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Ground & Root Podcast

Welcome to the Ground & Root Podcast with Holistic Cancer Dietitian, Dionne Detraz. In this podcast we will explore science based & time tested holistic strategies that will enhance healing, prevent cancer, and ultimately help you have a long & healthy life.

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All Episodes

42:08

Healing Starts Within: Stress, Trauma, And Cancer Care

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2026/02/11

What if the turning point in cancer care isn’t another protocol, but a deeper conversation with your own nervous system and story? In today's episode we sit down with Integrative Psychiatrist Tracy Peng, MD to explore how stress, trauma, and suppressed emotions shape the cancer journey and why mental health support is a core part of care. We unpack the data on confidants and outcomes, the Adverse Childhood Experiences link to cancer risk, and the common pattern of people pleasing ...

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30:50

How Chronic Stress Shapes Cancer Risk And Recovery

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2026/02/04

Stress isn’t just a feeling you push past. It’s a biological signal that can suppress immune surveillance, push inflammation higher, and quietly set the stage for cancer risk and recurrence. In today's episode we're digging into the science of how cortisol, adrenaline, and pro-inflammatory cytokines change the terrain of the body, from natural killer cell activity to blood sugar, sleep, & metabolism. Plus why calming the nervous system often needs to come before diet, fasting, suppl...

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74:13

From Leukemia To Lymphoma To Life: Dean Hall On The...

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2026/01/28

In today's episode we sit down with therapist and endurance athlete Dean Hall for a raw, energizing, & inspiring story of resilience amidst a rare leukemia profile, profound grief, a lymphoma surge, & the unlikely decision to train for a 187-mile swim in 42-degree water. Dean walks us through the exact choices that shifted his trajectory, healed both of his cancers, and transformed his life. We explore practical tools you can use today, including his “Nervous System First Aid” p...

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20:14

Fasting For Resilience & Cancer Prevention

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2026/01/21

What if the most powerful resilience practice costs nothing, fits any schedule, and turns your own cells into a repair squad? In today's episode we dive into fasting as a practical, evidence-informed way to boost resilience, support treatment, and create a body environment where cancer struggles to thrive. I share step-by-step strategies to help you start safely, build metabolic flexibility, and time longer fasts for deeper benefits. Here's some of what we're covering: • why fast...

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62:25

Building Muscle To Age Well & Reduce Cancer Risk

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2026/01/14

In today's episode we are continuing the conversation around building resilience by looking at how building muscle supports healthy aging, metabolic health, and cancer prevention. I am joined by Kylie Fagnano who shares clear steps for safe strength training, protein targets, and short, effective HIIT sessions you can repeat for life. Here is some of what we cover: • muscle as a longevity organ and metabolic ally • starting from any level with safe, progressive strength • when bodyweigh...

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18:20

Harnessing Hormesis To Heal And Thrive

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2026/01/07

In today's episode we kick off the new year by reframing your 2026 health goals around using hormesis to build resilience and explain how controlled, short stressors can strengthen immunity, mood, cellular repair, & more! We share practical ways to use cold, heat, fasting, and exercise to build a body and mind that bend without breaking. • defining resilience as stable function under stress • links between stress resilience, cancer risk, and longevity • overview of hormesis and adaptive ...

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22:56

New Year Intentions That Actually Stick

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2025/12/31

As we welcome in this last day of 2025, let's talk about setting intentions that will actually stick. New Year's Resolutions rarely fail because you lack willpower—they fail because they’re built on an overloaded life and a dysregulated nervous system. We flip the script with a five-step intention-setting framework designed to support healing, prevent burnout, and make healthy changes last. As a holistic cancer dietitian, I walk through how to honor winter’s energy, learn from last year...

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22:11

Reflect, Release, Renew: A Year-End Review For...

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2025/12/24

In today's episode, on Christmas Eve, we pause for a year-end ritual that helps us reflect honestly, release what no longer serves, and welcome a healthy, aligned start to 2026. Here's some of what we're covering in today's episode: • why reflection precedes effective goal-setting • ten guided questions for your year-end review What did I learn? (skills, knowledge, awareness, etc)What did I accomplish?What would I have done differently? Why?What were the most significant events of the past ye...

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47:37

From Breast Cancer To Forest Bathing: A Filmmaker’s...

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2025/12/17

A breast cancer diagnosis can compress life into appointments, lab results, and hard choices. We explore that reality and step into the woods with filmmaker Lisa Landers, whose path through stage one breast cancer led to surgery, tamoxifen, and a powerful integrative toolkit: targeted nutrition, community support, and the restorative practice of forest bathing among the redwoods. In today's episode you will learn more about Lisa's personal healing journey as well as the power of the forest t...

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23:51

Winter Wellness, Made Simple

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2025/12/10

Winter doesn’t ask us to do more; it asks us to do what matters. In today's episode, we dig into a practical, earth-based approach to seasonal wellness where warm food, steady movement, and deeper rest work together to calm the nervous system, support digestion, and strengthen immunity during the winter months. Drawing from Ayurveda and circadian science, we translate “winter energy” into clear actions you can take this season to create better balance & optimal health, without compl...

