Dr. Elena Villanueva and Modern Holistic Health
Dr. Elena Villanueva is an international speaker, health influencer, and co-author of Codes of Longevity. She teaches evidence-based approaches for finding & treating the underlying causes of chronic illness & brain-related conditions. Dr. V’s unique approach incorporates the merging of science and spirituality and the integration of the mind/body/spirit.
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Elena is the producer and host of the Mastering Trauma Masterclass, The Leaky Brain Summit, Your Brain & Mental Health: What They Aren’t Telling You, and the Beyond The Pill Masterclass, plus the TribeTalk Podcast. Find information on these topics and more relevant to your health and holistic healing at ModernHolisticHealth.com.
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There’s something about this season that tightens everything.
The days shorten. The pace quickens. The noise rises.
The lists get longer, the inbox louder, and our breath—without us realizing—gets caught somewhere high in our chests.
And yet, beneath all that urgency, there’s often a quieter signal pulsing beneath the surface.
A soft, persistent whisper from the nervous system: Slow down. Come home. Choose softness.
Most people think healing is supposed to be hard. That we only heal and evolve through effort, excavation, and emotional labor. And yes, sometimes that’s true. I’ve walked those valleys through illness, through unraveling, through rebuilding my life. But the older, wiser version of me knows something else just as true: some of the deepest healing doesn’t come from working harder. It comes from surrender. From play. From coming home to joy.
For over 35 years, I carried a quiet ache in my heart. A longing I didn’t always speak aloud, but that lived in my bones. A longing for a life with horses once again. Not just to ride again—but to be with them. To breathe with them. To return to a rhythm and a relationship that once shaped who I was.
As a little girl, horses were my refuge. They were more than animals—they were presence, regulation, stillness. They were the first beings to show me that it was safe to just be. Riding wasn’t about sport; it was about coming into coherence with something bigger than myself. The barn was my sanctuary, and the horses—my therapists, long before I knew what trauma was.
But life swept me in other directions. College. Career. Motherhood. Building a business. Holding space for others as they healed. And though it was a beautiful, purpose-filled life, that longing stayed with me like a quiet ember, glowing beneath the surface, waiting for the conditions to be right.
This year, I stopped waiting. I chose to answer the call.
Walking into that barn for the first time in decades was nothing short of sacred. The moment I opened the doors, time collapsed. The scent of hay met me first—earthy and sweet, like the inhale of a memory. Then came the smell of leather—rich, worn, sun-warmed tack that whispered of a thousand rides before mine. The air was cool and still, the kind of stillness that only exists where large, gentle animals live.
The horses turned toward me one by one. Not with excitement, but with presence. The kind that stops you in your tracks. Their eyes were soft and knowing, their breath slow and steady. One leaned into me, offering a soft nuzzle—a “horse kiss,” as I’ve always called it—her warm muzzle pressing gently to my cheek like she had been waiting for me too.
“Karin, my energetic medicine practitioner at Modern Holistic Health is very intuitive and experienced and has helped me release stuck emotions and forgive people/things that were hidden deep in my unconscious mind. I am so grateful to Karin for that!” – Susana G., March 2025 [See more]
November is here, a month that holds both anticipation of holiday festivities and, for some, a challenge. The shorter days, the focus on gratitude, and the impending holiday season often stir up a mix of emotions. For many, it’s not just about planning meals and gatherings with friends and family; it’s about navigating the unseen weight of fatigue, grief, health challenges, and old emotional patterns that surface more strongly this time of year.
In my recent sessions with clients, I’ve noticed a theme: the hidden layers of pain and beliefs that quietly drain energy and joy. These layers aren’t always obvious. Sometimes they appear as persistent or more prevalent health struggles. For some, pain returns after you thought it was gone, chronic fatigue that won’t release its grip, or sleep that never quite refreshes you. At other times, they show up as emotions—sadness that lingers, unworthiness that whispers beneath the surface, or shame that blocks you from fully embracing who you are.
