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Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
James Barry, Podcraft Alchemy
61 episodes
3 days ago
2025 was a year of deep internal shifts. Margaret and I weren’t chasing big external milestones like the year before, yet something far more lasting took place. Margaret stepped away from her work for a full 10-week sabbatical and fully exited her professional life during that time. From there, everything began to change for her, for me, and for our whole family. We talked openly about burnout and what happens when you keep pushing past your own limits for too long. We shared the moment our d...
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2025 was a year of deep internal shifts. Margaret and I weren’t chasing big external milestones like the year before, yet something far more lasting took place. Margaret stepped away from her work for a full 10-week sabbatical and fully exited her professional life during that time. From there, everything began to change for her, for me, and for our whole family. We talked openly about burnout and what happens when you keep pushing past your own limits for too long. We shared the moment our d...
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Alternative Health
Health & Fitness,
Nutrition
Episodes (20/61)
Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Shark Tank, Burnout & A 10-Week Sabbatical Saved Our Family (2025 Reflection) | Margaret Floyd Barry
2025 was a year of deep internal shifts. Margaret and I weren’t chasing big external milestones like the year before, yet something far more lasting took place. Margaret stepped away from her work for a full 10-week sabbatical and fully exited her professional life during that time. From there, everything began to change for her, for me, and for our whole family. We talked openly about burnout and what happens when you keep pushing past your own limits for too long. We shared the moment our d...
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1 week ago
56 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Whole Foods Isn't Enough: How Microplastics Infected Our Lives (What to Do About It) | Daniel Powers
You’ve heard me talk a lot about food. Nose-to-tail, organ meats, ancestral living. But the truth is, we’re now dealing with stuff our ancestors never had to face. Microplastics are in our water, in our food, even in our blood. And that means we need to bring in new tools. Dan Powers is the founder of Utzy Naturals. He’s a husband, a father of five, and someone who’s always believed in the power of whole foods, movement, sleep, and doing things right. But when he read a study in the New Engla...
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2 weeks ago
47 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Why I NEVER Cheat on Keto: How Discipline, Fat & Focus Unlocks a "Savage" Life | Robert Sikes
There’s something about building from the floor up that changes a person. For Robert Sikes, that’s not a metaphor. He and his wife Crystal literally slept on the floor of a warehouse while starting their business. I remember meeting him early in Pluck’s journey, before this podcast even existed, and feeling the conviction behind everything he shared. He’s one of the first people who believed in what I was doing. The way he lives is focused, disciplined, and completely dialed in. It left a las...
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3 weeks ago
47 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Food IS Medicine: Reject Convenience! Reclaim Your Health, Energy, and Family Table | Ali Miller
What happens when we start with kids, a chalkboard, and a Hot Pocket? For Ali Miller, the answer is empowerment. Ali Miller is a functional medicine dietitian with a deep passion for helping people reclaim their health through food. We talked about how ancestral food practices have been lost, particularly in communities where connection to the food system used to be the strongest. She shared what it was like working in underserved school districts, teaching kids how to caramelize onions, crus...
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4 weeks ago
57 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
“Our Food Requires No Freshwater, No Land, No Fertilizer” Can Ocean Farming Fix Our Food System? | Bren Smith
What Bren Smith is doing with the ocean is what we’ve been trying to do on land. He’s reanchoring our food system to something alive, something real. And the wild thing is, he’s growing food that doesn’t require any freshwater, fertilizer, or land. Bren’s a former commercial fisherman who’s now leading the way in regenerative ocean farming. He’s got this deep blue-collar wisdom and a whole lot of practical invention. We talk about what it means to make a living on a living planet, the connect...
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1 month ago
51 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Always On Edge? This Ancient Nervous System Wisdom Might Be the Fix | Debra Joy
Do you ever feel overstimulated, disconnected, or out of sync? Debra Joy joins me for a powerful conversation about nervous system regulation, spiritual alignment, and the importance of honoring natural rhythms. We explore how media and modern noise disrupt our sense of safety, and how small, intentional shifts can help us reconnect, calm the body, and move through the world with more presence and peace. Debra is a Leadership and Performance Coach who helps entrepreneurs, executives, and crea...
