Functional Nutrition is an approach where you address not just WHAT you’re experiencing, but WHY. What’s the environment that’s created your condition(s)?

In Part 2 of this 3-part mini-series on addressing burnout, I walk you through how to use the tools of Functional Nutrition to explore YOUR antecedents, triggers, and meditators (ATMs) and construct YOUR big picture to understand WHY you’re experiencing burnout.

I walk you through the methods I use to help myself (and others) recover from burnout.

There’s never a one-size-fits-all solution, but this approach helps you create one that works for you!

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.

As a 21-Day Sugar Detox coach, I spend a lot of time speaking with, listening to, observing, and coaching folks who have successfully completed the 21DSD, as well as those who want to, but have yet to try it.

In this episode, I’ve taken my best tips, along with advice from detox alumni, and curated a list of the 10 things you can do for a successful 21-Day Sugar Detox!

What’s the difference between dieting and viewing food as medicine? In this new episode of The Live FAB Life Podcast, we’ll explore:

• What my dieting mentality was like

• What exactly does food as medicine mean?

• Two ways that I manage the slippery slope between living healthily and orthorexia

One of the outcomes from my experiment in following the Keto Quick Start 30-day Meal Plan (Episode 074) was the realization that I had been eating to avoid unhealthy foods versus eating for nutrition, or rather nutrient-density.

In this episode, I’m joined by Nutrition Consultant and fellow 21-Day Sugar Detox Coach, Katie Leadbetter for a conversation exploring this topic.

You’ll hear us discuss:

• What does it mean to eat for nutrient-density

• How is that different than eating to avoid unhealthy foods

• Mindful and Intuitive Eating

• The role that programs like the 21-Day Sugar Detox, Keto Quick Start Meal Plan or even Whole 30 can play in mindful and intuitive eating

• And a whole lot more!

Unlike typical episodes with guests, this is not an interview, but rather, a conversation with two nutrition and wellness practitioners sharing our views and philosophies on this topic!

“I’m already eating clean?” is a response I get from a lot of people, who are working in improving their health but still struggling.

When I review how they're eating, I see gaps between their perceptions of “eating clean” versus what it actually means, and I’ve come to realize that many people just don’t understand what clean eating is and then wonder why they aren’t seeing the progress they’re expecting.

In this episode, I share:

• How I define clean eating

• What foods to avoid

• How to put it into practice

• And much more!

Have you ever had a health problem come up so you researched to see what might help?

And as you did your due diligence you began to see how the costs will start to add up - from the doctors' visits to lab tests, and the supplements all of which aren't covered by health insurance.

So what are you supposed to do?

In this episode, we'll discuss what to do in this situation, how can you be efficient & maximize your health care dollars, & what it means and how to "back things up."

In this episode, I’m joined by my dear friend, Lori Newlon of The Bariatric Dish. Lori is a registered nurse (she has 18 years of experience and counting!) with a specialty certification in bariatric nursing.

Thirteen years ago, she herself had weight loss surgery and struggled with a number of post-operative complications. She turned to real food nutrition to help support her recovery and long-term health which has helped her maintain a 160-pound weight loss. She’s since become a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and also runs her own counseling practice helping clients work towards improved health and wellness by adopting a real, whole food diet.

Since having bariatric surgery, Lori has developed not one, not two, but THREE autoimmune diseases, Reynard’s Disease, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

You’ll hear Lori and I chat about a number of things from what is Nutritional Therapy, to her experience with weight loss surgery, how it led her to specialize in Bariatric nursing, and how holistic practices helped her recover from it, ultimately leading her to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and start her own counseling practice.

We also talk about:

• How she bridges the gap between conventional and holistic medicine

• Her struggles with three autoimmune diseases

• And we even get into “what is gut health” and how important it is to overall wellness, what is  Leaky Gut Syndrome and even how heart disease is tied to sugar, not fats!