The Accrescent: Bioenergetic Healing

Leigh Ann welcomes clinical hypnotherapist Christina Woods for a conversation on hypnotherapy, subconscious beliefs, medical trauma, and why insight alone often is not enough to create lasting change. Christina shares how a season of major life transition, burnout, and 24/7 vertigo led her to discover hypnotherapy and eventually leave a 30-year corporate career to help others access deeper subconscious healing. She explains hypnotherapy as a natural, focused state of mind that allows the conscious mind to quiet while the subconscious becomes more accessible, revealing the beliefs and narratives that may be driving behaviors, symptoms, relationships, and patterns. Leigh Ann and Christina discuss how beliefs like “I’m not enough,” “I’m alone,” or “I can’t trust anyone” can form early in life, often from experiences that may not look traumatic on the surface but still shaped the nervous system and psyche. They also explore medical trauma, including how dismissive or invasive medical experiences can accumulate in the body and later show up as anxiety, panic, claustrophobia, avoidance, sleep disruption, or a loss of trust in medical care.
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Leigh Ann welcomes Dr. Stasha Gominak for a deep dive into sleep, as well as vitamin D, B vitamins, the microbiome, pain, repair, and why many sleep issues may be misunderstood. Dr. Gominak shares how her work as a neurologist with headache patients unexpectedly led her into sleep research after discovering that many young, otherwise healthy women had abnormal sleep studies even when they did not have sleep apnea. She explains why sleep studies can be overly reductive when they focus only on apnea, while missing deeper issues with REM sleep, deep sleep, paralysis, repair, and brainstem function. Leigh Ann and Dr. Gominak discuss the role of vitamin D as a hormone, why blood levels may matter more than generic dosing, and how bringing vitamin D levels up helped some patients sleep better before later revealing deeper B vitamin and microbiome-related issues. Dr. Gominak also explains her evolving understanding of the impact that B5, acetylcholine, gut bacteria, inflammation, and IBS have on the parasympathetic nervous system.
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Dr. Gominak - Website
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Leigh Ann welcomes Christine Lee of Cereset Mission Viejo for a conversation on brain optimization, trauma, nervous system regulation, sleep, and what it means to let the brain rebalance itself. Christine shares her personal story of living with stress, insomnia, trauma, and deep nervous system dysregulation before discovering Cereset as a client and eventually purchasing the practice herself. She explains how Cereset uses read-only EEG sensors and AI-generated acoustic tones to create a “brain echo,” allowing the brain to hear itself and identify where it may be energetically out of balance. Leigh Ann and Christine discuss the difference between supporting the brain’s “hardware” and doing deeper emotional “software” work, especially for clients whose systems feel too hijacked for meditation, breathwork, journaling, or somatic practices to land. They also explore how Cereset may support people navigating trauma, insomnia, concussion, mood dysregulation, medication tapering goals, chronic illness, cancer, mold, mast cell activation, and nervous system overwhelm.
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Cereset Mission Viejo - Website (mention this episode for a free discovery and intake call!)
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Leigh Ann shares that she will be moving her in-person private practice into Helixona, an integrative wellness medical facility in Irvine, California, focused on complex chronic illness. She explains why this move feels deeply aligned with the clients she serves, especially those navigating cancer, chronic illness, emotional contributors to disease, and complex healing journeys. Leigh Ann also shares how much thought and intention went into the decision, including the grief of leaving her current space, the excitement of joining a more medically integrated environment, and the responsibility she feels toward her in-person clients. The conversation highlights Helixona’s values, patient-centered care, comprehensive modalities, and shared belief that emotional healing must be part of complex chronic illness treatment. This episode offers listeners an inside look at why this move matters, what will and will not change for clients, and what new offerings may be possible in the future.
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Leigh Ann welcomes Nadine Artemis, founder of Living Libations, for a conversation on ancestral beauty, essential oils, oil cleansing, oral care, and what modern skincare may be getting wrong. Nadine shares how her childhood in nature, early fascination with perfume, and discovery of essential oils eventually led her to open one of North America’s first full-concept aromatherapy stores and create Living Libations. She explains why she looks to ancient beauty practices and pre-synthetic traditions to understand what the skin, mouth, and body actually need to stay in harmony. Leigh Ann and Nadine discuss the skin microbiome, oil cleansing, synthetic ingredients, hyaluronic acid, retinol, vitamin C, essential oils, deodorant, oral care, and the ways modern products can sometimes create dependency loops rather than true repair. Nadine also shares practical starting points for simplifying skincare, including using high-quality oils to cleanse, swapping out toxic toothpaste, and choosing products that support rather than disrupt the body’s innate intelligence.
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