Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself

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#165 Should You Use Collagen? with Christa Biegler, RD Mar 08, 2021

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In this week's mini-episode of the Less Stressed Life Podcast, we're talking about the benefits of collagen and how can you get the best results from taking it.

I'm sharing:

What is collagen and when should we use it?
How collagen impacts wrinkles, hair, nail, bones, wounds, etc.
A few of my favorite collagen brands

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Skin elasticity improved by up to 15% after just 4 weeks of use of 2.5 g or 5.0 of collagen.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23949208/
Eye wrinkle depth decreased by 20.1% after 8 weeks of use using 2.5 g of Verisol collagen. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24401291/
Cellulite and skin waviness decreased after 3 months of use using 2.5 g collagen. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26561784/
Cracked/chipped nails decreased by 42% after 6 months of use 25 participants took 2.5 collagen
This study also found that nails grew faster while taking this collagen supplement. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jocd.12393
Verisol Collagen

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#164 Addiction, Concussions & Crisis Impact on the Brain with Dr. Jennifer Love Mar 03, 2021

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"People think of trauma as one big thing that happens to them, but the reality is, we accumulate tiny traumatic events throughout life and those events contribute to how we respond on a daily basis."

In this week's episode of the Less Stressed Life, Dr. Jennifer Love shares her experience and expertise with addiction and trauma, and how to retrain your brain to process stress in 5-steps.

Dr. Love shared her expertise on:

The impact of head injuries on the brain
Recognizing the roots and symptoms of trauma
The gut-brain connection
Retraining your brain

Mentioned in this episode:

Concussion Rescue: A Comprehensive Program to Heal Traumatic Brain Injury Book by Kabran Chapek, ND
When Crisis Strikes: 5 Steps to Heal Your Brain, Body, and Life from Chronic Stress Book by Dr. Jennifer Love

Dr. Jennifer Love, MD is board-certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and addiction medicine, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. She attended medical school at Loma Linda UniversitySchool of Medicine and completed her internship, residency, and subspecialty fellowship training at the University of Hawaii. She served as chief resident and as clinical faculty at theUniversity of Hawaii Department of Psychiatry before returning to California where she is currently in a group practice with the acclaimed Amen Clinics

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#163 Can You React To Healthy Foods? with Christa Biegler, RD Mar 01, 2021

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Can you react to healthy foods?
The short answer is, yes! But the goal is not to.
In this mini episode I talk about:
+ the 2 ways people can have issues with foods
+ who responds best to food testing/protocols
+ red flags on restriction and why long term over restriction is "knowing just enough to be dangerous"
+ root causes for food reactions
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Related listening: In episode 26, https://kite.link/c5kcmnM Episode: #026 Listen to This Before You Do Any Food Sensitivity Testing with Christa Biegler, RDN. I go over pros/cons and who might benefit from testing and this protocol.
christabiegler.com/links To join the Resilience Reset and Wake up with Energy again that starts Fri Mar 5.

What we’ll cover:

☝️Best diet for adrenals (AKA the organs that make stress hormones!) & how you should eat for best mood and energy.

✌️How to help your adrenals run on all cylinders during stressful seasons of life instead of fading into fatigue and apathy.

🙌 How to evaluate stress hormone levels with or without testing and get supplement protocols to implement for your current needs.

🎉Understand what’s going on with all your hormones from sex drive, to heavy periods, to no periods, to hot flashes.

WHO IS THIS FOR:

+ Savvy women that want to take care of their stress hormones BEFORE they get totally burned out.

+ Tired moms & high performance women that want to wake up with energy again.

+ Health professionals that want to swipe my protocols and assessments for adrenal situations that range from “I have a little stress” to “Barely running on empty”

#162 Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nervous System and Stress/ Anxiety with Dr. Jannine Krause Feb 24, 2021

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"𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐴𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 5 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔."
In this week's episode of the Less Stressed Podcast, I am joined by a Naturopathic Doctor & Acupuncturist, Dr. Jannine Krause to chat about traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, what your tongue is telling you, and how our routine plays a big role in our nervous system regulation.

Dr. Krause shared her expertise on:

The 5 elements of traditional Chinese medicine
How acupuncture works
What your tongue says about your health
How to create a healthy evening routine that supports your stress regulation

Mentioned in this episode:

5 Element Theory

Dr. Jannine Krause is a naturopathic doctor, acupuncturist & podcaster who specializes in helping ladies simplify their health, fitness, nutrition & stress management routines so they can enjoy their life to the fullest. She loves educating on how stress interferes with the ability to be consistent with health & fitness routines,

*****cope with trauma, manage pain & move forward in life. ********She's on a mission to change the current healthcare model to one that focuses on health transformation, empowerment & community support. When not in the office or on a podcast, Dr. Krause can be found out in nature, whipping up a new recipe in her kitchen or reading a book curled up with her dog.

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#161 How Do You Know You're Burned Out? An Enneagram Approach To Your Less Stressed Self with Christa Biegler, RD Feb 22, 2021

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How do you know you're burned out? Can't get out of bed? Skin flares? Gut out of wack? Motivation at a zero?

