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Are you getting a full night of uninterrupted sleep every night, and waking up filled with energy each morning? Are you getting through your days without the aid of caffeine? Are you free of brain fog, aches and pains? Is your sex drive amazing? Are you free of disease and have an immune system that keeps you free of the bugs that are going around? If not, this episode is for you! Sleep deprivation is an epidemic in the United States (and probably around the world) today. Most people are unaware of how dangerous chronic sleep deprivation really is and how damaging it is to your health, not just now, but long-term. In today's episode, I step away from my typical interview format to myself riffing on a topic that is paramount to our health and long-term well-being. Listen in as I share some consequences/symptoms of chronic sleep deprivation, why sleep is SO IMPORTANT to your health and NOT a luxury, and recommendations that you can implement starting today, to achieve a good night's sleep.  Visit my website: http://thrivingprimallywellness.com/ The blue blocker sunglasses I refer to on the podcast can be found here.  *** Click here to leave a review on iTunes. Your reviews are super important and will help me get this podcast available to more people who need it! Oh, and please remember to share this podcast with anyone you know would benefit from the information! Head on over to http://thrivingprimallywellness.com/autoimmune-podcast.html, sign up for my weekly newsletter, and share the podcast!  

GIVEAWAY! At the start of Episode 12 (my next episode), I will be giving away two copies of Robb Wolf’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls’s new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life to four lucky winner! To be entered into this giveaway, I need you to do two things: Click here to leave a review on iTunes. Your reviews are super important and will help me get this podcast available to more people who need it! Head on over to my website, thrivingprimallywellness.com and sign up for my weekly newsletter. When you sign up you’ll receive a download for a free copy of my color-coded Food Planning Guide to Optimize Wellness! *** Being the daughter of a surgeon and an O.R. nurse, Whitney Morgan (sagepointacupuncture.com) believed that doctors had magical powers. She grew up struggling with asthma and allergies, and taking pills, liquid medications and inhalers to manage the symptoms. Even though Whitney never got better taking the medications, all of her faith and trust was endowed upon the medical field. Until it wasn’t. In her early 20s, while still struggling with the symptoms of allergies and asthma (and taking the prescribed medications that went along with those conditions), she began to have panic attacks. Never fear, Xanax is here! Later on, after the birth of her daughter, she began having skin flares and was diagnosed with psoriasis. The dermatologist’s answer? Steroid creams!  In her mid-thirties came a diagnosis of interstitial cystitis (an inflammatory bladder condition). The urologist’s answer? Surgery! Powerful pain medications! “Join a support group, ‘cause you’re stuck with this for life Babe!”  That was the breaking point for Whitney. The point at which she decided to take her health into her own hands and investigate how her symptoms were connected, and what was at the root of all her maladies. In this episode, Whitney talks about what she learned, the steps she took, and the changes made to bring her body back into balance. She learned that symptoms are not the problem, but rather, the body’s way of telling you that something is out of balance. Interested in learning more about the FDN Course that Whitney and I are both trained through, and looking into becoming a FDN-P yourself? Click here to learn more. *** GIVEAWAY! At the start of Episode 12 (my next episode), I will be giving away two copies of Robb Wolf’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls’s new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life to four lucky winners! To be entered into this giveaway, I need you to do two things: Click here to leave a review on iTunes. Your reviews are super important and will help me get this podcast available to more people who need it! Head on over to my website, thrivingprimallywellness.com and sign up for my weekly newsletter. When you sign up you’ll receive a download for a free copy of my color-coded Food Planning Guide to Optimize Wellness! Oh, and please remember to share this podcast with anyone you know would benefit from the information.  

