The Quantum Biology Collective Podcast

Ep 038: Circadian Scientist Dr. Martin Moore-Ede Explains How Artificial Light At Night Leads To Diabetes, Obesity and Cancer

"I don't think it's an exaggeration to say the majority of breast cancer cases today in the Westernized world are related to light exposure, seeing the wrong light at the wrong time, which is huge." - Dr. Martin Moor-Ede
In this episode of the Quantum Biology Collective podcast, host Meredith Oke interviews Dr. Martin Moor-Ede, a leading expert on circadian clocks and the health problems caused by artificial light at night. Dr. Moor-Ede, a former professor at Harvard Medical School, shares his journey into circadian medicine and the groundbreaking discoveries he made about the impact of light on our bodies. 
Dr. Moor-Ede explains how exposure to blue-rich light at night disrupts our circadian rhythms, leading to a range of health issues including sleep disorders, fatigue, obesity, diabetes, and even cancer. He emphasizes the importance of regulated circadian rhythms for overall health and highlights the need for greater awareness and education on this topic. He also discusses the challenges in the lighting industry and the urgent need for better lighting solutions that prioritize our health. This conversation sheds light on the practical strategies and feasible actions we can adopt to protect our circadian rhythms and improve our human health.
Quotes:
"The trouble is the people who know this stuff and know the science already, and maybe in the lighting industry, you know, all talk to each other. But the rest of the world is pretty unaware of some of this and it’s really important for everybody to understand." (01:53 | Dr. Martin Moor-Ede)
“And around 2007, the World Health Organization came out with this finding that was stunning. The conclusion was, looking at all the research, including the work I mentioned, it was pretty clear that that light at night was a carcinogen. And that it was related to exposure to light at night and it suppressed melatonin and it precipitated or accelerated cancer.” (15:36 | Dr. Martin Moor-Ede)
"Blue light during the day - you are sitting outside there with a beautiful daylight coming in. You're getting bathed in a lot of blue. That is critical to keeping the circadian clock synchronized today. As soon as it is dusk, you want to get rid of all the blue." (23:45 | Dr. Martin Moor-Ede)
"Blue light does a number of things. It interferes with our glucose metabolism. We developed something called insulin resistance. That was the body does not respond to insulin and hence insulin has to be pumped out more. And this is an effect you can get immediately the first night you expose to blue light." (29:03 | Dr. Martin Moor-Ede) 
"I don't think it's an exaggeration to say the majority of breast cancer cases today in the Westernized world are related to light exposure and seeing the wrong light at the wrong time."(38:31 | Dr. Martin Moor-Ede)
 
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Website: https://thelightdoctor.com 
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Ep 037: Fitness And Fatigue: Coach Jim Laird On Why Tough Workouts Aren’t Always The Answer And What HRV Really Means

“I'm not against hard work,” says coach Jim Laird on today’s episode of The Quantum Body Collective Podcast, “But are you prepared for it and can you recover from it?” The body, he explains, only has so much energy, much of which is reserved to fuel vital bodily functions. So, many people go hard in their workouts thinking they’re doing the right thing, while depleting themselves of energy required for the crucial recovery period. One major factor is our sedentary but highly stressed lifestyle. We don’t spend our days building up our reserves with smaller daily activities like walking and sleeping according to our circadian rhythms, so we can’t recover as quickly. That same lifestyle saps us of energy, trapping us in a vicious cycle, resulting in symptoms like fatigue, mental and physical burnout, and digestive problems. 
One way to gauge how much reserve you have is HRV (heart rate variability) which gauges how balanced your body is between active and rest modes. Using tools like the Oura ring, you can also see how much your daily habits, such as drinking alcohol and missing even just a few hours’ sleep, are affecting that HRV. Jim clears up what HRV is not, and what number you should be shooting for based on age and other factors. 
Through small daily changes both mental and physical, you can build adaptability and endurance. These include even the smallest attempts to move more and get back in touch with nature. 
Quotes
“What happens outside of the gym has a bigger impact on what happens inside the gym than what actually happens inside the gym.” (3:48 | Jim) 
“If you constantly have to push yourself further than you're able to on a consistent basis, if you don't have the resources to recover from that exertion, eventually, you're going to get yourself in trouble. That's where people end up. They can't get out of bed. The coffee quits working.” (7:54 | Jim) 
“We're operating on this idea that we should have infinite energy, while also engaged in habits that are actively making our bodies unable to produce the energy in the first place.” (19:19 | Meredith)
“Your body's in a constant state of adapting. The better you treat it, the better chance it has of adapting in a positive way.” (51:18 | Jim)
Links
Connect with Jim Laird:
Website: https://www.stillmanwellness.com/
IG: @gymlaird
 
