Trust Your Gut

In 2014, I bought a one way ticket that ended up being 5 years of nearly full time travel. In these episodes I am going deeper into stories of the places I travelled and how it's all interwoven with my gut-brain, trauma, and nervous system healing journey.  My immersion into these different landscapes, and the people and experiences had along the way have been essential to building my experie...

In 2014, I bought a one way ticket that ended up being 5 years of nearly full time travel. In these episodes I am going deeper into stories of the places I travelled and how it's all interwoven with my gut-brain, trauma, and nervous system healing journey.  My immersion into these different landscapes, and the people and experiences had along the way have been essential to building my experie...

Well, I went to Burning Man. I wasn't sure if I was going to share about my experience on the podcast, but once I started recording for a different topic, this one felt like it wanted to emerge! So here we are.  This was my first time at Burning Man, and I share about (some) of my experience and it's interwoven with other aspects of my life and healing journey right now, while also reflecting...

In 2014, I bought a one way ticket that ended up being 5 years of nearly full time travel. In these episodes I am going deeper into stories of the places I travelled and how it's all interwoven with my gut-brain, trauma, and nervous system healing journey.  My immersion into these different landscapes, and the people and experiences had along the way have been essential to building my experie...

In 2014, I bought a one way ticket that ended up being 5 years of nearly full time travel. In these episodes I am going deeper into stories of the places I travelled and how it's all interwoven with my gut-brain, trauma, and nervous system healing journey.  My immersion into these different landscapes, and the people and experiences had along the way have been essential to building my experie...

Your mindset around your symptoms and overall health matters. And sometimes just trying to shift your mindset can be really tough, especially if you are dysregulated in your nervous system or have experienced trauma. So this is a way to bring the body into connection with the negative thoughts you are having, and to establish positive thoughts around your symptoms. Emotions are a direct line to th...

Intergenerational trauma is very important when we are looking at chronic symptoms of the gut-brain and mind-body connection. Trauma can be passed down through three generations and may be at the root of some of the issues, habits, patterns, beliefs, and symptoms we are feeling stuck in. Tune into this episode to learn about what intergenerational trauma is and how we can begin to address it.&nbsp...

I take a very careful approach to supplements after a history of being too hyperfocused on supplements to heal my gut-brain symptoms. However, there are certain times I find them to be extremely supportive, one in which is during travel!  As I am currently traveling overseas for the next month, I wanted to share what I bring to support my gut-brain health and why during my travels.  Join...

For decades we've been told that depression is caused by low serotonin. An umbrella study published last year has shown there is no evidence that is the case. Tune in to hear about what may be the true cause behind depression and what we can do about it.   Join the masterclass:   Discover the Missing Piece to Break Free from the IBS-Stress Cycle Find out more about my program , &nbs...

In the last episode (37) I shared about all the challenges I had been faced with lately and what I was learning from there. Here is the update on what's happened since and where I am currently at in the healing process.   Join the masterclass:   Discover the Missing Piece to Break Free from the IBS-Stress Cycle Find out more about my program ,   Gut-Brain Healing Toolkit. Want to ta...

Over the past three weeks, I have been getting hit with many different challenges, and stress causing situations. It's been kind of unbelievable all the things that have happened and layered on top of each other in such a short time frame. I share in this episode the details of what's been going on and where I'm at now after all of it. I hope this episode resonates with the challenges you may face...

Well, in this episode I am just in a mood. It's been a very busy and very stressful time lately. And within that space I have found myself dipping into depression and grief. Through this process I am being reminding of some very important things... like the most important thing to develop for healing and just navigating life with the most ease as possible.    Join the masterclass:  ...

We are bombarded today with so many different messages of what is healthy, especially when it comes to gut health. For 15 years I trudged through all the information out there, trying to figure out what was the best thing to do to cure my symptoms. Many of these habits are healthy, yet they made my gut and anxiety symptoms worse. You may be experiencing the same thing.   Join the masterclass:...

