1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Life audio. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 2: I know when it comes to our faith walk, we 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 2: can so so emphasize, you know, the spirituality, reading our Bible, 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 2: getting into worship, having the discipline of prayer. But how 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 2: often do we neglect our own bodies, the vessels that 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: God has given us to be forward thinking and vessels 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: in the kingdom actually going out and doing good works. 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: For the kingdom. 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: We are talking about that today with doctor Tabitha Barber 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: and I can't wait for you guys to listen to 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: this conversation. 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: Let's dive there. 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: Hello, Hello, Hello, ladies and gents, and welcome to this 14 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 2: week's episode of the Botton Beloved Podcast. As always, it's 15 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,959 Speaker 2: your girl, Kirby Kelly, and I'm super excited for our 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: conversation today the guests that I have joining me today 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 2: because I have a doctor Tabitha Barber joining me and 18 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: we are going to dive into hear me out women's health, 19 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: women's hormones, how to actually balance like health in your body, 20 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: and I think even like health spiritually because God gave 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: us these bodies as vessels to be good stewards of 22 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: the life that He has entrusted to us in the 23 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: message that He's entrusted to us the message and the 24 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: hope of the Gospel. And this isn't necessarily traditionally who 25 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: I have on and what we talk about. I feel 26 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: like I have a lot of people who are like 27 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: theologians and pastors and all this stuff. But when I 28 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: think about what Christ calls us to do in Matthew 29 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 2: and even the Shamah prayer of loving the Lord with 30 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: all of our heart, our soul, our mind, and our strength, 31 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 2: I think that stewarding our bodies and actually being aware 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 2: of holistically how we can honor God and even just 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 2: live our life to the full, like actually live out 34 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: abundant life, that this is an essential conversation that some 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: of us, maybe I've never thought to have, maybe are 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: completely uninformed in I know, like me as a woman, 37 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 2: for all my female listeners out there, I feel like 38 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: I lack so much understanding and education in this area. 39 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: So I'm just really thrankful to have doctor Tabitha on today. 40 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 2: But I'm going to throw it to her to introduce herself. 41 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: Doctor Tabitha, Welcome. Can you just let the listeners know 42 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: a little bit about who you are, what you do, 43 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: and what you're passionate about. 44 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 1: Absolutely thank you so much, Kirby. I think that your 45 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: listeners are gonna have some breakthroughs today. They're gonna have 46 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: some aha moments and connecting of the dots. And I'm 47 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: excited for this conversation for your audience because I suffered 48 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: way too long. I didn't feel better until my forties 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: and fifties, and you don't have to struggle the way 50 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: that I struggled. So yeah, essentially, I was a wild child, 51 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: high school dropout, got pregnant at sixteen, had to come 52 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: to Jesus moment in a very rough vaginal delivery, which 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: we won't get into. I'm not trying to scare you, right, no, 54 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 1: thank you, I appreciate that, but I will just say 55 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: it was so traumatic. I didn't get pregnant again for 56 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: seventeen years, so my children are seventeen and eighteen years apart. 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: So God told me, you didn't use your voice, you 58 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: didn't speak up for yourself, and you really need to 59 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,959 Speaker 1: learn how to do that and to help other women 60 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: do the same. So I've essentially been on this mission 61 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what that looks like. And the 62 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: saddest part is that even though I felt this big 63 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: calling and you know this direction from God. I literally 64 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: left him in the delivery room and I didn't bring 65 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: him on the journey with me. So I spent the 66 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: next twenty years becoming a doctor and doing all of 67 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: these things of my own might and strength, and I 68 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: completely burnt myself out right because I was not relying 69 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: on God. And so I learned a lot of hard 70 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: lessons and I'm here to help women understand and that unfortunately, 71 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: a lot of what conventional medicine tells us and provides 72 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: for us is just flat out wrong. And like it 73 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: breaks my heart thinking of the things I said to 74 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: people and did to people, because there is this idea 75 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: that the doctors are the healers and that they are 76 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: the ones who have the answers. And the truth of 77 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: it is, your body was created to heal and thrive 78 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,799 Speaker 1: until your last days. We have an incredible divine, innate 79 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: intelligence in our cells. As a surgeon, like I would 80 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 1: cut you open and you know, remove the offending organ, 81 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: or deliver the