Podcast appearances and mentions of mackay rippey

Join Jimmy today as he chats with Mackay Rippey about the movie to personalized medicine and away from the cookie cutter trend in this episode of the LLVLC Show.   “We need to go back to an old fashioned pricing system. Practitioners need to get away from this factory-based widget-based approach to health care.”  - Mackay Rippey GET STARTED WITH THE KETO CHOW STARTER BUNDLE at  JimmyLovesKetoChow.com In this episode, Jimmy speaks with acupuncturist Mackay Rippey (@mackaydoesacupuncture) who outlines the argument for a major overhaul of the healthcare system he describes as Medicine 2.0. He makes the case for getting away from cookie cutter medicine and more to an individualized, systems-based treatment approach to disease prevention. Watch this interview to hear about the history of medicine, how it has evolved into the sick care it is now, the “magic bullet” theory, the economics of medicine involving insurance and government, and so much more. This is a deep dive into all that is right and wrong with mainstream modern medicine.

Let's not sugarcoat it; both low blood pressure and high blood pressure are bad for you. With either, you can experience an inability to focus, dizziness, heart disease, and other health problems. You want to find a way to stabilize your blood pressure in the Goldilocks zone–just right.Controlling blood pressure is especially important when it comes to heart disease, which is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. There used to be a significant gap between men and women in the incidence of heart disease, but that gap has closed over the past few decades and now women die of heart disease as frequently as men.In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I brought on an expert to talk about Zona Plus. Mackay Rippey serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Zona Health. He explains how the biofeedback device helps you train your own body to change your blood pressure, using isometric exercise. In this kind of muscle contraction, the muscle is tensed and working, but not actively shortening or lengthening. The Zona Plus looks like a joystick from a fighter airplane with a little digital screen on top. That screen gives you immediate feedback.Let's jump right into some of the biochemistry that I found with Zona, Mackay says:“I started with the hand grip. So, 30% is the magic Goldilocks percentage for your grip. So, you need to calculate what your grip strength is in the morning. It can vary from day to day and the optimal is 30%. Now, if you think you can calculate 30% just by knowing what you're feeling, you're sadly mistaken. That's why it helps to have a biofeedback device that tells you, "You're at 30%. Oh, and, by the way, you have to hold it for two minutes." So, if you think you can do that for two minutes, you need a feedback device. It just makes your life a lot easier.”We discuss the effects of pre-hypertension and hypertension on your health, how to manage your blood pressure and how to keep your cardiovascular system functioning properly. We also get into nitric oxide, endothelial cells and red blood cells.Eighty percent of Zona Plus users lower their blood pressure back to normal because Zona makes biofeedback so accessible. It leads to greater cognitive function, clears toxins from your body and more. Consider this hand-held device your cardio biohack. We also talk about the additional supplements you can take to pair with the Zona for faster and better results.And for those of you who may think it's too early in your life for Zona Plus, that you'll use it when you're older, Mackay says to remember this: “Now's the time to start ‘exercising,' your endothelial cells so that they continue to function well as you increase your age so you're not only living longer, but you're living well as well.”Mackay sees the impact of blood pressure across many areas of health:He co-founded Beyond Protocols, an education accelerator for Functional Medicine practitioners. He formulates supplements for cardiovascular health that reduce blood pressure. He's operated Mackay Rippey Acupuncture for more than 30 years. He hosts Lyme Ninja Radio, a podcast focused on the challenges and treatment of Lyme disease. And, he's got a passion for nutrigenomic research.Join us for this important conversation on heart disease, healthy hearts, the blood pressure rollercoaster and some key elements to creating a long healthy life.Note for listeners: I previously interviewed Zona's CEO, Mark Young. Learn more about Zona's company history and how the device was developed in episode #601: Get a Grip on Your Blood PressureEnjoy! And get more resources at Dave.Asprey/podcasts.Got a comment, idea or question for the podcast? Submit via this form.A SPECIAL OFFER FOR BULLETPROOF RADIO LISTENERSGo to https://www.zona.com and use code DAVE2021 to save $150 off the Zona Plus.WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!Minerals for Cellular Health: https://www.beamminerals.com, use code DAVE to get 20% offNature's Nootropic: https://trukava.com, use code DAVE15 for 15% offGet Salty AF: https://drinklmnt.com/dave, try the new watermelon and grapefruit flavors!7TH ANNUAL BIOHACKING CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2021: https://www.biohackingconference.comDAVE ASPREY BOX: https://daveaspreybox.com/UPGRADE YOURSELF WITH DAVE ASPREY: https://ourupgradecollective.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let's not sugarcoat it; both low blood pressure and high blood pressure are bad for you. With either, you can experience an inability to focus, dizziness, heart disease, and other health problems. You want to find a way to stabilize your blood pressure in the Goldilocks zone–just right.Controlling blood pressure is especially important when it comes to heart disease, which is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. There used to be a significant gap between men and women in the incidence of heart disease, but that gap has closed over the past few decades and now women die of heart disease as frequently as men.In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I brought on an expert to talk about Zona Plus. Mackay Rippey serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Zona Health. He explains how the biofeedback device helps you train your own body to change your blood pressure, using isometric exercise. In this kind of muscle contraction, the muscle is tensed and working, but not actively shortening or lengthening. The Zona Plus looks like a joystick from a fighter airplane with a little digital screen on top. That screen gives you immediate feedback.Let's jump right into some of the biochemistry that I found with Zona, Mackay says:“I started with the hand grip. So, 30% is the magic Goldilocks percentage for your grip. So, you need to calculate what your grip strength is in the morning. It can vary from day to day and the optimal is 30%. Now, if you think you can calculate 30% just by knowing what you're feeling, you're sadly mistaken. That's why it helps to have a biofeedback device that tells you, "You're at 30%. Oh, and, by the way, you have to hold it for two minutes." So, if you think you can do that for two minutes, you need a feedback device. It just makes your life a lot easier.”We discuss the effects of pre-hypertension and hypertension on your health, how to manage your blood pressure and how to keep your cardiovascular system functioning properly. We also get into nitric oxide, endothelial cells and red blood cells.Eighty percent of Zona Plus users lower their blood pressure back to normal because Zona makes biofeedback so accessible. It leads to greater cognitive function, clears toxins from your body and more. Consider this hand-held device your cardio biohack. We also talk about the additional supplements you can take to pair with the Zona for faster and better results.And for those of you who may think it's too early in your life for Zona Plus, that you'll use it when you're older, Mackay says to remember this: “Now's the time to start ‘exercising,' your endothelial cells so that they continue to function well as you increase your age so you're not only living longer, but you're living well as well.”Mackay sees the impact of blood pressure across many areas of health:He co-founded Beyond Protocols, an education accelerator for Functional Medicine practitioners. He formulates supplements for cardiovascular health that reduce blood pressure. He's operated Mackay Rippey Acupuncture for more than 30 years. He hosts Lyme Ninja Radio, a podcast focused on the challenges and treatment of Lyme disease. And, he's got a passion for nutrigenomic research.Join us for this important conversation on heart disease, healthy hearts, the blood pressure rollercoaster and some key elements to creating a long healthy life.Note for listeners: I previously interviewed Zona's CEO, Mark Young. Learn more about Zona's company history and how the device was developed in episode #601: Get a Grip on Your Blood PressureEnjoy! And get more resources at Dave.Asprey/podcasts.Got a comment, idea or question for the podcast? Submit via this form.A SPECIAL OFFER FOR BULLETPROOF RADIO LISTENERSGo to https://www.zona.com and use code DAVE2021 to save $150 off the Zona Plus.WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!Minerals for Cellular Health: https://www.beamminerals.com, use code DAVE to get 20% offNature's Nootropic: https://trukava.com, use code DAVE15 for 15% offGet Salty AF: https://drinklmnt.com/dave, try the new watermelon and grapefruit flavors!7TH ANNUAL BIOHACKING CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2021: https://www.biohackingconference.comDAVE ASPREY BOX: https://daveaspreybox.com/UPGRADE YOURSELF WITH DAVE ASPREY: https://ourupgradecollective.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In Episode #74, Dr. Jill interviews Mackay Rippey on BPA (bisphenol-A) and its connections to heart disease. If there is a connection, what can we do to detox from BPA?

