About this episode

Bethany Van Der Harst shares her family's journey through trauma and chronic illness, exploring alternative healing methods and the impact of modern life on health.

What happens when a mother is told there may be no hope for her child, and starts looking beyond modern medicine for answers? In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down with Bethany Van Der Harst of Van Der Harst Homestead to talk about trauma, chronic illness, nervous system dysregulation, and the long road of healing. Bethany shares her family’s extraordinary story after her son survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound, lost his sight, later battled COVID, bacterial meningitis, and sepsis, and faced severe neurological and memory challenges that left doctors with few clear answers. Bethany explains how that journey led her deep into the world of microbiome restoration, nervous system support, ancestral nutrition, sunlight, grounding, rhythm, and what she calls the Ancestral Regeneration Protocol. She shares why she believes so many modern health struggles are rooted in a profound disconnection from nature, and why healing often begins by making the body feel safe again. They explore how these ideas apply not only to severe illness, but also to modern motherhood, family rhythms, emotional regulation, and the everyday ways women and children are being shaped by the pace and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Corey Dunn, Christine Muldoon

Guest: Bethany Van Der Harst

Topics covered

• chronic illness
• brain injury
• nervous system dysregulation
• microbiome restoration
• ancestral nutrition
• modern motherhood

Keywords

• trauma
• healing
• COVID
• bacterial meningitis
• sepsis
• neurological challenges
• ancestral regeneration protocol

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Van Der Harst Homestead

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