1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 2: You have it in you to heal, You're just not 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 2: listening to your body and what it needs. We practice 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: a lot of band aid medicine, like let me just 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 2: get rid of the pain, let me get rid of 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 2: the heavy period, let me get rid of the headache. 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: And really it's like, why do I have a headache? 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 2: What is my body trying to tell me? 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 3: Welcome to Love Life Sober. I'm your host and your coach, 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 3: Christy Osborne. This podcast is for the woman who loves 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 3: Jesus or is longing to reconnect with him, and who 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 3: knows deep down that alcohol is no longer serving her. 13 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 3: Here we talk honestly, with grace and truth about how 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: stepping away from alcohol opens the door to the love, joy, 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 3: peace and connection you've been searching for. Because, Babe, those 16 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 3: things were never meant to be found in a bottle 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 3: of wine. They're found in Jesus. Through scripture, coaching and neuroscience, 18 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 3: I'll help you make sense of your habits, your nervous system, 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 3: and what you're really craving so that freedom feels not 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 3: only possible, but sustainable. You don't have to do this alone, Babe. 21 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 3: Let's dive in today's conversation is a powerful one, especially 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 3: if you've ever reached for a glass of wine simply 23 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,199 Speaker 3: because you're exhausted, overwhelmed, or running on empty. I'm joined 24 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 3: by doctor Tabitha Barber for a truth filled conversation about 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 3: alcohol as a counterfeit comfort and what our bodies and 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 3: our souls are actually craving instead. Doctor Tabitha shares her 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 3: remarkable story from being a teenage mother and high school 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 3: dropout to becoming a triple Board certified physician and the 29 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: moment God called her to use her voice. We talk 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 3: about fasting, faith, hormones, gut health, and what alcohol is 31 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 3: really doing inside a woman's body, especially during perimenopause and metopause. 32 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: And we speak hope to the woman who's worried she's 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: done too much damage to ever feel well again. If 34 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: you've ever thought I deserve this drink, I can't sleep 35 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 3: without wine, or I feel too far gone to fix 36 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 3: my health and babe, this episode is for you. Let's 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: dive in. Hey, doctor Tabitha, Welcome to love life sobered. 38 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for being here. Oh my gosh, 39 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: I'm so excited for this conversation. Christy, thank you. You 40 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 3: know we love to hate on the algorithm, and the 41 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 3: algorithm deserves a lot of hate sometimes, but sometimes it 42 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 3: serves you up exactly who you want to be friends with. Ye, 43 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 3: And I got your the real that you put out 44 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 3: about alcohol being a counterfeit comfort, and it was like, 45 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 3: doctor Tabithaan, I need to be friends. 46 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: Yes, I love that so much. 47 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: I know there's good sides and bad size to social media, right, 48 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: so true. 49 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 3: So so true. Can you tell the gals who don't 50 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 3: know you yet a little bit of your story and 51 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: then how that kind of led to you doing this 52 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 3: incredible work that I'm so excited to talk about. 53 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely. 54 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 2: And I always tell women, when you're listening to another 55 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: woman's story, look for yourself because we can always learn 56 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: something from another woman. Like I promise you what you're 57 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 2: going through is not unique, even though you're special and 58 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: God loves you, like we all have this same desire 59 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: just to be loved and appreciated and known. 60 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: And so I grew. 61 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 2: Up a wild child. I really didn't like rules. I said, 62 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 2: rules are made to be broken, and so I went 63 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 2: against authority. 64 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: I really struggled with that. I was raised in the 65 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: Catholic Church. 66 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: I have this warped sense of if I just am 67 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: a sinner, I can repent on Sunday. 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: And I'll be fine because Jesus saved me. 69 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 2: And so I just really made a lot of bad 70 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: choices growing up and ended up being pregnant at sixteen. 71 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: I actually got married and dropped out of high school. 72 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: But here's what happened. I had a very awful labor 73 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 2: and delivery. I had to come to Jesus moment, and 74 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: I was looking at my daughter in the warmer, thinking 75 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 2: I never want this to happen to you. All this 76 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: stuff that I just went through because things were done 77 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 2: to me without any consent or conversation, and I didn't 78 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 2: speak up. I didn't use my voice. I assumed the 79 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: white coats knew best. You know, I grew up in 80 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 2: that era of you don't question your doctor, and a 81 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: lot of horrible things happened. I had a fourth degree 82 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 2: tear that I still suffered issues from to this day. 83 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: And I just looked at my daughter and I thought, 84 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: I never want any of this to happen to you. 85 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: And God clearly said to me that day, you need 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 2: to figure this out and use your voice, ask for 87 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 2: another choice, and help other women to do the same. 88 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: And girl, I didn't know what that meant and what 89 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 1: that looked like I ever do wo ever do? Right? 90 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: But I knew that God was calling me for more, 91 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 2: and he was like, you're not going to work at 92 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: the gas station and stay in this small town like you. 93 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 2: I want you to go out and do things for 94 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 2: people in this life. So I went on this journey 95 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 2: and eventually, you know, it found me to becoming a doctor. 96 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: And it was great. 