Dr. Shayna L. Powell

10/16/2024

Woo this conversation was so important! Eyla and I spoke a lot about cultural norms in Western Societies and man was it insightful.

If we cannot allow ourselves to experience minor discomfort and even major discomfort do we even have the capacity to feel true real pleasure?

One thing that surprised me about clinical practice is the number of menopausal women that had never had an or*asm. Pleasure is the other side of pain.

While there is a time and place for modern medicine in the birthing process, it's WAY overused and most likely a means for generating more profit for the hospital....and a means of convenience for the expecting family.

What a lot of folks don't realize is convenience has a cost - it really does and it isn't just short term consequences. What we are seeing with immune dysfunction in young children can be directed tied back to elected C sections - not going through the birth canal and getting inoculated with mom's birth canal microbiome.

Just some food for thought. Enjoy

Eyla Cuenca Birth Sovereignty DoulaDoula's do not provide medical advice, but rather help the mother become radically self responsible for her choices and de...

10/13/2024

Dispenses medication with list of 'known' [side] effects including causing the thing it supposedly treats, newest and most expense trade name drug you can find for dementia, depression, asthma etc....

Dispenses herbs without RCT double blind placebo controlled trials, considered extremely dangerous and likely to make condition worse, but has 1000s of years of use data....

Says allopathic medical folk

PS on a medication and wanna know if the effects you are having are FROM the drug you were Rxed? drugs.com is an invaluable resource

10/07/2024

A thought on Superfoods

Superfood is a marketing term created without a solid definition beyond 'good for you' and 'nutrient dense'

Trouble is most of these foods are sold in fancy packaging and come from FAR away places

Tell me where does acai grow in Colorado?

You know what REAL superfoods are?

Buying local produce and meat from farmers and ranchers

Shaking hands with them and knowing how they produce your REAL food

Super foods don't come in plastic wrap, they come from Earth and are nutrient dense because they were harvested yesterday or slaughtered in the last month

Don't be fooled by fancy marketing and slick packaging

09/17/2024

Have you ever been given the PHQ2,4,9 or the GAD7?

Did you know that Pzifer funded the research for these mandatory questionnaires to screen for anxiety and depression?

I say mandatory in medicaid/medicare practices as they are part of the 2500 metrics that need to be regularly checked.

Seems sincere, but reading between the lines, SSRIs (antidpressants/antixanxiety) meds are some of the most prescribed medications in the USA.

They also come with so nasty 'side' effects that include worsening anxiety and worsening suicidality.

Looking forward to dropping my new podcast with the one and only Christie Fleetwood who is a registered pharmacist turned naturopathic doctor.

It's gonna be a hoot and eye opening...

No conflicts of interest to see here

09/11/2024

Struggling with emotional reactions and really not sure why?

90% of our brain activity is SUBCONSCIOUS meaning we don't know why it's happening

Treatment technqiues like NET and QRNT can be very helpful

DrShawna Eischens and I jump into some severe mental-emotional diagnoses and discuss ways (some are free and are included in the show notes on YT) to help you help yourself heal

Because in case you didn't know, YOU were meant to HEAL

Dr. Shawna Eischens Chronic physical pain can be related to mental emotional suppressionHolding onto an injury/illness - use affirmations that are patient ap...

08/28/2024

Okay you guys, health insurance is INSANE

The cash pay insurance price of labs (and procedures/imaging) is OUT OF CONTROL

Insurance companies then charging for additional testing if the screening test comes back positive, whaaat???

Isn't the 'supposed' whole point of insurance that is paid monthly or quarterly to cover the cost of your healthcare needs?!

If the wholesale cost of a lab is $8, then why is it the insurance cash pay price is like $237? That is price gouging if I ever did see it

I have had a number of patients that received bills for labs we tried to get insurance to cover, and sticker shock happens...

One patient had 6 labs run, his insurance wanted to charge him nearly $600....my cash pay price for my patients was $147

How the hell is this legal you guys? Insurance companies MAKE BANK of your hard earned money

This is straight unethical

08/20/2024

Great chat on small scale meat chicken farming with Jacob Gray

It was Paul Chenault who first introduced me to REAL chicken and ever since then I haven't been able to purchase chicken from a grocery store since then.

While I do understand this may be out of some folks budget/capacity, even the occasional purchase supports West Slope humans and gets you more connected to your community.

We humans are desperately missing connection.

So take a listen and enjoy!

--- Timestamps ---00:00 - Intro01:00 - Jake’s Background01:30 - Regenerating soil w/ Chickens03:45 - Changes in insect diversity06:30 - The Evolution of thei...

08/08/2024

uncompahgre_farms Brittany Duffy and I had a chat about raising grass finished beef

We talked a little about how different soils/ecosystems will produce different tasting beef (and produce)!

The world of biology is ever so fascinating

If you eat beef or are curious about holistic land management this podcast is for YOU!

Book RecommendationsRisk Free Ranching---00:00 - Intro01:40 - Brittany’s Background03:20 - Leased Land04:30 - Ag can be ISOLATING05:40 - How commercial ag im...

07/30/2024

POV: Probiotics for everyone👇

07/25/2024

Because you refused an upper scope

It’s scary 😨

And yet...

Your throat burns all day long

And at night you feel a flood of acidic fluid flowing into your mouth

But you’re doing it all

The wedge pillow

The tums, the pepsid, the omeprazole

🛑 Avoiding everything on the reflux trigger list

AND MORE

And yet still it burns

Worse today you had something for dinner that didn’t bother you yesterday

It’s exhausting 😫

You’re convinced it’s the food

It HAS TO BE THE FOOD

But...

