LIVE WELL PODCAST | EPISODE 10 - LIVE AN ANTI-DIET LIFE WITH LAUREN CHAMBERS
In episode 10 of the Live Well Podcast, join me and Lauren Chambers as we debunk some of the major dieting myths and and talk about how to live a life free from dieting!
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Lauren Chambers is the Certified Nutrition + Healthy Lifestyle Coach & Real Food Recipe Blogger of So Fresh N So Green. She’s also a fellow Seattleite! Her mission is to help you transition from making food & lifestyle choices driven by diet culture, confusion, trends, or stress to a more conscious, sustainable approach to eating well and feeling good which I love.
In episode 10 of the Live Well Podcast, we'll debunk some of the major dieting myths, and talk about how to live a life free from dieting!
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Introducing Lauren
2:10 Lauren answers, “When is the first time in your life you thought about dieting or your weight as a girl?”
8:00 Health effects of constant dieting
11:00 Getting so use to “tuning out” and ignoring the signs of our body
12:00 Lauren’s story of transitioning to a whole food diet
20:00 Debunking the biggest dieting myths
Understanding the diet industry
30:00 Steps to start living an anti-diet life
1. Transition to a whole foods diet to reduce inflammation (considering individual food triggers)
2. Building self-awareness
3. Getting support
40:00 Lauren’s thoughts on weighing yourself daily
49:50 Outro
If you loved this episode, I'd be honored for you to give me a rating on iTunes. This helps me to get content out to others who are interested in getting control of their health through diet, lifestyle shifts and personal empowerment.
P.S. I always offer free 30-minute discovery sessions to get clear on your major health concerns and what’s standing in your way.
We're all unique and will implement each of these strategies differently, so contact me to set up a consultation and we can create a plan of action specifically for you.
In Health,
Christina Tidwell, MN, RN, CHC
LIVE WELL PODCAST | EPISODE 7 - DR. STEVE OVERMAN ON HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH YOUR DOCTOR
In episode 7 of the Live Well Podcast, Dr. Overman speaks about the difficulty of diagnosing autoimmune disease and how to best collaborate with your doctor to get the most out of your care.
Dr. Steve Overman is a clinical professor at the University of Washington and a recently retired Rheumatologist and founder of the Seattle Arthritis Clinic. He's also the co-author of the book, You Don’t Look Sick! Living Well with Chronic Invisible Illness.
In episode 7 of the Live Well Podcast, Dr. Overman speaks about the difficulty of diagnosing autoimmune disease and how to best collaborate with your doctor to get the most out of your care.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Introducing Dr. Steve Overman
Dr. Overman’s Book: You Don’t Look Sick!: Living Well with Chronic Invisible Illness
0:60 The importance of finding a coach
0:90 Why is it so difficult to diagnose autoimmune diseases?
0:95 What is autoimmune disease
Organ vs. systemic
1:30 Autoinflammatory diseases - not specific antibodies to measure
1:55 Allergies - mast cell activation
1:80 Difficulty to get a diagnosis
Lack of time
Lack of education
2:30 How to communicate your story to your doctor to get the most effective care
“Don’t read the last chapter first”
3:00 Bring one piece of paper to your office visit
Download my Appointment Checklist >>
4:00 Autoimmune disease as an invisible illness
4:30 Fibromyalgia information
Amplification of symptoms seen on MRI
5:09 Frustration with getting taken seriously by your doctor
5:60 Using a response to treatment to help with an ongoing diagnosis
7:45 “A Snake in the Mist” - feeling like you’re going to die before you get a diagnosis
7:60 Three strikes to firing a doctor
8:15 Current treatment of Autoimmune Disease in our healthcare system
Dr. O’s Big 5
Toxins
Sleep
Diet
Exercise
Stress
9:90 Advice for those going through the healthcare system with a chronic illness
Phases of illness
Find support - get a coach
10:56 Outro
If you loved this episode, I'd be honored for you to give me a rating on iTunes. This helps me to get content out to others who are interested in getting control of their health through diet, lifestyle shifts and personal empowerment.
P.S. I always offer free 30-minute discovery sessions to get clear on your major health concerns and what’s standing in your way.
We're all unique and will implement each of these strategies differently, so contact me to set up a consultation and we can create a plan of action specifically for you.
In Health,
Christina Tidwell, MN, RN, CHC
LIVE WELL PODCAST | EPISODE 6 - END EMOTIONAL EATING WITH AMANDA PICKERING
In episode 3 of the Live Well Podcast, I got to talk with the amazing Amanda Pickering about emotional eating.