97 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: I had overcome all of these things, but I found 98 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: myself burnt out as a physician. When I look back 99 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: at it, I realized I left God in the delivery room, 100 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: like I got my marching orders, and then I went 101 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 2: out and tried to do life on my own. And 102 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: what ended up happening is I just made a complete 103 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 2: mess of my life. 104 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: I thought I knew best. 105 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 2: I everything was driven by ego, like I need to 106 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 2: do things. 107 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: I'm so important. 108 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: I'm the healer, I'm the helper, like I drank the 109 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: kool aid from you know, the medical institution, and so 110 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 2: I thought I healed my patients. 111 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: I was a surgeon. 112 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: I thought, you know, I'm everything, And the truth of 113 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 2: it is, I wasn't you know our bodies are created 114 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: to heal, and we're supposed to harness that innate divine 115 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: intelligence and help your body heal. Like as a surgeon, 116 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: I can cut you open, cut through the skin and 117 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: the fashion and the muscle, and remove the offending organs, 118 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 2: so to speak, and suture you all back up. 119 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: But your cells grow back together. 120 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 2: Your body does the healing at the end of the day. 121 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: And I wasn't respecting how incredible our body really is. 122 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 2: And so that's one of the things God had to 123 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 2: teach me was you're a helper, but you're not the healer. 124 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 2: And when women come to me now and they want 125 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 2: to be helped with their hormones or help with their 126 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 2: gut issues or their adrenals, like I can't lose weight, 127 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 2: it's always like I've tried everything, you're my last hope. 128 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: And what I really teach them is that you have 129 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: it in you to heal. You're just not listening to 130 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 2: your body and what it needs. And so we need 131 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: to get back to the idea that symptoms are not something. 132 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: To be covered up. 133 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 2: We practice a lot of band aid medicine, like let 134 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: me just get rid of the pain, let me get 135 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: rid of the heavy period, Let me get rid of 136 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: the headache, and really it's like, why do I have 137 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: a headache? What is my body trying to tell me? 138 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: And once you start inviting your body to talk to 139 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: you and you can start to understand it, then you 140 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 2: can actually heal and really make a shift. So that's 141 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: what I teach women now is how can I start 142 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: to love my body and listen to it and give 143 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 2: it what it needs and not what it doesn't need, 144 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 2: because that will really take you for the rest of 145 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 2: your life, as opposed to what hormone replacement therapy do 146 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: I need? 147 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: Or let me just get rid of. 148 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: Alcohol, because I know alcohol is a problem, but why 149 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 2: is alcohol a problem? We get women addicted to food 150 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 2: and eating and it's like why, So we got to 151 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: ask deeper questions. And I love the work that you're 152 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: doing because you're tackling all of this. 153 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, oh my gosh, I love everything about that. How 154 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: how did you transition from being like the white coat 155 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 3: that you didn't question? I thought, isn't God so funny? 156 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 2: Yes, oh my goodness, here's the truth of it. He 157 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: had to put me on my back for seven days 158 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: to get me looking up at him, to pay attention 159 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: to him. I had such terrible chronic back issues that 160 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 2: I finally gave in and had back surgery. I took 161 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: six weeks off to heal, and I thought the whole 162 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 2: world was going to crumble because I was chief of staff, 163 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 2: I was delivering all the babies like I had two 164 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 2: little kids. The world was on my shoulders. And truthfully, 165 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 2: that's why my back was a mess, because I was 166 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 2: trying to do it all and carry that burden. I 167 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 2: went back to work after six weeks and I reinjured 168 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 2: my back and I couldn't move. And so about the 169 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: third or fourth day, laying in bed, I'm just like 170 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 2: yelling at God, like, why did you do this to me? 171 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: I don't want to have rods and screws in my back. 172 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 2: I don't want to go through another surgery. Why why 173 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: didn't you heal me? And he was like, cause you 174 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 2: still didn't learn you need to rely on me, You 175 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 2: need to hand it over to me. You are still 176 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 2: trying to do all of this on your own and 177 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 2: that is not what I've called you to do. 178 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: And that was a big wake up call. 179 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 2: But in the midst of it, Christy, I realized I 180 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 2: hadn't eaten for over three days, and I was like, God, 181 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: what is that about? And he reminded me that, you know, 182 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 2: as a surgeon, after people had surgery, I didn't feel 183 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 2: them because being in a fasted state kicks in a 184 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 2: tophagy and healing processes in your body that actually speed 185 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 2: up the healing process. And so he really sent me 186 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 2: on this journey of understanding the power of fasting, not 187 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 2: only to physically heal our bodies, but to spiritually reconnect 188 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: with him. He's like, when you are weak, I am strong. 189 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 2: When you get rid of those fleshly desires, you can 190 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 2: hear from me. We can actually connect and have a 191 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: conversation better because you're not focused on your gut and 192 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 2: your hunger pains and the donuts and the diet coke 193 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: and whatever. Those are all distractions and so you've got 194 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 2: to get past that. You have to put down the 195 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: alcohol or whatever it is to actually go Okay, God, 196 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 2: your will not mine. 197 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: And so that changed everything for me. 198 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 2: And when I started teaching women that, I just I 199 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 2: saw the power of it. 200 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: It was incredible. 