Emeran Mayer Biological Interconnectedness
In this episode, Wendy speaks with gastroenterologist, author, and microbiome researcher Emeran Mayer. Emeran is a world renowned expert in the connections between the gut and the mind, and brings a biological lens to the concept of interconnection. This conversation covers many topics, including:\n \n \nhis interest in mind-body connection;\n \nmicrobiome overview & current questions;\n \nhow we've inherited systems of communication from microbes;\n \ngut-brain connections, and the concept of the "second brain";\n \nhow meditation might affect our microbes;\n \ngut-immune connections;\n \nthe importance of barriers, and what goes wrong in "leaky gut";\n \nbarrier compromise as common core of nearly all chronic disorders;\n \nstress and diet as key factors affecting our gut permeability;\n \nwhat we can do to protect our gut;\n \nequity issues around healthy food access;\n \nthe gut as a sense organ;\n \nreductions in the diversity of microbes on the planet;\n \nthe role of antibiotics and environmental destruction;\n \ndevelopment of the microbiome in pregnancy and infancy;\n \nimplications for our concept of self;\n \nbalance between reductionism and embracing complexity in science;\n \nand the need for more of the feminine archetype in our world.\nFull show notes and resources