Ever wondered how the power of mindset and nutrition can transform your health? Join us for an enlightening conversation with Isabella Thor, a functional nutritional therapy practitioner from Eastern Canada, who shares her inspiring journey from academia to the world of functional medicine, fueled by her personal battle with severe depression. Together, we uncover the profound impact of self-talk and mindset on health, offering a holistic approach to women's health issues like menstrual pain and fertility challenges. Isabella offers a fresh perspective on the interconnectedness of mind, body, and environment, demonstrating how functional medicine can offer hope and practical solutions to those struggling with depression and other health concerns.
Throughout this episode, we explore the foundational aspects of functional nutrition, emphasizing the importance of addressing nutrient deficiencies, such as vitamin D, to combat hormonal pain and mental fog. We highlight the benefits of obtaining nutrients from whole foods and the importance of detoxification, hydration, sleep, and movement in maintaining optimal health. The conversation further delves into the significance of internal dialogue and mindset in habit formation, illustrating how identity statements can empower individuals on their health journeys. Tune in for a wealth of knowledge and inspiration to improve your health through holistic and functional approaches.
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Speaker 1: I want to go to the last one before we lose any time
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the mind part, because I think oftentimes people don't realize
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the impact of our thoughts.
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Speaker 2: Oh well said, Absolutely.
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Yeah, mic drop.
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I don't know when do we begin.
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This is a huge part of whenever I work with a person.
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I'd say it's the make or break of whether a person actually
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sees their health dreams come through or not.
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From my experience, it all starts with people taking a few
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days and just watching how they talk to themselves, watching
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what kind of questions they ask themselves, watching what
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happens when they screw up and how they treat themselves.
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All these things are very much connected.
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And then, on top of that, how do people treat themselves?
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Let's dive into these amazing and game-changing conversations.
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Hello, I am Dr Jewel and I am elated, excited, thrilled to
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have Isabella Thor.
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She is coming to us from Canada , am I right?
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Speaker 2: That's right.
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Eastern Canada, you're my second Canadian.
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Speaker 1: I'm elated.
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I'm elated.
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I have Isabella Thor on here.
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I'm telling you.
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She has a wealth of experience where she is practicing as a
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functional nutritional therapy practitioner, dedicated to
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uncovering the roots of her clients' health issues, allowing
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them to return to their favorite activities with their
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loved ones.
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Since March 2022, she has been self-employed in Canada, working
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one-on-one with clients to apply the principles of
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functional medicine.
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She holds a degree from Quest University and is specialized in
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holistic health through the Nutritional Therapy Association
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since May 2021.
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She works with two primary groups of clients women
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experiencing menstrual issues and couples facing fertility
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challenges.
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Y'all heard me.
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She understands that no woman wants to endure several days of
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pain each month or rely on pain relieving drugs with potential
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long-term side effects.
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Isabella's approach aims to ensure smooth and easy periods
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through nutritional therapy.
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Additionally, she supports couples dealing with fertility
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issues, helping them overcome obstacles and achieve their
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dream of starting a family.
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Through her personalized approach, Isabella empowers her
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clients to reclaim their health and well-being.
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Y'all have to admit, this is exciting, Is it not?
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Welcome, Isabella, I'm thrilled to have you.
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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Dr Gerald.
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It's lovely to be here and your energy is infectious.
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I love it.
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Speaker 1: They always say when I was in the classroom I never
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the kids were like bouncing.
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They were like, oh, this is because of the teacher, she's
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just so excited.
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I love just being around people and just giving some insight
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and this is amazing.
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Speaker 2: I'm elated, fantastic , I'm so glad, and I've talked
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to a lot of people about what I do and one of the immediate
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reactions often is like what that's possible?
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And like tell me everything you know.
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And or like very, very skeptical.
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And I want you guys to know that all of this and what Dr
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Jewell just read out to you is not for you just to believe.
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I mean, we just met right.
