Live Well Podcast | Ep #60 Managing chronic fatigue with Fran Dargaville
Fran is a Functional Nutritionist and Yoga teacher with a passion for real food and holistic health! Her health journey started when she developed chronic fatigue and digestive issues, which sparked her determination to heal herself through food, movement and mindset. Fran supports her clients through 1:1 programs and her online detox program to get to the root cause of their symptoms, so they can lose weight, get more energy and take control of their health.
I love Fran’s real food approach to health and am so excited to speak with her today about overcoming chronic fatigue.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
2:50 Fran describes her personal experience with chronic fatigue
Developed CFS as a teenager in high school
Difficulty getting anyone to take her symptoms seriously
4:20 Fran describes her second flare-up of chronic fatigue in her 20s
How a toxic job contributed to symptoms
8:20 Fran’s experience having to quit her job and move back in with her parents as she recovered
The role of her mom as an advocate and support during this time
13:00 The importance of “day to day” support when managing chronic health conditions
13:22 Fran describes the interventions that made the biggest difference for her to help her finally heal
Nutrition and gut health
Exercise and fresh air
Yoga and mindfulness
Mindset work
16:39 The limiting beliefs that kept Fran stuck from moving forward
“I’m so exhausted”
“I can’t go anywhere, what if I feel worse?”
“I can’t get the perfect food today, this will derail all my progress”
18:50 How Fran managed without a diagnosis of disease
21:55 The danger of attaching too strongly to your diagnosis
25:30 Fran details the specific foods to include and avoid to support your body
The importance of nutrient density for chronic conditions
37:50 Outro
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