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Orthodox Health

Dr. Michael Kuhn

How do we care for body, mind, & soul in Christ? Orthodox Health explores the patristic wisdom of the Eastern Orthodox Church for holistic well-being. Dive into Orthodox Christian theology & alternative health. We explore the biological & spiritual power of liturgical fasting, traditional nutrition, functional medicine, hesychastic prayer, & longevity, while exposing wellness counterfeits, New Age deceptions, & spiritual warfare. Break free from a consumer industry &

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01:14:23

Your Body Is NOT a Machine: The Orthodox Answer to...

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2026/05/18

Modern medicine often treats the body like a machine. New Age wellness treats the body like energy. Orthodoxy gives us something deeper than both.In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John ask the question underneath the entire post-Pascha body arc: What is the body?They discuss the machine model of modern medicine, the New Age reaction to medical reductionism, biohacking, HRV trackers, chronic illness, Orthodox fasting, Father Stephen De Young’s body-soul

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01:21:30

Alignment & Asceticism: Healing the Body in Christ |...

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2026/05/11

What does chiropractic have to do with Orthodoxy, the body, pain, stress, & healing?In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John continue the post-Pascha Body Arc with Dr. Christian Nelson, DC, an Orthodox Christian chiropractor & founder of Advocate Wellness TX. Together they discuss pain, posture, nervous system patterns, stress, the esoteric roots of chiropractic, & why healing the body must be ordered toward communion with God, not merely

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01:09:56

Your Body Is Not Broken: Pain, Rehab & the...

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2026/05/04

What if your body isn’t broken, but protecting you?In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John continue the Post-Pascha Body Arc with Dr. Edgar Urilov, a physical therapist &Orthodox Christian, for a conversation on pain, fascia, rehab, stress, & the body that will be raised.After speaking with Buck Johnson about emergency care & Nicholas Cerean about strength & askesis, this episode asks the next necessary question: what happens when the body

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01:15:17

Strength After Pascha: Streetlifting & the...

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2026/04/27

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John sit down with USA streetlifting record holder Nicholas Cerean to talk about strength, discipline, fasting, injury, humility, & the body in light of the Resurrection. This is a conversation about the Christian body after Pascha: not as an idol, not as an afterthought, but as something to be offered back to God. Nicholas shares his journey from Romanian Pentecostal roots into Orthodoxy, how he discovered

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01:21:04

The Bodily Resurrection & the Reality of Emergency...

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2026/04/20

Christ is Risen!In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Michael Christian & John welcome Buck Johnson of the Counterflow Podcast to open the new Orthodox Health “Body Arc.”Buck is known to many as a podcaster, but he has spent over 2 decades as a first responder, making him the perfect first guest for a post-Pascha conversation on the body, because Pascha is not an escape from the body. Christ rises bodily, & the Resurrection reveals that the body is not disposable.This

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01:00:29

The 11th Hour: How to Walk Into Pascha Without Losing...

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2026/04/06

Holy Week is not a reward for people who “nailed Lent.” It is medicine for the weak. In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John walk from Lazarus Saturday to Pascha as a field guide for real people: those who are exhausted, behind, scattered, ashamed, or tempted to turn the fast into obsession. They unpack Lazarus Saturday as truth & return, Palm Sunday as a warning against unstable zeal, the end-of-Lent traps of control, judgment, & despair, & the

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01:12:14

The Fast From Noise: Women’s Mental Health in Lent w/...

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2026/03/30

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian is joined by guest co-host Gavin McCort, RDN, & Dr. Robyn Middleton, PhD to explore women’s mental health during Lent... covering anxiety, burnout, stress, perfectionism, distraction, & how the Jesus Prayer restores peace in a noisy, overstimulated world.It connects Orthodox spirituality with real-world mental health, including Robyn’s research on the Jesus Prayer, breathwork, vagus nerve stimulation, & heart rate

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01:18:29

The Hidden Battle of Lent: Men, Temptation, &...

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2026/03/23

Most men don’t fail Lent because of food.They fail because they can’t sit still with their own mind.In this episode of The Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John are joined by Jonathan Lewis (The Tested Man) to break down the real battle of Lent... not physical, but mental & spiritual.When the noise drops... no constant stimulation, no comfort eating, no distraction... what’s left?For many men:anxietycompulsive scrollinglustangerlow-grade restlessnessAnd instead of facing it,

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01:18:43

The Sanctified Womb: Women's Health, Fasting, & Peace...

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2026/03/16

Women are not tiny men.In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John, are joined by Khouria Cathryn Barker, RN of The Sanctified Womb to unpack a neglected but urgent topic: women’s health, fasting, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, recovery, & peace from a distinctly Orthodox perspective.Khouria Cathryn explains why women cannot simply approach fasting like men, why season of life matters, & why the Church has never taught a legalistic, one-size-fits-all

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01:14:59

Discipline, Testosterone, & the Fast: Men’s Health...

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2026/03/09

Is Lent lowering testosterone… or exposing weak discipline?In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John are re-joined by Gavin McCort of Temple Builder Fitness to discuss the real foundations of male strength: discipline, asceticism, training, & responsibility.Modern culture talks endlessly about the testosterone crisis, declining male strength, and collapsing masculinity. But what if the real problem isn't hormonal... it's spiritual &

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01:03:11

Minimum Effective Lent: A Practical Orthodox Rule for...