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It's for you to experience because it's very real and it's
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very exciting.
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Functional medicine and nutrition is the bomb.
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I'm so glad I'm alive right now .
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Speaker 1: No, seriously, it really is.
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I mean, I think a lot of people are trying to understand
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functional medicine.
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A lot of people are trying to understand integrative health,
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holistic methods, you know, so they can become better.
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We know that the food industry has changed, our environment has
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changed, and so some of these factors do play a role in how
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our bodies react and how they accept various things, and we
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know that with pharmaceuticals, that it does change the body
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chemistry.
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And so that's one of the reasons why I wanted to have you
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here today, because when we look holistically at the body,
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especially the female, and we're talking about the cycle, we're
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talking about infertility, we're talking about a whole list of
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multiple things that are involved.
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We're talking about the holistic part of our brain,
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thyroid, talking about the endocrine system, we're talking
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about the reproductive system, and then our mental health and
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wellness plays a role in both of these as well, and so that's
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why I was elated to have you here.
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Give me a background as to why you decided to even pursue what
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you pursued.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely no problem .
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It's a very painful point in my life, but I absolutely love
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sharing it because it's so important for people to know
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this as well.
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And I came to this functional medicine, nutritional field
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through being on a completely different path.
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You guys, I was down the road of being like physics,
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philosophy master's degree and that sort of stuff, and then I
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became so suicidally depressed that I had to drop out and
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figure out what was going on.
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I made a suicide pact with myself, which means that I gave
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myself a certain amount of years to figure it out, and if I
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couldn't, then it'd be fine.
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I mean, there's no point right.
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It was a really deep point of hopelessness.
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And, you guys, what I discovered, it was incredible
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how little really I had to do to lift the sort of the fog.
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I hope you guys keep listening, because everything we're about
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to talk about today from hormones to nutrition, to the
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mind body connection, everything will also help you lift any
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sort of depression you might have about the world, and I know
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that's very common these days.
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It's becoming more and more common.
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It really is becoming more and more common.
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So, you guys, just so you know, I was there and if any of you
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guys are there too.
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Just know that if you are occasionally depressed or
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seriously depressed, cyclically or constantly, just know that
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what you're seeing right now is not the fire of life.
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What you're seeing is just the smoke.
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I promise you and I was there, I know what it feels like, so
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that's where I started and I had to figure it out and not the
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fire.
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Speaker 1: Of life is just smoke .
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Oh my gosh, gosh, that's powerful.
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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness.
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Yes, I take notes all the time too.
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But yeah, I mean.
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Speaker 1: I gotta write it down , all right, because it's
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important, and at the end I will give our suicide number so
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people can have a place where they can talk to somebody or
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reach out to somebody, and for even health professionals, there
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are various hotlines they could call as well.
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But the positive thing from this is that you're stating that
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, like you stated, it's not the fire life, but it's the smoke,
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so it's not the thing that's going to burn us and make us
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feel like we can't make it anymore, but what you're doing
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is you're telling us it's there, but there are avenues in which
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we can take to build us out of that, and that's the reason what
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brought you here, because of functional medicine, and that's
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amazing.
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Thank you for sharing that.
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That's very transparent and I thank you for even just sharing
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that.
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Speaker 2: My pleasure and, honestly, that is what led me
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here.
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I mean, what I discovered was not only how to just
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ridiculously easily lift my depression and I really
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appreciate that.
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You mentioned the hotlines and the resources people should know
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at least that are there but I was a classic case of having the
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most loving family, the most loving relationships, most
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amazing school environment, and yet still within me there was
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this smoke and I couldn't see any hope or future.
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So everybody can experience this feeling, this really deep
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hopelessness, and sometimes doesn't matter who you talk to.
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That's what I'm saying.
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But I still want you guys to talk to somebody, of course, but
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perhaps also try this as well at the same time.
