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Our doctors constantly hammer us about our cholesterol. Are we eating too much meat? Red meat? Fatty meat? Egg yolks? If our cholesterol is high, there’s shame and stigma surrounding that number. (PS. I have tons of slender, even “healthy”, clients with high cholesterol. Their doctors literally don’t know what to do with them). If our cholesterol is fine, right now, we’re terrified of if it ever goes high. If our cholesterol is low – doctor’s don’t even talk too much about that. But it happens.
Our doctors constantly hammer us about our cholesterol. Are we eating too much meat? Red meat? Fatty meat? Egg yolks? If our cholesterol is high, there’s shame and stigma surrounding that number. (PS. I have tons of slender, even “healthy”, clients with high cholesterol. Their doctors literally don’t know what to do with them). If our cholesterol is fine, right now, we’re terrified of if it ever goes high. If our cholesterol is low – doctor’s don’t even talk too much about that. But it happens.
Back in March of this year, 2021, I released a podcast episode titled “Why Your Doctor Says Your Labs Look Normal When You Don’t Feel Normal.” I recorded this episode on the heels of my first pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage. At the time, I was doing some serious detective work with my blood labs!
PERFECTIONISM… According to Brene Brown, “Perfectionism is the addictive belief that if we can appear perfect, we can avoid shame.” Have you ever wondered if what you were doing in your health was driven by a healthy desire to improve? Or if it was driven by an unbending force demanding you to do everything perfectly? In this week’s episode, let’s discuss how to identify if fear and shame are manifesting in your health. I’ll also share 4 steps you can take today to slowly get out from under the pressure and demand of perfectionism!
Have you ever felt that your health journey was simply chaotic? Have you ever felt that your health journey was a type of living hell, one you didn’t know how to get out of? Have you ever felt that all you wanted in your health, and life, was a little order? Some clear next steps that would work? And a path that would get you – and keep you – healthy?
Are YOU a woman who is trying hard in her health? Have you BEEN there before? Then this episode is for you! This October, we’re diving into mindset, coaching, and growth. For week two of this month, I felt compelled to share this open letter with y’all about our strength, my own experience of trying hard, and all the growth and healing we can step into on this path.
Joining me on the Better Belly Podcast today is Paula Jeffrey, BA, DCHM, CHt. Paula is a homeopath and hypnotherapist in the pursuit of turning symptoms into solutions. Her goal is to help you transform the way you understand dis-ease and reconnect with your body so that healing can be a collaborative journey of self-awareness and empowerment.
Have you ever been given instructions to make a diet change and didn’t know where to start? Have you ever decided to not join a program you KNEW would help you because you weren’t sure you could make all the diet changes recommended to you? If so, you will LOVE today’s episode. Joining me is the newest member of the Better Belly Therapies team Shannon Callery, NTP!
Today’s podcast guest is Dr. Paul Anderson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine (NMD)! He is a recognized educator and clinician in integrative and naturopathic medicine with a focus on complex infectious, chronic, and oncologic illness. Dr. Anderson joins me to discuss his new book, “Cancer… The Journey from Diagnosis to Empowerment.” Whether you have Crohn’s, Cancer, or IBS – today’s podcast episode will give you tools and thoughts for how to emotionally approach having chronic illness in a healthy and empowered way.
Do you ever catch yourself saying, “I don’t have time for that”? And, what is the thing you don’t have time for? Is it a thing you do or don’t value? Today, we’re talking about doing something truly extraordinary yet entirely achievable – making TIME!
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