Hormones, Faith, and Your Weight

Dr. Tabatha Barber, known as The Gutsy Gynecologist, has dedicated her life to giving women a voice and a choice when it comes to their health and well-being. Overcoming struggles as a young girl, including self-esteem challenges and the hurdles of being a high school dropout and teenage mother, she emerged as a successful physician through faith and perseverance. Her unwavering commitment to women’s health is evident through her triple board certifications in obstetrics and gynecology, menopause, and functional medicine.

Dr. Barber’s new bestselling book, Fast to Faith, teaches women how to incorporate intermittent fasting and faith into their lives. Download and listen to this episode here.

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The Superfoods That Boost Your Libido

Can your diet impact your libido? The answer is yes! It involves the same function that keeps your heart and brain healthy – blood flow. For this special Valentine’s episode REPLAY, I welcome Leslie Bumpas back to the show.

Leslie is a certified Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner whose passion is helping women thrive in all ages and stages. In this episode, Leslie shares all the tips and tools to redeem romance in your life – using nutrients in food!

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Intermittent Fasting for Hormone Health

Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner, author of the best-selling book Intermittent Fasting Transformation, a 2x TEDx speaker, and the host of Everyday Wellness podcast. Cynthia is a globally recognized expert in intermittent fasting and women’s health.

This episode covers the benefits of intermittent fasting for women, taking into account specific needs during phases of their menstrual cycle. Download and listen here or find wherever you get podcasts.

Key Topics:

The benefits of intermittent fasting
How certain hormonal phases of your life make you less stress resilient
The best and worst times to fast for hormones
Weight loss resistance as a symptom of a bigger issue
Why protein is king
Exercise and fasting
What breaks a fast

Learn more about Cynthia and get her book at her website.

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How Stress Impacts Your Weight

Dr. Gala Gorman is a licensed Acupuncturist, Naturopath, and author who offers practical advice and programs to reverse health issues resulting from chronic stress. She helps women relieve their symptoms, restore their energy, and reclaim their “Super Woman” status. Dr. Gala advocates for getting to the root cause of the health issue and treating it naturally. She encourages patients to be their own health advocate – or PCP (primary care person).

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The Nano Antioxidant that Levels Up Your Health: Personal Product Review

It’s rare that I do a two-part episode. It’s even more rare that I get to do a product review and interview in the same episode. But after interviewing Christopher Burres in Episode 147, I knew I had to do a part two.

My VitalC is a company that turns the longevity-promoting nano antioxidant ESS60 into a product for at home support. I sampled the product for two months, and I was suprised by my results. Sleep improvement, clear skin, and menstrual cycle improvements were all some of the benefits we discuss in this episode. Download and listen here or find wherever you get podcasts.

Christopher Burres is the owner of SES Research, the first company to deliver carbon nano materials, and MyVitalC, the world’s first nano antioxidant. When Chris realized a Nobel Prize-Winning chemical tested by NASA had been proven to almost double the lifespan of mammals, he decided to make ESS60 into a household item. He’s now on a mission to help people live longer, healthier and pain-free lives one dose at a time.

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How to Boost Your Fertility Through a Natural and Holistic Approach

Sarah Clark is the author of “Fabulously Fertile – Supercharge your Fertility Naturally,” “Fabulously Fertile Cookbook” and creator of the Fertility Preparation Program.

In this episode, she shares how she uses a functional medicine coaching approach and natural fertility solutions in an effort to reverse infertility through natural, holistic methods!

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Key Topics:

– Dropping fertility rates

– What does it mean to be diagnosed with infertility?

– The connection between gut health and fertility

– Issues with the birth control pill

– Best foods for fertility

– Environmental toxins and endocrine disrupting chemicals

– The impact of stress on fertility

– Tips to de-stress and the importance of sleep and relational support

Learn more about Sarah at her website here. Listen to Sarah’s podcast Get Pregnant Naturally wherever you find podcasts.

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Nourish Hormones, Detoxify, Improve Sleep and Boost Immune Health with Esther Blum

Esther Blum is a nutrition expert I have looked up to for quite a while! She is the bestselling author of Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat, Eat Drink and Be Gorgeous, Secrets of Gorgeous, and The Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous Project. As an Integrative Dietitian and High Performance Coach, she provides 360 degrees of healing with physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual support. She has appeared on Dr. Oz, the Today Show, A Healthy You with Carol Alt, the ISAAC show, ABC-TV, FOX- 5’s Good Day NY, and Fox News Live. Esther is also frequently quoted in E!Online, In Touch, Time Magazine, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Times, In Style, Bazaar, Self, Fitness, Marie Claire, and Cosmo.

In this jam-packed episode of the Sparking Wholeness podcast, we discuss the following topics:

How to detox properly
How to improve hormone function
Why protein is essential and why you may not be eating enough
Why managing stress should be foundational to health
What does leaky gut have to do with health and how to improve it
The real deal with gluten
How to hack the immune system
Practical sleep tips
How finding wholeness starts within

You can schedule a call with Esther here, and the first 12 people who respond get a FREE consultation!

Listen to the episode on iTunes here or my show page here.

Why Diets Never Worked For Me

Diets. I hate the D word. They started in high school. I went on my first antidepressant my sophomore year and gained 30 pounds in under two years. It was devastating and embarrassing. I used food to cope with unhealthy emotions. Once I could drive, I hopped in my 1990 baby blue Chevy Caprice and hit up Sonic happy hour for cheddar peppers and slushes. I stocked up on sour watermelon candy at Target and late night Whataburger taquitos. I never felt full, but I loved the dopamine high the food would give me. I knew food had a pull on me I couldn’t escape.

So I tried South Beach, the Zone, and finally, Atkins. The latter helped me lose the “Zoloft weight” and gave me new confidence. But restriction made me bitter. I developed PTSD from salads. I made the act of eating a moral decision – there are good foods and bad foods. Fattening and non. Healthy or not. And I let the shame of indulgence give me value, just as I allowed my size or the number on the tag of my jeans give me value. Continue reading “Why Diets Never Worked For Me” →