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Because I'm telling you guys to talk to somebody, of course,
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but perhaps also try this as well at the same time, because
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I'm telling you guys I had the best support system ever, but it
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wasn't enough for me.
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So, until I got the nutrition right because I realized I was
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malnourished.
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And back to the original question how do I get all the
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way to helping women with periods and couples with
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infertility challenges and that sort of thing I discovered I was
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malnourished chronically and through that I accidentally
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discovered that I could also have pain-free periods and that
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had been something that's very normal for me as I was growing
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up.
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As I had my own period for the first time the first through
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high school I had the most easiest smooth periods.
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I didn't know that there could be hellish periods out there and
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I know you guys many of you you start out really like down and
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really like you're among the curse in terms of periods.
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Speaker 1: And it's so sad.
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Speaker 2: But I was lucky.
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I started out really smooth and then, as I went into university
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and beyond, my diet became terrible.
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I went out of that system where I had some sort of deep
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nourishment in my life and from there, slowly I had worse and
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worse periods, just becoming more cruel and cruel.
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And the thing is at that point when you have your first painful
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period and you ask around, like your friends and your women
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circles and that sort of thing, None of them think that it's
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abnormal.
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Nobody is like, oh weird.
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They're all like oh yeah, you didn't know that.
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Here's the Advil.
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Or like here, say, do this, you need this and you'll get
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through, Don't worry, honey.
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Like that's what you get.
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And so you just you think it's normal and that's fine.
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But the thing is it turns out it's not normal at all and woman
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after woman that I've worked with has found the same thing.
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We just look at the same basic foundations.
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We look at nourishment, we look at detoxification, we look at
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the mind.
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All of these three big foundations have all the other
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sub foundations in them for health and these things once you
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meet them.
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I love saying this thing to my clients, especially because they
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need to hear this and you guys probably need to hear this too.
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And that is most likely and I really mean this most likely,
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it's not an oversimplification most likely.
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Your whole body is quite a perfect structure.
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It has all the perfect parts, Every single thing you need, and
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the only thing that's quote unquote wrong is that it just
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doesn't have the resources to function.
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Think of it like a factory.
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You could have the most beautiful factory or any kind of
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system to slowly, from within, break down one piece at a time
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and like a cogwheel.
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If one piece starts to falter, then more pressure is put on
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other parts of the system.
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Think of it like a table.
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You cut away one part of a leg of a table.
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What does a table suddenly have ?
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It has that rockiness, shakiness, and some of the legs
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will have to bear more burden all of a sudden.
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So I see this all the time, for example, when I have people with
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thyroid conditions or infertility conditions or
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trouble losing weight.
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The thing is their hormonal systems are just overburdened
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most of the time and struggling on fumes to create what is
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needed, like the thyroid hormones, for example.
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And that is the big picture, and it's a very exciting picture
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, I think and I really mean this when I say that most of us
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really are perfectly formed.
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And the very, very special genetic conditions out there are
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like 0.00, very, very small number, and I have yet to come
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across it personally in my practice, but I'm sure they
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exist.
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And of course we see that people are born perhaps with
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some incomplete structures of some kind, but it's so, so rare.
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So you guys, just remember this , you guys are most likely not
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broken at all.
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It's just time to get you re-nourished.
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Speaker 1: That's incredible that you said that.
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So what it sounds like is that you talk about the seven
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foundations of health, where you're focusing on their
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wellness and it's important to help the female or the woman
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achieve there's nothing wrong with them, that they're fine.
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So I guess what I need to know is what exactly are those seven
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foundations of health which you use to help guide the woman?
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Speaker 2: No problem.
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Yeah, so fun little update that I have now officially made it.
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Just I talk about three now because all of the foundations
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are.
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You know, there's so many and as I've practiced, I've found
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out that you really just need to hit on three and everything
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else is contained within it.
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But yeah, let's talk about it, the three that is most important
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for women that I work with are, first, nourishment, second,
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detoxification support.
