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HYDRATE with Tracy Duhs

Tracy Duhs

Welcome to the Hydrate Podcast with Tracy Duhs, your bioharmonizing bestie for simplifying wellness. Tracy, an experienced advisor in the bio energetic space, merges science with simplicity to offer clear, actionable strategies that make optimizing your health both accessible. Say goodbye to the complexities of biohacking—Tracy's approach to bioharmonizing provides practical solutions to enhance your well-being without the overwhelm. Tune in to Hydrate and learn how to achieve a balanced, healthy lifestyle with ease and clarity.

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Wednesday · 41 min
Why Your Body Won't Absorb the Food You're Eating | Ryann Morris | Ep. 62
What if the reason food isn't sitting right with you has nothing to do with the food?This week I sat down with Ryann Morris, an Ayurvedic chef, founder of Food Brilliance, and the woman behind the short film Food Is Everything, now traveling the international festival circuit.Her story starts with a routine foot surgery that went wrong. MRSA got into her bones. Five months of IV antibiotics, fourteen hours a day on a PICC line. It destroyed her gut. And then it took out her vagus nerve — the nerve running your breath, your digestion, your everything.Here's what blew my mind. She was already a chef. And she couldn't hold a knife. Couldn't drive. She'd sit down to eat and fall over. Seven years of that.Then she dropped a bomb about how she climbed out. Brain exercises. Eye movements. Electrical stimulation on her tongue to wake that nerve back up. And when her body finally started listening again, she rebuilt her digestion like she was feeding a newborn — a quarter cup of yogurt to three quarters of a cup of water, sipped slow, until her body remembered what to do with it.Oh, and she keeps four bins of earthworms in her yard and calls herself a worm mom. You'll want to hear why.After this one, you'll never look at a "bad reaction to food" the same way again.What we talk about:- Why the food rules you were handed might be keeping you stuck- The papaya seeds you throw away, and what they're actually for- What a backyard worm farm does for your soil and your kids- How a rejected cookbook proposal became an award-winning short film- Why an "ingredient household" gets teenagers back in the kitchen- The foot surgery that led to MRSA and a shut-down vagus nerve- Tongue stimulation, eye exercises, and waking up a numb vagus nerve- The prebiotic foods she used to rebuild her gut after SIBOListen to the full episode on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy Duhs.Episode Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/food_brilliance/Website: https://www.foodbrilliance.com/Connect with Tracy:Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠⁠⁠Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/⁠Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
August 5 · 1 hr 24 min
Fake Supplements, Glucose Spikes, Lactoferrin & Paraxanthine | Michael Antonelli | Ep. 61
You have a supplement graveyard in your pantry. Admit it. Half-used bottles you feel guilty throwing away, and no real idea if a single one of them is doing anything. This week, I sat down with Michael Antonelli, founder and CEO of Healthgevity and one of the most obsessive formulators I've ever met — and we recorded inside a biotech lab on Park Avenue South, where scientists are growing human lactoferrin from yeast. Here's what blew my mind. The lactoferrin in almost every supplement on the shelf comes from cows. Michael says your body can read that bovine protein as a foreign invader, which is why this team spent years engineering a version identical to the protein in mother's milk. Your cells recognize it instantly. He compared it to skipping the line at the club with a VIP pass. Then he dropped a bomb about how to vet a supplement company, and I've been repeating it to my friends ever since. Proprietary blends? Red flag. Can't find the ingredient list within 30 seconds of landing on the site? Red flag. He won't sell on any third-party site at all — and I've personally had clients end up with counterfeit bottles. We also cracked capsules open and drank them, talked paraxanthine versus caffeine, glucose spikes, zombie cells, and why nobody's talking about leaky vessels. After this one, you'll never buy a supplement the same way again. What we talk about: - Why human-identical lactoferrin behaves so differently than the bovine kind - The 340 mg dose most brands quietly can't afford to use - Two words on a label that should make you put the bottle back - Why he won't let his products be sold on Amazon - Paraxanthine vs. caffeine: energy with no jitters, crash, or tolerance - What blood sugar spikes are doing to your collagen and your skin - Spermidine, fasting, and clearing out the zombie cells taking up space - Leaky gut gets all the attention. Your leaky vessels don't. Listen to the full episode on all platforms — and catch the full lab walkthrough on YouTube. Episode Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthgevity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-antonelli-0295b548 Shop Healthgevity: https://healthgev.com Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠⁠⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
July 29 · 1 hr 17 min
Cystic Acne, PDRN, Red Light, Collagen Myths & Microneedling | Madalaina Conti | Ep. 60
