Pathways to Well-Being

The Institute for Functional Medicine

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  • 40 minutes 26 seconds
    In Conversation with the 2025 Linus and Ave Helen Pauling Award Winner Deanna Minich, MS, PhD, and Jeffery Bland, PhD

    On this special episode of Pathways to Well-Being, IFM co-founder Dr. Jeffery Bland talks with the winner of the 2025 Linus and Ave Helen Pauling Award in Functional Medicine, Dr. Deanna Minich.  

    22 September 2025, 10:14 pm
  • 48 minutes 27 seconds
    Exploring the Potential of Psychedelics in Mental Health with Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD
    On this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, noted psychiatric researcher Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD, discusses the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapies to better understand how these agents may be applied therapeutically to support mental health and brain function.        
    15 August 2025, 7:06 pm
  • 44 minutes 10 seconds
    Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Modulating the Parasympathetic Response

    On this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, Peter Staats, MD, MBA, discusses the role of the vaga
    nerve is modulating the body’s response to chronic and acute stressors, and explores vagus nerve
    stimulation therapies for restoring parasympathetic balance.

    17 July 2025, 2:30 pm
  • 48 minutes 11 seconds
    Ketogenic Diets and Brain Health with Dr. Terry Wahls

    On this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, legendary IFM educator Dr. Terry Wahls discusses how low-carbohydrate dietary plans like paleo and keto can provide the necessary nutrients to fuel the brain and help prevent cognitive decline and neurodegeneration, as well as how we can help patients implement and sustain these dietary changes to improve brain health.

    18 June 2025, 7:20 pm
  • 51 minutes 44 seconds
    Breath, Autonomic Balance, and Health with Sachin Patel, DC

    On this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, we welcome AIC 2025 presenter Dr. Sachin Patel to discuss the importance of breathing, mindfulness, and achieving balance from within.

    20 May 2025, 1:51 pm
  • 43 minutes 54 seconds
    Whole Health and Transforming Healthcare Systems With Tracy Gaudet, MD

    On this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, Whole Health pioneer and featured 2025 AIC speaker Tracy
    Gaudet, MD, who has years of experience as an agent of change in healthcare systems, will explore what
    healthcare transformation means and how practices and hospital systems alike can begin to achieve it.

    13 May 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 42 minutes 9 seconds
    Healing the Physiological Effects of Trauma

    On today’s episode of Pathways to Well-Being, AIC 2025 speaker Aimie K. Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, explores physiological dysfunction rooted in past trauma, differentiates between the body’s stress response and trauma response, and discusses how trauma affects mental, emotional, and physical markers of health.

    30 April 2025, 7:07 am
  • 50 minutes 9 seconds
    Optimizing Protein Intake for Muscle Health and Improved Health Across the Lifespan

    On today’s episode of Pathways to Well-Being, 2025 AIC speaker Donald Layman, PhD, FASN,
    explores why muscle health is so important to overall health, the lifestyle-based approaches that
    benefit muscle quality and preservation, and the important role that protein plays.

    19 April 2025, 10:14 am
  • 49 minutes 35 seconds
    Chronic Infections as an Underlying Cause of Persistent Symptoms
    On today’s episode of Pathways to Well-Being, Tom Sult, MD, discusses the important clinical connections between chronic infections and common persistent symptoms and how to manage them using functional medicine strategies. Transcript: https://www.ifm.org/podcast/chronic-infections-persistent-symptoms
    18 March 2025, 12:00 am
  • 41 minutes 39 seconds
    Pediatric Food Allergies & Intolerances with Rebecca Carey, MD
    Pediatric gastroenterologist Rebecca Carey, MD, shares how childhood GI issues and sensitivities influence adult health. Transcript: https://www.ifm.org/podcast/food-allergies-intolerances-pediatric-health
    12 February 2025, 12:00 am
  • 42 minutes 12 seconds
    Revisiting the Trending Topics in Functional Medicine of 2024
    As a systems-based approach, the functional medicine model looks all facets of health; evaluating why disease occurs and uncovering what each patients needs to thrive. Over the past year, we’ve discussed how this personalized approach to dysfunction and disease makes a difference in clinical outcomes. On this special episode of Pathways to Well-Being, we’re revisiting some of the trending topics and highlights of 2024. From brain health and thyroid health, to Long COVID, menopause, the gut microbiome and beyond, we’ll explore how the core concepts of functional medicine, such as precision nutrition, lifestyle modifications, and honoring the patient's story, can impact these diverse areas of care because they make health goals achievable and sustainable long-term. Transcript: https://www.ifm.org/podcast/2024-trending-topics-in-functional-medicine
    22 December 2024, 12:00 am
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