Josh 0:11

Here we go.

Erin 0:14

Every buddy.

Josh 0:15

Hello? Hello.

Erin 0:17

Bye everybody. I. I mean, my mom.

Josh 0:20

hi moms.

Erin 0:21

First episode. We're doing it.

Josh 0:24

It's about damn time. It's about that time in a minute. I'm Anita.

Erin 0:30

I feel like we need Royalties or something that like,

Josh 0:32

Oh, yeah.

Erin 0:32

It wasn't close enough

Josh 0:34

We weren't on pitch.

Erin 0:36

Okay.

Josh 0:37

Welcome to pick.

Erin 0:39

Pick a lane. Blatch I feel like that's become

Josh 0:42

Pick a lane Blatch. It has been a Blatchford household. Tagline.

Erin 0:48

And have.

Josh 0:49

Here we are.

Erin 0:50

Here we are. We're picking a lane, kind of, We've been talking for years

Josh 0:54

about. I

Erin 0:55

a podcast and just, I don't know, never got around to it. Also, we just couldn't pick a lane. We couldn't figure out what we wanted to talk about. So. one day. I said, Josh. why don't we just call it? Pick a lane. And we actually just don't pick a lane. Yeah. It's going to be great. I can't wait.

Josh 1:12

I feel we picked a lane, but it's Maybe. a 10 lane

Erin 1:16

Yeah, for sure. We're just going to be switching. Yeah.

Josh 1:20

So this is.

Erin 1:21

Cutty song about that.

Josh 1:22

Switching mains lanes. Wow.

Erin 1:25

Brought us back.

Josh 1:26

royalties that we have to work through.

Erin 1:28

Email the lawyer later.

Josh 1:30

you want to tell them a little bit about. what is going to

Erin 1:32

Why we're here. I'm Erin.

Josh 1:35

I'm Josh.

Erin 1:37

we are. just two Average Joe's. But. We have a lot to say, I guess. Well, we've been on a journey over the last couple of years. and we recently started a new business. with our friend and business partner, Laura. Called Rudy. And so we'll probably talk a good bit about that, but yeah, about all the things that I feel like we've been exploring the last couple of years. faith, Spirituality wellness. health, biohacking business, whatever, I don't

Josh 2:07

know.

Erin 2:07

Yeah.

Josh 2:08

I think this gives us the opportunity to spread our wings a little bit. And We've been in hibernation. for the past five, six years. And.

Erin 2:17

mean, mostly the last two or three, but

Josh 2:19

So is everyone with the pandemic, but I think We've grown and evolved. a ton in the past couple of years and learned a lot along the way. and

Erin 2:28

And this is just fun. Like I'm excited to have scheduled. Interesting conversation with you. Yeah.

Josh 2:34

good. Yeah. So, yeah. We're going to pick some lanes. Each episode. And.

Erin 2:41

Today's

Josh 2:42

it goes.

Erin 2:42

what's today's lane.

Josh 2:44

I think we're going to do a little bit of a backstory. And give a little context. Our journey. Kind of go into that a little bit and how it impacts Rudy. R U T I. Rudy.

Erin 2:59

This episode brought to you by.

Josh 3:01

Our number one sponsor.

Erin 3:03

They pay us Big bucks. to be on this podcast. So. Yeah. Well, Do you want to tell them? What Rudy is. and I can. Yeah, go for it. So

Josh 3:12

You'll hear if you don't already know that. I had a pretty tough. health journey of the past couple of years. On and off for the past couple of years. And. Through that we found something called. bioenergetic testing, that freaking healed me. and Completely changed our lives. Laura, my business partner. And I, we own a digital agency called. peak shout out peak.

Erin 3:37

Also sponsors.

Josh 3:38

Super huge sponsor. Essentially we focus in e-commerce brands. We build and design. Mostly websites and apps. And so.

Erin 3:47

and apps.

Josh 3:47

Thanks babe. We're pretty proficient. in that. And so we. Kept saying we're kind of gatekeeping this technology. Let's turn it into a brand that we can. Share with the world.

Erin 4:04

Yeah.

Josh 4:05

It's one thing we know how to do well, so we just fucking did it.

Erin 4:08

Yeah.

Josh 4:09

And yeah, It's been a blast. So far. We're obviously passionate about it because I went from being better at, into running a half marathon. And which we'll talk about more. But. Yeah. It's, it's been a ride so far. Yeah. What is bioenergetics, babe? Yes.

Erin 4:27

for anyone listening, who is not familiar. Okay. So if we think of all matter in the world is made up of Adams. And Adams are made up of subatomic particles. There's protons, neutrons and electrons. And you may remember from like eighth grade science.

Josh 4:41

Or don't remember.

Erin 4:42

Josh probably wasn't awake for those, but. I was paying attention in the front row. Personally. But essentially those electrons are in constant motion They're buzzing around that. nucleus of every Adam. And what that means is that every thing all matter. Holds a frequency. And I think when people hear the word frequency or energy or energetic or resonate, they feel like it's kind of new age or hippy-dippy, or. You know, not scientific. But really it's just physics. So these vibrations are measurable in. a unit of Hertz, these vibrations or frequencies. And everything holds a unique. Energetic code or signature, you can call it. And so that's anything from the couch. That I'm sitting on to this microphone, to the cells in my body that make up. my tissues, organs, body systems. Et cetera. So bioenergetic testing is this way of. Analyzing energetically. Your body. Specifically.