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Ep 036: You’re Not ‘Just Tired.’ Why Fatigue Is The Red Flag of Mitochondrial Dysfunction with Carrie Bennett, MS

Just because something has become commonplace doesn't automatically make it normal, beneficial, or without solutions, asserts Carrie Bennett in a candid conversation with host Meredith Oke. Together, they embark on an illuminating journey into the intricate realm of circadian rhythms, chronic fatigue, and the secrets to reclaiming vitality and equilibrium in our lives.
Chronic fatigue, a pervasive issue affecting countless individuals, often triggers an array of health hurdles. However, delving into the depths of circadian rhythms and the influence of light exposure offers a potent strategy for combating fatigue and achieving holistic wellness. Carrie recounts her personal odyssey battling chronic fatigue and the wisdom she gleaned from her trials. Emphasizing the significance of morning light exposure, Carrie sheds light on its capacity to recalibrate our internal clocks, ushering in heightened energy levels and enhanced sleep cycles. The discourse extends to the repercussions of artificial blue light on our circadian rhythms and the profound transformations that small adjustments in light exposure can orchestrate for our overall well-being.
Explore the potency of morning light, grasp the implications of blue light infiltration, and uncover the rewards of embracing the adrenal fatigue fix program. Embark on your inaugural stride towards revitalized health and well-being today.
Quotes
"So cortisol is part of the steroid hormone pathway, as is progesterone, testosterone, estrogen, DHEA, all of those steroid hormones are kind of, are interconnected and they all start off as pregnenolone." (22:55 | Carrie Bennett)
"And so that's what's fascinating because I do like my coffee, too, right? It's the idea that I thought I needed the coffee to wake myself. But you don't realize how charging or stimulating just light at sunrises for the brain. I don't need coffee. I like the taste of it. I like just a warm cup. There's so many other things that I enjoy about it but it's not needed for the energy boost. It's just because it brings me joy." (27:28 | Carrie Bennett)
"The most underrated thing you can do is go for a walk within the first two hours of sunrise. 30 minutes, 20 minutes, 45, however long you want to and have time for. It is beyond underrated in terms of a strategy for both circadian health and just overall metabolic health." (49:10 | Carrie Bennett)
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Connect with Carrie Bennett:
Carrie's Courses: use code QBC for 10% off  https://www.carriebwellness.comhttps://www.carriebwellness.com/a/2147532205/Yy9ZsjZN
Carrie's Instagram: @carriebwellness
Carrie is the Lead Faculty for the Applied Quantum Biology Certification, next cohort March 2024 appliedquantumbiology.com
 
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Ep 035: Candice Knight, MD: It’s Time To Go Beyond Functional Medicine