201 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 3: And so how along between when you were on your back, 202 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 3: did you just immediately start did you try this out 203 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 3: yourself for a little bit and then start helping women. 204 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 3: What was like, what was the and then write the 205 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 3: book like what was the tell me everything? 206 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 2: I wish it was that quick and easy? 207 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 3: Was that straightforward? 208 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 2: Night? God teaches us a lesson and then a lot 209 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: of times we don't learn the lesson, and so we 210 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: keep getting tested until we passed the test. And so 211 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 2: I went through this time period of like I went 212 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: through COVID, and I had to leave that world that 213 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 2: was breaking me. I left my job as a surgeon 214 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 2: and an obstetrician, and I started doing functional medicine virtually 215 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 2: and healing patient like getting to the root of why 216 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: they were struggling. And that was really rewarding. And I realized, 217 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 2: oh my gosh, I am more than a surgeon. My 218 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: hands are not my identity. And that was a really 219 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: big shift that I had to make. So I was 220 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: working on my identity and that piece of it. It's 221 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 2: now the foundation of fast to faith because what I 222 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 2: was realizing is when my patients were struggling, it's because 223 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 2: they had these beliefs about themselves. 224 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: They would say things to me like I can't. 225 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 2: Heal, I'll always have back pain, I'll never get over 226 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 2: that sugar addiction. And like they made these declarations over themselves. 227 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 2: They had these beliefs that created these false identities about 228 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 2: who they were, and I had to rewire their brain 229 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 2: with them. We had to like pull out Romans twelve 230 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 2: two and get to work of like, wait a second, 231 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 2: these are all just lies that you either got from 232 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 2: the world or from your family members or teachers or 233 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 2: spouses or whoever. And that's not who Christ says you are. 234 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 2: So we have to go to the Word and see 235 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 2: who are you actually, and we'd create this Christ centered identity. 236 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 2: And once you start to do that, and you renew 237 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 2: your mind every single day on the Word, and you 238 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 2: start to see yourself differently, then you start to have 239 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 2: different beliefs, make different choices, create different habits. The bad 240 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: habits they just kind of go away because you're like 241 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 2: I'm worthy, I'm better than that, I'm more capable, I'm 242 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 2: more than a conqueror. 243 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: And that is how you actually shift. 244 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 2: So it was like me going through this process, me 245 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: taking some patience through this process, me learning over a 246 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 2: few years time period, and then I was at health 247 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 2: and wellness conference with a bunch of new age people. 248 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: It's funny how God works. 249 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 2: He uses people who don't believe in him to do 250 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: his work. 251 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: Can I get on that he really does? And so 252 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: I was at this conference. 253 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 2: We went through this breathing activity with music and all 254 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 2: kinds of crazy stuff, and Christ literally just came to 255 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 2: me and showed me that he died on the cross 256 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 2: for me, and his blood was shed for me, and 257 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 2: like his blood was pouring over me. 258 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: It was so profound. I stood up. 259 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: In this room of one hundred New Age people and 260 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 2: I declared that Jesus Christ was my savior and I 261 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 2: was covered in his blood and I was going to 262 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 2: do his work from this day forward. 263 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: And they all looked at me like I was crazy. 264 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 2: And it was the best moment of my whole life. 265 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: And that is where Fast to Faith was created. 266 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 2: And I tell you that weekend at that conference, he 267 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 2: downloaded the forty day program to me, the book Idea, 268 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 2: the podcast, the Sisterhood, like everything was revealed because I 269 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 2: finally just made the declaration that He was. 270 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: In charge, his will, not mine. 271 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: And that was a turning point that I'm just so 272 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 2: grateful for, Like he just saved me. 273 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 3: We'll be back right after a quick word from our sponsors. Hey, babe, 274 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 3: I just wanted to pause us for one second to 275 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 3: remind you that this September we are gathering in Holland, 276 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 3: Michigan for the Aligned Conference. This is going to be 277 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 3: the first ever Christian women's alcohol free conference, and I 278 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 3: am so excited to be partnering with my friend Sherry 279 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 3: Hoppin of Sala House Recovery. If you've ever wished there 280 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 3: was a place where you could talk openly about freedom 281 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 3: from alcohol, growing closer to Jesus, and building genuine friendships 282 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 3: with women who understand the journey, then this is your opportunity. 283 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 3: We're bringing together incredible speakers, meaningful conversations, worship, prayer, practical tools, 284 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 3: and plenty of opportunities to connect with women who are 285 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 3: pursuing freedom and living aligned with God's best for their lives. 