Ashley and Sarah Armstrong

Rooted in Resilience

Health EN ↓ 78 episodes

Rooted in Resilience is all about building your strongest, healthiest, most resilient self - without any of the extremes, short cuts, or diet-culture BS! Podcast hosts & sisters, Ashley & Sarah Armstrong of the @strong.sistas, demystify health, sharing practical tips and experiences for overcoming hypothyroidism, hormonal imbalances, autoimmunity & other metabolic disorders, largely inspired by the work of Dr. Ray Peat. Plus, they dive into all things optimizing exercise, so you can train with intention, build muscle & lose fat in a sustainable, smart way.www.armstrongsisters.com

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Ashley and Sarah Armstrong

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Why Elevated Estrogen, Histamine, Serotonin & Endotoxin are all Connected with Georgi Dinkov 21.02.2023 1:58:37

A conversation with Georgi Dinkov about the connections between elevated estrogen, histamine, serotonin, and endotoxin - four components to what often becomes a viscous cycle of estrogen dominance, gut issues, mood issues, histamine issues, and more. Learn why serotonin is not simply "the happy hormone" and excess serotonin produced in the gut is actually a bad sign. Estrogen is not simply the fem...

Navigating Diet Rules, Tracking Macros & Seasonal/Intuitive Eating 09.02.2023 1:01:29

Understanding what foods to eat, how much food to eat, what macros (how much protein, fats, and carbs) and so on can be tough, especially in today's diet-culture. In this episode, we provide our perspective on what it means to follow just another fear-based "diet" with rules, versus actually starting eating intentionally to heal your body and reach your goals. We go over macro tracking and who wou...

Biggest Mistakes & Lessons Along our Health Journeys 04.01.2023 1:00:35

Welcome to our first episode of the Rooted in Resilience podcast with the @strong.sistas (us, Ashley and Sarah). Man we're excited to be podcasting finally, while we can't wait to dive into some juicy topics, we wanted to start off this first episode with some background information regarding where we've been and how we've gotten to where we are today.  With that said, in today's episode, we...