The Wellness Driven Life Show

The Wellness Driven Life Show is a dynamic and engaging talk show that bridges the gap between science and lifestyle, redefining the future of living well Spiritually, Intellectually, and Physically. Join us for your wellness evening reset—live every Wednesday at 6 PM PST—with the world's top experts, scientists, pioneers, champions, and professionals sharing actionable paths to resilience and clarity.​We invite you to ride the wave of the future with host April Chavez, the Microphone Maven, as she guides thoughtful wellness seekers through real stories and science-backed insights powered by Driven Livin'. Your journey to wellness starts here, and it starts now—tune in to become part of the evolution of Driven Livin’!

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  Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton on Survival of the Most Conscious

  Aug 19, 202637 min

  How to rewrite the subconscious programs running your life. This is Part 2 of our conversation with cell biologist Bruce Lipton, author of "The Biology of Belief." In Part 1, Bruce showed us that our genes do not run our lives. We do. Now comes the part that changes everything: how you actually rewrite the programming you have been living inside, and why the science of it reads like a story of hope. In Part 2, you'll explore: - Why "The Matrix is a documentary," and the red pill nearly everyone has already taken - The three ways to change a subconscious program, and the one that never works - The science that says spirit is real: your cells as antennas, and the broadcast that makes you you - Why the new evolution is cooperation, not competition, and what it asks of us now CHAPTERS 0:00 We are the caterpillar in the cocoon 0:56 Welcome back: this is Part 2 2:38 "The Matrix is a documentary": the red pill 3:22 Falling in love, and stepping out of the program 5:00 You were programmed before you were born 7:49 Three ways to rewrite your programming 8:41 One: self-hypnosis in the theta state 10:10 Two: habituation, the Renee Zellweger lesson 14:05 Three: energy psychology and super learning 16:39 The science of spirit: your unique antennas 19:11 The body is a TV, spirit is the broadcast 21:20 Each of us is a piece of God 22:01 You were born into heaven 25:33 The new evolution: you need less than you think 31:18 Evolution is cooperation 32:43 Closing: it's all consciousness ABOUT BRUCE LIPTON Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, is a cell biologist and a pioneer of epigenetics, the science of how the environment and our perceptions shape genetic activity. A former research scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine, he is the bestselling author of "The Biology of Belief," which has reached readers in more than 50 languages, along with "The Honeymoon Effect" and "Spontaneous Evolution." His new book, "Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and Cooperation Shape Humanity's Future" (BenBella Books), is out August 18, 2026. Pre-order "Beyond Darwin": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beyond-Darwin/Bruce-H-Lipton/9781637749364 More from Bruce: https://www.brucelipton.com START WITH PART 1 "Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton on the Cocoon Before the Butterfly": https://youtu.be/1S5gxVmbhl8 ABOUT THE SHOW The Wellness Driven Life Show is a Driven Livin' production, hosted by April Chavez, where each week a guest helps us look at what it means to live well, in body, mind, and spirit. Each premiere includes a live quiz in the chat. Subscribe for new episodes every week: https://youtube.com/@thewellnessdrivenlifeshow?sub_confirmation=1 Go deeper with us at https://www.drivenlivin.com With thanks to BenBella Books. #BruceLipton #Epigenetics #BeyondDarwin #SurvivalOfTheMostConscious #WellnessDrivenLifeShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton on the Cocoon Before the Butterfly

  Aug 12, 202641 min

  Epigenetics, and why you are not your genes. This is Part 1 of our two-part conversation with cell biologist Bruce Lipton, author of "The Biology of Belief." What if the chaos all around us isn't the end of the world, but the cocoon before the butterfly? Bruce Lipton has spent his career showing that our genes do not run the show the way we were taught. The environment does. And that changes what is possible for our health, our beliefs, and who we can still become. In Part 1, you'll explore: - The stem cell experiment that shows a cell's fate is written by its environment, not its DNA - Why, in Bruce's words, "there is no gene that causes cancer," and where dis-ease actually begins - How the first seven years of life program the beliefs we spend adulthood running on - The caterpillar, the cocoon, and what has to dissolve before something new can take form CHAPTERS 0:00 There is no gene that causes cancer 0:34 Welcome, and meet Bruce Lipton 2:40 The microscope and the "little people" 4:36 You are a community of 50 trillion cells 7:15 Three dishes, three fates: the stem cell experiment 10:02 Skin-covered culture dishes: thoughts become chemistry 12:50 Programmed to feel like a victim of your genes 14:48 "Give me a child until seven": the first seven years 18:31 The adopted children and inherited cancer 20:25 Why this civilization is not sustainable 27:20 Survival of the most conscious: April's story 28:26 The conscious mind vs the subconscious program 34:41 The caterpillar, the cocoon, and the imaginal cells 37:12 The imaginal cell, and what Part 2 opens ABOUT BRUCE LIPTON Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, is a cell biologist and a pioneer of epigenetics, the science of how the environment and our perceptions shape genetic activity. A former research scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine, he is the bestselling author of "The Biology of Belief," which has reached readers in more than 50 languages, along with "The Honeymoon Effect" and "Spontaneous Evolution." His new book, "Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and Cooperation Shape Humanity's Future" (BenBella Books), is out August 18, 2026. Pre-order "Beyond Darwin": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beyond-Darwin/Bruce-H-Lipton/9781637749364 More from Bruce: https://www.brucelipton.com PART 2 "Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton on Survival of the Most Conscious" premieres Wednesday, August 19, 6 PM Pacific. ABOUT THE SHOW The Wellness Driven Life Show is a Driven Livin' production, hosted by April Chavez, where each week a guest helps us look at what it means to live well, in body, mind, and spirit. Each premiere includes a live quiz in the chat. Subscribe for new episodes every week: https://youtube.com/@thewellnessdrivenlifeshow?sub_confirmation=1 Go deeper with us at https://www.drivenlivin.com With thanks to BenBella Books. #BruceLipton #Epigenetics #BeyondDarwin #BiologyOfBelief #WellnessDrivenLifeShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Overwhelmed? Jones Loflin on Focus, Rest & the Hive

