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125: Our Cells Are Overwhelmed with Sugar! How Fasting, Stress, Sleep, Protein Intake and More Impact your Glucose Levels with Carlee Hayes, RDN Oct 25, 2022

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You can optimize your daily health when you understand your lifestyle choices and their impact on your glucose levels.

Carlee is the lead Dietician at Nutrisense and she shares how you can engage with your blood glucose levels and everything you need to know about the overwhelming impact sugar has on our bodies.

Guest: Carlee Hayes, RDN

Highlights

6:42 What is blood sugar and why is it so important
10:10 What's happening to cells overwhelmed with sugar
20:12 Fasting glucose and meal responses
37:08 How stress impacts blood sugar
51:18 How much protein do you need to eat and how does it impact your glucose levels

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Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

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124: Q&A with Carly and Austin: Our Next Projects, Tongue Tie Revisions (adults and babies), C Section Healing, Baby Microbiome Support Oct 18, 2022

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In this Q&A with Carly your questions get honest, raw, authentic answers from Carly and Austin.

Highlights

4:35 How to support the microbiome of your baby after a C section
10:38 Tips for remembering to take supplements
18:33 Body image postpartum - real talk
28:57 Having sex after C section

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

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123: CARLY'S FAVORITES: How Pelvic Floor Health Impacts your Core Strength, Orgasms, and Elimination with Dr. Rebecca Maidansky, DPT Oct 11, 2022

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What do you know about pelvic floor health and how it impacts your life?

Dr. Rebecca Maidansky is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Pelvic Floor Specialist, and she's here to tell you how. Dr. Rebecca has spent over 10,000 hours working in her specialty and is the owner of Lady Bird Physical Therapy in Austin, Texas. While her practice specializes in pregnancy and postpartum recovery, she's here to share that your pelvic floor muscles span far beyond that. In fact, they play a vital role in urination, bowel movements, posture, and even orgasm.

Guest: Rebecca Maidansky

Highlights

Symptoms related to pelvic floor dysfunction
How pelvic floor dysfunction causes downstream effects to your overall health
How pelvic floor dysfunction can impact your sex life
Ways you can support your pelvic floor on a regular basis

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Podcast: 048: How To Prep For Pregnancy: The Nervous System, Epigenetics, and Maximizing Fertility with Dr. Cleopatra

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

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Organifi (Use code Carly for 20% off)
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122: Health Non-Negotiables, The Truth About the Supplement Industry, and the Magic of Magnesium with Wade Lightheart of BioOptimizer Sep 27, 2022

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Learn about the supplement industry, and how to know the good from the bad. Plus - some of my favorite supplements and the magic of magnesium.

We talk about developing Wade's supplement line, why it stands out why it's different from the rest, and why 80% of the supplements out there are junk. We also talk about my favorite Bio Optimizer supplements, magnesium breakthrough, gluten guardian, and a few others.

This is not a special sponsored episode, I really do use and love these supplements. Full disclosure, BioOptimizers does support the podcast in other ways and I do have a discount code for you below - because I love them and use them myself.

Guest: Wade Lightheart

Highlights

10:19 You can't outsource your health
16:37 Hydration and the best way to ensure your actual cells are hydrated
24:18 The supplement industry and what to watch out for
29:20 How to still eat gluten, even when your gut can't tolerate it

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

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Organifi (Use code Carly for 20% off)
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121: My FOURTH TRIMESTER (part 2): adjusting our relationship, figuring out partner parenting, must-have baby items, and Q&A Sep 20, 2022

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The fourth trimester - in this part 2 episode my husband and I talk about our relationship post-baby and how we've been partner parenting.

We also talk about what our support system has looked like, and the products that have been our favorites. Make sure to stay tuned at the end when I answer the questions you asked on Instagram.

Highlights

7:07 Relationship changes post baby
11:46 Judgement of your partner's parenting
13:50 Support system in the first 3 months
22:38 Carly's must-have baby items
31:11 Q&A with your questions

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

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Organifi (Use code Carly for 20% off)
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120: My FOURTH TRIMESTER (part 1): healing my body, taking care of baby, dividing responsibilities with my husband, breastfeeding, and more Sep 13, 2022

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The fourth trimester - what the first 3 months with baby have looked like for my family.

