#461 Before You Say Yes: Why Informed Consent Matters More Than Ever - Dr. Taylor Bean

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Taylor Bean, a leading naturopathic doctor and informed consent advocate, joins us to dismantle the illusion of medical transparency. We explore the complexities behind vaccine protocols, childhood immunization, and the overlooked nuances of informed consent—revealing how fear, shame, and coercion have replaced curiosity and autonomy in modern healthcare. From the rise of medical mandates to the subtle erosion of patient rights, Dr. Bean breaks down what every parent, practitioner, and patient must understand. This conversation will challenge your assumptions, ignite critical thinking, and empower you to reclaim authority over your health decisions. Dr. Taylor Bean is a Naturopathic Doctor and owner of TaylorMade Wellness in Salmon Arm BC. Becoming a mother is where her core value of achieving informed consent was born. While her profession taught her to be curious and treat each patient individually, it was her positive birthing experiences that changed her perspective on what a true doctor-patient relationship means. Her career started in Singapore where she supported patients all over SE Asia and now has been supporting Canadians since 2016. Dr. Bean has been drawn to supporting women achieve an optimal pregnancy, labour preparation, paediatric wellness to more complex ailments that involve looking into methylation, genetic variants, chronic infections to complex paediatric conditions Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtaylorbean/ and https://www.instagram.com/taylormadewellnessclinic/ Websites: https://drtaylorbean.com https://vaccineoptimization.com https://taylormadewellness.com This episode is sponsored by: Avocado Green Mattresses https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com/ Have a question For Mark to answer on the podcast?https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast Have a question for Mark and want an immediate answer? Mark's Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com How are your Nervous System + Attachment Style connected? https://markgroves.com/connectthedots Contact us at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, or just to say hello! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mark Groves podcast.
0:06.0	You know, the subject of health is such a hot topic.
0:09.0	It always has been, but it's especially become a hot topic because it became associated with politics.
0:17.0	So, you know, if you're American or not, we're all getting more familiar with the Make America
0:22.5	Healthy Again movement, Maha.
0:24.8	And there's a lot of different feelings on it, which I totally understand.
0:28.3	There's a lot of complexity to it.
0:30.4	One thing that I do actually really like about this movement is the exploration of the safety of vaccination.
0:41.2	And also, what is informed consent?
0:44.3	You know, I was largely outspoken during COVID for many reasons, but mainly because during
0:52.3	that time, there was the use of relationship and belonging
0:56.7	as a mechanism of behavioral change.
0:59.3	And all of us suffer that, right?
1:01.5	Like all of us suffer when marketing or public health
1:06.4	or politics or all these things leverage belonging
1:10.2	and shame as a behavioral modification strategy.
1:14.9	This would be thought to be similar in politics to using things like a wedge issue,
1:19.0	that when you use a wedge issue, people are left more divided even though you might get elected.
1:24.2	And so really exploring that, you know, Martin Koldorf, who is a former professor at Harvard,
1:30.1	he was talking about how the safety of vaccination is actually a pro-vaccination conversation,
1:36.9	but yet it's somehow been turned into anti.
1:40.9	So that to me just shows that there's a lot of emotion and also marketing behind the
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