  Aug 5, 202639 min

  Overwhelmed by too much to do? Jones Loflin, keynote speaker, beekeeper, and author of "Focused as a Bee," breaks down how to focus in a distracting world, the six permissions that make rest possible, and what a hive of honeybees taught him and his daughter Sydney about presence. We spend our days busy, and end them wondering what we actually accomplished. Jones has spent thirty one years helping people out of that loop. His answer is not another productivity system. It is permission. Permission to be unavailable, to recharge, and to give your attention to what matters most. Watch the full episode and SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss what's next: https://youtube.com/@thewellnessdrivenlifeshow?sub_confirmation=1 ⏱ EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00 The question: what are you carrying that was never yours? 01:07 Meet Jones Loflin 02:40 From "Who Moved My Cheese" to the hive 05:14 How a gift of bees became a book with his daughter 07:14 Busy vs focused: why the words matter 09:47 Presence, phones, and being with the person in front of you 12:19 The three things you must be unavailable to 15:25 The book that arrived beautifully, and why intention sticks 19:00 What the hive knows about priorities 22:07 Pouring into yourself first: Jones's morning practice 25:13 Quarantining your worry 26:46 Something to look forward to every single day 30:54 What Jones is creating next 34:02 "Go as far as you can see": the Zig Ziglar close WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY The difference between busy and focused, and why a small word change shifts your whole day The three things to make yourself unavailable to when you need to focus ✨ Two practices for a quieter mind: quarantining your worry, and keeping something to look forward to ABOUT JONES LOFLIN Jones Loflin is a keynote speaker, coach, and beekeeper, and the president of Helping Others Prepare for Excellence Inc. He is the author of "Focused as a Bee," co-written with his daughter Sydney, along with "Juggling Elephants," "Always Growing," "Getting to It," and "Getting the Blue Ribbon." Before speaking, he was an educator, and he served as the Trainer of Trainers for "Who Moved My Cheese?" He holds a BS and an M.Ed. from North Carolina State University and lives in North Carolina. https://jonesloflin.com STAY CONNECTED Get the newsletter for fresh episode alerts and SIP-aligned reflections: https://drivenlivin.com/newsletter-sign-up Join The Drive Collective community: https://drivenlivin.com/community Visit Driven Livin': https://drivenlivin.com PRODUCTION CREDITS Hosted and executive produced by April Chavez. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilmchavez/ Video production by Manlee J. Chavez. https://www.linkedin.com/in/manleejchavez/ Music by Steve Stuntz. https://www.youtube.com/@stevestuntz9303 The views expressed by guests on The Wellness Driven Life Show do not always reflect those of April Chavez or The Wellness Driven Life Show. For more details and a disclaimer, visit https://drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements. #FocusedAsABee #JonesLoflin #Focus #Overwhelm #TWDLS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Attachment Styles: Marc Cameron on Why We Fight the Same Fight

