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/outro song: "Witch Love" by Luis Mojica.
Episodes
347 episodes
[Ep. 297] The Biology Of Trauma [THE BOOK] w/ Dr. Aimie Apigian
What if your body wasn’t broken, but brilliantly designed to survive?In today’s episode, Luis speaks with Dr. Aimie Apigian — medical doctor, biochemist, and foster parent — about her new book The Biology of Trauma. After her foster son...
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[Ep. 296] Pendulation: The Practice That Saved My Life
On today's episode, Luis teaches about pendulation, a term coined by Peter Levine, and taught through Somatic Experiencing. Luis shares about his understanding of "active" pendulation, how to not bypass, and how the practice changed his life. A...
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[Ep. 295] Humanizing Charlie Kirk: Using Somatics & Technology To Expand Our Hearts
On today's episode Luis discusses his practice of humanizing those he disagrees with, and how the killing of Charlie Kirk, and the response to it, inspired him to share his reaction.When one of the people who had abused him died, Luis th...
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[Ep. 294] Trauma Healing 101: Learn How To Combine Nutrition + Somatics In Just 7-Weeks
Most of us were alone during our most traumatic experiences—and then left alone to try to heal from them. In this episode, Luis explores why isolation is at the root of so much trauma, how unexpressed survival responses can stay stuck in the bo...
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[Ep. 293] How To Eat For ADHD
Luis has lived the ADHD diagnosis, along with tics, tourrettes, binge eating, self-hatred and suicidal ideation. All of this stress does a number on the gut lining, which leads to brain inflammation and brain fog. Luis began to notice that all ...
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[Ep. 292] Treating ADHD By Making Life More Exciting
Do you have ADHD? Has anyone ever asked you what kind of food you eat and if your life excites you? Luis had self-medicated his ADHD with sugar, caffeine, and cigarettes because stimulants boost dopamine. This can help with short te...
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[Ep. 291] What If ADHD Was Actually About Your Gut?
Luis explores the correlation between ADHD, dopamine, and the gut. He explains how certain foods can change and shift your microbiome, which then can improve your dopamine levels and lower brain inflammation.
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[Ep. 290] F*ck Your Table: The Practice Of Belonging To Yourself
Have you ever heard the reference to, "a seat at the table"? As in, "everyone deserves a seat at the table"? Camille and Luis riff on how they feel about "the table". They. Don't. Need. Your. Table. Luis wasn't allowed into spaces to spread his...
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[Ep. 289] The Avoidant-Anxious Duo: A Match Made In Hell or Heaven?
Let's explore attachment styles. Luis has learned from personal experience that avoidant attachment types are simply bodies overwhelmed by a connection that feels overly needy, like a burden, and as a result they over-identify with independence...
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[Ep. 288] Let's Dive Deep Into The Origins Of Avoidant Attachment Styles
Join a crow, a fawn, and Luis on a morning walk to chat about the avoidant attachment style. There is a myth that avoidant attachment style folks are narcissistic psychopaths. He challenges this through the lens of somatics, seeing the av...
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[Ep. 287] Spirituality, Animism, & Parts Work w/ Dick Schwartz
Today Luis chats with Dick Schwartz, developer of Internal Family Systems (I.F.S.). Dick started his career as a family therapist. Upon asking the question, "why isn't family therapy working?" he began to develop what has become I.F.S. He learn...
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[Ep. 286] How To Navigate Conflict Somatically
On today's episode, Luis discusses navigating conflict through a somatic lens. As he speaks about conflict, he does not mean abuse or threat, but disagreement, disappoint and frustration.Luis teaches about his "Tending To Rupture" metho...
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[Ep. 285] Teeming With Life: The Role Regenerative Farming Plays In The Land & Our Communities w/ Will Harris
On today's episode, Luis speaks with Will Harris, a farmer, cattleman, and owner of White Oak Pastures. Will shares his personal story of how he inherited his family farm, and how he transitioned the farm from an industrial model to a regenerat...
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[Ep. 284] Interrupting Teenage Isolation w/ Trevor Spring (Part II)
Trevor is back for a second podcast episode with Luis to discuss parenting in the age of social media and screen prevalence. The hard first question is, what social media and screen patterns do the parents model? Do parents use thei...
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[Ep. 283] Supporting Boys Through Puberty w/ Trevor Spring (Part I)
Trevor Spring joins Luis for a tender discussion about masculinity, and how to tend our boys. Many boys and men have grown up, or are growing up, in isolation around their emotions and sexuality, with little to no physical or emotional attuneme...
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[Ep. 282] Interrupting Your Teen Boy's Isolation w/ Parallel Co-Regulation
In this episode, Luis continues the short series on male puberty by exploring parallel co-regulation, which is similar to parallel play -- meaning they're playing near or next to each other -- and how important it is for teenage boys. ...
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[Ep. 281] The Difference Between Raising "Gentle Boys" & EMBODIED Ones
In this episode, Luis dives into the developmental trauma of boys -- a continuation of Episode 279: This Is Why I Think P*rnography Is Traumatizing For Developing Boys -- and how they are generally unsupported through puberty.There's a l...
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[Ep. 280] This Is Why I Disagree With Gender-Affirming Treatment For Minors (And It's PRO-Trans)
Join Luis as he riffs about gender-affirming surgery, hormone therapy, and puberty blockers for minors. He looks to Marci Bowers, the first transgender female gynecologist and surgeon, who makes the case for not giving minors puberty blockers a...
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[Ep. 279] This Is Why I Think P*rnography Is Traumatizing For Developing Boys
On today's episode, Luis begins a conversation about male puberty that will continue into another two videos to explore what they face when testosterone begins to transform their bodies, minds, and chemistry. Because of this sudden...
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[Ep. 278] What Does Stress Have To Do With Skin Health?
On today's episode, Luis discusses how our skin health is affected by our hormones, and by our liver health. Everything from acne, rashes, eczema, and psoriasis can be caused by impurities coming out through your skin when your liver is overtax...
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[Ep. 277] The Secret Ingredient For Balanced Glucose? Movement
On today's episode, Luis discusses the connection between movement and glucose.Movement and modern, industrialized food now lack a reciprocity. Movement is required for gathering and processing food; movement that many of us no longer ne...
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[Ep. 276] How Protein Affects Your Mood
On today's episode, Luis discusses protein: how it affects mood, the nervous system, and the brain, and why it's so important to understand.Proteins are a combination of amino acids, and dopamine and serotonin rely on them. Refined foods...
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[Ep. 275] Converting Cravings Into Whole Food Options
On today's episode, Luis teaches how our processed food cravings can be a compass towards whole food options.Luis gives clear step-by-step conversion choices which can help support our unmet nutrition needs, and discusses how to relate ...
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[Ep. 274] Marginalization Without Victim Mentality & Grieving The Queer Community w/ Camille & Grey Doolin
On today's episode, Luis and Camille welcome back Grey Doolin to discuss marginalization and victim mentality. Join them for an open-hearted conversation, with a bit of throwing shade.They explore: · seeking safety from outs...
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[Ep. 273] Understand Your Cravings With This 5 Minute Practice
On today's episode, Luis teaches one of his favorite practices, called "Interrupting Your Cravings."Cravings aren't about having impulse issues: they're deep unmet needs in the body that we seek to get met through eating. One of those n...
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