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2026/03/02

What is the minimum effective dose of Lent?If you’re overwhelmed by strict fasting rules, long services, & seemingly unrealistic expectations... this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast gives you a grounded, strategic framework for a Lent that actually transforms you.Dr. Michael Christian & John break down a “Minimum Effective Lent” protocol... the smallest viable ascetical rule that still moves you toward repentance, discipline, & Christ.This is not bio-hacking Lent.It’s reclaiming

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01:23:17

Repentance is a Miracle: Forgiveness Is the Doorway...

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2026/02/23

The Church does not begin Great Lent with a productivity plan, a diet, or a heroic list. She begins Lent with a doorway... forgiveness. In this Forgiveness Sunday episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John sit back down with Fr. John Wehling to unpack why forgiveness isn’t sentimental, why it isn’t the same as reconciliation or access, & how the Rite of Forgiveness trains the heart for real repentance.Fr. John ties Forgiveness Sunday to the Expulsion of Adam from

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01:32:09

Sunday of the Last Judgment: Mercy or Self-Deception?...

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2026/02/16

The Sunday of the Last Judgment isn’t just about the end of the world... it’s about the end of your excuses.As we approach Great Lent, Fr. John Peck joins Dr. Michael Christian & John on the Orthodox Health Podcast to unpack the Gospel of Meatfare Sunday & the subtle spiritual danger that keeps most of us from repentance: delay. The demon’s best lie isn’t that God isn’t merciful... it’s that you have time to wait.In this episode we discuss:The urgency of repentance in the TriodionWhy

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01:26:28

The Prodigal Son: Repentance & the Healing of the...

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2026/02/09

What if repentance isn’t about punishment, shame, or self-improvement... but about coming home?In this episode, Dr. Michael Christian & John are joined by Fr. Michael Butler (Avg2Alpha) for a deep, pastoral conversation on the Parable of the Prodigal Son & the Church’s wisdom in placing it at the heart of the Triodion, just before Great Lent begins.Together, they explore repentance not as despair or moral failure, but as return... a healing movement of the whole person: body, soul, &

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01:17:10

The Sin of Being “Right”: Humility as Medicine w/ Fr....

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2026/02/02

We’re kicking off our 4-week Triodion mini-arc leading into Great Lent with a return guest, Fr. Zechariah Lynch, for the Sunday of the Publican & the Pharisee (Luke 18:9–14).The Church begins here for a reason: you can do “Orthodox things” with the wrong spirit. This parable is the first warning before the fast... don’t turn prayer, discipline, or fasting into a spiritual performance.The Publican’s whole prayer is one sentence, but it dismantles the ego: “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”We

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01:29:11

Healing in a Sanctified World: Herbs, Winter, &...

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2026/01/26

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John are joined by clinical herbalist Presvytera Krystina Valadez to explore healing through an Orthodox Christian lens... cutting through both modern medical reductionism & New Age “wellness” spirituality.This is a conversation about right order: herbs without magic, prayer without superstition, suffering without despair, & healing rooted in faith, sacrament, & community.We talk about using herbs in their proper

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00:59:23

The Spiritual Root of Winter Immunity: Order, Fear, &...

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2026/01/19

Winter isn’t an emergency, it’s a season.In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John unpack what Theophany proclaims about reality: creation is sanctified, the body matters, & health can’t be reduced to control, hacks, or fear.We contrast communion logic vs. control logic, explain why modern life turns winter into a panic cycle (overstimulation, stress debt, broken sleep, constant vigilance), & lay out the Church’s “winter plan”: humility, rhythm, prayer,

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01:00:36

Sanctified Matter: Living After Theophany

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2026/01/12

What if Theophany isn’t just a feast you celebrate... what if it’s a new reality you’re supposed to live from? In this episode, Dr. Michael Christian & co-host John unpack how Orthodox Christianity rejects both “flat secular materialism” & escapist spirituality, & why that matters for your body, nervous system, sleep, food, home, & daily rhythms.You’ll hear why “sanctified matter” isn’t superstition or symbolism, how holy water points to a life of cooperation with God, & why

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01:23:34

From Willpower to Worship, Building Habits that Heal

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2026/01/05

January is when modern culture tries to “punish itself into purity.” In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Mike & John dismantle the New Year, New Me courtroom & replace it with something actually Orthodox: repentance, rhythm, & repair.This is not a hype plan. It’s a Rule of Life approach to health: habits that support prayer, stabilize the nervous system, & make you more capable of love instead of more rigid, reactive, & self-absorbed.Takeaways:Why January

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01:07:01

12 Days, Not 12 Pounds of Christmas How to Feast...

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2025/12/29

Christ is born. Glorify Him.The Church does not give us the feast so that we can fall apart... & then punish ourselves in January.In this episode of The Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John walk through the often-ignored stretch from Nativity to Theophany & ask a different question than the culture does:How do we feast like Christians... without burning out our bodies, numbing our souls, or turning January into a war on ourselves?This is not about dieting.It’s not about

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