WEBVTT - Trust Your Gut 0:00:01.880 --> 0:00:05.359 Wind Down with Janet Kramer and Imheart Radio podcast. 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:11.040 So obviously we're still in January. Do you guys like 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:12.600 the whole New Year, New You thing? 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:13.240 Like? 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:16.159 Do you like when putin I couldn't even finish my 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:20.240 sentence to get it out before we knew that one 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:22.279 kit Cat came on? 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:26.680 What about new Year? Well? What about New Year, New you? 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:27.639 Do you not like? 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:30.440 I just think there's a lot of pressure. 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:33.360 I like you, guys, I have a theory about this. 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.239 Are you ready? You're gonna like my way of doing life? Okay, 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:38.839 January is not New Year, New You. It's just a 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:42.000 new year, and you get all of January to figure 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:43.840 out what are my goals and then you can start 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.479 in February and it's the shortest month, so that feels 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:47.720 cozy to but I feel like. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.360 The February is also putting pressure on the February and 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:51.280 then the rest of the year. 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.640 I think what Cat's point just said, Oh I know 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:57.040 what you're saying. Okay, So no, I just think any like, 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:59.800 I don't really do resolutions, Yeah, but I don't even 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:02.080 like pressure on myself to even find a word or 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:03.360 whatever anybody does. 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:05.760 Just January, just take a minute. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:10.760 Yeah, I do think like I like like I like 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.119 the like the feeling of like a starting over, like 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:16.679 like the work. I really love it, like, Okay, what's 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.880 the plan for this year? What's the Like it feels 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:22.679 like a slow build usually for work, but like you 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.319 can focus, Like I like that part of it, But 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.840 I don't like the like what's your news resolution, what's 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:31.920 your you know, and like I did do stuff lash January, 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:33.679 but this January, you know what, I'm just kind of 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.400 like not putting on a pressure on myself. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:38.080 Because last January was it was prepping for the wedding, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.640 right yeah, like I'm going to do PMS program and 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:43.160 just like I did because. 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:44.920 That's when it started, right, Yeah, it was like January 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:48.600 eighth or something, which was fine, Like I think I 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:51.880 handled that okay, But then I think what happened for 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:55.160 this year because I did gain some weight back that 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.560 I was like kind of putting that pressure on myself 0:01:57.640 --> 0:01:59.960 to do it again. Yeah you know what I mean. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.360 And I'm like, you know, I don't know that I 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.840 really want that pressure on myself. Like I'm happy, I'm good. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:05.360 I don't know. 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:06.640 Do you weigh yourself? 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:07.560 Yeah? 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:09.160 How often do you weigh yourself. 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.400 I mean I weigh myself every day. You weigh every day, 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.360 Like I've said, it is not a mental thing for me. Really, 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.400 It truly is to keep up with Like I wouldn't 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.799 know probably that I was gaining weight if I didn't. 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.959 Well, I think none of us were structured pants anymore, right, Exactly, 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:25.560 there's no U. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.000 And you're like, okay, like I'm getting a little you know, 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:32.400 like I just always have. But when I was thirty 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.200 pounds heavier, it truly didn't really affect me in like 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:36.840 a mental weight where it does a lot of people. 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:38.799 So so like I mean, like when the number goes 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.360 up or something you don't see, you say, that doesn't. 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:41.680 Affect you men? 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.359 Really no, So then I guess why do you weigh 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.280 yourself every day just to like get nice thing? 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.200 That's like, I'm just like you really. 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.839 Kind of have it. I think from losing. It's more 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.360 from when I was losing, I had to weigh myself 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.640 every day to see if I was and that definitely 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.680 helped me in the losing process. Yeah, but it's not 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.320 like I get on the scale and see another number 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.400 and then get you know, I'm like, hey, I should 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:07.680 probably get that in check and do better. But like 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:09.760 it doesn't really, but I know it does a lot 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.320 of people, and I'm not a fan of that for 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:14.200 a lot of people. 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:15.280 I'm one of those people. 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.800 Yeah, for sure, which one are you? Oh the number 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:19.520 will effect me? 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:20.960 Oh it will. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.600 It will mentally throw me so down the rabbit hole 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:26.840 that I won't, like not eat if it's a number 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:29.080 over like, I won't eat, I'll like do that whole thing. 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.480 I mean, we've talked about this before, but it's it's 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.080 a total mind Yeah for me, Yeah, I feel like. 