And during the holidays, these patterns are often amplified. Old family dynamics resurface, and the pressure to “show up” cheerfully can become heavy. In such moments, it may seem easier to push through the discomfort rather than take the time to pause and heal.
One of the most impactful shifts I’ve seen recently is the simple change in language. A client who had been describing her condition as “This is MY long COVID” realized she was reinforcing the identity of illness every time she spoke the words. Together, we reframed it: “My body is continuing to heal.” That single shift of perspective began to change her relationship with her body and her recovery. Additionally, noticing that her body IS healing and focusing on what feels good in her body shifts her mind (thoughts) and her body (emotions) to a greater healing state.
The words we use matter. They either keep us tethered to the past or open us to possibility. This season, pay attention to the story you tell yourself about who you are and where you’re headed. Are you reinforcing limitations, or are you creating space for healing and joy?
Another client explored deep-rooted anger, sadness, and shame using emotional release techniques. What surfaced was a realization that these emotions weren’t enemies to be feared or used against himself; they had once been forms of protection. By acknowledging and releasing them, he was able to reclaim his energy and see himself with more compassion.
This is the hidden work many of us overlook. The stress of holiday planning won’t feel lighter if we’re still carrying decades-old grief or guilt in our body and mind. When you release what no longer fits for you, you create space for new experiences of peace, joy, and connection.
Are you ready to explore the true essence of healing that goes beyond just physical symptoms? In this interview, Dr. Elena Villanueva welcomes Louise Swartswalter, a renowned expert in naturopathy, NLP, kinesiology, trauma work, and frequency medicine. Together, they discuss a holistic approach to health that addresses emotional and energetic imbalances.
Discover the transformative Brain Soul Success system, designed to clear brain traumas and integrate positive energy programs. Louise Swartswalter shares her expertise on energy codes and mind gems, providing you with comprehensive wellness solutions. This interview features an interactive session with muscle testing and energy field integration, offering practical insights into achieving true healing.
Join in for an engaging discussion and experience the power of holistic health practices. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more inspiring content!
What’s covered in this interview:
Join Dr. Elena Villanueva, featuring Michael Stone, and uncover the secrets of how controlled breathing can radically shift your emotional, physical, and spiritual health.
You will learn about Michael’s journey, from his life-altering experiences in Peru with ayahuasca to the personal breakthroughs that redefined his understanding of safety and relationships.
And, Dr. Villanueva shares her powerful story, revealing how she found peace amidst chaos in Chile through the magic of holotropic breathwork.
Together, they’ll guide you through a mind-blowing neurodynamic breathing exercise that promises to ground and transform you.
You will learn about the profound impacts of conscious breathing on:
Don’t just listen or watch – participate, engage, and evolve!
Did you know essential oils could be used to manage stress, calm your nervous system, promote healthy sleep, and even ease anxiety and depression?
In this episode of TribeTalk, Dr. V and Ann talk with Jodi Cohen about ways to use essential oils in everyday living. Learn more about how you can easily add essential oils to your daily routine, and about Jodi’s book that can get you started on regaining control of your health.
Jodi is the founder of Vibrant Blue Oils, where she has combined her training in nutritional therapy and aromatherapy to create unique proprietary blends of organic and wild-crafted essential oils. Her book, Essential Oils to Heal the Brain and Boost the Body: 5 Steps to Calm Anxiety, Sleep Better, Reduce Inflammation, and Regain Control of Health introduces readers to the 5 necessary steps to reduce stressors, energy drains, and return the brain to optimal function:
“Mike is always very knowledgeable and encouraging and is pleasant to interact with. Thank you MHH for all you do to help us!” – Tracey C., December 2024 [See more]
Starting November 13, Modern Holistic Health’s Black Friday Wellness Event gives you exclusive access to the lowest prices of the year on practitioner visits, advanced lab bundles, self-guided programs, our most loved masterclasses, and our best-selling supplements and lifestyle products.
Whether you’re uncovering the root cause of chronic issues or restocking your wellness essentials, now’s the time to take action.