Josh 5:38

through hair and saliva samples.

Erin 5:40

Yeah. So. So. There's other forms of bioenergetics out there, but what we do at Rudy and what we used to heal, you. It is yeah. Heron, saliva samples and we're able to energetically analyze those things and we can see where your body's experiencing stress. Down to specific organs and tissues. And then also on a bigger scale, like body systems. And then we're able to. Look through different potential causes of that stress. So. Be it. energetic sensitivities. Things like food or environmental things that our bodies are not essentially agreeing with for whatever reason. And then. Nutritional imbalances, hormone imbalances, and then the big one our toxin exposure. Resonating toxin. So we analyze your samples and we're seeing the energetic codes or energetic signatures of toxins, things like mold, heavy metals. viruses, chemicals, et cetera. Then we know that your body is essentially. holding on to that and having to manage that. And we now understand this idea of a toxin bucket. So we live our life collecting. Toxin exposures just from being a human these days. There's chemicals everywhere. There's, you know, mold and heavy metals, all these things in our environment. not to mention our emotional, traumas or all these things that we're collecting. And when our bucket is not adequately draining. Essentially it just fills up with this stuff and overflows, and that's when we see chronic symptoms, chronic illness. Yeah, so bioenergetic testing. was a way. That we found really effective healing. Oh. And then, so after we are able to see where the body is stressed, why it's stressed. Then the most important part is that we are able to come up with a plan. We are holistic minded and so we use nutritional supplements, herbal remedies and homeopathic remedies. And so we. I mean, we'll talk later about how we kind of found bioenergetic testing, but. We were super skeptical when we started it. And Obviously we are huge believers at this point. We started a whole company. just to get the word out. But yeah, I just, we are very motivated to help people heal. I think this journey that we went on, we connected with a lot of people who are on similar paths. Or even worse. And I feel like we have this hidden secret. We just want to like shout it from the rooftops. You do not have to be sick. You can heal So. Yeah, that's what we've been. We've been rolling. with. I feel like we're both in, in flow right now and it's really fun. Yeah.

Josh 8:20

All three of us. So Laura. my business partner, peek, Aaron and myself. We're the co-founders of Rudy. It comes with ease. Yeah. Our conversations, our ideas, our thoughts, our iterations on the site. everything we're just flowing. We could just riff for hours. Yeah. Yeah, it's been really fun. Yeah. The most fun. has. so. it Helped me tremendously. we'll talk through that journey. but. I am one person. And I saw other people going through it. While I was going through it, but. creating Rudy and watching people come to Rudy and start to heal. It's really fun. to see Other people be positively impacted by this and. Find their freedom. Yeah. That's been really great. Should we. Backstory this babe.

Erin 9:14

Take us back. 2017.

Josh 9:17

So 20.

Erin 9:18

year to date.

Josh 9:20

Top year of my life, for sure.

Erin 9:23

2017. I think it was

Josh 9:25

I think it was two. So in 2017. I was an average, Josh.

Erin 9:31

Okay, wait Let's first. Let me just real quick. to find what average Josh was because for How many, how long had we been. married at that point years? I don't know. A few years. And I remember when we got engaged. Well, Genuinely the thought in my head was what if I can't keep up with. this guy? I'm gonna, I'm gonna need naps. A lot of them. So much energy, so much passion. life force flowing out of you. You were just pure energy, pure joy. Social butterfly. Yeah. And.

Josh 10:03

Mr. Optimist.

Erin 10:04

Optimist. to a fault.

Josh 10:06

Yeah.

Erin 10:07

And. Also. You never had a worry.

Josh 10:11

No, no, no, no.

Erin 10:13

Yeah, things are going to always work out. I mean, on our honeymoon the business that you had been building. for, like the T. It

Josh 10:18

Knowingly.

Erin 10:19

Yeah. We went out. We got married. We went on our honeymoon thinking all as well.

Josh 10:24

about to take off.

Erin 10:25

Yeah. And then we get back and find out oh, actually it's all burned to the ground. and you're making $0. And I was kind of stressed then, But anxiety was not even on the radar. for us

Josh 10:35

even remotely.

Erin 10:36

Okay, Sorry. just to get the whole picture. Then 2017.

Josh 10:39

smacked me in the face.

Erin 10:41

did.

Josh 10:43

I started just accumulating symptoms. By the day. It started with. tightness in my chest. Shortness of breath. Anxiety started to creep in. I was having. Visible. knots in my back. I was thinking about that the other day. You could like

Erin 10:58

hours did I spend trying to

Josh 11:00

could like see them through my shirt. It was Crazy. I had neuro issues. suicidal thoughts. Nerve pain. Dizziness. Oh, I was, I mean,

Erin 11:10

Sweats insomnia. Like it was wild.

