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Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine

Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine

Written by: Jody Vassallo
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A podcast exploring women’s health through the wisdom of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, with empowering conversations on menopause, natural healing, and food as medicine to support every stage of life.

Hosted by Jody Vassallo, Ayurvedic guide, intuitive cook, and founder of ‘Gather’.

Each episode is an invitation to slow down, listen in, and reconnect with the wisdom of your body and the cycles of nature.

Through the lens of traditional medicine and lived experience, we dive into the big topics: perimenopause, menopause, fertility, gut health, grief and loss, surrogacy, Ayurveda, and food as medicine.

This is a space for real conversations, tender truths, and practical ways to nourish yourself no matter what season you're in.

© 2026 Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine
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  • 75 - Foot Soaking And How It May Help Hot Flushes And Tinnitus with Dr Yue Wang.
    Jan 29 2026

    Today Jody speaks to Dr Yue Wang, a holistic Chinese Medicine Menopause doctor about the benefits of foot soaking. Yue covers why foot soaking can benefit women with menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, tinnitus, brain fog and anxiety. She walks us through the water temperature, ingredients that can be added to the water, how long the feet need to be soaked and why foot soaking is favoured over hot baths, dry saunas and showers.

    Dr Yue also speaks about the importance of getting adequate sun exposure and how often women in menopause are deficient in Vitamin D and how this becomes and issue with osteoporosis. She stresses we must be aware of the type of sunscreens we are using and the ingredients that must be avoided.

    We talk extensively about tinnitus and vertigo, how it is related to liver stagnation and kidney deficiency issues and what women can do to treat it.

    Yue stresses that women must not skip breakfast and she recommends a savoury high protein breakfast over a higher carbohydrate sweet breakfast and explains why.

    There is so much gold in this episode and I hope you like me will give foot soaking a go and report back with the results.

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    Production: Sovereign Creator • https://sovereigncreator.io

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 74 - Is Your Root Canal Ruining Your Health with Dr Michelle Jorgensen.
    Jan 23 2026

    Today Jody is joined by Dr Michelle Jorgensen to discuss all things dental. Michelle changed the way she practised dentistry after a health crisis that she discovered was from the removal of mercury fillings.

    We speak about how root canal treatment leads to the infection in the tooth going deeper into the body, causing auto-immune disease and other serious health issues. Removal of the tooth is the only option Michelle stresses once the nerve is dead.

    Michelle talks about why flouride is no longer a viable treatment option in dentistry and how hydroxyapatite can help remineralise teeth and the ways it can be used at home. We discuss how all types of sugars create an acidic environment in the mouth and when is best to drink lemon water and why it needs to be 30 minutes away from brushing your teeth. Oil pulling is something that Michelle is a fan of but she explains that oil pulling also pulls good bacteria out of the mouth and that is not a great practice to do daily unless you have gum disease

    Drinks can have a huge impact on mouth and teeth health and Michelle explains why alkaline water can be doing more harm than good.

    This is a fascinating conversation about how to take better care of your mouth and health. I hope you get as much out of listening to Michelle talk as I did.

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    Newsletter • https://jodyvassallo.substack.com/
    Contact • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/contact

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    Leave a review on Apple • https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/changing-seasons-podcast/id1757970211

    Credits:
    Host: Jody Vassallo
    Production: Sovereign Creator • https://sovereigncreator.io

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 73 - Dr Shivani Gupta: The Inflammation Code - Is Your Lifestyle Inflaming You?
    Jan 16 2026

    Dr Shivani Gupta joins Jody on Changing Seasons podcast today to talk about her new book called The Inflammation Code. Shivani describes how she grew up being treated by both western medicine and her Indian grandmother's spices cabinet. Later in life after dealing with leaky gut issues in her own life she was motivated to research the root causes of what was causing inflammation in our bodies. Shivani came to understand that sleep clears inflammation and as we age sleep is important and vital for health and longevity.

    We discuss how the different doshas can adjust their lifestyles to seasonal changes and different stages in life and what happens to each constitution if they don't adjust their lives accordingly. Shivani talks about how she organises her year around her Pitta dosha so that she can rest in summer because if she doesn't she is at risk of burning out come autumn.

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    Website • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/
    Gather • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/gather
    Instagram • https://instagram.com/jodyvassallobeautifulfood
    Newsletter • https://jodyvassallo.substack.com/
    Contact • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/contact

    Support the Show:
    Leave a review on Apple • https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/changing-seasons-podcast/id1757970211

    Credits:
    Host: Jody Vassallo
    Production: Sovereign Creator • https://sovereigncreator.io

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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