What if almost nothing you're putting on your face is actually getting in?This week, I sat down with Madalaina Conti, the New York esthetician behind Synergistic Skincare and the first practitioner to bring Qi Beauty to NYC. She's the one I fly across the country to see. But the skin you see now? That took over a decade. Madalaina spent her teens and twenties in deeply cystic, nodular acne that sat right on her jawbone and gave her toothaches. She almost didn't go to esthetics school at all, because she figured nobody would trust a girl who couldn't fix her own face.Here's what blew my mind. She told me you're only absorbing around 4% of what you apply topically unless you're doing something to drive it deeper. Four percent. Now go look at your shelf.Then she dropped a bomb on half the trends on your feed. Collagen masks — your skin can't decode and use it. LED masks — the wavelengths matter enormously, and some of those lights are the same tech used to hatch eggs. At-home microneedling — you can trigger an immune response that has to be surgically removed.And then we went somewhere I didn't expect at all: sound healing, cranial work, dating in New York, and why getting older might be the most exciting thing happening to us.After this one, you'll never look at your skincare shelf the same way.What we talk about:- Why her cystic acne caused toothaches — and what was actually behind it- Androgen sensitivity vs. "hormonal acne," and why your labs come back normal- Why sound healing and cranial decompression belong in a facial- The zinc "butt cream" trend and what she'd do instead- LED masks, red light, and the wavelengths that actually build collagen- PDRN, salmon DNA, and whether the topical version does anything- Slugging without wrecking your skin — plus the products to skip- Why acne scars and pigment need time, not another serumCheck out the full episode on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy DuhsEpisode Links & Resources:Website: ⁠https://madalainaconti.comInstagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/madalainaconti/Connect with Tracy:Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠⁠⁠Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/⁠Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
July 15 · 9 min
DIY Skincare, Hydration Basics & How She Grew Her Glutes | Hydrate Q&A
You have questions, I have answers — and this round is equal parts personal and practical. This is Hydrate Q&A, where I answer the questions you send in. No single guest, no single topic. Just real talk, back to back. We open on something a little more personal — one of you asked about what I've been navigating these past couple of years, and I share honestly about self-worth, fear, and how I stopped outsourcing my value to what other people think of me. Then we get practical. If hydration feels confusing and overwhelming, I share the very first step I tell everyone: stop overthinking it and mimic nature. Filter, re-mineralize, keep it moving. I also spill my whole skincare routine — the stuff I actually make at home — and why I stopped stripping my skin with lasers and peels after realizing I was wrecking my own barrier. And I answer the question I get constantly: how I grew my glutes. Spoiler — it's not what you think, and it involves eating more, not less. Come as you are. What we talk about: - Getting honest about self-worth and where real confidence comes from - The one first step to better hydration (stop overcomplicating it) - The mini trampoline Tracy swears by - The DIY skincare routine she makes in her own kitchen - Why stripping your skin with peels and lasers backfires - How Tracy grew her glutes — and why muscle is the longevity organ - Why she eats more now but carries less fat Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/⁠⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠⁠
July 8 · 1 hr 11 min
AI's Hidden Water Cost, Flint's Tap Water & Zero-TDS Myths ft. Martin Riese | Ep. 58
Is the "purest" water you can buy actually the worst thing for your body? This week I sat down with Martin Riese, the world's water sommelier and water advocate, the man behind the very first water menu and the guy Netflix, National Geographic, and Buzzfeed all call when they want the truth about water. Martin's been studying water since 2005, and he's built his whole career on debunking the myths the rest of us have been sold. He dropped a bomb early on: the viral "water crystal" science everyone loves came from a man with a fake doctorate who refused a million-dollar offer to replicate his findings in a real lab. Here's what blew my mind: last year, AI data centers used more water than every bottled water company in America combined. And he told me exactly why the "pure" water so many of us chase — the zero-TDS, ultra-filtered kind — can actually strip your body of the minerals it needs to hydrate you at all. He even told me why a Diet Coke can technically hydrate you better than nothing, and unpacked the $5,000 MLM water machine he says has zero proof behind its health claims.After this conversation, you'll never look at your glass of water — or your water bill — the same way again. What we talk about: Why "water sommelier" is a real certified job, not a joke The fake doctorate behind the viral water crystal trend Why filtered water isn't actually dehydrating you The zero-TDS trick that's fooling people into buying the wrong water Why he's against the $5,000 machine everyone's selling online What Flint, Michigan's tap water actually tasted like Why AI data centers might be the next water crisis Why he refuses supplements, creams, and quick fixes Episode Links: Website: ⁠https://www.martin-riese.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/martinriese/ ⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@martinrieseofficial⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinRiese⁠ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/⁠⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠⁠
July 1 · 9 min
The Salt Mistake, 3 Daily Supplements & Quitting Raw Vegan | Hydrate Q&A
Got a question about your health? I want to hear it — because that's exactly what this new series is all about. This is Hydrate QnA, where I'm answering the questions you've been sending me. No single guest, no single topic. Just real answers to real questions, back to back. First up: the scale versus the mirror. If you're 60 and still chasing a lower number, I explain why body composition matters more than weight, and how progressive overload keeps you strong for the long haul. Then I finally explain the crystals in my fridge — yes, people ask about this constantly — and it's about EMF, not just aesthetics, even though it looks pretty too. I also share the one biohack I'd spend money on before anything else, the only three supplements I take daily, and the electrolyte mistake that's making you bloated instead of hydrated. And I get honest about walking away from raw veganism after three years, even after training as a living foods chef.Five questions. Five real answers. This is just the beginning. What we talk about: - Why chasing a lower number on the scale can work against you after 60 - The progressive overload trick for building real muscle - Why there are crystals in Tracy's fridge (it's not just for looks) - The one biohack Tracy says is actually worth the money - The only 3 supplements she takes daily - The electrolyte mistake that's making you bloated, not hydrated - Why she walked away from raw veganism after 3 years New episodes of Hydrate Q&A drop regularly — listen now on all platforms. Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠ ⁠⁠Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
June 24 · 1 hr 10 min
Why Grass-Fed Beef Is a Grocery Store Lie ft. Anthony Thomas | Ep. 56
You think you know what's in your beef? You don't. This week, I sat down with Anthony Thomas — a 15-year professional rodeo cowboy turned direct-to-consumer rancher who's spent his life raising and butchering beef across multiple countries. He ran away from home at 12, landed on a million-acre cattle station in the Australian outback, and learned to source real food straight from the land long before he ever set foot in an American grocery store. And when he did? He knew something was off. The meat smelled strange. It felt sticky. It left him bloated and foggy. So he started asking why. Here's what blew my mind: Anthony says the grass-fed-versus-grain debate is a distraction. He argues the real problem isn't what the cow eats — it's what gets pumped into the beef after slaughter. Liquids. Nitrates. Red dye. He claims a single pound of grocery-store ground beef can carry the DNA of over 400 animals. Then he dropped a bomb: most "grass-fed, grass-finished" beef on store shelves, he says, is mathematically impossible at scale — and a lot of your "Product of USA" beef may never have come from the USA at all. He also reveals the dead-simple tell that exposes fake grass-fed beef in seconds (hint: look at the fat). After this conversation, you'll never read a meat label the same way again. What we talk about: How running away from home at 12 turned a wild kid into a cowboy Why your store-bought beef smells sticky and leaves you bloated The real reason it might NOT be the grain making you sick Dry-aging vs. wet-aging — and why store beef ferments in plastic Why "grass-fed, grass-finished" barely exists at grocery-store scale The one-second fat test that exposes fake grass-fed beef Where your "Product of USA" beef may actually come from How to vet a local rancher before you trust your family's food Listen now on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy Duhs. Episode Links & Resources: Website: https://www.thomascattleandcatering.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athorsepower/ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/ ⁠⁠Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/ ⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
June 17 · 1 hr 32 min
A UFC Veteran's Take on Recovery, Mindset & Family ft. Josh Thomson | Ep. 55
You can be the best in the world at something — and still be terrified you'd quit if it ever got hard enough. This week, I sat down with Josh Thomson — a former UFC and PRIDE fighter, Strikeforce World Champion, and 20-year veteran of the sport. For most of his career he treated water, rest, and recovery like weaknesses. Coaches drilled it into him: waters for the weak. Twelve ounces a day. Protein shakes and grit. Then his dad died at 46. And everything changed. Here's what blew my mind: the real turning point in his career wasn't a fight — it was grief. Losing his father flipped a switch. Six liters of water a day. Electrolytes. Ice baths. Actual recovery. His performances exploded. He dropped a bomb about the supplement world too — fighters failing drug tests because of contaminated products they bought right off the shelf. What you're putting in your body might not be what the label says. And the part that stuck with me most? Josh believes 30 to 40 minutes of movement a day would erase most of our mental health struggles. Not the gym. Just a walk. We get into brain trauma, addiction as a superpower, why nobody remembers your name (not even Jordan's), and the note he wrote his kids that I'm stealing for my own. This conversation will change how you think about toughness, recovery, and what actually matters. What we talk about: Why "water's for the weak" was the mantra that wrecked his recovery The twelve-ounces-a-day habit he trained on for years How losing his dad rebuilt his career almost overnight The supplement contamination making fighters fail drug tests Why the best athletes in the world are secretly addicts The 30-minute daily habit he swears erases mental health struggles The note he wrote his kids that changed how they talk to him Why nobody will remember your name — and why that's freeing Listen now on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy Duhs Episode Links & Resources: Podcasts: WEIGHING IN - https://linktr.ee/weighinginpodcast | Dad Dojo - https://www.youtube.com/@DadDojoPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealpunk/ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/ ⁠⁠Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/ ⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