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1 month ago
43 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
76% of Americans Are Sick: Exposing Modern Medicine’s Blind Spots—and How to Finally Take Control of Your Healing | Dr. Chris Turnpaugh
Seventy-six percent of Americans are living with chronic illness. That statistic alone tells us we’re facing something much bigger than personal health struggles. In this conversation with Dr. Chris Turnpaugh, we explore what’s broken in our current medical model and why so many people with complex symptoms are being overlooked. Dr. Turnpaugh brings decades of experience in functional neurology and systems-based medicine, with a track record of uncovering root causes where others only treat s...
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1 month ago
59 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
“Boundaries Are Your Best Biohack” — JJ Virgin on Women’s Health, Power, and Navigating a Male-Dominated Industry
You’re a college student at UCLA, juggling five jobs, running an aerobics studio, and training clients before personal training was even a profession. Then one morning in Brentwood, someone follows you out of a coffee shop and pitches a shady modeling gig at the Hotel Bel Air. That moment could have gone sideways. But JJ Virgin had already learned how to set boundaries, read a room, and trust her gut. That instinct shaped everything she built after. JJ didn’t just survive in a male-dominated ...
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1 month ago
51 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Is Plant Medicine Just Drugs in Disguise? A Grounded Conversation on Healing and Ancestral Truth | Sitaramaya Sita
What if plant medicine isn't an escape, but a return? What if our modern fear of altered states says more about our trauma than it does about the medicine itself? I sat down with Sitaramaya Sita, someone who has spent decades walking the path between science and spirit. She’s deeply trained, trauma-informed, and rooted in multiple healing lineages. We explored the misuse of language around plant medicine, how ancestral traditions relate to altered states, and why the Western lens so often fla...
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2 months ago
56 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Reverse Depression, Body Dysmorphia, and Fertility Issues with a Radical Return to Ancestral Eating | Maria Emmerich
What if your body fat could be your fuel? What if food was the key to mental clarity, fertility, and real healing? Maria Emmerich is known around the world for her work in the keto and carnivore space. What makes her message powerful is how personal it is. She shares her own story of moving through depression, body image struggles, and infertility, guided by ancestral eating and a deep understanding of what the body actually needs. We talk about the myths in keto culture, why more butter isn’...
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2 months ago
46 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
How to Heal Like Your Ancestors: Light, Peptides, and Self-Knowledge | Nathalie Niddam
What if your path to healing is already built into your body? I sat down with Nathalie Niddam, a holistic nutritionist and longevity educator who knows how to walk the line between ancestral wisdom and cutting-edge science. Nathalie has this grounded, practical way of looking at things. She's been working with peptides, light therapies, and bioregulators long enough to see what actually works and how it all ties back to the way we’re built. We got into circadian rhythm, vitamin D, red light, ...
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2 months ago
53 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
“Healthy Is Not Just for the Wealthy”: How a Sick Soldier Created a Food That Serves, Not Sells | Phillip Meece
Forget trail mix. What if survival food wasn’t junk? That’s what my guest Phillip Meece set out to change. Phillip is a former combat medic who served in Afghanistan and when he got sick in the Army, it put him on a lifelong mission to figure out nutrition that actually supports health. Out of that experience came The Carnivore Bar, a shelf stable nutrient dense version of pemmican made from meat, fat, and salt. Phillip and I dig into how his childhood in Mongolia, his years in the Army, and ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
“We’re Seeing an Explosion of Chronic Disease in Children” — Why Healing Modern Kids Means Stepping Outside the System | Dr. Elisa Song
Have you ever heard of Microbiome Magic or thought about kids as the canaries in the coal mine? My guest today is Dr. Elisa Song, a Stanford, NYU, and UCSF trained integrative pediatrician and mom of two thriving kids. She’s on a mission to revolutionize children’s health and to bring a practical, whole-child approach to families everywhere. Dr. Song and I talk about the rise in chronic disease in kids, the role of the microbiome, and how resilience and daily choices in food, environment, and...
