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Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
In this episode, we are talking about why, when it comes to your health, your body and eating habits, things may have felt really hard. You might wonder why it is so difficult to feel good and to change your relationship with food and be well.
I’ll be talking about the system that we live in and how it has been set up against usd and how it's been set up to make it really hard for us to feel good.
I'm going to be sharing the 5 different aspects of the system that we live in that may have made your health difficult to manage so that you can stop beating yourself up, blaming yourself, thinking you should be further than you are, and just start owning where you're at and have some compassion for that.
Also seeing the wider context of your health can be so permission-giving and can just really help you to understand what's been going on.
So, this is going to be a really juicy episode. It's something that I don't hear anybody else talking about in the health space.
I don’t see this highlighted enough, and it is so impactful to know and understand. It will explain so much about why you are, where you are.
Make sure you have a listen. It's going to be so helpful and it feels really impactful and powerful, even just recording it.
Enjoy!
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
In this week's podcast, we are talking about what your hormonal symptoms mean. What does the heavy bleeding, the lack of period, the sore boobs, the painful cramping, not sleeping, the PMS, what potentially do they all mean?
These are all really common symptoms, but I would argue that they’re not exactly normal. They are your body telling you something. I want to share this with you because your body is incredibly intelligent and it is always communicating with you and our job is to figure it out and listen.
But most of us haven't been taught that especially when it comes to female hormones and periods, because for the last multiple centuries, we have been shamed about all the things for having a period… And just to point out your period is basically the only reason humanity exists. So, I feel like we should know a little bit more about it.
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Today we have session 4 with Jess. This podcast is a live session where we talk about the importance of supporting your nervous system, detoxification, weight gain and why that might be the case, what it has to do with inflammation and a whole lot of other stuff.
This session is a check-in with Jess who has just gotten her continuous blood glucose monitor. Jess is someone who has hypothyroidism. We started working together because she was having awful periods - She would suddenly go from really normal periods to awful ones with really bad fatigue and some weight gain even though nothing else had changed in her life.
These live session episodes are different because they can give you a little peek into what it actually means to heal your body and apply nutritional science and lifestyle medicine to your body. I think sometimes it can feel a bit like we don’t know what it means to do this and if we ever feel a bit unsure about something, we tend to not want to go and do it.
If you think holistic nutrition is all just about crystals and chanting, it's not at all, but maybe that idea puts you off working on your health holistically and you miss out on this whole healing modality/
I'm guessing you're listening to this podcast because you want to feel better because there's some area of your life, maybe it's a diagnosis, maybe you've just got symptoms where you are being told that everything is fine in your health but you don't feel fine. You probably want to feel better and I know that you can - There is always room for improvement.
I'm confident that you can feel better than you do right now.
I really hope that this podcast equips you and helps you in feeling better because that's the big goal, right?
When you feel better, everything changes - your relationships change, your earning potential changes. It impacts your family, how you parent, or if you can get pregnant, it impacts so many things, which is why I'm so passionate about health.
Your body really is the foundation of your life and I know that there's some really fun and awesome things that you're put on this earth to do, but you're going to really struggle to do them if you are not feeling great in your body, mind and health.
Ready to dive into the show?
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
This week I am talking about the three fears that all my clients have.
This is something I've seen time and time again, and I know that talking about this will help you to know that it's normal to have fear. That when you want to improve your health or ditch certain symptoms you are saying you want CHANGE and change often comes with its friend FEAR. And I see these fears getting in the way of people making progress so I want to normalize them.
As these are things that each of my clients experienced, so I want you to know to what to expect. SO that when you freak out, get scared or think it's not going to work - you can say 'ahhh yep this is fear coming up and I was expecting it - its right on time! I must be on the way to transformation!'
So the three fears - that you maybe didn't realize were bubbling away under the surface are:
- The idea that it’s not going to work or nothing will change
- It will be SO HARD to do
- The investment of money, energy and time won’t pay off
When we can acknowledge these fears, and expect them to be there, we can have a lot more compassion and keep making progress. A key takeaway here is that if you want to create change, expect it to feel uncomfortable and scary at times.
Getting personalised support will make your life easier and help you push past these fears. Plus when you know what the problems are, when you have a strategy that targets those problems and you have the support to help you implement that strategy consistently, you will see incredible results.