Josh 11:13

it just was cascading. Yeah. And I felt every other day, a new symptom would. Appear. And I would just tack that on to the next one. And it came kind of out of nowhere. We didn't know what to do. So we. Went to my PCP and told them all these things. And he essentially just told me that it was all in my head.

Erin 11:34

Yeah. I said well he said. a few things. He's not my most favorite person. I have a lot of grace and forgiveness for him now, but I do, I do think about writing him a letter every night. But yeah, the first, so first he diagnosed you with costochondritis. Fine, whatever.

Josh 11:50

Which is just. A pulled muscle. in my chest.

Erin 11:53

yeah. But we had obviously a lot more than just that going on. at the time. So We kept going back. being like, look, man X, Y, and Z is happening. All these other things. And he, I would ask for last because I'm a nurse by trade. And so I was just you know, grasping for straws. like trying to figure out what the hell is going on right now. I'm reading books like.

Josh 12:12

We were consuming as much as we could. Yeah.

Erin 12:15

And so I'm asking him for labs, can you get a full thyroid panel on him with. the Like reverse or reverse T3 and all these other things.

Josh 12:22

Yeah. I

Erin 12:22

remember, he looked me in the eye, crossed his arms and was like, I'm the doctor. And I

Josh 12:28

He was pretty

Erin 12:28

well,

Josh 12:30

Yeah. I have

Erin 12:30

a very sick husband and you're. not helping. So I don't know what to tell you.

Josh 12:33

Yeah, He essentially just said I was depressed. and

Erin 12:37

He prescribed you Prozac. for your, I mean, two, P two page long symptoms.

Josh 12:42

And. it just kept growing. I mean, Would become bedridden. I could barely get up. I couldn't walk to the end of the driveway without feeling like death. And Yeah, that was really hard. I went from somebody that had. A ton of friends. To barely having any.

Erin 12:59

small circle during that season. Yeah. It

Josh 13:02

made a lot of sense. I mean, we would flake out all the time. When it was gradually getting worse. I would have better days.

Erin 13:10

Sure. Yeah.

Josh 13:11

And we would.

Erin 13:12

Be

Josh 13:12

lively enough to be sociable. And then. I would. pay the price For the next three days. And, Oh, it was crazy rag baths because I couldn't take shower. I just all, I was crazy.

Erin 13:22

Yeah. I do always wonder, we've talked about this recently. but like now that we're. Talking more about it. like openly. I'm so curious, what. I mean, I, part of me is curious and pardon me, like, honestly, doesn't give a shit. But like people in our life at that time. I mean, we just were not. We just weren't vocal about it. Like we, I personally didn't want to be a burden on people that's a deep seated thing for me.

Josh 13:48

Yeah.

Erin 13:48

And it also just was so confusing. and so up and down, and it's like, what do I even call this?

Josh 13:55

We had no idea. Josh

Erin 13:56

sick question, mark. Like. I don't

Josh 13:58

couldn't get answers.

Erin 14:00

And so we would just take the good days and that's when we would see people. And then we would hibernate on the rest of the day.

Josh 14:05

Which was 90% of them. Yeah. And. Oh, yeah. I mean, I would have good mental days. and then days I had really, really

Erin 14:14

Yeah.

Josh 14:15

dark thoughts and. Panic attacks and it was crazy. So we ended up. Moving over to the functional side. which.

Erin 14:24

several. you know, disappointing appointments. with primary care doctor.

Josh 14:30

Which was great. Except it costs $600 a session. Not including labs or remedies that would come with it. And. We went down that path for a little bit. She essentially. Diagnosed me with adrenal fatigue. Now.

Erin 14:47

Yeah. Hindsight like, well, yeah. No, no shit. Your adrenals are a little. Taxed. That's not a root

Josh 14:53

that took us down a road of. A lot of not fun things, as well as dropping 30 K a year.

Erin 14:59

Yeah.

Josh 15:00

Uh, My health and what happened over the next couple years after that was. It would feel I would get better.

Erin 15:06

Well, we would do all these lifestyle things, right? Like we would change our diet. We would.

Josh 15:10

Sure. I was taking like 55 to 60 supplements a day. And I would stop drinking coffee. And I like, Yes. I would do all of those things.

Erin 15:19

So of course you would feel like you know, A percentage better.

Josh 15:22

And. then Summer would come around. and I would tank and it felt Every summer. I would tank harder than the summer before. This is what I feel like new symptoms. Crazy. I thought 2017 was bad. but It really. felt

Erin 15:38

yeah. That was the year we went. to like Seattle. Right.

Josh 15:43

Yeah, we did the coast.

Erin 15:45

So We were still able to travel and.

Josh 15:48

Yeah.

Erin 15:48

mean, Yeah. That's the confusing part. I just think people from the outside and probably anyone with chronic illness. would resonate with this, but Life goes on. You got to Figure it out like you we're still working. We still did.

Josh 16:01

I was taking calls from bed. Because it was too much to do anything else. So. Fast forward. to 2020. Let's say we have a daughter Zoe. But 2020 comes, Obviously the pandemic. hits and we're kind of living our best life. We felt so good. We have been in Nashville this entire time. Now, or not, but we were at the time and. we decided to really plant roots. We were stoked because I was finally feeling better, maybe. we could rebuild The community that we had.

