The Health Confidential with Simone Gisondi

In this episode of Health Confidential, host Simone Gisondi explores financial stress through a powerful and often overlooked lens—its direct impact on human health. Rather than viewing money challenges as purely external or practical issues, Simone reframes financial pressure as a chronic stressor that affects the nervous system, sleep, mood, inflammation, relationships, and even the body’s ability to heal. Through a deeply personal story of her parents’ divorce and the sudden loss of financial security, she illustrates how quickly money-related stress can push individuals into survival mode, shaping every decision from a place of fear rather than clarity.Joining Simone is Mika Altidor, entrepreneur, vegan café owner, and co-host of Get Obsessed, who shares her perspective on financial stress behind the scenes of entrepreneurship and success. Together, they explore how inherited money beliefs, lack of financial literacy, and predatory systems keep people stuck in cycles of stress and poor decision-making. This conversation bridges financial health and physical well-being, offering a new perspective on how true healing requires both inner work and greater awareness of the systems we navigate daily.KEY TAKEAWAYSFinancial stress is a health issue that directly impacts the nervous system and overall well-being.The body records money-related pressure, even when we try to ignore or downplay it.Inherited money beliefs and past experiences shape current financial behaviors.Avoidance or reactive decision-making can deepen both financial and health challenges.Financial literacy is essential to avoid predatory systems and create long-term stability.BEST MOMENTS“This is not just a money issue. It’s a human issue—and very often, a health issue.”“The body records that pressure, and you cannot separate healing from the conditions a person is living under.”“A person living under financial fear is living in chronic survival—and that affects everything.”“We live our entire lives through our nervous system… including how we make and experience money.”“Stress is stress. The body just knows it’s in survival mode.”GUEST INFORMATIONMika AltidorEntrepreneur, vegan café owner, podcaster, and creator of manifestation-based tools. Mika is passionate about conscious living, food as healing, and aligning success with self-respect.Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mika-Altidor/author/B0DFX8R78T?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueWebsite: https://www.getobsessedpodcast.com/Instagram: getobsessedpodcastHOST BIOSimone Gisondi is a seasoned coach, published author, and host of Health Confidential. She is dedicated to exploring root-cause healing, empowering individuals to transform their health through awareness, education, and lifestyle change.#FinancialStress #MoneyAndHealth #NervousSystemHealing #MoneyMindset #FinancialLiteracy #EntrepreneurLife #StressManagement #HolisticHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #PersonalFinance #HealingJourney #WellnessPodcast #HealthPodcast #PersonalGrowthSimone is a Holistic Health Practitioner and researcher exploring the deeper biological, emotional, and environmental roots of disease.On this podcast, she examines how health, trauma, consciousness, lifestyle, and biology interesect and how the instructions we give the body through food, environment, belief, and emotional regulation shape our health outcomes.Her work focuses on helping individuals understand the real drivers of illness and reclaim their health through customized lifestyle, nutritional, and mindset changes.If you’re navigating a health challenge and would like personalized guidance, Simone offers a limited number of private consultations. By appointment only.Inquire about working with her here: https://www.simonegisondi.com/book-online Visit her website: https://www.simonegisondi.com/Follow Simone: https://www.instagram.com/simone.gisondi/Subscribe and leave a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Health Confidential, host Simone Gisondi explores type 2 diabetes through a deeply unconventional lens—challenging the belief that chronic illness is purely genetic or permanent. Instead, this conversation invites listeners to consider the powerful role of identity, belief, and the mind–body connection in shaping health outcomes. Framed as an educational discussion, this episode encourages self-inquiry, personal responsibility, and working alongside trusted practitioners while exploring holistic approaches to healing.Joining Simone is Amber Hayes, who shares her powerful journey from a type 2 diabetes diagnosis in 2019—with an A1C as high as 12.9 despite medication—to restoring her health through inner transformation. After years of fatigue, weight gain, and believing she was “genetically destined” for illness, Amber began to question her identity and adopted new practices including meditation, affirmations, self-love, and fasting. Within months, her A1C dropped to a normal 5.5. Together, Simone and Amber explore the role of belief, the nervous system, and energetic inputs—such as thoughts, words, and environment—in influencing the body’s ability to heal.KEY TAKEAWAYS• Belief and identity can directly influence physical health and disease outcomes.• The body responds to the stories, diagnoses, and expectations we accept as true.