My husband joins me on this episode to talk about my healing, taking care of our baby and breastfeeding support. And, at the end, I answer some of your questions from Instagram.

Highlights

13:18 Healing my body after a c-section
19:35 Taking care of baby in the first 3 months
25:28 Early days of breastfeeding
35:04 Cluster feeding
36:57 The division of responsibilities between parents

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

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Organifi (Use code Carly for 20% off)
BiOptimize: Magnesium Breakthrough (use code Carly10 for 10% off)
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119: CARLY'S FAVORITE: Picking Up the Pieces and Finding Your True Self After Divorce with Bryn Daylor Sep 06, 2022

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This conversation is about coming home to yourself after divorce. It's one of those bombs that hurts while you're in it but can be a key to finding your true self.

This conversation is raw and honest and Bryn openly shares her heart and story. I see all women in parts of her story, whether that woman is in a happy relationship or going through a breakup. What Bryn shares is the epitome of being human.

Guest: Bryn Daylor

Highlights

8:26 Bryn's discovery of her codependence and what that led to
15:10 Bringing more intention into your relationship
23:44 Building a new relationship with yourself
38:25 How to find something that allows you to have integrity
39:21 "Gifts" Bryn received from her divorce
1:02:02 Ways for people to understand their desires

Resources We Mention:

Bryn's Website
Dipsea: Erotic Audio App
Want Will Won't List
@bryndaylor on Instagram

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

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Organifi (Use code Carly for 20% off)
BiOptimize: Magnesium Breakthrough (use code Carly10 for 10% off)
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118: MY BIRTH STORY: Three Births in One + Surrendering to an Unexpected Ending and Finally Meeting our Baby Boy with Austin Brawner (my husband) Aug 30, 2022

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From my planned home birth to a hospital and getting a c-section - this is my birth story for my first child.

Things didn't go exactly as I had planned, but I listened to my body and this is how my child came into the world.

Highlights

9:52 The first contractions
14:13 Seven centimeters dilated
22:10 Starting to push
25:01 The decision to go to the hospital
28:02 Getting an epidural
34:16 When it becomes time to get a c-section
36:50 10 pounds, 8 ounces and 23 inches of a healthy baby boy

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

Sponsors:

Organifi (Use code Carly for 20% off)
BiOptimize: Magnesium Breakthrough (use code Carly10 for 10% off)
Ned (use code Carly for 15% off)

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117: The Lymphatic System Explained: Taking Out Your Body's Trash, Lymphatic Massage, Bras, and Moving the Lymph Because It Can't Move Itself with Lisa Levitt Gainsley Aug 23, 2022

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The lymphatic system is incredibly important for detoxification and overall health.

Lisa is a lymph expert and in this episode, she shares all the details on what it does and how you can take care of it. I hope you walk away from this episode with a few new practices to support your lymphatic system and your overall health.

Guest: Lisa Levitt Gainsley

Episode Highlights:

8:40 What is the lymphatic system?
13:14 What happens when your lymph system isn't working properly
18:58 The biggest factors that disrupt the lymphatic system
24:29 Why lymphatic drainage is so important for people with cancer and chronic illness

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CarlyJohnsonBrawner.com
Instagram: @carlyjohnsonbrawner

Sponsors:

Organifi (Use code Carly for 20% off)
BiOptimize: Magnesium Breakthrough (use code Carly10 for 10% off)
Ned (use code Carly for 15% off)

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116: CARLY'S FAVORITE: What Conventional Doctors Won't Tell You About Treating and Preventing Cancer with Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy, MD Aug 16, 2022

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With cancer rates rising it's time to question what has been standard conventional treatment for years and look for a more holistic approach to beating the cancer epidemic.

Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy is the Medical Director of two amazing clinics: The Cancer Center For Healing & Center For New Medicine. She joins me to talk mostly about cancer but also how everything is connected and chronic health and autoimmunity, and metabolic disorders all play a role in our overall health and our cancer risk.

This episode is definitely a favorite, check it out!

Guest: Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy

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