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And the third is a very widely named category called mind, and
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it is everything from your beliefs, your habit formation,
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abilities.
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In detoxification, for example, I have things like sleep, your
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liver function, things like sleep, your liver function, your
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hydration system, and in nourishment.
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These are just briefly overlooking.
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What does it mean when I talk about these three?
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So in the nourishment side of things, I have vitamin, mineral
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and macronutrients.
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If you don't know, macronutrients are everything
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you have on your plate Protein, carbs, fat.
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Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals.
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So I have macros and macros.
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Make sure you have them from properly prepared, highly
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nourishing sources.
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And then we talk about fatty acid balance.
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And absolutely the most important thing to me is that
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whenever I start working with someone, especially when they're
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dealing with pain, I want them to know first of all, when you
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are in pain, when does society, including our medical
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professionals, ever consider that a normal part of your life,
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unless it's a chronic condition ?
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So a typical lady who's still having her cycle these days,
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she'll be in a lot of pain for the first few days of her cycle
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and she'll think that's normal and she'll have that every
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single month for 30, 35 years-ish and that in any other
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textbook I've ever seen is absolutely considered a chronic
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condition and not at all a normal thing.
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So pain is a signal from your body, you guys, and I teach you
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guys how to read your bodies again and not ignore the signs
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that it's giving you.
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And not only pain is a language that your body talks to you
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with, but things like your mood is also how it speaks to you.
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Your cravings is how it speaks to you, and this is all very
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much how functional nutrition and medicine looks at the body.
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It's very holistic and everything's so connected with
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each other.
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And yeah, so that's where I want to begin.
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First of all, look around you.
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You are probably not deficient in non-steroidal
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anti-inflammatory drugs or any painkillers you know
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over-the-counter painkillers.
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You're probably deficient in very basic macro and
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micronutrients that are very commonly low in today's
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population.
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So, specifically, let's talk about an example.
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So vitamin D levels, for example, very, very low Usually.
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I start there.
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Make sure that they have enough vitamin D levels circulating in
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their bloodstream.
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Again, almost every system in your body uses vitamin D in some
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way.
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It's so essential to get enough from your diet, and not only
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the sun, but your diet in particular, that in the
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functional lens.
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We use it and we talk about it like a hormone.
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It's just that important.
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So that's where I like to start .
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You guys, if you aren't on any vitamin D3, in particular right
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now, it's very safe to start taking about 5 international
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units a day and it doesn't have any counter indications with
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any medicines I've come across so far.
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It's a very safe thing.
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But of course, you may absolutely talk to your
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practitioner about it.
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But you guys, especially if you're dealing with any kind of
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hormonal pain I mean there aren't many conditions.
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I haven't seen this help but specifically we're talking about
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painful periods right now and also are the reproductive
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ailments that we're seeing more and more of today and mind
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ailments that we're seeing more and more today.
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So if you increase your vitamin D3, I often see people lift that
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fog I talked about that smoke within days.
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It's so powerful.
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And that's just from you going into almost any natural
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supermarket, even a regular supermarket, and you can pick
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this up Again it's 5 international units of vitamin
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D3, not D2.
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I've studied for a long enough to know that there's many
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differences between these numbers that you might come
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across.
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So you know we've done all the work for you.
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Go for the D3, not the D2.
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And it's the same thing for all the minerals that I recommend,
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or when I recommend people's basic other vitamins or minerals
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, they're very specific.
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And when it comes to man-made supplements, I usually recommend
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that people get as much as they can from whole foods and high
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quality foods, because you have all these ratios of so many
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minerals and vitamins and macronutrients and they come in
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such great proportions in a whole food, especially things
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like a whole animal food, still one of the most nutrient dense
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foods on our plates today.