baby or do whatever, and then I 82 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: would suture you back up, suture the skin, the fashion, 83 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: the muscle, but your body actually healed back together. Your 84 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: cells grew back together and they did that it wasn't 85 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: me as the surgeon, and so I had to do 86 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: undo a lot of programming of like they're gonna help me, 87 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: they're gonna fix me. And once I realize that, you know, 88 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: I just I've been on this mission to help women 89 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: understand their bodies since then, especially around hormones and periods 90 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: and all the things that we're supposed to be ashamed 91 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: of or get rid of and not talk about because 92 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: it's a news since right, Like, I think it's time 93 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: to get back to this idea that we are different 94 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: than men and it's a good thing. 95 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: M h. 96 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: I love that. 97 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: And it's it's not only that, like it's a good thing. 98 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 2: God created us this way, and it's like we need to. 99 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: Take the time to understand that. 100 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 2: And it's it's kind of unfortunate in a way where 101 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 2: it's like, even like being in the West and being 102 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 2: like in this context, in this culture where there is 103 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: so much advancement, it's still like we're just now starting 104 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: to have these conversations of like women's bodies, women's hormones, 105 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: women's health. I mean, even for me, I've had so 106 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: many issues like with my own health where it's like, 107 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 2: what is happening, like what is going on? And it's like, hey, 108 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: just like take another prescription, take another thing, and it's 109 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 2: like this my remedy. Some of the pain that I'm 110 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: going through are some of the symptoms that I have, 111 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: but it's not actually addressing like the root here. And 112 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: before I got pregnant, I was actually and I haven't 113 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: I don't think I've talked about this on here or 114 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 2: anywhere on my socials, but I was going to like 115 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 2: a women's hormone health clinic to try and see like 116 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: what is going on with my body, because I need 117 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 2: to start there first and then see like what might 118 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 2: be symptomatic of what's happening with me, like chronic migraines 119 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 2: and not being able to lose weight, and like a 120 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: million other things that started up in my young adult years, 121 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 2: like in my eighteen twenty, like you know that that 122 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 2: age range all that to say, and then I got pregnant, 123 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 2: so it's like, Okay, all that's kind of out the window. 124 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: We'll revisit it again later. But what I was learning, 125 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 2: I was like, Wow, like God really made our bodies, 126 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: especially women, so intricately, and yeah, it's just an interesting conversation. 127 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 2: So I'm excited to have you on today to literally 128 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:24,119 Speaker 2: just scratch the surface barely. Unfortunately, I wish we literally 129 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 2: had like five hours to talk about this. But the 130 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: good news is that I'll have all your information in 131 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 2: the show notes so women can get connected with you afterwards. 132 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: But I want to start by asking you this. You know, 133 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: there are a lot of Christian women who love Jesus deeply, 134 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 2: but they are constantly exhausted, They're anxious, they're burned out. 135 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 2: And so I'm wondering, just as a starting block for 136 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 2: our conversation as a physician, what is actually taking place 137 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: in women's bodies, because I see this as an issue 138 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 2: for so many women is that they are just run down, 139 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 2: burnt out, exhausted. They don't feel like them just it's 140 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 2: almost like they're trapped in like this chronic state of 141 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: like what is going on? 142 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think about the man at the pool who 143 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: was paralyzed pretty much his whole life, and Jesus said, 144 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: do you want to get well? And you know, just 145 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: that question right there can be really powerful because a 146 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: lot of women, by the time they get to me, 147 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: they have like taken on their diagnoses as their identities 148 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: or taken on these symptoms as just their lot in life, 149 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: like I'm just always tired, that's who I am. Like 150 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: I don't, I'm not a mourning person, you know, And 151 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 1: they declare all this defeat over themselves. And the truth 152 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: of it is Jesus said, after he said, yes, I 153 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: want to get well, he said, pick up your mat 154 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: and go, like get into action, Like if you want it, 155 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: it's yours for the taking. And so I really want 156 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: women to understand that you have so much more power 157 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: in how you feel and function than the medical system 158 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: is letting you believe that is a band aid medicine system. 