Join Candice Knight, a functional medicine physician, and host Meredith Oke in this inspiring episode as they discuss the profound gift of empowering people to take control of their health and realize their full potential through lifestyle habits and quantum medicine. Candice shares her experiences in using lifestyle interventions, circadian time dating, and healthy light habits to help patients reverse their biological age and improve overall well-being. The conversation emphasizes the importance of a supportive community and tribe to encourage positive health changes. Through the lens of quantum biology, they explore the body's innate healing abilities and the impact of lifestyle choices on health.
The episode highlights the significant role of lifestyle habits in achieving optimal health. Candice emphasizes the ripple effect of positive steps, fostering resilience and youthfulness throughout the body. Simple habits like morning sunlight exposure and a structured bedtime routine lead to remarkable improvements in well-being. Beyond functional medicine, the podcast delves into quantum biology's potential to unlock the body's healing capabilities. The guests stress the need for a supportive community to facilitate positive health changes and foster hope in taking charge of one's health and reversing the aging process.
Candice shares her remarkable experiences with patients, demonstrating the power of merging quantum medicine with functional medicine. By empowering patients to make informed decisions and embrace lifestyle changes, remarkable transformations in health are observed. The podcast discusses research on specific lifestyle interventions, such as reducing inflammation, promoting good sleep, and managing stress, leading to the reversal of biological age. Candice and Meredith are passionate about spreading this knowledge and empowering individuals to regain control of their health, promoting longevity. The podcast serves as a testament to the potential of quantum biology and lifestyle medicine in creating a healthier and more resilient society.
Quotes
 "I remember standing in the hospital telling my mom, ‘I'm going to do this with my life. I'm going to become a doctor and I'm gonna help other people keep their people that they love around for a long time’. And so that's what I set out to do." (Candice | 02:29)
"Our job is to get the hell out of the way and let this thing run the way it's supposed to run. And the problem is that so much of what's present in the modern world interferes with that. And so what we see as quote unquote aging is really a malfunction in the system that is supposed to repair and keep us young." (Candice | 27:45)
“My job is to teach patients how to listen to their body and get their body to heal them themselves by creating that trust that we have lost.” (Candice | 30:30)
"Empowering aspects of [medicine], it wasn't necessarily even about having all the answers. I felt the responsibility of having all the answers, but I always imagined what a doctor was because I saw what happened with my grandfather... It's like, I have to have a tribe. I need other people that think like me." (Candice | 1:15:10)
 
#QuantumMedicine #LifestyleInterventions #ReverseBiologicalAge #HealingJourney #SupportiveCommunity
 
Links
Connect with Candice Knight: 
Website: www.knightwellness.com
Social: @knightwellness
 
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Ep 034: From Pharmaceuticals To Photobiomodulation With Rebel Scientist Sarah Turner

“I'm targeting the blood, I'm targeting the mitochondria, I'm also targeting the water. And by using four distinct wavelengths, you are maximizing your chance of hitting a chromophore that's going to have a therapeutic effect,” explains Sarah Turner, a neuroscientist turned biohacker and host of the Rebel Scientist podcast. Sarah’s experience working in pharmaceuticals led her to begin exploring quantum biology, specifically photobiomodulation or red light therapy. Her background in neurology informed her desire to research how light may be able to impact the brain, particularly in people with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. In this episode, Sarah speaks with host Meredith Oke about her company CeraThrive and their new photobiomodulation device for healing along the gut-brain axis. 
There is a common misconception that it is entirely dark within the skull, but light does penetrate into the brain. While it is a small amount of light that makes it through, it is still enough to provide significant therapeutic effects. Photobiomodulation takes advantage of the body’s many natural light receptors, using four distinct wavelengths to target the blood, mitochondria, and structured water. When people are exposed to the correct light frequencies at the right times of day, this light aids the body with its repair processes. With CeraThrive’s red light therapy system composed of both the device and a convenient app, people can regain control over their own health and healing without the need for pharmaceuticals.
Whether you are suffering from a neurodegenerative disease like Parkinson’s or simply want to improve your overall health while also reducing chronic pain, red light therapy devices like CeraThrive can help. When combined with circadian lifestyle changes like grounding and seeing the sunrise and sunset, photobiomodulation promotes optimal brain functioning and full body healing. 
Quotes
“It's a small amount of light that actually penetrates through and gets onto the surface of the brain. However, it is enough to have a therapeutic effect.” (26:15 | Sarah)
“I'm targeting the blood, I'm targeting the mitochondria, I'm also targeting the water. And by using four distinct wavelengths, you are maximizing your chance of hitting a chromophore that's going to have a therapeutic effect.” (28:29 | Sarah)
“We've evolved under natural light. We're meant to be exposed to certain light frequencies at certain times of the day… It's actually a very natural thing.” (34:41 | Sarah)
“We really are just animals that have taken ourselves out of our environment. The more we can kind of put ourselves back there in that natural environment, potentially, the more benefit we can get from it.” (37:02 | Sarah) 
 
Links
Connect with Sarah Turner:
Website: cerathrive.com
 
Socials:
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https://www.facebook.com/CERASystem
https://www.instagram.com/rebelscientistpod/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/90730389/admin/
https://www.youtube.com/@Rebel-Scientist
 
