Category Archives: Podcasts

Sleep, Kids & IBS, Muscle Testing, Mold Exposure, Nature & Microbiome and MCAS

Questions Include: 06:54 Best Time to Sleep? 22:11 How to get kids to acknowledge they have IBS and how to help treat it? 35:49 What is Muscle Testing? 41:40 Symptoms of Mold Exposure? 43:55 Looking for a primary care doctor. 44:32 How does being in nature change our microbiome? 49:15 How Mast Cell Activation SyndromeContinueContinue reading “Sleep, Kids & IBS, Muscle Testing, Mold Exposure, Nature & Microbiome and MCAS”

Anxiety, Stress and Acupuncture

Podcast Highlights: Anxiety, Stress and Acupuncture What is Stress?3 Stress Stages in Response to LifeHormones and StressWeight Gain and StressTests for Adrenal Imbalances4 Ways to Reduce StressStress and AcupunctureWhat if I am afraid of needles?How do I know if I am stressed enough to need acupuncture? Full video of webinar: https://youtu.be/0bqn4no4mFQ Excerpts from Webinar: https://youtu.be/OaJIW5O-v40ContinueContinue reading “Anxiety, Stress and Acupuncture”

Weekly Podcast: It All Begins in the Gut

Podcast Highlights: It All Begins in The Gut Importance of getting the liver to function properly. In Chinese Medicine, the Liver is the General in the body.Looking at depression, anger, irritability, frustration and the role the Liver plays. Importance of reducing inflammation in the gut. Wheat and leaky gut connection10-Day coaching and educational group startingContinueContinue reading “Weekly Podcast: It All Begins in the Gut”

Rhythms of Life: 5 Questions for Problem Solving

Podcast Highlights: Focused Attention: Solving Problems Is your history causing you to not be focused?You can be focused on your history in order to look forward with change in your life.Importance of focusing on solutions5 Questions to ask when you have a problem. Podcast Notes: Kathryn Black: Hello and welcome to TheBalancingPoint, I’m Kathryn BlackContinueContinue reading “Rhythms of Life: 5 Questions for Problem Solving”

Rhythms of Life: Accountability Dialogue

Podcast Highlights: Accountability Dialogue The point of accountability is observation without judgment.If someone judges us or gives us feedback, our first response, may be it’s gross or very subtle.Our first response is generally a little bit of resistance.If it’s truly someone holding us accountable, then the only appropriate response to that is to move our livesContinueContinue reading “Rhythms of Life: Accountability Dialogue”

Weekly Update 2-10-21: PMS, Lymphatic Cleanse and Liver Flush

Podcast Highlights: How herbs and acupuncture can help relieve PMS symptomsImportance of doing a lymphatic cleanseAlameda Acupuncture 14-day lymphatic group cleanseImportance of a liver flush to further healing. Podcast Notes: 00:00  Hello and welcome to The Balancing Point. I am Kathryn, here with Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM for another Weekly Update. Dr Nieters: IContinueContinue reading “Weekly Update 2-10-21: PMS, Lymphatic Cleanse and Liver Flush”

Recreate Life: Creating a Vision Statement & Importance of Vision Partners

Learn how to: Write an ideal vision statementWork with a vision partner to have it come to pass. Podcast Notes: Hello there, this is Dr. Nieters again, and last week we started to do, Kathryn and I, who is here with me, started to do a little work on what one could call coaching, someoneContinueContinue reading “Recreate Life: Creating a Vision Statement & Importance of Vision Partners”

Podcast Rhythms of Life

Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM, discusses Winter – Rest/ hibernate. Sleeping 11-12 hours a night. Warm, hearty foods. Light/ moderate exerciseSpring – Green vegetables, high antioxidant, high fiber, sleep 8 hours, increase exercise/ move/ stretch.Summer – Time to work on projects, Eat lightly, Minimal alcohol, hot spices, 5-8 hours of sleep.Autumn – Finish projects, Red/ContinueContinue reading “Podcast Rhythms of Life”

Balancing Point Weekly Podcast 1/30/21

Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM, discusses What to do Post-COVID for lingering symptoms, and preventing future problems. Importance of Functional Medicine in diagnosing anemia Are steroids the best option for treating Asthma? Podcast Notes: 00:00 Intro. Recreating radio call in show. Inviting the public to email (healthandwellness@pacbell.net) or ask any questions they would like toContinueContinue reading “Balancing Point Weekly Podcast 1/30/21”

Podcast is BACK! Recreate Life in a More Powerful Way: The Art of Intention & Ability to Create It

Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM, is back on the air with his podcast. You will be able to find him on YouTube, iTunes and TheBalancingPoint.net. This podcast will talk about some specifics that relate to where we are as a people and a culture. He provides ideas to help start and recreate life in powerful wayContinueContinue reading “Podcast is BACK! Recreate Life in a More Powerful Way: The Art of Intention & Ability to Create It”

