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Holistic Life Navigation
This podcast explores holistic stress and trauma recovery. I am your host, Luis Mojica. My work, Holistic Life Navigation, was modeled after my own journey in healing myself from chronic illness and PTSD. I share this podcast with many brilliant minds who, like me, healed themselves through unique, unusual, and unorthodox ways.
For more information, please visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com
Written, produced and recorded by Luis Mojica. Edited by Fredo Viola. Intro song: "Wood Smoke" by Fredo Viola.
Holistic Life Navigation
[Bonus Episode] The Top 3 Reasons We Get Depressed During The Holidays w/ Karen Hurd
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On today's episode, Karen Hurd joins Luis to discuss the top three reasons (from a biochemistry perspective), why we get depressed, activated, and dysregulated during the holiday season.
They are:
1) chemical & natural fragrances
2) refined carbohydrates
3) sugars
They parse each apart, and dive deeply into the way that the body responds to these highly concentrated substances. Karen even shares her recipe for potato-less mashed potatoes and gluten-free no-sugar pumpkin-less pumpkin pie!
For more information on Karen's work, visit: http://www.karenhurd.com/
Check out some of our previous episodes with Karen:
- Ep. 8 Healing Your Body With Beans (feat. Karen Hurd)
- Ep. 19 Caffeine & Adrenaline (feat. Karen Hurd)
- Ep. 34 How Dairy Affects Your Body (feat. Karen Hurd)
- Ep. 56 How Sugar Affects The Body (feat. Karen Hurd)
- Ep. 95 Beans: How They Create Life & Heal Trauma (feat. Karen Hurd)
- Ep. 165 How Chemical Fragrances Are Causing Your Anxiety (feat. Karen Hurd)
You can get instant access to all of the HLN webinars and video courses here: https://hln.thinkific.com/collections
You can read more about, and register for, the retreat at Broughton in the UK here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/broughton-2026
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