New Normal Big Life: Functional Medicine and Holistic Health for Veterans, First Responders, and Caregivers 🇺🇸 🪖⚕️Army veteran TBI survivor 💍
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May 27
Your labs say normal. Your body says otherwise.
New Normal Big Life is the functional medicine podcast built for veterans, first responders & caregivers who deserve real answers.
New episodes drop weekly. Start at nnbl.blog 🎙️
#FunctionalMedicine #VeteranHealth #NervousSystemRegulation
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🪖Camp Lejeune's water gave him Parkinson's AND turned on the Alzheimer's gene. He was told: incurable. A year later his neurologist said, "I've never seen anybody do this."
#CampLejeune #VeteranHealth
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One person's personal health experience, not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider.
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Jun 14
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is nothing. A mama raccoon left her baby on our property. It was so hard not to pick it up, feed it, and make it family. But that would have been the absolute worst thing to do to a wild animal. Keep wild things wild. #wildlife.
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Jun 13
Where did you catch that? That’s like saying 🤬 words to an angler. 🎣 🤣🤣🤣
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Jun 10
What if the single biggest variable in your health isn't your labs, your diet, or your training. It's the story running in your head. Your mindset.
Here on New Normal Big Life, Dr. Darren Clair, MD sits down with me to talk about longevity and to break down how your mindset quietly steers your physical health and why most people never connect the two until something breaks.
🎧 Full conversation streaming now. Press play and tell me what hit hardest. 👇
Living strong, exploring boldly, and staying ready together!
Follow New Normal Big Life free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, now streaming audio and video.
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Jun 10
Dr. Clair talked about how what we think of as normal aging isn’t normal. What have you accepted as normal aging? 🤔
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Jun 9
Most people just discovered biophilic design. 🌿 Those of us living rural have used it our whole lives; we just didn't have a name for it.
The research is in, and it's hard to ignore: your home is either healing your nervous system or quietly wrecking it. Every single day.
On this week's New Normal Big Life Podcast, I'm bringing you virtually inside our Northwoods cabin to show you how three simple biophilic design principles — light, order, and life can turn any living space into a healing sanctuary. No renovation budget required.
A licensed professional counselor stopped me cold with this:
"People who have a window to look outside heal better than those who don't. And standing in the grass barefoot for 30 minutes a day can significantly improve your mood."
— Healey Ikerd, LPC, LMFT
Your home is either working for you or against you right now.
Which one is it? Comment below! 🤔
🎧 New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
#HealthTalk #BiophilicDesign #NervousSystemReset #NaturalHealth #HealingHome #NatureTherapy #SomaticHealing #FunctionalMedicine #NewNormalBigLife #CabinLife #OutdoorTherapy
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Jun 4
🌿 Did you know "natural" doesn't actually mean anything? I sat down with the host of the Green Living Now Podcast, Amy Todisco Hartshorn to break down the massive problem of greenwashing in your home products and food labels. If you are struggling with non-toxic living or looking for easy non-toxic swaps that actually work, catch this episode. Full conversation at the link in bio!
#NonToxicLiving #Greenwashing #HealthyHome
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Jun 3
I'm talking with @stella_immanuel about the hantavirus, ebola, and more tomorrow on New Normal Big Life Podcast. Drop your questions below! You might get a shoutout in the show. 🤔
Are we facing a possible Ebola and Hanta virus pandemic? What is going on???
Please watch share and prepare.
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Jun 3
Hear what Dr. Stella said in her last interview on New Normal Big Life Podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/5qm…
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May 28
End of Watch: Phoebe the Service Dog 🐾
This is an end of watch final salute 🫡 for my service dog, Phoebe.
She spent 12 out of her 15.5 years of life serving two veterans.
Initially, when I became so debilitated by health complications after surviving a traumatic brain injury and a broken back while in the Army Phoebe was my furry caregiver. At the time, I was using a walker and a full-time caregiver.