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.480 Why I have to preface that by I do that. 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:38.960 But for me, I have not found it to be 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.960 an unhealthy habit, sure, whereas it can be a very 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:43.720 unhealthy habit for a lot of people. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.640 So for me now, because I know muscle is so 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.440 good for me, and I've been I've weighed so much 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.400 more than I do now because I had good muscle 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.560 and I felt strong. Gosh, that was like I felt 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:57.520 so hot in that moment. But I don't. It doesn't 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:00.320 do that to me now, which is good. I would 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:03.000 say I'm a good balance right in the middle. Right now, Well, 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.040 that's got to be very like positive. 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:06.920 It feels good you know what I mean, Like, that's 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.040 got to feel good to see your mental health kind 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:10.200 of change around that. 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:11.560 That's so very cool. 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.240 But now it was weird because when I lost all 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:15.760 the weight after the baby, it was because I lost 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.000 the muscle because I couldn't work. 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:20.560 Out when I got so sad. Yeah, and that was weird. Sure, 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:22.239 But then there are times where I will. 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.320 Get on this scale to get myself back in check. Yeah, 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:28.240 because I have body dysmorphia in the way that I 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.000 think it's so much more than it is. 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:34.000 And then I get on there and I'm like, Okay, Kristen, calm. 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.839 Down right, right, But it's just weird to gauge again 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.960 because we're not wearing real clothes hardly ever, seriously, Like 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:39.839 it's a weird. 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.160 I know, occasionally I put on my geens, I'm like, 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.240 did they fit like this last time? I don't really remember. 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.320 No, But it's great because now you don't even remember. 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:49.239 It's actually Burvan. 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.200 It's like, I don't know, maybe they fit just like this, 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:52.560 but it's been so long I can't. 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.719 I just want to be healthy. I think that that's 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.359 my thing. Like I'm gonna like not stress about the 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.040 number on the thing. I just want to be healthy. 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:00.880 I want to get on my you know, all my 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:02.680 levels good, all those things well. 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.960 And that is why we are doing this episode today. 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:06.800 If you're hearing some noise in the background too, We've 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:08.880 got our girl Nicole here and we're going to introduce her. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.080 She's going to put one more IVY and I was like, 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.679 I just got an IVY because I'm like, oh, Nicole's 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:16.560 on the rundown today. I was like, oh, I was 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.760 like Ivy's girls. I get so excited. But you know, 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:25.160 I think it's hard. I'm just gonna say this so 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.840 and then we'll you know, we'll intro Nicole after she's 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:29.839 poked kyb here. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.400 But I how do I say this? 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.560 Because I don't want to discredit I don't want to 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:40.600 discredit doctors because they have a very obviously important job 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.839 and what they do is very important. But there's I 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:47.120 think a different level of Uh. I don't want to 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:51.599 say it's not science, it's a different level of really 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.400 looking at blood work in a way that my doctor 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.440 he would just draw the regular panel of vitamin D 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:03.680 and iron. But I don't know, I've never truly gotten 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:08.320 until last year, a full panel of all of my 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.799 levels checked because post Roman I was so screwed up. Yes, 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.440 And I didn't even realize how messed up I was 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:18.520 until I went to a place that and what do 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.760 you how do you even like functional medical? Functional medicine. 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:26.839 Yeah, it's a good mix between like super western and Eastern. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:31.039 And we'll have Nicole, you know, describe functional medicine. But 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.440 it was eye opening to me because I didn't realize, 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.279 I didn't realize how much I needed it. 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:40.840 Well, what's wild? 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.040 And she can go into depth with this when she's 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:48.720 done sticking in them. What's wild is what is considered 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.360 normal and what is considered Like, you're fine because your 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:56.840 level's at a certain level, but in reality, like how 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.480 they get those numbers and what what why they come 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.000 up with those numbers is so crazy and vast that 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:03.880 it doesn't apply to every single person. 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.240 Well, and that's the thing too, because they're they're they're 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.400 reading it different. Yes, they're also going to go into 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:11.520 depth right in a different level. 