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
This week, I am sharing five reasons why and how I feel better now after having three kids, less sleep and a whole lot of other life stuff going on.
How and why is it that I feel better now than I did a decade ago? Even in the past year with newborn twins and a toddler and less sleep I feel like my energy is good. I feel good. I'm not burnt out. Not everything is perfect of course, but why is my energy more stable? Why are my hormones normal?
Why has all this stuff plagued me before when I had more sleep and less kids gone away?
I wanted to talk more about this because I also see these play out with my clients all the time and I want to share them with you so that you, in a month's time or in five years' time, feel better than you do now.
I know that you can feel better than you do right now so I want to share these principles with you so you can start to apply them and start seeing some change.
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
In this week's podcast episode, we are talking about your body being your smartest, wisest, most strategic solid investments, and why we aren't taught this.
We'll look at our values and a really important mindset shift that we need to make if we want to start seeing consistent and speedy results - This is a big thing that I find gets in the way of a lot of people and it’s something that we're not necessarily conscious of.
It can be such a game changer. When I realised this and could put it into words, I thought, oh my goodness, this is insane. It is also so illogical and weird and it explains why so many people are struggling, why so many people are tired, burnt out, exhausted, in pain, uncomfortable, not sleeping well, bloated, having awful periods, skin problems, feeling horrible and feeling like there's no hope.
I'm going to share more about what it is, how we can shift this, where it comes from, and just kind of give you a bit of a pep talk - Let's shift this narrative. Let's shift this value. Because when you do, I promise you that you will see results.
This isn't fluffy stuff. This is fundamental. We're talking about our values and our mindset and our psychology and how some of us feeling rubbish right now is probably inevitable based on this mindset and set of societal systems.
So, it's a really juicy episode. I really recommend you listen all the way to the end.
Feel free to get in touch, if you have any questions.
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
This week’s episode is a live session with my client, Jess. We have been doing live sessions here on the podcast. So, this is our 3rd session after a bit of a break.
Jess is someone who has energy issues and has been struggling with awful periods, hyperthyroid diagnosis, hypothyroid, and has a whole bunch of other stuff going on.
Some of the things we about:
- Continuous blood glucose monitoring
- Weight and why she's having a bit of a struggle
- Estrogen and metabolism and check in with her hormones.
And, we look at some of the key reasons why I think last year, her hormones and energy really started to tank and a whole lot of other juicy goodness.
This episode is a really great insight into what it looks like to work with me. Also, FYI, Jess is my sister so there is some banter but it really is a good insight into what this holistic approach looks like and what that actually means.
I think people tend to think the holistic approach is like a whole lot of crystals and meditating, or they think it's just too much and too extreme. These sessions with Jess really helped me to see what it looks like for you and whilst obviously your body is going to be different to hers, some of the struggles that she has, her energy, her hormones etc, come up time and time again with women that I work with.
So, I know that you're going to get some really useful, actionable tips and advice from this, as well as seeing why the process I take my clients through is so transformational and unique.
My approach is very data oriented, scientifically driven. It's very holistic, very empathetic, nonjudgmental - It's realistic. It’s simple and it is incredibly effective.
We talk about the progress she's seen just from a couple of really simple things and experiments that she has run. So, through this episode, I want to show you that transformation is possible. I hope you enjoy it!
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
In this week's episode, we are looking at why your periods are awful, why your hormones are driving you crazy and what you can do about it.
We’ll look at what's going on, how you can alleviate some of the symptoms and what the two key things are that everybody can do to support their sex hormones and create more balance and balance out their hormones, whether you're perimenopausal, whether you're PCOS, you've not had a period, whether your periods are heavy, whether they're irregular.
These are some of the key foundations that will help - wherever you sit on that spectrum. I’ll explain how your periods can be zero drama and really serve you.
Cos a lot of women feel like their periods are an inconvenience, are shameful or embarrassing but that doesn't need to be the case.
You might be listening or reading this and be thinking, I hate my periods or maybe you're struggling with fertility issues. But these things will really help whether your perimenopause, menopause, whether you're trying to get your period back or whether your period is miserable.
I honestly love periods, but it hasn't always been this way. I used to hate my period because they were really heavy and really painful or my cycle was really short or it just disappeared for a while and I’d go months without it. Then it would come back.