159 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: Like you have a symptom, they give you a pill 160 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: or procedure to get rid of that symptom. But like 161 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: you said, there's a deeper root cause issue going on. 162 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: And unfortunately, symptoms are really important because they're actually messages 163 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: from your body. Your body's trying to talk to you 164 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: and tell you something. It's trying to tell you it 165 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: doesn't like something, it needs something. It's not handling this 166 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: situation well. But we really it's ingrained in us to 167 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: just suppress it, ignore it, get rid of it. So 168 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: the first thing I started to see as an obgyn 169 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: is women and especially younger girls, would have such painful periods, 170 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: such heavy periods. You know, they would miss school, they 171 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: would miss work, and it's like, Okay, how can we 172 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: get rid of it? How can we just like stop 173 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: that from happening. But we're not looking to the root 174 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: cause of why it's happening. And when I go back 175 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: and I study history, and I look, women just did 176 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: not struggle on average the way that we did, like 177 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: it was so unusual. It's in the Bible, the woman 178 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: who bled for twelve years. She was unusual. In this 179 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: day and age, she's like the majority. And so we 180 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: have to ask why why are we all struggling? Why 181 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: are we all going into perimenopause at thirty five and 182 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: not being able to get pregnant. And it's because we 183 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: are living in a world that we never have before 184 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: in history. In the past seventy years, we have created 185 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: over ten thousand chemicals in the lab that did not exist. 186 00:10:54,679 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: If you look around, there is plastic everywhere. Plastic binds 187 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: to your hormone receptors and sends warped signals. They're called 188 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: endocrine disruptors. And so when we eat out of plastic, 189 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: we heat our food and plastic. We drink hot drinks 190 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: out of plastic. Those forever chemicals are going into our 191 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 1: body and messing with our hormones, especially estrogen, And so 192 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: we see weight gain and breast cysts and irritability. We 193 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: see men with man boobs and weight distribution that's more 194 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: feminine and female, and they have more emotional dysregulation, lower testosterone, 195 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: and more infertility. And it's because we are just living 196 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: in such a toxic time. And so I feel bad 197 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: that I just kept handing out birth control pills for 198 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: these quote unquote you know period problems, when really we 199 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: have to look at the root of it, and it's toxins, 200 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: it's diet, it's stress. I know you want to talk 201 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: about that. He's like, like you said, we could talk 202 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: about this for hours, that how big of a topic 203 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: it is. But if women could come away from today 204 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: realizing that there's more to the story and that just 205 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: because they're obgyn doesn't know it doesn't mean there's not answers, 206 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: because the truth of it is, obgyn's are surgeons. I 207 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: did not spend four years studying the intricacies of hormone 208 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: balance and the impact of the gut and the adrenals. 209 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: I was in the OAR doing hysterectomies, delivering babies, statsy 210 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: sections procedures. I'm a surgeon, and I had to go 211 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: on and study functional medicine and anti aging medicine and 212 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: menopause medicine to understand hormones. So we're just asking the 213 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: wrong people. 214 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, there's so much that I want to dive into. Honestly, 215 00:12:55,600 --> 00:13:00,040 Speaker 2: let's start here, though, So talking about like chronic stress 216 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 2: and hormone imbalances and all of those things. Can you 217 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 2: talk about like how the relationship between the two with 218 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 2: chronic stress and hormone imbalance and how burnout specifically affects women, 219 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 2: you know, physically, emotionally, even spiritually, and we can dive 220 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 2: into that, and then I want to pivot to well, 221 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 2: let's just start there. 222 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: Let's just start there. Yeah. Yeah, this is near and 223 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: dear to my heart because as an obg yn, I 224 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: was in a constant state of fight or flight. So 225 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:35,599 Speaker 1: we have this autonomic nervous system that's just automatically functioning 226 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: for us. It breathes for us, It keeps us upright 227 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: with our posture muscles. It does a lot of subconscious thinking, 228 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: like if you've ever been driving and realized, oh my gosh, 229 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: I haven't been paying attention in the past five minutes. 230 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: How did I even get here? That's just your autonomic 231 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: nervous system and your subconscious brain functioning on autopilot. And 232 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: so there's two hearts of this autonomic nervous system. There's sympathetic. 233 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: It sounds good, but it's not. It's fight or flight. 