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3 months ago
1 hour 1 minute

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
People-Pleasing. Overachieving. Perfectionism. Dr. Aimie Apigian on the Biology of Trauma Patterns That Hijack Your Health—and How to Heal Your Nervous System for Good
What if the anxiety, burnout, or fatigue you are feeling is not in your head but in your biology? In this conversation, Dr. Aimie Apigian breaks down how trauma gets stored in the body and what it really takes to feel safe, energized and alive again. Aimie shares her own story of becoming a foster parent and later adopting during medical school, and how that experience opened her eyes to the limits of traditional approaches to trauma. She explains why talk therapy is not always enough and off...
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3 months ago
52 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
"Smiling Assassins”: How Alcohol Became the Poison We Celebrate | James Swanwick
Alcohol has been with us since the dawn of civilization woven into ritual and community, yet today, it has become something else entirely. In this conversation with James Swanwick we look at the smiling assassins that keep us drinking and why an alcohol free lifestyle is gaining ground. James is a former ESPN SportsCenter anchor and the author of CLEAR. He is also the founder of Project 90, a neuroscience-based program that helps high achievers including entrepreneurs, executives, physicians,...
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3 months ago
54 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Healing Bipolar and MS Naturally: How Ancestral Eating Changed Emily Penton’s Life
What happens when the mind spirals, the body breaks down, and every conventional path leads to more despair? Emily Penton found herself at that breaking point, facing both bipolar disorder and multiple sclerosis. Instead of giving up, she discovered a way forward by embracing a meat-based diet, nervous system regulation, and a commitment to radical honesty. In this conversation, Emily shares how ancestral eating brought her clarity and healing when medications and therapies left her barely fu...
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3 months ago
53 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Emergency Isn’t Imminent—It's Inevitable: How Mira Dessy Prepares You to Thrive, Not Just Survive
Emergencies are happening more often, and they’re hitting closer to home — floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. September is National Emergency Preparedness Month and I could not think of a better guest than Mira Dessy. Mira has lived through Hurricane Harvey and the Texas snow apocalypse and she brings a grounded perspective on why being prepared is essential for both health and peace of mind. Mira explains why a preparedness pantry matters, how a simple bug out bag can make all the...
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4 months ago
51 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Feeding My Family Real Food Felt Impossible—But This Ancestral Shift Fixed Everything | Allison Schaaf
How many times have you heard me talk about the power of meal planning? I think it is one of the most underrated tools for health and family life. In this episode I sit down with Allison Schaaf, founder and CEO of Prep Dish. She is both a trained chef and a registered dietitian, and she has built her life around the connection between food, nourishment, and simplicity. Allison shares how she first got into cooking as a teenager, inspired by her grandmothers and motivated by her own curiosity....
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4 months ago
48 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Why 90% of Health Advice Fails (and the Easy Fix No One Talks About) – Dan Go
Struggling to stay consistent with your health and fitness goals? The problem might not be your workout plan or willpower, it could be how you see yourself. World-renowned fitness coach and entrepreneur Dan Go shares how to make health and fitness part of your identity. With over 20 years of experience in personal training, weight loss coaching, and fitness mindset transformation, Dan has helped thousands of professionals and parents lose fat, build muscle, and create sustainable healthy habi...
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4 months ago
54 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
Fertility Is a Mirror: A Missing Conversation on Birth Control Recovery and Womanhood with Mandy Muenzer
Fertility is not a problem to solve. It’s a mirror reflecting how deeply we’re connected to ourselves, our lineage, and our choices. Mandy Muenzer joins me to share her journey of coming off birth control and reconnecting to her feminine wisdom. We explore how somatic movement, emotional healing, and spiritual psychology can help us recover what modern life often asks us to ignore. Mandy is the creator of “The Dance of You”, a healing program rooted in embodiment and truth. Her story offers a...
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4 months ago
57 minutes

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry
2025 was a year of deep internal shifts. Margaret and I weren’t chasing big external milestones like the year before, yet something far more lasting took place. Margaret stepped away from her work for a full 10-week sabbatical and fully exited her professional life during that time. From there, everything began to change for her, for me, and for our whole family. We talked openly about burnout and what happens when you keep pushing past your own limits for too long. We shared the moment our d...