Nourished with Dr. Anikó

Chronic abdominal pain in children is real—and often misunderstood. In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, pediatric gastroenterologist and integrative medicine specialist Dr. Ann Ming Yeh explains Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and other disorders of gut–brain interaction (DGBI) in children and teens.

You’ll learn why IBS is not “all in your head,” how the nervous system and gut motility drive real pain, and why normal GI tests can actually be good news. Dr. Yeh shares evidence-based integrative treatments for pediatric IBS, including supplements, diet approaches, mind–body t...

In this New Year’s episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó offers an alternative to resolutions and rigid intentions, inviting listeners into a quieter, more meaningful way of entering the year ahead. Through a personal ritual rooted in reflection, embodiment, and compassion, she shares how looking back on the year we’ve lived can become one of the most powerful tools for living with intention.

Rather than striving to fix or reinvent ourselves, this episode centers on integration. Dr. Anikó walks through her annual practice of reviewing the year month by month, using memory, photographs, and writing to reconn...

In this episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó explores how conflict when met with curiosity rather than defensiveness can become a powerful pathway to deeper connection. Through a nuanced discussion of apology, forgiveness, and emotional accountability, she unpacks why curiosity is the missing ingredient in most relational breakdowns.

At the heart of this conversation is a crucial distinction: accepting an apology is a relational act, while forgiveness is an internal process that unfolds in its own time. Dr. Anikó explains why genuine connection does not require premature forgiveness and how sincere apologies, grounded in curiosity, can create repair ev...

Meditation isn’t about stopping your thoughts, it’s about changing your relationship to them. In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó breaks down what meditation really is, why so many people believe they “can’t” meditate, and how simple body-based awareness can radically shift the way you respond to stress, emotions, and daily life.

Through clear explanation and a guided sensory exercise, this episode shows how bringing attention into the body creates a pause between stimulus and reaction, interrupting habitual patterns driven by stress, fear, or past experiences. Rather than forcing calm, meditation becomes a pr...

In this powerful episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó expands on a key idea raised in last week’s conversation about grief and emotional suppression: the very real and measurable harm that unprocessed emotions create within the body. 

Through research, clinical insight, and lived experience, this episode explores why emotions that aren’t felt don’t disappear they embed themselves physically, increasing inflammation, disrupting hormones, altering the gut microbiome, and raising the long-term risk of conditions like dementia, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, and cancer .

Dr. Anikó breaks down why intellectualizing feelings is not the same a...

In this deeply moving episode of "Nourish with Dr. Anikó," grief specialist and board-certified chaplain Amar Atma Singh Khalsa joins Dr. Anikó to explore the transformative power of grief. Together, they redefine loss as a path to healing, self-awareness, and deeper connection.

About AmarAtma Singh Khalsa:
Amar Atma Singh Khalsa is the founder of the Institute for Compassionate Grieving, a sought-after speaker, retreat leader, and author of the upcoming book "The Tender Art of Grieving." With over 15 years of experience, Amar blends mind-body medicine, spiritual wisdom, and somatic healing to support individuals through the em...

In this heartfelt episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, we explore how our deepest gratitude often springs from the connections we nurture with others. Dr. Anikó reflects on a powerful conversation with a friend and how the podcast itself has become a bridge to more meaningful relationships both with guests and listeners.

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In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, host Dr. Anikó Gréger opens a vital conversation about one of the most pressing challenges facing families today: screen use, device dependence, and the ways our digital habits quietly shape the mental, emotional, and physical health of both parents and children.

Through compassionate insight and grounded neuroscience, she reframes screen use not as a moral failing or a parenting flaw, but as an addiction engineered by design. She explains how devices, apps, and platforms are intentionally created to be habit-forming, how they erode our natural emotional regul...

In this deeply reflective episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó Gréger explores the powerful intersection between neuroscience, compassion, and generational healing. Speaking from personal insight and professional expertise, she reflects on how her own journey as a parent has reshaped her understanding of her parents, revealing how empathy and awareness can help us rewire long-held emotional patterns.

Dr. Anikó unpacks the science behind how trauma and emotional experiences are stored in the body, drawing from the work of experts like Peter Levine, PhD and books like The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der...

