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Episode 172: Vitamin D for Viral Infections & Immune Health
Vitamin D status can play a big role in your overall immune health, so today Erin unpacks a lot of data on Vitamin D and what you can do with this information. She’ll dive into Vitamin D deficiency, cofactors that play a role in absorption, and shares practical strategies that you can implement into your life over the next many weeks and months.
Episode 171: A Root Cause Look at Blood Pressure
Today we’re getting into specifics with blood pressure, and Erin dives into possible root causes of high/low blood pressure such as diet, lifestyle, and other internal factors that can contribute. Because there are usually no warning signs until there’s a problem, Erin unpacks contributing factors that can lead to this imbalance and offers practices you can incorporate to reduce your risk.
Episode 170: Fatigue, Low Cortisol & Radical Momming
There’s this normalization that, especially as a caretaker, your needs are not as important or relevant compared to the needs of others. But what if prioritizing your own needs not only helps you take better care of yourself, but also teaches those you caretake how to take care of themselves, too?
Episode 169: Chronic Stress & Breathwork Practices
We know chronic stress is not good from a health perspective, but many of us have a hard time knowing how stressed we actually are. Even if we do know how stressed we are, it can be even more difficult to know what to do other than just “push through.” Chronic stress can have many downstream effects on our mental and physical health, and in today’s episode, Erin focuses on stress hormones, stress-associated disorders, and what she’s found to be extremely effective in helping to downregulate the nervous system.
Episode 168: Hormones, the Immune System & Autoimmunity
Today’s episode gets into details about hormones and the immune system. Erin unpacks general immunity questions and how hormones can affect immunity, and also gets into the relation between hormones and autoimmunity.
If you’re someone who struggles with autoimmunity, this will be an interesting episode to tune in to. This episode is geared more towards women, female hormones, and the impact this can have on the immune system, so share this with the women in your life—Erin covers some of the most important things to get under control in regards to overall health, immune health, and to current events.
Episode 167: Fragrances, Hormones & Small Steps to Non Toxic Living
A 2016 study found that more than 50% of the population said they’d prefer public spaces like offices, hotels, airplanes and healthcare facilities be fragrance-free. Despite this, fragrance use is ubiquitous: it’s found in everything from perfumes, beauty products, and cleaning supplies to plastics, paints, and disinfectants.
The problem with these synthetic and artificial fragrances is the health effects they can have on our bodies. Chemicals used to create or prolong these “fresh” scents often have deleterious effects on our health like neurological, metabolic, respiratory, and hormonal imbalances.
Today’s episode continues the summer series, answering your questions about hormones. Listen in as Erin gets into the nitty gritty answering your questions about fragrance effects on hormone health, and lays out what to be aware of in products we often use on our bodies or in our home. This is a topic everyone can benefit from because most people don’t even know how toxic synthetic fragrances are, nor how pervasive they are in products many of us use daily.
Episode 166: Hear from an FNA Student!
Are you interested in joining the next round of the Funk'tional Nutrition Academy in September, but what to hear what it's *really* like inside the practitioner training? Today Integrative & Functional Dietitian Chelsea Sanfilippo shares her experience of the past 6 months.
Episode 165: Hormone Lab Testing, Estrogen Dominance & Balancing Hormones at Home
Today’s episode is all about answering your questions about hormones. Erin breaks down details about hormone lab testing, estrogen dominance, what to do about low progesterone (as well as a mindset shift on how to approach this), plus at-home ways to balance hormones.
This is part of a NEW summer series where Erin answers all your hormone Qs - each week Erin will post a poll to Instagram to get all your specific hormone questions, so join her on Instagram to ask yours! If you’re someone who’s dealing with hormone stuff, you’ll want to tune into this and all of the upcoming episodes!
Episode 164: Strategies for Sustainable Business Growth
In this episode, Erin shares the various ways she broke through her self-imposed ceiling to grow and level up her business. She explains why it can be hard to talk about money (especially as a woman), necessary mindset shifts for better returns on your investments, and the value of reciprocity in your business. Erin shares strategies she uses to grow her business and revenue - and it may not be what you think or assume. If you’re a practitioner you’ll definitely want to listen to this because if you’re not thinking about your practice as a business...well, you need to start. Tune in and Erin will tell you exactly why!
Episode 163: So You Want to Practice Functional Nutrition
In this episode, Erin talks to practitioners who may be considering her Funk’tional Nutrition Academy™ program and those who are interested in the world of functional nutrition and functional medicine. She discusses pressing issues she sees in the space, such as template medicine, lab testing, and clinical application, and also unpacks how her program fills a gap she and other colleagues have felt were missing from the functional nutrition training space.
If you’ve been thinking of joining this program or another functional nutrition program, want to know how the FNA will help you clinically and in terms of your marketing/business, or are just interested in the world of functional nutrition and functional medicine, this episode is for you!
Episode 162: Imposter Syndrome: Are You Talking Yourself Out of Your Own Potential?
Have you ever felt imposter syndrome before? Put simply, it’s the feeling that you’re a fraud or that you don’t belong in a space where you are - even though you have legitimate skills and effort that got you there. We may struggle with imposter syndrome for many reasons: we’re trying something new, we’ve become the little fish in a big pond, or we just feel like a phony or a fraud when pursuing something we’re passionate about. We often talk ourselves out of the thing we want to do for fear of not being good enough, and we worry that we don't have what it takes. “Who am I to do this” stampedes its way through our brain at the WORST possible times. (Like at the exact moment we’re about to make a leap forward.)
Episode 161: How Fear Affects the Body & Brain
Fear is an emotion that affects everyone on varying levels, and in this episode, Erin unpacks not just the science behind fear, but also how this can play into our happiness and health. If you’ve ever been labeled a hypochondriac, are someone who is hypervigilant or on guard (with your body or symptoms, as a parent or caretaker, or in relationships), or someone in your life is hypervigilant, this episode will help you better understand what’s going on in the brain physiologically.
With nuggets of info for just about everybody, Erin discusses the concept of neuroplasticity, the relationship between fear, anxiety, and pain, flow state, and how fear affects ongoing issues with food, sensitivities, and autoimmunity. Is there a way to enhance our overall experience of life by better understanding our fear? Simply listening in may shift something within you.
Episode 160: Mold, Lyme & Chronic Illness with Toréa Rodriguez
Today Erin welcomes back to the show Toréa Rodriguez, FDN-P to discuss not just mold, lyme, and chronic illness, but also how to navigate symptoms, testing, and communicating your illness to friends and family (especially if they don’t understand). Chronic illness often carries a lot of stigma and can be called a “silent illness” because even though you may be dealing with health challenges on the inside, to the outside world, you may not look sick and “seem fine.”
Episode 159: Cancel Culture, Online Illusions & the Fear that Holds You Back
Fear is a natural, primitive emotion that exists to keep us safe from danger. We’ve all experienced fear in our lives. While fear has useful purposes in today’s modern world, it can also hold us back from doing, saying, or even being what we really want. This has become especially true in the online space, where fears of being misinterpreted, judged, or “cancelled” run rampant.
In this episode, Erin discusses the insecurities and fears that have often held her back both in her business and in the online space, as well as trends she’s seeing on social media. Erin shares her insecurities and how she moves through this fear to show up as her most authentic self. Who do you show up for? If you’ve ever suffered from overthinking, shame, or failed to act due to a fear of failure, fear of not being enough, fear of upsetting someone, or fear of being judged, this podcast is definitely for you!