  Jul 29, 202634 min

  Your closest-relationship patterns were set before you had words for them, and they keep repeating. Marc Cameron on attachment styles and how the core pattern can change. ▶️ Watch the full episode and SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss what's next: https://youtube.com/@thewellnessdrivenlifeshow?sub_confirmation=1 ⏱ EPISODE CHAPTERS (confirmed against edited cut, 31:22 runtime) 00:00 The question underneath how we love 02:04 Meet Marc, How We Love, and the free quiz 04:04 Why most of how we relate is subconscious 05:12 Two tornadoes: Marc's own marriage 09:30 Stuck on repeat, and why awareness comes first 11:00 Attachment as relationship programming 12:05 The Avoider 16:44 The Pleaser and the Vacillator 19:27 The Controller and the Victim 20:15 Earned secure attachment and the core pattern 22:20 The comfort circle, the healing tool 27:46 Reaction versus response, and your coherent narrative 29:40 Where to start, the individual work WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY The five attachment styles (Avoider, Pleaser, Vacillator, Controller, Victim), and how to spot your own Why two styles form a predictable core pattern, the pursue-and-withdraw cycle so many couples get stuck in Earned secure attachment, the research that says the patterns you learned in childhood are not fixed The comfort circle, a listener-and-speaker practice that turns conflict into repair Why practice, not insight alone, rewires how you relate, because whatever you practice, you get good at ABOUT MARC CAMERON Marc Cameron is a licensed marriage and family therapist and co-leader of How We Love, the organization founded by Milan and Kay Yerkovich, whose original book has sold more than 400,000 copies. After the framework changed his own marriage, Marc trained under the Yerkoviches and now leads the work with his wife, Amy. His book "Understanding Your Attachment Style" (2025) walks through the five styles and the practice of earning secure connection. He also co-hosts New Life Live and sees couples in his Southern California practice. https://www.howwelove.com https://www.youtube.com/@HowWeLove STAY CONNECTED Get the newsletter: https://drivenlivin.com/newsletter-sign-up Join The Drive Collective: https://drivenlivin.com/community Visit Driven Livin': https://drivenlivin.com PRODUCTION CREDITS Hosted and executive produced by April Chavez. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilmchavez/ Video production by Manlee J. Chavez. https://www.linkedin.com/in/manleejchavez/ Music by Steve Stuntz. https://www.youtube.com/@stevestuntz9303 The views expressed by guests on The Wellness Driven Life Show do not always reflect those of April Chavez or The Wellness Driven Life Show. For more details and a disclaimer, visit https://drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements. #AttachmentStyles #MarcCameron #HowWeLove #SecureAttachment #TWDLS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  The Trauma Your Genes Remember | Dr. Bernard Straile on Healing at the Root

  Jul 22, 20261h 4m

  What if the anxiety, the allergies, the flare that keeps returning every autumn are not separate problems, but one conversation your body is having with everything it has ever met? Dr. Bernard Straile has spent thirty years listening to that conversation. In this episode, he and April sit with a quiet, provocative idea: that emotional trauma belongs on the same list as radiation and toxins as something that can mark our genes, and that the mark is not always permanent. Watch the full episode and SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss what's next: https://youtube.com/@thewellnessdrivenlifeshow?sub_confirmation=1 EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00 What if trauma leaves a mark on your genes 01:12 You're about to go on a wellness-driven ride 01:30 Meet Dr. Bernard Straile 03:20 Germany, no television, and a life built on reading 05:00 Easy Rider, the moon landing, and the accident that kept him here 07:00 His own inflammation, and the guitar strings that started to hurt 09:00 The back pain that returned every September, and what it was really about 10:30 Inflammation as the common thread beneath so much dis-ease 12:30 SNPs, "allergies," and what he means by the words 14:00 What the genome actually is (skin color as one surviving mutation) 18:30 The hamburger, and the hundreds of genes it takes to eat one 21:00 Epigenetics: gene expression that changes second to second 29:30 The mother of seven, and children born with far fewer allergies 31:40 A night blindness that lifted after one session 40:20 April's story: lupus since birth, and a mother on a wheat farm 45:00 Emotional trauma as another kind of genomic injury 51:40 Food is your multivitamin, and the bags of supplements 54:10 Everything takes energy, including the people around you 57:00 The at-home tablet, and the case for self-reliance 60:20 Where to find Dr. Straile WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY Why Dr. Straile sees inflammation as a common thread beneath conditions as different as heart disease, autoimmune flares, and childhood allergies. The idea that an epigenetic change can be heritable, illustrated by a mother whose later children arrived with far fewer allergies. ️ A gentler frame for healing: layered, ongoing, and grounded in what you eat, where you live, and where your energy goes. ABOUT DR. BERNARD STRAILE Dr. Bernard Straile, DC is a holistic chiropractor, inventor of the IMAET system, and author of "One Thousand Shades of Pink: Change Your Genetic Expression." For three decades, he has worked at the meeting point of emotional trauma, inflammation, and genetic expression, and he teaches practitioners around the world to work with what he calls the body's cellular communication. https://www.imaet.com STAY CONNECTED Newsletter: https://drivenlivin.com/newsletter-sign-up The Drive Collective: https://drivenlivin.com/community Driven Livin': https://drivenlivin.com PRODUCTION CREDITS Hosted and executive produced by April Chavez. Video production by Manlee J. Chavez. Music by Steve Stuntz. The views expressed by guests on The Wellness Driven Life Show do not always reflect those of April Chavez or The Wellness Driven Life Show. This conversation is for information and reflection, and it is not medical advice. For our full disclaimer and guest agreements, visit https://www.drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements #GenomicInjuries #Epigenetics #Straile #Trauma #TWDLS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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