Our Last Episode; Benefits of Tai Chi; a Healthy Diet; Mammograms; 07.27.2018

When the level of vitamin D is not where one would suspect than always have a calcitrol test done.  Calcitrol is the active form of vitamin D with a half life of 15 hours. Invest in breast health but be careful about mammograms. For good general health, eat seasonally, organic and all the greens youContinueContinue reading “Our Last Episode; Benefits of Tai Chi; a Healthy Diet; Mammograms; 07.27.2018”

Being a Meditator; EMF; Environmental Toxins; 05.04.2018

Recommended book:  12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson.  One of his 12 rules: always be comparing yourself to yourself.  Strive to be better today than yesterday.  If we are not moving forward we are sliding backwards. The lipoprotein profile includes:  LDL (low density lipoprotein cholesterol), HDL (high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and Triglycerides (fats carried inContinueContinue reading “Being a Meditator; EMF; Environmental Toxins; 05.04.2018”

The Blood Brain Barrier; Iodine; What to Ask Your Doctor 4.27.2018

As we move into May, it is a time of creativity; of moving and growing. It is important to ask for specific labs at you annual visit with you MD:  1) a blood test, including a CBC (complete blood count); 2) a chem panel; and 3) a urinalysis. Iodine is necessary for the functioning ofContinueContinue reading “The Blood Brain Barrier; Iodine; What to Ask Your Doctor 4.27.2018”

Blood Stasis; Meditation; PreDiabetes; Vaccines; 4.20.2018

The longer we can put off being vaccinated the less damage is done. Body movement is important for healthy blood flow.  The body is dependent on healthy blood flow to carry oxygen in, nutrients in to feed muscles, and to take the cellular waste out.   Artificial electromagnetic frequencies that we are overly exposed to canContinueContinue reading “Blood Stasis; Meditation; PreDiabetes; Vaccines; 4.20.2018”

Wheat; Lead Testing; Ear Wax; Cell Phone Radiation; 04.13.2018

There has been an upsurge in laboratories doing testing for conditions and issues that historically hav been very difficult to get good testing for. An example of such testing is the Wheat Zoomer Test.  There are numerous potential problems, issues and sensitivties associated with eating wheat that, in the past, were rarely tested for.  TheContinueContinue reading “Wheat; Lead Testing; Ear Wax; Cell Phone Radiation; 04.13.2018”

Dry Needling; Orthopedics; Grovers Disease; 4.06.2018

  Dry needling is a technique used for the treatment of pain and movement impairments. The technique uses a “dry” needle, one without medication or injection, inserted through the skin into areas of the muscle. Acupuncture needles are very small – almost as thin as a strand of hair Grover’s disease is a rare, temporary skin condition.ContinueContinue reading “Dry Needling; Orthopedics; Grovers Disease; 4.06.2018”

Chinese Medicine; Governing Channel; Bakers Cyst 3.30.2018

  Chinese Medicine has proven to be tremendously effective at reducing inflammation and increasing blood flow. A Bakers Cyst is usually the result of knee joint conditions, such as arthritis or torn cartilage, that cause the knee to produce too much lubricating fluid. Turmeric, Frankincense and Myrrh is a superb herbal combination for inflammation. TheContinueContinue reading “Chinese Medicine; Governing Channel; Bakers Cyst 3.30.2018”

Leaky Gut; Spleen Qi Deficiency; Mammograms; 3.23.2018

  The gut is our area of most dangerous exposure to bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.  We need an acidic stomach in order to pull out iron, B12, calcium and a host of other things. Secretory IGA – one of several lines of defense in the gut. Consistent or overuse of NSAIDS can contribute to leakyContinueContinue reading “Leaky Gut; Spleen Qi Deficiency; Mammograms; 3.23.2018”

SIBO; Sun Exposure; Testosterone; 01.05.2018

  A breath test is the standard diagnostic tool used by medical doctors in diagnosing SIBO or Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth.  It is a condition where particular strains of bacteria have colonized the small intestine. Dr. Siebecker has a good example chart of a specific carbohydrate diet that is beneficial when dealing with SIBO. VideoContinueContinue reading “SIBO; Sun Exposure; Testosterone; 01.05.2018”

Five Elements, Vitamin D, Arvigo Massage; 12.29.2017

  The winter solstice is a time to move slowly – a time to be wise with our bodies. Book of the Week:  The Tao of an Uncluttered Life: Lao Tzu’s Ten Principles for Organization by Karen Hicks. The five elements, or phases, in Chinese medicine are fire, metal, wood, earth, and water.  Fire melts metal -ContinueContinue reading “Five Elements, Vitamin D, Arvigo Massage; 12.29.2017”