286 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 3: One of the things I'm most excited about is that 287 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 3: so many women from the love Life Sober community are 288 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 3: already coming. If you've ever wanted to meet some of 289 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 3: those amazing women in real life and get an in 290 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 3: person hug and spend a few days just hanging out 291 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 3: with women who are alcohol free or sober, curious and 292 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 3: love Jesus, then this is your chance. It doesn't matter 293 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 3: how long you've been free from alcohol, if you are 294 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 3: considering living an alcohol free life, if you're just sober curious, 295 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 3: we don't mind. We just want to get in a 296 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 3: room with you. And we are so so excited. All 297 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 3: of the details and the ticket information as well as 298 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 3: airport information where you can stay is all at the 299 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 3: link in the show. I am so so excited to 300 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 3: get to hug some of you beautiful women in person 301 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 3: this September. Okay, let's get back to today's episode. Oh 302 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: my gosh, and I just have chills about him giving 303 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 3: you the download I have. Yeah, we have so many 304 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 3: similarities in our story of just like okay, this is 305 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 3: what I'm gonna do now, and having Jesus and your 306 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: faith in a space where again I relate to it, 307 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 3: where it's very new, AGY, like the recovery sphere is 308 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 3: very new. 309 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: AGY. 310 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 3: You can't talk about Jesus, but you can talk about 311 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 3: you know, your higher power, being a Dorna. That's fine, 312 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 3: and so you know for the first time, and this 313 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 3: is why I was so drawn to you, is you 314 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 3: are talking about health and wellness with Jesus, who is 315 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 3: like the ultimate source of everything. So tell us a 316 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 3: little bit about the forty day program your You have 317 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 3: a forty day fast. I have a forty day fast. 318 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 3: Mine is obviously just alcohol. But tell us about yours, 319 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 3: because I'm excited for the galase to learn more. 320 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. 321 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 2: So, the idea, like I was mentioning earlier, is if 322 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 2: you can just abstain from something long enough to shut 323 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 2: your flesh up, you can really open the doors to 324 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 2: these lines of communication that are available to you. There 325 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 2: is a real spiritual realm at work alive, and while 326 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 2: functioning within our physical world all of the time, our 327 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 2: spirit is interacting with other spirits. 328 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: All the time. 329 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 2: If you read the Bible from that lens, you realize 330 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 2: that God has given you authority on this physical earth 331 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 2: in the spiritual realm, and if you partner with. 332 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: Jesus, he is the king. He is the head of 333 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: this realm. 334 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 2: And I know it sounds crazy, but like once I 335 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 2: started to understand how much power that we actually have 336 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: on this earth and that we are co creators with Christ. 337 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 2: One of the first things we learn in the Bible 338 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: in Genesis is that God is a creator and we 339 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 2: are created in His image. So therefore we are co 340 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: creators with him. He wants us to take back control 341 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 2: of how our life is playing out. You know. That 342 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 2: was one of the things is we just we look 343 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 2: to the medical system to make us healthy, and we 344 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 2: act like if we just go to our annual appointment 345 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 2: and take whatever medication they say, like somehow we're supposed 346 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 2: to magically be healthy. 347 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: And God was like, no, you need. 348 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: To teach women that that is up to them. They 349 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 2: are co creators with me to heal and be healthy 350 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 2: and be strong. And I believe He created our body 351 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 2: to be thriving until the and he didn't create our 352 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 2: bodies to just shut down and stop working. This idea 353 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 2: that the thyroid just gets sluggish and it fails on us, Like, 354 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 2: that's a bunch of garbage. 355 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: It's just not how our body is created. 356 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 2: We are doing something to it to prevent it from 357 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 2: healing and thriving, and we need to start respecting it 358 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 2: and listening to it and giving it what it needs. 359 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 2: So the forty day program is essentially everything I learned 360 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 2: studying functional medicine. 361 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: So here's the deal. 362 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 2: I went to med school, I did residency, I did 363 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 2: all this stuff, and then I had to go back 364 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 2: to functional medicine and learn actually why everything was happening, 365 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 2: because that band aid medicine wasn't fixing anybody. So everything 366 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 2: I learned in the functional medicine space of why your 367 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 2: thyroid is behaving this way, why your dreanals are responding, 368 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 2: why women suffer from fatigue and brain FuG why we're 369 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 2: seeing so much infertility and chronic gut issues and can't 370 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 2: digest our food like it's all in the book. My 371 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 2: goal writing Fast to Faith was I want women to 372 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 2: understand their bodies better than any doctor that they go 373 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 2: and see. 374 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: I want you to be able to go. 375 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 2: To the doctor and say, here's what my body's telling me, 376 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 2: here's what my body needs. 377 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: Here's why you want to give me medications. 378 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 2: But I know what it actually needs, and so I 379 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 2: put everything in there that I learned. 380 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 1: And the forty day program is essentially cleaning. 381 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 2: Up your diet and lifestyle from a biblical perspective so 382 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 2: that you can actually harness the power that God gives 383 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 2: you and hear clear from Him of how you're supposed 384 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 2: to live. So it is getting rid of alcohol for 385 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,239 Speaker 2: forty days, it's cleaning up the diet and getting rid 386 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 2: of what I call frankin foods. It's these things we 387 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 2: call food, but they're not really food. Like we took 388 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 2: parts of food and we put them all together to 389 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 2: make this frank in food. All this stuff in boxes 390 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 2: and bags, it has like a ten year expiration. 