Emily Givler and Mackay Rippey discuss Nitric Oxide, Peroxynitrite, and the Cell Danger Response.

On this episode of the Find Calm Here Podcast Mackay Rippey, shares his experience launching Beyond Protocols, a Mighty Network that helps health practitioners find calm by offering them ongoing education with leading industry experts, a connection to a community of peers, and the tools to learn new strategies so that they can make better, more well-informed decisions about how to test for toxicity, integrate genomics, and functional medicine into their methodology to support revenue growth while getting inspiration and encouragement from others. Notable moments from our conversation: 4:55 Community is important to bring people together to learn best to connect with others who are learning and implementing specific tools at the same time, to learn together! “It’s all about implementation” 6:06 Selecting the Mighty Network for creating a supportive community. “Mighty Networks is a nice, calm place to gather and not have all the distractions.” Mighty Networks is a place to find your “tribe” 8:05 Launching a community on the Mighty Networks in 2021, discussing the challenges of launching and growing the network. The benefits of utilizing collaborations and/or partnerships to work together to find calm in building the community.9:55 Connecting in a small group mastermind to discover how to best collaborate for launching a partnered Mighty Network and discovering the path to finding calm in building, launching, and growing the network. 25:01 Member experience, dealing with members who cancel their subscription and understand what they need, want, and why it might not be a good time for the member. “Be annoyingly helpful to your members.” 29:31 Expectations on live virtual events, and plan appropriately with what works in your community, it is a constant trial and error to determine what works. Pivoting a weekly call to a monthly challenge to encourage participation when members aren’t attending the live calls. 36:44 Creating content that is relevant for the community based on the host’s interest, sharing what inspires you with the community. 42:54 Features of Mighty Networks that are helpful to the hosts; analytics to discover inactive members and utilizing the search bar for fast-finding materials.  About Find Calm Here I’m Deb Schell, creator, and host of the Find Calm Here Community, a Mighty Network.Inside the Find Calm Here Community, I bring together Mighty Network Hosts who feel overwhelmed with launching a community, cultivating contribution, and creating an onboarding plan with the tools, resources, and support they need to find calm so that they can confidently create a community on the platform.The FCH Community is now exclusively for Mighty Network Hosts so that they can find calm building a Mighty Network. Learn more about the tools & resources that I use with my clients to help you have a successful launch, grow your membership, and tackle any challenge with the support of peers in a safe space that’s affordable and enjoyable!Join for FREE - Sign up with a 2-month Free Trial

  Dr. Joel Rosen: Alright, Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of the less stress life where we teach exhausted and burnt out adults the truth about adrenal fatigue so that they can get their health back quickly. And I’m really excited to join up forces with my next guest, MacKay Rippey. He’s … Lyme Ninja Meets Adrenal Fatigue Ninja Read More » The post Lyme Ninja Meets Adrenal Fatigue Ninja appeared first on The Truth About Adrenal Fatigue.

In this episode, we welcome back Acupuncturist Mackay Rippey. Mackay talks about the balance of expressing emotions, letting them go and finding peace as they fade.Emotions themselves are not toxic. The toxicity comes from a person holding onto these emotions or finding a negative outlet for expressing what they feel. The relevance of toxicity in our emotions and the effect it has on us can be seen now more than ever. The uncertainty of Coronavirus halts our ability to feel stress or anxiety as a fleeting emotion. Our natural instinct is to defend ourselves from the unknown. This build up of anxiety is a result of our defense mechanisms and becomes toxic.Mackay shares how we can feel our emotions without lingering on the feeling. Emotions are meant to pass through us and to be embraced only for a period of time. He talks about removing ourselves from a toxic environment or toxic people as a healing method. If we can learn to express, let go and move forward, we can eliminate our toxic emotions.Listen for more on the foundation of our emotions on this week’s episode of True Detox.Key TakeawaysIntroduction of our guest, Mackay Rippey 0:22Toxic emotions 0:44Stressful emotions stemming from the uncertainty from coronavirus 1:50Defense against the unknown 2:51Monsters we fear 4:41Defining toxic emotions 5:38Five foundations of emotions 6:35Emotions on their own are not toxic 9:25Toxic person 10:55Responsibility to take control of our own experiences 12:39Conditioned to deal with irrational behavior 16:20Strategies to help people deal with loved ones who are will and dealing with emotions 23:15Additional Resourceshttps://truedetox.com/Be sure to join the True Detox private group to continue the conversation and interact with our hosts, guests, and other awesome people in the True Detox community.  https://www.facebook.com/truedetoxlifeIf you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to Apple, Spotify, Google, or your favorite podcast app!

Listen in as Mackay explains to us what acupuncture is all about, how he got into it,  the different ways of doing acupuncture and how each practitioner has a personalized way of going about it. We talk about the acupuncture process, how a practitioner evaluates a patient and how to determine the best method and most effective tools to use. Acupuncture is not a magic bullet and may not heal a patient on its own. Acupuncturists use interventions such as detoxification, where toxins are first removed from the body by clearing detox pathways to get rid of a disease.We then get to how acupuncture works. How energy flows within the body and how an acupuncturist taps into this flow of energy through various points by use of needles. Even for the mental side of things, Mackay explains to us that the body and the mind are interconnected. There are one and the same thing. The body influences the mind and the mind influences the body. Acupuncture is closely related to detox. As you deal with a problem in one area, everything starts falling into place. There are both about balancing our energy and clearing out things that interfere with our well being. Key TakeawaysThe different ways of doing acupuncture and how each practitioner has a personalized approach (3:45)How acupuncture, just like detoxification is customized care (6:06)How acupuncture works by tapping into the body’s energy flow 12:20How the body influences the mind and the mind influences the body (18:00)Why acupuncture and detox helps balance our lives and this makes everything in our life fall in place (24:47)There are multiple avenues to wellness, detox and acupuncture are one of these (26:05)Additional Resources:https://mackayrippey.groovepages.com/acupuncture/https://www.facebook.com/truedetoxlifetruedetox.comBe sure to join the True Detox private group to continue the conversation and interact with our hosts, guests, and other awesome people in the True Detox community. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to Apple, Spotify, Google, or your favorite podcast app!

