Get Personal with Dr. Kris

I have been very busy preparing for my Relax, Rejuvenate, and Reconnect Retreat, which is happening from April 19-21 in Page Springs, Arizona. And it has me thinking about all of my favorite tools for the mind and body. I’ve always been a huge believer in the role of the mind in health, dating back all the way to when I earned my master’s degree in psychology. So for this podcast episode, I am joined by my son Anthony to talk about...

Everything in moderation has always been my motto and I, like many people, love wine. I believe that if you do it right, drinking wine can be a perfectly acceptable part of a healthy lifestyle. When I went to Italy this summer, I drank wine almost everyday and I never felt it the next day! If I drink that much wine here at home in the U.S., I definitely do feel it the next day. This is a common experience—I’ve talked to a lot of fr...

So many women that I know and see in my work have a similar experience. They are getting into their mid-30s and 40s, and they are tired, anxious, their hair is falling out—they know something is off. They might go to the doctor and do some basic tests but everything looks normal on the surface. They’re told they're perfectly fine, and they know that cannot be right! That is where my guest today, Dr. Cara Slater and I come in. On th...

My patient Jenn was shocked to be diagnosed with diabetes in her early 30s. It didn’t run in her family and it was nothing she ever expected to deal with. Her doctors at the time put her on a variety of medications and she got really serious about getting healthier. She lost 20 pounds pretty quickly, but she had a hard time keeping the weight off and getting her blood sugar down. That’s when Jenn came to see me and we tackled her i...

Today we’re talking to one of my go-to nutrition experts Leah Beaird-Yenter. She’s a dietician (MS,RD), currently studying for a doctorate in clinical nutrition at Maryland University of Integrative Health, and she is the founder of Star Health Coaching and Nutrition. We both sometimes refer our patients to the other because we know you need the full picture to understand anyone’s health situation. On the podcast, we discuss how we...

As we start a new year, we want to take a second to look back on 2023. We had a lot of great guests and interesting conversations on the podcast this past year and I, along with my son and podcast producer, Anthony, wanted to reflect to some of our biggest takeaways from them. No topic was bigger this year than semaglutide, so in this episode I recap what I've learned from what has now been nearly two years of treating patients wit...

A couple months ago we played you a talk I did about hormones for a group of women a lot like my patients and you—my podcast audience. I loved doing that presentation and we heard that you liked listening to it too. So on this episode, we're bringing you the follow up to that talk. This one was inspired by an amazing book by Dr. Jennifer Landa called “The Sex Drive Solution for Women.” This is a topic that comes up all the time in ...

On this episode I am stepping again into the role of interviewee. That’s because one of my favorite patients, Kristen Cantrell, had me on her own podcast, Moms in Real Estate. Her podcast is all about how busy moms can juggle being a mom, having a career, and still taking care of yourself. As a holistic, naturopathic doctor, I know that every part of your life matters when it comes to your health. So in this episode we are talking ...

For a while now, everyone has been talking about semaglutide, Ozempic, and Wegovy. We’ve covered those in previous episodes, but today my son Anthony and I are talking about natural supplements that can have a similar effect. Berberine – which has been called “nature's Ozempic,” psyllium husk, and apple cider vinegar. All of these things have been getting a lot of attention online recently and they all can be a great addition to yo...

On this episode, we’re switching roles and I’m going from interviewer to interviewee. My long longtime friend Tim Vasquez started a podcast with two of his buddies called “People Do That” and they invited me on as a guest. All the guys on the show are 45+ and they had many of the same basic questions I hear every day from patients about feeling tired, waking up in the middle of the night, and drinking alcohol. We talk a lot about w...

By now nearly everyone’s heard of semaglutide, a peptide treatment for weight loss. But semagludtide is just one peptide among hundreds—and they can provide a huge range of benefits, from building muscle to improving immune function. Recently, I’ve been using them with my patients to address lots of issues and there’s probably a peptide out there that could help you. In this episode, I’m joined by Ryan Bell, an expert on peptides w...

On today's episode, I'm joined again by my son, Anthony, to talk about an article from Time Magazine that struck a nerve with both of us. It's called "Hormone Balancing and Cycle Syncing are a Myth." As you know, as a listener to this podcast, these are both things I address with my patients all the time and I certainly don't consider them to be myths. Anthony is a journalist with his own experience with chronic illness, and the ar...

Patrick Sullivan Jr. is the founder of Jigsaw Health — a supplement company that I have loved for a long time. I recommend their magnesium products to lots of patients so I was really excited to be able to talk with him about how the company got started and how they create such high quality supplements. We talked about supplement purity and potency, how supplements are evaluated by the FDA, and how as a consumer you can tell the di...

Jessica Dory is the founder and CEO of a CBD company called Verde Collection. When it comes to CBD, and any supplement, the producer really matters. And I can say firsthand that Verde Collection's CBD products are excellent. I love to use their topical oil for my neck and upper shoulder pain and their sublingual oil for headaches and anxiety. For that reason, I was super excited to talk with Jess to learn more about how she found h...

Today I am talking to someone I have known for awhile now—Dr. Anthony Balduzzi. Anthony and I met about 10 years ago at naturopathic medical school. We were both very busy students at the time, but I noticed immediately that Anthony was going above and beyond—working on launching a business on top of medical school. I quickly learned that he was a very motivated and very smart guy that wanted to help as many people as he possibly c...

Today I’m bringing you a recording of a live presentation I did here in the Phoenix area called Wine, Chocolate, and Hormones. I gave the talk this title because for me these are three absolutely critical components to health and happiness. We’ve talked about hormones a lot on this podcast and this talk gives a great overview of how they work. In particular, I talk a lot about a pyramid. This isn't the old food pyramid, but one tha...

On today's episode, I'm joined by one of my marketing gurus, Hanna, to discuss cycle syncing. Many women don't track their cycle and are unaware that you can optimize your productivity, nutrition, stress management, and exercise by tailoring your lifestyle to the different phases of your menstrual cycle. Today we do a deep dive into the phases of the cycle and what they mean for your hormones. And we talk about how you can adjust y...

On this episode, I am joined by my son and podcast producer Anthony to break down some of today’s hottest health trends. We’re all bombarded by health influencers and social media posts everyday that sing the praises of different supplements and treatments and sometimes it’s hard to know which are actually healthy, safe and backed by science. I get questions about these things all the time from my patients and in this podcast we’re...

Last episode we spoke with my colleague Dr. Spice Lussier about the basics of semaglutide. We touched on how and why it works scientifically, its benefits and side effects, and the kind of patients that benefit most from it. Today we will hear first hand what it’s like to take it from two of my own patients. Ana is in her early 40s and Jessica is in her mid-30s. Both of them were struggling to lose weight despite working really har...