• Self-love and emotional healing are essential components of physical recovery.• Fasting can support both physical reset and deeper emotional processing.• Thoughts, words, and environmental inputs act as signals that the body responds to.BEST MOMENTS• “I decided one day that it was enough. Diabetes does not exist in my body.”• “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul that has a body temporarily to experience this place.”• “When you don’t love yourself, you tear down your own cells.”• “Our spoken word is the will of the soul… the body has no choice but to respond.”• “Your body is waiting for instruction… it will move toward that blueprint.”GUEST INFORMATIONAmber Hayes - Speaker and advocate for mind-body healing, sharing her journey of reversing type 2 diabetes through identity work, self-love, and holistic practices.HOST BIOSimone Gisondi is a seasoned coach, published author, and host of Health Confidential. She is dedicated to exploring root-cause healing, empowering individuals to transform their health through awareness, nutrition, and lifestyle change.#Type2Diabetes #DiabetesRecovery #ReverseDiabetes #HolisticHealth #MindBodyConnection #SelfHealing #Fasting #IntermittentFasting #EmotionalHealing #IdentityShift #NervousSystemHealing #WellnessPodcast #HealthPodcast #HealingJourney #PersonalGrowth #SelfLoveHealingSimone is a Holistic Health Practitioner and researcher exploring the deeper biological, emotional, and environmental roots of disease.On this podcast, she examines how health, trauma, consciousness, lifestyle, and biology interesect and how the instructions we give the body through food, environment, belief, and emotional regulation shape our health outcomes.Her work focuses on helping individuals understand the real drivers of illness and reclaim their health through customized lifestyle, nutritional, and mindset changes.If you’re navigating a health challenge and would like personalized guidance, Simone offers a limited number of private consultations. By appointment only.Inquire about working with her here: https://www.simonegisondi.com/book-online Visit her website: https://www.simonegisondi.com/Follow Simone: https://www.instagram.com/simone.gisondi/Subscribe and leave a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Health Confidential, host Simone Gisondi explores addiction recovery through a powerful and unconventional lens—seeing addiction not as a failure of willpower, but as a nervous system response to unresolved emotional pain. This conversation dives into the deeper connection between trauma, identity, and coping mechanisms, offering a holistic perspective on healing addiction from the inside out. Designed for educational purposes, this episode encourages listeners to explore root-cause healing, self-awareness, and integrative approaches to emotional and physical well-being.Joining Simone is Andrew Spaulding, a successful rock musician and record label owner, who shares his real-life journey through alcoholism, sobriety, and identity transformation. Andrew opens up about generational trauma, emotional suppression, and how environments like the music industry and nightlife culture normalized his drinking habits. He reveals how one simple decision—to stop drinking for a single day—became the foundation for long-term sobriety, weight loss, and lifestyle change. Through deep inner work, including the teachings of Dr. Joe Dispenza and a Kundalini awakening experience, Andrew describes how true addiction recovery happens through a shift in identity, where healing the mind and body leads to lasting transformation.KEY TAKEAWAYSAddiction recovery begins by understanding addiction as a coping mechanism, not a personal failure.Nervous system regulation and trauma healing are essential for long-term sobriety.Generational trauma and early-life experiences shape addictive behaviors.Environment and social circles can normalize addiction and delay awareness.True healing comes from identity transformation, not just behavior change.BEST MOMENTS“You know, addiction is not a problem to the user… it’s a solution.”“I didn’t want my kids to grow up with that… I didn’t want them to make that conclusion about me.”“I woke up one day and said, I’m not gonna drink.” “I’m gonna go one day… I’m gonna give myself a chance.”“When that identity corroded… the spirit became alive in the body, and the ego was now secondary.”GUEST INFORMATIONAndrew Spaulding the founder of Corpse Paint Records is a heavy-metal label focused on authentic, artist-driven projects. With a background as a fan, touring crew member, and industry insider, he later launched the label to bring intentional releases to life, including the SUN DONT SHINE supergroup he conceptualized and executive produced. Today, he blends music with personal transformation, viewing authentic creativity as a form of alignment and healing.Website: https://corpsepaintrecords.com/pages/main Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/Corpsepaintrecords Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Corpsepaintrecords/ HOST BIOSimone Gisondi is a seasoned coach, published author, and host of Health Confidential. She specializes in holistic health, root-cause healing, and empowering individuals to transform their lives through self-awareness, nutrition, and lifestyle change.