Here’s a preview of what’s coming:
1-on-1 Practitioner Visits for both new and returning clients
Comprehensive Lab Bundles that reveal underlying root causes of many conditions, symptoms, and dis-ease.
Self-Guided Programs that put healing in your hands
USB Masterclasses packed with root-cause education you can own forever
MHH Store Favorites for everyday wellness essentials like supplements and lifestyle products.
Appointments and lab kits will be limited, so get ready.
Watch your inbox for the official announcement on November 13 and get ready to unlock your healthiest life for less!
“After watching the mental health masterclass, I gained a deeper understanding of how stress, anxiety, and depression can be linked to trauma. I realized that clients facing these challenges need our help to achieve mental clarity. They come to us with solutions they struggle to implement on their own and need someone to talk to. This holistic approach to mental health is truly invaluable.” – William M., July 2024 [See more]
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Winter brings cozy moments and festive fun, but it also challenges our immune systems more than any other time of year. Less sunlight, dry indoor air, seasonal microbes, and increased stress can all weaken our natural defenses.
The Winter Essentials Immunity Support Bundle was carefully curated to keep your body resilient from the inside out. This powerhouse combination supports the immune system, gut health, energy production, and overall vitality. With this bundle, you and your family can truly enjoy the winter season while feeling your best.
Vitamin D3 + K2
Your foundational defense when sunshine is scarce. It helps strengthen your immune system, balance inflammation, support bone health, and maintain a healthy cardiovascular system.
X Microbe Plus
Targets microbial imbalances and supports detox pathways, helping clear what doesn’t belong, while enhancing the body’s ability to respond to seasonal stressors.
BioBalance Probiotic
Fortifies the gut microbiome with spore-based probiotics that survive heat, cold, and stomach acid. Supports digestion, nutrient absorption, and immune signaling, plus mood and clarity via the gut-brain axis.
Premier Fermented Mushroom Blend
A potent formula of six adaptogenic mushrooms, fermented for maximum absorption. Boosts immune activity, energy, and resilience when your body needs it most.
When your defenses are strong, you feel it: more energy, fewer sick days, and greater confidence as you move through winter activities and gatherings.
Build a powerful foundation of wellness for you and your loved ones, and keep the season joyful, not stressful.
When cold and flu season strikes, your body needs more than surface-level support; it needs the right tools at the cellular level to stay strong and bounce back quickly. Seasonal immune challenges can hit fast, especially when stress, poor sleep, and environmental toxins are already wearing down the system.
The Cold & Flu Defense Bundle provides comprehensive immune protection and targeted recovery support, helping you feel more resilient throughout the season. With antioxidants, mineral replenishment, microbial defense, and foundational immune nutrients, it’s designed to keep you and your family protected when it matters most.
Vitamin D3 + K2
A cornerstone of immune and metabolic strength, it keeps T-cells responsive, supports balanced inflammation, and maintains bone and cardiovascular integrity.
X Microbe Plus
Delivers practitioner-grade immune and microbial support, helping your body clear what doesn’t belong while supporting detox pathways, lymphatic flow, and overall vitality.
Trace Minerals Essentials
Replenishes critical minerals that stress and lifestyle deplete. Supports immune cell function, metabolism, enzyme activity, and steady energy.
Bio-Active Silver Hydrosol
Ultra-pure silver ions offer fast-acting immune defense and microbial protection when seasonal exposure peaks, supporting the body’s natural recovery processes.
Liposomal Vitamin C
Clinically effective antioxidant protection in a highly absorbable form. Supports tissue repair, healthy inflammation balance, and faster recovery.
Whether you’re trying to avoid getting sick or shorten the duration and severity when illness hits, this bundle helps your body stay ahead of seasonal challenges.
Feel confident heading into cold and flu season with a bundled solution designed for proactive wellness and rapid immune recovery.
Recurring urinary tract discomfort can disrupt your energy, your plans, and your peace of mind. Women deserve solutions that protect and support their urinary system at the source, not just temporarily ease symptoms.