Stress and burnout present differently in all of us, but the way we improve our stress resilience is often the same... rest and nourishment. In this week's mini-episode, we are diving into how each Enneagram type presents under stress and how we can start improving our stress resilience.

I'm diving into:

Recognizing your signs of burn out
How to manage the effects of stress with rest and nourishment
Understanding your Enneagram type under stress

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https://www.truity.com/blog/5-stress-busting-tips-each-enneagram-type https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions

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#160 From Hair Loss & Skin Rashes to Herbal Farmer with Jackie Johnson, CEO of Wildlings Botanicals Feb 17, 2021

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Joining us in this week's episode of the Less Stressed Life Podcast is Jackie Johnson, founder of Wilding Botanicals who shares her life-changing experience of suddenly losing her hair loss & developing severe, full-body skin rashes. Now, as a holistic herbal farmer, Jackie shares her passion for clean, nourishing, and replenishing body care products that work.

Jackie shares her incredible story:

How she went from working at a pharmacy to becoming a holistic herbal farmer
Healing her body after experiencing sudden hair loss and skin rashes
The mindset breakthrough that changed her life
Her favorite herbs and best-selling products

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Jackie Johnson is a Holistic Brand Strategist who founded Wildling Botanicals, Wildling Herbs, and Wildling Dreams Consulting. Through her businesses, she has created proprietary body care and herbal supplement products from homegrown, clean ingredients she farms herself. Jackie's credentials also include a 15-year career in business, helping grow retail, hospitality, and fitness companies before striking out on her own to create luxury wellness products she wasn't finding in the marketplace. She brings a much-needed perspective to the beauty world by joining nature and business together to empower people inside and out.

#159 Ask Christa: What do you think of caffeine? Feb 15, 2021

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Let's talk caffeine. In this week's mini-episode of the Less Stressed Life Podcast, I'm sharing my thoughts on caffeine and how the quality of coffee may impact our cortisol and anxiety.

I'm diving into:

Benefits of caffeine and how our bodies process it
Connection between cortisol, anxiety, and caffeine
Why the quality of your coffee really matters

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#158 10 Causes of Chronic Fatigue with Evan Hirsch, MD Feb 10, 2021

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Struggling to get out of bed in the morning? Surviving on coffee? Falling asleep at your desk at 3 pm? Let's talk fatigue.

I am joined by a returning guest Dr. Evan Hirsch in this week's episode of the Less Stressed Podcast to share his expertise about Lyme Disease and the underlying causes and symptoms of having chronic fatigue.

"𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑙𝑧ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟; 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛."

Dr. Hirsch shared his expertise on:

His experience with chronic fatigue and Lyme disease
The 10 causes of fatigue
The impact of childhood trauma, deficiencies, and toxicities
Recognizing signs of chronic fatigue and what to do about it

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Adrenal Fatigue by Dr. James Wilson Book
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
Willy Burgdorfer

Evan H. Hirsch, MD, is a World-Renowned Fatigue Expert and is the Founder & CEO of the International Center for Energy & Fatigue. He suffered from fatigue for 5 years before he achieved resolution using the Fix Your Fatigue Program that he pioneered in his medical practice. Through his best-selling book, podcast, and online programs, he has helped thousands of people around the world optimize their energy naturally, and he is on a mission to help 1 million more. He also helps licensed, functional medicine providers transition to a successful virtual practice so that they can have more impact, more success, and a greater quality of life. He is board-certified in family medicine and integrative medicine and when he’s not at the office, you can find him singing musicals, dancing, and playing basketball with his family.

#157 Let's Talk About Stress Hormones with Christa Biegler, RD Feb 08, 2021

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Can you barely get out of bed in the morning, but are WIRED at 10 pm?

In this week's mini-episode of the Less Stressed Life Podcast, we're talking about adrenals 101 - what your adrenals glands are, what they do, and how they impact your hormones, especially stress hormones.

If you've been finding yourself WIRED & TIRED, this episode is for you!

I dive into:

Adrenals role in blood pressure and stress
Why we need to pay attention to low testosterone
Accessing your adrenal health and symptoms
A sneak peek of my upcoming class to support your adrenals: RESILIENCE RESET: A 4-part adrenal support workshop to promote productivity and hormone harmony

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#156 The Skin Microbiome of Eczema with Skyler Stein, President of GladSkin Feb 03, 2021

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Skyler Skein, President of GladSkin joins us in this week's episode of the Less Stressed Life Podcast to help us solve the eczema itch and redness during dry and winter months in a smarter and safer way!

Thanks to @Gladskin for sponsoring this episode. You can use the coupon code "lessstressed" on gladskin.com for 10% off your order.

Skyler shared his expertise on:

Takeaways from Skyler's Lyme Disease journey
The balance of fiber and microbiome health
What you need to know about phages
The power of Endolysins and how they can help our skin

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J. Craig Venter Institute

Skyler Stein holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Duke University and is the President of Gladskin USA, a biotechnology-driven skincare brand.

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