#265: Beth Ohara - Protecting Yourself When You Have Mast Cell Activation by Mackay Rippey. LAc & Aurora - Show Producer

Mackay Rippey joins us to discuss a lesser known but essential molecule in many of our body's functions, nitric oxide, and how you can control it to keep these functions healthy. On today’s podcast, you will learn: Symptoms of nitric oxide deficiency, including reduced detox ability Why nitric oxide is critical for heart health Top 5 ways to increase nitric oxide Toxins that lead to cardiovascular disease Why viagra doesn’t work sometimes (you need nitric oxide) Mackay Rippey's Bio: Mackay’s interest in genetics, toxicity and nitric oxide was the result of waking up one morning unable to lift his right arm. After the panic subsided and he realized he was not having a stroke, the most likely cause seemed to be a Lyme disease flare up. Mackay was bitten by a tick in 2005 and developed a bullseye rash but was treated successfully, and was mostly symptom-free until that morning in 2017. He then visited, urgent care, the ER, an orthopedic surgeon, his primary care doc, and a neurologist. They confirmed it was not a stroke but had no idea how the nerve damage happened. Since the doctors didn’t know, Mackay became determined to find out what happened. Not able to work for 3 months, he dove into his genetics and discovered the vast literature describing nitric oxide mediated nerve damage and charted a path back to health. Mackay is a member of the research team for The Functional Genomic Nutrition Institute and regularly presents at their conferences. He was one of the first practitioners in the country to earn a masters degree in acupuncture from the Maryland University of Integrative Health. He lives on a small farm in Central New York where he has been practicing 5-element acupuncture for the past 20 years. Make sure to tune into his podcast Lyme Ninja Radio at https://lymeninjaradio.com/ Hack your DNA with Mackay's myDNAhack, a DNA testing kit that identifies your nutritional weaknesses and then creates your custom nutritional protocol. This protocol will supplement missing nutrients and use herbs to aid in the production of needed enzymes to ultimately reduce the damaging oxidants and support healthy cells function. To order your genetic test kit and learn how you can improve your health based on your genomic nutritional weaknesses Get $100 off your test kit. Use the code "myersdetox" at checkout! Are toxic metals causing your fatigue and health issues? Find out by taking Wendy’s Heavy Metals Quiz at

In this episode you will learn three things. 1) How toxins in your environment are causing inflammation. 2) What exactly is NOS uncoupling and how it sabotages your DNA 3) Lot’s of other really geeky stuff about how all this damages your heart Mackay Rippey is an acupuncturist in Clinton, NY (www.mackayrippey.com)and the host of Lyme Ninja Radio. He'll never forget the Sunday morning he dragged his sorry-feeling-self to the bathroom and found a perfectly formed bullseye on his left arm. He was lucky, able to return to his acupuncture practice after only few days. It's possible to beat the bacteria that are making you sick. he has and so have many others, but you have to be smarter than Lyme its co-infections. That's why he created Lyme Ninja Radio. To help people like you outsmart Lyme.

