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This week’s guest is Dan Strelan. He’s a health coach and expert in nutritional medicine who lives in the beautiful Blue Mountains of Australia. He gathers his own spring water and showers in waterfalls. You really get to experience his calming, creative, and thoughtful personality in this interview as he leads us through a philosophical exploration of our own meaning making in life to the science behind ingesting worms to heal your gut. A journey he’s personally been on, in addition to his clients, to heal from gluten intolerance and sensitivity.

We start out this episode philosophizing about the meaning making humans imbue on all aspects of life. Dan takes us through different perspectives that he rates on a scale of effectiveness in helping us alleviate suffering. We spend a bit of time establishing the foundation of the entire discussion. That is, uncovering our true human nature is a life long self discovery process that includes physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing in order to thrive.

We explore how that wellbeing increases when we align ourselves with the natural cycles of our world - the Earth, the seasons - and recognize that we’re part of a living ecosystem. When that ecosystem flourishes, we do to. To the contrary, we also explore how our wellbeing can decrease when we’re out of alignment with the natural flow of Earth and how many of our societal systems and cultural conditionings have taken us away from our true nature.

As part of this human nature in alignment with nature discussion, Dan gives us tangible advice for awakening to our own truth, healing our gut through Helminths therapy (that is, ingesting a certain type of worm that restores our gut ecosystem), and for how creation plays a role in healing our bodies. We wrap up with exploring how the natural cycles of order and chaos in life parallel co-creating music - when you jam with other people, unprescribed, you experience cycles of order and chaos. When you trust the cycles and let go, you find the freedom of creative flow.

Ultimately, Dan says the starting point for healing our bodies is by truly listening to our emotions. Then, the hidden wisdom of our bodies emerges and we can truly grow.

Throughout this episode, Dan lists a host of informational resources, so feel free to check out the show notes for links to those and to learn how you can work with him.