Health & Wellness
in the Realm of Body Intelligence
🌈 1: Be mindful of food choices by supporting local farmers, know your sources, and opt for sustainable packaging. Your health and the planet will thank you. 🌈
Books
- Nourishing Traditions – by Sally Fallon: a cookbook, a lifestyle, a perspective shift, practices for living a healthier life in relation to our food, food is medicine – all of this and much more!!!!
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – by Barbara Kingsolver: Perhaps the classic book of the “locavore” movement. Truly inspiring and educational.
- Omnivore’s Dilemma – by Michael Pollan: A great book to start your journey of going more local and sustainable.
- The Hundred-Mile Diet – by Smith, Alisa; Mackinnon, J.B.: The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment.
Podcasts
- Farm to Table Podcast with Roger Wasson: Farm to Table Talk explores issues and the growing interest in the story of how and where the food on our tables is produced, processed and marketed.
- Sustainable Food Trust Podcast: questions current food production methods and sheds light on the future of farming.
- Ear Bites Community-Based Food Podcast Series: conversations on how we can build a resilient community-based food system.
- The Modern Homesteading Podcast: We discuss things like gardening, livestock, permaculture, food preservation, foraging, hunting, fishing, and the know-how and skills that will help you in your homesteading journey to be more self-reliant and self-sufficient.
2: Discover medicinal mushrooms for healing, stress relief, sharper focus, immunity boost, and increased energy.
2: Discover medicinal mushrooms for healing, stress relief, sharper focus, immunity boost, and increased energy. Books
- Mycelium Running – by Paul Stamets: How mushrooms can help save the world. The classic book that got so many of us into functional and medicinal mushrooms!
- The Mycelial Healer – by Parker, Christopher; Parker, Katherine: Fungi are the Alpha and Omega of this planet. Through their connections to the rock, soil, air, water, plants, animals, and humans, fungi hold our ecosystems together. They carry medicinal compounds that can be isolated and studied by scientists, and they carry something less available to scientific study—something ineffable known by many Indigenous peoples
- Medicinal Mushrooms – the Essential Guide – by Christopher Hobbs: Learn identification techniques, what to look for in commercial products, appropriate dosage information, and effective processing methods amongst other skills.
Podcasts
- Mushroom Revival Podcast: eclectic show covers fungi in health & wellness, technology, science, culture and more.
- Mycoverse the Mushroom Podcast: Explores the vast array of applications we all can easily deploy for the betterment of our environments. Healing diseases and mental illnesses, cleaning toxic waste from soil and water, being downright delicious and fun!
- MycoWizards Podcast: chatting with growers, scientists, enthusiasts, or submerging ourselves in the latest cutting edge cultivation technology!
Websites
- Fungi Perfecti: Resources, products, education and more….
- Evolved Mushrooms: Uniquely Potent Hand Crafted Support For Modern Resilience. Transforming the lives of clients in reconnection with the natural world through craft medicine.
- North American Mycological Association: Clubs, events, resources, publications and so much more about mycology and the broader community in N. America.
3: Consult a nutritionist or herbalist to better understand how to nourish your body and health.
Resources to Find Dietician / Nutritionist near you 📝
- Nourish.com: find a dietician in the US that may be covered by your insurance. One of the largest U.S. dietitian networks (4,000+ RDs). Lets you filter by specialty (gut health, hormones, emotional eating, etc.)
- Fay Nutrition: US nationwide network of board-certified dietitians brings empathy and expertise across weight management, chronic conditions, gut health, and more.
- Culina Health: US-based – offers holistic, inclusive, and evidence-based nutrition care. With an easy sign-up and referral process and a secure, convenient telehealth platform, they make nutrition counseling accessible and impactful.
- CANADA & US – Dietitian Directory: search by location and specific area of nutrition specialty.
Herbalists to consult
- American Herbalists Guild Directory: AHG is a membership based organization that connects the public with trusted practitioners while supporting herbalists through continuing education, clinical and business resources.
- How to Find a Qualified Local Naturopath or Herbalist: blog article from Mt Rose Herbs. Great advice and insight here.
Podcasts
- The Holistic Herbalism Podcast: Practical herbalism from practicing herbalists. Conversations, botanical deep-dives, Q&A with clinical herbalists.
4: Practice mindfulness, meditation or movement to reduce stress and promote your health.
Books
- Wherever You Go, There You Are – by Jon Kabat-Zinn: mindfulness & meditation in everyday life
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – by Shunryu Suzuki: Informal talks on Zen meditation & practice
- Essential Pranayama – by Jerry Givens: an incredible book of easy to learn & do breath meditation practices.
Audio & Audio Books
- Waking Up – by Sam Harris: A guide to spirituality without religion.
- The Miracle of Mindfulness – by Thich Nat Han – Audio Book on Spotify
- The Miracle of Mindfulness – by Thich Nat Han – Audio Book free on YouTube.
Podcasts
- Tara Brach Meditation Podcast: weekly meditation practices – Spotify link
- 12-Minute Meditation Podcast: Various great teachers guide you in regular 12-minute sessions – Spotify link.
- Mindfulness Meditation Podcast: 2x per week fun new short guided meditations with calming music.
- 44 Best Meditation Podcasts (2025) – rated by CounterCulturist – many quality podcast directions to go here!
- The 21 Best Meditation Podcasts to Listen to Right Now – a good rated list by Very Well Mind
Courses
- Free 40 Day Mindfulness Daily Course by Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield: excellent way to establish a meditation practice – try it!
Apps for Yoga, Strength, Movement, Mindfulness & more…
- Insight Timer – consistently over the years a great meditation & mindfulness app that customizes to your needs and desired practice.
- AloMoves App – this is a well-reviewed, diverse yoga and fitness app that has a free version.
- Asana Rebel App – another well-reviewed yoga, pilates, strength, health app with a lot of different options and pathways.