Erin 16:33

We wanted to be like the party

Josh 16:35

Can we still do. yeah,

Erin 16:37

And

Josh 16:37

we bought a piece of land, and decided to build a house. The pandemic it's we're like, oh shit, we need to sell our house. ASAP because who knows what the real estate market's going to do. And we move into your parents. Lake house.

Erin 16:50

on the lake.

Josh 16:51

On old Hickory. The best we bought a jet ski.

Erin 16:55

for COVID because

Josh 16:56

Oh, it was incredible. It was like a 1200 square foot lake house. literally on the lake. We were having friends over every single weekend.

Erin 17:02

If I could go back to one season of life, it would be before you tanked again at the lake house, it was so fun.

Josh 17:09

Yeah, I won't go to From 2017 to 2020. I won't touch. any of those years. I would never go back. Never. Crazy. But we were having. people over all the time. We were on the jet ski People were sleeping over. We would bake. Pizzas on the grill. It was crazy. And It felt like we were finally finding our stride.

Erin 17:29

Yeah. I remember thinking like, thank God. that season is done and like we're healthy again.

Josh 17:34

And we

Erin 17:35

Both of us. Like I was getting back to my normal self. You were feeling decent. We were extra. Like, we were like Not CrossFit, but you know, cross training and running and doing things we hadn't done in years together.

Josh 17:47

I mean, I was for sure. The most jacked. I've been since we got married, that's for sure. I went from. like right now. I Probably like one 90. And I probably was at Lakehouse, but when I was super sick, I got down to one 60. I looked like skin and bones.

Erin 18:01

your mom, Every time we saw her. She. would be like, oh no,

Josh 18:05

Is Italian mom.

Erin 18:06

You have a cannoli. Here's some pasta.

Josh 18:10

Are you hungry? No, I'll make you

Erin 18:11

Oh, I'll make you something. Yeah.

Josh 18:13

So going from one 60 to working my way back up to normal and then bulking, I felt like I was back. Yeah, it was incredible. And then for the July. came.

Erin 18:23

For the July. was fun. We had people over. it was a

Josh 18:26

I felt like I started to not feel like I could.

Erin 18:29

Hang Ah, interesting. Yeah. I wasn't like caught

Josh 18:32

Yeah. I remember a couple things happening where I was like, dang, I'm my.

Erin 18:37

it's.

Josh 18:38

The fatigue. Yeah. In chronic illness. Well, I guess in my experience was. on a cellular Level depleted. I remember telling you, Blinking sometimes felt like a chore. And

Erin 18:50

raising your arm was like hard

Josh 18:53

I started to feel. Bits of that. On 4th of July. And we had friends over that weekend. It was, it was awesome. But like I think in the back of my mind, I knew something was coming.

Erin 19:04

Yeah.

Josh 19:05

Then I remember that weekend. Your parents were there. We were on that walk. And after that walk, I felt. Like I had just run a marathon. I fucking tanked from there.

Erin 19:14

Yeah, by the time we got to your birthday, it was bad news. I mean that's September. Yeah. So. August was rough.

Josh 19:19

that got Really bad, really fast. We were busy at work, which we were super thankful for. But I was essentially. bedridden. Yeah.

Erin 19:26

I remember you taking calls with me

Josh 19:28

my gosh. Yeah. Oh, it was bad. And so we played the guessing game again.

Erin 19:34

Yeah.

Josh 19:34

were Just like, maybe it's this, maybe it's this, maybe it isn't doctors would even be like, well, maybe it says, maybe it's this, maybe it's this. And somebody recommended a. Heavy metal detox spray. That. I started taking and

Erin 19:46

it's like, we knew enough to be dangerous.

Josh 19:49

Yeah. And that fucked me over so bad. It, we know hindsight's 2020. We know so much more now. but my.

Erin 19:56

go out of order.

Josh 19:58

drainage pathways. We're not remotely ready. I essentially just unearthed Heavy metals. That was all of them about it and had nowhere to go. Oh my gosh. It was. I, but it was bad. I was in. A permanent. Anxiety attack for weeks.

Erin 20:11

it was really not fun.

Josh 20:12

I,

Erin 20:13

was like every five minutes he would be

Josh 20:15

hyperventilating shaking. Oh, it was, it was gnarly.

Erin 20:20

Yeah.

Josh 20:20

So we lost hope again. I think in the chronic illness community. Especially people that find Rudy, this isn't your first walk in The park. By the time you find Rudy. And that's kind of where we were when we found. bioenergetics we had put our hope in something and then it didn't work and somebody would be like, oh, this has healed me. And so we would try it And then it wouldn't work or make me worse. Yeah.

Erin 20:42

it's like, Not that you, you weren't compliant. That was the part that. frustrated me the most. Cause I'm not. a good patient, you know, like give me a prescription and I won't take it.

Josh 20:51

so annoying. Yeah.

Erin 20:52

But Josh. If somebody were to give you a protocol, a diet. They did And

Josh 20:56

a tee.

Erin 20:57

it to a tee.

Josh 20:59

obsessively. Yeah, aggravating.

