The Holistic Pharmacy Podcast

Today’s guest dropped an unbelievable amount of wisdom in the span of just one podcast episode. She and I both align on so many topics as you will discover in our conversation. We both believe that women have the power to intuit what is best for them and their bodies. Women, especially midlife women, have been taught for far too long that their suffering is "just a part of aging." The system has also taught us that when we have symptoms, we should reach for a drug to fix it (and often holistic medicine is thought of as an alternative herb or supplement). My guest asserts that when symptoms arrive for women in midlife and perimenopause, it is often a wake up call to how we are living our lives, particularly the accumulation of not so nourishing choices in the last couple of decades. Hormones shift, revealing what has already been happening. Women can then heed the call to pay attention to foundational living (how they are eating, sleeping, managing energy, stress, etc) and prevent further disease down the road. The common approach to manage symptoms with herbs and/or HRT are only addressing the tip of the iceberg and are not going to get at the root cause of symptoms. Perimenopause and menopause does not have to be a negative life sentence to the rest of your life, rather it can be seen as an initiation and invitation to finally start prioritizing yourself.Maria Gabriela is a certified Ayurveda Health Counselor, a doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.), a 200 hour certified yoga teacher, and founder of Intuitive Ayurveda. She helps people in perimenopause and menopause feel better in their bodies using Ayurveda, science-backed tools, and intuitive coaching — so they can celebrate this phase of life instead of dreading it. The eastern and western perspectives of medicine each have something to offer us, and Maria Gabriela understands this dance. Her goal is to educate on Ayurvedic tools that can (and should) be individualized to each complex person. She strives to help her clients tune into the messages their bodies are sending them. Ultimately, she believes every person is the expert on what is best for them, and can be empowered to hone in on which tools they need to support themselves in mind, body, and spirit.Connect with Maria Gabriela via:Email: [email protected] Website: Intuitive AyurvedaIG: @intuitive_ayurvedaGift: Thrive in Midlife Starter Kit- https://www.intuitiveayurveda.com/starterkit Visit https://marinabuksov.com for more holistic content. Music from https://www.purple-planet.com. Disclaimer: Statements herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.

Today’s guest and I fundamentally agree on the basic premise of the body’s innate wisdom and capacity to heal, especially when we view it in a broader ecological context. According to him, infertility doesn't mean the body is broken; it's actually making intelligent, adaptive, and protective decisions made by the 4 foundational systems of the body that created life in the first place, based on environmental conditions, resources, safety, and energy. Nick Dorsey, FDN-P, is a systems-based fertility and health educator, biochemist, and former chemistry educator who helps couples understand why fertility shuts down even when labs look normal and they're doing all the right things. With a Master's in biochemistry and over a decade teaching chemistry, physics, and environmental science, he translates complex biology into a clear understanding of how the body makes decisions. Nick’s research and experience support that the body isn't broken; it's adapting intelligently to depletion, toxicity, and chronic stress, and symptoms like inflammation, fatigue, anxiety, gut dysfunction, and unexplained infertility are protective signals from a system in survival mode.Nick teaches health through the Four Pillars of biological readiness: the microbiome as the environmental interface, mitochondria as energy and resource allocators, minerals as the electrical and enzymatic stabilizers of physiology, and the nervous system as the regulator of safety and coherence. Rather than chasing symptoms, his work restores these systems so the body can repair, regulate, and reproduce when conditions are biologically appropriate. Functional labs reveal patterns of adaptation that explain why the body is saying not now, and what it needs next.Nick works with individuals and couples through high-touch, data-informed programs, with a long-term commitment to healthy pregnancies, births, and families across generations. He's a father of two with another on the way, both born at home, and long before biochemistry, he spent most of his life teaching, coaching, and supporting children, including leading a youth ministry for kids with disabilities. Connect with Nick  via:Email: [email protected] IG: @FunctionalChemistryYT: @FunctionalChemistry10Visit⁠ https://marinabuksov.com⁠ for more holistic content. Music from⁠ https://www.purple-planet.com⁠. Disclaimer: Statements herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.