Visit Wellacopia to find your ideal practitioner for you chronic illnessVisit BethOHara.com to check our her services and more information___________Dr. Beth O'Hara's questions· What is/was your profession?Functional Naturopath – incorporating genetic analysis, naturopathy, and emotional wellness. I am also a Functional Genomics Analyst. Created Mast Cell 360, a Functional Naturopathy practice for people struggling with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and related disorders.· What is your illness(es)?Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance, Chronic Fatigue, Hypermobility disorder, Mold Illness, Fibromyalgia, Oxalate Issues· Where do you work/what’s your business?I own and run Mast Cell 360, a Functional Naturopathy practice I created to provide personalized, holistic healing plans for each person based on genetic analysis, symptom and health history analysis, lab interpretation, and emotional wellness support.· What types of patients/conditions do you work with?I like to use the word client instead of patient to emphasize that I work in collaboration with my clients instead of a more hierarchical doctor/patient relationship.Most healthcare protocols work well for 80% of people with xyz symptoms, but there are always 20% who fall through the cracks. This is my area - the 20% of people with chronic illness for whom standard protocols aren’t working for. I work with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, hypermobility issues, autism spectrum disorders, chemical sensitivity and mold illness. These are all related to my primary specialties – Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance._______________________1. What makes your approach to care unique?Mast Cell 360 is a place to be fully seen and heard, emotionally supported, and with cutting edge health care practices and techniques to allow people to heal. The Mast Cell 360 process incorporates all facets of healings – biochemical, environmental, emotional, and mental.My background is very integrative. I was a Yoga Therapist for many years, studying physiology and the connections between the mind and body. I taught meditation. I studied a personal development and emotional growth system called the Enneagram in depth and taught it internationally. I have Bachelor’s in Physiological Psychology and Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, and I have a strong background in genetic analysis and biochemistry, which is where I look for why people fall through the cracks with standard protocols. I’m always wondering - What genetic variants are impacting health for this person? Are there any suboptimal nutrient levels? What biochemical pathways are blocked? What are the missing puzzle pieces? Is there a big stress component or a previous trauma factor?From there, I also wonder about each person – how did this person’s life shape their health? Were there early events that affected the immune system? Are there stressful current events affecting this person’s health? And how is chronic illness affecting this person’s emotional state and social life? How do all these pieces weave together?For me, we can’t isolate physiological/biochemical health from emotional and mental states. They are interwoven. This is what the 360 in Mast Cell 360 means to me – seeing the whole person and working with the person as a whole.2. How did your illness shape your career?I was determined at 6 years old I was going to go the medical school, and I worked really hard for it. I really wanted to be a neurologist or neurosurgeon. I would stay in anatomy labs during lunch to keep dissecting, and all I wanted for my 16th birthday was Gray’s Anatomy. I was on the pre-med track in college, and I got a full scholarship to medical school. I was taking a full class load, doing independent study research, working 3 jobs to pay bills, and I drank too much to cope with stress. One day my health just gave out. I was so exhausted, I couldn’t go. I’d had fatigue issues most of my life and other issues I now can recognize as immune dysregulation, but I could always push through. But this time I couldn’t push through any more. I was completely flattened with exhaustion and nearly paralyzed with biochemical anxiety. I had to turn down the scholarship, which was devastating for me. I had no idea what else to do with my life. I thought I was born to be a physician, and it was all stripped away.I still had faith at that point that Western Medicine had all the answers, and I started going from doctor to doctor. I had very well-meaning practitioners offer meds that made me way worse. And I had practitioners who told me I was crazy and making up my symptoms. I think because I was so sick, but that my labs were normal, they just didn’t know what to do with me. Then I tried alternative and holistic practitioners – everything from homeopathy to muscle testing. I did psychotherapy because I started to think I really was crazy.At one point I totaled up I had seen over 50 practitioners and spent over $100,000, and I just kept getting worse. I developed severe insomnia and couldn’t sleep for over 4 years. I was in excruciating joint pain and had to use a cane to hobble to the bathroom. I was down to 30 foods, counting salt, pepper, and herbs. I had paradoxical reactions to most supplements I tried and frightening med reactions. I started realizing I was going to have to figure things out for myself, and with the pre-med background I was able to absorb everything I could get my hands on regarding chronic health conditions. It took a while for me to piece it together, though. To cope with how miserable my life had become, I turned to meditation and spiritual and emotional growth to help me get through.In the meantime, the darkest day for me was when a very experienced Functional Medicine physician told me he didn’t have any other options for me – that we had tried everything he knew how to do. I sobbed the entire drive home. I was in a small, private Facebook group of women and I reached out and told them I didn’t know what else to do. I had no quality of life and I didn’t want to live anymore. A woman in the group reached back out and recommended I run my 23andme data on genetics. I had no idea how to get started, but she stepped me through the beginnings of genetic interpretation. We only knew about around 32 gene variants back then and were working off of Dr. Amy Yasko’s work. But even in those 32 gene variants, I found a lot of answers for myself. This was the beginning of my health turning around.Today we are up to interpreting 14,000 genetic variants and looking at how they can affect health. We also have complex biochemistry analysis that wasn’t available back then. My health improvement was so dramatic, people started asking me if I could help them, so I started health coaching. Then I wanted to this work on a much greater depth, so I became a Functional Naturopath.When I created Mast Cell 360, my practice, I wanted it to be the dream experience I so desperately needed when I was really ill. It really is the culmination of all these life experiences. I’m very glad now I didn’t go on to medical school because I find the work I’m doing now much more valuable and meaningful. And if I can take the nightmares I went through, and use it to help others, that makes it worthwhile.3. What do/did you do when you don’t know what to do about a patient?. I get a lot of mystery clients that have stumped other practitioners. First, I step back and look at the big picture to see what might have been missed. I’m big on research, so I start digging. With my process, I’ve been able to increase the standard success rate from 80% to 95%. I’m really fortunate to be a research advisor for a great think tank run by Dr. Bob Miller called the Nutrigenetic Research Institute. It is a great group of practitioners like Mackay Rippey of Lyme Ninja radio, Emily Givler, and Dr. Lari Young. They are always very helpful. I also have a network of other top-notch practitioners I consult with to get their input. I’ve also done joint consults with other practitioners where 2 practitioners are on a call with a client so we can put our heads together. This kind of collaboration is critical for all of us working with complex people – there is so much to learn and know. When we can team together like this for people, we can be more effective for our clients.4. Are/were you open about your illnesses with your patients?Yes, I’ve learned people prefer I share my own illness and struggles within the context of how it could help the person in front of me. I used to not share because I didn’t want to burden people, but I was teaching a yoga therapy class one time and was at one of my lowest points. My pain was through the roof and I was struggling with anxiety. I couldn’t drive myself to the class –someone had to drive me, but I was dedicated to showing up for the people there. I told them at the beginning of the class I didn’t know if I could make it through the class but I would do my best. One of the long-time students told me at the end that was the best class I’d taught because she could relate to my struggles and it helped her see that if I could get through the day with my issues, she could get through her day.Now, I share about my health struggles for two reasons, One, when I tell people how sick I was and they see where I am now, it gives them hope that they can get better too. Two, I share with people what I’m still dealing with because it helps them see that we are all human and sets realistic expectations. Even though I’m worlds better, I’m not symptom free or maintenance free. I still have to work on my health, and I still get flares if I stray off my diet, get sick, or have severe stress.5. What does “trust” mean to you in the patient-practitioner relationship?Trust means people can count on me to be honest, in integrity, genuine, and compassionate. The first appointment I have with people, I work on trust building right away. I know myself how vulnerable it is to share your health history and to have to rely on someone to help you with your health. There are a lot of people who prey on those who are sick. I never want my clients to feel this way. I want them to know I have their back 100% of the way. I also want them to know that if I don’t know something, I will tell them and I’ll do my best to find out what we need to know. I find sharing my story in a way that is applicable to that client’s situation makes a big difference.I also have to be able to trust my clients to be honest with me about what they are and aren’t doing – are they following through? I always appreciate it when people tell me they just really fell off the wagon