The Nutrition Translator Podcast
Colleen Kuhn, a Registered Dietitian and Plant-Based Health Coach, hosts The Nutrition Translator Podcast—a show dedicated to exploring what it truly means to live a nutritious life. Beyond just food, this podcast delves into nourishing all aspects of well-being, including emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
In each episode, Colleen either engages in enlightening conversations with unique guests on a range of topics such as neuroscience, yoga, psychology, trauma, body image, relationships, sacred plant medicine, and plant-based nutrition, or shares deeply personal insights in solo episodes about her own health journey.
This podcast offers a blend of functional and spiritual guidance, providing listeners with actionable advice and transformative insights to enhance their overall health and life.
The Nutrition Translator Podcast
62 - Are We All Addicts? | Emerald McLeod, FNP
Emerald is a family nurse practitioner dedicated to healing of the the whole person- mind body and soul. She is licensed to prescribe special medications for addiction but choose to focus on connection & attachment patterns of the family unit and what keeps people from fully thriving in their life. She has a background in Emergency Medicine, Aesthetic Medicine and Trauma Healing. She is currently working on becoming certified in Functional Medicine and runs her business known as Addiction Connection.
Topics Discussed:
- The connection between addiction and connection
- What is Trauma?
- Are we all addicts?
- Is addiction genetic?
- How to stop the cycle of dysfunction & unhealthy patterns
- Addiction is not about the substance, it's able the familiar pattern of the highs and lows
- How to move towards full body somatic wellness
- Your diagnosis isn’t your identity
- Psychedelics and addiction
Resources:
- Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions, by Johann Hari
- Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, by Gabor Maté
Connect with Emerald:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/addiction_connection_/
Website: https://www.functionaladdictionmedicine.com/