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Honest and eye-opening conversations with functional nutritionist Erin Holt. Erin shares insight into hot topic nutrition, plus interviews with thought leaders in the functional medicine and wellness world. Get informed and empowered with this funky spin on mainstream health information.
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Inflammatory title? Totally. In this think piece, Erin discusses the drawbacks, red flags and potential issues with certain functional medicine philosophies. She's getting honest with caveats to consider with functional lab testing — including how both the placebo and nocebo effects can play a role in a patient's healing process. This episode is not only geared for practitioners who are practicing functional medicine and analyzing lab tests, but also for the client on the receiving end.
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(9:30) Is lab testing the only way to validate health?
(10:53) Interoception: what it is and why it's relevant
(20:54) Functional medicine fear mongering
(25:59) Understanding that lab tests are not perfect
(28:27) The Nocebo Effect: How you communicate lab results can impact your client’s ability to heal
(37:54) Using symptoms as a data point
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In a recent Instagram poll, Erin saw that 70% of practitioners want to run their own practice, while 30% do not. This week, Erin speaks to the 30% of practitioners who are looking to work for another company and offers some pointers from her perspective as someone in a position to hire. While credentials matter, being able to apply what you’ve learned and having the skillset to help your clients is non-negotiable. Leave this episode with tangible steps to approach a practice you'd like to work for.
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(8:16) The beauty behind not wanting to run your own practice
(16:44) The reason behind why most practitioners want to hire
(19:46) The value behind continuing education
(23:30) Credentials versus having the skillset to help people
(27:39) How to approach a practice you’d like to work for
(34:48) Getting clear on what you do & how you can help
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Erin welcomes back Dr. Gregory Kelly, the VP of Product Development at Qualia Life Sciences, to discuss all things NAD+ - a super important molecule that is involved in cellular energy, cellular protection, repairing damage, and responding to stress. Erin is asking Dr. Kelly all your questions about NAD+, especially as it pertains to absorption, bioavailability and how best to supplement with it. Learn more about what NAD+ is, how it can support longevity, testing options, and ways to tell if your levels of NAD+ may be declining.
Gregory Kelly is VP of Product Development at Qualia Life Sciences naturopathic physician (N.D.), and author of the book Shape Shift. He was the editor of the journal Alternative Medicine Review and has been an instructor at the University of Bridgeport in the College of Naturopathic Medicine, where he taught classes in Advanced Clinical Nutrition, Counseling Skills, and Doctor-Patient Relationships. Dr. Kelly has published hundreds of articles on natural medicine and nutrition, contributed three chapters to the Textbook of Natural Medicine, and has more than 30 journal articles indexed on Pubmed. His areas of expertise include nootropics, anti-aging and regenerative medicine, weight management, sleep and the chronobiology of performance and health.
(4:13) What NAD+ is, its role in the aging process, and how to test your levels
(16:05) The best time of day to take NAD+
(19:40) Flushing with NAD+
(24:55) NAD+ pills versus IV drips
(28:05) Signs and symptoms of low or declining NAD+ levels
(33:46) Participants’ experiences from clinical studies
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This episode is unlike any other we’ve ever released. Rather than Erin interviewing a guest… SHE is the one being interviewed! This interview on Liz Wolfe’s Balanced Bites Podcast was such a banger, we couldn’t resist sharing it with our audience.
Hear Erin talk about her experience with a serious autoimmune disease diagnosis (and remission), where functional medicine can miss the mark, how to self-source your healing, and how your body is always trying to keep you safe - even when things may seem to be going “wrong”.
(10:42) How Intuitive Functional Medicine™ blends the science with the sacred
(17:24) How continuously looking for the “root cause” can be the crux of the problem
(23:14) How our mindset and our thoughts can influence our biology
(28:08) When reaching the “I am done feeling this way” moment can bring you to a deeper level of healing
(36:42) How your body uses symptoms to communicate with you
(53:21) What it means to self-source more of our answers than outsource
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In our last episode of the Manifest Your Health series, Erin shares a banger of a clip from the Beta round of Manifest Your Health. Hear about how your body regenerates on a daily basis and, while you can't go back and change your past, you most certainly can change your future. The cart is officially open for Manifest Your Health and we hope to see you there!