391 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: The longer it can live on the shelf, the quicker 392 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: it's going to kill you. 393 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 2: So you want to eat real food that God gave 394 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 2: us since the beginning of time, animals and plants and 395 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 2: herbs and stuff that's gonna go bad and weak or 396 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 2: two in your fridge. That's going to be the healthiest 397 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 2: version for you. So it's about cleaning up your diet. 398 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 2: And I know you're in London, so you guys don't 399 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 2: have It's not as bad over here. 400 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 3: No, every single time we come back to the States 401 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 3: and we walk down like the aisles of the supermarket, 402 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 3: my kids are like, what is all that? It's like 403 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,239 Speaker 3: so different over here. It's not nowhere close to what 404 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 3: it's like in the US. 405 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 406 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 2: With the break that closed my mind, you guys are 407 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 2: like that stuff causes cancer. 408 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: We're not. We don't eat fruit. 409 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 3: Lub your milk, literally, I said Christmas Husband. I was 410 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 3: like this milk expires in a month. How is that possible? 411 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,199 Speaker 3: Where it's here, it's like literally three or four days. 412 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 3: The bread will go moldy in three days. It doesn't 413 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 3: last for weeks. 414 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: It's oh, I know, the bread will last for months 415 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: on the counter. I'm like, this is not normal. 416 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 2: Bread did not do this when I was a kid, Like, 417 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:25,479 Speaker 2: oh what Yeah, But we don't realize it because it 418 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 2: has come into our society so insidiously and it's just 419 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 2: this all we know. So you have to take a 420 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 2: minute to have a history lesson and think back and 421 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 2: realize we have food available twenty four to seven. We 422 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 2: can literally door dash something and have whatever we want 423 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 2: to our house in twenty to thirty minutes day or night. 424 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 2: It is so unhealthy. That is not how God created 425 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 2: our bodies. He created us to go without food on 426 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: a regular basis. He created our bodies fast and then 427 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 2: to feast. And so we have to get back to 428 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 2: how God created us. 429 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: That is how you're going to thrive and feel amazing. 430 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 2: So if you can really take a step back and 431 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 2: start to just trust that God's plan is best and like, 432 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 2: how do I get back to that, You're gonna make 433 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 2: way more gains than conforming to the pattern of this world. 434 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: That's what Romans twelve to two says. 435 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 2: Stop living like everybody else in society. 436 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: They're doing it wrong. We live in a broken world. 437 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: We should not be conforming to the pattern of this world. 438 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's so so good. We'll be back right after 439 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 3: a quick word from our sponsors. Let's talk a little 440 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 3: bit about alcohol and why alcohol is so darn bad 441 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 3: for us, especially if you are a perimenopausal or menopausal 442 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 3: woman in our age bracket, Like, what is it doing 443 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 3: to us? What is it doing to our homo hormones, 444 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 3: what is it doing to our. 445 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: Court is all? 446 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 3: What is it doing to our rentals? Tell us all 447 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 3: the things. 448 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, I talk a little bit about this in the 449 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 2: book because it breaks my heart and actually just makes 450 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 2: me angry that doctors do not talk to women about alcohol. 451 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: I am talking about oncologists. 452 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 2: If you get a diagnosis you have breast cancer, you 453 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 2: immediately get sent to the general surgeon for your pre 454 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: app evaluation, to the oncologist of like do I need 455 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 2: chemo and radiation? 456 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 1: And you just get thrown down the assembly line, You get. 457 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 2: Your boobs cut off, you go through the chemo you 458 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 2: lose your hair, and nobody talks to you about your 459 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 2: mental state, and then you wind up on the other 460 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 2: side and go, oh, I survived good, and you keep 461 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 2: living the way you were living. There needs to be 462 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 2: a conversation about the fact that alcohol is the number 463 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 2: one modifiable risk factor for breast cancer and other cancers, 464 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 2: stomach cancer, isophageal cancer, colon cancer. Alcohol kills your cells, 465 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: and if it doesn't kill them, it destroys them enough 466 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 2: that the DNA gets damaged and then they start to 467 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 2: grow abnormally and they go rogue and they create cancer. 468 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: It is a huge deal. 469 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: And women, we were not created to drink alcohol on 470 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: a regular basis. Here's the biggest issue. We are constantly 471 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 2: making cyclical hormones. We're making estrogen and progesterone and testosterone 472 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 2: and DHA and cortisol, all these hormones, and our liver 473 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 2: has to metabolize or break down these hormones once we're 474 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 2: done using them. So estrogen, we tend to make a 475 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 2: lot of estrogen in our twenties and thirties. That is 476 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 2: the main reproductive hormone that grows the lining inside our 477 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 2: uterusk grows ours and grows the fat on our hips 478 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 2: so that we can carry a pregnancy on, feed a baby. 479 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 2: But a lot of times that estrogen level starts to 480 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 2: get really elevated, and it's because we're not metabolizing it 481 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 2: and getting rid of it on a regular basis. 482 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: And why is that alcohol. 483 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 2: Our liver also has to metabolize alcohol and medications like tilenol, acetaminifin, benadrill, 484 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 2: prescription medications. 485 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: They all have to get filtered through the liver. 486 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 2: And your body will always pick an exogenous or outside 487 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 2: thing to take care of before an endogenous internal thing. 488 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 2: So your estrogen has to get put on the back 489 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 2: burner and not get broken down because your body's breaking 490 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 2: down that cocktail and that glass of wine and that 491 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 2: glass of beer. 492 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: It always comes first. 