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.120 For me, the whole reason I went is not necessarily 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:18.280 because I felt bad or you know, like I felt 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:22.840 you know, It was more the whole like vitamin thing 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.920 was so stressful to me. Yeah, there are so many 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:27.720 you hear all these things? Do you take this? 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.480 Do you take that as I'm posting like fifteen supplements? 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.840 But I'm like yeah, but I was actually also taking 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:34.720 all those supplements down, and I'm like, is this too much? 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:35.960 Like is there actually a reverse? 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:36.320 You know? 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:36.600 Yeah? 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:38.160 And I'd look at it like, well I should get that, 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:39.680 and I should I don't know. So I finally just 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:41.520 went and I was like, what do I need? 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:41.960 Well? 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.600 Also, it's wild too, because even brands of vitamins matter, 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:48.240 like you can't you know, like certain vitamins don't dilute well, 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.160 like the quality of the caseine and encapsulation, like all 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:52.760 of that matters too, And so then when you start 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:54.320 digging into that, it gets really overwhelming. 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:58.200 I think, well, and that's why you are the one 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.880 that actually maybe was the one that introduced me to 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:08.520 Nicole and all functional medicine. And I honestly it's not 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:12.120 that I didn't I guess. I just I'm like, well, 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.000 why didn't why didn't our doctors tell us this? Like 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.600 why didn't our doctors run these panels and go, oh, 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:19.840 you are so low in X, Y and Z. But 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:25.280 there's just a whole level of more depth and in 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.440 functional medicine. So let's take a quick break and then 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:43.480 let's get Nicole on and dive right into it. Nicole, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.080 thank you so much for coming on the show. Last year, 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:50.960 I came into your office and I was so embarrassed 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.320 because I mean, she doesn't know me that well, not 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.240 well enough, obviously, not even close to like you girls, 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.199 even though she's you know, looking at my poop samples 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.679 and everything that that, like you know, she's we've given her. 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:04.880 It gets intimate fast, Okay, it sure does. 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:10.079 But I just started like bawling because she's like and 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:10.680 I'm like, i. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:11.960 Don't even know why I'm crying. 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:13.760 I'm just like I'm not happy and I don't know. 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:15.880 And then she and I was like, I'm so sorry, 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.000 and like, how many do people A lot of people 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:19.240 just come in your office and cry. 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:23.400 Well, she's like, well, like you too. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.760 I think krist and I have had like a weekly 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.920 cry sash together for at least a couple of months now. 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:31.360 I'm like, a hey girl. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.559 It was like, well, it's hard because you feel like 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.840 I didn't know why I felt the way that I felt. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:39.840 I'm like, you know, I went to therapy and and 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.760 she's telling me I'm not depressed. I'm like, then, why 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.120 do I feel depressed? Why do I feel like I 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.600 can't get out of bed? Why do I feel so tired? 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.720 Why do I like feel just like brain foggy? 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.160 And you, you. 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.000 Know, you obviously said the things that you said, but 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.760 I guess just go into what So take me, for example, 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.719 take my case and talk about what we did and 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:03.880 how you kind of got me on the other path 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.480 and what you saw in my blood work and things 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:05.760 like that. 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:09.480 Yeah, well, obviously you came to me super postpartum and 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.640 you had a lot of hormone abnormalities because of that. 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:14.880 And I think you know, Kristin and. 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.240 I we've talked a good bit about this, but there 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:23.360 is a stigma around postpartum care that the fatigue, the anxiety, 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.880 the overwhelm is normal. And sure, certainly to a certain 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:31.679 degree it is normal. But I think in women's health, especially, 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:33.959 you go in and you try and talk to your 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.360 doctor about these things, and they just shove you off 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.560 quite a bit. They don't look at hormones the same 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:40.880 way we do in functional medicine. And you had quite 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.960 a bit of hormone dysfunction and so correcting that and 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.920 then also discovering that you had a heavy viral load 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.480 that's been suppressing your immune system, suppressing your hormone function. 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:52.640 So we're still working on that, but you know, detoxing 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.120 that and essentially just getting your body back where it 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:57.760 needs to be so you can fully function and produce 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.360 hormones and feel good the way that you're supposed to 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:00.760 be feeling. 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:05.560 So and then what was the EBV? So everyone has EBV, 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.480 but what my case was a viral like I had 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:10.800 a high? Like what like when you look at the 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:14.439 blood work, what do you normally see in Is everybody's 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:17.319 blood work different like obviously all three of ours are? 