Today’s guest on the podcast shares how to proactively preserve both one’s health span and “beauty span”: the visible vitality, confidence, and connection to self over time. We got into some juicy and controversial topics around aging and the beauty industry, as well sustainability.My guest asserts that aging is not a passive process, it is something we can actively manage. Her mission is to help people understand that beauty, energy, and longevity are interconnected. When you support the body at a cellular and hormonal level, you don’t just look better, you function better.Dr. Sofia Din is a board-certified Family Physician with over 25 years of medical experience and advanced training in Geriatrics. She began her career in hospital medicine and long-term care, where she served as a Medical Director, before shifting her focus from disease management to proactive longevity and anti-aging medicine.She is the Medical Director of Juvanni Medical P.C. in Westchester, New York, where she integrates aesthetics, hormonal health, and advanced non-surgical technologies to help patients navigate menopause, andropause, metabolic slowdown, and chronic skin failure.Dr. Din is also the author of Do We Really Need Botox? and the host of the podcast Bathroom Diaries, where she explores the science, psychology, and cultural dimensions of aging, beauty, and self-perception.Visit⁠ https://marinabuksov.com⁠ for more holistic content. Music from⁠ https://www.purple-planet.com⁠. Disclaimer: Statements herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.

What does it actually mean to be healthy if your labs come back "normal" but you still feel terrible?For too many high-achieving professionals, that question goes unanswered for years. Today's guest knows that experience firsthand and has built her entire practice around closing that gap.Ekat is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP), Restorative Wellness Practitioner (RWP), and Board-Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. After 16+ years on Wall Street, she experienced firsthand what chronic stress, long hours, and burnout can do to a body, and what conventional medicine often misses when it does. Through her virtual practice, Healthfully Ekat, she helps busy, high-achieving women uncover the root causes behind persistent digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, and chronic fatigue using functional lab testing, personalized nutrition, and holistic lifestyle strategies.Her message is as straightforward as it is powerful: you're only going to be as successful as your health allows you to be.In this episode, we talk about what it really takes to stop guessing and start understanding what your body actually needs, so your energy, gut, and hormones can work for you instead of against you.In this episode we cover:Why "normal" labs don't always mean optimal healthThe connection between chronic stress, gut health, and hormonal chaosHow functional lab testing changes the root cause conversationThe microbes we often ignore but shouldn’t (including parasites!)What high-performing professionals consistently get wrong about their healthWhy true success requires your body to keep up with your ambitionConnect with Healthfully Ekat via:Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.healthfullyekat.com/ IG: @healthfully.ekatVisit https://marinabuksov.com for more holistic content. Music from https://www.purple-planet.com. Disclaimer: Statements herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.

Today’s episode is one for the books! Seriously, if there’s one conversation you choose to listen to in my body of work, this is the one. My beautiful guest and I went deep into holistic healing in the truest sense of that term, through the lens of systems level change. We talked about what it takes to repair connection within ourselves, with one another, and with the more-than-human world, supporting pathways toward resilience, responsibility, and regenerative futures. Mor Keshet is an Integrative Eco-Art Therapist, systems thinker, and founder of TEVEL, a Nature-based healing platform advancing collective resilience in the face of ecological and societal disruption. Her work lives in the intersection of eco and trauma informed psychology, the science of awe, imagination and living systems. Mor’s framework origination has appeared in the journal Ecopsychology, Psychology Today and the Biomimicry Institute. Through TEVEL, Mor is building an ecosystem of regenerative care—developing programs, partnerships, and methodologies that position healing as relational, ecological, and culturally responsive. She works with individuals and institutions including The Nature Conservancy, University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, the American Art Therapy Association, Bard College and Smart City Expo USA. She is the creator of the Climate Emotions Mandala Project, developed in partnership with the Climate Mental Health Network,and holds leadership and teaching roles within the Climate Psychology Alliance – North America and the Climate Emotional Resilience Institute. At the heart of Mor’s work is a simple belief: “healing is not a solitary act - it is a shared unfolding.” Connect with Mor via: Email: [email protected] Website: Mor Keshet IG: @morkeshetarttherapist Linked In: Mor Keshet Upcoming Workshop: A Community Eco-Art Therapy Experience for Earth Month Friday, April 17th, 10AM PST / 1PM EST Registration: The Earth That Lives in Me Join Art Therapy Lab in collaboration with TEVEL for a creative hour of reflection, art-making, and connection with the natural world. The Earth That Lives in Me is an introductory eco-art therapy experience exploring the idea that we are not separate from nature —we are nature. Through guided prompts and simple materials, participants are invited to slow down, create, and reconnect with the living world within and around them. Cost: $25 per session / 15% of all proceeds will be donated to The Nature Conservancy Grab our free resources here: https://www.morkeshet.com/ Visit https://marinabuksov.com for more holistic content. Music from https://www.purple-planet.com. Disclaimer: Statements herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.