May 29 · 1 hr 14 min
How Porn Rewires the Brain Starting at Age 8 ft. Dr. Trish Leigh | Ep. 54
Your brain is being hijacked. Quietly, constantly, by the dopamine loops built into every screen you touch — reshaping your focus, your relationships, even your intimacy. It's the silent epidemic of our time. And the wild part? Rewiring it back is simpler than you think. This week, I sat down with Dr. Trish Leigh, a best-selling author and cognitive neuroscientist who maps people's brains from home using EEG and helps them break free from screen and pornography compulsion. She's not theorizing. She survived toxic mold, a cancer diagnosis, and a near-death experience giving birth — and rewired her own brain with the very technology she now uses on clients all over the world. Here's what blew my mind: every real-world pleasure lives on a 1-to-10 scale. Your phone? It's an 11-plus. Supernormal stimuli your brain was never built to handle. She dropped a bomb about kids — a young man's brain isn't fully developed until 28, so a child who finds porn at 8 racks up twenty years of miswiring. And the link she's documented between porn and trafficking? A direct one-to-one. But this isn't a shame spiral. Trish breaks down exactly how to unwire the pull, curate your feed, and reset your pleasure pathways — because there's no such thing as a horizontal spiral. You're going up or you're going down. After this, you'll never look at an innocent scroll the same way again. What we talk about: Why scrolling gives your brain an "11" that real life can't match The difference between fast dopamine and the slow kind that actually fulfills you Why your phone lights up the same circuits as heroin The shocking age porn starts rewiring kids' brains The one-to-one link between porn and human trafficking What an at-home EEG headband reveals about your "strained brain" Why your libido is tanking — and it's not your age The feed-curating reset that stops the downward spiral Listen to the full episode on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy Duhs. Episode Links & Resources: Website: https://drtrishleigh.com/ EEG Headband: https://drtrishleigh.com/muse-headband/ (Use code HYDRATE for a special discount) MIND OVER EXPLICIT MATTER Book: https://drtrishleigh.com/book/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.trishleighofficial Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠@tracyduhs⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
May 22 · 1 hr 12 min
Water Is the Internet of Your Biology ft. Dr. Ali Asadi | Ep. 53
What if the most important thing happening inside your body right now isn't a hormone, a supplement, or a nutrient — but something you've been completely ignoring? This week, I sat down with Dr. Ali Asadi, Chief Innovation Officer at TAM Global and a double PhD chemist who spent nearly a decade at Illumina — the world's largest genomics company — before joining the frontier of cancer and stem cell medicine. Trained at the Scripps Research Institute, an institute home to six Nobel Prize winners, Dr. Ali is one of those rare scientists who can make molecular chemistry feel like poetry. Here's what blew my mind: the weakest force in nature — hydrogen bonding — is what holds your DNA together. What shapes every protein in your body. What makes life on this planet possible at all. And without water, none of it happens. Water isn't the backdrop to biology. It is biology. He also dropped something the protein industry doesn't want you to hear: you cannot efficiently build muscle from a protein supplement if that protein isn't wrapped in lipids — because that's how nature packages it. Strip out the phospholipids, strip out the bioavailability. And then there's this: the water in your glass arrived on Earth from asteroids. It is billions of years old. Every sip is the history of the universe. We also got into TAM Global's personalized cancer vaccines — designed from each patient's own genomic signature — and their emerging molecular diagnostic for autism. This conversation will change how you think about water, about your biology, and about what it means to be alive. What we talk about: Why water breaks the laws of chemistry — and why that's the exact reason life exists on this planet The weakest force in nature is what holds your DNA, proteins, and every cell structure together Why drinking protein shakes without proper lipid encapsulation is largely wasted effort How slightly alkaline water connects to what your evolutionary biology was designed to drink Why every sip of water is literally billions of years of cosmic history arriving from asteroids What TAM Global is building with personalized cancer vaccines designed from your own DNA A molecular fingerprint for autism that could transform diagnosis from behavioral to biological Listen now on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy Duhs. Episode Links & Resources: Website: The Tam Center - https://thetamcenter.com | CPI Stem Cells - https://cellularperformanceinstitute.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanoali Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetamcenter/ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠@tracyduhs⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