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:20.640 Is all of ours so different? Or do you see 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.160 something that's common thread within women's blood. 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:27.000 Work, Within women's blood work in general, definitely hormone dysfunction, 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.760 especially in our age. You know, I'm thirty, y'all are 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.600 in your forties. Thank you love testauster, sorry, we're all 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:37.640 twenty one. Especially at this age, we see a huge 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:42.520 decline in testosterone. And there is this kind of theory 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.360 in society that as you age, you just start to 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:48.360 feel really bad, and so people start to feel things 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:52.880 like increased anxiety and fatigue and low libido and brain fog. 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.920 And they're like, oh, this is it. I've hit thirty five, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:57.720 I've hit forty. This is you know, this is what 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:00.480 all the generations before me say. But that's actually the case. 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.520 It's just because that's when our hormones start to decline. 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.560 And so that's definitely the commonality I see amongst our 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.720 age group. EBV should not be elevated in everybody. That is, 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.240 you have that special, that special thing about you. But 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:16.160 Epstein bar a lot of people get it from having mono. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.600 But you know, when you talk about medicine, the thing 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.079 that separates us is we can all come into contact 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:26.840 with the same pathogen, the same exposure, but you have 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:30.360 to be susceptible to be able to develop that and 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.559 to be able to not overcome it. And I think 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.040 that's where a lot of people get caught up, especially 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.440 when it comes to like genetic predispositions. We all have 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.920 stuff in our history that's lingering in the background that 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:42.760 we're scared of that we're like, oh, my gosh, you 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:46.000 know my parents had this, my grandparents had this. I 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.320 do not want to develop this, And that doesn't have 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.800 to be the case, like your genetics do not define you. 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:55.160 We are absolutely in control of the expression of our genes, 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.760 which is what is epigenetics is we can turn our 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:00.800 genes off and on if you have you will power 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:04.200 and dedication to seek out the healthcare that you need, 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.040 to seek out people who know what to look forward 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:07.920 to make sure that you're setting yourself up for success 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:08.480 in the future. 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.720 I just think that's such a refreshing statement because I 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.120 remember the first time you told me, like my husband especially, 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:16.600 is like, well, if you look at my you know, 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:18.600 look at my dad, like because he doesn't come from 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.720 like super athletic builds necessarily or like, you know, like 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.640 he didn't. I come from a very stocky, sporty family, 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:26.920 Like all of them look like little tater tots. They 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.560 grow muscles in their sleep, and they were always all athletic, 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:34.560 and so I never like, my mom is really spunky 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.680 and young and like you know, and so I have 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:39.920 never felt that, like, oh, well, genetics will lead me 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.079 to this. But I kind of was introduced to that 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.880 when I met Preston Is He's like, well, you know, 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.120 this runs my family or that runs my family whatever, 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:51.719 And then he had Bell's palsy twice and functional medicine 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:56.560 was the only thing. The only people you and Nate 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:00.920 the only people that would say this isn't in cure right. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.840 Everyone else is like, it's just bad luck. Even head 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.120 of head. 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.680 Of neurology at Vanderbilt was like, bad luck. 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:11.760 Yeah, well, that leaves people feeling hopeless, and when you're hopeless, 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.720 that's biblical. Even right, hope deferred makes a heart sick. 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.880 But like losing hope in anything makes you so frustrated. 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:19.760 So like when I sit down with you and you're like, 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:22.680 what's wild? I do want to talk about this, because 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.400 I think we all share this too. What's wild is 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.320 that I'm like, I don't know why I feel like 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.840 the way I feel like I feel. Okay, I feel 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.800 so satisfied with life and content whatever, but I was 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.400 still feeling like I'm super anxious waking up at two 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.680 or three in the morning. And Nicole is like calling 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:40.680 it out. You're like, Okay, do you feel like this? 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:41.960 Do you feel like this? Do you feel like this? 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.200 And are you waking up between two and three in 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.160 the morning? And I'm like, that's weird. How would you 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.960 even know that? And that's because tell us why women 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:50.960 sometimes wake up between two and three in the morning. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:55.040 Yeah, so very stereotypical. What we call a drenal fatigue. 