Are You Menstrual?

In this episode, I am joined by Carrie Bennett, to teach you about light, circadian rhythm, and how these impact your hormones. As a college athlete, supposedly at the pinnacle of health, Carrie began suffering chronic joint issues and insomnia. After her first child was born, she developed debilitating stomach pain, adrenal fatigue, and brain fog. Armed with a BS in Biology, an MS in Nutrition, and certifications as a personal trainer, massage therapist, and breathing coach, she still couldn't find the root of her issues. That's when she found quantum biology. Now, as an online educator, clinician, and faculty member of the Quantum Biology Collective, Carrie's mission is to teach her clients how to create a healing environment by applying quantum health strategies around light, water, electrons, and mitochondrial support. Given these tools, clients who have spent years trying to improve their health—just as Carrie did—finally experience powerful healing and lasting benefits.

As always, everything shared in this episode is for informational purposes only. We encourage you to do your own research and talk with your healthcare provider to figure out what’s best for you.

What we cover:

• Why circadian rhythm is important for our health, especially hormones
• How our light exposure impacts circadian rhythm
• How to optimize our CR in the modern world
• Healthy light exposure and support CR during the winter months

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Website: https://www.carriebwellness.com/

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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@carriebwellness

Quantum Biology Certification Course for Practitioners: https://www.appliedquantumbiology.com/institute-of-applied-quantum-biology?affiliate_id=3816502

Free circadian start kit: https://www.carriebwellness.com/start

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In this episode, I am interviewing Michelle Shapiro, an integrative functional registered dietitian who's going to unravel the confusion that often surrounds reflux treatment. We'll explore why conventional medicine's approach to reflux may not always be in your stomach's best interest, and why you may sometimes need to fuel the fire. Michelle helps us understand the contributing factors of reflux symptoms – ranging from a burning throat and chest pain to that nagging feeling of hunger paired with nausea. Michelle also cautions about supplements and touches on the complex relationship between pregnancy, hiatal hernias, and how managing stress and histamine levels plays a vital role in your health.

If you've ever wondered about the connection between stress, your thyroid, and the importance of listening to your body – you won't want to miss this episode. We also have a special Q&A waiting for you over at patreon.com/hormonehealingrd.

As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider to figure out what's best for you.

This episode covers:

• Common symptoms of acid reflux
• Causes of high and low stomach acid levels
• Connection between histamines, stomach acid, and acid-reducing drugs
• The impact of pregnancy on reflux and histamine intolerance
• Strategies for reflux relief and dietary management

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Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/michelleshapirord/

Website: https://michelleshapirord.com/

Quiet The Diet Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-the-diet/id1663088026

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In this episode, I am breaking down important minerals to prioritize for children and answering questions I got from this community on specific scenarios like what to do when a child is dairy free, important considerations for eczema, and so much more! If you’d like access to the bonus episode that shares more resources and specifics on hair testing and kids, you can join me on patreon.com/hormonehealingrd.

As always, everything shared in this episode is for informational purposes only. I encourage you to do your own research and talk with your healthcare provider to figure out what’s best for you.

This episode covers:

• Mineral rich nutrition for babies, toddlers, and kids
• Minerals and gut health and kids
• Probiotics or fermented foods for supplements
• HTMA and stool testing with babies, toddlers, and kids

Minerals 101 Guide: https://hormonehealingrd.com/opt-in/mineral-101-freebie-pc/

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I am interviewing my friend and colleague, Amy Slater. Amy's journey of self-discovery began with the birth of her first set of twins. Embracing motherhood brought about a massive shift in her persona marking a significant turning point in her life, guiding her on a path that led to significant transformation. Amy hopes that her story can inspire others to make positive changes in their own lives. This episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider before making any nutrition or lifestyle changes.

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Resources mentioned:

• Website to find local farms
• Cook Once Dinner Fix and Cook Once Eat All Week
• Are You What You Eat? Book
• Mom struggles: Truths
• Lunchtime for kids: Pack in the nutrients
• Twin mom tips and solutions
• Real, Nutrient Dense Food Snack Time System
• Real Food Choice: The power of knowledge
• Mommy Hack: Make the most of your time in the kitchen (3 recipes)
• Feeding Kids: A massive job that is 100% necessary
• Let’s talk about the WHYS!
• Essential Mom Movement Strength Series
• My Stress Cascade
• Building Kids Health with Food
• Setting up a healing environment blog
• Simple recipe post
• Join Amy’s newsletter

In this episode, I am covering how to use hair tissue mineral analysis or HTMA to assess your stress. This is one of the most valuable parts of the test, in my opinion. You get to understand what stage of stress you are in and why you may or may not be handling stress well. For most people, it is a big eye opener and something that can finally lead to confronting your stress and making lifestyle changes. If you are interested in how you can learn more about your thyroid from an HTMA, please listen to the previous episode where I covered this in detail.

