Willow Healing Matters Podcast

Why do so many people still feel exhausted, inflamed, anxious, or hormonally imbalanced—even when they’re eating well and living a “healthy” lifestyle?
In this episode of Willow Healing Matters, Catherine Crestani sits down with Darci Frankel, founder of the Serious Cleanse Method and a practitioner with more than 32 years of experience in Ayurveda, detoxification, and holistic wellness, to uncover the hidden toxic burden affecting modern health.
Together they explore how everyday exposures—from drinking water and household cleaning products to fragrances, seed oils, laundry detergents, and personal care items—may be impacting energy, hormones, metabolism, nervous system regulation, inflammation, and overall wellbeing.
This conversation isn’t about fear—it’s about awareness and empowering you with simple, practical changes that can make a meaningful difference.
In this episode you’ll discover:
✔ Why you may still feel unwell despite “doing everything right”
✔ Hidden toxins found in everyday products
✔ How water quality impacts your health
✔ The connection between detoxification and inflammation
✔ Why seed oils are becoming a major health discussion
✔ Simple low-cost ways to reduce your toxic burden
✔ Ayurveda’s perspective on cleansing and healing
✔ How to become an advocate for your own health
✔ Practical detox strategies anyone can begin today
Whether you’re interested in holistic health, detoxification, Ayurveda, natural living, nervous system healing, functional wellness or simply feeling better in your own body, this episode is packed with practical wisdom.
About Darci Frankel
Darci Frankel is the founder of the Serious Cleanse Method and owner of Hanalei Day Spa on Kauai’s North Shore. For more than 32 years, she has worked in Ayurveda, detoxification, wellness, and helping people better understand the hidden toxic burden affecting modern health.
Darci combines ancient wisdom with practical, real-world strategies to help people support detoxification pathways, nervous system regulation, hormones, energy, metabolism, and overall well-being. Her work focuses on helping people understand why they may still feel off despite “doing everything right.”
She is also known for making complex wellness topics practical, accessible, and easy to understand.
Connect with Darci
🌿 Website:
https://seriouscleanse.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seriouscleanse/
Connect with Catherine Crestani
Host of Willow Healing Matters, Catherine Crestani is an Inner Authority Guide, spiritual teacher, author, and founder of Willow Healing Matters. Through grounded spiritual conversations, she helps people reconnect with their inner authority, expand consciousness, and navigate life with greater clarity and purpose.
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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Meet Darci Frankel
02:00 Darci’s journey into Ayurveda
05:45 Turning adversity into purpose
09:20 Why detoxification became her life’s work
12:00 Hidden toxins affecting modern health
16:00 Water quality and why filtration matters
19:00 Detoxing your home naturally
24:00 Fragrances, chemicals and indoor air quality
28:00 Seed oils and chronic inflammation
31:45 Becoming your own health advocate
32:15 If Darci could change one thing in the world
33:00 Where to find Darci
34:15 Catherine’s ceremonial cacao recommendation
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Are our loved ones really still with us? How do they communicate after they pass? And can everyone develop psychic abilities?
In this thought-provoking episode of Willow Healing Matters, Catherine Crestani sits down with internationally respected psychic medium Karen Docherty to explore the realities of mediumship, signs from loved ones in spirit, grief, intuition, and what really happens after we die.
Karen shares her remarkable journey of seeing spirit since childhood, explains why not everyone is meant to become a professional medium, and offers practical guidance on recognising authentic signs from loved ones. Together, Catherine and Karen also discuss spirit guides, paranormal experiences, psychic development, children who see spirits, the ethics of mediumship, and why healing is at the heart of genuine spiritual work.
Whether you’re grieving, curious about the afterlife, or exploring your own intuitive gifts, this conversation offers grounded wisdom, compassion, and practical insights.