234 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: I need to run, I need to flee, I need 235 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: to hide, And it's just this constant state of stress, 236 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: cortisol production, adrenaline production. Sometimes you can feel it if 237 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: you have to like speak in front of people or 238 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: do something new or scary, or ride a roller coaster, 239 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: but most of us actually live in that ninety five 240 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: percent of the time, and that's really destructive. So then 241 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: the other side of this is the parasympathetic, rest, digest 242 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: and repair nervous system, and that gets activated when you 243 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: do calming things like prayer and meditation and breathing techniques 244 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: and laughing and singing, and so you can't be in 245 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: both nervous systems at the same time. And unfortunately, if 246 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: you're in sympathetic dominance stress out mode, you have to 247 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: physically do something to shift into parasympathetic. That is why 248 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: you're supposed to pray before you eat, because if you 249 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: eat while you're having an argument with your husband or 250 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: something like that, or like going through emails and stressed 251 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: out complaining about your boss, you will not make digestive enzymes, 252 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: You will not make enough stomach acid. Your stomach and 253 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: intestines will not have peristalsis meaning moving things through your gut, 254 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: and so that is a setup for disease. Because bad 255 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: bacteria starts to overgrow, yeast start to overgrow, you can 256 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: develop food sensitivities and leaky gut and all these root 257 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: cause reasons why we are struggling in this day and age. 258 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: So because of that, we're seeing egsima at higher rates 259 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: than ever, and chronic weight loss that we cannot get 260 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: rid of, chronic migraines and headaches and fatigue, all the things. 261 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: And so it's not just the terrible diet. Our food 262 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: is toxic. It's terrible. It's not really food. I call 263 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: it Frankin food. It's like we take pieces of food 264 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: and we like make it into something new in the lab, 265 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: like Frankenstein, and we call it food, but we pull 266 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: out all the nutrients, all of the vitamins and the minerals, 267 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,479 Speaker 1: and we just load it up with sugar and artificial 268 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: dyes and sweeteners and all these things. And so we're 269 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: just bombarding our bodies all day long with our crazy, busy, 270 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: stressed out chemicals and our toxic diet. And here's what happens. 271 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: When that sympathetic nervous system is always activated. It is 272 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: telling your adrenal glands, make more cortisol, because she's about 273 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: to run from the tiger. Make more adrenaline. We got 274 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: to deal with this. And even if you're literally just 275 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: sitting at your desk for eight hours and doing mentally, 276 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: your body doesn't know the difference between that and a 277 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: physical you know, terror situate a real threat. And unfortunately, cordisol, 278 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 1: the main stress hormone, is a steroid hormone that is 279 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: produced from this same ingredients that our sex hormones are 280 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: produced from. So we actually have this pathway of progesterone 281 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: that can go toward estrogen and testosterone or it can 282 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: go down to cortisol and aldosterone or blood pressure hormone. 283 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: So we kind of start robbing our ingredients our ability 284 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: to make our sex hormones. Every time, we're making cordisol, 285 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: and I know, isn't that wild. So like all of 286 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: a sudden, we see estrogen dominance and that looks like 287 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: heavy periods, fibroids, endometriosis, extra weight that you can't get 288 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: rid of. And it's because we're making excess estrogen from 289 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: our fat cells and other things, but we're not making 290 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 1: enough progesterone because of this cortisol steel that's happening, Like 291 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: we're just pumping out constant cortisol and when that happens, 292 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: we don't ovulate, and that affects our fertility. And it's 293 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: literally this vicious cycle that you just fall into, and 294 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: it's a domino effect. One thing begets another, and then 295 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: your thyroid gets involved and says, wait a second, you're 296 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: in survival mode. We better hold on to everything that 297 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: you've got stored up because I don't know when you're 298 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: gonna eat again or be safe again. And so your 299 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: metabolism turns down, your thermostat turns down, all the things. 300 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: Like it is literally just this cascade and it can 301 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: be hard to get out of. 302 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 2: Dang. Okay, So given all of that, because even some 303 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 2: of the things that you're saying I'm like, me, me, me, 304 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 2: and I'm sure that there are women who are listening 305 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 2: that are like, yeah, check that box, check that box, 306 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 2: check that box. And it's like hearing you say all this, 307 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 2: it's like, oh my goodness, the I've never heard someone 308 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 2: explain just like the like you said, the it's like 309 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 2: the snowball effect, right, the avalanche of like how all 310 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 2: these things happen? And even you're saying something as simple 311 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 2: as like like the purpose of instilling prayer in our life, Yes, 312 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 2: it connects us to God, but it does so much 313 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 2: for our body too, like actually slowing down, integrating rest, 314 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 2: thinking about Sabbath, all of those things. It it really 315 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 2: puts our body in a place where we can actually 316 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 2: feel good and function in the way that God has 317 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 2: called us to. But I'm wondering hearing all that, even 318 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 2: me hearing all that, it's like, Okay, then what now 319 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 2: what It's like, it's like, what are actual practical steps 320 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 2: that you then take to begin to unpack those things? 