Before I dive into the episode details, remember, you can review the podcast to enter to win one of two copies of Robb’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. Contest ending soon. Click here to leave a review on iTunes. Your reviews are super important and will help me get this podcast available to more people who need it! Oh, and please remember to share this podcast with anyone you know would benefit from the information! Head on over to http://thrivingprimallywellness.com/autoimmune-podcast.html, sign up for my weekly newsletter, and share the podcast! *** You are in for a treat on today’s episode! I talk with Corrie Broughton, of corriebroughton.com, who shares her “saga” of a lifetime of health struggles that became progressively worse, and involved a cluster of symptoms, including unexplainable pain in her arms and legs, severe ringing in the ears, bloating, pain in her veins, panic attacks, sores on her arms and legs, and even losing her ability to read! Corrie went through the gamut of specialists seeking answers to her mystery ailments, including her primary care doctor, a rheumatologist, cardiologist, dermatologist, otolaryngologist (ear-nose-throat), and gastroenterologist. At some points along the way she was made to feel that she was creating these symptoms in her head, and one doctor even suggested that what she really needed was to be taking anti-depressants! Eventually, Corrie received diagnoses of FIVE different autoimmune conditions, including Hashimoto’s, interstitial cystitis, vasculitis, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and gluten sensitivity. She was offered the standard treatment from all of the specialists she saw, “There’s nothing you can do to reverse this condition. You’ll just have to treat the symptoms with this medication for the rest of your life.” Corrie was determined that her life didn’t have to be filled with such misery and became hell-bent on finding solutions. After doing some functional lab testing, she discovered some hidden causes of dysfunction at the root of her conditions, including food she was eating every day. Corrie also altered her way of being to include more self-love and self-care and has been able to find a beautiful life on the other side of all the suffering. If you are interested in learning more about Corrie, and the work she does with women to help them find their own identity with her life coaching. Remember, you can review the podcast to enter to win one of two copies of Robb Wolf’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls’ new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. Contest ending soon. Just scroll down on the podcast app you’re listening on to find “Write a Review”, or for iTunes, click here. Your reviews are super important and will help me get this podcast available to more people who need it! Oh, and please remember to share this podcast with anyone you know would benefit from the information! Head on over to http://thrivingprimallywellness.com/autoimmune-podcast.html, sign up for my weekly newsletter, and share the podcast!  

In this episode I talk with Dr. Paul Nottoli of Vitality Chiropractic Center in Auroroa, IL, and founder of Health Geeks and the Health Geeks Radio Podcast. *** Before I dive into the episode details, remember, you can review the podcast to enter to win one of two copies of Robb’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. Contest ending soon. Click here to leave a review on iTunes. Your reviews are super important and will help me get this podcast available to more people who need it! Oh, and please remember to share this podcast with anyone you know would benefit from the information! Head on over to http://thrivingprimallywellness.com/autoimmune-podcast.html, sign up for my weekly newsletter, and share the podcast! *** Dr. Paul is a survivor of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a type of bone marrow cancer that he was diagnosed with at the age of 4. In this episode, he shares about his 3 ½ years of treatments and the impact his illness had on his family at the time. He discusses the long-term impact of the conventional treatments of chemo and radiation on his health, with a compromised immune system and getting sick easily, and the later development of an autoimmune skin condition that left him covered in a blistery rash from head-to-toe. Dr. Paul talks about how finally deciding to “stop being an idiot” and making necessary changes to his diet and lifestyle allowed him to get his autoimmune skin condition under control. At the end of this episode, Dr. Paul talks about the Real Food & Fitness Masterclass summit that he has put together. This episode is airing at the end of the free 10-day access to the Masterclass, but you can still access it and own all of the information he has put together for you here. You won’t want to miss the fun 80s theme he has interwoven throughout! Remember, you can review the podcast to enter to win one of two copies of Robb Wolf’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls’ new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. Contest ending soon. Just scroll down on the podcast app you’re listening on to find “Write a Review”, or for iTunes, click here. Your reviews are super important and will help me get this podcast available to more people who need it! Oh, and please remember to share this podcast with anyone you know would benefit from the information! Head on over to http://thrivingprimallywellness.com/autoimmune-podcast.html, sign up for my weekly newsletter, and share the podcast!