Phoebe performed household tasks, like unloading laundry from the dryer and pulling a laundry basket wherever I needed it to go. Reminding me when to take medication, and providing doggy hugs when I needed comfort. She learned to alert me when I was going to temporarily lose my vision so that I could take medicine and get somewhere safe. Once when I lost my vision, Phoebe returned me safely home from 2 miles away.
As my health improved, Phoebe became one of my favorite adventure buddies. I think being out on the ice during ice fishing season, cross country skiing, or just sitting by the river on our homestead, were her happy places.
Later, she adopted Matthew as her comfort human and became his service dog too.
Phoebe passed peacefully of old age yesterday in the loving arms of us who loved her most.
This American dingo, yellow lab mix was such an escape artist. No crate or closed door could hold her. Fortunately, her training kept her in check and will behaved.
I will miss her expressive face, warm eyes, endless love, devotion, and loyalty. My heart is beyond broken today. But she will live forever in my heart. 🐾
❤️ I love you old girl. You’ve earned the right to rest easy my little hero.
Please help me send her off with a final salute of gratitude for her service. 🙏🏾🇺🇸🪖🫡
EndOfWatch #ServiceDog #ForeverInMyHeart #GoodGirl
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May 28
Most people focus on the wrong things when it comes to living longer.
Bestselling author Timothy J. Ward breaks down the 3 biological markers that predict how long you'll live and more importantly, whether you'll actually be living when you get there. Not hooked up to a machine. Not in a chair. Walking trails, jumping in the ocean, staying in the game.
The three longevity biomarkers:
1: Muscle mass and strength— your #1 predictor of independence, injury risk, and mortality
2: Cardiorespiratory health — how well your heart moves oxygen and pumps blood
3: Metabolic vitality — blood sugar control, insulin sensitivity, and energy availability
Most people are optimizing for lifespan. Tim says you need to optimize for healthspan, and these three markers are the road map.
Full episode on the New Normal Big Life Functional Medicine and Holistic Health Podcast. 🔗 in bio.
Share this with someone you care about! 👇🏾
#LongevityBiomarkers #LongevityAfter40 #AgingWell
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May 28
🎙️ New Normal Big Life is now streaming in audio and Video on Spotify, Apple Podcast and 10 platforms.
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May 27
Your labs say normal. Your body says otherwise.
New Normal Big Life is the functional medicine podcast built for veterans, first responders & caregivers who deserve real answers.
New episodes drop weekly. Start at nnbl.blog 🎙️
#FunctionalMedicine #VeteranHealth #NervousSystemRegulation
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May 27
I take listener questions and bring the world's best experts to answer them. Drop yours in the comments. 👇
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May 26
🤔 We’re interviewing an MD about Hantavirus on the New Normal Big Life Podcast TODAY!
Drop your questions below👇🏾
#Hantavirus #Podcast #NewNormalBigLife
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May 21
Foraging: The Nervous System Reset. Ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of foraging? Here’s how to do it safely and confidently! 🌿
Tag someone who needs to hear this!
Foraging isn't just about gathering food; it's a nervous system reset skill that requires respect for nature.
Here are five essential rules to get you started:
1. Always positively identify a plant with at least two reliable sources before eating it.
2. Harvest sustainably, never take more than one-third of a wild population. We need to think about future generations while foraging!
3. Know your lookalikes! Some plants like wild carrot and poison hemlock can look similar. Educate yourself before you harvest.
4. Start with easy plants like dandelions and stinging nettles, which have distinct features and few dangerous lookalikes.
5. Remember to cook what needs to be cooked.
This isn’t just about gathering food for me; it’s about healing and connection with nature. Passion, purpose, and people are the key ingredients in my journey. Start with just one plant – it could reset your nervous system!
Catch this full episode of New Normal Big Life in audio or video on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and 10 platforms.
Have a funny, scary, helpful foraging story? I’d love to see it in the comments below.
#nervoussystemreset #wildedibles #foraging
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May 21
Listen or watch this episode of New Normal Big Life Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast platform now!
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