493 00:27:55,760 --> 00:28:00,199 Speaker 2: So if you drink, especially women who drink like two 494 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 2: cocktails every night with dinner, your liver is constantly working 495 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 2: on that alcohol breakdown and putting estrogen on the back burner. Meanwhile, 496 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 2: your estrogen levels climb and climb and climb. Your body's 497 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 2: naturally not making as much progesterone because your eggs are 498 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 2: going bue bye and you're in this perimenopausal state, so 499 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 2: you don't have progesterone enough to keep all that estrogen 500 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 2: in balance. So then estrogen even looks higher for that reason, 501 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 2: and that can start to grow cells abnormally. Because estrogen 502 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 2: is a growth hormone, it is meant to grow things 503 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 2: in your body. But it's not the hormone that's causing cancer. 504 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 2: It's the fact that estrogen's getting out of control because 505 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 2: the liver is so busy with the alcohol and the 506 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 2: medications and the other things or sugar. That's another thing 507 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 2: is when we eat a high carbohydrate die at a 508 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 2: high processed diet, all of that stuff has to be 509 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 2: taken care of through the liver. So estrogen again gets 510 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 2: put on the back burner. And here we are vilifying 511 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 2: estrogen like it is the problem. 512 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: Estrogen's that's the problem. 513 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 2: It's all the crap that you brought in that your 514 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 2: liver's trying to deal with. So I hope that makes 515 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 2: sense for women of Like, if you just cut out 516 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 2: some of the alcohol, some of the processed foods, some 517 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 2: of the medications, your liver can actually do what it's 518 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 2: supposed to do to keep your hormones balanced. The other 519 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 2: thing alcohol does is it affects your gut. 520 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: It kills your good gut bacteria. 521 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 2: So if you think back to the wild West movies, 522 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 2: if you've ever seen a Cowboy movie, when they would 523 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 2: get a big cut on their leg or a gunshot wound, 524 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 2: they would pour the whiskey on the wound. Because alcohol 525 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 2: kills bacteria, and it not only kills bad back, but 526 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 2: it kills good bacteria. So women are setting themselves up 527 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 2: for systemic issues because they're killing their microbiome a little 528 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 2: bit every day to the point where they don't have 529 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 2: any healthy, good bacteria left. And good bacteria help you 530 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 2: make your neurotransmitters, your serotonin, your gabba dopamine, all those 531 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 2: chemicals that help your brain be happy. Alcohol might make 532 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 2: you feel good in the moment, but long term it's 533 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 2: actually a depressant. So women struggle with depression and anxiety 534 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 2: and they get diagnosed with these. You know, way you 535 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 2: have general anxiety disordered. 536 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: No, you don't. 537 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 2: You have a broken down microbiome from your alcohol drinking. 538 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 2: And so we have to start to understand that what 539 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 2: we do to our body has long term consequences. 540 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: And that's the exciting part is that means you. 541 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 2: Can heal your gut if you quit drinking and you 542 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 2: can start making your neurotransmitters again. You can get off 543 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 2: your antidepressants and drugs and not have these diagnoses that 544 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 2: are a bunch of crab, you know what I mean. Like, honestly, 545 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 2: there's real medical diagnoses. I'm not disregarding that. But I 546 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 2: was on antidepressants for twenty years because nobody addressed my 547 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 2: gut issue and it makes me mad. 548 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, Oh my gosh, I just want to give you 549 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 3: a hug right now because I feel like we're both 550 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 3: just fighting this really big uphill battle. But by the 551 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 3: grace of God, we're still going. But oh my gosh, yes, 552 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 3: And then I have so many clients that are in 553 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 3: on antidepressants or it's high anxiety, and medicine is a 554 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 3: mercy I think Alisa Keaton said that. But like, you 555 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 3: have to heal and use what God gave us right, 556 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 3: which is our own bodies that can repair ourselves. Just 557 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 3: like we talk about neuroplasticity and the brain being able 558 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 3: to rewire and change our thought, our gut can heal, 559 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 3: our liver can heal, Like it is amazing what it 560 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 3: can actually heal from. I have so many clients who 561 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 3: are like I've done so much damage. I don't know 562 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 3: if I'll be able to repair. Maybe speak to that 563 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 3: gal who has been drinking every night. She wants to 564 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 3: do a forty day fast, and she's like, am I 565 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 3: too far gone? 566 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 1: You are never too far gone? 567 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 2: Really, truthfully, I had Hashi motos thyroid disease and my 568 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 2: antibody levels were over a thousand. They just that's what 569 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 2: they said. They didn't even give me a number. It 570 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 2: was so high, which means my immune system was on fire, 571 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 2: attacking everything in sight, including my own body. 572 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: And that's not normal, that's not okay. 573 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 2: A big reason it was happening is I had chronic 574 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 2: gut issues that were not being taken care of and fixed. 575 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 2: And a lot of this can be fixed with removing 576 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 2: the offending agent whatever's destroying and killing off, which is 577 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 2: alcohol and process us foods and a high carbohydrate diet 578 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 2: and things like that, and stress. Stress kills your microbiome 579 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 2: as well. But sometimes you actively have to rebuild that 580 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 2: microbiome and love on it and support it extra And 581 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 2: that is why I ended up creating a supplement line 582 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 2: to help with gut health, because sometimes you do need 583 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,479 Speaker 2: to be more active than just removing the bad stuff, 584 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 2: but replacing the good stuff. But I promise you you 585 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 2: can make this shift. We help women all of the time. 586 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 2: We do a lot of stool testing to actually see 587 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 2: your microbiome and buy and large women who are regular 588 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 2: alcohol drinkers, they just have a deficient microbiome. So you 589 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 2: probably need some high dose amazing probiotics with some prebiotics 590 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 2: that feed the good bacteria and re establish it. You 591 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 2: might need some immunoglobulin support, which is the part of 592 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 2: your immune system in the gut lining that helps protect 593 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 2: your body from stuff coming from the outside world. We 594 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,919 Speaker 2: have like a liver detox kit that helps clean out 595 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 2: all that liver congestion from all those years of like 596 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 2: not making great choices, and that helps women so much 597 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 2: that that's one of my favorite. 