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Just so you guys know, we're still on the nourishing, yeah
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we're still nourishing.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you have the three foundations, and you've
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given us a large amount of information on just nourishing
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alone that we need to keep in mind, and I think what's
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important is that one thing I do want to pull out, as our
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listeners are listening to this that you brought out pain is not
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normal, and if it is, then that means there's something else.
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We already have the perfect body, but what's happening is
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something just doesn't function appropriately, and nourishment
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is one of the key things, and the reason I bring that up is
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because you stated that when you realized that the way you were
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feeling was not a mental issue, it was because you were
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chronically malnourished, and that's really important to hear,
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because it sounds like you may have gone through your second
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step of detoxing.
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Speaker 2: Yes, I really liked that point.
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Very, very smooth.
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She's good guys.
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But yeah, absolutely, it goes almost without without saying.
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But I think it's important to say the obvious, because it's
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not necessarily obvious to people who don't spend years of
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their life in these things.
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But the thing is you most likely have a perfectly formed
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structure and at most likely just doesn't have enough
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nutrients to get things moving like a beautiful car and you
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just don't give it any fuel and you expect it to do well.
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Speaker 1: No way now, oh, excellent analogy excellent
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analogy.
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Speaker 2: You know, other than petroleum and these fantastic
00:20:35
energy from macros and micros.
00:20:37
The other thing that's so important which is why it's the
00:20:39
second foundation that I love talking about is that you can't
00:20:43
expect your system to function if it's stuffed full of leftover
00:20:47
metabolites and detoxification leftovers that your body just
00:20:52
hasn't been able to get rid of.
00:20:54
My favorite analogy for this is imagine if you lived in an
00:20:58
apartment or a home where you couldn't take out the trash for
00:21:01
a whole year.
00:21:03
This is what it's like when you're not aware number one of
00:21:07
where toxins come from in our modern day life and how
00:21:10
prevalent they are really.
00:21:11
They really are everywhere and you got to really keep your eyes
00:21:14
open.
00:21:14
And number two, if you don't naturally support your organ
00:21:18
systems that are in charge of detoxification.
00:21:20
That could look as simple as making sure you drink enough
00:21:23
water.
00:21:24
Like I mentioned, hydration is one important part of
00:21:25
detoxification.
00:21:25
That could look as simple as making sure you drink enough
00:21:27
water.
00:21:27
Like I mentioned, hydration is one important part of
00:21:32
detoxification.
00:21:32
So is sleep, by the way, because every night, there's
00:21:34
this liquid from your spine that comes into your brain and
00:21:37
washes it and then goes back, and so every night, you have a
00:21:39
brain bath, your body gives you a brain bath, and every single
00:21:43
day, your blood flows through your system.
00:21:46
What is it?
00:21:46
Five liters a minute or something.
00:21:49
And there's another system in your body that is called your
00:21:52
lymphatic system, and that system doesn't have any muscles
00:21:57
to keep it pumping and moving.
00:21:58
And, by the way, guys, most of your detoxification systems go
00:22:03
through that system.
00:22:03
So not your blood really, systems go through that system.
00:22:05
So not your blood really, but your lymph system.
00:22:08
That's where a lot of your immune system is actually
00:22:10
located.
00:22:11
So what do you have to do?
00:22:17
You need to make sure that there's some sort of movement in
00:22:18
your day, naturally and consciously, or you can do
00:22:20
lymphatic brushing, which is something I recommend to my more
00:22:23
busy professionals.
00:22:25
Speaker 1: Yeah, A lot of people are seeing that now, especially
00:22:28
, for some reason, I don't know why summertime that you see more
00:22:30
of those videos that are on Instagram and Facebook and
00:22:34
YouTube.
00:22:34
They talk about the brushing and the lymphatic system and
00:22:39
just sort of starting your day off and how you do it and the
00:22:42
proper way to do it, where the direction you push you know, and
00:22:45
it's pretty interesting to watch how people do this.