321 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 2: And I'm sure it's different for everyone. It's different for 322 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,479 Speaker 2: every woman, like symptoms and areas and what the actual 323 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 2: thing might be. I'm not saying that you have to 324 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 2: diagnose every person listening. But it's like knowing that there 325 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 2: are so many women who are living in defeat today 326 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 2: and are just exhausted and feel like, like you said, 327 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 2: this is my lot in life. Like I've said that 328 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 2: so many times even with myself, like, well, you know, 329 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 2: this is just the thorn in my flesh. And maybe 330 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 2: it is in some degree I don't know, but I 331 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 2: think that there is this level of stewardship and discipline 332 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 2: and responsibility that we do need to have when it 333 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 2: comes to our bodies. I mean, if so many of 334 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: us are disciplined in reading the Word in our prayer, life, 335 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 2: in community, in service, in service, right in stillness, maybe, 336 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 2: but when it comes to the area of our bodies, 337 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 2: we just completely neglect taking the time to learn or 338 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 2: unlearn habits that are healthy that actually push us forward 339 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 2: in what God has called us to do. So could we, 340 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 2: as like literally the time has flown by, could we 341 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 2: or could you talk about maybe like here are things 342 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 2: I would recommend that we begin to either learn or 343 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 2: unlearn in our life so that we can start promoting 344 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,919 Speaker 2: a healthier, more whole life that honors the Lord in 345 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 2: this way. 346 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know, we don't have time to get 347 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: deep into birth control. But I do think it's really 348 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: important to mention because you know, a lot of women 349 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: don't use it because of religious beliefs, but some a 350 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: lot of women do use it, and it is encouraged 351 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: by OBG Wayans to not only use for birth control, 352 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: but to use quote unquote regulate your cycles, get rid 353 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: of acne, improve your mood. And I am here to 354 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: tell you that is a lie. It does not regulate 355 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: your hormones, and so it's I want women to know 356 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 1: foundationally there might be some things that are blocking you 357 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 1: and preventing you from getting better, and it might be 358 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: your birth control. So they don't regulate your hormones. They 359 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: override your hormones. They stop your own hormone production when 360 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: you take them as a pill or an injection or 361 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: an IUD. They literally tell your ovaries to stop making estrogen, progesterone, 362 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: and testosterone, and you get the hormones from the pill. 363 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: And the biggest problem with that is most of those 364 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: hormones have a synthetic progestin, So most nowadays have the 365 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: bioidentical estradiol, which is the same as our body makes, 366 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: and so that's not so bad. Some still have synthetic estrogens, 367 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: but these progestins, they stop the lining and the uterus 368 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: from overgrowing from too much estrogen, but they give a 369 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: different receptor response or signal throughout the rest of your body, 370 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: because we have these hormone receptors in our brain, in 371 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: our heart, in our skin, in our bones, everywhere, and 372 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: so progestins, they're actually the culprits that have been linked 373 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: to breast cancer and other things. But they cause anxiety 374 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: and depression and weight gain and a whole slew of 375 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: things like where's your libido? It's gone. All of these 376 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: problems from these synthetic progestines. And it breaks my heart 377 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: thinking back to when women would have their babies and 378 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 1: they wanted to breastfeed, and so we would say, oh, 379 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: just take this mini pill, just take the progestine only pill. 380 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: It won't interfere with breastfeeding, but it'll prevent pregnancy, and 381 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: their postpartum depression would just magnify, it would get worse, 382 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: they would gain more weight, they would feel more terrible. 383 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: And it's because we are giving them these synthetic hormones. 384 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: And so I want women to understand that these can 385 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: have long term impacts on your health. They can long 386 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: term cause vitamin and mineral deficiencies that lead to chronic issues. 