with their diet or stopped taking their supplements. Then we can figure out how to course correct, but if I don’t know what is going on, I can’t help them fix it. This is why trust building is so important – so people feel comfortable being vulnerable.6. What are you most passionate about in regard to your work/helping people?I’m passionate about helping people who keep falling through the cracks in healthcare. I know what it is like to have no one to turn to for help or answers. Traditional medicine usually fails for chronic conditions. Even alternative and holistic health providers struggle with mystery clients. I get excited about researching for clients what makes them unique. What is it that has been holding this client back? Then watching the transformation for someone when we find the right pieces for them – that is what makes my day.7. How do/did you handle flares while at work?I have structured my work to be able to take care of my health. I have the least energy in the morning so I don’t start until noon or 1p. This also gives me time to exercise, eat well, take my supplements, and meditate before I start. If I’m flared, I have extra time to take care of myself or to sleep more if needed. If I’m flared when I’m with clients, I have always found that when I start to concentrate on the person in front of me I forget that I don’t feel well. Fortunately, I’m don’t have flares now that prevent me from working.8. How do/did you handle being a practitioner, patient and your personal life?It takes a bit of work. Sometimes I forget as a practitioner that it is ok to reach out for help about my own health. I was consulting with another practitioner and told I feel like I should be able to wade through my own health issues. She made a good point when she said if you were a surgeon you wouldn’t try to do surgery on yourself. It can be hard for even practitioners to figure out their own health challenges because we need a second set of eyes on everything. As far as my personal life, it takes some balancing to make sure I’m spending enough time with friends and having fun. I can get really intense into researching a new area, and I have to step away sometimes to reset.9. Do you tell your patients what you tell yourself/do you practice what you preach?Absolutely. I really have to because I don’t have a lot of leeway with my own health to stray too far. At the same time, I’m human and I share that too. I was talking with a client who had started binging on chips and other less healthy foods and was feeling embarrassed about it. I shared that I’d eaten a gluten free cookie (I usually completely avoid sugar) and then a bunch of cassava chips in the same day which was too much higher histamine foods. I paid for it, but because my symptoms are very clear and quick, if I fall off the wagon I’m really motivated to clean up my diet again right away.10. How do you research conditions? On your own? Drug companies? Medical journals? Colleagues? How do you convey this knowledge to patients?There is so much new information coming out every day, it is impossible to stay on top of everything but essential to try. I feel like I’m always drinking through a firehouse. I do a lot of reading – journal articles, textbooks, online articles. I’m in practitioner groups on Facebook where we discuss cases. I’m always following practitioner webinars, taking a course on something, and going to conferences. I’m a research advisor in a great think tank – Nutrigenetic Research Institute, led by Bob Miller. Our group shares research and we dialogue about it – this is great because we can divide and conquer topics this way.I try to distill this information down into ways that are accessible to clients. I really like to use graphs and charts of biochemical pathways – I think the visuals help people see what might be happening in their bodies.11. How have you found care? Did you find good practitioners? What was your experience like?I personally really struggled for years. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome only got a diagnosis code in 2016, and I’ve had this my whole life. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome has gotten much more attention in the past year, fortunately. I had some terrible experiences where people told me all my symptoms where in my head and I was just stressed because my labs were normal. I had some very well-meaning and empathetic practitioners who tried to help, but those standard protocols made me worse. Before I became a Naturopath, I didn’t get much significant help. Once I became a practitioner, I met a number of other practitioners and I’ve since worked with people who were able to help me, particularly my genetic mentor Bob Miller who has done an incredible amount of work helping me understand genetic pathways. Emily Givler is a wonderful practitioner who has helped me solve some of my gut and oxalate issues.As far as they spectrum of experiences I had, healthcare providers are human beings just like everyone else. We have good days and bad days. Some of the doctors who told me it was all in my head were likely overwhelmed with my huge list of symptoms and confused by my normal labs. They definitely never learned about the type of issues I had in medical school because medical school didn’t teach about Mast Cell Activation Syndrome back then and even Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue weren’t really understood.Just like in any profession, in healthcare there are people who are just there to earn a paycheck, people who care but who are mediocre, people who are reasonably good, and people for whom healthcare is their mission and purpose in life. Those people are the ones who are driven to learn everything they can above and beyond their training, stay up at night solving a problem, and will do everything possible to help their clients. It is also a matter of finding a match with the right provider – someone who is an expert in your particular health issues. This is really key.12. Tell us about a special experience with a patient that you found to be inspiring.I had a client who had fairly significant Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue, Histamine Intolerance, possible chronic Lyme, Subclinical Porphyria and Hashimoto’s. She was a single mom, worked full time at a high pressure job, and was so exhausted she would have to nap in car after she dropped her daughter off for school and before she drove to work. Then she would be falling asleep in the afternoon. She had seen a few Functional Medicine doctors, and would get a little better but was still really struggling. She felt like she was barely functioning and doing everything she could to hand onto her job. She really wanted to exercise, but she was so exhausted she just couldn’t do it.First, I was really inspired by how she soldiered through each day with how terrible she felt. She worked really hard on her diet, even though sometimes she had little time to create anything for dinner. I know how hard it is to live a normal life and need to pay special attention to your health, but she did an amazing job of balancing things. We worked through her genetics and worked with her protocol bit by bit as she could manage in her life. Then I didn’t hear from her for a while, and I was really wondering how she was doing. She emailed me that she and her daughter to a trip to New York and she had walked 10 miles in a week. I was astounded! We had landed on just the right combo for her, but she did the hard work of sticking to it day after day, week after week, and her energy came back as her body recovered. It is one thing to be on my side and find answers for people, but then they have to do the work every day.13. If you had one message to send out to every chronic illness patient out there, what would it be?Don’t give up. Keep looking for the answers – they are out there and if you don’t give up you will find them. When I was at my most sick, I could barely leave my house and had to use a cane to be able to walk. I had seen so many practitioners and spent so much money. I really wanted to die, but I just knew to the core of my being that if I could find the root causes affecting my health, I could heal. I knew the puzzle pieces would come together eventually. I don’t know why or where it came from, but I had and still have this unshakable conviction that I could heal. I carry that for each of my clients too – for chronic illnesses we can heal. We have to find the right practitioner to help us and then we have to do the hard work each day to get better.14. Where can the audience find you in terms of social media, website, etc.? What would you like to promote if anything?My website is MastCell360.com There are some great articles on there about how to know if you have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and on the blog there are a lot of articles on how to deal with these issues from day to day. I even have a number of healthy low histamine recipes on there, and I send out a weekly newsletter with new tips, recipes, and information.If anyone thinks they may have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome or Histamine Intolerance, they can go to mastcell360.com/freereport and download a free report on root causes to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance.Even if listeners don’t think they have mast cell or histamine issues, those root causes are the same for many different chronic conditions so the report may help them.I work with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Histamine Intolerance, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Mold Toxicity, and other complex chronic issues. If anyone wants to know if I can help, they can use the contact form on the website to send a brief health history and what they’ve already tried. I’ll write back and let them honestly know if I can help.You can also find me on Facebook at Mast Cell 360. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the KetoHacking MD Podcast, Jimmy and John are joined by Mackay Rippey to talk about DNA testing to inform your KetoHacking. Mackay Rippey from GetToKnowYourDNA.com has been an acupuncturist for 28 years and discovered along the way that stealth infections, like Lyme disease, were the causative factor underlying many of his chronically ill, hard to treat patients. As part of his deep dive into Lyme disease, he got interested in the genetic variants that can turn normal nutritional pathways into train wrecks. After hearing Jimmy tell the story of his various keto hacking train wrecks, Mackay decided to reach out and offer to take a look at Jimmy's DNA to help him uncover why his health keeps jumping the tracks.

