Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul

In this fascinating episode of Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul, I sit down with Dr. Linda Bluestein, an international speaker and leading expert on Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD), Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).
With more than 20 years of medical experience, Dr. Bluestein brings a uniquely personal and professional perspective to this important conversation. Once an aspiring ballet dancer, her own experience with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome changed the course of her life and ultimately led her to become a physician devoted to helping others who live with complex hypermobility conditions.
Today she is widely respected for her work and for advancing awareness and research in hypermobility spectrum disorders, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, mast cell disorders, and performing arts medicine.
💫 In This Episode You'll Learn:
✦ What Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes actually are
✦ The important difference between being naturally flexible vs. having hEDS
✦ Why hypermobility disorders are frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed
✦ The powerful connection between EDS and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
✦ Why many patients experience medication sensitivities and unexplained symptoms
✦ How Mast Cells can contribute to the initiation and maintenance of chronic pain
Dr. Bluestein also shares her integrative framework for managing complex hypermobility conditions and discusses the misconceptions that often prevent patients from receiving proper diagnosis and care.
Whether you are living with Hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, supporting someone navigating these conditions, or simply interested in understanding the body more deeply, this conversation offers valuable insight from one of the foremost experts in the field.
You'll walk away with a deeper understanding of how these conditions affect the body - and why awareness is so important.
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Dr. Linda Bluestein has been practicing medicine for over 20 years and has helped countless people just like you restore function and improve their quality of life.  Her special interest in treating performing artists (who are at increased risk of hypermobility disorders) stems from her many years as a ballet dancer and shattered dreams of turning professional due to her own EDS.  
 
An integrative medicine physician with certification in Performing Arts Medicine, Dr. Bluestein takes a unique approach to the evaluation and treatment of this highly specialized population.
 
Regardless of how your hypermobility impacts you, from asymptomatic to polysymptomatic due to Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, hypermobility spectrum disorders, or another painful condition, Dr. Bluestein can help! 
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Working with Dr. Bluestein enables you to have less pain and be more accurately diagnosed!
 
Dr. Bluestein is an international speaker on the forefront of research on pain, hypermobility and dance medicine.  Professional services include individual telemedicine visits as well as workshops and lectures for groups. Dr. Bluestein received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine followed by the completion of an anesthesiology residency at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.  She is board-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. 
 
🌐 Connect with Dr. Linda Bluestein:
✦ Dr. Bluestein's Website: HypermobilityMD.com
✦ The Bendy Bodies Podcast
✦ YouTube @BendyBodiesPodcast
✦ Facebook @HypermobilityMD
✦ Instagram @HypermobilityMD
✦ Instagram @Bendy_Bodies
✦ Substack: @HypermobilityMD
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In this deeply moving episode, Dr. Lotte sits down with award-winning memoirist Jenny Brandemuehl, author of Forever Fly Free, to explore love, trauma, resilience, and the invisible threads that carry us through unimaginable loss.
Jenny shares the story behind her 2025 International Impact Book Award–winning memoir — beginning with her love story with Mark, their Silicon Valley life, and the devastating plane crash after takeoff from Scottsdale Airport, where he was pulled from the wreckage with life-threatening burns.
As Mark fought for his life in the Arizona Burn Center, Jenny became caregiver, advocate, and anchor for her family — navigating trauma, hope, miracles, and ultimately, profound loss.
In this conversation, you'll discover:
✦ How grief evolves over time
✦ How to hold joy and sorrow at the same time
✦ The power of healing in community and building a chosen family
✦ What it means to find love again after profound loss
✦ Whether life unfolds according to a larger script
✦ Why love is more than an emotion - it is energy
 
