Your body runs on rhythms, and ignoring them comes at a cost.

In this episode of the Everyday Epigenetics: Raw, Real, Relatable podcast, Kate flips the mic to interview Susan on one of her favorite topics: chronobiology, the science of your body’s natural 24-hour clock. From when you sleep, eat, and move to when you’re most creative or focused, your internal timing influences everything.

Susan explains why so many of us are living out of sync with our biology, and how getting back into rhythm can radically improve your energy, mood, digestion, focus, and long-term health. Through personal stories, client experiences, and even a few rants, Susan and Kate make this science both fun and deeply relatable.

It’s not about doing more, it’s about doing things at the right time.

In this episode:

• What chronobiology actually is and why it matters for your health
• How shift work, late-night scrolling, and “fitting in” with others can disrupt your natural flow
• Why early birds and night owls thrive differently, and how couples can navigate these differences
• The surprising impact of timing on hormones, digestion, and even exercise results
• Practical steps to align your lifestyle with your unique chronobiology
  
  

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing “all the right things” but still not seeing results, this episode will show you why timing might be the missing key.

RESOURCES:

Episode 1 with Dr. Cam McDonald

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/precision-health-unveiled-revolutionizing-wellness/id1736527617?i=1000651050856

Huberman Podcast Alcohol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS1pkKpILY

Huberman Podcast Circadian Rhythm:

https://www.hubermanlab.com/topics/light-exposure-and-circadian-rhythm

Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup

Show notes: https://healthyawakening.co/2025/09/29/episode79

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

Find listening links here: https://healthyawakening.co/links

Connect with Susan:

• Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup
• Contact me for your DNA testing or epigenetic coaching! To schedule a FREE Personalized Health Strategy Session, send an email to susan@healthyawakening.co
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanrobbinshealthyawakening
  Instagram: @susanrobbins_epigeneticcoach
• Susan’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/susanrobbins

Connect with Kate King:

• Kate’s Website: https://TheRadiantLifeProject.com
• Kate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theradiantlifeproject

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Your inner world is made up of many “parts” the perfectionist, the playful child, the protector, the one who craves control. In this creative mini episode, Kate introduces parts cards, an art therapy practice that blends Internal Family Systems with collage and journaling. This fun, hands-on tool helps you personify your inner parts, understand them better, and even create dialogue between them.

In this episode:

• What parts cards are and how to create your own
• Why art therapy helps bypass your inner critic
• Examples of parts cards, from playful to protective
• How this creative process can support healing and self-awareness
  
  
  

Short, creative, and deeply insightful, this mini is all about reconnecting with the many layers of you.

RESOURCES:

Show notes: https://healthyawakening.co/2025/09/26/episode78

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

Find listening links here: https://healthyawakening.co/links

Connect with Susan:

• Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup
• Contact me for your DNA testing or epigenetic coaching! To schedule a FREE Personalized Health Strategy Session, send an email to susan@healthyawakening.co
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanrobbinshealthyawakening
  Instagram: @susanrobbins_epigeneticcoach
• Susan’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/susanrobbins

Connect with Kate King:

• Kate’s Website: https://TheRadiantLifeProject.com
• Kate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theradiantlifeproject

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Energy isn’t just “woo-woo”, it’s science, it’s connection, and it may be the missing link in your health and healing journey.

In this episode of Everyday Epigenetics: Raw, Real, Relatable, Susan and Kate sit down with Lee Hutchinson, a seasoned massage therapist, Reiki practitioner, sound healer, and certified energy medicine specialist. Lee shares her powerful story of moving from illness and infertility struggles to discovering energy work, a practice she says saved her life.

Together, they explore the profound impact stress, trauma, and energy imbalance can have on the body, how modalities like Reiki and sound therapy really work, and why our energetic field plays such a critical role in shifting from just surviving to truly thriving.

Whether you’re curious, skeptical, or already experienced with energy work, this conversation will open your eyes to new dimensions of health, healing, and epigenetic expression.

It’s time to look beyond the physical and explore the energy that shapes how we think, feel, and live.

In this episode:

• How Lee’s personal health crisis led her to energy medicine and transformed her life.
  
  
• The differences between Reiki, energy medicine, and sound healing, and when each is most impactful.
  
  
• How stress, trauma, and repressed emotions can congest energy flow and affect gene expression.
  
  
• Why the body’s subtle energy systems (chakras, meridians, aura, and hara line) matter for health.
  
  
• Practical ways energy healing helps regulate the nervous system, boost resilience, and support whole-body wellness.
  
  
• How letting go, grounding, and balance are key to thriving in today’s overstimulated world.

Learn more about our guest Lee Hutchinson

Hi, I’m Lee Hutchison. I am a wife, mother of teenage boy/girl twins and a business owner in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. I am a practitioner of Healing Touch and Reiki, as well as a certified Specialist in Energy Medicine and a certified Sound Healer. I am also a massage therapist with 20 years of experience in spas, chiropractic, and healthcare settings. I entered the field of energy medicine in 2016 as I worked through my own health issues and I can honestly attest-it saved my life. I am passionate about educating on the impact stress and repressed trauma has on your health. I offer energy healing therapies to work with your inner child healing. I offer guidance and techniques to help you achieve your health and wellness goals. I would be honored to walk with you on your healing journey and help you create a life you want to wake up to. It’s time to go from surviving to thriving!