Erin 21:01

Yeah. To not Find lasting wellness, it's like Cool that you felt good for? four to six weeks, but nobody wants to crash every. Every other month.

Josh 21:10

And I want it to get better. So bad. I would do just about anything, but After that. Heavy metal spray that I took. I think we just lost all hope.

Erin 21:18

I mean,

Josh 21:18

it got really bad. I started a. Lose. Function like with the right side of my body and then nurse Aaron. decided to tell me she thinks it.

Erin 21:28

I did not.

Josh 21:28

be.

Erin 21:30

It was more so like, yo. So all these things are happening. And like, I know we haven't seen a doctor in a while because they really haven't been helpful. But like you can't Oh, Like the right side of Your body isn't working, maybe. we should see someone

Josh 21:43

It was crazy. So. My thoughts started to get really, really dark. there and. I think. I thought that that was going to be it. Is what I thought. I thought that this was just going to be my slow death. Because it was getting worse and worse to the point where. There wasn't a whole lot worth. During the day to day.

Erin 22:00

Yeah, I remember you saying that to me. And I was like, oh shit. Like we're there.

Josh 22:04

Yeah. So that's when we decided that it was time for us to move. To Ohio.

Erin 22:11

Yeah.

Josh 22:12

Nashville To get more support. from family members who live throughout. Ohio.

Erin 22:17

Yeah. I mean, we were just drowning. Like I was still working 12 hour shifts in the hospital I just remember every single time I left the house. feeling So uneasy. not that I thought you were going to do anything. It just was like, I don't think he can. manage, like we

Josh 22:32

had a

Erin 22:32

child. Yeah. This is the first. Health crisis that we had had post. Zoe. That day that I went and you called. Having a panic attack and you were having like really bad vertigo that day. I think right.

Josh 22:46

dizziness. Yeah.

Erin 22:47

And. I it's like, what do we do? Like we've got nobody. We were I mean, even friends. We were 30 minutes from anybody. that Loved or cared about us.

Josh 22:56

And it was hard. We didn't want to burden them. and.

Erin 22:58

of her friends had little kids, like everyone was drowning in their

Josh 23:02

And we started flaking on them again, I remember you saying yes to a couple of things, and then I got so sick and you say yes to things.

Erin 23:10

because I wanted To actually go.

Josh 23:12

You say yes to things when I'm on Good days is essentially how we would say yes to things. I'm like, well, Yeah. Josh was feeling better. I would even do that. And then the day would come and I would be bedridden. And even remotely. able to take care of a child.

Erin 23:26

Yeah.

Josh 23:27

So, Yeah. I got dicey there and. You know, we were rekindling and building relationships with friends again, and then we just ghosted all of them. And. Yeah. It just we, a guy got really lonely, really quick. and. We had nowhere to turn. So yeah. I came to yard. I remember being like, I think we need to move to Ohio. Which. oh man. If somebody would've told me that. I was going to live in Ohio, again, I would've laughed in your face so hard. I was at a point where you couldn't have paid me a million dollars and here we are. So.

Erin 23:55

Yeah.

Josh 23:56

During that time. My mother-in-law. Was becoming a health coach, right. And

Erin 24:01

just, I. think. Gotten her certification and she was meeting people. Yeah.

Josh 24:04

out, Being like, Hey. my son-in-law's super sick. Has Anything helped anybody? And somebody recommended that we check out bioenergetics and. I looked into it. and it looked like the, like, Woo. Woo. He his thing. So sketchy. And so I was like, no, I'm done trying to put hope into things.

Erin 24:21

Well, And we were just coming off. of the heavy metal

Josh 24:25

it and it was just a journal, you know, it was like, no. What is going on here? Why isn't anybody talking about this? if This actually worked on anybody. Why wouldn't people be talking about this? So I just didn't do it. And then for my birthday, your mom bought me a scan and I was like, well, I have nothing else to lose. We literally had nothing else to lose at that point.

Erin 24:45

Yeah.

Josh 24:45

And so I tried it.

Erin 24:47

and the results came back.

Josh 24:49

And they were.

Erin 24:51

Eerily. Yeah. Whoa, same frequency. Hey.

Josh 24:54

Eerily accurate. To the point where we were doing. a console with a lady and she was helping us interpret it because. The amount of information that you get from the results. Is so robust and informative, but. At that point, you were like filling my pill boxes. Cause I was so overwhelmed. So. Having that much. information

Erin 25:14

fog was real.

Josh 25:15

intense and. She started talking about symptoms that I had not disclosed.

Erin 25:21

And I

Josh 25:21

was like, holy shit..

Erin 25:22

That's my favorite thing. Now

Josh 25:24

Oh, it's. The best.

Erin 25:26

During a consult. Once I look at their scan and I'm

Josh 25:29

We give free consults with every scan. And Aaron does those.

Erin 25:33

But Yeah. When I'm looking through toxins or whatever. and you say somebody has Barton. You know, like whatever you mentioned Bartonella. Yes. And you mentioned a symptom. It's my favorite when their eyes are like, what.

Josh 25:45

Yeah, it's incredible. Yeah. So that

Erin 25:48

my favorite because that means that they're suffering, but you know what I'm saying?