This episode is for anyone walking through grief, caregiving, trauma recovery, or profound life change - and for those who need a reminder that healing is possible.
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Jenny Brandemuehl is a seasoned technology executive turned memoirist, advocate, and speaker. After a distinguished corporate career, Jenny faced an unimaginable personal crisis when her husband Mark survived a devastating plane crash, sustaining life-threatening burns to over 80% of his body.
Her memoir, Forever Fly Free, chronicles their harrowing journey, with fierce vulnerability, grace, and humor, as she became his caregiver and advocate in the Arizona Burn Center. She shares with readers the profound insights she discovered about the power of hope, love and miracles, as well as learning to trust one's intuition and inner wisdom.
She's passionate about empowering women leaders, having served on the boards of the Women's Initiative for Self-Employment and Wellesley College's Business Leadership Council.
Beyond writing, Jenny is a sought-after speaker on topics like trauma, grief, resilience, and healing. A portion of her proceeds from her memoir benefits the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, reinforcing her commitment to giving back to the community she came to know so intimately.
 
🌐 Connect with Jenny Brandemuehl
✦ Jenny's Website: ForeverFlyFree.com
✦ Book ~ Forever Fly Free
✦ Instagram @Jemuehle
✦ Playlists Mentioned in Episode
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In this deeply illuminating episode of Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul, I sit down with Eimear Burke, Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD), counselling psychologist, celebrant, and priestess dedicated to Danú.
Together we explore:
✦ What Druidry truly is — beyond stereotypes
✦ The Wheel of the Year and seasonal sacred festivals
✦ The intersection of psychology and earth-based spirituality
✦ Ancient Irish myth and restoring women's voices in storytelling
✦ Ritual, ceremony, and honoring the ancestors
✦ The Druid perspective on the afterlife and reincarnation
✦ The deeper meaning of life
 
Eimear shares how Druidry serves not just as a spiritual path, but as a living value system rooted in reverence for nature, ethics, wisdom, service, and gratitude. This conversation weaves myth, land, ancestry, and consciousness into a powerful reminder that spirituality can be embodied, ecological, and deeply personal.
If you've ever felt called to ancient wisdom traditions or wondered whether Druidry might resonate with your soul, this episode offers clarity and depth.
Please like, subscribe, and share this episode with someone exploring Druidry, magic, and earth-based spirituality. 🌿
 
Your support helps the show reach more hearts around the world.❤️
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About Eimear Burke:
Eimear is the Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) and lives in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Eimear has private practice as a Counselling Psychologist and her interests in Druidry and psychology have led her to act as a Celebrant, helping people to design and enact meaningful rites of passage. She is licensed to perform legal weddings in the Republic of Ireland and can also offer non legal ceremonies.
Eimear has a deep love of the ancient Irish tales and has a passion for storytelling. She brings the old tales to new audiences, and - while remaining faithful to the stories - often examines them from new perspectives, so that listeners experience them as fresh and relevant. She particularly enjoys showing people the sacred sites of Ireland and telling the ancient tales right where they happened.
Eimear is also a Priestess dedicated to Danú in the Fellowship of Isis. She is an Arch Druidess in the Druid Clan of Dana and a member of the Noble Order of Tara.
 
🌐 Connect with Eimear Burke:
✦ Eimear's Website: Kilkennydruidry.com
✦ Order of Bards Ovates & Druids Website: Druidry.org
✦ Instagram @eimear_burke_druid
✦ Facebook @Eimear Burke – Druid and Seanchaí
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What if rhythm is one of humanity's oldest medicines?
In this illuminating episode of Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul, I sit down with renowned music therapist, author, and global rhythm leader Christine Stevens to explore how drumming and sound heal pain, regulate the nervous system, and awaken consciousness.
Drawing from neuroscience, clinical research, ancient traditions, and Christine's work in war zones, hospitals, and trauma-affected communities, this conversation reveals why rhythm has always been central to healing — and why it's returning now.
You'll hear live drum and flute demonstrations, learn how different drums affect the body and psyche, and discover how rhythm can support pain relief, addiction recovery, emotional regulation, and spiritual awakening.
This episode is both grounding and expansive — a reminder that healing doesn't always begin with words.
✨ What You'll Learn in This Episode:
✦ Why drumming is one of the oldest healing tools in human history
✦ How rhythm affects pain, trauma, addiction & the nervous system
✦ What science reveals about group drumming and stress reduction
✦ The four main drums used for healing and their unique effects
✦ Why early musical exposure shapes neurological development
✦ The spiritual symbolism of drum and flute — earth and tree
 