May 16 · 1 hr 13 min
The Personalized Cancer Vaccine Targeting Only Your Tumor ft. Ed Clay | Ep. 52
What if the cancer diagnosis your doctor gave you is technically correct — but the treatment they chose has almost nothing to do with your actual cancer? This week, I sat down with Ed Clay, co-founder of TAM Center and Stem Cells, one of the world's most advanced translational medicine hospitals in Tijuana, Mexico. Ed started this journey the way most great things do — out of love. His mom got sick with no options in the US, so he bought a hospital and hired back the staff. She came in in a wheelchair and walked out. But what Ed has built since then? That's what blew my mind. His team — including the former chief of infectious disease at the NIH and the scientist who invented a test that reads 10,000 proteins at once — can sequence 20,000 of your cancer genes. Most US oncologists test 90. He dropped a bomb: there is not a single product on the market right now that can accurately detect cancer early through a blood test. Companies claiming otherwise? He's read their data. It's four patients. He also revealed why two people with the exact same cancer diagnosis can need completely different treatments — and why that distinction could be the difference between responding and not. This conversation will change how you think about what cancer actually is, and what it means to actually fight it. What we talk about: Why "ovarian cancer" in two different women can be two completely different diseases at the genetic level The lie behind liquid biopsy tests claiming to detect cancer in your blood How TAM goes from discovery to treating a patient in 6–12 months instead of 7 years A UFC champion's sister went from "weeks to live" to cancer-free in two months — here's what they found Zombie cells, senescence, and the peptide vaccine that could be the actual fountain of youth Why combining genomics, proteomics, and methylation data could unlock cures for almost everything Coffee enemas, Gerson therapy, and what happens to your body on day three Episode Links & Resources: Website: The Tam Center - https://thetamcenter.com | CPI Stem Cells - https://cellularperformanceinstitute.com/ Podcast: https://www.edclayshow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edclayofficial Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠@tracyduhs⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
May 8 · 1 hr 24 min
Your Thoughts Are Programming Your Baby's DNA ft. Dr. Elizabeth Wade | Ep. 51
What if the biggest threat to your fertility isn't your age, your hormones, or your egg quality — but your thoughts? This week, I sat down with Dr. Elizabeth Wade, a naturopathic fertility and hormone specialist who has built her practice around one radical idea: you cannot biohack your way out of an unhealed inner world. Elizabeth didn't arrive at this from a textbook. She was doing everything right — organic food, filtered water, air purifiers in every room — and still felt something was deeply, quietly wrong. After a separation, a mold crisis, a lost nanny, and a grief she was barely holding, everything collapsed at once. And in that collapse, she found the thread her patients kept pulling on too. Here's what blew my mind: she told me the number one influence on what genes you pass to your children isn't your supplements or your diet. It's your thoughts. Your epigenetic expression — what your kids inherit — is shaped by how you perceive the world right now. She dropped another bomb: the "infertility" label is applied to couples who haven't conceived in a year, but only about 1–2% of people are truly sterile. That word is doing enormous psychological damage. And here's one I wasn't ready for — a study found that when someone in your household takes antibiotics, your gut microbiome diversity drops too. Even if you never took a single pill. She also revealed that sperm quality has collapsed — current averages hover around just 4% normal morphology — and that men are largely left out of the fertility conversation entirely, even though miscarriages can be caused by sperm DNA fragmentation. After this conversation, you'll never look at the preconception window the same way. What we talk about: Why your thoughts are the #1 factor in the genes you pass to your children How the word "infertility" is causing unnecessary harm to couples who will likely conceive The collapsing sperm crisis — and why men are still being ignored in fertility care Why your baby is not starting as a clean slate (300+ chemicals in cord blood at birth) How obsessively tracking your ovulation cycle may actually be working against you The microbiome you share with your partner — and what their antibiotic use does to yours How to start thinking like you're already pregnant, before you ever take a test Episode Links & Resources: Dr. Elizabeth's Website: https://www.drelizabethwade.com/fertilityreclaimed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.elizabethwade/ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠@tracyduhs⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
May 1 · 1 hr 7 min
The Hidden Energy System Behind Every Disease | Dr. Sue Morter