#AddictionRecovery #SobrietyJourney #AlcoholRecovery #TraumaHealing #NervousSystemHealing #HolisticHealth #EmotionalHealing #IdentityShift #MindsetTransformation #KundaliniAwakening #SpiritualHealing #SelfHealing #RootCauseHealing #WellnessPodcast #HealthPodcast #HealingJourney #MentalHealthAwareness #ConsciousLiving #PersonalGrowth #DrJoeDispenzaSimone is a Holistic Health Practitioner and researcher exploring the deeper biological, emotional, and environmental roots of disease.On this podcast, she examines how health, trauma, consciousness, lifestyle, and biology interesect and how the instructions we give the body through food, environment, belief, and emotional regulation shape our health outcomes.Her work focuses on helping individuals understand the real drivers of illness and reclaim their health through customized lifestyle, nutritional, and mindset changes.If you’re navigating a health challenge and would like personalized guidance, Simone offers a limited number of private consultations. By appointment only.Inquire about working with her here: https://www.simonegisondi.com/book-online Visit her website: https://www.simonegisondi.com/Follow Simone: https://www.instagram.com/simone.gisondi/Subscribe and leave a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Health Confidential, host Simone Gisondi explores burnout through a powerful and unconventional lens—biological bankruptcy. Rather than viewing burnout as a personal failure or lack of resilience, Simone frames it as an intelligent message from the body signaling that something in our way of living, nourishing, and relating to ourselves must change. Grounded in self-education and self-respect, this conversation is offered for educational purposes only, inviting listeners to research, reflect, and work with trusted practitioners as they reclaim their health.Joining Simone is Mika Altidor, a dynamic entrepreneur, vegan café owner, co-host of Get Obsessed, and creator of manifestation-inspired products. Mika describes herself as a seeker of truth—someone committed to growth, curiosity, and becoming better than she was yesterday. She shares how her entrepreneurial spirit was shaped by her father, a Haitian immigrant and serial entrepreneur whose resilience, work ethic, and devotion to family modeled what it meant to provide, serve, and persevere against the odds.Mika opens up about her deeply personal healing journey, tracing the roots of her health challenges to childhood stress, emotional suppression, and chronic people-pleasing that eventually manifested as fibroids and severe abdominal pain. Through self-directed research and radical responsibility for her well-being, she transitioned away from inflammatory foods, eliminated dairy, and embraced a vegan lifestyle—experiencing rapid improvements in her symptoms. This transformation led to the creation of a thriving vegan baking business, which scaled quickly and brought outward success, but also quietly ushered in extreme work hours, loss of self-care, and profound burnout. Together, Simone and Mika unpack the hidden cost of success, the emotional–physical connection, and what it truly means to listen when the body asks for change.KEY TAKEAWAYS • Burnout is not weakness—it is biological communication signaling unsustainable patterns of living. • Self-education around health is a powerful act of self-respect and autonomy. • Being a seeker of truth, even when uncomfortable, creates long-term freedom and growth. • Childhood stress, emotional suppression, and people-pleasing can manifest as physical illness later in life. • Food can be both medicine and service, supporting healing while connecting us to others. • Rapid success can conceal burnout when self-care, identity, and embodiment are neglected. BEST MOMENTS • “So many people today are so exhausted, depleted, confused and probably asking themselves, how do I keep going without burning myself into the ground?” • “I'm definitely a seeker of truth… even if it's truth that's not pretty.” • “I like to describe myself as someone that wants to be better than yesterday.” • “It’s about curiosity… learning how to nourish our body intelligently and compassionately.” • “I immediately said, I think I can heal this.” • “This chapter is titled, ‘The beginning of burning out.’” GUEST INFORMATIONMika AltidorEntrepreneur, vegan café owner, podcaster, and creator of manifestation-based tools. Mika is passionate about conscious living, food as healing, and aligning success with self-respect.Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mika-Altidor/author/B0DFX8R78T?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueWebsite: https://www.getobsessedpodcast.com/Instagram: @getobsessedpodcastHOST BIOSimone Gisondi is a seasoned coach, published author, and host of Health Confidential. Drawing from lived experience and deep personal healing, Simone leads conversations that challenge conventional narratives around health, empowerment, and embodied intelligence.