In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, host Dr. Anikó Gréger explores the tender, universal experience of grief and the deeper truths it reveals about love, control, and what it means to be fully alive. 

Through reflective storytelling and compassionate insight, she invites listeners to consider how healing and acceptance can unfold even when those we’ve lost are no longer here, reminding us that peace and integration are found within ourselves.

Dr. Anikó shares how our desire for control, often expressed through guilt can be an unconscious attempt to avoid the chaos...

In this powerful episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó Gréger is joined by integrative medicine physician and mindfulness mentor, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa, for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, midlife transitions, and the emotional awakening many women experience in the second half of life.

Together, they explore the “hard stop” many women reach when years of caregiving, emotional labor, and self-sacrifice catch up with the body, mind, and spirit, especially for those in healing professions. Dr. Khalsa shares why this season of life is not a decline, but a powerful portal for reinvention, healing...

In this inspiring episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, host Dr. Anikó Gréger welcomes Dr. Reshma Shah, pediatrician, parent coach, and award-winning co-author of Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families. Together, they explore what it truly means to feed your family in a way that supports both health and happiness without rigidity, guilt, or overwhelm.

Dr. Shah shares her personal and professional journey from a traditional vegetarian upbringing to becoming a leading voice in plant-based nutrition, family wellness, and climate-informed pediatrics. She offers practical, compassionate guidance for families who are plant-curious and want to mak...

In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó concludes her powerful three-part vaccine series with an in-depth look at the devastating diseases vaccines were designed to prevent: polio, pertussis, and measles and why remembering their true impact is essential to protecting future generations.

With her signature blend of medical expertise and heartfelt storytelling, Dr. Anikó brings these illnesses to life through vivid history, global context, and real patient stories. From the paralyzing grip of polio that confined President FDR to a wheelchair, to the heartbreaking realities of whooping cough in infants, and the stagg...

In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó continues her powerful three-part series on vaccines, autism, and misinformation this time turning the focus to the diseases themselves.

Building on last week’s exploration of scientific truth and the spread of misinformation, this episode dives deep into the devastating illnesses vaccines were created to prevent and why so many in modern society have forgotten their true impact.

With her signature mix of compassion, medical expertise, and storytelling, Dr. Anikó brings you into the heart of public health: what these diseases actually look like, h...

In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó tackles one of the most heated and misunderstood topics in modern medicine: vaccines, autism, and the machinery of misinformation. With honesty and depth, she unpacks how one falsified study in the 1990s fueled decades of fear, why misinformation continues to spread, and what the science actually shows about vaccines and autism.

Through clear examples, compassionate perspective, and a call for deeper conversations, Dr. Anikó explores the difference between correlation and causation, the power of placebo, and how fear can be manipulated by those in power. She also rai...

In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó steps away from her planned topic to dive into one of the most powerful and often misunderstood tools for self-discovery and healing: shadow work. Drawing from Carl Jung’s teachings, the wisdom of psychotherapist Terry Cole, and her own reflections, she unpacks how the parts of ourselves we resist, deny, or even despise hold the keys to our freedom and wholeness.

Through honest conversation and practical practices, Dr. Anikó explains why ignoring our “shadow” only gives it more power and how consciously facing it can help us build res...

In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó invites you into the power of simple rituals that connect us more deeply to ourselves, to nature, and to one another. Inspired by a recent talk blending shamanic traditions with Western medicine, she explores how practices like welcoming the sun, grounding through the earth, and gentle movements such as Qigong can shift the way we carry ourselves through hard and uncertain times.

Through personal stories, dreams that crossed into waking life, and reflections on trauma-informed healing, Dr. Anikó shares why these rituals aren’t just spiritual or mysti...

When most of us hear the words PMS or menopause, we think of struggle, discomfort, or even loss. But what if these phases of life were actually sacred transitions, times of heightened perception, honesty, and wisdom?

In this episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó invites you to see PMS and menopause through a radically different lens. Drawing from cultural traditions, ancestral wisdom, and her own integrative practice, she reframes these experiences not as deficits but as doorways into deeper truth and power.