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30:56

Aging As Radiance: Make Your Day Sacred

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2025/11/27

What if your birthday isn’t just a date on the calendar, but a powerful reset that renews joy, meaning, and courage for the year ahead? That’s the lens we bring to a candid, uplifting conversation with birthday coach and author Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming, where we trade party checklists for rituals, mindset shifts, and deeply human stories about what the day can unlock. We start by reframing birthdays as a personal new year: a 24-hour window where you get full permission to pause, step into...

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23:33

Turning 50: Practical Strategies For Healthy Aging...

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2025/11/19

Ever looked at a birthday and felt more dread than delight? We flip that script by separating the number on the cake from the real story your cells are telling. As a holistic cancer dietitian turning 50, I break down why biological age—not chronological age—drives energy, resilience, and long-term cancer risk, and how simple daily habits can slow the clock from the inside out. We map the biggest accelerators of aging plus the five high-impact pillars you can leverage today to start slo...

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31:51

From Diagnosis To Resilience: Valerie’s Integrative...

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2025/11/12

In today's episode we're sharing Valerie’s breast cancer recovery story and the integrative tools that helped her tolerate chemo, rebuild resilience, and reframe fear of recurrence. From fasting and fiber to two-minute breathing breaks, we show how small daily choices shift terrain without blame. • choosing surgery, chemo and radiation with an integrative mindset • recognizing the exposome and lifelong exposures • fasting around chemo and gut support with glutamine • hydration, gentle walkin...

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42:02

Hidden Link: Thyroid Health And Breast Cancer

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2025/11/05

Imagine if your breast cancer prevention plan is missing the organ that sets the speed for cell growth & regulates apoptosis, powers immune energy, and helps with estrogen clearance. That’s the thyroid—quietly directing the processes that keep breast tissue healthy or tip it toward risk. In today's episode we sit down with registered dietitian and functional endocrinology expert Lauren Papanos from Functional Fueling to connect the dots between thyroid hormones, breast health, and t...

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24:20

Beyond The Pink Ribbon: A Holistic Blueprint To Help...

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2025/10/29

Welcome to part 2 in our 2-part mini series focused on breast cancer. Most people know the basics of breast cancer prevention—move more, drink less alcohol, eat plants—but what happens if you were already doing all of that (& more) and yet still got breast cancer? In this episode we go beyond the standard prevention guidelines and show how your emotions, environment, and unique genetics create an inner terrain where cancer risk rises or falls, and we translate that science into clear, com...

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31:36

From Emotions To Epigenetics: Rethinking How Breast...

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2025/10/22

Welcome to part 1 in a 2 part mini-series on breast cancer. Holistic breast cancer prevention requires us to look at how biology, behavior, and context interact. In this episode we walk through the basics of breast cancer subtypes—hormone receptors and HER2 status—then connect them to what’s actually changing risk in everyday life, from circadian rhythm to detox capacity. The picture that emerges is practical and empowering: even if you “did everything right,” there are levers you can pull to...

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26:09

Community As A Cancer Healing Pillar: Christine’s...

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2025/10/17

What happens after you ring the bell and the room goes quiet? We dig into that tender space where support fades, symptoms linger, and the question becomes: how do I actually heal now? We welcome Christine Bache on today's show—Ground & Root Coach, mom of three, and triple negative breast cancer survivor— to unpack the power of community as a core pillar of recovery and long-term prevention. Christine walks us through her cancer journey and the shock of doing “everything right” befo...

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48:35

Why Energy Work Belongs in Your Cancer-Healing Toolkit

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2025/10/16

What if the most important shifts in your health start in a field you can’t see—but can absolutely feel? In today's episode we sit down with energy healer, longtime oncology social worker, & Ground & Root Coach, Vicki Landes, to explore how subtle energy shapes symptoms, resilience, and the way your body heals. Vicki shares her journey from hospital corridors and breast cancer care coordination to Jin Shin Jyutsu, Reiki, and shamanic tools, revealing why “enhancing energetic flo...

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41:13

Reclaim Your Rhythm: Light, Hormones, and Cancer...

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2025/10/15

We invited our Ground & Root Integrative Dietitian, Kaslyn Hancock, to break down how two tiny shifts—stepping outside near sunrise and blocking blue light after sunset—can reset your circadian rhythm, deepen sleep, and boost daytime energy. This isn’t another “hack.” It’s a return to the simplest timing system your biology understands, translated for modern life with phones, laptops, and late dinners. Kaslyn explains how changing light across the day programs hormones like melatonin, ser...

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24:07

Six Convictions + Four Wellness Pillars: A Holistic...

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2025/10/06

What if the real breakthrough in cancer care isn’t choosing sides, but weaving them together? We open our playbook and share six core convictions that shape everything we do at Ground & Root—from the belief that healing is always possible to the crucial difference between treating and healing. You’ll hear how we blend evidence‑based medicine with earth‑centered living, circadian rhythm support, and energetic practices to reduce burden now and reshape the terrain to help you stay cancer-fr...

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