What if the symptoms in your body aren't a malfunction — they're a message? And what if disease isn't caused by your genetics or bad luck, but by unresolved emotions you've been quietly suppressing for years? This week, I sat down with Dr. Sue Morter, bioenergetics physician and author of the USA Today #1 bestseller The Anatomy of Awakening. Her father literally coined the term "bioenergetic medicine" in the 70s — and Dr. Sue has spent decades proving that your body's energy field is the master blueprint behind every other system you've got. Here's what blew my mind: your disposition creates your chemistry — not the other way around. Your thoughts, beliefs, and subconscious patterns are sending 24/7 signals to every single cell, telling it all is well... or that there's still a bear in the room. Even if the bear left ten years ago. She dropped a bomb: the thalamus and hypothalamus — the two brain regions meant to keep your conscious and subconscious talking — go completely offline in chronic stress. Your body literally stops knowing it's safe. And felt love, not positive thinking, is 5,000 times more potent at healing the bio field than any thought you can think. After hearing this, you'll never look at your symptoms — or your triggers — the same way. What we talk about: Why your body is still locked in a crisis that ended years ago How suppressed emotions steal energy directly from healing, digestion, and cellular repair The quantum science behind why you keep creating exactly what you're afraid of Why "where do I feel this?" is more powerful than "why is this happening to me?" The mind-body-breath triad — and what breaks down when you only use one of the three A 90-second physical reset you can do mid-argument to stop fight-or-flight instantly Why the people who trigger you most are actually your greatest teachers Episode Links & Resources: Dr. Sue Morter's Website: https://drsuemorter.com/ The Anatomy of Awakening Book: https://drsuemorter.com/books/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsuemorter/ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠@tracyduhs⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/
April 24 · 1 hr 4 min
Why Trauma Lives in Your Body, Not Your Memories | Britt Piper
Do you feel like no matter what you try, your body just won't let go of something? Like it's stuck in a loop you can't think your way out of? This week I sat down with Britt Piper, somatic therapist and author of Body First Healing — someone who's lived every layer of this work. Taken from her mother at birth, she lost her brother at 15, survived a brutal assault at 20, and ended up in a jail cell at 22 — where, stripped of every distraction, her body started shaking, sweating, and crying on its own. She walked out feeling different. That was her turning point. Here's what blew my mind: Britt said alcohol wasn't her problem. It was her body's solution. A nervous system doing the only thing it knew to survive pain that had never been processed. She revealed that nervous system regulation has nothing to do with staying calm. A healthy nervous system moves between activation and rest about 100 times a day — and when you suppress that natural movement, unexpressed emotion builds like a pressure cooker of stress hormones, eventually showing up as chronic inflammation, autoimmune conditions, even disease. And she dropped something I haven't been able to stop thinking about: when you hold onto anger toward someone who hurt you, you're not putting them in a cage. You're putting yourself in one. After hearing this, you'll never look at your triggers — or your stuck feelings — the same way. What we talk about: Why trauma isn't what happened to you — it's where your body got stuck in the response How intergenerational trauma travels through your DNA for at least three generations The nervous system ladder and why fluctuating between states 100 times a day is actually healthy What happens in your body when you suppress anger, grief, or fear (hint: it doesn't disappear) The armor analogy — why we survive trauma and then forget to take the protection off Why you literally cannot think your way into nervous system regulation The 3E formula — Experience, Express, Expel — for discharging stored stress hormones in real time Why nervous system hacks won't stick if you're doing them from a place of self-hatred Episode Links & Resources: Britt Piper's Website: https://www.bodyfirsthealing.com/ Body First Healing Book: https://www.bodyfirsthealing.com/the-book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healwithbritt/ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sanctuarysd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tracyduhs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/
April 17 · 1 hr 12 min
Why Rushing to Intercourse Is Ruining Your Sex Life | Susan Bratton
When was the last time you thought of sex as a health protocol? Not a nice-to-have. Not a reward. An actual pillar of longevity — right up there with sleep, nutrition, and exercise. Because according to my guest this week, that's exactly what it is. This week, I sat down with Susan Bratton, intimacy expert to millions and the woman who coined the term "sex span." Susan's sex life didn't even take off until her early 40s — after years of absorbing a culture that got almost everything about female pleasure completely wrong. What she discovered on the other side changed everything. Here's what blew my mind: the female body needs 20 to 30 minutes to reach full erectile function. Full stop. Most women have never once experienced it — because they've spent their whole lives on the male timeline. She dropped a bomb about orgasms, too: there are over 20 kinds the human body is capable of, from nipples, feet, lips, throat — not just the obvious places. She also revealed that by the time you're 40 or 50, you have half the nitric oxide