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Adolescence is one of the sacred stages of development. In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, integrative pediatrician and postpartum consultant Dr. Anikó Gréger explores how parents can best support tween and teen girls as they transition from childhood to adulthood.

Dr. Anikó explains why adolescence should be viewed as a sacred window, similar to the postpartum period where young people are “birthing” a new sense of self. 

She dives into the importance of individuation, the normalcy of rejection, and how trusted adults beyond parents can provide crucial support. With her unique integrative perspecti...

In this final part (for now) of the anti-inflammatory diet series, Dr. Anikó brings everything together and shows how an anti-inflammatory lifestyle is more than just what’s on your plate; it’s about how you live, connect, and nourish yourself and your family. Instead of focusing on restriction, Dr. Anikó encourages us to start by adding: more whole foods, more vegetables, more community, more rest, and more joy. By adding these elements first, the less supportive foods and habits naturally take up less space in your life.

What You’ll Learn:

The Anti-Inflammatory Diet Part 2: Real Food, Lifestyle Shifts, and Lasting Health

When it comes to inflammation, last week’s episode showed us that it isn’t always the enemy it’s actually one of your body’s greatest tools for healing. But when inflammation becomes chronic, it drives disease and drains vitality.

In this second part of Dr. Anikó’s anti-inflammatory series, she explores what the anti-inflammatory diet really looks like in practice and how cultures around the world have been living this way for centuries. From Blue Zones to Mediterranean traditions, Dr. Anikó shows how food, co...

When most people hear the word “inflammation,” they think of something to fight or avoid. But what if inflammation is actually one of your body’s most powerful healing tools?

In this first part of Dr. Anikó’s anti-inflammatory diet series, you’ll learn:

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In this reflective episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó shares a spontaneous message inspired by a yoga session and the powerful reminder that acceptance is at the root of joy. 

She explores the human tendency to resist discomfort and attempt to change external circumstances and offers a deeply compassionate perspective on how true healing often arises not from fixing, but from allowing.

Drawing from personal experience, clinical insight, and mindfulness-based practices, Dr. Anikó invites listeners to consider how they might cultivate resilience, not by controlling everything around them, but by creating inner stability and...

In this deeply personal episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó reflects on the emotional transition of changing her clinical practice and what it means to show up as a full human being both in and outside the role of physician. 

Dr. Anikó opens up about the bittersweet feelings of changing the way she practices, the pressures placed on professionals to compartmentalize their emotions, and the healing power of presence, touch, and shared humanity.

This conversation is a heartfelt invitation to embrace vulnerability, honor emotional complexity, and explore how we can be more fully ours...

In this soul-centered episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó returns to the the topic of postpartum health offering a heartfelt guide to understanding what the postpartum period truly is and what birthing parents need to recover, transform, and thrive.

Drawing from ancient traditions, modern pediatric insights, and her own personal and professional experience Dr. Anikó unpacks the powerful wisdom behind the fourth trimester and the often-overlooked first 40 days after birth. She explores the universal needs of new mothers, from nourishment and warmth to companionship and connection with nature.

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In this deeply personal episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó opens up about the sacred realities of the postpartum period. She shares her honest story from the emotional highs of childbirth to the devastating pain of miscarriage and how these experiences reshaped her understanding of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and mental health.

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Episode Highlights: 

00:00 Introduction to the Postpartum Period
02:07 Discovering Pregnancy: A Pers...

In this empowering and heart-centered episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó introduces a powerful parenting framework that transforms how we connect with our children and ourselves through radical love, clear boundaries, and intentional celebration.

Drawing from the Nurtured Heart Approach, Dr. Anikó explores how small but intentional shifts in attention and communication can help children (and adults) feel deeply seen, valued, and empowered. 

Far beyond traditional discipline, this approach centers on behavior inspiration rather than behavior management, allowing our children to grow into their best selves through consistent affirmation and connection.

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In this uplifting and science-backed episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó explores a deeply nourishing (and surprisingly simple) practice that can shift your entire experience of life: noticing the delights.

Dr. Anikó explains how our brains are wired to remember the negative and how we can retrain them to savor the positive. Drawing on her integrative medical expertise and personal life as a mother, physician, and joyful realist, she shares practical ways to reframe your day, enhance emotional resilience, and spark more happiness even in hard seasons.