387 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: So they deplete your B vitamins, and B vitamins are 388 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: essential for a happy brain and a functioning liver to 389 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: be able to methylate and get rid of toxins. They 390 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: deplete your magnesium, which is your calming mineral that rests 391 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: your muscles, and so they oftentimes have workout fatigue. They 392 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: can't even work out anymore because their muscles are so 393 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,719 Speaker 1: tight and it's just uncomfortable, it's painful, and it's because 394 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: they just have this mineral deficiency going on. It also 395 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: causes leaky gut and disrupts your microbiome, so it increases 396 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: your chance of developing an autoimmune condition like hashimotos, which 397 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 1: is an ongoing issue, and all kinds of stuff. So 398 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: I would encourage women to take a step back and 399 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: a valuate, like what am I putting in my body? 400 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: What am I using that could actually be disrupting things 401 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: and maybe I'm not realizing it, And that is one 402 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: of the biggest things. And I'm not like telling women 403 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: what to do, but I am about informed consent. Because 404 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: that birth control pill created depression in me. Then I 405 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: ended up on antidepressant medications, which made me more suicidal 406 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: and gain more weight and not want my husband more 407 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 1: because I like it made me repel him. And then 408 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: I went on to require reflux medications and chronic irritable 409 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: bibble syndrome medication for that. So by the time I 410 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: was in med school, I was on a handful of 411 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: medications and I was worse off than I ever was. 412 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: So these have real lasting impacts, and I want women 413 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: to not feel bad of like why can't I pray 414 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 1: through this? Why can't I overcome this? Why can't I 415 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: just like renew my mind and get over this because 416 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: there might be something really physical impeding it? You know 417 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: that that's great? 418 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 2: Is actually like taking inventory of like, well, what what 419 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: am I putting in my body? I know that you 420 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 2: even talked about like plastics and things, so like even 421 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 2: like environmentally, can you speak to that? It's like, what 422 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 2: are other tangible things that we should take note of, 423 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,719 Speaker 2: especially as women maybe in our environment that It's like, okay, 424 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 2: I know even before we hopped on we were talking 425 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 2: about me like taking the little gestational diabetes thing that 426 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 2: I that the test the glucosest or whatever I don't 427 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 2: have my results yet, and I was like, I love sugar, 428 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 2: and you were like, oh no. It's like so it's like, 429 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 2: what are other things where it's like, hey, maybe maybe 430 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 2: grow in your in your informed I don't know knowledge 431 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 2: and or consent in these areas to see like what 432 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 2: these factors might be, like, are there any other outside 433 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 2: factors that we should take in mind? 434 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: Absolutely so we do not realize how much sugar that 435 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: we are taking in because back in the nineties, I 436 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: don't even know if you were born yet or you're 437 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: probably just born. Yeah, So we went through this stage 438 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: of fat makes you fat, and so they pulled fat 439 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 1: out of all the food and instead they filled it 440 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: with sugars and artificial sweeteners. And so here's a really 441 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 1: crazy statistic. Back in the eighteen hundreds, one person would 442 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: eat on average, about two pounds of sugar a year. 443 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: So you, Kirby, would have eaten two pounds in eighteen hundred. Wow, 444 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: Today you eat sixty pounds of sugar a year. It's 445 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: mind blowing. Sixty pounds. Think of those five pound bags 446 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 1: that you buy. You're eating sixty pounds and we don't 447 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: know it because it's hidden in our food. I remember 448 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: when I looked at my tuna packet and I saw 449 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 1: sugar in my tuna pac and I was like why, 450 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: And it's because the food industry. That is how they 451 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: get you addicted. They have done crazy science to like 452 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: get this down pat where it is so palatable that 453 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: you cannot stop eating it. And so we've just seen 454 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: this huge rise in estrogen dominance, infertility, fibroids, enomeytriosis, diabetes, 455 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: and now fatty liver has become elevated. Blood sugar has 456 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: now become the reason for fatty liver. It used to 457 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: be alcohol. Alcohol used to cause us to need liver transplants. 458 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: Now it's the sugar in our diet. It's crazy. And 459 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: twenty four percent of adults have fatty liver, and now 460 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: we're seeing it in children, like five to ten percent 461 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: of children have fatty liver. So we really have to 462 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: What I say is like food is one of the 463 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: first things Satan used to tempt Jesus. Do you think 464 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: he's not using it to tempt you? Like self reliance 465 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: and food? That was it. And so food is a 466 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: temptation and we act like it's not so bad because 467 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: we're not murdering anybody. We're not cheating on anybody, but 468 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: I promise you it's just as much of a sin 469 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: because what's happening is you're filling a void. You're feeling lonely, 470 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: you're feeling stressed, or you're looking for a different feeling 471 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: than you're having, and you're getting that from food. And 472 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: God wants us to get it from him. He's like, no, 473 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: you need to be looking to Jesus to fill that hole. 474 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,239 Speaker 1: And so God's really put it on my heart that 475 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: we have got to get control of our fleshly desires. 