598 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: Things to do when women first come to us. 599 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 2: We're like, start with the three to two one liver 600 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 2: detox because once your liver's processing and metabolizing things properly again, 601 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,360 Speaker 2: like all of a sudden, the weight starts to release 602 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 2: and the brain starts to clear up, and you start 603 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 2: sleeping better. 604 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,760 Speaker 1: You're not waking up at three am all. 605 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 2: The time, And so that can be a quick, easy 606 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 2: shift that can really help women move forward, because once 607 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 2: you start to feel good, you don't want to go 608 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 2: back to feeling bad, you know. Or we test it, 609 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 2: we try Like this was me and gluten and destroys me. 610 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,720 Speaker 2: It's part of what keeps my hashimotos flared. But I 611 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,439 Speaker 2: was so addicted to it, and I did not want 612 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 2: to give it up, and I thought, I can just 613 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 2: have a little bit. I can just do it every 614 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 2: once in a while, and I would feel amazing. And 615 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 2: so I would go back and try to eat a 616 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 2: piece of pizza or piece of bread. 617 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: And I would be down for three days. 618 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 2: I'd be so depressed, I'd be in so much pain, 619 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 2: I'd be miserable. And I finally got to the point 620 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,359 Speaker 2: of like, you know what, that doesn't serve me. That 621 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 2: desire is not worth all the misery that comes from 622 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 2: that decision. So I'm just gonna give it up for good. 623 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,759 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be done with that. And now I don't 624 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 2: feel deprived of like, oh my gosh, I can't have 625 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 2: that cake, I can't have that bread. It's like I 626 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 2: look at that stuff and all I see is pain 627 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 2: and depression and misery. I'm like, I get to avoid 628 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 2: that I know now and I get to love on 629 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 2: my body and not go through that pain. I'm so 630 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 2: grateful for that understanding now. And the same thing can 631 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 2: happen with alcohol if you just reframe it and see 632 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 2: it for the villain the. 633 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 1: Poison that it really is. 634 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 2: I mean, it's not only doing all these physical things, 635 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 2: but mentally. I saw this thing online. 636 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: The other day. 637 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:27,239 Speaker 2: It was like, the reason you drink alcohol might not 638 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 2: be so that you are a better time at the party. 639 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 2: It's so that you can tolerate people you wouldn't be 640 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 2: around normally. 641 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:38,240 Speaker 1: And I was like out whoa, yeah, oh my goodness, 642 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,799 Speaker 1: Like it lowers the bar of what. 643 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 2: You tolerate, and we shouldn't be doing that. We should 644 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,920 Speaker 2: be holding ourselves to a higher standard. 645 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: And be treated well. 646 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,920 Speaker 2: It just it numbs us because we don't want to 647 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,160 Speaker 2: feel something. Either we had a stressful day and like 648 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 2: I deserve it, or I just need to calm down 649 00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 2: so I can fall asleep. 650 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 1: I promise. I miss you. 651 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 2: Alcohols waking you up and disrupting your sleep. It is 652 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 2: so hard on the liver, the liver. If you are 653 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 2: waking up at two or three in the morning, that's 654 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 2: a liver issue from alcohol or your blood sugar also 655 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 2: drops at that point and that will wake you up. 656 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: So if you go. 657 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 2: Without alcohol, you will sleep so much better. And that 658 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,320 Speaker 2: for a perimiuntal pause of woman is everything. 659 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:29,439 Speaker 3: We'll be back right after a quick word from our sponsors. Yeah, 660 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 3: one hundred percent. That was the first benefit that I 661 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 3: was like when I started sleeping again, I was like, 662 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 3: I don't ever want to go back to those three 663 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 3: am wake ups. Like, if this is all I get 664 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,880 Speaker 3: from not drinking, I'm good. I'm going to stay with 665 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,800 Speaker 3: it because the difference in my sleep was pun intended 666 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:45,879 Speaker 3: night and day. 667 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: Yes, exactly. 668 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,479 Speaker 3: So tell everybody about your upcoming program, your upcoming forty 669 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,400 Speaker 3: day fast and where that everybody can find it and 670 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 3: where they can find you and learn more about your 671 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,879 Speaker 3: program and what you're doing. And I have so many 672 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 3: other questions I want to ask you. 673 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 2: Oh my god, I know, I honestly usually do a 674 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 2: double episode podcast for people because there is so much 675 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 2: to cover. 676 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: But you're in good hands with Christy. You are just 677 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:15,680 Speaker 1: an awesome resource. 