In this episode, I talk with Robb Wolf, the self-proclaimed “Poop Guy”, and bestselling author of The Paleo Solution, the newly released, Wired to Eat, and host of The Paleo Solution Podcast. This is a long episode, but so filled with golden nuggets, that you’ll want to listen to every minute! ***  Before I dive into the episode details, remember, you can review the podcast to enter to win one of two copies of Robb’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. Contest ending soon. Click here to leave a review on iTunes. *** In his new book, Wired to Eat, Robb discusses how we are genetically wired to eat more and move less, which is why in our modern world of hyper-palatable processed foods that are readily available in unlimited quantities, that it’s no wonder so many people are chronically ill and struggling with achieving and maintaining healthy weight. But, as Wolf shares in his book, there is a solution! Robb goes into his personal story of what he calls a “precipitous crash” in his health, when he dropped from a muscular 175 pounds to 130 pounds due to malabsorption from ulcerative colitis, and was suffering from a myriad of symptoms including hair loss, splitting nails, and horrible sleep. He shares the multiple triggers that sent his health into a downward spiral…triggers that included both how he was feeding his body AND how he was treating his body with lifestyle choices. He shares how the doctors threw their hands up and told him that he drew the short straw with bad genes, and that he would be facing surgery and a lifetime of medications, which as a research biochemist, he knew were a BAD idea. Oh, and they also congratulated him on his vegan diet filled with grains and legumes and told him that he’d be dead without it. And then…he dug into the research and decided to make himself the experiment. He talks about the fallacy in modern medicine that proof from lab research is required for medical reimbursement to justify trying dietary regimens that are divergent from food guide recommendations (which are based on horrible science by the way), and suggests that we let clinical outcomes drive the boat. He dives into how owning the 1st and 4th CrossFit affiliate gyms IN THE WORLD allowed him to have a massive “laboratory” for about 10 years in which to experiment with an ancestral approach to diet and lifestyle. Robb discusses how modern medicine has done a fantastic job at dealing with infectious disease, but a HORRIBLE JOB of dealing with chronic degenerative diseases, and that because chronic disease is a multifactorial problem, we need a multifactorial approach to resolving it, including: Eating foods our grandparents would’ve recognized Sleeping more Having loving, supportive relationships Not living beyond our means (STRESS!) He also dives into the importance of identifying your emotion-based “WHY” for long-term buy-in and success with improving your health, and discusses how the phrase, “Everything in moderation” is a dangerous TRAP because in our modern world of foods that are engineered to make you want to eat more, moderation simply does not exist! And he discusses his perhaps controversial take on the concept of having a “healthy relationship with food”…that there should never be guilt or morality associated with food. With food, there are only consequences, not a relationship (healthy or not).  *** Remember, you can review the podcast to enter to win one of two copies of Robb’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. Contest ending soon. Just scroll down on the podcast app you’re listening on to find “Write a Review” *** Robb also weighs in on the connection between autoimmunity and the gut. We discuss Personalized Nutrition, and how research suggests that individuals respond to various foods, specifically carbohydrates differently, and shares how the 7-Day Carb Test he shares in his book Wired to Eat can help you identify which carbohydrate foods are best for you, and which ones you should probably avoid.  Finally, Robb weighs in on Ketosis as an outstanding tool for some, but not all people. Check out the big project he’s been working on, the  newly released Keto Master Class, a 13-module program that includes a workbook, and bonus downloads such as ketosis, cholesterol, epigenetics, and intermittent fasting. You can find the Keto Masterclass at www.robbwolf.com/km. In this episode, we dive into Robb’s incredible new book Wired to Eat, but if you haven’t read his first book, The Paleo Solution, it is a MUST READ as well. In the Weekly Nudge, Robb discusses the importance of getting adequate sleep and having a good circadian rhythm for overall health. Here’s a link to the blue light blocking glasses he referred to. My personal favorites are Swanwicks. I tried a cheapy pair at first and they distorted my vision, so I upgraded to Swanwicks.  You can find Robb at www.robbwolf.com, on Facebook, Twitter @robbwolf, and on Instagram @dasrobbwolf. *** Remember, you can review the podcast to enter to win one of two copies of Robb’s new book, Wired to Eat, or one of two copies of Dr. Terry Wahls new book, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. Contest ending soon. Just scroll down on the podcast app you’re listening on to find “Write a Review”  