00:22:49
You know, I'm curious about this , Isabella, have you heard about
00:22:51
a mini trampoline and how people are like get on that mini
00:22:54
trampoline, you know, and they're like that's helping move
00:22:57
everything for you and get that lymphatic system going?
00:23:01
And I'll never forget that was like a big face, so everyone was
00:23:04
going out behind these mini trampolines and bouncing on them
00:23:06
for a minute, you know, but it's just the way.
00:23:10
I wish to get the entire whole body moving and I think that's
00:23:18
important because, as you stated , nourishment, detoxing and how
00:23:22
our system moves and the lymphatic system is what takes
00:23:26
in a lot of those toxins and they must be eliminated.
00:23:29
I want to go to the last one before we lose any time the mind
00:23:33
part, because I think oftentimes people don't realize
00:23:38
the impact of our thoughts.
00:23:40
Speaker 2: Ooh, well said.
00:23:42
Absolutely, yeah, mic drop.
00:23:45
I don't know when do we begin.
00:23:48
This is a huge part of whenever I work with a person.
00:23:52
I'd say it's the make or break of whether a person actually
00:23:55
sees their health dreams come through or not.
00:23:58
From my experience, it all starts with people taking a few
00:24:01
days and just watching how they talk to themselves, watching
00:24:06
what kind of questions they ask themselves, watching what
00:24:09
happens when they screw up and how they treat themselves.
00:24:13
All these things are very much connected.
00:24:15
And then, on top of that, how do people treat themselves?
00:24:19
This is very important to understanding how you treat
00:24:23
yourself when it comes to developing good habits for life.
00:24:27
So if your relationship with yourself is shaky and quite
00:24:32
tyrannical honestly is the right word for it and not like a
00:24:37
person who genuinely cares for yourself and genuinely cares
00:24:42
that you have a good life, then when we talk about forming
00:24:45
habits for life through this awesome optimization system, I
00:24:48
teach people where they do one thing for 90 days and then, by
00:24:52
the way, that becomes something called automatic.
00:24:56
It means like it almost becomes a reflex in your system.
00:24:59
If you can do something for around 90 days, you might have
00:25:01
heard the saying that 28 days is what it takes to make a habit,
00:25:06
but really that is actually not the case.
00:25:09
That's maybe enough to start breaking a habit, but when they
00:25:13
looked at a group of people, the average was actually between
00:25:17
180 days and the month, and so in between is like the average
00:25:25
for everyone.
00:25:26
So it's about 90 days for most people to really start seeing an
00:25:29
automatic habit come along.
00:25:30
So I teach people could take one thing and use me as an
00:25:34
accountability person and let's just make sure you do that every
00:25:39
single day and we'll keep track of it with this awesome
00:25:42
checklist.
00:25:42
And then at the top of the checklist we have an identity
00:25:45
statement checklist.
00:25:47
And then at the top of the checklist we have an identity
00:25:48
statement.
00:25:48
Who are you becoming by doing the following checklist?
00:25:50
And it could be as simple as I'm going to drink this much
00:25:51
water every day.
00:25:52
At the top I see beautiful things that people write.
00:25:56
So we're talking about the mind component of recovery and the
00:26:00
identity statement is an important part of the moment.
00:26:03
My client realizes that it's not really about getting there
00:26:07
to the goal.
00:26:08
It's about who they're becoming while they're getting there and
00:26:12
that will keep you motivated.
00:26:14
Getting to the there will not really get you motivated.
00:26:19
It's knowing who you're becoming, putting it in writing
00:26:23
and having it at the top.
00:26:25
You know, people write.
00:26:26
I'd be one of those people that does cartwheels with her
00:26:30
grandkids when she's 80 and like that's the vision, you know,
00:26:36
and that's not a destination, it's, it's the becoming.
00:26:40
And um on top of that, I'd say just watch what you're asking
00:26:46
yourself, um, because your mind is such a powerful tool and I
00:26:50
did not understand people when they talked about the mind
00:26:53
component for a long time, until I really started working with
00:26:57
people, and here's what I wished all these people had said your
00:27:02
mind completely works for you, so if you feed it harmful
00:27:06
questions, it will give you harmful answers.