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Ep 033: Strongman Robert Jacobs On Circadian Timed Eating & Exercising

“You have to change your lifestyle. Otherwise, nothing else is going to change,” explains Robert Jacobs, strength and conditioning coach and competitive strongman. As a coach and competitor, Robert has firsthand experience on the benefits of proper strength training and conditioning. Even non-athletes can benefit tremendously from basic strength training for increased muscle mass and longevity. As a big proponent of the incredible power of small changes for influencing bigger long term change, Robert prefers lifestyle changes over short term, band aid type solutions like supplements. In this episode, Robert speaks with host Meredith Oke about the benefits of circadian timed eating and exercising for overall health and wellness.
Small changes like getting up and seeing the sunrise each morning can lead to huge improvements in health. The busy way modern people live is often completely out of rhythm with the natural way the human body was designed to work. People worry so much about what they are eating, that they do not realize ‘what’ is only part of the picture. In many cases, when you eat actually plays a larger role on your body than what you eat. Your body is meant to follow a diurnal rhythm. When you eat dinner after dark or snack on carbs late at night, you are confusing your body’s signals and reducing your ability to rest and recover during sleep. When you align your eating habits and exercise times with the natural circadian rhythm, you will gain muscle mass, lose weight, sleep better, and perform better throughout the day. 
Everyone knows that eating right and exercising are essential for a healthy lifestyle. What people may not realize is that the timing of when you eat and exercise may actually play a larger role in your overall health and fitness than what you are eating or the types of exercise you are doing. If you are looking to improve your health, start with small changes. Even the littlest change in your habits can have big results.
Quotes
“You have to change your lifestyle. Otherwise, nothing else is going to change.” (31:33 | Robert) 
“The majority of your carbohydrates should be in the afternoon because that is instant energy.” (34:49 | Robert)
“A metabolically normal individual is essentially pre-diabetic after sunset.” (36:29 | Robert)
“As you move through non REM and REM sleep, you are paralyzed. You're not supposed to be processing food.” (41:22 | Robert)
“When you eat matters as much if not more than what you eat.” (48:12 | Robert) 
“Intense difficult exercise on an empty stomach is worse for you than it is better in the long run.” (1:14:37 | Robert)
 
Links
Connect with Robert Jacobs:
Instagram: @robertcjacobs
Website: www.outlawstrength.com
 
 
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Ep 032: Dr. Max Gulhane on Why Light Is The Key To Regenerative Health

“Getting your feet on the bare earth and watching the morning sunrise is the cheapest health intervention in maybe the history of the world,” explains Dr. Max Gulhane, MD. As a family physician and host of the Regenerative Health Podcast, Dr. Gulhane is teaching people all over the world about the importance of a healthy circadian rhythm. His own experiences with trying to heal from terrible acne in his 20s led Dr. Gulhane to recognize the critical blind spots of traditional Western medicine. The strong pharmaceuticals he was prescribed left him with undesirable psychological side effects and the widely recommended plant-based diet only made his condition worse. When he discovered the low carb lifestyle and carnivore diet, his health improved dramatically, but there was one component still missing - light. In this episode, Dr. Gulhane explains how natural health interventions like regulating circadian rhythm are the key to regenerative health.
Without a biologically attuned light environment, your body does not have the opportunity to regenerate its health. This is because without the cues from the absence or presence of sunlight, the brain is unable to send the correct signals to your body that let it know when it is time to wake up, sleep, and eat. Nowadays, people typically live in homes overrun by artificial light sources and EMF waves from WiFi. These conditions are not biologically appropriate for health as the human body has evolved over thousands of years to work in alignment with the sun. When you surround yourself with artificial light and miss out on watching the sunrise and sunset, your body misses critical cues which leads to circadian dysfunction like the inability to create enough melatonin. Without melatonin, you may suffer from insomnia, making it more difficult for your body to recover.
Sleep provides a much needed opportunity for health regeneration. When sleep is interrupted by a toxic light environment, people begin to experience more serious health issues. If you are looking to heal your body holistically and have only focused on diet, start looking at your light environment and lifestyle to see where you can make circadian improvements.
Quotes
“Food diet, light diet. Optimal health lies somewhere in the middle.” (14:40-14:45 | Dr. Gulhane)
“Just like there is junk food, there's also junk light.” (17:01-17:04 | Dr. Gulhane) 
“Morning light is critical, because it's essentially setting you up not only to start the day, but it's also setting you up for that night's sleep later in the day.” (30:17-30:29 | Dr. Gulhane)
“Getting your feet on the bare earth and watching the morning sunrise is the cheapest health intervention in maybe the history of the world.” (42:14-42:24 | Dr. Gulhane)
 