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:58.680 I refer to our adrenal glance, like our stress resiliency system. 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.720 They produce two main hormones DHA, but also cordisol, which 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:07.720 is our stress hormone. Cortisol is notorious for trying to 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.480 peak at night when we want to sleep, and it 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:13.520 has that inverse relationship with melatonin. So if it's peaking, 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.280 melatonin's down and your body's like, oh, it's time to 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:17.840 start the day, and you're like, wait a second, it's 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.080 two am. This is not how things are supposed to be, 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.520 And then the opposite thing can happen. We can see 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.760 it declined throughout the day, which means melotonin rises, which 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:27.960 is why people oftentimes get that one to three pm 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.040 afternoon fog. They tend to definitely go hand in hand. 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:36.320 But cortisol abnormalities and adrenal fatigue comes from chronic stress, 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:41.120 chronic repetitive trauma. And it's not even necessarily that you're 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:44.360 going through a lot of stress right here right now, 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.560 Like you may be recovered from the stress previously, but 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.120 your body carries that stress with you. We call it 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:53.840 the alastatic load. Your body literally hangs on to that trauma, 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.320 and sometimes it has a really, really hard time getting 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.040 back to baseline because we have to take some extra 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.480 steps to be able to encourage it to be like, Hey, 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:03.320 this is what you're supposed to be doing, this is 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:04.960 how we're supposed to be operating. 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.600 What are some of the things that you know that 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.080 you would tell people you know how to help with 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:10.880 the crowning stress. 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:15.520 Yeah, so there's a few things lifestyle modifications that are free. 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.840 These are the easiest ways to start. 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:19.080 Sunlight. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.080 Direct sunlight first thing in the morning, ten to fifteen minutes, 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:25.440 like immediately after you wake up, can absolutely change your life. 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:29.000 It makes such a big difference other things that I 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.360 find or people typically are electrolyte deficient when they have 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:36.080 adrenal fatigue. I have a little adrenal quote unquote cocktail 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.080 that I like to recommend to people, which is like 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:42.160 Maldarn's Real Salt or Maldron's Sea Salt or Redman's Real 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.920 Salt combined with like a vitamin C component, like a 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.600 tropical juice that you squeeze yourself and then like coconut water, 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.920 for example, for potassium. So that's a little cocktail you 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.000 can do in the morning. That's actually what I do. 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:54.840 I literally make that and then I sit outside and 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:56.400 stare at the sunlight with my dog while he goes 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.200 to the bathroom. So it makes it easy for me. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.040 But you can also do things at night. I'm a big, 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.720 big advocate of red light therapy before bed to help 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.040 lower our cord is all lower inflammation. Setting the tone 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.160 for a good night's sleep, you know, avoid the blue light, 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:16.159 avoid the TV, the cell phone, give yourself a nice, dark, quiet, 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.600 old atmosphere. The body temp is supposed to decline in 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:22.080 the evening, so we want to encourage that. And then 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:27.119 additionally things like meditation, deep breathing exercises and yoga. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:28.399 I know, I can see you smiling. 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:30.080 I remember the first time I was like, listen, Jana, 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:31.760 we have to implement these things, I know. 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:36.840 And I was, oh my god, She's just like. 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.480 I just mind yoga so boring. But Nicole did. She 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:42.160 got me in this company and I'm obsessed with that's 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:42.960 called loom Box. 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:43.760 It is. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.760 It is a little pricey, but it's fantastic and it's 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.399 red light therapy. So I've really been loving that. Actually 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.360 I did it this morning though, but yes, well that's okay. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.840 I mean I like it at night because it naturally 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.680 helps to lower your cortisol levels. But certainly if you're 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.159 only able to do it in the morning, like I 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.480 will take that over not doing it at all. I 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:04.679 know there's different supplements you can take too, you know, 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:08.960 different like stress relieving supplements, Ashwagonda's really really popular, Holy 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.280 Basils and other really popular ones. So, but taking I 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:15.560 think the most important takeaway is that taking care of 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.080 yourself is the most important thing. I think as women 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:22.199 were all givers, and especially you ladies with kids, like 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:26.639 you're oftentimes the last person you're thinking about, and that 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:30.240 plays a huge role in your ability to cope with stress. 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:31.280 I think it's really. 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:38.879 Underappreciated how self care is so important. It's so important, 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:43.000