Is it hard to get a client? Sure it is, but how many of us “lose” the client within minutes or days? We may not realise it, but without a very clear on-boarding system, clients simply get confused and leave. Or they feel unsafe and don't consume your product or service. The question is: how do you get an on-boarding system in place and what does it entail? Let's take a sneak peek into what's possible. Click here to read online: Onboarding is Crucial -------------- There are three distinct stages before we order a meal in a restaurant. The first stage is when you're standing outside the restaurant, deciding whether to go in. The second stage is when you get welcomed into the new space. Finally, it's when you first get acknowledged after sitting down; you get a glass of water, and a menu. All of this happens so quickly that we don't realise that every stage is essential. More so, the very same steps have to play out when you're getting a client into a new space, like a membership site, course, or even an offline store. The first stage is before they enter your site or course. The second is how you greet them and the third and equally crucial stage is how you make them feel within “minutes” of entering that new space. These three sequential steps are what you'd call “on-boarding”. Every stage of on-boarding is vital because if we were to go back to the restaurant, would you be happy if no one received you once you entered? And having been assigned a table, how long would you wait before stalking off when you got no service? All of these ideas and this very sequence seems particularly vivid when we think of restaurants, yet we fail to roll out these systems when clients sign up. The importance of onboarding can be boiled down to a single term: safe zone Standing outside the membership site, course or workshop, you are trying to gauge if you're making the right decision. Once you do get in the door, it's equally important to feel as if you're in a safe space. You need someone real to step up to you and take care of you. Instead, what you get is an automatic e-mail that confirms you're in the membership site and then it's just a bunch of weekly e-mails that don't have the slightest personal touch in place. Now wait a sec, no one is saying you shouldn't use automation What's about to follow is how automation doesn't become a crutch but is a handy companion that allows a small business to keep in touch with clients and prompt them to consume what they've purchased. However, depending on automation alone is a mistake. At some point very early after the client has shown up to your “restaurant”, a real person (that's you) has to make yourself available. If you're surprised at where this article is going, it's only because of how a large part of the internet works. They take a hands-off method and wonder why there's constant churn. Which is why they then have to do constant advertising (which in itself takes time), joint ventures etc. to make sure their membership site doesn't look barren. At 5000bc, we like to see ourselves as a restaurant. And here are some of the things that we do within less than a month of a client joining the site. • Tiny increment autoresponders • Cave Guides • Taking Action • Contact individually • Chocolate • Buddy • Country welcome • Video conference • Tags In this episode, we will look at three things. 1. Tiny increment autoresponders 2. Cave Guides 3. Taking Action 1: Tiny increment autoresponders Have you noticed how there's a lag when you're talking to customer support on chat? Let's say you get to a site. On the right-hand side, you see a little button that signals you can talk to someone. You click on the chat button and almost immediately you get a response. It may say something like, “Hi, I'm Maria”, how can I help? You automatically assume Maria is around and start to type your question. It then seems to stall you for a while, asking for your name and possibly a phone number, just in case you're disconnected. Then, there's a lag after you type in your details. So what just happened? I'll tell you what. You were talking to a machine. All that “Maria bit” of chatter was an automatic back and forth and once you got past a certain point, it handed you over to a real person. And for the most part, no one is wiser, or unhappy, but it allows the transaction to go ahead pretty flawlessly. This is what automation can do well, if used intelligently. Which is why we use autoresponders. It makes sure a client gets into 5000bc and then continues to gain from it. Some clients jump right in, introduce themselves and are off the mark right away. Others may not enter right away, and things go on the back burner. It's easy to buy something these days, fully expecting to use it, but then other distractions take over. Hence the autoresponders. There are seven that show up in the client's inbox, over a period. The welcome Meet others Next step Cave Guide Handy tools Two questions What you expected Every one of these autoresponders is meant to do something similar to what you'd experience in a chat. They're designed to engage with the client. It means that in the early stages, you're giving a sense of what's where (it's mostly information). But as you go down the line, you're called to participate and given many options to do so. At every single stage, Renuka or I respond back to the client. If you've ever gotten an e-mail from us, and replied, we write again and keep conducting a conversation, asking questions, etc. It's not just a “here you go, it's automation, and you're in a funnel”. Instead, the emails are designed to help us help the clients to consume what they've bought; to get use of the resources; to find others just like them. Without the automation, it would be too much for a small business (or any size of business to handle). It's a nightmare keeping track of who's been contacted, what they've been told, etc. The automation allows us to give the pertinent information to the client and then to work with them on an ongoing basis. That's the starting point, and there are a lot more elements in place. The second primary factor is the Cave Guides. Why are Cave Guides essential? Let's find out. 2: Cave Guides When I first visited Paris, I got lost for several hours. I thought I knew my way around, so one morning before Renuka was up, I stepped out for a walk. I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere, because I couldn't find my way back. What made it worse was I knew Renuka would be up and getting ready to go out for some croissant and coffee, but she wouldn't know where I was, or how to reach me because we never have any data on our phones. Worse still, though I can read French reasonably well, I can't speak much, if at all. It was nearing 9 am, when I had an idea. I walked into an Internet cafe, and typed in the destination. It worked out where I was, and where I needed to go. With a printed map I was able to make my way back in half an hour or less. Google Maps had calmed me down and helped me get back when lost in a new city. Cave Guides perform a similar function in 5000bc When you get to 5000bc, it's a whole new city, possibly a whole new world. At this point, there are hundreds of articles, vanishing reports, and over 322,000 posts of extremely valuable discussions. When a client signs up to 5000bc, they have a heightened sense of anticipation. However, it's very possible, despite their excitement, that they find themselves on an unexpected road, and get lost. Which is where the Cave Guides come in. The Cave Guides are 5000bc members who volunteer to help those who are new in the membership site. A guide doesn't necessarily give any business advice, but instead merely gives you the chance to familiarise yourself with the city. However, it's the feeling of safety that's more important than just familiarisation When you and I get to a new place, we are apt to be uncertain and tend to make mistakes. Some clients will push through, but others may feel silly when they make a mistake. Others still, may not even attempt to make a move as they think they are guaranteed to make an error and be publicly called out. And this fear could be justified as there have been numerous instances where people are made to feel small and insignificant, in the full glare of a large group. Having to deal with one person, and a person that's specially dedicated to being a guide, brings a tremendous amount of safety to the entire exercise. Even seemingly “trivial” questions are asked—and they seem “trivial” to the person asking the questions, but in fact they're huge barriers to getting comfortable in that new space. It's an integral part of the onboarding process Just like in a restaurant where someone is usually around to receive you, you need to have some guide to help you along. If you walk into an Apple Store, for instance, you'll see this level of guidance occurring as well. When I walked into the Apple store for the first time in 2008, I had been a Windows user for years. Everything about the Mac was weird and unknown, if enticing in some way. However, because I could make a quick appointment with someone at the Genius Bar within the store, enabled me to get my questions out quickly and safely. In a course, we have onboarding of a different kind With the cartooning course, there's a fair bit of posting cartoons and linking to be done, which is why the entire first week is about slowing down the progress. The clients get assignments that enable them to get familiar with the forum and how to get their cartoons to display. With headline course, or any other online course, clients are given extremely tiny instructions so they can get through the first week familiarising themselves with their environment and with each other. At a live, onsite workshop in a city, we have a meet and greet the evening before. The clients are often told what to expect the next day, and wherever possible we take them to the room itself so they're comfortable and can show up having gone through a rehearsal of sorts. Being a guide or having a guide is essential for a company When you're selling a product or service, it might seem like a big bother to take so much trouble to get a guide system in place. It might seem that a guide might be betters suited for a workshop or course instead. However, every entry point is fraught with the chance that the client may get lost, sometimes for a short while, but often for hours, just like I did in Paris. That one mistaken turn might put them off getting back and they've lost the chance to be part of your wonderful enterprise and you've lost a potentially fantastic client. Which is why you need guides or at least a guided system that everyone follows. But that guide is still just one step. What's needed is a sense of comfort. How do you achieve this sense of happiness? We find someone who's familiar. Let's find out how it all works and why it's so imperative. 3. Taking Action Way back in 2009, Mackay Rippey (a founding member of 5000bc) made a suggestion. “How about a Taking Action forum?” he asked. That was the start of a journey that's had a ton of ups and downs, but today is the core of creating a quicker onboarding. Why? Because getting into a new community is always scary. There are far more people than you want to deal with. The Taking Action section forms a tiny little capsule where you (and just one other member) can create a bond and move ahead in tiny steps. You'd think a taking action post would be easy for clients, right? It's not. As Nobel Laureate, Richard Thaler says: It's not that people are dumb. It's that life is hard. And taking action is one of the hardest things that a person can do, but also one of the most critical steps for onboarding. Let's take the example of 5000bc first and experience the journey of a client, before heading out to see how it may work in other cases both online and offline. In 5000bc, a client signs up to become a member They do so for reasons of their own, but primarily are interested in relevant information, access to me, priority for courses—but also to be part of a community. The moment they join, they wander in, may add their details and photograph, look around and leave. Will they come back? Sure they will, but to get value out of their membership, they have to come back more often. They have to not only absorb the information but implement it. This is precisely the point where things start to go off course. The client is often too unsure to ask for advice, and they lurk. The key is to get them out of lurk mode, which is where the Taking Action forum comes in At first, the Taking Action forum was just a place where you went and posted your goals. In time, the instructions got refined because it was easy enough to get started, but then lose track because of a lack of planning. When we look at the Taking Action Forum today, it has seven steps. They read like this: Here are the easy steps to play. Step 1: Name your goal. Step 2: List what you'll do. Keep it restricted to 2-3 things. Step 3: List how you intend to do it. Step 4: List how much time you'll spend on it daily x 21 days (this is very important) Step 5: What resources you have/ What help or information you need. Step 6: Start date/finish date. Let's keep it for 21 days. Step 7: Don't miss this step: Get a buddy: It is always good to have someone nudging you along in case you start slacking off. Sean me an email me, and I will assign you a buddy: renuka@psychotactics.com All of the steps are important, but there's one that surpasses them all Naming the goal, the list, all of that organisation—that's all crucial to the success of the plan, but the most critical element of all is Step 7: getting a buddy. It's obvious when you think of it, right? What does a buddy do for you? You're in an unknown forum, a new membership site and are bound to get lost. You can't depend on the power of the group, but another person—your buddy—is easy to lean on and learn from. Plus, it's easy enough to lose steam when you're trying to motivate yourself. When you have a buddy to keep you going, the very act of knowing someone is waiting nudges you on. The Taking Action Forum works incredibly well in many cases And the reason why it works so well is because it gives the newcomer a tiny space and a friend. That's usually all we need when we enter a website—or at least a membership site. However, the dynamics may change depending on the business itself. In the courses, like the Article Writing Course or cartooning course, the group size is larger at about 5-7 people. The same applies to the group size in live, on-site workshops. And there's a reason why this is the case. When working on an individual goal, the input, often just the nudge from another person is enough. When it comes to learning a skill like writing or drawing, the higher the contribution, the better. Also when the client is part of a group, they're able to see what the others are doing, and most importantly the mistakes they're making. This in turn, reduces their error rate, and it keeps the group going. However, the moment you start to go beyond 7 people in a group, you're asking for trouble. About 7 is just right to create activity and keep the momentum going. Beyond 7 you merely have anonymity and it's not hard for clients to slip away. No matter whether you have a membership site or something offline, you want to get them involved with a human We get so gung-ho about technology that we forget that we're humans first. And that humans seek humans. But once they're done finding the other person, they also want to contribute. And this contribution needs to be towards their cause (their action plan) but also help the other person. The combination of settling in and getting moving is probably the more natural way for a new client to get going, without being too much in the spotlight. The final question is: does it work? For the most part, it does, but it doesn't work automatically. In our case at 5000bc, we make sure that we pair up clients. In the workshops and courses, it's the same. All of this requires a bit of groundwork on your part. When one of the pairs goes missing—and it happens—there needs to be a mechanism in place so that the client can get in touch with you and you can assign another partner. It's easy enough to dismiss this activity as too much work, but it gets clients in and keeps them coming back. Which in turn means you don't have to spend all that time and money—and energy, I might add—trying to get new clients all the time. Onboarding is crucial, and a big part of this onboarding is getting people to know each other and start working on a project. When we started out the forum back in 2009, based on Mackay's request, we had no idea how useful it would be. However, it's been one of the main areas for us and I suspect it will be for you as well. Start up a Taking Action Post to take action on your membership site. Oh and before I go If you haven't yet subscribed: Here are the links to get all the Psychotactics articles, goodies and podcasts automatically. iTunes | Android | E-mail (and get special goodies) | RSS  

Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about Mackay Rippey's personal journey through Lyme disease, what he has learned from almost 200 Lyme Ninja Radio podcasts, and how he approaches working with his own clients in his acupuncture practice. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Mackay Rippey. Mackay Rippey LAc is an acupuncturist practicing in New York for over 25 years. He graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland with a BA in English Literature in 1986. He later studied acupuncture at the Maryland Institute of Integrative Health. His interest in acupuncture was inspired by his father, and he was the youngest person in his class. He was one of the first people in the United States to earn a Masters degree in acupuncture. He studied Five-Element Acupuncture; a traditional form of acupuncture based on the oral tradition founded by JR Worsley. He specializes in chronic Lyme disease and works with clients with chronic pain, anxiety, panic attacks, and other complex chronic conditions. He is the host of the popular podcast Lyme Ninja Radio which is quickly approaching its 200th episode with some of the thought leaders in the realm of Lyme disease and brings free content to thousands of listeners. Lyme Ninja Radio is the creator of the free Lyme Symptom tracker tool which provides an easy way to track your Lyme symptoms. Key Takeaways: - What was Mackay's personal journey with Lyme disease? - What are some of his favorite herbal approaches for treating Lyme disease? - How might light therapy be helpful in improving health? - What role does diet and nutrition play in recovering from Lyme? - How might healthy fats and a ketogenic diet be beneficial? - What are some of the key things that people with Lyme are trying to figure out? - What are the top priorities to consider in recovering from Lyme? - What is the difference between how a doctor or researcher looks at Lyme as compared to a patient? - What is the role of genetics and epigenetics in health challenges? - What takeaways came from the top 10 Lyme Ninja Radio shows? - What is the Lyme Symptom Tracker? Connect With My Guest: http://www.lymeninjaradio.com Interview Date: March 27, 2018 Disclaimer: The content of this show is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness or medical condition. Nothing in today's discussion is meant to serve as medical advice or as information to facilitate self-treatment. As always, please discuss any potential health-related decisions with your own personal medical authority.