As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider before making any changes.

This episode covers:

• The difference between high and low mineral levels
• Three stages of stress and how to identify them on an HTMA
• How sodium and magnesium levels are helpful for understanding your stress
• Two key ratios, and what a high or low ratio means on an HTMA

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In this episode, I am breaking down how you can learn about your thyroid health on a hair tissue mineral analysis or HTMA. The HTMA is my favorite test to assess how well our bodies are able to use thyroid hormone and is a great way to get the full picture of thyroid health beyond blood labs. The bonus episode this week goes through all of my favorite assessment tools for thyroid health including HTMA, optimal thyroid blood ranges, basal body temperature, and using your symptoms to measure progress. You can access this bonus on patreon.com/hormonehealingrd.

As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider before making any changes.

This episode covers:

• The difference between HTMAs versus thyroid blood labs
• How to assess thyroid function and hormone use using an HTMA
• How minerals can affect your thyroid function

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In this episode, I am sharing details about the first half of my second pregnancy, comparing it to my previous, sharing what I’m doing differently, and answering your common pregnancy questions. I also did a bonus episode for my Patreon members answering their questions on pregnancy. You can find this on patreon.com/hormonehealingrd.

As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your provider before making any nutrition or lifestyle changes.

This episode covers:

• What I did for my health before trying to conceive again
• How this pregnancy compares to my first
• Timing HTMAs before conceiving, during pregnancy, and postpartum
• Answering common questions such as what I'm doing differently, my thoughts on placenta encapsulation, and how to help with morning sickness

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In this episode, we are wrapping up our case study series with a case study focusing on fatigue. Our third case is of a previous course student and 1:1 client, Taylor. This case study is shared with permission. We did change her name and a few details to protect her privacy.

As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider before making any nutrition or lifestyle changes.

Taylor came to us with extreme fatigue (and I mean extreme) and a slew of other symptoms that were very concerning to her. She started out in the Master Your Minerals course and then did a results review with me. She discovered she had very low mineral levels and was as depleted as she felt. After making some hard life decisions and prioritizing her health, she regained the energy she lost and started to feel like herself again.

This episode covers:

• Her main concerns and symptoms, including what she had previously tried
• Taylor's stress timeline, what she was doing well, and where we decided to focus
• Her HTMA results and the very few additional interventions we added as a result
• Taylor's healing ups and downs over the next seven months

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We have our second case study this week focusing on a gut health case. Erin is joining me again to help break it all down for you. We went through a thyroid case last week, so if that’s of interest to you, make sure you listen to the previous episode as well.

We will wrap up the case study series with a final review of a client that struggled with fatigue and energy issues next week.

Our second case is of a previous course student and 1:1 client, Jenna. I reached out to her to ask if we could share her story since I think many people will relate. We did change her name, but all other details are accurate.

Jenna’s main concerns were not necessarily digestive symptoms, but many things came back to the poor health of her gut, which is why we chose her for this case. Her main concerns were headaches/migraines around her cycle, acne, hair loss, and recurrent UTI’s and yeast infections. She did an HTMA through the Master Your Minerals course and had very high copper and calcium. It freaked her out and she wanted additional guidance so she got 1:1 support through a results review and then became a 1:1 client to work deeper on healing her gut after rebalancing her copper levels. This allowed her to reduce her acne, headaches/migraines, and get rid of the recurrent infections she was dealing with. And most importantly to her, finally put a stop to her hair loss.

This episode covers:

• Jenna's main concerns and symptoms, including what she had previously tried
• Create her stress timeline, determine what she was doing well, and where to focus
• Three phases of interventions based on her HTMA results
• Jenna's healing results in the months following

Minerals 101 Guide: https://hormonehealingrd.com/opt-in/mineral-101-freebie-pc/

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We have our first case study this week and joining me to break it all down for you is one of my clinical nutritionists, Erin. We will be covering a thyroid case this week since that’s what my patrons wanted the most and then next week we will dig into a digestive/gut health case. We will wrap up the case study series with a final review of a client that struggled with fatigue and energy issues.

Our first case is of a previous course student and 1:1 client, Tina. I reached out to her to ask if we could share her story since I think many people will relate. We did change her name, but all other details are accurate.

Tina’s main concern was thyroid health and specifically, Hashimoto’s. She did an HTMA through the course and noticed her calcium was really high. When she got 1:1 support we worked on rebalancing calcium through her nutrition and lifestyle primarily, as stress was a big part of her high calcium. This gave her the energy she was looking for and greatly reduced her thyroid antibodies since high calcium can slow down our metabolism and impact all systems in the body.

This episode covers:

• Tina's main concerns and symptoms, including what she had previously tried
• Create her stress timeline and determine foundational interventions
• Her HTMA lab testing results
• Additional interventions based on her HTMA results
• Tina's healing ups and downs

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Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course