Hey friend,

The last two weeks have been busy on the show, so this one is a catch-up. Three new episodes from three providers who all explain something most people have been told is fine when it absolutely isn't. Hearing. Nerves. Skin. Different parts of the body, same pattern: the conventional answer is shallow, and the people doing this work right have a much better one.

"I can hear, but I can't understand": Hearing in Pregnancy, Tinnitus, and the Brain Side of Audiology with Melissa Baker (Owner) and Dr. Libby Benson, Audiologists — Baker Audiology & Hearing Aids, Sioux Falls

Most people walk into an audiology clinic saying the exact same sentence: "I can hear, but I just can't understand." The hearing industry has spent 30 years treating that like a device problem. Louder amplifier. Fancier hearing aid. Done. Melissa Baker and Dr. Libby Benson take it apart in this episode. It's a brain problem first, a body problem second, and a timing problem third. Why pregnancy and menopause can both accelerate hearing loss most clinicians never warn women about. Why a baseline test in your 20s or 30s is the single most useful thing you can do for your future hearing. What LACE auditory training actually is, and why Baker Audiology is the only practice in the region offering it. Plus why tinnitus is rarely just tinnitus, and the truth about Q-tips, ear candling, and the rituals that quietly make things worse.

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Reverse Peripheral Neuropathy: 6 Things Your Nerves Need to Heal (That Gabapentin Misses) with Dr. Jordan Stenzel, DC — Stenzel Chiropractic Clinic, Mapleton + Mankato, MN

Peripheral neuropathy is not a nerve disease. Dr. Jordan Stenzel calls it "frostbite from the inside out" — a systemic metabolic breakdown that ends at the nerve. Gabapentin doesn't fix it; it just turns down the volume so you don't feel what's still happening. In this episode, Jordan walks through the six requirements a nerve needs to live, grow, and thrive, the metformin and B12 trap that nobody is told about, the GLP-1 risk no one is talking about, and the 30-30-30 rule for blood sugar that changes everything downstream. If you (or someone you love) has been told "take the gabapentin and learn to live with it," share this one. There's a much different answer.

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When Is a Facial More Than a Facial? HydraFacial, Oxygen, and Nervous System Skin with Sheri Roelfsema (Owner), Ashley Peterson, and Meg Hammer (Licensed Estheticians) — Radiance Day Spa, Sioux Falls

Two people can lie down for the exact same treatment and walk out with completely different skin. Sheri Roelfsema and her team at Radiance settle the HydraFacial vs oxygen facial debate, but the bigger point is the nervous system one: what your body is willing to absorb is governed by whether it feels safe. The foot bath isn't a frill. The lighting isn't a frill. The cortisol pattern of the person on the table is the variable that makes or breaks the result. Plus the 4-6 week skin cycle (and why facial-once-a-year doesn't do what people think it does), the cortisol-skin barrier connection, and 8 facial myths debunked. If you've been writing off facials as fluff, this one will change how you think about them.

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Three episodes. Three providers. Share with anyone who's been told they're fine when they don't feel fine.

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Here's what's on deck this week: supplements (what actually works, what's just expensive pee) and a conversation on pre- and post-natal depression — the one most expecting and new moms need and almost no one is having.

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The line is open,

Melissa Goodwin

Dialed In Health, Host | Vitality Growth Labs