All of our early-life experiences predispose how we interact with the world and what we perceive as safe.   This programs our nervous system responses, microbiome, gut-brain communication, and mental states at a young age, and we carry this into adulthood.   If we had any adverse early life experiences, such as trauma, disconnection with caregivers, or a disturbance of a safe, nurturing...

This episode is about the entire foundation of the work I do with Trust Your Gut and the framework behind it that I utilize with clients. I talk about this through the lens of my upcoming group program, Gut-Brain Healing Toolkit.  This episode shares and breaks down what is a part of my program for those of you who may be interested, and if not, will still provide value in understanding what...

We all know exercise is good for us. Diet culture has ingrained the idea of “eat less, exercise more.”   We’re shown that lean, muscular bodies are the ideal, and that if we aren’t pushing ourselves to our limits in a HIIT workout, we don’t feel we got enough. But exercising more or more intensely isn’t the best thing for our gut. Tune into the episode to learn more about this and how to figu...

  The health of the lands and waters, of the culture and the community, is not separate from the health of individuals. Our body is earth. Our bodies have evolved over billions of years with the earth as intricate, interconnected entities. They are our vehicles of experience. There is deep, inherited wisdom within them. Join the masterclass:   Discover the Missing Piece to Break Free fro...

Recently, I took a month to hit the road. Getting out on adventures in new places, especially alone, always provides deep reflection and insight. In this episode I share with you what came up for me this last month.  Topics include: decision making, the antidote to scarcity, obsessive thinking, what resistance can teach us, gut health and travel, routines with nature, and more!&nbsp...

I talk a lot about chronic and traumatic stress being one of the largest culprits and root causes of chronic gut-brain symptoms. If you've looked to improve your gut symptoms or anxiety, then you know just how import managing and reducing your stress is. Often though, people will tell me "but I already took care of my stress" or "but I'm not that stressed." Well, your body may be under more stress...

As a former nutrition coach and yoga teacher, Leashia felt she was living an extremely healthy life, yet she had strange symptoms and pains coming up. She shares what she discovered to be the cause of her symptoms, and what helped her regain her health. We discuss emotional wounds, intergenerational trauma, and the importance of feeling safety.  Leashia Arrowsmith is a Trauma-Informed Motherh...

IBS is so frustrating. It's mostly just a catch all phrase for a doctor to say "I don't actually know what is causing your symptoms." I struggled with IBS-C (constipation dominant) for so much of my life.  The thing is... IBS is a dysfunction of the gut-brain connection. Therefore, how our nervous system is functioning is essential when it comes to IBS. In fact, 50 - 74% of people diagnosed w...

This is a MUST listen. Join Haley and I as we talk about her experience with serious digestive issues that were not fixed by a celiac diagnosis and going gluten free - but rather by looking at deeper aspects of herself. A large part of her healing was through the support of Chinese medicine, which helped her understand what emotional aspects were driving her symptoms, and by connecting more deeply...

If you go to Google and search for how to best support your gut, you will come across some common recommendations: eat a ton of vegetables, eat lots of fiber, take a probiotic, take a prebiotic!  If you struggle with IBS, or have been diagnosed with SIBO, then you'll likely hear to eat a low-FODMAP diet.  Let me break these suggestions down and debunk them - because they aren't all true...

What exactly causes nervous system dysregulation in the first place? Seems like everyone and their grandma is talking about nervous system regulation these days. And yes, I am one of them! I have spoken to this as part of other episodes, but I wanted to make an episode dedicated specifically to explaining what causes nervous system dysregulation in the first place. Can you identify your commo...

So everyone these days is talking about finding the "root" cause. What does that actually mean? In this episode, I break down gut-brain symptoms and what I have come to understand as the true root cause for most of them, and it is not SIBO, dysbiosis, or low stomach acid. It's so overwhelming to have digestive symptoms and turn to Google to find they could be from so many different sources. Y...