RESOURCES:

Connect with Lee Hutchinson

Website: www.holisticbliss-llc.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holisticblissllc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leeholisticbliss

Find all of Kate and Susan’s Resources and links in the show notes:

https://healthyawakening.co/2025/09/22/episode77/

Connect with Susan: https://healthyawakening.co/

Connect with Kate: https://theradiantlifeproject.com/

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

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Body image is complicated. Between cultural beauty standards, personal experiences, and the reality of health, it’s easy to get caught in comparison and self-criticism. In this mini episode, Susan and Kate open up about their own journeys with body image and explore why true beauty has less to do with size and everything to do with health, self-love, and authenticity.

In this episode:

• Why beauty standards miss the mark (and what to focus on instead)
• The difference between loving yourself and ignoring health risks
• How body image challenges show up at any size
• A fresh perspective: shifting from “beauty standards” to “health standards”

RESOURCES:

Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup

Show notes: https://healthyawakening.co/2025/09/19/episode76/

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

Find listening links here: https://healthyawakening.co/links

Connect with Susan:

• Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup
• Contact me for your DNA testing or epigenetic coaching! To schedule a FREE Personalized Health Strategy Session, send an email to susan@healthyawakening.co
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanrobbinshealthyawakening
  Instagram: @susanrobbins_epigeneticcoach
• Susan’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/susanrobbins

Connect with Kate King:

• Kate’s Website: https://TheRadiantLifeProject.com

Kate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theradiantlifeproject

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In this raw and deeply personal episode of Everyday Epigenetics: Raw. Real. Relatable., Susan opens up about her terrifying journey with Gadolinium Deposition Disease (GDD), a condition triggered by contrast injections commonly used in MRIs. What started as a routine scan for hip pain spiraled into months of excruciating suffering, disbelief from doctors, and a desperate search for answers.

Susan is joined by Dr. Richard Semelka, one of the world’s leading experts on MRI safety and the physician who has dedicated his career to researching, identifying, and treating GDD. Together, they shine light on a condition too often dismissed, ignored, or misdiagnosed, and discuss why awareness could be life-saving for countless people undergoing MRIs with contrast.

This conversation is equal parts personal testimony, medical expertise, and call to advocacy. If you or someone you love has ever had, or may need, a contrast MRI, this is an episode you cannot afford to miss.

In this episode:

• Susan’s unfiltered story of surviving GDD and finding validation after years of pain and dismissal
• What Gadolinium Deposition Disease actually is, its symptoms, and why it’s often overlooked
• Who is most at risk, and why some people may react while others don’t
• The latest research on heavy metal toxicities and how GDD is treated
• The critical role lifestyle and immune system regulation play in recovery
• Why informed choice matters when doctors recommend contrast MRIs
  
  

This episode is not only about awareness, it’s about reclaiming your voice, listening to your body, and refusing to be silenced when you know something is wrong.

Learn more about our guest Dr. Richard Semelka

Dr Semelka's career is shown to be the #10 in MRI, # 12 in Medical Imaging worldwide by Scholar GPS. He has written 6 editions of textbooks on MRI of the abdomen and pelvis, 5 editions of a textbook on MR physics, a textbook on quality improvement in Radiology and over 380 peer-reviewed articles, including the broadest range of subjects on safety issues in Radiology. Most recently he has described the entity Gadolinium Deposition Disease, on which he has written more than 16 articles. He has lectured around the world on topics in Radiology over a 35 year career. Presently he devotes his medical career to treating individuals with Gadolinium Deposition Disease and other metal toxicities. He is the president of the nonprofit GadTTRAC, an organization devoted to helping sufferers with Gadolinium and other heavy metal toxicity.

RESOURCES:

Connect with Dr Richard Semelka:

Website: gadttrac.org

Website: www.richardsemelka.com

Find all of Kate and Susan’s Resources and links in the show notes:

https://healthyawakening.co/2025/0915/episode74

Connect with Susan: https://healthyawakening.co/

Connect with Kate: https://theradiantlifeproject.com/

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

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Sugar is sneaky. It’s not just in desserts, it’s hiding in yogurts, juices, energy drinks, and even “healthy” snacks. In this bite-sized episode, Susan unpacks how to read labels like a food detective and spot the hidden sugars that could be spiking your blood sugar without you even knowing it.

