What if the way you’re living is what’s keeping your body stuck?

In this episode, I’m joined by Akary Busto, Emotional Biohacker and Trauma-Informed Human Design Specialist, for a powerful conversation on nervous system regulation, emotional patterns, and healing from the inside out.

We explore how chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation show up in the body as fatigue, irritability, weight that won’t budge, and feeling disconnected from yourself even when labs look “normal” and you’re doing all the right things.

Akary breaks down Human Design life cycles and how different seasons of life can impact emotional resilience, energy, and how the body responds to stress. She also shares a simple, heart-centered nervous system regulation technique you can use in real time to calm your body and create safety from within.

If you’ve been pushing, powering through, and wondering why your body isn’t responding the way it used to, this episode offers a compassionate reframe and practical tools to help you reconnect and regulate.

🔗 Connect with Akary

Website: https://uhkare.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/uhkarebreathwork

Substack: https://substack.com/@uhkare

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If food and your body image take up way more mental space than you want to admit — the rules, the guilt, the constant second-guessing — this episode is for you.

In this episode of The Balanced Body Podcast, I’m joined by Registered Holistic Nutritionist Cindy Spratt, who helps women heal their relationship with food so they can let go of disordered eating patterns, food guilt, and body shame — and finally reclaim their health, confidence, and freedom.

We unpack the blurry line between “healthy habits” and disordered eating, why high-achieving women are especially vulnerable to food obsession, and how body dysmorphia quietly shows up in everyday thoughts and behaviors. Cindy also shares what real healing actually looks like, how to start loosening the grip of food rules, and how to pursue health without hating your body in the process.

If you’ve ever felt trapped by food rules, guilty for eating “off plan,” or frustrated by your reflection despite doing all the right things — this conversation will feel deeply validating and incredibly freeing.

Connect with Cindy:

🌐 Website: https://www.cindyspratt.com/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cindysprattnutrition

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cindysprattnutrition/

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If you’ve ever felt puffy, swollen, inflamed, heavy, or like your body is holding on no matter what you do, this episode will connect some very important dots.

In today’s conversation, Monika sits down with Marisa Mohammed, Registered Massage Therapist and founder of La Mar Wellness, to explore the powerful — and often overlooked — role of the lymphatic system in women’s health.

We break down the difference between traditional manual lymphatic drainage and Brazilian-inspired lymphatic drainage, why Brazilian techniques often create visible results faster, and how lymph flow is deeply connected to energy, digestion, detoxification, nervous system regulation, and emotional release.

Marisa also shares her Body–Lymph–Soul philosophy — explaining why true healing doesn’t happen by forcing the body harder, but by restoring flow, safety, and regulation.

In this episode, we cover:

• What the lymphatic system actually does (and why it matters)
• Brazilian vs traditional lymphatic drainage — what’s the difference?
• Why women feel puffy, swollen, or “stuck”
• How stress and burnout slow lymph flow
• The connection between lymph and the nervous system
• Tools and habits to support lymph at home
• Who benefits most from lymphatic drainage — and who should proceed with caution

✨ If you’re local to Burlington, Ontario, I highly recommend booking a session with Marisa and experiencing the sanctuary she’s building at La Mar Wellness — it truly is one of a kind.

👉 Learn more or book with Marisa here:
https://www.marisathermt.com/lamarwellness

And if you do see her, let her know you listened to the podcast and that I sent you. 💖

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