This episode isn’t about toxic posit...

In this eye-opening and deeply compassionate episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó dismantles the myths surrounding BMI (Body Mass Index) and challenges us to stop measuring our health solely by a number. Drawing on her expertise as a double board-certified Integrative Pediatrician and Postpartum Specialist, she explores the flawed origins of BMI, how it has been misapplied across populations, and why it often fails to reflect true wellness especially for women, people of color, and those in larger bodies.

With both clinical wisdom and personal insight, Dr. Anikó invites listeners to reframe their relationship with their bodies, replacing sh...

In this fun, insightful and science-backed episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó continues the powerful conversation on why nature is not just healing it’s essential.

With curiosity and compassion, Dr. Anikó explores how simple time spent in green spaces can profoundly impact our physical, emotional, and even cellular health. From immune support to cancer prevention and attention restoration, the benefits of nature go far beyond what we see they influence how we feel, heal, and function.

Drawing from her training as a double board-certified Integrative Pediatrician and Postpartum Specialist, Dr. Anikó breaks down w...

In this restorative and research-packed episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó explores the essential role of nature in regulating our nervous system and enhancing our overall well-being. 

With warmth and scientific insight, Dr. Anikó reminds us that we are nature and that reconnecting with the natural world isn’t just beneficial, it’s vital to our health.

Drawing from her background as a double board-certified Integrative Pediatrician and Postpartum Specialist, Dr. Anikó dives into the biology behind why green spaces reduce stress, how chronic overstimulation affects digestion, and what centuries of healing practices have taught us about...

In this eye-opening episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó shares how the body holds the keys to deeper wellness if we learn to listen. Drawing from both personal practice and clinical experience as a double board-certified Integrative Pediatrician and Postpartum Specialist, she explores why tuning into your body’s subtle messages is essential for healing, presence, and lifelong vitality.

Too often, we override hunger, discomfort, fatigue or even joy in the name of productivity or perfection. But our bodies are constantly communicating through sensation, rhythm, and need. In this episde, Dr. Anikó invites us to step out of auto...

In this deeply personal and inspiring episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó shares the unconventional path that led her from childhood stomach pain to becoming a double board-certified Integrative Pediatrician and Postpartum Specialist. Her story isn’t just about medicine, it’s about healing, identity, and rediscovering the body’s innate wisdom.

Through raw reflections, Dr. Anikó walks us through the lived experiences that Western medicine alone couldn’t explain, the life-changing power of yoga, nature, nutrition, and how integrative medicine became her calling. 

You’ll hear how her own struggles with digestive issues, anxiety, postpartum depression an...

In this grounded and empowering episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó Gréger, shares a deeply practical conversation on what truly keeps kids healthy in today’s fast-paced, screen-saturated world.

Drawing on years of experience supporting families through integrative and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Anikó reveals that it’s not about trendy supplements or quick fixes but rather the foundational habits we model, the emotional security we offer and the culture we create in our homes.

Whether you're navigating tantrums, tech battles or just trying to make family meals more intentional, this episode is a nourishing reminder that sm...

In this heartfelt and informative episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó Gréger explores the nuanced relationship between Western medicine and Integrative and Complementary approaches to healing. Drawing on her experience as a double board-certified Integrative Pediatrician and Postpartum Specialist, she unpacks the strengths and limitations of both systems and why it’s not about choosing one over the other, but about finding the right balance for you.

With clarity and compassion, Dr. Anikó invites listeners to step out of rigid medical silos and into a more expansive, whole-person perspective. Whether you’ve felt dismissed by conventional providers or over...

On Nourished with Dr. Anikó, you’ll discover a refreshing, integrative approach to whole-person wellness, motherhood, and authentic living. Hosted by Dr. Anikó Gréger, a double board-certified Integrative Pediatrician and Postpartum specialist trained in perinatal mental health, this podcast is a powerful space for people who are ready to feel deeply supported, emotionally connected, and truly nourished—physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Nourished is rooted in both clinical expertise and lived experience. As a mother and a healer, Dr. Anikó shares thoughtful conversations, solo episodes, and expert guest interviews that exp...