Josh 25:50

Aha moments that like, It felt like for the first time somebody was believing me.

Erin 25:55

Yeah. Which that is like huge.

Josh 25:58

functional medicine, all the doctors. that we were seeing, I mean, we were spending $30,000 a year. For people to tell me what they thought. Instead of like believing me that like All of these things were happening. And so for the first time, That happened. And so I was like, shit, I might as well try this. So I started taking the remedies and the first round was fine. But. Aaron. And I had decided let's give this a chance. It's going to probably take a couple of rounds to do this. And now. in Rudy, we say, for every year you've been sick. It's going to take about one to two months of healing. To get back to pre, chronically ill and. that about summed up my journey. And so, I don't know, three or four scans in going through those rounds of remedies. I started to notice. Crazy bounce backs. My brain was turning on. My anxiety started to disappear. My nerve pain was gone. My insomnia was gone.

Erin 26:49

we were peeling things away, like little. It wasn't easy. I mean, Every round of remedies that you did.

Josh 26:54

it was gnarly.

Erin 26:55

and like, we, it was, Yeah. we were still drowning. For a while.

Josh 26:59

big time.

Erin 27:00

But Yeah, it was so encouraging to feel like for. once these things that you're experiencing these. Symptoms and discomfort, it feels productive. It feels like we're actually making progress here.

Josh 27:12

felt like I was taking care of. the roots, which is the goal. That's why we call it Rudy. We're getting to the root cause of things. but it felt for the first time that we were. Digging up those roots. instead of Band-aiding. it with 55 to 60 supplements or lifestyle changes that were keeping symptoms at bay. but we didn't even know why the symptoms existed.

Erin 27:31

Yeah, that's the one thing that I just in the last couple of years. And this is not to hate on functional medicine. I think it's great. I think functional medicine,

Josh 27:39

Both, both sides.

Erin 27:40

Yeah. Like we left conventional medicine, not left. I mean, I still work in the hospital. but we, for ourselves in our health, Left that system because it was so apparent to us. that the Symptoms you were experiencing were symptoms. and All they wanted to do was mask. the symptoms. So Here's Prozac for your anxiety. and depression, and here's. ibuprofen for your, and it. just was Common sense to me to be like, well, what is causing this? Like, why are we just like throwing a drug at it?

Josh 28:08

Totally.

Erin 28:09

And so that was the beginning, but then what I didn't realize in functional medicine, Is, You can almost kind of. do the same thing, but with a more natural. approach. So Yeah. Your adrenals are taxed. And so here's some things that can help that. But we're still not getting to the root. of Why are your adrenals taxed? There's layers below that. Yeah, So. This has just been the most comprehensive. The path that we have ever come across.

Josh 28:37

And boy was I taking care of things. I mean it was lime to almost every single coinfection. of line, which I had even, I didn't even know. No, we had no idea.

Erin 28:46

been tested, like We went to the PCP and said like, could it be

Josh 28:49

multiple times.

Erin 28:50

But the

Josh 28:50

And then I had to take care of EBV. and strep. and herpes, and It was crazy. And then. Oh, my gosh. the, parasites, two months. Before we found bioenergetics, we did a stool sample.

Erin 29:02

Yeah.

Josh 29:03

With my primary. And. It came back negative. And then a couple months later, I'm freaking passing. foot-long parasites. And I'm like, what the fuck? Like I did at. Parasites like. So.

Erin 29:18

we regret not sending them in a Ziploc baggie. Oh,

Josh 29:22

Yes, I do. I do regret that,

Erin 29:24

Dear Dr. Pearson.

Josh 29:25

Each step I would get better. And So it became a snowball effect. where. It was undoubtedly helping me.

Erin 29:34

After the third one, I was pretty sold. Like, honestly, After the first one, seeing your results. and getting All the information behind it, I was like, huh. This fits like it more than I was expecting. But yeah. Then every subsequent one, I was like, oh

Josh 29:50

crazy.

Erin 29:51

I also totally thought homeopathy was bullshit to be quite honest.

Josh 29:54

my gosh air would be like you taking your snake oils today.

Erin 29:57

your snake oil taste. But then when you resonated with the first series therapy, I can't remember if it was ed or what.

Josh 30:03

don't remember.

Erin 30:04

The intensity.

Josh 30:06

Yeah. Of

Erin 30:07

which you felt. it. Yeah. I just remember being oh, Like, this is not, this is. not sugar

Josh 30:13

Yeah,

Erin 30:14

there is something to this.

Josh 30:15

And Almost everybody is like that. that isn't a familiar. with any of these types of remedies. And every single one says the same thing. Like, holy shit, This is for real. And you're like, yeah, that's crazy. But then you, you finish that. And you feel like a freaking Superman.

Erin 30:32

new level. Yeah.

Josh 30:33

You're starting to feel like. you used to feel or better.

Erin 30:36

Yeah.

Josh 30:37

Now I feel better than I felt. in freaking high school. Yeah, we're amped.

