Christina shares how a life shaped by chronic pain led her to explore Indigenous healing traditions, emotional wellbeing, and a deeper connection with nature. In conversation with Anthony Hartcher, Christina reflects on years of pain and multiple surgeries, then describes how learning from medicine women and shamans in the Americas changed the direction of her life. She discusses the links she sees between emotions and physical wellbeing, and the importance of self-awareness, gratitude, forgiveness, and finding practices that resonate with you. The conversation also explores grounding, calming the mind, listening to intuition, and questioning the beliefs we take for granted. Christina shares a grounding visualization and explains why she believes healing is a personal journey that can benefit from trusted support.

Connect with Christina: Visit alkehela.com to find her blogs, documentary, teachings, affirmations, and free tools. Christina also shares teachings on Instagram and Facebook, offers guided healing meditations, and runs workshops focused on stress, anxiety, grounding, and mastering your thoughts. As mentioned in the recording, listeners interested in the guided meditation can contact her and say they’re from Anthony’s podcast to ask for the session link. You can also reach out through her website with questions about healing sessions.

Christina’s views are shared as personal experiences and spiritual perspectives, not as medical advice.

You're connected. Your phone proves it. Hundreds of followers. Thousands of likes. Yet loneliness is at an all-time high.

Here's why: pseudo-connection isn't connection.

When we live for external validation—for the like, the follow, the approval—we lose ourselves. We fragment. We become someone else's idea of who we should be. And the person sitting across from us? They feel it. They feel like they're not important. They feel like the constant pinging is a sign that something else matters more.

In this episode, Anthony Hartcher explores the existential cost of digital life and what it actually takes to reconnect—with yourself, with your partner, with presence itself.

What you'll learn:

• Why attention is an existential need (and how digital platforms exploit it)
• The difference between pseudo-connection and authentic connection
• How phone use erodes presence and intimacy in relationships
• The nervous system cost of constant digital pinging and fragmentation
• Why a digital detox date isn't deprivation—it's liberation
• How to move from scattered attention to intentional living
• Why loneliness persists even when we're hyper-connected
• The shame and guilt patterns that drive external validation seeking
• Practical steps to reclaim presence in your relationships and with yourself

For: Couples seeking deeper connection. Anyone questioning their relationship with technology. People feeling the loneliness despite appearing "connected."

Host: Anthony Hartcher, Clinical Nutritionist & Joyful Journey Mentor. Specialist in lifestyle medicine, nervous system health, and relationship wellness.

If you're ready to stop performing and start living, this episode is for you.

For free discovery session click here.

Feeling disconnected? In this episode, Anthony explores how unexpected life changes—like getting a new puppy—reveal deeper connections we've been missing. You'll discover why surface-level conversations are actually the beginning of meaningful relationships, how letting go of old habits creates space for growth, and why shifting your perspective transforms tedium into fulfillment.

A gentle invitation to see connection differently and find more joy in your everyday life.