  This is a fantastic resource for anyone fighting Lyme. This symptom tracker is FREE, digital and easy to use: http://lymeninjaradio.com/tracker/   -Fighting for your health consists of "stopping to learn.” -Taking responsibility for your journey with chronic Lyme. -Looking at chronic illness through the ages.   Mackay Rippey has a front row seat to what is going on within the Lyme realm. He has been interviewing Authors, Physicians and Survivors across the world for the last 3 years! He has also created a FREE digital symptom tracker that is a great way to track your symptoms on a monthly basis.   Sponsored by Envita Medical: https://www.envita.com/?utm_source=lymevoice&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=lymevoice-cpc-blog&utm_content=blog   Video-Disappearing from Society: https://vimeo.com/218887760   Podcast- http://lymevoice.com/aaron-and-sarah-sanchez-share-their-lyme-story/      Blog-http://lymevoice.com/is-your-check-engine-light-on/

In Episode 024, I interview Mackay Rippey, a New York Licensed acupuncturist who specializes in the treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease. Mackay first started his study of acupuncture in 1989 at the Maryland Institute of Integrative Health and has been in practice for more than 25 years. For the last several years, he has been a pioneer in the field of chronic lyme disease bringing free content to thousands suffering from chronic illness as part of his website and podcast Lyme Ninja Radio.  As you will hear in the show, I was quite fortunate to stumble across Mackay and his work, and am so grateful to have connected with his passion for helping those suffering with chronic lyme. Mackay starts us off with his unique background and persistence to finally discover his calling in acupuncture. He then leads us into his own experience with lyme  and how it inspired him to broaden his view, seeking to help others through his podcast and blog. We then get really practical and down to earth in this discussion, as Mackay and I dig into the disease process behind lyme, the current evolving state of diagnosis and the interplay between the body's immune response and the presence of various viral and bacterial pathogens. Mackay offers his advice for patients who are suffering and worried they may be afflicted by chronic lyme.  Mackay provides us with some recent insights as part of forays into the newest cutting edge research behind lyme and lyme treatment. Asking questions such as:  What are Bioflims? Are antibiotics able to penetrate these bacterial colonies? What alternatives are there to antibiotics in treating lyme? How important are stress management practices and dietary modifications to healing from lyme? How about neuro-psychiatric manifestations of lyme disease. ​Mackay's wealth of knowledge and curiosity is a blessing to thousands seeking wellness. I hope you enjoy this conversation and be sure to check out Mackay's page and podcast to dig deeper into lyme disease. Without further adieu, let's start the show! To learn more about his amazing work, visit his website at: ​ http://www.mackayrippey.com To hear more exciting news stay tuned at: http://lymeninjaradio.com And to hear more amazing podcasts, listen in at: http://lymeninjaradio.com/blog-boxed-grid-2/ Listen to our other exciting podcasts on our website using this link: https://www.amedicinalmind.com/podcast-wisdom-and-well-being     Disclaimer: The content at A Medicinal Mind and the content of our podcast are educational and informational in nature. They are not intended to be medical advice, spiritual counsel or a substitute for working with a health professional or a trained spiritual counselor. We cannot guarantee the outcome of any of the recommendations provided on our page or by the guests on our podcast and any statements written or made about any potential outcomes are expressions of opinion only. ​​

I this episode you will learn: • The three most effective interventions that kick started Mackay's recovery. • The role nitric oxide plays in Lyme disease recovery. • The cheapest diet intervention for healing. Mackay Rippey, LAc trained to become an acupuncturist at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in 1992. As a five-element acupuncturist he is carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony. About 4 years a ago he realized that there were not many resources for the increasing number of people with lyme disease in his local community, and started lyme ninja radio as a way to learn more about lyme disease and provide other people with information.

Dr. Sally Schutz discusses the use of Acupuncture with Mackay Rippey as well as his involvement in the Lyme community. Mackay Rippey is the host of Lyme Ninja Radio. In this video, Mackay Rippey mentioned the effects of acupuncture to the human body, the mitochondria, the emotions of a person and on Lyme disease. He also shared about needle and breathing techniques which can affect the flow of energy inside our body.

In this episode you will learn: • How an arrow created acupuncture • How to find a good acupuncturist • What an acupuncturist can do for lyme disease patients Mackay started his acupuncture training in 1989 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in acupuncture in 1992. As a 5-element acupuncturist he is carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony. By restoring internal harmony of body, mind and spirit, your body is able to cure the deep cause of the disease and not just silence the symptoms.

Sometimes it seems like you need Ninja skills to defeat Lyme disease. Join acupuncturist Mackay Rippey as he brings you interviews with interesting and informative people who are using their unique skills to deal with Lyme and other tick born diseases.

This is a recording of an informal talk given at the Central New York Lyme Support Group. Mackay Rippey, LAc, MAc started his acupuncture training in 1989 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in acupuncture in 1992. As a 5-element acupuncturist he is carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony. By restoring internal harmony of body, mind and spirit, your body is able to cure the deep cause of the disease and not just silence the symptoms.

Episode 1 Features Heather Perretta. Author of The Backyard Naturalist blog, she talks about her struggles with Lyme Disease and her road to recovery. Sometimes it seems like you need Ninja skills to defeat Lyme disease. Join acupuncturist Mackay Rippey as he brings you interviews with interesting and informative people who are using their unique skills to deal with Lyme and other tick born diseases.

Episode 2 Features Debi Collins a Chittenango, NY resident who became a Lyme patient advocate after being infected with Lyme disease and Bartonella. She co-founded CNY Lyme Support in January 2011 along with three others whose lives had been affected by Lyme disease. They meet on the first Sunday of the month at Sullivan Free Library in Chittenango. Sometimes it seems like you need Ninja skills to defeat Lyme disease. Join acupuncturist Mackay Rippey as he brings you interviews with interesting and informative people who are using their unique skills to deal with Lyme and other tick born diseases.

Hello, my name is Mackay Rippey. I started my acupuncture training in 1989 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in acupuncture in 1992. As a 5-element acupuncturist I am carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony.  By restoring internal harmony of body, mind and spirit, your body is able to cure the deep cause of the disease and not just silence the symptoms.  If you have any questions, e-mail me at mackay@mackayrippey.com. 5-element acupuncture: my patients swear by it, and at it. Let’s get the bad news out of the way up front. Acupuncture is not painless. Every so often, my patients will even use some colorful language. More surprising, however, is they will tell me to try again when they don’t feel a good jolt of qi (qi is the Chinese term for energy). My patients know that the one acupuncture point, needled at precisely the right spot, will have better results than a dozen carelessly placed needles. Now that you know the “bad news” go ahead and make yourself a cup of green tea, relax, and have a look around my website. You'll find a lot of good information about acupuncture. After you look around, schedule a consultation and come see what 5-element acupuncture can do for you. Meet the Acupuncturist Hello, my name is Mackay Rippey. I started my acupuncture training in 1989 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in acupuncture in 1992. As a 5-element acupuncturist I am carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony.  By restoring internal harmony of body, mind and spirit, your body is able to cure the deep cause of the disease and not just silence the symptoms.  If you have any questions, e-mail me at mackay@mackayrippey.com. Be well,