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Feb 2022
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109 - Mold, Chronic Illness & Sleep With...

DEEPA KANNAN
About this episode

Carla Ferrara is a Functional Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner specialising in Lyme, Mold and Chronic Conditions. Education and work as a Systems Design Engineer taught her how to work with complicated systems. These concepts combined with personal challenges and curiosity spurred her on to deep dives into a broad base of disciplines including fitness training, yoga, energy medicine, nature, environment, food systems, domestic abuse and family mediation, education, health coaching, genetics, and Traditional Chinese Medicine focused on Lyme Disease, Mold Infections and other Chronic Health conditions. She provides a unique, whole-body perspective on helping others with complicated health concepts.

  • Why should we get to the space of curiosity as opposed to finding solutions?
  • What might be the symptoms of mold toxicity?
  • How do you deal with mold invading your home and your body?
  • How does sleep disruption interplay with mold toxicity?
  • What are the foundational aspects of recovering from mold?
  • What are the protocols that Carla used with herbs, supplements and foods to help her recover from mold and Lyme disease?

For more on Carla Ferrara you can follow her:

Website: www.embraceabetteru.com 

Linked In:  www.linkedin.com/in/carla-ferrara-fnlp 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/carlabferrara 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/carlabferrara 

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103 - Detoxification, Women’s Hormones & Sleep With Dr Wendie Trubow  

083 - EMF Toxicity & Sleep Disruption With Wendy Myers 

-For more on Deepa:

Deepa is an Allied Functional Medicine Practitioner, Author and a Yogini at Phytothrive. Having a son with a rare adrenal disorder gave her insight into the working of the adrenals. Her articles have been shared by Dr Mark Hyman, MD, a 14 times NY Times Bestselling Author. She also gave the opening speech on Health Hacks at Amazon Web Services & YourStory HeathTech 2019 to heads of healthcare start-ups in India. She is in the YourStory100 Digital Influencers Of 2020. Her book on sleep with HarperCollins releases in 2022. She has been featured on the award winning podcast 15-Minute Matrix discussing sleep.

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💎Blue Light Blockers: https://vivarays.com?sca_ref=1132978.lTmZvKjZ2k 

💎15-Minute Matrix featuring Deepa: Sleep

💎YourStory 100 Digital Influencers 2020: https://yourstory.com/2020/12/yourstory-100-digital-influencers-2020

To work with Deepa:

💎Write to: support@phytothrive.com 

💎Write to: deepa@phytothrive.com

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