In this episode:

• How to read food labels to uncover hidden sugars
• Why “healthy” items like yogurts and green juices may not be so healthy
• The simple way to measure how much sugar you’re really eating
• Better swaps for satisfying your sweet tooth without overload

RESOURCES:

Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup

Show notes: https://healthyawakening.co/2025/09/12/episode74

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

Find listening links here: https://healthyawakening.co/links

Connect with Susan:

• Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup
• Contact me for your DNA testing or epigenetic coaching! To schedule a FREE Personalized Health Strategy Session, send an email to susan@healthyawakening.co
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanrobbinshealthyawakening
  Instagram: @susanrobbins_epigeneticcoach
• Susan’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/susanrobbins

Connect with Kate King:

• Kate’s Website: https://TheRadiantLifeProject.com
• Kate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theradiantlifeproject

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Pre-diabetes is no longer a warning sign, it’s a national crisis. And the most alarming part? It’s not just affecting adults. New data shows that 1 in 3 teens are now considered pre-diabetic. But here’s the good news: pre-diabetes is not your fate. It’s a call to action.

In this eye-opening and empowering episode, Susan and Kate dig deep into the root causes of pre-diabetes in both adults and children, and what you can actually do to prevent or reverse it.

They break down:

• The difference between insulin resistance and pre-diabetes
• What your lab numbers are really telling you
• How your genes + lifestyle habits create your current (and future) health
• The silent damage sugar is doing, and how to catch it before it leads to chronic disease
• The emotional, cultural, and behavioral layers that fuel unhealthy habits
• Actionable steps to start shifting your family’s habits without overwhelm or shame
  
  
  

Susan shares powerful insights from working with clients, her personal experience wearing a CGM (continuous glucose monitor), and why stress, not just food, is a major blood sugar disruptor. Kate brings in the emotional and psychological side of habit change, including generational influences and mindset shifts.

Whether you're managing your own blood sugar, supporting a child, or trying to break generational cycles of poor health, this episode will leave you empowered, informed, and ready to take action.

In this episode:

• The real cost of pre-diabetes (and why we’ve normalized it)
• Why your food choices today shape your health decades from now
• What labs to ask for, and what numbers are actually optimal
• Why sugar is a bigger threat than we think
• The link between chronic stress, lifestyle, and metabolic dysfunction
• How to create small, sustainable changes that impact your genetic expression
• Encouragement and support for families who feel overwhelmed or judged

P.S. Check out our first mini episode coming up on Friday 9/12!

RESOURCES:

Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup

Show notes: https://healthyawakening.co/2025/09/08/episode73

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

Find listening links here: https://healthyawakening.co/links

Connect with Susan:

• Check out Susan’s NEW E-book! Download it FREE here: https://healthyawakening.co/ebook-signup
• Contact me for your DNA testing or epigenetic coaching! To schedule a FREE Personalized Health Strategy Session, send an email to susan@healthyawakening.co
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanrobbinshealthyawakening
  Instagram: @susanrobbins_epigeneticcoach
• Susan’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/susanrobbins

Connect with Kate King:

• Kate’s Website: https://TheRadiantLifeProject.com
• Kate’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theradiantlifeproject

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In this powerful continuation of our Vagus Nerve series, hosts Susan Robbins (certified epigenetic human performance coach) and Kate King (licensed psychotherapist and award-winning author) welcome one of the most respected voices in trauma recovery: Dr. Arielle Schwartz.

A clinical psychologist, author of The Complex PTSD Workbook and The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma, and founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, Dr. Schwartz brings both deep science and profound compassion to the conversation on nervous system healing.

What is Polyvagal Theory, And Why Does It Matter?

Unlike traditional models of the vagus nerve, polyvagal theory expands our understanding of how connection, safety, and early life experiences shape our stress responses and long-term health.

Inside This Episode:

• What polyvagal theory teaches us about trauma, survival, and healing
• The link between early attachment wounds and adult stress responses
• How to re-parent and rewire your nervous system at any age
• Natural vagus nerve stimulation: small, daily practices that shift everything
• Why community, compassion, and co-regulation are vital to health
• The power of yoga, breathwork, and touch in restoring vagal tone
• How over-empathy and caretaking can become dysregulating

Your body remembers, and it’s doing the best it can to protect you. But healing is possible. You can learn to work with your nervous system, not against it. And in doing so, you not only change your health.

Learn more about our guest Dr. Arielle Schwartz:

Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a clinical psychologist, internationally sought-out teacher, and leading voice in the healing of trauma. She is an internationally sought-out teacher, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and author of seven books including The Complex PTSD Workbook, The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook, and Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga. As the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, she offers a mind-body approach to therapy for trauma and informational mental health and wellness updates through her writing, public speaking, social media presence, and blog. She believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart.

About Susan Robbins and Kate King

Susan and Kate come from two very different, but perfectly complementary, worlds in the health and wellness space. Together, their synergy is magnetic. Think: science meets soul, strategy meets intuition, real talk meets radical transformation.

RESOURCES:

Connect with Dr. Arielle Schwartz:

Website: www.drarielleschwartz.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5LUxnXbReV7I5cEzvb46sQ

Learn More about Dr. Arielle’s Books:

https://drarielleschwartz.com/books-by-dr-schwartz/

Find all of Kate and Susan’s Resources and links in the show notes: https://healthyawakening.co/2025/08/25/episode72

Connect with Susan: https://healthyawakening.co/

Connect with Kate: https://theradiantlifeproject.com/

Visit the website: healthyawakening.co/podcast

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