The UTI Relief Wellness Bundle was created to help restore balance where it matters most: the urinary tract, microbial environment, and immune defenses. This bundle pairs targeted botanicals with clinically advanced probiotics and essential minerals to support ongoing comfort and resilience.
X Microbe Plus
Supports microbial balance with clinically validated botanicals and biofilm disruptors, helping the body remove unwanted microbes and maintain healthy immune and detox pathways.
Trace Minerals Essentials
Stress, diet, and medications can deplete essential minerals that protect cellular function. This blend supports metabolic health, immune defense, and steady energy.
UT Synergy
A comprehensive blend of D-mannose, hibiscus, bearberry, nettle, horsetail, parsley, and aloe that helps soothe the urinary tract, support healthy microbial balance, and maintain optimal urinary flow.
Ther-Biotic® Women’s Probiotic
10 clinically studied strains that help maintain healthy pH, reduce bacterial overgrowth, and support comfortable vaginal and urinary function, including the body’s natural defenses against recurrent irritation or odor.
Liposomal Vitamin C
Highly absorbable antioxidant protection that supports tissue repair, immune function, and healthy inflammatory responses throughout the urinary system.
Urinary wellness shouldn’t be a constant worry. This bundle helps you take a proactive, natural approach so you can feel comfortable, confident, and in control.
Support your urinary health from every angle, and let comfort become your new normal.
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(For established clients)
This appointment type should only be made for an established client. (After you have had your initial/first visit completed).
Not sure WHO to book with? No Problem! Here at MHH we have an AMAZING team of coaches and EVERY ONE OF OUR COACHES can help you with ANY of your conditions, so just pick the one that has availability on the day and time that works best for you.
This package contains 12 Biological Coaching Visits at 30 minutes each. Purchasing this package can save you 10% vs. if you purchased 12 sessions individually.
Using the combined modalities of EFT tapping, Resonance Repatterning, Color, Light, and Sound, this visit type addresses:
• Anxiety • Depression • Fear • Mind racing • Feelings of anger • Feelings of hopelessness • and more…
This unique approach can address and resolve emotional trauma, present or past, that has been locked into the physical body’s memory, often below the realm of conscious thought. Our bodies replay these memories at different times, and they can adversely affect our health especially in times of great stress and uncertainty.
These packages contain 12 Brain & Emotional Repatterning visits of 60 minutes or 90 minutes each. Purchasing either of these packages will save you 15% as compared to purchasing individual sessions
Not feeling well and looking for help with your condition, diagnosis, or symptoms that won’t go away no matter what you have tried? Our holistic biological health coaches can help you! Our coaches teach you how your body works, what the underlying cause of your condition or symptoms are, and how to fix and address them using long-term solutions that are data-driven and that work!
Our holistic biological health coaches have a deep understanding of advanced functional testing and genetics testing, along with much experience in complex cases.
Our biological coaching team works with you to empower and teach you how to understand and interpret your lab results, what your results mean, how they are connected to your health conditions or symptoms, and most importantly, what to do with the information, how to put protocols together based on your lab results, and when to reorder your various labs to track progress.
You will become your own healing master learning how to navigate the healing process, how to modify your protocols, when and how to detoxify your organs and cells from the toxins discovered on your lab results. You will learn the importance of tracking your assessment forms and symptom sheets and how to troubleshoot your healing process.
In addition, you have the opportunity to learn how to understand YOUR genetic blueprint – Our coaches are trained in the field of epigenetics and understand implicitly that YOU are in control of your own gene expression and how your genes either work for or against you. If you choose to add genetic testing into your program, your genetic blueprint information can be used not only to help drive your plan of action for healing, but also it can be used to understand your body’s unique nutrition, lifestyle, sleeping, eating, and physical activity needs are so that you can optimize once you are healed.
Get help from our functional nutrition coaches who understand that there is no ONE diet that is right for everyone. Our nutrition coaches work hand in hand with our biological coaches so if you need any lab work done or specific protocols that would require supplement protocols, you have a team working on your behalf and your nutrition coach would make recommendations for which other team coaches would be able to help you.
