I recently put a call out to my Instagram community for requests on topics for future episodes. One topic that came up was how to make wellness more inclusive.

It’s a vast topic given the variety of things that fall into the wellness space. I certainly don’t have all the answers, but I do believe that we can find empowerment when we become leaders in our own health care.

In this solo episode, I share why I take an integrative approach to wellness, marrying science with holistic practices, and how I found empowerment through education, taking a leadership role in my health.

If you feel like there’s something that feels off within your body, don’t doubt yourself. Take inventory on what those changes are and what’s changed.

Recently, I felt like my gut could use some support. So, I decided to do the 7-Day Gut Reset, created by Mary Shenouda of Paleo Chef.

In this episode, I share my experience with this program. You’ll hear me share:

• Why I felt that my gut needed some repair

• What the program is and how it aligned with a healing protocol prescribed to me three years before that I never did

• A day-by-day recap of the experience

• The outcomes and my post-reset experience

Pairing this program with new exercises and meditation, got me in tune with my body again. I believe this is a program you should try - it doesn’t have to be just for when you’re feeling something wrong, but also if you feel like your body just needs a boost!

As a health coach, I’ve had my fair share of challenges in my health.

Back in 2004, I first ventured into (what I perceived to be) healthy eating and was dogmatic in counting every calories that came my way. Years later I struggled with a variety of digestive conditions and poor gut health.

Along the way I’ve experimented with a variety of nutritional therapies and have come to learn that not all of them have the same effect, nor are they suited for the long-term, and, depending on one’s approach, can end up doing more harm than good.

In this episode, I share how I’ve adapted to the shifting nutritional needs that my body has required through different phases of my life.

You’ll hear me discuss:

• My health journey from weight loss to fueling for endurance training to repairing my gut health

• The aha moment when my weight plateaued

• How I’ve come full circle with macros

A healthy gut means a healthy life.

Your gut plays a significant role in your overall health and well-being. Though resilient, the effects of chronic stress on your gut cannot be overlooked.

If you’re experiencing chronic GI discomfort a “leaky gut” might be to blame.

Join me in this episode as I deep dive into the link between your adrenals, food sensitivities, and a leaky gut and what you can do to repair and improve it.

Episode Highlights:

• What is a leaky gut and what are its symptoms

• The critical things that happen in your small intestines

• Why the good more bacteria and how its a tool to protect and promote good gut health

• Ways to reduce influencing stressors

Food sensitivities are often doubted because the reactions are not as severe as food allergies. However, there are serious consequences in eating food that you are sensitive to!

Food sensitivities are no laughing matter and can be harmful to your health. Join me in Episode 139 as I provide important information about food intolerance, certain foods I’m personally intolerant of, and solutions you can start implementing to address them.

Do you have a type of food that you are sensitive to, or do you know someone who has it? Be sure to listen to this episode, take notes, and share.

Over the past five years that I’ve been a health coach, I’ve spent a lot of time educating others on what exactly is a health coach, what is our scope of work, making sure that I’m always staying within that lane and practice within my scope.

Joining me in this episode is Reed Davis, a Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified Nutritional Therapist, is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. He’s also the founder of FDN, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition®.

Reed served as the Health Director and Case Manager at a Wellness Center in So. California for over 10 years and now teaches the FDN Course with over 2,500 trainees and graduates in 50 countries. He is known as one of the most successful and experienced clinicians in the world today, having provided functional lab assessments to over 10,000 clients. He’s also a Clinical Advisor for BioHealth Laboratories and lives in the US, teaching the FDN Certification Course and helping his graduates build robust private practices.

You’ll hear us discuss:

• What is a health coach, what’s the scope of work for a health coach and what isn’t

• How unlicensed practitioners like health coaches can use lab testing to identify opportunities for healing

• What is lifestyle medicine 

• How health coaches are the bridge between patients and physicians

And a whole lot more. If you’ve ever been curious about what exactly a health coach does and how one can help you, this is the episode for you!

In this episode, I’m continuing the solo series of walking you through my own personal health journey, and my aim for doing this is to illustrate the things that seemed so common, but yet weren’t normal.

Today, we’re talking about a condition that approximately half of all digestive and intestinal complaints are attributed to - Irritable Bowel Syndrome aka “IBS.” It’s the most common of digestive complaints.

But IBS is an “umbrella” term meaning that it can be applied to a number of different things. So if you have IBS, there’s a likelihood that there’s an underlying issue going on.

I had pretty severe IBS that had a significant impact on how I lived my life on a daily basis. So in this episode, I share with you:

• What IBS is and common causes of it

• What my life was like, suffering from it

• What things I did to to overcome it

In this episode, I’m joined by Monica Cox, a Fertility Health Coach, host of the Podcast Finding Fertility, author of “Baby & Me” and creator of #gratedvegbrekkie. Her infertility journey was a 9-year evolution, which led her to overhaul her diet and lifestyle choices.

You’ll hear Monica share:

• What her life was like before deciding to start a family

• What her 9-year journey looked like - the struggles, the wins and the role autoimmunity played in it

• How she’s now a mum to two little boys and she now helps other women create the family of their dreams

Over the past 2+ years of the show, I’ve shared my health journey in a number of episodes, but recently I had an experience that shifted the context of how I view my health.

It’s had such a profound impact on me so, in this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes with an update of what’s going on in my health and how a slightly different approach in tracking is helping me to get to know my body in a whole new way with a fresh perspective.