It was irregular for the first decade of my life. (I got my periods really early) So, I didn't know when it was coming. It just arrived and I literally just had to go and lie in a dark room. Turn the lights off until somebody could go get me some drugs. They would take half an hour to kick in and then I could function again as a human.
Now. They are incredible - simple, no pain, no drama and regular.
I've been pregnant for 18 months of the last couple of years and I really missed cycling. I missed my periods because I think when you can make them really healthy and really heal them, then they can become such an incredible way to live your life.
I honestly think that but they need to be balanced first.
In this episode, I'm going to share three different clients I've worked with in the last 18 months to show you different pictures and what their key reasons were and how we improved their symptoms.
- Rachel: Heavy Painful Periods
- Dani: No periods and a complex health situation
- Sarah: Heavy awful periods
Tune into to find out more.
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
This week we're talking about why you are exhausted - Three reasons why you are tired, fatigued, knackered, whatever word that you want to use. I'll share more about how energy is actually made in the body and why it is that you feel exhausted and therefore what you can do about it.
This isn't just some fluffy ‘Ooh, drink a coffee’ We are looking at what the system of energy production is and what can go wrong with it. When you know this, there's so much that you can do about your energy levels.
If you had more energy, maybe you would start growing some vegetables, maybe you'd get that second dog that you want, maybe you would go back and retrain for a totally different career, maybe you would start advocating for certain things, maybe you'd volunteer, maybe you would do up your house.
Energy is such a foundational thing in our lives, yet for some reason, most of us are willing to accept crap energy.
We think of energy as like this outward thing like ‘I hope I get energy’ but energy is a system in your body, in your biology that you create. When you know the system, you can create energy. - It's not a limitless amount of energy, but you can really optimise the creation.
There is a reason why you are tired, and there's something you can do about it.
What is energy? How do we make it?
To get more energy we need to understand the system of energy. Energy is cultivated, it's created and it is the result of a very finely honed system within the body.
To put it simply, we create energy in most of the cells in our bodies, apart from our red blood cells. You are made up of billions of cells and within each of these cells is something called mitochondria. Mitochondria is like your power plant - where you create energy.
When we're talking about energy within the body, we're talking about something called ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) There is a whole set of reactions that take place all the time to produce this thing that is energy.
In order to make ATP, it actually costs us ATP - The process of making energy means that you need to spend some energy.
So, if you are exhausted, it means one or both of the following:
- You are struggling to make optimal ATP - I say optimal ATP because if you are alive you are obviously making ATP.
- You are wasting or overspending the energy you produce so you struggling to create more ATP.
I find with clients, it's probably a mix of both but for some people it is more one than the other, depending on their health, history and symptoms.
Maybe you have brilliant ATP - Production is optimal, but you are spending left, right and centre. It's a bit like money. You're really struggling to make the currency, so you're not even necessarily wasting it, but you've just not got it.
So, energy is a bit like money - I think about it like a currency. - It's something that we make.
It's not a limitless resource and that your body just has tons of it. It costs you to run it.
It costs energy to make money just like it often costs you money to get to work.
If you're exhausted all the time, it's kind of like the equivalent of you being in debt. (I call it energetic debt) You don't have enough to pay for what you're doing. You don't have enough energy to pay for what you're doing.
Now, this is metaphorical. It's not necessarily the exact biochemistry, but it's a really helpful way of thinking about it.
What we need to do is manage our energy, just like we have to manage our money. You need to manage your energy because it isn't limitless.
We need to prioritise where our energy goes. This is a part of the conversation but for some of us, there's also some real, biology wonkiness happening that we need to address as well.
Reason 1: Struggling to produce energy
So, if we think about that part, your cell is making ATP that can be affected by mycotoxins or mould, things like heavy metals inflammation, certain medications etc, fertility issues, fibromyalgia, cognitive decline, etc.
Mitochondrial dysfunction can look like lots of different things. What we really need to do is look at the actual energy production cycle.
Reason 2: Overspending:
Now, another reason why you could be exhausted is because you are overspending.
One of the ways that I see people overspending is by what I call the mental load. They are carrying too many things, juggling too many things - There is too much stuff going on in their brain.
It doesn't necessarily mean doing everything. It’s about having too much going on in your head all at once.
