Today, we get all up in our fascia and how it shapes overall health with licensed Occupational Therapist Nyle MacFarlane, founder of Blue Nyle Therapy in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Nyle has over 2 decades of experience in the field of somatics, a field of study that focuses on the body's internal physical experiences and perceptions, and how it relates to movement and bodywork.

Nyle's training includes myofascial release, visceral manipulation, core synchronism, the Gillespie Approach, sensory integration, neural desensitization integration treatment, pelvic floor therapy, and somatic psychedelic facilitation.

They are the creator of the Psyche-Soma Integration Model (PSIM), an integrative approach for resolving complex trauma that gets stuck in the body. They teach therapists and practitioners how to use the PSIM to help clients tap into their unresolved trauma patterns.

Nyle is also a frequent guest on A Mindfulness Experience, our free weekly online gathering that engages healthcare consumers in evidence-based Integrative Medicine approaches to promote better health.

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Related Links
Blue Nyle Therapy (Nyle's private practice)
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Transcript
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This podcast features the song "Follow Your Dreams" (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

The cosmetics and grooming products industry is like the wild wild West. Until recently, the regulatory system failed to keep consumers safe from toxicants that likely increase their offspring's "risks of cancer, fertility issues, neurological deficits, and immune dysfunction."

And then came the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, or MoCRA.

Today, we talk about MoCRA with subject matter expert Dahlia Kelada, founder/CEO of TopicalFormulator.com and Salve Naturals & Native Earth. When Congress passed the new law, it did so with the goal to help ensure the safety of multiple cosmetic products many consumers use daily. MoCRA went into effect in late December 2024.

Dahlia is a graduate of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she earned a Master of Science in Health Science with a focus in Integrative Medicine. She has 20+ years of product development/commercialization experience supporting over 80 brands. Salve Naturals is a national all-natural and organic topical medicine company that was the first to make 100% natural, plant-based topical medicines that are registered with the FDA as OTCs.

MoCRA is the most significant expansion of U.S. Food & Drug Administration's authority to regulate cosmetics since the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act was passed in 1938.

But how will it effect consumers and producers?

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Related Links

FDA Press Release: Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA)
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New Year, Same MoCRA: FDA Cosmetic Requirements as of January 1, 2025
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MoCRA Q&A
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MoCRA Increases FDA Oversight of the Cosmetics Industry
bit.ly/40IFSYY

Dahlia Kelada
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Transcript
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This podcast features the song "Follow Your Dreams" (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

Today, we talk about generational trauma and healing with Aliza Scharf-Bendov, LCSW, MSW, psychotherapist, family therapist, and nondual Kabbalistic healer. Over the past 17 years, Aliza has done extensive work with parents and families addressing a variety of challenges, including adjustment to life transitions, mood and behavioral challenges, adoption, single parenting, co-parenting and coping with serious illness.

Her current therapeutic focus is on parent support and guidance, trauma-informed interventions, and building resiliency in children and families. Aliza also facilitates workshops on themes of spirituality and Jewish thought as well as antisemitism awareness and clinical competency.

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Related Links

Center for Mind Body Medicine
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Aliza Scharf-Bendov's website
alizascharf.com/

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Transcript

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This podcast features the song "Follow Your Dreams" (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.