Erin 30:42

And I just, it feels like. It's. Like you're saying. like, why. I has nobody talking about this and I think. I mean, honestly, what it comes down to is money, right? The pharmaceutical industry. And This is not

Josh 30:55

you're not going to be a billionaire

Erin 30:57

just, yeah. But we don't care. We want people to heal. We're not trying to get rich fast over. This is genuinely. It feels like our life's purpose. is why we're. here is to help people heal.

Josh 31:08

Yeah.

Erin 31:09

And This journey. has, You know, brought people into our lives that we never would have met, but, you know, through, through the Lyme community and through all these other things, There are so many people suffering. like deeply suffering.

Josh 31:23

I get multiple. People a day reaching out to me now. And I think. This journey was the only way that you and I were going to get here.

Erin 31:31

I mean, of course. That's why I went to nursing school. I've always been kind of drawn to. Really like relieve, suffering. in whatever way that I can. And, you know, I just feel like my philosophy on health now. is a little different than it was and this fits so much better. But. Yeah. I just want people to be well, and to be free. We talk about that all the time. Not to be well, yeah. in a sense that we were right for from 2017 to 2021, where we would be well for two weeks. Or we would Be well, if we were. on this so strict

Josh 32:03

Yeah.

Erin 32:04

like, you know, just. hyper. analyzing everything We put into our bodies. That's not, healing. That is keeping a tsunami. At bay.

Josh 32:13

You're still in bondage.

Erin 32:15

You're still in bondage to it. So genuinely our goal. Is too. Help people heal and like goodbye. Go do your life. Don't even think about Rudy ever again. I mean, there is something to be said about using this as sort of like a maintenance, which that's kind of how we use it now. Yeah. You know, I get maybe a couple of scans a year just to like check in like how am I feeling? Or if I'm struggling with something after I got that last. cold and I had a sore throat for a few weeks, like, Yeah, I'll send an, a scan and see what's up. But Yeah. our goal is to cut people loose and. just go live your big, beautiful life and CLO.

Josh 32:49

But during, Yeah. Hold your hand. and build a community around it. It's. we did not have that. at all. And we were kind of just winging it. Yeah, we were learning on the go. And there's so many things now that we do know that. Can help the healing journey.

Erin 33:05

Yeah. for sure.

Josh 33:06

we don't want to. Just tell you what's wrong. And Then you go do it. We want to be a part of your healing journey. and make sure that you feel. Not only confident, but when you don't feel hope, We'll have hope for you and keep reminding you. of the growth that you've had. And I mean, We're at a point now in Rudy, where we're starting to see people heal. And. The beauty of it was that. Now they're going off and. doing their big things. And this is our big thing. Yeah. And I think we talk about this, we talk a lot about just being free. Right. And that could mean. You know, you can finally have a garden. To going to live in the big city, working for your dream tech company.

Erin 33:44

Yeah.

Josh 33:45

Freedom is Going to look different. and each individual, And we just want you to get there. and you can't.

Erin 33:51

when you're sick.

Josh 33:53

No, I couldn't have remotely even considered the idea of what freedom would look like for me. I couldn't have even defined it. I was so jaded anyways, that what would that look? like with chronic illness? It's, It's tough And you feel there's no hope in that. So.

Erin 34:07

Babe. We've been talking about what question we should ask people.

Josh 34:11

it.

Erin 34:12

Yeah. what? Yeah. What's freedom. Okay, great. What's freedom for you.

Josh 34:18

Ah, wow. So. We're probably gonna have to ask ourselves this a couple of times. In these podcasts. because I think it's going to evolve. I think Right now.

Erin 34:28

Yeah. What's freedom for you right now.

Josh 34:30

I been. In this season of. feeling. Instead of thinking. And

Erin 34:37

Interesting. Says the seven on the Enneagram. Wow.

Josh 34:42

thank you. So. You know, like Dr. Joe Dispenza. or whatever, they, he talks about how your emotions. Determine your thoughts? Not your thoughts. determining emotions. And so.

Erin 34:53

Yeah. People think that goes the other direction. Which it does to some degree, but

Josh 34:57

yeah, so right now I've been thinking about what abundance looks like. I feel when abundance. comes. And you're Feeling that. to your core, that is freedom. And I'm not talking about, I mean, Wealth and abundance is gray. Like that could be part of it for some people. But like, even in the mundane, just identifying abundance. and really sitting in that. I can't remember if he talks about it or somebody else about. When you are using your brain when you're thinking, instead of feeling. and your. In that materialistic. Life. Meaning materialistic versus the spiritual side of things. When you're in that materialistic, you're living in a state of lack. You constantly are thinking and seeing things that you don't have. And. With somebody like my. Creative brain. I can almost put myself in those situations. Which then as a result, I almost feel I could feel what it feels like to sit in that. Lamborghini. And then I come out of that consciousness. And I don't have it. I'm sitting in that state of lack.

Erin 36:08

you have black interesting.

Josh 36:10

If I can sit in the emotions of abundance. in my own spiritual sense. And recognize the abundance that is always existing around me. Instead of chasing. you're attracting.

Erin 36:24

Oh, cool.

Josh 36:25

so. Right now, that's what I've been focused on. is that. Feeling of abundance is allowing me to have freedom.

Erin 36:32

Yeah.