  In this episode, I talk with Jim Shelby a 42 year old project manager, former Marine, and member of the National Guard. He discusses how he never really considered that the foods he was eating made any difference in his health, that he thought of it as merely an energy source. That is, at least, until he completed a program in which he removed all processed foods, grains, dairy, most sugars, and focused on high quality meats, fats, and vegetables and had life-changing results. He was able to avoid getting a CPAP machine which had recently been prescribed after a sleep study revealed he had sleep apnea and was chronically sleep deprived, improvements in his psoriasis, his energy skyrocketed, he was able to workout more and recover faster, found himself far less reactive when responding to stressful events, and had amazing improvements in his body composition.  I will be giving away two copies of Terry Wahls's new book, the Wahls Protocol: Cooking for Life, and Robb Wolf's new book, Wired to Eat at the start of Episode 9. Be sure to leave me a review on iTunes, Stitcher or whatever podcast platform you're listening on, as well as sign up for my email newsletter and blog updates over at my website www.thrivingprimallywellness.com to be entered into the giveaway! Note: because of website construction issues, my podcast is not currently linked on my website, www.thrivingprimallywellness.com, but will be soon!

Reminder: I will be giving away two copies of Terry Wahls’ new book, The Wahls Protocol: Cooking for Life, and Robb Wolf’s new book, Wired to Eat at the start of Episode 9. Be sure to leave me a review on iTunes, Stitcher or whatever podcast platform you’re listening on, as well as sign up for my email newsletter and blog updates over at my website www.thrivingprimallywellness.com to be entered into this giveaway! Note: because of website construction issues, my podcast is not currently linked on my website, www.thrivingprimallywellness.com, but will be soon! In this episode, I talk with Nancy McQuiston, a 42 year-old registered nurse who fully believed, heart and soul, that conventional medicine had all the answers. That is, at least, until November of 2011 when she was damaged by a mandatory influenza vaccination! Her symptoms emerged quickly and spectacularly! Nancy says that within four hours her skin was burning as though she had a sunburn all over her body. Within 24 hours her ears were ringing, beginning chronic tinnitus that never stopped. Within 36 hours she began experiencing aching in her hands, feet, and hips, bright red joints, and debilitating pain that left her unable to sleep for the laborious months ahead. Exercise became extremely painful, leaving her unable to participate in any of the activities she loves, and even walking upstairs left her in pain for days. One to two years after the injury, she began experiencing severely dry eyes and mouth. She describes the depression that she experienced as she began to lose hope as her symptoms progressed. Listen as Nancy tells her story, and the steps she took to recover her health and rebuild her life after a multiple year battle with debilitating pain. Nancy advocates for true informed consent by doctors when patients are being given vaccines, meaning that patients are FULLY AWARE of potential harmful side-effects from the vaccinations. Resources recommended by Nancy for educating yourself about vaccinations:  Healthy Freedom Idaho   Nurses Against Mandatory Vaccines National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) Texans for Vaccine Choice

In this episode, Dori Martin shares about her 20+ year struggle with eating disorder and food addiction, a secret she held onto for over two decades. She talks about how this disorder impacted her health and happiness and what she finally did to kick her eating disorder to the curb. Dori has her own podcast, Off the Medical Grid, where she discusses alternative options with experts in the field for those who are choosing to go outside of the conventional medical model of healthcare for treating chronic health conditions. Enjoying this podcast? I would be super grateful if you leave me a review. Simply go into your Podcast app on iTunes, press on the podcast cover artwork, and click on the “Ratings and Reviews” link in the center of the page that appears!