00:27:09
Speaker 1: For example, there you go, there you go.
00:27:11
No, you nailed it right there yeah, for example, the mind
00:27:15
actually, no, no, no, you really just nailed it right there
00:27:18
because it depends on your belief system.
00:27:20
They say your tongue can be very powerful.
00:27:23
Yeah.
00:27:23
You're going to breathe life or death, and so the way that we
00:27:27
use our tongue is how we're thinking, and so that's super
00:27:31
important.
00:27:32
There was something else you just stated.
00:27:33
You were talking about the mindset and how it can play a
00:27:36
huge role into how one can function.
00:27:39
And then it was the number of days.
00:27:41
You said 90.
00:27:42
Yes, 90 days, and it depends on the individual and it can go up
00:27:46
to 180.
00:27:46
So I'm just going to break this down for people.
00:27:48
So she's talking about three months.
00:27:51
Originally, people were talking about the 28 day cycle, so
00:27:54
we're talking about maybe like the month of February.
00:27:56
However, we're talking about literally, it takes three months
00:28:00
to six months so that it becomes no longer a process that
00:28:05
you're doing to learn, to correct, but to make it a habit,
00:28:09
and so that's huge.
00:28:11
That is huge.
00:28:12
I know we have just a couple more minutes left, isabella, oh
00:28:15
my and.
00:28:16
I just want you to yeah, I know you and I have just like, I've
00:28:19
been like engrossed, you've been engrossed, I mean we're really
00:28:21
loving this part and I really appreciate that.
00:28:24
You gave a lot of really neat nuggets.
00:28:26
When we think about a situation , it doesn't necessarily have to
00:28:29
be the situation we were discussing earlier, but a
00:28:30
situation it's not the fire of life but the smoke Y'all.
00:28:35
I have to repeat that I'm going to tell you, isabella has given
00:28:38
me something I've got to share, because that is just spoke
00:28:42
volumes.
00:28:42
I was chronically malnourished and that just played a huge role
00:28:47
into everything that you're doing how we're focusing on your
00:28:50
three foundations.
00:28:51
They went from seven for functional, but now to three
00:28:53
dealing with nourishment, detox, support and the mind.
00:28:56
And you explain even though we were talking about the body
00:29:00
collectively with your certification and nutritional
00:29:04
functions, understanding therapy itself and how it focuses on
00:29:08
the functional medicine.
00:29:09
I think you've helped a lot of us understand it from a more
00:29:13
simpler way of understanding our body.
00:29:16
So often we get so into those big terms, isabella, don't we?
00:29:20
And I love it, but you broke it down.
00:29:22
You broke it down.
00:29:23
Speaker 2: I broke it down.
00:29:27
Speaker 1: I'm going to call it the simplified method of
00:29:29
functional medicine.
00:29:30
Oh, I love it.
00:29:30
Talk to Isabella.
00:29:31
Oh, you're so sweet.
00:29:33
Do you want to leave our viewers with one key thing that
00:29:39
they need to know about themselves, because you have
00:29:42
given so much, I can't even describe it.
00:29:45
You've helped some people out there who really need help, and
00:29:49
you've given them a place to know where to start, which is
00:29:53
amazing.
00:29:53
So what would you like to say today to them?
00:29:56
Speaker 2: Let's see.
00:29:57
Oh, one thing, she's really doing it to me now.
00:30:00
Okay, one thing, let me just say this.
00:30:05
Back to the questions you ask yourself, because I really think
00:30:08
that's important to leave people with why.
00:30:10
You can either ask yourself a harmful question like why is
00:30:13
this always happening to me?
00:30:15
Why am I never losing this weight, for example, is a really
00:30:18
common one.
00:30:18
Why am I in so much pain all the time?