you had at 20 — and that's directly tanking your blood flow, your pleasure, and your brain function. The fix is simpler than you think. After hearing this conversation, you will never look at intimacy the same way again. What we talk about: Why sex is actually the fourth pillar of longevity The male vs. female arousal timeline mismatch destroying most couples' sex lives Over 20 types of orgasms — and why all of them are learned skills, not luck The STI called Mycoplasma genitalium that 99% of standard tests completely miss How GLP-1 weight loss drugs are causing genital atrophy in women Nitric oxide, acoustic wave therapy, and red light for sexual rejuvenation Why your best sex is absolutely ahead of you — regardless of your age or history Listen now on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy Duhs Episode Links & Resources: Susan's Website: https://susanbratton.com/ Susan's Product Recommendations: https://drivedesire.com/ Get Flow Free (Nitric Oxide): https://getflowfree.com/ Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠ Hydration Shop: https://thehydratestore.com Instagram: ⁠@tracyduhs⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/⁠
April 10 · 54 min
Why You're Only Absorbing 10% of the Protein You Eat | Catharine Arnston PhD
What if the protein you're working so hard to eat is barely getting absorbed — and the answer has been growing in fresh water for four billion years? This week, I sat down with Catharine Arnston PhD, CEO and Founder of EnergyBits and one of the world's leading experts on algae nutrition, who left a 25-year corporate career after her sister's breast cancer diagnosis sent her down a research rabbit hole she never climbed out of. Here's what blew my mind: when you eat 50 grams of chicken, your body can take two to three days to break it down — and you might only absorb 10% of it as usable amino acids. Five grams of spirulina delivers the equivalent amino acid payload. Instantly. Spirulina isn't even a plant — it's a bacteria with no cell wall, so it absorbs straight through your gums into your bloodstream in seconds. She dropped a bomb about GLP-1s: when you lose fat rapidly, you're not just losing fat — you're releasing the toxins stored inside it directly into your bloodstream. That's exactly when chlorella becomes non-negotiable. And the cancer conversation? Spirulina contains a blue pigment called phycocyanin found nowhere else on Earth. It can identify a cancer cell, strip out the very molecule that lets tumors grow, and trigger apoptosis — cancer cell death — while speeding up energy production in healthy cells. Oncologists are now measuring phycocyanin in blood plasma to track whether cancer is being killed. After hearing this, you'll never look at your protein sources — or your afternoon fatigue — the same way. Episode Links & Resources: Website: https://energybits.com/ Use code HYDRATE for 20% off Connect with Tracy: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hydration Shop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thehydratestore.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tracyduhs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flow FAM Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/
April 3 · 1 hr
What Happens When You Start Healing Your Energy Field Instead of Your Body
You've done the work. The therapy, the journaling, the healing retreats. So why does it still feel like something invisible is holding you back? Igor Galibov had a spiritual awakening so sharp in 2004 that he couldn't participate in ordinary reality. What came out of years of navigating that — and healing himself in the process — is a precise, practical framework for understanding the energy bodies that run beneath everything: your health, your relationships, your emotions, and your sense of self. In this episode, Tracy and Igor get into how trapped emotions are stored in your glands, how to literally feel energy in your hands, and why the person you're dating might be draining you in ways you can't see. They break down tools anyone can use — from breathwork and gland massage to pineal activation and visualization — and go deep on why having someone else heal you will never be as permanent as learning to move your own energy. They also have one of the most honest conversations on the show about spiritual manipulation, trauma bonding disguised as love, and what sovereignty actually means — including a powerful exchange on the difference between being a co-creator with the divine and going it alone. If something in your field has been running the show without your permission, this is where you start taking it back. Find Igor Galibov: • Website: https://alignmentoflight.com • Instagram: @igorgalibov Connect with Tracy: • Website: https://tracyduhs.com/ • Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/ • Instagram: @tracyduhs • Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Meet Igor Galba: Energy Field Work & Spiritual Awakening 2:02 - How to Know If You Have Trapped Emotions 6:21 - Igor's Sharp Awakening in Brazil & What It Revealed 10:18 - How Clearing Belief Systems Healed Igor's Physical Allergies 12:32 - Practical Tools: How to Start Feeling Energy in Your Body 17:00 - Using Visualization & the Pineal Gland to Imprint Your Field 21:33 - Trusting Your Intuition: What to Do When a Space Feels Off 24:14 - The Gland System, Chakras & Where Emotions Are Stored in the Body 27:11 - How to Massage and Activate Your Glands to Release Trapped Energy 31:31 - Breathwork, Movement & Moving Energy Through the Physical Body 35:18 - Spiritual Manipulation & How to Protect Your Energy Field 37:22 - Why Most People Rush Into Relationships Before Doing the Inner Work 44:39 - Why Igor Doesn't Do Healings On People (And Why Sovereignty Matters) 47:49 - The Distinction Between Being Sovereign and Being Your Own Creator 55:44 - When the Mind Surrenders to the Heart, Truth Emerges 58:49 - How to Find Igor & His Courses, Retreats & Pilgrimages