In today's episode 52 year old Rich Hillsgrove shares his story of how he recovered his health after struggling with a lifetime of chronic fatigue and a weak immune system by making changes to his diet and lifestyle. He compares the difference in the way he feels to "cleaning his windshield". No longer does he have to miss out on family events and holidays or take naps after any physical efforts in order to be able to enjoy a fun social night out with his wife. I love Rich's story, because it is such a common one in our modern world, and Rich's story can be anyone's story. Rich had no idea there was another way, and before he became empowered to take charge of his health, he had just accepted his fatigue and quick-to-get-sick self as his normal. Like what you're hearing? Have a suggestion? I'd love to have your feedback! Please leave me a review on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or whatever podcast site you're listening on. I'll be doing a giveaway during Episode 9, listen in for details!

In this episode, Dr. Terry Wahls, author of the Wahls Protocol and The Wahls Protocol: Cooking for Life shares her incredible story of using food as medicine to recover her health from late-stage secondary progressive Multiple Sclerosis and being bound to a zero gravity wheel chair to completing an 18-mile bike tour. You don't want to miss this episode! Find out more about Dr. Wahls: Website: http://terrywahls.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerryWahls/ If you'd like to support Dr. Wahls's mission of creating an epidemic of health, check out The Wahls Research Fund page   Definitely check out her TED Talk "Minding Your Mitochondria"  And don't forget to leave me a review on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or whatever podcast site you're listening in on and leave me your email at www.thrivingprimallywellness.com for your chance at winning a copy of her new cookbook!    

In this episode I interview Reed Davis, the founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. Reed shares with you what experiences led him to developing the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN) course, which has led thousands of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioners across the globe to help their clients discover the HIDDEN causes of stress on the body through the use of functional lab testing. Reed discusses the DRESS protocol taught in the FDN course and how practitioners are using it to help their clients incorporate actionable changes to diet and lifestyle that ultimately steer the body back towards health. Thinking about becoming a health coach and Interested in learning more about the FDN course? Click here to find out more:  And finally, from now until September 30th, Reed is offering $500 off the price of the FDN course, so if you are really interested, now's the time. Just enter the promo code SAVE500 at checkout for your discount. I will be giving away two copies of Terry Wahls's new book, the Wahls Protocol: Cooking for Life, and Robb Wolf's new book, Wired to Eat at the start of Episode 9. Be sure to leave me a review on iTunes, Stitcher or whatever podcast platform you're listening on, as well as sign up for my email newsletter and blog updates over at my website www.thrivingprimallywellness.com to be entered into the giveaway! Note: because of website construction issues, my podcast is not currently linked on my website, www.thrivingprimallywellness.com, but will be soon!  

Are you or a loved one suffering through every day with an  autoimmune condition or other long-term chronic health issue that you haven't been able to resolve through conventional medical treatments? If so, Autoimmune Connections is for you! Autoimmune Connections is here to empower you and to bring you hope for healing, for transformation, and for honoring your birthright of living a high quality existence while on this planet. In each episode, I will bring you stories of people just like you who reclaimed their health and their lives by making changes to their diet and lifestyle that allowed their body to being the process of healing. In this first episode of the Autoimmune Connections podcast, I will share with you some startling statistics about the state of health in the United States, and then my friend Dori Martin, creator of the "Off the Medical Grid" podcast, will interview me so that I can share with you my personal story of a lifetime of chronic health issues and a culminating autoimmune crisis that led me on the journey to discover the diet and lifestyle changes that were necessary to heal my body after being failed by the conventional medicine sick care model of drugs and surgery. My personal story of healing is my WHY. Why I am so passionate about helping others to improve their health and the quality of life. I will be giving away two copies of Terry Wahls's new book, the Wahls Protocol: Cooking for Life, and Robb Wolf's new book, Wired to Eat at the start of Episode 9. Be sure to leave me a review on iTunes, Stitcher or whatever podcast platform you're listening on, as well as sign up for my email newsletter and blog updates over at my website www.thrivingprimallywellness.com to be entered into the giveaway! Note: because of website construction issues, my podcast is not currently linked on my website, www.thrivingprimallywellness.com, but will be soon! Website: www.thrivingprimallywellness.com Instagram: @thriving_primally Facebook: Thriving Primally Wellness