Your coaches will teach and empower you to learn how to determine and navigate your diet modifications which are decided based on your extensive intake forms, history, and your lab data that your coaches may want to order for you. Based on all of this information, they will teach you what foods to eat and not eat according to various conditions and why.
Your functional nutrition coach will help you learn what substitutes you can use when there are certain foods you may need to stop eating for a period of time, how to put your meals together based on your dietary needs per your lab data, how and when to incorporate gut repair protocols, and what lifestyle modifications you want to address based on your labs and your health conditions.
Nutritional coaching can be a great tool by itself or combined with coaching from our biological coaches. You can schedule with either our biological or nutrition coaches and they can help you get started and make recommendations as needed.
Many people who have successfully mentored with our nutrition coaches have had past issues such as:
Mindset, past and present traumas, and limiting belief systems are some of the biggest barriers to healing, so much in fact that gene expression and biological ‘engines’ of the human body can change for the worse because of it.
In the many years, we have been working in the field of holistic medicine, helping people who have tried everything else with no success or little success, we have discovered how great of an impact our thoughts, beliefs, and past and present trauma, and chronic stress can be to the human body, mind, and spirit.
The rate of recovery and healing for those who place emphasis on creating new neurological pathways to imprint new and healthy mindsets and belief systems in how they perceive themselves and the world around them is greatly improved when the psychological aspect of mindset and integration of mind, body, the spirit is addressed through repatterning of the mind and body neurology.
By removing barriers discovered from traumas, mindset, and conscious/unconscious patterns that are not congruent for healing, health, and vitality, you set yourself up for the best outcomes in your healing journey. Healing only occurs when the physical, emotional, and mental barriers to healing are removed.
Therefore we incorporate mind, body, spirit integration work into our programs and in doing so, we see exponential increases in positive outcomes with our clients. We have put together the most comprehensive ‘whole person’ approach in the world, and this is why our results are so successful.
Our Emotional Processing, Stress Release, & Neurological Repatterning coaches work with you to create new neurological connections, anchor new neurology, and habits, and show you how to become aware of any conscious or unconscious belief systems that may be holding you back from healing and total health.
You are welcome to try one or two appointments to see what you think. We typically recommend a minimum of 6 sessions to make an accurate assessment of how this type of modality is working for you.
Here are some of the modalities our Emotional Processing, Stress Release, & Neurological Repatterning coaches use for brain and body repatterning:
Breathwork is more than just a simple exercise of intentional breathing. Specialized breathwork techniques are used to facilitate major transformation and healing by encompassing a wide range of therapeutic practices that are extremely powerful in providing immediate relief for pulling people out of fight or flight (the amygdala hijack we teach about in Part 2 of our Mastering Trauma Masterclass).
This vagus nerve activation through breath work activates the rest/digest (parasympathetic nervous system), stimulates healing, reduces blood pressure, reduces the cortisol stress response, regulates hormone and blood glucose activity, and heart rate variability (the biological stress response). It rewires the body for self-regulation of the nervous system in a manner that optimizes the body and creates resilience in times of stress.
Yoga breath therapy allows you to disconnect from the mind chatter, mind racing, and negative self-talk and reconnect with your body your energy. From this elevated state of awareness, you are able to facilitate healing, growth, and expansion. And if you are looking for some expansion of your body/mind/spirit awareness, then this type of breathwork can be nourishing and can facilitate the next layer of peace, love, gratitude, connection, clarity, and insights.
In the many years, we have been working in the field of holistic medicine, helping people who have tried everything else with no success or little success, we have discovered how great of a damaging impact our thoughts, beliefs, and past and present trauma, and chronic stress (the fight or flight response) can be to the human body, mind, and spirit.
By becoming aware of how to regulate our own nervous system, and resolve traumas, mindset, and conscious/unconscious patterns that are not congruent for healing, health, and vitality, you set yourself up for the best outcomes in your healing journey. Healing only occurs when the physical, emotional, and mental barriers to healing are removed.
The rate of recovery and healing for those who place emphasis on:
….. Find much success and amplification in their healing journey.