Energized with Dr. Mariza

What if your chronic pain, migraines, anxiety, fatigue, IBS, or other persistent symptoms aren't permanent at all?

In this fascinating conversation, Dr. Mariza sits down with Dr. Howard Schubiner, physician, researcher, and leading expert in neuroplastic symptoms, to explore a groundbreaking approach that is helping people reverse chronic pain and other conditions long considered lifelong and irreversible.

Dr. Schubiner explains how the brain creates pain as a protective danger signal, why emotional injuries can activate the same neural pathways as physical injuries, and how unresolved trauma, chronic stress, adverse childhood experiences, and self-silencing can contribute to chronic symptoms years or even decades later.

Together, they discuss the growing body of research around neuroplastic pain, the connection between emotions and physical symptoms, and why many people continue suffering despite normal scans, medications, and conventional treatments.

Dr. Mariza also shares her own experience with chronic migraines, leading to a powerful live demonstration of how pain reprocessing techniques can begin shifting the brain's expectations and neural patterns in real time.

This conversation offers hope for anyone who has been told they simply need to manage their symptoms for the rest of their life.

HOWARD SCHUBINER

Dr. Howard Schubiner is a physician, researcher, educator, and one of the leading voices in the field of neuroplastic symptoms. He is the author of Unlearn Your Pain and has spent decades helping patients recover from chronic pain, migraines, fibromyalgia, IBS, anxiety, chronic fatigue, and other conditions through evidence-based approaches rooted in neuroscience, emotional processing, and neuroplasticity.

IN THIS EPISODE

What neuroplastic symptoms are and why they are often misunderstood

How childhood experiences, trauma, and chronic stress can contribute to chronic pain

Why migraines, IBS, fibromyalgia, anxiety, and fatigue may share similar brain-based mechanisms

The powerful connection between emotions and physical symptoms

How pain reprocessing therapy helps retrain the brain's danger signals

Why self-silencing and people-pleasing often show up in women with chronic symptoms

The role of emotional awareness and expression in healing

A live demonstration of changing neural pathways through visualization and safety signals

QUOTES“Pain can be a message that our brain sends.”

“Emotional injury causes the same parts of the brain to light up as physical injury.”

“Chronic pain is not necessarily a life sentence.”

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What if the foods marketed as “healthy” are actually contributing to the very symptoms so many women are struggling with today?

In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Mariza sits down with Julia Putzeys, certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and founder of the Trash Panda app, to expose the hidden reality of ultra-processed foods and how they impact energy, hormones, metabolism, mood, inflammation, and long-term health.

Together, they unpack the confusing world of food marketing, ingredient labels, food additives, artificial flavors, seed oils, and the growing prevalence of ultra-processed foods in the modern food supply. Julia shares her own journey from believing she was eating healthy to discovering how many seemingly nutritious products were filled with ingredients that offered little nourishment and often contributed to poor health outcomes.

They also discuss the powerful mindset shift from calorie counting and restriction toward nourishment, nutrient density, and real food. As mothers, both Dr. Mariza and Julia share practical strategies for helping children develop a healthier relationship with food while avoiding the traps of hyper-palatable, addictive processed products.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed at the grocery store or questioned whether the foods in your pantry are actually supporting your health, this episode offers practical guidance and empowering tools to help you make more informed choices.

JULIA PUTZEYS

Julia Putzeys is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, founder of the Trash Panda app, and mother of three. Combining her background in software product management with her passion for nutrition, Julia created Trash Panda to help consumers quickly identify potentially harmful ingredients in packaged foods and discover healthier alternatives. Her mission is to make ingredient transparency and healthier food choices more accessible to families everywhere.

