The Migraine Alchemy Podcast https://maryagendron.podbean.com Migraine is an opportunity to reclaim and transform your life by committing to a healing pathway based in a holistic paradigm that truly supports your entire being. All healing is an act of integration and alchemy. Alchemy can happen through nourishment with minerals. It also involves a reconnection to your sense of personal agency and value, and cherishing your sensitive feminine essence. This podcast is brought to you by Marya Gendron at Minerals for Migraines. https://mineralsformigraines.com Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:37:50 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All Rights Reserved Health & Fitness:Nutrition 1440 episodic maryagendron maryagendron No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7126925/Screenshot_2024-07-27_at_30816_PM_adzfzs.png The Migraine Alchemy Podcast https://maryagendron.podbean.com 144 144 Anesthesia's Effects on Brain Health with Sande Bargeron Anesthesia's Effects on Brain Health with Sande Bargeron https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/anesthesias-effects-on-brain-health-with-sande-bargeron/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/anesthesias-effects-on-brain-health-with-sande-bargeron/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:37:50 -0400 maryagendron.podbean.com/dddbb124-2acd-3bb3-9cde-c1e2fc09585f Show notes:

Sande Bargeron's book "Break Through Anesthesia Fog" will be coming out in January, check her website for more info. Rethink It: the Brain Health and Longevity Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rethink-it-the-brain-health-and-longevity-podcast/id1683059438 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nINk7fm2pUugIWVZBnHRE?si=1d38e4a17f974637 Website: https://beyondbrainhealth.com/ Instagram: @beyondbrainhealth

]]> Show notes:

Sande Bargeron's book "Break Through Anesthesia Fog" will be coming out in January, check her website for more info.

Rethink It: the Brain Health and Longevity Podcast
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rethink-it-the-brain-health-and-longevity-podcast/id1683059438
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nINk7fm2pUugIWVZBnHRE?si=1d38e4a17f974637

Website:
https://beyondbrainhealth.com/

Instagram:
@beyondbrainhealth

]]> maryagendron false No 5438 10 full Episode #9: Ancestral Healing & Code-breaking in Migraine Episode #9: Ancestral Healing & Code-breaking in Migraine https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/ancestral-healing-code-breaking-in-migraine/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/ancestral-healing-code-breaking-in-migraine/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:54:37 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/9f875e35-9040-3103-ac72-a50406e9b8f0 In this episode I share my recent forays into ancestral healing and along with insights I've gleaned from Family Constellation Therapy. I share some examples from a client of mine about family patterns and beliefs that reinforce physical tension and dis-ease. Resources mentioned in this podcast: "It Didn't Start with You - Mark Wolynn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqBhAgqZGSU Rita Gendelman - Family Constellation Therapy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqOoVGaay10 Rupert Sheldrake - Morphic Fields and Family Constellations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty5lz9mVezU&t=3s

 

]]> In this episode I share my recent forays into ancestral healing and along with insights I've gleaned from Family Constellation Therapy. I share some examples from a client of mine about family patterns and beliefs that reinforce physical tension and dis-ease.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:
"It Didn't Start with You - Mark Wolynn"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqBhAgqZGSU

Rita Gendelman - Family Constellation Therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqOoVGaay10

Rupert Sheldrake - Morphic Fields and Family Constellations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty5lz9mVezU&t=3s



 

]]> maryagendron false No 2894 9 full Episode #8: Nontoxic Decentralized Birth Control for Womb Sovereignty with Lauren Love (Part 2) Episode #8: Nontoxic Decentralized Birth Control for Womb Sovereignty with Lauren Love (Part 2) https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/episode-8-nontoxic-decentralized-birth-control-for-womb-sovereignty-with-lauren-love-part-2/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/episode-8-nontoxic-decentralized-birth-control-for-womb-sovereignty-with-lauren-love-part-2/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:43:39 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/26419480-5ed2-33d6-8fea-fb8175853d14 Although hormonal birth control has been touted as one of the crowning achievements of allopathic medicine, the cat's out of the bag that many girls and women are put on this form of chemically-induced menopause without fully informed consent as to the real cost they will be paying further down the line (including into peri-menopause and menopause). It's time we had a good alternative, yet since centralized medicine has a profit monopoly and vested interest in maintaining the status quo, considerable regulatory challenges arise for any alternative. Lauren and I discuss how she discovered this form of birth control and came to produce it, how centralized birth control is affecting women physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and the plan she has to offer a decentralized form of birth control that can't be regulated or managed by Big Medicine. 

Please check out Lauren’s website, where you can purchase Wise Woman’s Choice. Lauren on Instagram @wombrewilded

Also, check out my blog post that I created on migraine and birth control as a women’s social justice issue where I talk a little bit more about some of the nutrient deficiencies caused by birth control and the copper IUD.

Here is a link to my little mini course, Nutritional Support for Women on Hormonal Birth Control and the Copper IUD. 

]]>
Although hormonal birth control has been touted as one of the crowning achievements of allopathic medicine, the cat's out of the bag that many girls and women are put on this form of chemically-induced menopause without fully informed consent as to the real cost they will be paying further down the line (including into peri-menopause and menopause).