00:30:20
Okay, you ask yourself that your mind will come up with the
00:30:23
evidence for it, I promise you.
00:30:25
So instead, ask a better question.
00:30:28
Ask yourself how can I solve this in the easiest, smoothest
00:30:32
way possible, or in a different situation.
00:30:34
What is this situation?
00:30:35
What is this terrible person in front of me trying to actually
00:30:39
gift me?
00:30:39
If this person was a teacher, what is he or she trying to gift
00:30:43
me in this moment, including the pain?
00:30:45
So what is this trying to teach me?
00:30:47
Instead, it's a very helpful reframe.
00:30:50
And then your mind, I mean, which is part of your body.
00:30:52
By the way, we tend to forget that your brain is an organ.
00:30:57
It will answer it will say maybe this pain is actually not
00:31:03
normal and maybe it's time to talk to someone about it.
00:31:05
And here's where I really like leaving this conversation with a
00:31:11
completely free gift.
00:31:13
And that is something I've put together only recently for
00:31:17
International Menstruation Day, I believe a few months ago and I
00:31:22
put my whole process into five steps on how to relieve
00:31:25
pain-free periods, and it's something I've worked on for so
00:31:28
long with people and it's part of my practice now.
00:31:31
But I see a lot of other people now with fertility challenges,
00:31:34
weight loss challenges, chronic conditions.
00:31:36
So I just put this guide together.
00:31:38
It's five steps on how to have pain-free periods and it's
00:31:42
everything we've talked about and more, and it has very
00:31:45
specific recommendations of what I would recommend you take,
00:31:49
including micronutrients, detoxification support and you
00:31:53
guys a lot of it.
00:31:54
I believe most of it is free, like stuff you can do for free,
00:31:58
and it really should get you there.
00:32:00
If it doesn't get you there, then you know who to call,
00:32:03
because I take those cases too, but to get that completely free
00:32:07
resource it will always be free.
00:32:09
I believe it's on my website at isabelathorcom slash painful
00:32:15
dash periods Very simple.
00:32:17
So it's completely free and I hope you guys share it because I
00:32:21
can't tell you how deeply I wish I had this information 10
00:32:26
years ago.
00:32:26
I love what I do now, but I also loved what I was doing back
00:32:30
then, before I got depressed.
00:32:32
I loved studying physics, I love studying philosophy, and
00:32:35
you guys, I also want people to continue doing what they love,
00:32:40
so that especially women we already have enough shit to deal
00:32:44
with and stereotypes and all of that stuff.
00:32:46
So, yeah, just take it and share it, because we're worth it,
00:32:52
ladies, we're totally worth it.
00:32:53
And ask yourself better questions, please, oh thank you
00:32:57
so so much, isabella.
00:32:59
Speaker 1: Thank you, you have given so much information in
00:33:02
regards to women's health, how we need to concentrate on what
00:33:06
we eat, how we speak and how we treat our bodies, and I thank
00:33:10
you.
00:33:10
That is so well worth it.
00:33:12
If they didn't get anything else, maybe have gotten the last
00:33:17
few seconds where you mentioned how they can start, and I
00:33:20
really appreciate it.
00:33:21
I just wanna say thank you very much to everyone who's tuned
00:33:24
into Cold Press Conversations Until next time.
00:33:26
This is Dr Jewel.
00:33:27
I want you to take care of yourself.
00:33:29
I want you to remember that when it comes to your health,
00:33:31
remember it is about you, and I want you to remember that it is
00:33:35
to your health, to your wellness and definitely for cognitive
00:33:39
happiness.
00:33:40
Y'all take care.
00:33:41
I hope you enjoyed this episode of Cold Press Conversations.
00:33:46
If you love this episode as much as I did, I need you to
00:33:50
head on over and subscribe so you never miss an episode.
00:33:53
This is Dr Jewel signing off to health and cognitive happiness.
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