Josh 36:33

I don't feel like I'm chasing. as much anymore. Yeah. And. That's opened up a whole new flow for me the past. couple of months of what that looks like. in Rudy and what I actually want out of this. and where my goals are. And. Yeah, there's more contentment and peace. And genuine joy that exists inside of that. Whatever that looks like for each individual. However, you can get that peace and love and genuine joy. To me, that is freedom.

Erin 37:02

Yeah, that's beautiful. I love.

Josh 37:06

How about you? That's freedom.

Erin 37:08

to me. Okay. I think. Freedom to me. A couple of things. but. to keep it brief. Freedom is living out of a space. Of curiosity. and Love or like the two kind of big ones for me, like, Curiosity, meaning open-mindedness this season that we're in right now. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't. open-minded and curious, and I wasn't for a long time, you. And. To have no. Walls. no. Limitations. on where I can go with my brain. Or am I thought, I just, I lived with a lot of barriers. you know, be it. Religious based or whatever. That kept me from. Turning over certain rocks. or thinking about certain things. So that feels like freedom. Big time. just being open-minded and curious. And always leading with love. For me, Recently it's been like. okay, is this whatever instinct it is? Is this out of fear or is this. out of love for myself, for the world, for the person sitting next to me, whatever. And if it's coming from fear, I don't want it. And if it's coming from love, that's

Josh 38:14

Yeah. Yeah.

Erin 38:15

I guess that's the biggest one. The other thing I'm just, I've never lived in this state of flow before. I didn't. I mean, I guess I had experienced it, in a cross country race or something when I was just

Josh 38:27

yeah.

Erin 38:27

not in my head. I don't know, but. It's incredible.

Josh 38:31

you're flow, babe.

Erin 38:32

I'm. a nine on the Enneagram, So I do not have a lot of energy generally. My that inertia. like, it takes me So much to get moving. And then as soon as I start slowing down, I'm so tired. I just like the thought of building a business. Made me want to barf, Who wants to do that with their life? That is so much work.

Josh 38:49

Yeah. And I still

Erin 38:51

can't really look too big picture. or it will Honestly, overwhelm me, but I'm finding that when you're doing the thing that, whatever you wanna call it, spirit lead you to whatever. whatever gets you in that flow state. I have more capacity. Like I have. It Opens me up. to do more. And as Soon as I switch out of that. Flow state into fear. Oh, no, like the weight of the world's on my shoulders. I have so many people that I need to heal. Okay. No, that's not on my plate.

Josh 39:20

Right.

Erin 39:20

That's when I start to feel overwhelmed and. exhausted again, but then as soon as I switched into like, just flow. I don't know. It's it's been really

Josh 39:28

Oh, I love

Erin 39:29

this is how People live big lives. Like before. Just kind of wanted to I don't know, cook and clean.

Josh 39:35

totally. Oh, that's so good.

Erin 39:37

have to have some purpose. Backed with some life force is really

Josh 39:43

Hello.

Erin 39:44

Thanks. We're free.

Josh 39:46

We are free.

Erin 39:48

Yeah.

Josh 39:48

this is so good.

Erin 39:50

this is gonna be fun. But are we gonna talk about next?

Josh 39:53

Oh, man, we got a lot coming up. I were going to share a ton of, I mean, we're. Going to be talking about spirituality. We're going to be talking about different. Tools that we have found inside of this journey that have helped us heal and. Ways we didn't even know where possible. And Outside of bioenergetics breath work and. I mean, there's a lot of, energy stuff and.

Erin 40:15

Saunas.

Josh 40:16

Yeah,

Erin 40:17

recently. Polar plunging. I can't believe you talked me into that.

Josh 40:21

I know it's great.

Erin 40:22

for me

Josh 40:22

Yeah. It has been, so Yeah. So much, and then we're going to be bringing on people. And then. there's people that are healing now. through Rudy. I want to bring them on and hear what their freedom looks like. Sure. We have our story Thanks everyone for listening. But. I don't want it to just be coming from me. I want, I want people to hear. Other people's experiences through this and how. it's impacted them and What their journey has looked like. because. The cool thing about bioenergetics is it is bio-individual. And.

Erin 40:51

That's why it works.

Josh 40:53

I agreed. And there is no umbrella protocol for this. And so somebody that may have the exact same things that I have had. May heal. and a different timeline and a different way in. It's. Yeah. It's beautiful. to see. So. Yeah, we got a, we got a lot coming up.

Erin 41:10

shouting hope from the rooftops is our goal. We just Genuinely want to Help as many people heal. We are not the healers. You've got what you need already inside you to heal, but. We just want to help you unlock it, I guess.

Josh 41:21

if bioenergetics, isn't your thing, great. I just want to support you in how. you want to heal. Yeah. Even if that's a slow journey I'm going to have hope for you. So. Yeah. this is going to be good. I'm stoked about it.

Erin 41:33

I mean to

Josh 41:34

First one done. Well y'all thanks for listening. This has been good.

Erin 41:40

Thanks mom.

Josh 41:41

Yeah. You made it all the way through. And go back to doing what you were doing before it is.

Erin 41:47

Love you.

Josh 41:48

Bye.