What if it’s not JUST the food

(most often it’s not)

What if you need to get that upper scope

Even if just for peace of mind

Imaging is a very helpful tool in treating chronic reflux

If you are ready to get to the root of your reflux

Comment RRM for the link to a free discovery call

07/19/2024

🏵️ Wild Iola 🏵️

Iola means violet and is the name of a boat ramp at Blue Mesa Reservoir

It is also the name of an old town that now resides under the reservoir

Founded and created by Dr. Shayna Powell a registered naturopathic doctor in Montrose, Colorado

Most of Shayna’s life, she struggled with eczema and skin sensitivity

(eczema has cleared with healing the gut and cleaning up her diet)

The skin sensitivity persisted

Hello canary in the coal mine 🐦

Skin care products recommended by medical professionals contain parabens which are known to cause hormone disruption, petroleum an oil byproduct or other skin sensitizing agents like sodium lauryl sulfate, SLS, (in its many names) that further damage skin integrity

Tired of the crap ingredients and getting no where with her skin issues, she started making her own products more than a decade ago

Tallow is a new found love

It’s moisturizing to the skin as it is similar to sebum, the oil human skin produces

At Wild Iola we value
✅ Supporting Colorado producers/ranchers/farmers

✅ Transparent ingredient lists

✅ High quality ingredients

With the goal of reducing skin sensitivity by restoring skin integrity

07/19/2024

A conversation with many facades to consider

Do we even need spiritual growth?

I say we do, and having FAITH in something serves humanity for the greater good

Check out my latest podcast with Dr. Lisa Pomerantz of Rooted Naturopathy

Lisa Pomerantz, ND www.rootednaturopathy.comWe didn't discuss the abuse of power in spiritual and religious circles in this episodeSpirituality and science g...

07/09/2024

Did you know that 4 medications and 2 supplements can cause heartburn?

Taking these items on an empty stomach almost certain will create a heartburn flare for ya!

I recently had a new patient that has SEVERE iron deficient anemia

So she was prescribed oral iron at a high dose

A year later she was diagnosed with severe gastritis and has not been able to shake the reflux that was induced from excess oral iron

Good thing her and I are working together!

🔥 NSAIDs like ibuprofen are by FAR the most common medication that is associated with stomach upset

(It’s one of the medications that contributed to my stomach ulcer diagnosis at 17)

Many of us pop the cap and take a few A DAY

For those aches and pains and those (dehydrated) headaches

🔥 Antibiotics across the board disrupt the gut function

Disrupts the microbiota

Disrupts the intestinal mucosal layer (protects the gut lining)

My rule for antibiotics, use them sparely, when necessary

(FYI we already have seen super strains on gonorrhea that are nonresponsive to antibiotics and personally, I would like to keep antibiotics for the yucky things like STIs that can really mess up our body if left unchecked)

🔥 Oh statins, one of my least favorite medications and one with MANY adverse effects on the body

Including upsetting the stomach and leading to heartburn symptoms

🔥 Okay another supplement that I always recommend folks take WITH food.

Perhaps you have had this experience

You’re rushing around trying to finish getting ready and you grab your supplements (yay) and throw them into your mouth and gulp water down and race out the door

You don’t eat for another couple hours and your stomach is just churning

BEEN THERE

B vitamins need to be taken with food.

🔥 Opioids - oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, fentanyl etc

These medications are used for significant pain

Have you ever taken one or more of these on an empty stomach??

PS an extra mineral that can be upsetting to the stomach is zinc, not all forms of zinc seem to upset the stomach

07/09/2024

Something that grinds my gears: Practitioners telling patients to avoid real foods

07/04/2024

What’s the DEAL with Earthing?

And is it worth the hype??

I say YES

The health benefits are astounding and scientifically supported

Not to mention centuries of wisdom passed down through the generations for us to ask the question is grounding even real?!

In this post I share about Earthing/Grounding and the deal with EMFs

Resources
Safe Sleeve cases - Phones and Lap Tops

“Earthing” by Clinton Ober

Koniver, L. (2023) ‘Practical applications of grounding to support health’, Biomedical Journal, 46(1), pp. 41–47. doi:10.1016/j.bj.2022.12.001.

https://www.safespaceprotection.com/emf-health-risks/what-is-emf/

06/30/2024

PSA: (My Colleague posted this in one of my ND groups and said it was safe to share)

Many DO NOT believe that purchasing supplements from Amazon is a MAJOR risk

Her kid ended up in the ER....so....just saying

my patient just called me to report returning from the ER because they gave their child a supplement they thought was Orthomolecular D-Hist Jr chewable, ordered off Amazon. It came in a supplement bottle, and actually as capsules, which confused her initially, but she just opened up the capsule and added to their kids apple sauce. Then she noticed the label was peeling off and was a fake. She called Orthomolecular, and they confirmed that that Amazon account was a fake and that they do not sell on Amazon. Amazon confirmed this happened 2x with that same account and product that day. So was advised to go to ER because substance given to child was unknown. PLEASE BE AWARE!

06/24/2024

The Internet is full of plagiarism

06/21/2024

Natural Medicine is Great

It fact given the startling statistics on chronic illness in the United States, NDs are poised to step up to this epidemic

We understand that we don't get to know everything

There isn't just one root cause of most chronic illnesses

It's a dynamic interplay between the environment, genetics and lifestyle factors (some of which are out of our control because of Big Industry Capture...)

Pamela Snider drops some important pearls on the philosophy of naturopathic medicine and how healing happens, what happens when it's too late...

--00:00 - Intro01:33 - Dr. Pamela’s Background05:30 - The impact natural medicine COULD have*07:00 - We’ve DIVORCED Medicine from Nature*09:00 - Naturopathy ...