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Listen, read & explore ↗A podcast with Dr. Michele Burklund
For the parts of healing
we’re still
learning to name.
The body. The plants. The unseen.
Conversations at the meeting place of science, ancient knowledge, and the life within us.
Dr. Michele Burklund, ND · Naturopathic physician
Conversations with Dr. Michele Burklund.
A naturopathic physician’s podcast on science, traditional knowledge, and the human experience. Watch the interviews, listen to the audio, or read the transcripts.
Science & the body·Plants & tradition·Spirit & consciousness·Life & transformation
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A functional and naturopathic look at hormones, testing, and being heard.
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With Ramsay Taum
Hawaiian wisdom on Ho’oponopono and the practice of making things right.
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With Dr. Gerald Pollack
Exclusion-zone water, light, and the questions behind his fourth-phase model.
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With Lauren Mahana
The seven gates of pregnancy, birth, and becoming.
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With Dr. Nasha Winters
One physician’s perspective on metabolism, body ecology, and her own experience of cancer.
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Spirit · Simplicity · The natural worldThe Medicine of Unlearning — Dr. José Stevens
What if the next step is learning to get out of our own way? José Stevens shares what ten years of apprenticeship taught him about spirit, simplicity, and listening to the living world.
“I’ve had to learn to simplify,
Dr. José Stevens · From the conversation ↗
simplify, simplify.”
There is more to the conversation
The physical is
one part of the story.
I’m a physician who believes our physical bodies are one part of a much larger human experience. Our emotions, relationships, spiritual lives, and the energy we feel in the world belong in the conversation, too.
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I still don’t know. That is what draws me to these conversations: the meeting place of scientific inquiry, ancient knowledge, and lived experience—and the questions that remain open.
The woman behind the conversations
I’m Dr. Michele Burklund.
I’m a naturopathic physician whose work brings together women’s health, botanical and functional medicine, and the physical experience of grief.
I’m drawn to the medicine we can study, and to the experiences that never quite fit on a lab report.
The energy you feel in someone’s presence. The sense of belonging you find among trees. The way a familiar scent, a meaningful ritual, or being deeply heard can change how a moment feels.
To me, healing is also a relationship—with the body, with nature, with one another, and with the parts of ourselves we are still learning to understand. Untold Medicine is where I explore that relationship, with science, traditional wisdom, intuition, and spirit all welcome.
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Sit down. Tune in.
Come back to yourself.
Our listening ritual begins with a comfortable seat and a pair of wired headphones. Set your phone down, quiet the notifications, and take one unhurried breath.
Become attuned to your own energy and the conversation unfolding. Let it be the only thing asking for your attention. A little space to feel, to question, and to notice what stays with you.
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