678 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:20,280 Speaker 2: But yes, so love doing our forty day Awakening program 679 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:25,360 Speaker 2: to really invite God into your health journey and start 680 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:30,600 Speaker 2: to understand yourself better through his eyes, get claiming that 681 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 2: Christ centered identity can be so powerful. And I would 682 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:39,919 Speaker 2: just invite women to get curious about how they are 683 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 2: treating their body, how they're talking to their body. Like 684 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,480 Speaker 2: the Bible says, take every thought captive. So if you 685 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 2: can get still and start to hear what your brain 686 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,960 Speaker 2: is saying to yourself, you would be shocked. I was 687 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,160 Speaker 2: shocked at how mean I was to myself. I said 688 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,279 Speaker 2: things I wouldn't say to my words to end to me. 689 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,440 Speaker 2: And it wasn't until I changed that narrative going on 690 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,359 Speaker 2: in my head that I really was able to overcome 691 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,960 Speaker 2: and really break these strongholds. So that's what I would 692 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 2: invite everybody to do. And if you want some guidance 693 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 2: on that, the forty day program is so powerful. 694 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,760 Speaker 1: We have certified coaches that coach. 695 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 2: You through it, so you get to connect with them 696 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,840 Speaker 2: every week, which is really amazing because these are women 697 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 2: who know what you're going through. 698 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:32,680 Speaker 1: They have gone through. 699 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:36,280 Speaker 2: It, and they are on the other side like stronger 700 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 2: than ever. 701 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,879 Speaker 1: So I just it's all God. I can't even take 702 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: credit for it, and it's so good. 703 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I love that you said before we hit 704 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:48,879 Speaker 3: record that you incorporate lectio divina, because that is how 705 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 3: we rewire our brains right and on our thinking, is 706 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,440 Speaker 3: that we speak and we declare the truth of God's 707 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,799 Speaker 3: word over ourselves and over our bodies. And so I 708 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,359 Speaker 3: just love what you're doing so. 709 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,400 Speaker 1: Much, doctor Tabitha. You're awesome. 710 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,240 Speaker 3: I wish we could just go for lunch right now 711 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,160 Speaker 3: and keep talking. 712 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 2: I know, I know, and to any woman who is 713 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 2: intimidated by the Bible or who feels like that does 714 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,439 Speaker 2: I just can't connect with that. That's like some old 715 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 2: history lesson of a bunch of old dudes, Like I 716 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 2: feel that. I that's where I was, and God really 717 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,480 Speaker 2: redirected me on that, and he said, actually, this is 718 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:33,600 Speaker 2: the living, active Word and it is for you in 719 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 2: this moment in your life. And once you start reading 720 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:41,240 Speaker 2: scripture through that lens, everything will shift. So just ask 721 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 2: God to soften your heart and open your heart to 722 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,640 Speaker 2: what He has for you. 723 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,000 Speaker 1: And you will be amazed. 724 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,759 Speaker 3: Yeah. I love that you said that so much, babe, 725 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,440 Speaker 3: because I literally got a text two days ago saying, 726 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,880 Speaker 3: I joined your community, but I'm not sure if the 727 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,880 Speaker 3: religion thing is for me. And that's exactly what I said. 728 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,239 Speaker 3: I said, just stay open and curious. God's obviously pursuing you, 729 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,320 Speaker 3: so let's see what he has to say. 730 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:07,279 Speaker 1: Right, one hundred percent. And this is not religion. This 731 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 1: is a relationship with your creator. Yeah, like religion is 732 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: man made totally. God is your father. 733 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:20,360 Speaker 2: When I accepted God as my father, meaning because a 734 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,239 Speaker 2: lot of us don't have a father that showed up 735 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 2: right all of the time, or even showed up at all, 736 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,520 Speaker 2: Let alone wanted the best for us and taught us 737 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 2: and guided us and did all the right things. Like 738 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,800 Speaker 2: God is the best father you could ever imagine at all. 739 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 2: And if you want that relationship, he is just waiting. 740 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,759 Speaker 2: But you have free will. It's up to you to 741 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,279 Speaker 2: decide that you're gonna like walk with him or you're 742 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:50,720 Speaker 2: going to walk in the other direction. 743 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,160 Speaker 1: So this is not about religion whatsoever. 744 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:58,400 Speaker 2: This is about your creator and who you're called to be. 745 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, gosh, amen to that. Tell the gals where they 746 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,359 Speaker 3: can find you on Instagram? Where's your website and I'll 747 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,200 Speaker 3: link everything obviously. Where can people find you? 748 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 1: Oh, thank you. 749 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:15,640 Speaker 2: Yes, Fast to Faith dot com has everything. We have 750 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:20,080 Speaker 2: an app with a sisterhood. I'm on Instagram at gutsy, 751 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 2: Doctor Tabitha. I'm also on Facebook, so please reach out 752 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 2: connect with us. 753 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,320 Speaker 1: We would love to help you on your journey. 754 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,680 Speaker 3: Yay, thank you so much, doctor Tabitha. I just this 755 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,879 Speaker 3: was so much fun. And thank you for being a light, 756 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,879 Speaker 3: and thank you for saying all the things that need 757 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 3: to be said. And I just pray that this episode 758 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 3: reaches all the women that God already knows that it's 759 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,520 Speaker 3: going to reach. You're doing amazing work and I appreciate 760 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:50,000 Speaker 3: you so thank you. 761 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,800 Speaker 1: Wow, I'm so glad we're connected now. Yay. 762 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 3: All right, friends, so we will see you next week. 763 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,680 Speaker 3: Thank you for spending time with me on Love Life Sober. 764 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,200 Speaker 3: If today's conversation stirred something in your heart, don't rush 765 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,080 Speaker 3: past it, take it to prayer. If you're feeling ready 766 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,200 Speaker 3: for deeper connection and support, I'd love to invite you 767 00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 3: into the Love Life Sober community, a grace filled, shame 768 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,919 Speaker 3: free space where real connection grows and lasting change takes root. 769 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,040 Speaker 3: You can find the link to join us in the 770 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,720 Speaker 3: show notes. Love Life Sober is part of the Life 771 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:28,560 Speaker 3: Audio Podcast Network, where faith centered podcasts help you grow 772 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,160 Speaker 3: deeper in your walk with Christ. You can find more 773 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:35,560 Speaker 3: faith centered podcasts at lifeaudio dot com. Until next time, 774 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:39,400 Speaker 3: be gentle with yourself, stay curious, and trust God's promises. 775 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,239 Speaker 3: He has freedom waiting for you.