The Holistic Speech Path Podcast
May 26, 2026 · 51 min · 10 segments
BG Mancini, AP, MHSc, is an Advanced Certified Functional Medicine Clinician,Licensed Acupuncture Physician, and Neurodevelopmental Specialist with 30+ years of clinical experience. As founder of The…
BG ManciniGuestFatimahHostMeganHostSo BG, just to get started, I know there's a little bit of a backstory regarding your name that is always fun to explore, so let's lead with that.
[chuckles]

Uh, so my parents-- My real name is BG, so please be comfortable calling me that, and it's not hiding another name.
[chuckles]

My parents couldn't decide on a name, so they took the one that was on my wrist by the time the hospital released me, which said baby girl.

And the nurses abbreviated it to BG, and you know, years later, I'd say multiple times, "So you just never changed it?" And they were like, "B- we were doing things.
That's so cute.
Well, that's like-

Originally, I branded as the Gut-Brain, and I showed my friends the, the-- my colleagues and friends logo, the Gut-Brain Institute, and they looked at me quizzically and said, "Really? Why not the Brain-Gut Institute, BG?" [laughs]
[laughs]
Perfect.
It was meant to be.
[chuckles]
So totally.
So BG, just to get started, I know there's a little bit of a backstory regarding your name that is always fun to explore, so let's lead with that.
[chuckles]

Uh, so my parents-- My real name is BG, so please be comfortable calling me that, and it's not hiding another name.
[chuckles]

My parents couldn't decide on a name, so they took the one that was on my wrist by the time the hospital released me, which said baby girl.

And the nurses abbreviated it to BG, and you know, years later, I'd say multiple times, "So you just never changed it?" And they were like, "B- we were doing things.
That's so cute.
Well, that's like-

Originally, I branded as the Gut-Brain, and I showed my friends the, the-- my colleagues and friends logo, the Gut-Brain Institute, and they looked at me quizzically and said, "Really? Why not the Brain-Gut Institute, BG?" [laughs]
[laughs]
Perfect.
It was meant to be.
[chuckles]
So totally.
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