Links
Connect with Dr. Max Gulhane:
Event in Albury on August 6th
https://regeneratealbury.iwannaticket.com.au/event/regenerate-albury-2023-MjkyMzI
Regenerative Health Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/regenerative-health-with-max-gulhane-md/id1661751206
 
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Ep 031: Using Quantum Health Strategies To Recover From An AutoImmune Nightmare

“I worked with all of these different things for about a year and a half. And when I had another blood test, those autoimmune antibodies were gone,” shares Rachel Tudor, True Nature Movement Specialist. Rachel is a former ballet dancer turned quantum practitioner and internationally recognized presenter on bio tensegrity and fascia. In 2021, her health went completely haywire due to an adverse reaction to a heavily recommended pharmaceutical injection. Discovering the circadian lifestyle and understanding the gradual healing process of the body ultimately gave Rachel the quantum health strategies necessary to heal from her body’s debilitating autoimmune reaction. In this episode, Rachel explains how she paired holistic movement with quantum biology to recover her health.
When Rachel’s autoimmune nightmare began, she was experiencing a multitude of symptoms including severe and immobilizing vertigo, neurological changes that mimicked a TBI, histamine reactivity, chronic pain, and extreme fatigue. She tried nearly every suggestion to heal herself, from supplements to medications, but she continued to get worse and worse. Everything started to change when Rachel discovered quantum health and began following a circadian lifestyle. Since she was fully immobile, her husband carried her outside daily for UVA and UVB exposure, where she engaged in healing frequencies through wiggling her fingers and humming. After months of doing this, she became strong enough to return to Jin Shin Jyutsu, an energy healing art that ended up dramatically improving her vertigo. She understood that repatterning the fascia in her body would take time and consistency. Sticking to the circadian lifestyle and combining it with holistic movement ultimately paid off, healing her body’s autoimmune reaction and drastically improving her quality of life.
It takes time to change your body’s habits and the patterning of your fascia. By leveraging your external environment and aligning your lifestyle to your natural biology, you can help move the repatterning process along. Even though Rachel’s autoimmune reaction was largely a mystery to doctors and there was very little information available on how to treat it, she did not give up. Instead, she fully committed to living a circadian lifestyle and applied quantum health modalities to the healing power of movement, stunning her doctors with a complete reversal of her autoimmune dysfunction. 
Quotes
“You're just one whole integrated being, and that's all you've ever been.” (6:33-6:37 | Rachel) 
“It’s not like, go outside and do this for a week and bam, you’ll be better…slowly but surely, like I was saying, things started to improve.” (39:54-40:29 | Rachel) 
“The efficacy of those kinds of modalities is increased if you're also living a circadian life.” (41:06-41:15 | Rachel)
“You can be looking at six months to two years to really bring on long lasting change in terms of the structure of your fascia.” (44:46-44:58 | Rachel)
“I worked with all of these different things for about a year and a half. And when I had another blood test, those autoimmune antibodies were gone.” (55:13-55:25 | Rachel)
 
Links
Connect with Rachel Tudor:
Website: https://www.truenaturemvmt.com/
Instagram: @r_tudor
 
 
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Ep 030: How To Be Your Own Quantum Health Detective with Wellness Practitioner Laura Kissmann