In this episode you’ll discover:
✨ What mediumship really is (and what it isn’t)✨ How loved ones communicate after death✨ Common signs from spirit and how to recognise them✨ Can everyone become psychic or a medium?✨ The difference between intuition, psychic ability and mediumship✨ Why children often see spirits✨ Understanding grief from both sides of the veil✨ Spirit guides, synchronicities and trusting your intuition✨ How to approach paranormal experiences without fear✨ Why personal development is essential for spiritual growth
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Introduction00:39 Meet psychic medium Karen Docherty01:35 Karen’s childhood experiences with spirit04:00 Why children naturally see spirits07:15 Learning to trust yourself as a medium09:20 The biggest lessons from 25 years of mediumship10:45 Do loved ones grieve after they die?13:45 Signs from loved ones in spirit16:00 Coins, birds and other spirit signs19:30 Angry spirits and paranormal experiences25:55 Can everyone become a psychic or medium?29:45 The ethics of mediumship31:40 Karen’s message of hope for humanity32:50 Where to connect with Karen
🌿 Connect with Karen Docherty
🌐 Website:
https://www.karendocherty.com
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/karendochertyspiritmedium
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/mediumkarendocherty
🌿 Connect with Catherine Crestani
Host of Willow Healing Matters, Catherine Crestani is an Inner Authority Guide, spiritual teacher, and founder of Willow Healing Matters. Through her work, Catherine supports people in reconnecting with their inner authority, expanding consciousness, and navigating spiritual awakening with grounded wisdom.
🌐 Website:
https://willowhealing.org
📷 Instagram:https://instagram.com/willowhealingsh
🎙️ YouTube:https://youtube.com/willowhealingsh
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Can your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs affect your physical health?
In this episode of Willow Healing Matters, Catherine Crestani sits down with Carlijn Krijger, founder of Superwoman, to explore the powerful connection between the mind, body, and emotional wellbeing.
After years of struggling with anxiety, hormonal imbalance, chronic bloating, fatigue, skin issues, and losing her menstrual cycle for an entire year, Carlijn spent over $30,000 on her own healing journey. What she discovered transformed not only her health—but her purpose.
Together, Catherine and Carlijn discuss why the body often reflects our inner world, how unresolved emotional patterns can manifest physically, and why taking responsibility for your healing may be the most empowering step you ever take.
Whether you’re interested in holistic health, women’s wellness, emotional healing, spirituality, personal development, or understanding the deeper messages behind illness, this conversation offers thought-provoking perspectives to help you reconnect with yourself.
In this episode we explore:
✔ Carlijn’s journey through anxiety, hormonal imbalance and chronic health challenges
✔ Why losing her period became a turning point
✔ The surprising changes that happened after moving to Spain
✔ The connection between emotions, beliefs and physical symptoms
✔ How your body may mirror your mental and emotional state
✔ Why responsibility is one of the greatest tools for transformation
✔ Women’s health through a holistic and spiritual lens
✔ How intuition can support healing
✔ The path to what Carlijn calls “Superwoman Health”
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Meet Carlijn Krijger
02:08 Losing her period, anxiety & chronic health struggles
03:55 Why moving to Spain changed everything
05:53 The spiritual journey begins
07:50 Creating Superwoman Health
09:57 Does your body mirror your mental state?
11:55 Emotional causes behind physical symptoms
17:47 How to change your mindset for better health
20:35 Taking responsibility for your healing
25:50 If Carlijn could change one thing in the world
27:23 Where to connect with Carlijn
28:20 Catherine’s favourite ceremonial cacao
🌿 Connect with Carlijn Krijger
Website:https://superwoman.cc/homepage
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/carlijnkrijger/
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlijn-krijger-97a74b367/
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@carlijnkrijger
🌿 Connect with Catherine Crestani
Website:
https://willowhealing.org
Instagram:https://instagram.com/willowhealingsh
YouTube:https://youtube.com/@willowhealingsh
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Are you chasing success but still feeling unfulfilled?
In this episode of Willow Healing Matters, Catherine Crestani sits down with entrepreneur, author and speaker Rand Selig, author of Thriving!, to explore what it truly means to create a healthier, happier and more meaningful life.