This week, Erin discusses how we can live in a hamster wheel of the same limited (usually negative) thoughts and beliefs day after day while wondering why nothing has changed. In order to live your biggest dreams (the ones you deserve, by the way), it’s important to start looking at and acknowledging the things that are working in your life. Erin leaves you with specific practices to help shift your energy into a healing frequency — immediately.
In our Manifest Your Health™ mini series, Erin continues to offer up new ways to think about your health. You'll walk away with perspective shifts to help you view your own healing potential!
(8:40) Where you resist is usually the place to start
(12:33) Start looking for what’s NOT wrong
(18:36) How 90% of our thoughts today are the same as yesterday
(20:31) How focusing on lack can trigger the stress response
(24:00) Catching your thought patterns before they become symptoms
(34:29) The science behind abundance mining & ways to start today
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Erin dives into the neurobiology behind chronic conditions like Long Covid, Epstein Barr virus, mold, and chemical sensitivities (so many more). The original infection can go away but the brain may still correlate those symptoms to the previous infection. Previously neutral symptoms like feeling tired or having a stomach ache can now communicate “I am still sick” to the mind and start a cascade of immune responses in the body. Learn different tools to calm down your nervous system so that you can begin to rewire your brain to look at the ways in which your body IS working.
In our Manifest Your Health™ mini series, Erin continues to offer up new ways to think about your health. You'll walk away with perspective shifts to help you view your own healing potential!
(4:36) The difference between chronic and acute symptoms
(26:08) Bridging the gap between the physical body and the brain
(29:06) Factors that contribute to chronic conditions
(35:32) Signs of chronic sympathetic response
(42:24) Practices to calm down the nervous system
(51:03) How to shift your focus from the negativity bias of the brain to the good things happening in your body
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What if I told you the same programming that got you sick can also help you heal? In this episode, we dive into how our bodies and minds are always trying to keep us safe and how, at times, a belief that was once helpful may need to be updated. Learn how and why those with adverse childhood experiences (or ACEs) and trauma are more likely to experience chronic digestive, gut and health challenges and discover tangible resources to help shift from chronic stress into a rest and digest state. By getting out of the fear-based loop, you can change your biology (and use it to heal!)
In our Manifest Your Health™ mini series, Erin continues to offer up new ways to think about your health. You'll walk away with perspective shifts to help you view your own healing potential!
(10:35) Subconscious versus conscious mind
(24:25) Taking advantage of the neuroplasticity of your mind
(35:30) How stress impacts your gut health
(46:02) How adverse childhood experiences and trauma can become chronic gut issues
(53:53) Changing your biochemistry & gut health by dismantling the fear loop
(59:57) Tips and tricks to resource your body & gut for better neuroplasticity
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Today’s episode puts the tool of manifestation on the table to show what’s possible when healing the body. In this conversation, Erin shares parts of her story and how she used manifestation to heal, as well as 5 main nuggets of wisdom that listeners can take away and apply to their own lives. If you’re struggling with fears around healing or feel you’ve exhausted options, this episode is for you!
In our Manifest Your Health™ mini series, Erin continues to offer up new ways to think about your health. You'll walk away with perspective shifts to help you view your own healing potential!
Timestamps:
(8:35) The origin story of Manifest Your Health™
(14:52) Hardwired beliefs and the reticular activating system
(20:19) Breaking the stress-fear-symptom cycle
(22:36) Magnetizing realities through feeling
(25:12) Frequency medicine and subconscious reprogramming
(35:25) Limiting beliefs and compassionate self-ownership
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Erin interviews Cameryn, our Client Success Coordinator and previous client of TFN, for our first ever expander episode. They dive into how the framework within Manifest Your Health™ can help you shift your thoughts related to chronic health symptoms and diagnoses to a place of growth, expansion, and possibility so that you can reach your full healing potential.
In our Manifest Your Health™ mini series, Erin continues to offer up new ways to think about your health. You'll walk away with perspective shifts to help you view your own healing potential!
(4:52) The difference between the field of predictability and possibility
(11:11) What it means to reach your full healing potential
(13:16) How self-compassion plays a role in healing
(19:04) Reframing your diagnosis to feel hopeful and expansive
(26:18) Metaphysical underpinnings of symptoms
(41:37) A practice to rewire your brain for possibility
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