The Body's Compass
Real conversations about what it actually takes to live well and perform at your best.Hosted by Matt Sorensen, this podcast explores spirituality, personal growth, health, fitness, and metaphysics through raw, honest discussions you can apply in real life.Matt is a CHEK…
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EP 129 - Rethinking Diabetes, Menstruation, Pressure + Healing with Rian Smith (opens the original)
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We often just accept things because we're told that's how it is. Matt speaks with terrain-centered naturopath Rian Smith about a radically different view of health, disease, and the body’s healing intelligence. The conversation focuses on two major topics, diabetes and menstruation, while also weaving in digestion, blood pressure, stress, and the idea that many “diagnoses” are just symptoms of a deeper systemic imbalance. Rian argues that modern health thinking often confuses symptom suppression
EP 128 - Female Cycles & Why “Push Through” Is Breaking Women with Hayley McLaughlin (opens the original)
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Matt Sorensen speaks with Hayley, a holistic health, fitness, and lifestyle coach, about why so many women feel stuck, inflamed, and disconnected from their bodies. Hayley shares how her own history with overtraining, gut issues, and burnout led her into a more cycle-aware, body-led approach to health.We discuss why conventional fitness advice often fails women, how to spot chronic inflammation, and why core training, coffee, and macro tracking can backfire when the nervous system and gut are ou
EP 127 - Movement, Emotions and The Body’s Pressure Systems with Matt Wallden (opens the original)
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Matt Sorensen is joined by osteopath and educator Matt Walden for a wide-ranging conversation about how the body, mind, and emotions interact. They trace Walden’s path from aspiring footballer to osteopathy, then dig into the CHEK framework, embryology, fascia, and why movement is more than just exercise.In this episode, Matt Walden shares how early loss shaped his search for meaning, why the naturopathic triad made so much sense to him, and how emotional states show up as physical patterns in t
EP 126 - The Culture of Health and Personal Sovereignty with Eugene Trufkin (opens the original)
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Matt and Eugene explore how American cultures influence health, wellness, and self-perception through the lens of genetic, environmental, and societal factors. Discover practical insights on how to reclaim autonomy over your health and challenge cultural norms that perpetuate sickness.In this episode: Eugene Trufkin shares his background growing up on a biodynamic farm and the transition to health coaching The impact of cultural norms on metabolic health and society’s normalization of illness Cr
EP 125 - Understanding and Interrupting the Body's Emotional Loop with Matt Sorensen (opens the original)
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Understanding and Interrupting the Body's Emotional Loop This episode offers a practical map of how emotional patterns become physically embedded in the body and how to strategically intervene across multiple levels for lasting change. A solo episode by Matt Sorensen, it distills complex neurophysiological concepts into actionable insights for both practitioners and individuals seeking health and emotional clarity. Key Topics - What You'll Learn: The structure of the emotional feedback loop invo
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