March 27 · 49 min
The Feng Shui Secret to Feeling Safe in Any Room
Your home is either working for you or against you. Most people have no idea which one it is. Cliff Tan has spent his career at the intersection of architecture and feng shui — and what he's uncovered is less mystical than you'd think, and more powerful than you'd expect. This isn't about lucky charms or superstition. It's about why you can't sleep, why your relationship feels stuck, why you dread sitting at your desk, and why the moment you walk through your front door, something just feels… off .In this episode, Tracy and Cliff break down the hidden logic behind the spaces you live in — from where your bed is pointing to what your entrance is telling your nervous system before you even take your shoes off. Once you understand what your environment is actually communicating to your brain, you can't unsee it. And the good news? Small shifts change everything. Find Cliff Tan: Website: https://www.dearmodern.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dearmodern/ Book: Feng Shui Modern Connect with Tracy: Website: https://tracyduhs.com/ Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/ Instagram: @tracyduhs Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:52 - What feng shui is & the top things Cliff looks at in your home 05:02 - Bed placement, Earth polarity & magnetic fields 09:16 - Bedroom colors, artwork & creating a calm sleep environment 11:59 - Feng shui for love: how your bedroom layout affects relationships 14:47 - Designing a home workspace that inspires focus & success 18:10 - Calming the nervous system: entrances, clutter & knowing yourself 27:48 - why open space in the home unlocks creativity & movement 32:47 - The front door as the mouth of the home 41:31 - Mirrors, traveling tips & where to find Cliff Tan
March 20 · 58 min
The Health Problem With Airtight Homes That Builders Won't Tell You About
You've been breathing recycled air, sleeping in sealed walls, and painting your home in plastic. And nobody told you. Tracy sat down with Jack and Evelyn from Kingdom Builders — a husband-and-wife team rewriting the rules of home construction from the studs out. Jack is a builder. Evelyn is the health visionary behind every decision. Together, they're building homes that don't just shelter you — they actively heal you. Because there's what a house looks like on the outside. And then there's what it's doing to your lungs, your hormones, your sleep, and your cells every single day you live inside it. And almost no one is connecting those dots. Find Kingdom Builders: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingdombuilderslmsw/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kingdombuilderslmsw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kingdombuilderslmsw Connect with Tracy: Website: https://tracyduhs.com/ Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/ Instagram: @tracyduhs Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:49 - Why Jack & Aislinn Started Building Healthy Homes 3:00 - The Hidden Mold Problem in Modern Home Construction 6:23 - Sheep's Wool Insulation: The Healthiest Building Material by Volume 9:29 - No-VOC Paint vs. "Low-VOC" — What the Industry Won't Tell You 12:34 - KEIM Mineral Silicate Paint: What It Is & Why It's Different 20:01 - Healthy Lighting: Flicker-Free Bulbs & Circadian Rhythm Design 26:07 - Why Your HVAC System Might Be Growing Mold 29:16 - ERV Systems & Balanced Airflow: The Commercial Building Secret 33:27 - Easy Fixes for Existing Homes (Fan Settings, Open Doors, Air Filters) 36:45 - How to Kill Mold at Home with Everclear (& Why Bleach Doesn't Work) 42:08 - Shoes, Amazon Boxes & the Toxins We Carry Inside 49:07 - Painting Over Toxic Walls: AFM Safecoat Explained 52:41 - Whole-House Water Filtration & Remineralization (+ the Copper Pipe Tip)
March 13 · 52 min
Full Anesthesia Surgery Traumatizes Your Brain, Here's How To Protect Yourself
You've had surgery. You woke up. You moved on. But your nervous system? It never forgot. Tracy sat down with Dr. Sande Bergeron - anesthesiologist, PhD, and the person inside the OR asking the questions no one else is asking. What she's uncovered after 22 years in medicine will change how you think about every surgery you've ever had, and every one you might have next. Because there's what anesthesia does to keep you alive on the table and then there's what it does to your brain long after you leave the hospital. And nobody is connecting those dots. Find Dr. Sande: Website: https://beyondbrainhealth.com/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/beyondbrainhealth/ Connect with Tracy: Website: https://tracyduhs.com/ Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/ Instagram: @tracyduhs Flow FAM Community:https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - Dr. Sande's journey from conventional medicine to anesthesia 6:47 - The OR moment that changed everything 11:38 - "Safe" vs. optimized: what medicine never asks 13:32 - The tool built to measure your brain's resilience before surgery 23:14 - How anesthesia gas bonds to your brain tissue 25:12 - Your body keeps the score even when you're asleep 31:52 - Why some people wake up in fight or flight 34:19 - The cosmetic surgery risk nobody is talking about 43:42 - How to protect yourself before going under

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