ARC to Wellness: Recent Episodes
David and Dwayne
ARC to Wellness is a dynamic philosophy and empowerment practice of connecting our physical, mental and emotional selves through Awareness, Reflection and Choice. None of us is broken. Join us as we explore ways to access our ability to take charge of our own health and wellness.
This episode takes a look at some of what’s happening in the background that perpetuates a cycle of bad choices, poor health outcomes and blind abdication of personal responsibility.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
How does a normal response to acute injury or infection become a debilitating condition that promotes disability and disease? It happens when inflammation becomes chronic. Today we discuss the ripple effect of chronic inflammation and some effective ways to address and avoid it through diet and lifestyle.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Any injury, complication or disease that results from medical treatment or medication is called Iatrogenesis. Believe it or not, this taboo topic is the 5th leading cause of death worldwide. Today’s podcast begins with a scary iatrogenic encounter that hit close to home. We hope this conversation inspires you to share your experiences with iatrogenesis so we can all become more informed and risk aware moving forward. Be well.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
What if your evolving understanding of your peculiarities plus your perception of your experiences is the primary equation that sculpts your identity and determines your relationship with the world? Touching on the Bible, Star Wars, Cloud Atlas, the Wachowski Sisters, Eric Dolphy and the Grateful Dead, we begin to explore the connection between seeking and destiny.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Diving deeper into the Illness-Wellness Continuum, we discuss what brings us toward high level wellness or leads us down a path to premature death. Even when we’re aware that our behavior isn’t moving us in the right direction, if we believe that the fix is external to us, it often takes a crisis to spark significant change. How can we sidestep crisis and move toward high level wellness through our own internal motivation fueled by inspiration?
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Beginning in the family unit, our sense of self is forged by our religious and cultural origins, our relationships with others and with society as a whole. Cultivating an authentic relationship with ourselves can be challenging in a consumer culture of endless attraction, distraction, division and false expectation. How does the identity we carry about ourselves reflect who we really are or who we can be?
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Wandering from the brain to our internal organs and extending down to the colon, the Vagus Nerve is the longest and one of the most important nerves in our body. Not only does this bi-directional, gut-brain communication network help regulate vital functions such as digestion, heart rate and respiration, the vagus nerve conducts the orchestra of the parasympathetic nervous system--the part of our autonomic nervous system that enables us to rest, relax, and repair. Tune in for simple self-care practices and tips about posture and that will help you increase vagal tone and elevate your emotional health.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Being overly concerned with what others think can set the stage for second-guessing or even silencing ourselves. This kind of self-censorship may or may not be conscious. Our ability to respond authentically across situations strengthens the relationship we have with ourselves as well as the impact we can have with others down the line that we're destined to influence.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
What do you get when two brothers--one who chose to get vaccinated, one who chooses not to--cross Covid-19 with Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent?
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Exercising freedom of speech concerning covid and experimental vaccines seems to come at a cost these days. Just ask Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. or Kelly Brogan or Joe Rogan. If we fear coronavirus and believe the official narrative that getting a jab equals protection and not getting one is a selfish act, our fundamental right of freedom of choice gets undermined. Are we good with that?
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Separation from the animal kingdom gives license to the industrialized practice of animal exploitation. Not only is our desire for animal products destroying our planet, that insatiable desire is at the heart of what causes preventable chronic disease. When the blinders come off, it’s not difficult to see that we’re straying further and further out of balance with nature. Do we perpetuate the problem or become part of the solution? A beautiful thing about being human is we get to choose.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
The choice to consume animal products comes down to convenience, habit, ritual and taste. Eating meat is so deeply ingrained in our society that we’re effectively blind to the devastation of the environment and the horrific abuse of animals involved, not to mention the accompanying elevated health risks. Marketing, lobbying, the protein myth and the vilification of carbohydrates work together to keep the cultural blinders in place. How is our consumer acceptance of animal cruelty reflected in the way we behave toward one another? What price will we pay, over time, for our consumption of trauma?
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Convenience is killing us. Our consumption of packaged and processed foods and drinks is conditioned by our attraction to Salt, Oil and Sugar--the cheap, addictive ingredients that create inflamed, overweight and nutrient-depleted bodies at earlier and earlier ages. With marketing & industry as the puppet-masters of N. America’s health crisis, it’s up to us to sever the strings that have been holding us back from better health outcomes.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
A missing ingredient in most anti-aging recipes is known as Ahimsa: Harmlessness in Word, Deed and Thought. What if we stopped being critical of companies and colleagues? What would happen if we stopped judging everyone, including ourselves? This practice can help us remove blockages that can cause mental anguish and promote illness by improving the free flow of energy within the body, opening the door for emotions like joy and gratitude that can elevate our overall state of health and wellness.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Immune surveillance, fluid balance and waste removal are vital functions carried out by our lymphatic system. Without a free flowing, high-functioning lymphatic system, pathogens can proliferate, fluid and toxicity can build up in our bodies resulting in discomfort, pain and, in time, disability and disease. Regular movement, deep breathing, hydration and paying attention to our emotional state are some of the best things we can do to help improve lymphatic flow and overall well-being.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
Think of fascia as a unitary communication system throughout the body that connects us to ourselves, physiologically and energetically. Lining each organ and every single cell, interweaving every aspect of the body and beyond, fascia also connects us to our innate wisdom, to the planet and to the cosmos. Quiet helps us access this innate wisdom, yet our distraction culture doesn’t value quiet, doesn’t value stillness. Constant distraction promotes disconnection and prevents us from paying attention to our internal and external environment. Through stillness and breath, yin yoga is an accessible practice that enables us to pay attention to what’s developing in the body, affecting the fascia to proactively heal potential illness and disease.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)
As above, so below. We sense the rising disconnection that we have between us. This manifests as dysfunction in our families and our society. Separation is an illusion. We will find our way back to each other as we learn to love one another. This will heal our families and heal our society.
We see ill health in our bodies because we have lost the connections to our authentic selves. This, again, is an illusion of separation. As we find our way back to connection to our authentic selves and to nature, we'll experience health and wellness. This is our natural state.
In this podcast we explore the way back to health.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ArcToWellness)