In episode 6 of the Live Well Podcast, I got to talk with the amazing Amanda Pickering about emotional eating. Amanda is a certified health and life coach based in the UK who is passionate about helping women discover the greatness they have inside of them.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Introducing Amanda Pickering
About Amanda
2:00 Amanda’s personal health journey
Glandular fever, chronic fatigue, hormonal issues, ovarian cyst, thyroid issues, anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, panic attacks, OCD all before age of 21
3:53 “This can’t be my life, there has got to be another way”
4:12 Delving into the power of food
Food is information
Mindset is even more important than what we put in our bodies
Healed from every health condition and lost 25lbs
8:50 4 reasons why people have a hard time sticking to a healthy lifestyle
Not having a plan that actually works (i.e. calorie counting)
Lacking the right support
Self-Sabotage - bringing yourself back to what you think you deserve
Emotional eating - when you eat food for any other reason than because you are hungry
13:00 Reasons people emotionally eat
Struggling to deal with an emotion
When we aren’t getting our needs met in some area of life
When we feel we aren’t in control of something
19:40 Tangible steps to take right now
Ask yourself the question, “Am I actually hungry?”
If you are not hungry, ask, “What happened in the last 30 minutes that might have triggered something in me?”
Feed the need
26:20 How to take back control and improve your relationship with food
31:05 Outro
If you loved this episode, I'd be honored for you to give me a rating on iTunes. This helps me to get content out to others who are interested in getting control of their health through diet, lifestyle shifts and personal empowerment.
P.S. I always offer free 30-minute discovery sessions to get clear on your major health concerns and what’s standing in your way.
We're all unique and will implement each of these strategies differently, so contact me to set up a consultation and we can create a plan of action specifically for you.
In Health,
Christina Tidwell, MN, RN, CHC
Live Well Podcast | Episode 2 - Navigating Conflicting Dietary Advice With Mickey Trescott
In episode 2 of the Live Well Podcast I got to talk with the amazing Mickey Trescott about diet, autoimmune disease, and navigating conflicting dietary advice.
In episode 2 of the Live Well Podcast, I got to talk with the amazing Mickey Trescott about navigating conflicting dietary advice. Mickey Trescott is author of the best-selling book, The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook, co-author of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook and co-host of The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast with Angie, as well as the creator of the video-based cooking program, AIP Batch Cook.
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I asked Mickey the question, “How do you deal with all of the conflicting information out there with dietary fads and differing theories?" because it’s something that comes up with every single one of my coaching clients, and it's something I’ve grappled with myself.
Maybe you have an inkling that your diet might be affecting whether you have a chronic illness or not? Or you’ve begun to dive into the research, have tried a few things and bought a million supplements and have come up overwhelmed and confused?
There's SO much information out there, which is great. But depending on what you read and who you speak to, you'll get a different answer for how to improve your symptoms and feel better. So how do you know what’s best?
THE SHORT ANSWER: LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
“Listen to your body” might be an annoying phrase that you can’t quite wrap your head around. It’s in the same family as, “reduce your stress” or “self-care” or other phrases that sound so nice and simple, but can be hard to pin down when you’re actually trying to achieve them.
Listening to our bodies has become a vague and somewhat challenging task because we've gotten so used to looking outside of ourselves for information and guidance on how to feel better.
Instead of constantly searching and looking outside of ourselves for the answers, I want to talk about how to look within as the only way to really figure out what works best for you and your beautiful body.
HERE ARE THREE WAYS TO START THIS PROCESS OF TUNING IN:
5 second body scans before meals to ask yourself these questions:
How am I feeling?
Where am I holding tension?
What are my symptoms?
What is my energy level?
Getting quiet. Silence isn’t empty. It's full of answers. Breathing and meditating allows us to clear mental clutter so we can more fully listen to the signs and signals our bodies are trying to give us. I like the apps Calm or Insight for introductory meditation, or I practice my favorite 4-7-8 breathing technique.
Complete a 5-day food/symptom journal to start the process of noticing how what you put in your body makes you feel. You can download it by clicking here >>
This is a process and it's like strengthening a muscle, so be patient with yourself! Let me know in the comments where you're at with this process of tuning in. What do you notice right now if you do a 5 second body scan? What comes up? If you complete your 5-day food journal and come up with some interesting insights, let me know!
If you loved this episode, I'd be honored for you to give me a rating on iTunes. This helps me to get content out to others who are interested in getting control of their health through diet, lifestyle shifts and personal empowerment.
P.S. I always offer free 30-minute discovery sessions to get clear on your major health concerns and what’s standing in your way.
We are all unique and will implement each of these strategies differently, so contact me to set up a consultation and we can create a plan of action specifically for you.
In Health,
Christina Tidwell, MN, RN, CHC