“We are batteries made out of water charged by sunlight,” explains Quantum Health Clinician and Educator, Laura Kissmann. Without exposure to natural light, the circadian rhythm that controls all the biological processes in the body will become misaligned. Although Laura now spends her time performing energy healing through quantum health practices such as red light therapy and access bars, she did not start out this way. Laura spent decades serving in the Canadian military as well as four years in an underground bunker surrounded by EMF while working for NORAD. In this episode, Laura shares her career and health history for a side by side analysis of what her environmental conditions were at the time each of her symptoms developed. 
Environmental conditions that are out of alignment with the body’s biological needs are at the root of all disease. Although it would be decades before Laura understood the connection between her environment and her numerous physical symptoms, she began to put the pieces together much earlier that something about her lifestyle was negatively impacting her health. When Laura began her military career, she was a young, healthy athlete. Then came decades of being forced to wear shoes that caused her to develop plantar fasciitis, followed by spending twelve hours per day in an underground bunker under fluorescent lighting, surrounded by EMF signals. After the birth of her first child, Laura was sicker than ever, experiencing symptoms that turned out to be hyperthyroidism, leaky gut, intestinal parasites, and chemical sensitivity. 
Looking back through Laura’s health history alongside her environmental conditions gives valuable insight into how circadian dysfunction caused her health to decline. When you take the time to analyze your physical and mental health symptoms through the lens of quantum biology, the immense impact of your environment on your health will become more and more clear. Be your own quantum health detective and see where your own environment may be misaligned with your body’s natural biology. 
Quotes
“Sometimes people can't fully get well, if they don't address the traumas, the mental emotional stuff.” (3:13-3:21 | Laura)
“With Access Bars, at worst, it's a relaxing massage, and at best it changes your whole life.” (9:27-9:33 | Laura)
“The environment that we put our body in and the type of exposure that our body receives in that environment is the absolute most critical thing.” (35:58-36:07 | Meredith)
“Circadian rhythm controls every process in the body, and circadian rhythm is controlled by natural light.” (44:02-44:08 | Meredith)
“You want to be synced with the sun. If you're not synced with the sun, it's going to lead to disease in the body.” (58:22-58:30 | Laura)
“You can become diabetic from blue light.” (1:01:23-1:01:25 | Laura)
 
Links
Connect with Laura Kissmann:
Website: https://laurakissmannwellness.com/
Instagram: @lkwellness
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Ep 029: Sunlight Over SSRI’s: Why Going Outside Matters More Than Meds

“If you aren't embracing or exposing yourself to natural light or the principles of quantum biology, and all the things about ourselves as electromagnetic beings, it's going to compromise your health and that includes your mental health,” explains Heather Crimson, quantum therapist and experienced marriage and family counselor. The Western medical model heavily relies on prescribing medications even for mild and moderate cases of depression and anxiety. These pills act as a Bandaid rather than actually working out the root causes of the patients’ dysregulation. In this episode, Heather debunks myths about SSRI efficacy and shares her sunlight prescription for cultivating energy, confidence and security without medication.
There is a vast lack of knowledge within the medical community when it comes to the impact of sunlight on mental health. Due to busy modern lifestyles filled with artificial light, most people are living in a way that actively works against their body’s natural biology. Although there is no research showing that SSRIs help with depression or even that serotonin is the main driver for depression, they are the most commonly prescribed treatment, even for mild cases. These medications often cause damaging side effects and do nothing to treat the lifestyle factors that are at the root of circadian dysfunction. By getting morning sunlight, reducing artificial light exposure, and blocking blue light in the evenings, your circadian rhythm will begin to properly regulate itself and you will see a marked improvement in both mental and physical health symptoms, all without the help of any medications. 
People are quick to discount the efficacy of self care, because it sounds too simple and it is easier to think of a pill as a cure. As electromagnetic beings, humans are designed to get their energy from the sun and nature. When you start to live in a way that aligns with your biology, you will be amazed at how much better you feel. 
Quotes
“If you aren't embracing or exposing yourself to natural light or the principles of quantum biology, and all the things about ourselves as electromagnetic beings, it's going to compromise your health and that includes your mental health.” (4:41-4:55 | Heather) 
“There's an energy problem in their neurotransmitter function, in their hormonal function; and that is the issue.” (13:27-13:35 | Heather)
“There's no research that shows that SSRIs help, or that serotonin is actually the cause of depression.” (14:15-14:22 | Heather)
“We're not living in a way that supports our biology.” (25:07-25:12 | Heather)
 
Links
Connect with Heather Crimson, LMFT, MS:
Instagram: @heathercrimson
Website: www.enlightenedmood.com
 
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