WEBVTT - Is your body exhausted…burnt-out?

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, the Healthyish listeners, thank you for tuning into the

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<v Speaker 1>daily podcast from Body and Soul. I am Felicity Harley.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you feeling deep cellular exhaustion or perhaps you just

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<v Speaker 1>want to get off that damn treadmill. Oh it's a cliche,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's true, isn't it. Well. My guest today is

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Philippa Bellette. She's a PhD scholar, nutritionist, functional medicine practitioner,

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<v Speaker 1>and author of a new book called End Body Burnout,

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<v Speaker 1>and today she's going to discuss the importance of addressing

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<v Speaker 1>both the imbalances in your body systems and also the

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<v Speaker 1>deeper causes of burnout that are probably in your mind.

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<v Speaker 1>If you do like what you hear from Philippa, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know you will. It's a great chat listening to

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<v Speaker 1>Extra Healthy Issue where she discusses her four step approach

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<v Speaker 1>to healing. You can grab that wherever you get your podcasts. Philippa,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for joining us on the podcast today. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you're feeling well, refreshed and not exhausted.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing really well.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I know your book is going to well ring true

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<v Speaker 1>for so many of our listeners. I mean, exhaustion is

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<v Speaker 1>just the norm. You've worked with more than two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and five hundred so called burnt out clients.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a lot talk to us about this. What do

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<v Speaker 4>you hear? What do you see?

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<v Speaker 3>Something I do here A lot is exhaustion is the

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<v Speaker 3>norm you have? That you said that really specifically, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's so correct. And it's also a story that a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of people who end up working with us or

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<v Speaker 3>end up in our circle, that they've got that message

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<v Speaker 3>from like a GP as well, especially when they're running

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<v Speaker 3>tests and they're like, oh, oh, your markers or your

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<v Speaker 3>blood tests are fine, but you don't feel fine, So

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<v Speaker 3>what's going on?

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<v Speaker 4>That's what the patient is thinking.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, But then often people are just sold the story

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<v Speaker 3>of oh, you're a mom, or you're a business owner,

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<v Speaker 3>or like, everyone's busy and stressed out these days, so

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<v Speaker 3>it's just really normal to feel the way that you are.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's definitely one theme that I see. Another theme

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<v Speaker 3>is that people who get stuck in a busy pattern

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<v Speaker 3>often have underlying other patterns going on. So perfectionism, people

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<v Speaker 3>pleasing all on thing, thinking over responsibility for others, and

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<v Speaker 3>also a need to control, and that is a huge

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<v Speaker 3>theme that people aren't quite really seeing on the surface

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<v Speaker 3>level when they're feeling exhausted, and that really steeps back

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<v Speaker 3>into the childhood patterns or beliefs that you created when

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<v Speaker 3>you're a little kid, and those beliefs then drive these

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<v Speaker 3>busy perfectionism people pleasing patterns as a way to try

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<v Speaker 3>and really run away from the greatest fear that you

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<v Speaker 3>have about yourself.

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<v Speaker 4>It's so true, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I feel like, oh, look, me included and many

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<v Speaker 1>of our listeners and my friends and colleagues, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>just you're on I mean, it's such a cliche, but

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<v Speaker 1>you're on that treadmill. And someone actually I had Kate

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<v Speaker 1>Lambrook on here a couple of years ago, and she

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<v Speaker 1>described it as deep celliar exhaustion. And I just feel

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<v Speaker 1>like that sums it up. But you just keep going,

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<v Speaker 1>You just keep on going. So how do you know?

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<v Speaker 1>What I want to know is, how do you know

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<v Speaker 1>if you're on that treadmill, if you actually exhausted, if

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<v Speaker 1>you burn out before you start addressing those other issues

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<v Speaker 1>of perfectionism, control, et cetera, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, So, some common symptoms that we see in burnout

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<v Speaker 3>clients or energy mood gut.

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<v Speaker 2>And gut issues.

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<v Speaker 3>We also use the word body burnout, so not just burnout.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of people think about burnout that they've been

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<v Speaker 3>working too much and you know, their brain is kind

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<v Speaker 3>of cooked, so mood issues can definitely show up, and

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<v Speaker 3>that might look like irritability, snappiness, your inability to respond

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<v Speaker 3>to stresses like you used to. But on the other

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<v Speaker 3>spectrum too, maybe people are now dropping down into deep

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<v Speaker 3>depression PTSD. And then energy issues, so if someone's noticing

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<v Speaker 3>that their energy levels are dropping, whether they're struggling to

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<v Speaker 3>wake up in the morning or doing the three pm

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<v Speaker 3>slump kind of like early science, and then later signs

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<v Speaker 3>that I am so exhausted, I am chronically fatigued. And

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<v Speaker 3>energy issues could also show up as sleep issues, so insomnia,

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<v Speaker 3>brain fog, low motivation, So they're kind of like the

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<v Speaker 3>top two.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the third one that not many people.

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<v Speaker 3>Think about in relation to burnout is gut issues. So

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<v Speaker 3>when you've been running busy burnout patterns for a really

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<v Speaker 3>long time, you get stuck in fight flight and basically

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<v Speaker 3>that switches off your gut and then that can show

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<v Speaker 3>up as bloating, reflux, constipation, diarrhea, food sensitivities and other

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<v Speaker 3>inflammatory type issues that often stem from the gut, like

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<v Speaker 3>skin issues, auto immunity, even chronic pain.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like so many of us.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know all the symptoms you've talked about,

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<v Speaker 1>there are so many that I mean, we're all putting

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<v Speaker 1>your hands up. Yes, that's me, that's me, that's me.