IN THIS EPISODE

Why over 70% of grocery store products are considered ultra-processed foods

The difference between processed foods and ultra-processed foods

How food additives, flavorings, and dyes impact cravings, behavior, and long-term health

Why calorie counting often distracts us from focusing on true nourishment

The connection between ultra-processed foods, inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and chronic disease

How food marketing creates confusion around what is actually healthy

Practical strategies for helping children develop healthier eating habits

How the Trash Panda app helps consumers identify healthier food swaps

QUOTES“Eating whole food means reading the ingredients, not just the nutrition label.”

“Your body becomes addicted to ultra-processed foods because they’re designed that way.”

“When I started focusing on real food, I had so much less food noise.”

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“What if your bloating, fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, stubborn weight gain, and hormone symptoms are actually starting in your gut?”

In this episode, Dr. Mariza sits down with Dr. Cassie Smith — dual board-certified endocrinologist, founder of Modern Endocrine, and author of Fix Your Gut, Fix Your Hormones — to unpack the powerful connection between gut health, hormone balance, stress, metabolism, inflammation, and reproductive health.

Together, they dive into how chronic stress, poor gut health, blood sugar dysregulation, inflammation, and lifestyle overload silently impact everything from cortisol and insulin to estrogen, progesterone, thyroid function, and fertility.

Dr. Cassie explains why so many women are told their labs are “normal” while still feeling exhausted, bloated, anxious, inflamed, and disconnected from their bodies — and why gut dysfunction is often the missing piece conventional medicine overlooks.

They also explore the growing metabolic and hormonal crisis happening in younger women, the connection between PCOS, insulin resistance, gut dysfunction, and birth control, and why many women are struggling to restore healthy cycles and fertility later in life.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that hormones do not work in isolation. Your gut, nervous system, metabolism, sleep, stress resilience, and hormones are all deeply interconnected.

If you’ve been feeling like your body is trying to tell you something but nobody has connected the dots yet, this episode will help you understand where healing truly begins.

DR. CASSIE SMITH

Dr. Cassie Smith is a dual board-certified endocrinologist and the founder of Modern Endocrine. After becoming frustrated with the limitations of conventional medicine, she built a practice focused on uncovering the root causes behind hormone dysfunction, metabolic issues, fertility struggles, and gut-related symptoms. She is also the author of the book Fix Your Gut, Fix Your Hormones.

IN THIS EPISODE



Why chronic stress has such a powerful impact on gut health and hormones



How gut dysfunction contributes to fatigue, brain fog, bloating, anxiety, and weight resistance



The connection between estrogen decline, microbiome diversity, and inflammation



Why insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction are rising in younger women



The hidden relationship between PCOS, gut health, cortisol, and fertility



Why birth control is often used as a Band-Aid instead of addressing root causes



The foundational lifestyle habits that support gut and hormone healing



Why slowing down, resting, and reducing nervous system overload matters for recovery

QUOTES

“Your hormones are doing the best they can in the environment you give them.”

“It doesn’t matter how many supplements or hormones we throw at you if the foundations aren’t in place.”

“Your gut is where all healing begins.”

“Your body cannot heal in survival mode.”

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“What if the exhaustion, brain fog, low libido, and metabolic changes women experience in midlife are actually rooted in a deeper cellular energy crisis?”

In this episode, Dr. Mariza sits down with Dr. Andrew Salzman — physician, inventor, biochemical engineer, and Chief Scientific Officer of Wonderfeel — to unpack the powerful connection between NAD, mitochondrial health, inflammation, ovarian aging, gut integrity, nitric oxide, and the dramatic energy shifts women experience during perimenopause and menopause.

Dr. Salzman explains why menopause represents a major biological inflection point for women and how declining NAD levels may be contributing to fatigue, brain fog, poor recovery, metabolic dysfunction, sleep issues, reduced stress resilience, cardiovascular changes, and shifts in sexual health.

Together, they explore the evolutionary role of menopause, why ovarian senescence accelerates aging pathways, how inflammation and the enzyme CD38 rapidly deplete NAD stores, and why the gut microbiome may be one of the biggest drivers of inflammation and energy decline in modern women.