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Your support helps the show reach more hearts around the world.❤️
 
Thank you for being part of my conscious and curious community!
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About Christine Stevens, MSW, MA, MT-BC
Christine Stevens is the author of The Nature Sutras, Music Medicine, The Healing Drum Kit and The Art and Heart of Drum Circles. The founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, she has appeared on NBC, PBS, KTLA, Discovery Health, Living Better TV, and is a faculty for The Shift Network. As a REMO artist, she has trained facilitators from more than twenty-five countries including Iraq, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Europe. Christine has worked with Fortune 500 companies, survivors of Katrina, students at Ground Zero and led the first drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq. Her recent publication in Music and Medicine, featured sound healing for pain reduction during COVID 19 in a free online clinic she pioneered. Her year-long Global Rhythm Sangha online course features cultural rhythms from master teachers each month. Christine offers a variety of online training programs and courses including Awaken Your Rhythm and the Flute as Sound Healing which has served hundreds of people from over 35 countries.
 
🌐 Connect with Christine Stevens, MSW, MA, MT-BC:
✦ Christine's Website: ubdrumcircles.com
✦ Global Rhythm Sangha 2026 ~ Learn More
✦ Facebook @Ubdrumcircles
✦ Youtube @Ubdrumcircles
✦ Online Course ~ Awaken Your Rhythm
✦ Online Course ~ The Flute as Sound Medicine
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In this expansive and thought-provoking conversation, I'm joined by renowned herbalist, mycologist, and researcher Dr. Christopher Hobbs to explore one of the most important questions in health and healing today: Why do some people recover—while others don't?
Dr. Hobbs shares insights from decades of clinical practice and research into medicinal mushrooms, herbal medicine, and integrative healing. Together we discuss the science behind mushroom medicine, why mushrooms should always be cooked, how to choose between supplements, tinctures, powders, or food, and what modern research is revealing about microdosing.
We also explore the deeper layers of healing—belief systems, mindset, and meaning—and how these factors influence outcomes just as much as biology. The conversation weaves science with wisdom, offering a grounded yet expansive look at what true healing really requires.
In this episode, you'll discover:
✦ The real science behind medicinal mushrooms
✦ What research says about microdosing mushrooms
✦ Why mushrooms should always be cooked
✦ How to choose between supplements, tinctures, powders, or food
✦ The role belief systems and mindset play in healing outcomes
✦  How herbal medicine fits into the future of integrative healthcare
✦ Dr. Hobbs' reflections on healing, purpose, and the meaning of life
 
You'll also hear about Dr. Hobbs' Magic Mushroom course at The Shift Network, his upcoming book, and his reflections on the meaning of life itself.
If you're curious about natural healing, medicinal mushrooms, microdosing, or the deeper science behind recovery, this episode is for you. 
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About Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D, L.Ac., R.H.:
Dr. Christopher Hobbs is a fourth generation, internationally known herbalist and mycologist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, public speaker, and author of over 20 books and numerous articles with over 40 years of experience. He is the author of the recent book "Christopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms, the Essential Guide," with German and English editions. He earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley with research and publication in evolutionary biology, biogeography, phylogenetics, the chemistry of plants and fungi, and ethnobotany. Now faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
 
🌐 Connect Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D, L.Ac., R.H.:
✦ Dr. Hobbs's Website: www.christopherhobbs.com
✦ The Magic Mushroom Course with Dr. Hobbs - Learn More Here
✦ YouTube: @Chrisrhobbs
✦ Instagram: @Christopherhobbs1
✦ Facebook: @DrChristopherhobbs
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