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<v Speaker 1>We are just one stressed out society in so many ways.

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<v Speaker 1>So to us about your four step method of healing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, cool.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can't have symptoms without there being some sort

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<v Speaker 3>of physical imbalance. So we always first look at body systems.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is really great too. If you have gone

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<v Speaker 3>to the GP or specialist and you're feeling really crappy,

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<v Speaker 3>but all the results are showing up as fine, there

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<v Speaker 3>are there must be. There has to be physical imbalances

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<v Speaker 3>happening inside the body systems, and so first step is

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<v Speaker 3>getting clear on those body systems.

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<v Speaker 2>We're a functional medicine practice.

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<v Speaker 3>So we use different types of lab testing that look

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<v Speaker 3>at gut health and adrenal stress hormones and your detox

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<v Speaker 3>pathways and heavy metals and nutritional deficiencies. When you can

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<v Speaker 3>uncover that, then it's like okay, cool, Now we can

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<v Speaker 3>start resetting, rebalancing the physical part of the body so

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<v Speaker 3>that you can start feeling well, and then the other

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<v Speaker 3>steps are really diving deeper into the root causes. So

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<v Speaker 3>step number two is heal thy mind, and that's what

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<v Speaker 3>I would call the deepest root cause of body burnout.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's where we're circling back to perfectionism patterns, people

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<v Speaker 3>pleasing overdoing.

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<v Speaker 2>Where did those patterns actually come from?

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<v Speaker 3>Because you could take a bucket load of supplements based

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<v Speaker 3>on lab testing, but if you're not addressing that deeper root,

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<v Speaker 3>then you will only get short term relief, if at all.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's really important to kind of like go deeper

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<v Speaker 3>into the unconscious mind nervous system to look at how

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<v Speaker 3>you're wired, how you're programmed, and any blockages or baggage

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<v Speaker 3>stuck in your system that is causing those patterns in.

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<v Speaker 2>The first place. Step number three is then heal my body.

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<v Speaker 3>So once you have started to reprogram that deeper part

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<v Speaker 3>of yourself, it's actually now safe to be able to

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<v Speaker 3>heal because a lot of people get stuck in burnout

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<v Speaker 3>and chronic health.

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<v Speaker 2>Safety to be well because the health issues are.

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<v Speaker 3>Hiding deeper unconscious core wounds within themselves. So when you

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<v Speaker 3>can start clearing that, now you can start getting strategic

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<v Speaker 3>and start supporting your boy with different lifestyle changes, different

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<v Speaker 3>lab based supplements, sleep. Everyone knows that the things that

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<v Speaker 3>we should be doing, so we do whole foods, movement,

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<v Speaker 3>all those really important things. And then the fourth step

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<v Speaker 3>is looking out towards your environment. So you could be

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<v Speaker 3>doing all the lovely things inside your body, but if

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<v Speaker 3>you're living in a really toxic environment, and that might

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<v Speaker 3>look like chemical toxic, so things like toxic skin care.

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<v Speaker 2>Products, cleaning products.

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<v Speaker 3>Even mold. But also if you're living or have relationships

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<v Speaker 3>with toxic people or toxic workplaces, that's going to affect.

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<v Speaker 2>Your ability to be able to heal as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So if someone's listening to this and can identify with

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<v Speaker 1>all the symptoms of burnout, is your recommendation. The first

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<v Speaker 1>step getting tests done, going to your doctor apart from

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<v Speaker 1>buying your book.

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<v Speaker 3>That is, look, if someone's really not doing well, I

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<v Speaker 3>would go to the GP first and foremost, because you

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<v Speaker 3>want to you want to screen out to make sure

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<v Speaker 3>you don't have something like cancer or you know, a

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<v Speaker 3>tumor or something grow inside your body, something that could

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<v Speaker 3>be really detrimental. If that's all fine, then.

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<v Speaker 4>I would be so.

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<v Speaker 3>In our functional medicine practice, we use lab testing that

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<v Speaker 3>goes beyond just GP tests, and it's a nice, good

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<v Speaker 3>first step because people actually really like to have that

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<v Speaker 3>data to validate how they're feeling. It's like, it's not

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<v Speaker 3>just all in my head. I'm not just a hypochondriac.

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<v Speaker 3>There are actually real things happening inside my body. And

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<v Speaker 3>then as you can start supporting those body systems therapeutically,

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<v Speaker 3>that also helps people to start feeling a bit bitter

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<v Speaker 3>mood wise, and motivation and energy to then be able

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<v Speaker 3>to do the root cause work and you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>lifestyle changes that are going to help them to heal.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, great advice, Philippa, thank you for coming on Healthy

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<v Speaker 1>each Thank you two and a half thousand Burnout guests.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a lot, and no doubt there is many more

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<v Speaker 1>than that who are listening to these podcasts like you.

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<v Speaker 1>If you do want more from Philippart, her new book

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<v Speaker 1>is called Ending Body Burnout and it is out now.

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