What if the first step to healing wasn’t another prescription, but a gentle touch? In this episode of How to Take Care of Yourself, I’m joined by the extraordinary Dr. Njideka Olatunde: naturopath, reflexologist, and visionary founder of the Focus on Healing Wellness Institute.
Dr. Olatunde has spent over four decades teaching people how to relieve pain and stress naturally, without medication, by reconnecting with the ancient power of human touch. Her “Reflexology-Touchology™” method is both rooted in tradition and bracingly relevant to our overstressed, overprescribed world.
This conversation is one for the books, full of wisdom, laughter, and bold truth-telling.
✨ You’ll hear about:
How pain and stress are deeply intertwined
Why touch is the original medicine, and why we’re afraid of it
The vision quest that transformed her life
What babies, mechanics, and “this little piggy” have to do with healing
And why the colon may be your most overlooked superorgan
🎁 Dr. Olatunde’s Gift: Download her free medication-free healing poster at touchologyreflexology.com
🌐 Connect with Dr. Olatunde:
Website: focusonhealing.com
Facebook: ReflexologyPainRelief.com
💜 Work with Me (Veronica): Ready to reclaim your health, your energy, your self? Explore 1:1 healing through Ayurveda, food, and empowered living at veronicawolffcasey.com
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00:00 The Healing Power of Being Silly
02:23 Meet Dr. Njideka Olatunde
05:06 Reflexology Roots: Nigeria, Vision Quests & Drums
08:47 Releasing Pain, Emotions & Energy
12:14 The Stress-Pain Connection
15:22 Why Listening Is the First Line of Healing
19:10 Letting the Inner Child Out to Play
21:10 Trauma, Young People & the Touch Deficit
28:00 Passing the Baton to a New Generation
30:36 How Reflexology Really Works
34:05 “This Little Piggy” and the Truth About Touch
37:03 Self-Massage, Solitude & Inner Listening
41:39 Dr. Olatunde’s Personal Self-Care Practices
45:54 Morning Rituals for Healing
49:51 What Book She Rereads Over and Over
51:24 What She’s Learning from the Food She Eats
54:14 Her Gift to Listeners + Final Reflections