Dr. Shawn's Blog

April is Stress Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to take control of your mental fitness, build resilience, and elevate how you feel, from the inside out. Remember: stress isn’t just a mindset issue – it’s a whole-body issue, driven by your Gut-Heart-Brain Axis and how well those systems are communicating.  To support you this month, we’ve

This article was just published in Vitality Digest Magazine (Feb 2026 edition). They asked me to write an article about the link between gut health and mental well-being, and you can see the full issue at the links below (but you need to pay for those – so I am also pasting the text of

For years, gut health marketing focused on who lives in your microbiome (which specific bacteria where there). Today, the more interesting question is what they’re doing. And few microbes work harder – or smarter – than Akkermansia muciniphila. At 3 Waves Wellness, we included a specific strain* of Akkermansia (AKK001) in our award-winning Zenith for

Had a nice 15-min discussion about natural ways to improve “Mental Fitness” on the Digital Trailblazers Health & Wellness Podcast: Apple  = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-and-wellness-trailblazers/id1734826884?i=1000745306048 Spotify  = https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pd1AStupLYi05H5EwzihW?si=lMRtJr4zSPGp_MplFrz_uQ

We’re running a “New Year – New Career” promotion for the Certified Mental Wellness Coach program (CMWC). When you enroll before January 15, you receive: The full Certified Mental Wellness Coach Certification Course?(covering the gut-brain-stress connection, cortisol management, microbiome optimization, and evidence-based natural interventions)3 FREE eBooks on stress, energy, and mood regulationA FREE bottle of Zenith —

Here is a nice short article from the American Academy of Neurology describing how the microbiome and overall gut health is linked to a wide range of chronic conditions such as depression, ADHD, Alzheimer’s and cancer. Maintaining proper microbiome balance and gut health can be a daunting task – especially in today’s fast-paced, high-stress world