476 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: And it's not just a porn addiction or a shopping addiction, 477 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: like food is one of the biggest issue that we 478 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: have as women. And once you conquer that, it's so 479 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: powerful to get freedom from food. Like the donuts used 480 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: to talk to me from the breakroom like I could 481 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: not not eat them. I had to eat them until 482 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: they were gone. That's how addicted I was. And so 483 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: if you're struggling with that, know that you can overcome it, 484 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: and you're actually called to overcome it. So I just 485 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: want women to think about that and get curious without 486 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: any guilt or shame, Like I was the worst of 487 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: the worst. Don't beat yourself up. You just don't even 488 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: know how much you're consuming. One little thing you can 489 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: do is just track for a week how much sugar 490 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: you're getting in, Like get a macro counter like chronometer, 491 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: the app or something like that, or lose it. I 492 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,479 Speaker 1: did that for a week, and I was blown away 493 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: at the garbage I was putting in my body. We're 494 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: actually supposed to eat twenty five grams of sugar a day, 495 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: that's like the max. There's thirty two grams in one 496 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: can of pop or soda. Like, we've already reached our limit. 497 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: So just get curious and start evaluating what's actually happening 498 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: with your body. That is step number one. And step 499 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: two is to ask God to go on this health 500 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: journey with you and believe that he's already made the way. 501 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 2: I love that, and I love that you even touched 502 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 2: on the idea of shame because like, as you're saying 503 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 2: all these things, I already know some of the rhetoric 504 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 2: that's going on in people's minds of like dang, Like 505 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 2: I made these decisions and I put things into my body, 506 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 2: and I did all these things thinking it was it 507 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 2: was for good, and it would be okay, but now 508 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 2: I'm suffering with the consequences. God must be punishing me. 509 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 2: I feel ashamed, I feel guilty, and so I love 510 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 2: that you spoke to that of just how you know, 511 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 2: we live in a broken world and it's unfortunate that 512 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 2: there are so many things that we do not know, 513 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 2: like honestly, forgive us for not knowing what we do 514 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 2: like right, And God is compassionate in that when we 515 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 2: when we realize, wait, these things are not only affecting 516 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 2: me in areas of sin, in areas of my spiritual journey, 517 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 2: but these are actual hindrances to the life that He 518 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 2: has given me. And you know, is this really honoring 519 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 2: to him? Is this good stewardship? Is this something that 520 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 2: will will advance me in what God has called me 521 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 2: to do? Like, is this really what is best for me? 522 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 2: When we get to those questions and we're honest with ourselves, 523 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 2: He also doesn't want us to have shame in those areas. 524 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 2: He wants us to move forward in freedom, like you're saying, 525 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 2: And so thank you, thank you for even saying that, 526 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 2: because I don't want anyone who's listening today to think 527 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 2: that anything that you have talked about is is from 528 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 2: a place of judgment. It's from a place of I've 529 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 2: been there, like I've been in the pit, like I'm 530 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 2: there right now. Of like even as even as I'm pregnant, 531 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 2: I feel like, and I tell this to my husband, 532 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 2: I feel amazing, Like I actually feel amazing in my pregnancy. 533 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,479 Speaker 2: And I'm like, God, are you gonna reset my body 534 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 2: through this? Like I'm so excited to well, I don't 535 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 2: want to say I'm excited to give birth. 536 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: I'm excited for her to get here. 537 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 2: But after that, I'm excited to see how I can 538 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 2: begin to rewire my body in some ways and better 539 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 2: steward at moving forward. Knowing the small information I have 540 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 2: now and knowing even what you have said just now, 541 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 2: I'm like, when we get off this, I'm gonna be like, 542 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 2: here's all my diagnosis is. 543 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: Let's talk even more. 544 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 2: But I know that everybody who's listening probably has their 545 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 2: own lists, like their laundry list of you know, these 546 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 2: are the things that I want to explore more about 547 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 2: and talk more about and hear more about. And you 548 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 2: have a whole podcast and ministry, and you have books, 549 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 2: and you have resources and a million things that people 550 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 2: can access to learn more about their specific issues. So 551 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 2: could you just share that for the listeners today who 552 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 2: do want to dive deeper and take that up of 553 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 2: taking this more seriously, not from a place of shame, 554 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 2: but from a place of overcoming and freedom. 