Together they unpack why purpose isn’t something you discover—it is something you consciously create. They discuss authenticity, self-sabotage, happiness versus joy, letting go of what no longer serves you, and how small shifts in mindset can completely transform your life.
Whether you’re navigating burnout, searching for purpose, building a business, or simply wanting to reconnect with yourself, this conversation offers practical wisdom for creating a life that feels aligned from the inside out.
✨ In this episode we discuss:
• Why purpose is created—not found• Happiness vs joy (and why the difference matters)• How to stop self-sabotaging yourself• Letting go of control without giving up• Authenticity and living in alignment• Designing your own life instead of living on autopilot• The words we use that shape our reality• Building healthier relationships• Reinventing yourself throughout life• Choosing courage over fear
⏱ Chapters
00:00 Introduction01:15 Why Rand wrote Thriving!02:45 Success vs fulfilment04:25 Creating purpose instead of finding it06:55 Courage, reinvention & letting go09:50 Surrender without giving up10:50 Authenticity and alignment13:15 Why smiling matters14:20 Happiness vs joy17:15 The language that shapes your life20:20 Designing your own life22:15 Knowing when relationships have run their course23:25 Learning from failure24:00 Rand’s answer to healing the world25:45 Two powerful lessons from his father’s desk26:25 Where to find Rand
📖 About Rand Selig
Rand Selig is an entrepreneur, coach, conservationist, speaker and the author of the award-winning book Thriving! How to Create a Healthier, Happier and More Prosperous Life. With an MBA from Stanford and a career spanning more than three decades, Rand helps people design lives filled with purpose, wellbeing and authentic success.
🌐 Website:
https://randselig.com
LinkedIn:https://linkedin.com/in/randselig
YouTube:https://youtube.com/@randselig
Facebook:https://facebook.com/randselig
Instagram:https://instagram.com/RMSinstat
🌿 Connect with Catherine Crestani
Catherine Crestani is an Inner Authority Guide, spiritual teacher and founder of Willow Healing Matters. She supports people in reconnecting with their intuition, expanding consciousness and creating lives aligned with their deepest truth.
🌿 Website
https://willowhealing.org
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What if your symptoms aren’t random... but messages?
In this fascinating episode of Willow Healing Matters, Catherine Crestani sits down with Health Detective Beth Milbrecht to explore how digital muscle testing, energy healing, and homeopathy can uncover the hidden root causes behind chronic symptoms.
Rather than simply managing symptoms, Beth explains how the body continually communicates through pain, fatigue, illness, and discomfort—and how learning to listen could change your health forever.
Together, Catherine and Beth discuss intuitive healing, emotional causes of illness, frequency medicine, muscle testing, nervous system awareness, environmental toxins, and why your body already knows how to heal.
Whether you’re living with chronic health challenges, exploring holistic health, or simply curious about alternative healing approaches, this conversation will leave you seeing your body in a completely different way.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 Introduction00:39 Meet Health Detective Beth Milbrecht01:22 Beth’s journey from mechanical engineer to holistic health detective05:42 What is digital muscle testing?09:49 How remote muscle testing actually works12:19 Finding the root cause instead of chasing symptoms15:40 Why your body heals one step at a time16:54 Learning to listen to your body’s wisdom17:50 The emotional meaning behind physical symptoms20:13 Why healing requires both emotional and physical work21:28 Stop ignoring your body’s warning signs23:59 Reducing toxins and supporting natural healing26:29 Small daily changes that transform your health26:56 If you could heal one thing in the world...27:54 Where to connect with Beth
Connect with Beth Milbrecht
🌿 Website
https://yourhealthwithbeth.com/
📱 Instagram, Facebook & YouTube@yourhealthwithbeth
💼 LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bethmielbrecht/
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About Willow Healing Matters
Willow Healing Matters explores spirituality, healing, consciousness, intuition, personal growth, energy medicine, multidimensional awareness, emotional wellbeing and the wisdom that helps us reconnect with our inner authority.
Each episode features conversations with thought leaders, healers, researchers and everyday people who are helping us understand ourselves—and our world—in a deeper way.
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