HYDRATE with Tracy Duhs

Can you love someone you don't agree with?I preach the Bible and Jesus' love on this show. And I invited a transgender woman back on it. Why? Because we are called to love people, and it breaks my heart watching every difference get used to divide us.This week, I sat down again with Daviana Memont, a former Marine, powerlifter and strength coach who took her first hormone injection at 46. She first felt something different at six. Then she hid it from everyone, her own family included, until her mid-40s, because growing up in the '80s, even a feminine boy got bullied.She doesn't demand your pronouns. You want to call her he/him? Go right ahead. She prefers she/her, but she's not going to get mad at you. In her words: "I don't offend people. People get offended."Here's what blew my mind: when her first video went up, thousands of hateful comments poured in. She blocked everyone. A couple of days later, she unblocked every single one of them, and started answering the hate with humor.We also get into who she dates (wait until you hear about her DMs), why she says no to kids transitioning, and why she believes trans women don't belong in women's sports, and calls herself the perfect example.This conversation will change how you think about loving people you disagree with.What we talk about:• Why I invited a trans woman back onto a show that preaches Jesus' love• Transitioning at 46, and the feeling she first had at six• Who she dates, and the straight women sliding into her DMs• Why she says no to kids transitioning, and what her daughter said• Thousands of hateful comments, and why she answers them with humor• Women's sports and the WNBA draft bids of Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White• "I don't offend people. People get offended."• What her Marine buddies really thinkChapters:00:00 Coming up01:10 Welcome back, Daviana02:30 The elephant in the room: faith and loving across divides05:07 Transitioning at 46, and a feeling she first had at six13:00 Why she joined the Marine Corps17:31 Who Daviana dates24:35 Implants, and why she's skipping bottom surgery27:10 "I'm a biological man": pronouns and the flak she gets32:46 Why she says no to kids transitioning34:37 Telling her daughter36:42 Thousands of hateful comments, answered with humor41:20 Called to love, and double standards47:33 Trans women in women's sports51:11 The WNBA draft and "What is a woman?"57:02 Offense vs. freedom of speech62:51 What she'd tell her six-year-old self65:32 What people get wrong about transitioning66:40 What her Marine buddies thinkListen to HYDRATE with Tracy Duhs on your favorite podcast platform.Our first conversation (Ep. 20): https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/hydratewithtracyduhs/episodes/Trans-Identity--Pronouns--Bathrooms--Youth-Transitioning--Sports-ft--Daviana-Memont--Ep--20-e35fdikConnect with Daviana:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strengthdiscovery/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Daviana78Coaching & links: https://linktr.ee/strengthdiscoveryConnect with Tracy:Website: https://tracyduhs.com/Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/

What if the best filler you could put in your face was already running through your veins?I flew from San Diego to Connecticut to find out. This week, I sat down with Daurie Marsden, DNP, a nurse anesthetist turned regenerative aesthetics expert, founder of Hailo Medical, and, according to a doctor friend of mine, one of the best injectors in the world. She opened Hailo thinking it would be a fun little side thing. It turned into a crusade for the kind of self-care she knew she needed herself.The day before we recorded, she drew my blood, spun it down, cooked part of my plasma into a gel, and put it back into my face along with my own exosomes. Yes, I'm puffy. Less than 24 hours, you guys.Here's what blew my mind: every milliliter held about 800 billion of my own exosomes, and she had 10 to 11 ml to work with. A syringe of filler is usually one. No salmon sperm. No mystery lab. From you, for you.Then she dropped a bomb about why your Botox might not be lasting like it used to, and it isn't always the product.After hearing this, you'll never look at a "quick fix" the same way again.What we talk about:
Why I flew across the country instead of getting PRP on Groupon
How your own plasma gets "cooked" into a natural biofiller
Autologous exosomes vs. salmon sperm PDRN, and knowing exactly what goes in
How a recent illness or GLP-1s can change how long Botox lasts
Ozempic face, hair loss, and why protein and hydration matter so much
Why 85% of your results come from what you do at home
Sculptra vs. Radiesse vs. HA filler, explained like watercolor and oil paint
Skin tacking, RF devices, and why the injector matters more than the machine
Listen to HYDRATE with Tracy Duhs on your favorite podcast platform.Connect with Daurie:Hailo Medical: https://hailomedical.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hailomedical/Book with Hailo: https://hailo.myaestheticrecord.com/Connect with Tracy:Website: https://tracyduhs.com/Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/