It's time we had a good alternative, yet since centralized medicine has a profit monopoly and vested interest in maintaining the status quo, considerable regulatory challenges arise for any alternative. Lauren and I discuss how she discovered this form of birth control and came to produce it, how centralized birth control is affecting women physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and the plan she has to offer a decentralized form of birth control that can't be regulated or managed by Big Medicine. 

Please check out Lauren’s website, where you can purchase Wise Woman’s Choice.

Lauren on Instagram @wombrewilded

Also, check out my blog post that I created on migraine and birth control as a women’s social justice issue where I talk a little bit more about some of the nutrient deficiencies caused by birth control and the copper IUD.

Here is a link to my little mini course, Nutritional Support for Women on Hormonal Birth Control and the Copper IUD. 

]]> maryagendron false No 2628 8 full Episode #7: Nontoxic Decentralized Birth Control for Womb Sovereignty with Lauren Love (Part 1) Episode #7: Nontoxic Decentralized Birth Control for Womb Sovereignty with Lauren Love (Part 1) https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/demedicalizing-our-wombs-through-nontoxic-decentralized-birth-control-with-lauren-love/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/demedicalizing-our-wombs-through-nontoxic-decentralized-birth-control-with-lauren-love/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:43:45 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/7f6c2ab3-2602-37f9-b4cc-582ccc0a0760 What does a nontoxic form of natural birth control have to do with mineral balancing or chronic migraine? If you've been following me for awhile, you'll know it has a lot to do with it, as hormonal birth control as well as the copper IUD can throw a woman's mineral status off, resulting in a whole host of so-called "side-effects" (that don't happen on the side), including but not limited to chronic migraine. Although hormonal birth control has been touted as one of the crowning achievements of allopathic medicine, the cat's out of the bag that many girls and women are put on this form of chemically-induced menopause without fully informed consent as to the real cost they will be paying further down the line (including into peri-menopause and menopause). It's time we had a good alternative, yet since centralized medicine has a profit monopoly and vested interest in maintaining the status quo, considerable regulatory challenges arise for any alternative. Lauren and I discuss how she discovered this form of birth control and came to produce it, how centralized birth control is affecting women physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and the plan she has to offer a decentralized form of birth control that can't be regulated or managed by Big Medicine. 

Purchase Wise Woman's Choice Nutritional Support for Women on Hormonal Birth Control and the Copper IUD (Online Course) Lauren is on Instagram @wombrewilded Birth Control and Migraine: A Women's Social Justice Issue Lauren's Wise Women's Choice Wisdom Carrier Training and Certification coming soon! Stay tuned for part 2!

]]> What does a nontoxic form of natural birth control have to do with mineral balancing or chronic migraine? If you've been following me for awhile, you'll know it has a lot to do with it, as hormonal birth control as well as the copper IUD can throw a woman's mineral status off, resulting in a whole host of so-called "side-effects" (that don't happen on the side), including but not limited to chronic migraine.

Although hormonal birth control has been touted as one of the crowning achievements of allopathic medicine, the cat's out of the bag that many girls and women are put on this form of chemically-induced menopause without fully informed consent as to the real cost they will be paying further down the line (including into peri-menopause and menopause).

It's time we had a good alternative, yet since centralized medicine has a profit monopoly and vested interest in maintaining the status quo, considerable regulatory challenges arise for any alternative. Lauren and I discuss how she discovered this form of birth control and came to produce it, how centralized birth control is affecting women physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and the plan she has to offer a decentralized form of birth control that can't be regulated or managed by Big Medicine. 

Purchase Wise Woman's Choice

Nutritional Support for Women on Hormonal Birth Control and the Copper IUD (Online Course)

Lauren is on Instagram @wombrewilded

Birth Control and Migraine: A Women's Social Justice Issue

Lauren's Wise Women's Choice Wisdom Carrier Training and Certification coming soon!

Stay tuned for part 2!

]]> maryagendron false No 2958 7 full Episode #6: Navigating Paradox in Healing Episode #6: Navigating Paradox in Healing https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/episode-6-navigating-paradox-in-healing/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/episode-6-navigating-paradox-in-healing/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:48:29 -0400 maryagendron.podbean.com/f6f4a56f-c248-392d-88f0-c60424883bcb I finally got around to recording another podcast episode. While talking about paradox is paradoxical, it's worth an attempt - because there are many paradoxes one encounters in the course of navigating a chronic illness, and navigating life. Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab): https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> I finally got around to recording another podcast episode. While talking about paradox is paradoxical, it's worth an attempt - because there are many paradoxes one encounters in the course of navigating a chronic illness, and navigating life.

Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab):
https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> maryagendron false No 1905 6 full Nourishing Mothers with Migraine Nourishing Mothers with Migraine https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/nourishing-mothers-with-migraine/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/nourishing-mothers-with-migraine/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:25:37 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/7993354e-aa99-3c9a-9c53-ef7c1f1d6c81 The importance of staying nourished on mineral, mental, and emotional levels is important for all mothers, but all the more so when you are a mother with migraine. In this episode I explore what I learned and experienced about nourishing myself in the course of healing myself of chronic migraine while raising young kids, and about how to value myself as a mother so as to be more resourced. I hope you enjoy this episode! To learn more about the Repattern Migraine Masterclass, go here:

https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> The importance of staying nourished on mineral, mental, and emotional levels is important for all mothers, but all the more so when you are a mother with migraine. In this episode I explore what I learned and experienced about nourishing myself in the course of healing myself of chronic migraine while raising young kids, and about how to value myself as a mother so as to be more resourced. I hope you enjoy this episode!

To learn more about the Repattern Migraine Masterclass, go here:

https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> maryagendron false No 2474 5 full Mineral, Nutrient, and Hormonal Dynamics in Migraine Mineral, Nutrient, and Hormonal Dynamics in Migraine https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/mineral-nutrient-and-hormonal-dynamics-in-migraine/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/mineral-nutrient-and-hormonal-dynamics-in-migraine/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:47:31 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/c4c619bc-d664-34fe-b2d2-3865be1056c4 There are many nutrient dynamics that affect migraine - mineral/mineral dynamics, mineral/vitamin dynamics, mineral/heavy metal dynamics, and mineral/hormone dynamics. I explore some examples of these dynamics at play in migraine in this podcast.

You can also read this article on my blog for more info: Mineral and Vitamin Antagonists and Synergists: https://mineralsformigraines.com/mineral-vitamin-antagonists-synergists/

Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab): https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> There are many nutrient dynamics that affect migraine - mineral/mineral dynamics, mineral/vitamin dynamics, mineral/heavy metal dynamics, and mineral/hormone dynamics. I explore some examples of these dynamics at play in migraine in this podcast.

You can also read this article on my blog for more info:
Mineral and Vitamin Antagonists and Synergists:
https://mineralsformigraines.com/mineral-vitamin-antagonists-synergists/

Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab):
https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> maryagendron false No 2070 4 full Getting Out of Victim Mentality to Heal Migraine Getting Out of Victim Mentality to Heal Migraine https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/getting-out-of-victim-mentality-to-heal-migraine/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/getting-out-of-victim-mentality-to-heal-migraine/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2024 23:06:37 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/47a4b968-06fc-3bbc-9022-00a61b1584cb Most people with chronic migraine have some degree of trauma. Whether it is childhood trauma, medical trauma, intergenerational trauma or another form, there are things that happened to us, or patterns of behavior passed down to us, that are difficult to metabolize. In the process of getting stuck in a pain cycle, we may find ourselves with varying degrees of victim mentality. How do we learn to work with and transcend this victim mentality so that we don't exacerbate our migraine condition? That's what we explore in this podcast episode. Enjoy! Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab): https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> Most people with chronic migraine have some degree of trauma. Whether it is childhood trauma, medical trauma, intergenerational trauma or another form, there are things that happened to us, or patterns of behavior passed down to us, that are difficult to metabolize. In the process of getting stuck in a pain cycle, we may find ourselves with varying degrees of victim mentality. How do we learn to work with and transcend this victim mentality so that we don't exacerbate our migraine condition? That's what we explore in this podcast episode. Enjoy!

Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab):
https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> maryagendron false No 1742 1 3 full My Story of Migraine and Fluoride Toxicity My Story of Migraine and Fluoride Toxicity https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/my-story-of-migraine-and-fluoride-toxicity/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/my-story-of-migraine-and-fluoride-toxicity/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:32:07 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/95d68d16-b03d-32b7-8aa0-59254752a89c In this episode I share my personal journey with the mineral fluoride - how I was exposed early in life, how profoundly this toxic mineral impacted my life, and how it contributed to my migraines. If you'd like to get your own HTMA lab done, and learn how to detox fluoride to heal your migraines, check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle.

https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> In this episode I share my personal journey with the mineral fluoride - how I was exposed early in life, how profoundly this toxic mineral impacted my life, and how it contributed to my migraines. If you'd like to get your own HTMA lab done, and learn how to detox fluoride to heal your migraines, check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle.

https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> maryagendron false No 2699 2 full Healing Migraine as a Rite of Passage Healing Migraine as a Rite of Passage https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/healing-migraine-as-a-rite-of-passage/ https://maryagendron.podbean.com/e/healing-migraine-as-a-rite-of-passage/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:27:18 -0300 maryagendron.podbean.com/68b67171-8c6e-3d68-8bcc-65b3354faac8 Healing migraine is a rite of passage. In this episode I talk about the challenge in this rite of passage: reaccessing of nourishment and removing the roadblocks to this nourishment.

Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab): https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> Healing migraine is a rite of passage. In this episode I talk about the challenge in this rite of passage: reaccessing of nourishment and removing the roadblocks to this nourishment.

Check out my Repattern Migraine Masterclass and Healing Circle (comes with your own Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab):
https://mineralsformigraines.com/repattern-migraine-masterclass/

]]> Marya Sunflower Gendron false No 1882 1 1 full