They also dive into nitric oxide production, cardiovascular health, the brain’s dependence on NAD for sleep and cognitive function, and why ingredients like NMN and creatine are gaining attention for supporting healthy aging and resilience in midlife.

If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and thought, “I don’t feel like myself anymore,” this conversation will help connect the dots between your symptoms, your mitochondria, and your long-term vitality.

ANDREW SALZMAN

Dr. Andrew Salzman is a physician, inventor, biochemical engineer, and the Chief Scientific Officer of Wonderfeel. With more than 30 years of experience in drug discovery and development, over 170 scientific publications, and more than 50 patents, Dr. Salzman has spent decades studying aging biology, inflammation, cellular resilience, nitric oxide signaling, and mitochondrial health

IN THIS EPISODE

Why menopause is a major biological inflection point for women

How declining NAD levels impact energy, metabolism, sleep, and brain function

Why CD38 accelerates inflammation and NAD depletion during aging

The surprising connection between gut health, inflammation, and menopause symptoms

How estrogen decline contributes to leaky gut and systemic inflammation

Why nitric oxide is essential for circulation, libido, cardiovascular health, and cognition

The role of NAD in circadian rhythm, sleep quality, and stress resilience

Why NMN and creatine are gaining attention for healthy aging and vitality

QUOTES“Menopause will happen, but the question is: how do we maintain vibrancy and resilience through it?”

“NAD is the common currency that drives energy throughout the body.”

“The gut is the foundational driver of inflammation as we age.”

“Without NADPH, you don’t have nitric oxide production.”

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“What if the life you worked so hard to build is also the thing quietly burning you out?”

In this episode, Dr. Mariza sits down with Brooke Taylor to unpack the hidden emotional patterns driving burnout, overachievement, perfectionism, and chronic stress in high-performing women.

Brooke shares her deeply personal story—from climbing the corporate ladder at Google while battling addiction, burnout, and health issues—to ultimately discovering what she now calls the “Success Wound.” Together, they explore how so many women unconsciously tie their worth, safety, belonging, and identity to achievement… until their body can no longer sustain the pressure.

They dive into the emotional roots of over-functioning, the nervous system impact of constantly “doing,” and why midlife often becomes the moment women can no longer outrun themselves. Brooke also shares practical tools to identify your own success wound patterns, regulate your nervous system, reconnect to your true self, and move from manic ambition into aligned ambition.

If you’ve ever felt exhausted despite accomplishing so much… if you’ve struggled to slow down, feel present, or believe you’re enough without constantly proving yourself… this conversation will hit deeply.

BROOKE TAYLOR

Brooke Taylor is a transformational career coach, speaker, and former Google marketing lead who has helped over 5,000 high-performing women redefine success on their own terms. After experiencing burnout, addiction, and deep emotional reckoning in her own life, Brooke developed the framework she now calls the “Success Wound” to help women break free from overachievement patterns and reconnect to fulfillment, purpose, and self-worth.

IN THIS EPISODE

What the “Success Wound” actually is—and how it develops

Why high-achieving women often tie worthiness to productivity

The hidden connection between burnout, perfectionism, and chronic stress

How childhood conditioning shapes our relationship with achievement

The 5 success wound archetypes: Grinder, Pleaser, Hider, Seeker, and Work Hard/Play Hard

Why perimenopause can intensify emotional and nervous system burnout

The difference between manic ambition and aligned ambition

Practical tools to regulate your nervous system and reconnect to your true self

Why healing your success wound is lifelong work—not a quick fix

QUOTES“The more that I succeeded, the more love, belonging, and approval I would get.”

“We don’t rise to the level of our confidence. We fall to the level of our self-worth.”

“You are not working from the most powerful part of yourself when you’re working from fear.”

“There is nothing wrong with your ambition. It’s the way your worth became tied to it that needs healing.”

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