You'd expect an egg to crack under a blowtorch. But what if a coating could protect what's inside?This week, inventor Ian Mitchell showed up at my house with Everclear, a blowtorch, and a compound his team calls “Egg Armor.” At 10 in the morning. Naturally, we turned my kitchen into a science lab.We started with an ordinary egg. It cracked in less than four seconds. Then came the coated egg, the stopwatch, and a very different result. Watching the outside glow was one thing. Seeing what was inside afterward was another.Ian explains how a project involving carbon-negative concrete led him to develop this heat-reactive coating, and why it expands when heated. We also get into the real-world problems he hopes materials like this could help solve.Stay for the reveal—and the moment our producer asks, “Can we eat that right now?” Apparently, a kitchen experiment can turn into breakfast.You'll never look at an ordinary egg quite the same way.Subscribe for more experiments and conversations on HYDRATE with Tracy Duhs.Watch my lab visit with Ian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvHYldfMgK8Connect with Ian:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmitchell1/Wizard Sciences: https://wizardsciences.com/Connect with Tracy:Website: https://tracyduhs.com/Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/

What if the material for a facial filler could come from your own blood?
This week I sat down with Ian Mitchell, founder of Wizard Sciences, at ECORE in Encinitas. He walked me through an idea I had a lot of questions about: a gel made from your own plasma and what he calls “day-zero” stem cells.
I wanted to know how that differs from PRP, what he means by waking up dormant cells, and where the laser comes in. His explanation took us from stem cells to tuning forks, light, and the word we kept coming back to: coherence.
I also share what I noticed after an earlier treatment on my hip and wrist. Then we head into the treatment room for my shoulder. You’ll see the injection, the laser session, and my immediate reaction as it happens.
And because it’s Ian, we take a few detours. We talk about the connections he sees between music, architecture, and chemistry; his work with C60; and his theories about water and cellular energy. He also describes the sprout experiment behind his views on structured water.
Stay through the end to come into the treatment room with us.
What we talk about:
• The plasma-and-stem-cell gel Ian describes as an alternative to filler
• What he means by “day-zero” cells and how he distinguishes them from PRP
• My earlier hip and wrist treatment experience
• Photobiomodulation: Ian’s explanation of light and cellular function
• Coherence, tuning forks, and the patterns he sees across disciplines
• C60, mitochondria, and why cellular energy interests him
• His views on water, ATP, and the sprout experiment
• My shoulder injection and laser session, filmed in the treatment room
Chapters:
00:00 – Meeting Ian at ECORE
00:45 – Filler made from your own blood?
02:21 – What Ian means by “day-zero” stem cells
04:07 – My previous hip and wrist treatment
06:34 – Light, cells, and photobiomodulation
09:16 – Coherence and the tuning-fork analogy
12:42 – Music, architecture, and chemistry
20:56 – C60 and mitochondria
26:19 – Ian’s theories about water and cellular energy
29:26 – The sprout experiment he describes
33:57 – How Ian explains today’s treatment
35:44 – Into the treatment room: my shoulder

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Episode Links:
Ian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmitchell1/
Wizard Sciences: https://wizardsciences.com/

Connect with Tracy:
Website: https://tracyduhs.com/
Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/
Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/

Have you ever had a moment where everything you built your life on just gave out underneath you?
I have. And I've never told you the whole story — until now.
No guest this week. Just me, and the night I ended up on my kitchen floor. I was 38. A 13-year marriage was dissolving. I had two little girls and no idea who to call. So I called out to Jesus, over and over and over. My mom taught me there's power in that name, and in that moment it was the only lifeline I had.
Here's the part that still stings: when the marriage ended, I lost my church too. Divorce was taboo there. The people I thought were my family stopped feeling like family, and I was completely alone.
Then I felt God nudging me toward a podcast. I was terrified nobody would download it. I recorded episode one with Robert Slovak, the godfather of reverse osmosis, in his Long Beach apartment while the entire world was shut down. A couple thousand of you showed up.
I started this show to serve you out of my own pain. But the gift came back. You became my new family.
So this one is my thank you. I'm also telling you the truth about why I've been quiet lately, and what's changing about HYDRATE.
After this one, you'll never hear this show the same way again.
Listen now on all platforms: Hydrate With Tracy Duhs.
Connect with Tracy:
Website: https://tracyduhs.com/
Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyduhs/
Flow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/