If you’ve ever left a medical appointment feeling rushed, dismissed, or more confused than when you walked in, you’re not alone.
Health Pioneers is a podcast featuring clinicians and health practitioners who looked at the conventional system and decided to do things differently.
Each episode highlights a practitioner who stepped off the beaten path to build a better way of helping patients…one focused on root causes, deeper thinking, and care that actually makes sense.
These are thoughtful conversations about how great practitioners think, what they see that others miss, and why they chose a different path.
Health Pioneers is a Healthpreneur production hosted by Jim Rohr, our head of marketing at Healthpreneur.
Healthpreneur is on a mission to help the best health experts serve the most people, and Jim has spent the past 20 years as a practitioner, author, and advocate for root-cause medicine.
Living Near a Golf Course Raises Your Parkinson's Risk by 126%
Your neurologist knows Parkinson's from a textbook. Gaia Forlani knows it from the inside of a moving body, and she says that difference is costing patients everything. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Gaia, co-founder of the Parkinson's Performance Center and a former professional ballerina, makes the case that the standard advice, "just be active," isn't just unhelpful. It's actively letting patients decline faster than they need to. She reveals that Parkinson...
1 Sept 2026
If You Keep Attracting the Same Toxic Partner, Watch This
Most people think gaslighting is the scariest part of narcissistic abuse. Thomas Ruderstaller says the real damage happens somewhere else entirely, deep in your nervous system. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Thomas, a licensed clinician, coach, and somatic experience practitioner, breaks down what actually happens inside the brain and body of someone who survives narcissistic abuse. He speaks not only as a clinician but as someone who lived through it himself. He ...
6 Aug 2026
Women Over 40: Why Your Energy Stops Working Like It Used To
Most doctors will tell a burned out woman her labs look fine. Dr. Medea Allen says that is exactly the problem. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Dr. Allen, a doctor of East Asian medicine, makes the case that burnout is not a breakdown. It is an awakening. She explains why Western labs can come back completely normal while a woman is falling apart, and what ancient concepts like Jing, Qi, and Shen reveal instead. Dr. Allen has spent over 20 years helping burned ou...
23 Jul 2026
The Real Reason 70% of Divorces Are Started by Women
Most women don't realize how many small compromises they made in their marriage. Not until the divorce is already happening. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, marriage and family therapist Priscila Podesta explains why this happens. She breaks down why so many women lose themselves in these small, unconscious compromises. And she shares how to rebuild a life that actually reflects who you are. Priscila has been a marriage and family therapist for 15 years. She is the owner of ...
9 Jul 2026
Why Burnout Has Nothing to Do With How Hard You Work
Burnout in high achieving professionals is not a workload problem. It is an ancestral wound. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, soul recovery specialist Dr. Oscar Perez explains why taking a vacation, changing jobs, or going to therapy will never fix the real source of burnout for certain people. Dr. Oscar is the award winning author of The Flowering War and a healer trained in the Toltec tradition. He helps successful professionals who feel empty despite their achievements recov...
25 Jun 2026
She Lost 50 Pounds but Was Still 48% Body Fat (The Ozempic Problem No One Talks About)
Weight loss without muscle loss is the difference between getting healthy and getting weaker. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Dr. Barbara Hessel explains why the scale is the worst tool for measuring real progress and why most women who lose weight on diets or GLP-1 medications are destroying their metabolism in the process. Dr. Barbara Hessel is an MD board-certified in obesity medicine, gynecology, and nutrition coaching with 25 years of experience. She specia...
18 Jun 2026
Insomnia Is Not a Sleep Problem (A Sleep Expert Explains What It Really Is)
Chronic insomnia is not a sleep problem… In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, sleep and insomnia expert Anne-Marie Boylan explains why melatonin, sleep hygiene, CBT for insomnia, and sleeping pills will never fix chronic insomnia, and what actually will. Anne-Marie struggled with insomnia for two years while working in a high-stress corporate job. She tried everything. Magnesium, blackout blinds, cutting caffeine, sleep apps, and nothing worked. When she finally ran functi...
1 May 2026
The Subconscious Belief That Keeps Successful People Stuck
Self-sabotage in high performers is not a discipline problem. It is a subconscious protection system that was installed before you turned nine years old. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, subconscious rewiring expert Kannary Keo explains why the most successful people on the outside are often the most stuck on the inside, and how hypnotherapy can fix it in months, not years. Kannary is the founder of Aloha Wellness and a former business operations analyst who spent 20 ye...
16 Apr 2026
Brutal Truths About Burnout Every Christian Woman Needs to Hear
Burnout in high achieving Christian women is not a capacity problem. It is a nervous system problem. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Christian therapist Rochelle Walsh explains why the most capable women are often the most stuck, and what it actually takes to experience real calm from the inside out. Rochelle has decades of clinical training in neuroscience-based therapy and complex trauma. She combines nervous system regulation strategies with principles of the...
10 Mar 2026
Good Divorce Expert: How to Get Divorced Without Destroying Your Kids
If you're getting divorced, don't call a lawyer until you watch this… Getting divorced without destroying your family is possible, and most people are never told about it. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Jim Rohr head of marketing at Healthpreneur, talks to Karen McNenny who explains why the divorce system is built for conflict and how families can take a completely different path. Karen is a divorce consultant with 25 years of experience in corporate mediation and human ...
10 Mar 2026
Functional Medicine Expert: What Most Doctors Miss About Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes remission is possible. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Dr. Salvatore Gorla explains why the standard medical approach keeps patients stuck managing their blood sugar instead of actually fixing the problem. Dr. Gorla ran one of the largest functional medicine practices in America for over 25 years. He has spoken at Harvard on reversing type 2 diabetes and has helped thousands of patients lower their A1C naturally using his evidence-based three-pronged approac...
10 Mar 2026
Postpartum Anxiety Specialist: Why Ambitious Women Struggle in Motherhood
Postpartum anxiety in high achieving moms is more common than most people think. In this episode of the Health Pioneers Podcast, Jim Rohr our head of marketing at Healthpreneur, talks with Kate Kripke about why the same drive that helped women succeed at work is the very thing that holds them back in motherhood. Kate is a maternal mental health specialist with over 20 years of experience. She has helped thousands of career driven new moms move from overwhelm and anxiety into calm, confid...
8 Mar 2026
Welcome to the Health Pioneers Podcast
The best health practitioners think differently, and Health Pioneers is where you get to hear how. Host Jim Rohr, a 25-year veteran of root cause medicine, brings you conversations with clinicians who stepped away from the conventional system to build something better. They'll share what they see that others miss, why they chose a different path, and how they're getting real results for their patients. A Healthpreneur production. Hit subscribe so you don't miss t...
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