555 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, And I just want to point out that 556 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 1: not only do we serve a compassionate God, but we 557 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: serve a redemptive God. He is a redeemer. I spend 558 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: all my days seeing women in their forties, fifties, and sixties, 559 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: and it's incredible to see their transformations where they have 560 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: been struggling for decades and he turns it all around 561 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,399 Speaker 1: and now they're doing amazing. So the beauty for you 562 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: guys is you're so much younger than us, and you 563 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: don't have to overcome so many decades of dysfunction, Like 564 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: it's so much easier for you to get back on track. 565 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 1: So I'm excited for this opportunity for everyone listening, and yeah, 566 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 1: fast toofaith dot com. When I wrote the book, what 567 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 1: I wanted to do was take everything I had learned 568 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 1: or you know, the majority of what I in the 569 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 1: functional medicine space of root cause, what is your body 570 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: saying to you with all of these symptoms and just 571 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: help you understand your body better than any doctor. That 572 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: was my goal when I wrote this book is every 573 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: single woman should read this book. They will understand their 574 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 1: menstrual cycle. They will understand their gut and how to 575 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: nourish it, how their liver functions, and how it's so 576 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: essential what your immune system is doing, and how your mind, body, 577 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:37,280 Speaker 1: soul and spirit are all connected because unfortunately you cannot 578 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 1: disconnect them. You can't just heal your body or just 579 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: have a healthy spirit like you all, you have to 580 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: do it all together. It's all affecting each other. So 581 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: that was my purpose. Every woman should read it. You 582 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: will get unstuck. 583 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 2: I love it. 584 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: I will link it in the show notes. 585 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 2: Y'all could go grab her book and check out her podcast, 586 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 2: her website. I mean, she has a million resources out there. 587 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: It's incredible. 588 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 2: But doctor Tabatha, thank you for taking time to just 589 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:10,840 Speaker 2: be on here today to pour into me and our audience. Again. 590 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,120 Speaker 2: I know this isn't like the traditional let's dive into 591 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 2: theology and like all this stuff, but this is such 592 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 2: a key thing that affects our lives daily and there 593 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 2: needs to be space to talk about that. So I'm 594 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,480 Speaker 2: thankful that you are taking initiative in that and that 595 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,920 Speaker 2: you have the expertise as well to dive into that 596 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 2: from your own experience personally but even professionally. Well, where 597 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 2: can people follow you? Like? Cause I know that you 598 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 2: are posting and doing things online as well. 599 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, my favorite place to be is Instagram at Gutsy 600 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: Doctor Tabitha. I'm also on Facebook. I would love for 601 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,840 Speaker 1: you to connect with me there. Like you said, we 602 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 1: have every resource that you need and if we don't, 603 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,399 Speaker 1: dm us and we'll probably do a podcast interview about it. Like, 604 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: I just want women to to get informed and not 605 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: only get informed, but feel inspired to take action. That's 606 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 1: how I. 607 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,359 Speaker 2: Feel right now. I'm like, dang, I need to read 608 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,239 Speaker 2: that book before I give birth so that when I'm 609 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 2: in recovery, I can just start implementing everything. 610 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,240 Speaker 1: I'm so serious. 611 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 2: Y Well, y'all go check out all of her stuff 612 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 2: and thank you for listening to today's episode. I really 613 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 2: do hope and pray that it has inspired you to 614 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,279 Speaker 2: take action, to take inventory and to see what those 615 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 2: next steps are. 616 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: Be prayerful, be prayerful. 617 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,479 Speaker 2: In it, and yield to whatever it is that God 618 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 2: might be calling you to surrender and whatever it is, 619 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,680 Speaker 2: he might be calling you to take up as well, 620 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 2: because He will grace you for that walk and for 621 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,359 Speaker 2: that journey. But I love you, guys, and I'll see 622 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,200 Speaker 2: you here next week for another episode on the bottom 623 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:44,120 Speaker 2: Beloved Podcast. 624 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: Bye. 625 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 2: For more life giving, faith based podcast just like this one, 626 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,279 Speaker 2: check out lifeaudio dot Com, a proud partner of the 627 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 2: Beloved Podcast