Today I'm chatting with Danielle Ryan Broida, National Educator at Four Sigmatic! Danielle is a Registered Herbalist (AHG), Holistic Nutritionist, and Instructor of Mycology at Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism. Danielle brings her passion and expertise in herbal medicine, clinical practice, teaching, formulation, and her deep love for fungi, to the Everyday Magic™ of Four Sigmatic. In this episode, Danielle shares how she developed a love for herbs and functional mushrooms, what plant medicine really means, and why people have fallen out of using herbal remedies. We discuss using Ayurvedic principles for healing, lessons she's learned from traveling the world, and her approach when helping clients with Lyme disease and autoimmune diseases. We also discuss the power of the fungi kingdom, why plants might show up by your house, the importance of the extraction method of your mushrooms, the benefits of using a tincture instead of a pill, and what to check your mushrooms for. She also dives into the health benefits of popular functional mushrooms like chaga, reishi, lion's mane, turkey tail, cordyceps, and more. You can find more from Danielle at www.danielleryanwellness.com and on Instagram (@danielleryanbroida). Head to foursigmatic.com/crw to check out all Four Sigmatic products, and use the code "CRW" for 15% off all purchases on their site! For more from Christina, head to her website, christinaricewellness.com, to find her services, blog, programs, and ebooks. If there's a question you'd like answered or a topic you'd like discussed on the podcast, send it in to podcast@christinaricewellness.com! Don’t forget to join the Facebook group, Wellness Realness Podcast Tribe, to meet other podcast listeners! This podcast episode is sponsored by BLUblox, the leader in blue light blocking glasses. BLUblox offers three different lenses for day time, nighttime, and color therapy that are backed by science, and they offer over 20 different frames as well as the option to send in your own frames to be turned into blue blockers. Wearing blue blockers helps to improve sleep, balance your hormones, boost your mood, increase your energy, reduce headaches, and optimize your circadian rhythm. You can use the code "WELLNESS" for 15% off your pair of BLUblox blue light blocking glasses at blublox.com! This podcast episode is also sponsored by Comrad Compression Socks, the world's most comfortable compression socks! Comrad socks have a padded toe, heel cushion, and Slide-Free cuffs that keeps socks in place all-day, and they come in a wide range of colors and styles that look like casual socks. These socks increase your circulation, creating more energized legs, less pain, and less swelling. These are perfect for comfortable travle, sitting and standing for long periods, speeding up muscle recovery, and preventing swelling and spider veins. To get a pair for yourself, head to comradsocks.com and use my code "CRW" for 20% off! Want in on all of the health benefits of mushrooms?! Functional mushrooms like Reishi, Chaga, Cordyceps, and Lion's Mane have been used for medicinal purposes for centuries. With Four Sigmatic products, we can now easily take advantage of mushrooms' many health benefits for immunity, energy, longevity, and more. Four Sigmatic makes drinking mushrooms and superfoods delicious and easy with their Mushroom Coffees, Mushroom Superfood Blends, and Mushroom Elixirs! Head to foursigmatic.com/crw to check out all of their products, and use the code "CRW" for 15% off all purchases on their site! If you're ready to finally take control of your health, Christina's online course, The Paleo Women Lifestyle Program, is exactly what you need. This course is designed to teach you everything you need to know to optimize your health as a woman, no matter your age or where you are in your health journey. This course has hours of video lectures, audio lectures, and PDFs that cover nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress management, balancing ho