition, trauma healing, and the realization that food, stress, and the nervous system play a far bigger role in autoimmune conditions than most of us realize.

We explore how stress suppresses thyroid function, how gut inflammation drives autoimmune flares, why complex carbohydrates triggered years of unresolved symptoms, and how changing her diet transformed her life—and eventually guided her into the world of nutritional therapy.

Listen to the full episode to learn how to support your thyroid, heal your gut, and take back control of your energy and health.

Topics Covered:

• Anna’s 15-year journey with Hashimoto’s disease

• Why so many thyroid symptoms get dismissed as “normal”

• How stress and trauma suppress thyroid function

• The link between cortisol, metabolism, and chronic fatigue

• The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD): how it works and who it helps

• Gut inflammation, malabsorption, and persistent bloating

• Why dietary healing must be paired with stress regulation

• How to reintroduce foods after an elimination protocol

• Why one-size-fits-all diets don’t work

• Functional testing and the power of individualized nutrition

• Becoming open-minded in healing and alternative modalities

• The 4 pillars everyone with autoimmunity must address

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Are your best years really behind you—or just beginning?

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Jan Saunders, an adventurer, vegan advocate, and wellness inspiration. We discussed how to reinvent yourself, stay resilient, and find purpose—especially after 50.

Jan’s story is amazing. From growing up as a nature-loving tomboy to navigating menopause, career changes, injuries, and big life transitions, she shares how curiosity, courage, and a love of nature guided her journey. She shows that it’s never too late to create a life full of adventure, health, and meaning.

In this episode, we talk about her experiences with ultra-running, going vegan, advocating for animals, and building a new career and lifestyle that matches her values. You’ll come away inspired to start your own adventure—no matter your age.

Topics Covered:

• How childhood curiosity and a love for nature can give you resilience and joy for life.

• Why courage matters more than fear when trying new things—whether it’s fitness, life changes, or adventures.

• How to navigate menopause, body changes, and mindset shifts to stay confident and healthy in midlife.

• Jan’s journey to becoming vegan at 50, and how to approach plant-based eating in a sustainable, ethical way.

• How she reinvented her career, created a new income stream, and found purpose after major life transitions.

• Practical advice for postmenopausal women on bone health, strength, and consistent self-care.

• Why creating your own adventures at any age is the ultimate form of freedom.

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