This is especially the case with women, because women tend to do most of the unseen, unpaid, let's be honest, unappreciated work in our society still. Fortunately it's changing, but it's generally the case.
This can be huge - and that doesn't just mean you doing the stuff. Maybe you're in a partnership and your partner is really proactive but you're still the delegator. You are managing your household potentially and if that is a massive load to carry.
Another way to look at this is that you really struggle to switch your brain off. You might be thinking that you aren’t doing too much, but you are struggling to switch your brain off in the evening.
Ask yourself ‘what is my mental load? Am I carrying everything? Where can I get help? Where can I offload things?’
Being able to switch into a parasympathetic state, which can be really hard if you're somebody that just struggles to switch off and you're always prepared to be on the go and then just fall asleep.
That is not healthy for your biology, for your energy production, for your brain. It will lead to burnout or you will just slowly get more exhausted.
So, being able to switch off is really important.
Reason 3: Inflammation Leaks:
When I say inflammation leaks, I’m talking about food intolerances, mould, heavy metals, high sugar diets, or just a bad diet for your body, poor sleep quality, chronic stress or too much/too little fat for your body's ideal nutrient depletions.
There might be:
- Auto-immune conditions going on. Immune system dysregulation happens when there's poor digestion.
- Skin issues because of poor detox pathways.
- Drinking too much alcohol
- Taking a lot of medications that just have known side effects - that doesn't mean you have to change that - It's just knowing and being aware that that's maybe a plug or a hole in your bucket.
- Being chronically stressed.
- Poor sleep.
- Being slightly underweight.
These are all going to drain your energy and if you want to have more energy, you need to plug those things so that your cup can overflow with more energy.
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I would love to spend time with you, to support you and help you get more energy.
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
In today's episode, we are looking at this one thing that is radical and revolutionary, and probably makes you uncomfortable, but is really integral for you seeing results in your body, your belly, your mind, your skin, and your hormones.
I want to tell you why and I'm going to give you a bit of a history lesson and I'm really hoping that this episode is eye opening and revelatory for you. It has definitely felt that way for me, as I've leaned into this in the past years and realised that this is why I've maybe ended up in the pickle that my health..
It doesn’t get talked about much on the internet - I feel like no one ever talks about it, but it plays such a massive role in your health and feeling good, in your hormones and your belly.
You don't have to agree with everything that I'm saying by any means, but I want to give it to you as an offering, because I really think if you soak this in it could really help you really help you see incredible results.
It might make you feel a little bit uncomfortable but from just being aware of this and taking a little bit of action on it is really going to serve you and you will see results.
I don't really see this talked about much, but it really makes a difference and plays a role in your health, in the speed of your recovery and the progress that you make.
This is something that I have struggled with. I found it uncomfortable to do, and I see my clients struggle with it a lot with the practice of getting support and allowing support in your life.
I see it impacting client's biomarkers because the idea of getting support and the practice of allowing yourself to have support can really feel uncomfortable. I really want to argue for the idea that it's really radical and revolutionary for most women.
So, as you know, I'm a holistic nutritionist - I am not a historian, but I want to go through what I know of history so far.
Women historically have been ‘the support’. - Not just women, other marginalised people too.
They have been the support of family, the support of the men in their lives, support of their children, support of their community etc.
You can see how, if you are expected to support everybody in your family and in your community and in your home and life there is this unconscious expectation that we are there to only support others.
We've been told this unconsciously time and time again - We know through research that the average female is doing about 20 hours per week of free labour in caregiving responsibilities and caring for other people that men simply do not always do or feel they have to do.
We unconsciously think that we don't need to be supported because we need to support everyone else instead. We might feel deserving of support but we often don’t take any action on this feeling and ask for that support.
This is often how we feel about our health and wellbeing. There is support out there - We just need to remember that it’s OK for us to ask for it.
Want to see BIG results in your energy, belly, skin and hormones?
Then chances are you need some personalised support (hint – that is what I do!). Click here to find out more and to book your call with me.
Resources Mentioned
- Find out more about working with me here – and book your call.
- Find out more on how to deal with constipation – here and here
- Find out about the BIGGEST mistake people make in supporting their digestion here
- Looking for free-from recipes? Then check out all my yummy recipe here
Head to kezihall.com/blog to stream from there or subscribe to the Gut Goddess Show on iTunes and then it will delivered to your device every single week.