#HealthConfidential #SimoneGisondi #MikaAltidor #BurnoutRecovery #BiologicalBankruptcy #HolisticHealth #SelfEducation #FoodAsMedicine #EmotionalHealing #VeganLifestyle #EntrepreneurBurnout #MindBodyConnectionSimone is a Holistic Health Practitioner and researcher exploring the deeper biological, emotional, and environmental roots of disease.On this podcast, she examines how health, trauma, consciousness, lifestyle, and biology interesect and how the instructions we give the body through food, environment, belief, and emotional regulation shape our health outcomes.Her work focuses on helping individuals understand the real drivers of illness and reclaim their health through customized lifestyle, nutritional, and mindset changes.If you’re navigating a health challenge and would like personalized guidance, Simone offers a limited number of private consultations. By appointment only.Inquire about working with her here: https://www.simonegisondi.com/book-online Visit her website: https://www.simonegisondi.com/Follow Simone: https://www.instagram.com/simone.gisondi/Subscribe and leave a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Health Confidential, host Simone Gisondi sits down with Nadine Artemis, founder of Living Libations, for a luminous and paradigm-shifting conversation about the true nature of beauty. Rather than approaching beauty as something to correct or improve, Nadine reframes it as a remembrance of the body’s innate coherence, vitality, and intelligence. Sharing her journey from a curious teenage “formulator” to a pioneer in botanical alchemy, she reveals how essential oils, true natural ingredients, and reverence for the skin as a living organ form the foundation of her philosophy.Together, Simone and Nadine unpack the hidden realities of the modern beauty and fragrance industries—petrochemical-based formulations, endocrine-disrupting synthetics, and widespread greenwashing masked by token “natural” ingredients. Nadine explains the extraordinary nature of essential oils: chemically complex, antimicrobial, non-rancid, and profoundly active both physiologically and energetically. The conversation expands beyond skincare into the emotional, spiritual, and even cosmic dimensions of beauty—how scent unlocks memory, how oils communicate with the nervous system, and how reconnecting with sun, air, earth, and intentional rituals can restore radiance from the inside out. This episode is an invitation to rethink beauty as a holistic, systemic expression of health and consciousness.KEY TAKEAWAYSBeauty is remembrance, not correction—true radiance reflects internal coherence and vitality.The skin is a detoxification organ; what we apply topically can enter the body, especially with heat and sun exposure.Essential oils are chemically dense, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and active both transdermally and neurologically.Botanical application is a dialogue between plant intelligence and the body’s own consciousness.Holistic beauty includes lifestyle elements—sunlight, fresh air, earth contact, scalp and oral care, and aligned daily rituals.BEST MOMENTS“Her work doesn’t treat beauty as something to be achieved, but rather as something to be remembered as coherence in the body, as vitality and aliveness.”“It’s the outpouring of the nectar from the plants… of our relationship to the cosmos.”“Most beauty… the ingredients in there are not even neutral to our health. They’re, you know, negative impact.”“Sometimes when you’re near someone who’s wearing one of those mainstream perfumes… your own ability to breathe just drops drastically. That’s your body telling you something.”“What kind of vibration and what kind of frequency do you bring into the body, even through one of the organs, which is the skin?”“To me, essential oils can be a part of that… that interface between what’s form and formless.”“They affect us transdermally, even if you had no sense of smell… and then it leaves the body, which is also what we want.”GUEST INFORMATIONNadine Artemis – Founder of Living LibationsA botanical formulator, aromatologist, and author dedicated to redefining beauty through pure essential oils, holistic skincare, and reverence for the body’s innate intelligence.Websites: livinglibations.comInstagram: nadineartemisofficial, livinglibationsofficialYouTube: www.youtube.com/@livinglibationsofficial Substack: substack.com/@nadineartemis HOST BIOMeet Simone Gisondi, a seasoned coach, published author, and the host of Health Confidential. With a life story marked by resilience and personal healing, Simone brings lived experience and grounded insight to conversations that educate, empower, and inspire holistic wellness.#HealthConfidential #NadineArtemis #LivingLibations #HolisticBeauty #EssentialOils #CleanBeauty #EndocrineHealth #SimoneGisondiSimone is a Holistic Health Practitioner and researcher exploring the deeper biological, emotional, and environmental roots of disease.On this podcast, she examines how health, trauma, consciousness, lifestyle, and biology interesect and how the instructions we give the body through food, environment, belief, and emotional regulation shape our health outcomes.Her work focuses on helping individuals understand the real drivers of illness and reclaim their health through customized lifestyle, nutritional, and mindset changes.If you’re navigating a health challenge and would like personalized guidance, Simone offers a limited number of private consultations. By appointment only.Inquire about working with her here: https://www.simonegisondi.com/book-online Visit her website: https://www.simonegisondi.com/Follow Simone: https://www.instagram.com/simone.gisondi/Subscribe and leave a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.