Trust Your Gut

Symptoms are going to flare. Triggers are going to happen. As much as I wished they would just heal and never come up again, it's not realistic for most people. Healing isn't linear, but rather it's cyclical. I've been having symptoms flare lately in my gut-brain, and I share in this episode how I approach and navigate these flares. This is how we build greater awareness, trust in our bo...

Change your mindset, change your life. Think positively. Do affirmations. Live with an abundance mindset. Be in a high vibration to manifest. Create your vision board. So many of these concepts we hear thrown around all the time in the wellness, spiritual, and personal growth worlds. This can lead to feeling a lot of shame when we are unable to have a positive mindset, when we aren't manifesting o...

You can't have a podcast or a business that focuses on the gut-brain connection, the mind-body connection, and nervous system regulation and not have an episode dedicated to the vagus nerve! This episode is an introduction to the vagus nerve. Tune in to learn about what exactly the vagus nerve is, why it's so important for gut-brain health and nervous system health, and how to improve the strength...

Talking about weight loss is not something I do, nor it is anything I work with clients on, or promote. Weight has nothing to do with gut health, mental health, or the kind of health and healing I promote.  This title is meant to be a little controversial to grab your attention and offer a different idea behind weight loss and diet culture. We have been told forever that we need to exercise m...

As a highly sensitive person and someone who has struggle with IBS, this connection has become so apparent to me, especially through learning about the nervous system and mind-body connection.  In this episode I will draw the parallels between the two, and explain WHAT causes both to develop in individuals, further solidifying their link. *** GIVEAWAY ! Go to Trust Your Gut on iTunes and leav...

In this episode I give a very honest, vulnerable reflection on what I have felt challenged by lately, and what I have been working on in my life, in therapy, and in overall healing journey. It connects a lot of dots for me, and hope it does for you too! Topics include: obsessive thinking, anxiety, indecision, FOMO, overactive flight response, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing.    Join...

Exploring the experience of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and the deeply engrained survival mechanism behind it. Listen in to understand how it is a protective mechanism developed to keep one safe, and can be linked to trauma and nervous system dysregulation.   Join the masterclass:   Discover the Missing Piece to Break Free from the IBS-Stress Cycle Find out more about my program ,  ...

This was such a fun, juicy conversation with musician, energy worker, and truth seeker, Stephanie Carlin. We talk about her journey through gut issues, and how she overcame them by learning to love herself and listening to her truth. This led her to creating Truth School, a place where trailblazers can  unlock the emotions behind their imbalances and diseases so that they can trust themselves...

Oh, bloating. One of the most common symptoms I hear folks complaining about when it comes to their gut. Bloating was the daily norm for me for so much of my life. The morning would start fine but by the end of the day my stomach would look pregnant. If you experience this you know just how uncomfortable and disheartening it can be. These are the most common reasons behind bloating that I’ve exper...

This is the first interview airing on the podcast! I talk with Dr. Tawny Kross, a physical therapist who specializes in chronic pain. So much of what she shares about her mind-body approach applies to those who struggle with chronic symptoms. Dr. Tawny Kross  graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Duke University in 2013. She has worked in a Veterans Affairs hospital for nearly...

Is it possible to truly heal your symptoms? Does the healing journey ever end? How do we know if we are "healed"? This is what I explore in this episode, offering my perspective to what it means to heal and be free of your symptoms, and what are symptoms can offer us.   Join the masterclass:   Discover the Missing Piece to Break Free from the IBS-Stress Cycle Find out more about my progr...

I am currently in Mexico for a month housesitting and  dog sitting all by myself. It has been a huge slow down for me filled with more solitude than I've had in a long time.  This was something I knew I needed and have been extremely excited about. And it has given me some great insight to my nervous system and the pattern of busy, go-go-go, do-do-do that I learned to keep me safe. I'm u...

Trauma. It is something every human experiences to some extend. It can imprint itself on our entire being, causing dysregulation in the nervous system, chronic symptoms, and completely affect our quality of life. Tune into this extremely important episode to understand what trauma is, how it affects us, how to process it, and how we may know we have healed a trauma.      Join the ma...

After recording the recent episode, "Do You Have A Hard Time Slowing Down", and reflecting on my own pattern of go-go-go, do-do-do, I had a simple, yet potent, experience follow this.  This episode shares that recent story and reflects on the importance of being able to tune into our intuition, body, and nervous system and honor what's in alignment for us. It may just help others around you,...

Today’s episode is all about my favorite topic: the nervous system! That’s because the health of our nervous system affects every aspect of our life. It is the most important system when it comes to our health and well-being. Especially when dealing with chronic symptoms in our gut health and mental health! So many things we struggle with in our lives can be linked to our nervous system and how it...

How does the health of your gut affect your mental state? How does your mental state affect the health of your gut? They are intricately linked and constantly influencing each other.  The key players in this are our gut bacteria that make up our microbiome. They impact our neurotransmitters that are produced in the gut, which in turn effects our moods and mental states.  However, our emo...

If you have a hard time slowing down, resting, relaxing, just being and not doing - there is a reason why! Tune in to hear about my experience with this pattern, and what is behind it.  You can begin to start noticing your own patterns and how they were developed.  I leave you with some tools to move out of this heightened, busy, or anxious state and into a more regulated...

In this episode I will cover the top 10 mistakes that I commonly see when trying to heal chronic gut-brain symptoms such as anxiety, depression, IBS, dysbiosis, leaky gut, bloating, and gas. These are all mistakes that I personally made and see these so often in my clients. If you are interested in hearing more about any of these particular topics I cover in this episode today, please reach out an...

What I have learned to be the most important piece to anyone's healing journey. This is a spontaneous episode created around a concept that has been coming up for me this last year as I’ve been doing therapy consistently. It's been a fresh reminder over the past days, so I felt compelled to create an episode so that it may support you on your own healing journey. Listen in to discover what that is...

Understanding how the digestive process works is a foundational piece for supporting our gut health, mental health, and overall well-being! In this episode, I walk through the process step-by-step, explaining HOW it all works, and then identifying what can go wrong in each step of the way. If you are feeling stuck in digestive symptoms, coming back to these basics and understanding this blueprint...

We all know the saying “trust your gut,” but what does that actually mean?   Why is the gut such a large part of intuition? Where does intuition come from? Can we really trust it?  In this episode, we explore where where intuition is in our body, how our gut feelings are formed, when we may not be able to trust our gut feelings, and what you can do to get more in touch with your inner kn...

Welcome to the first episode of the Trust Your Gut podcast with Demi Fair! In this episode, I share my story and how I have navigated having chronic gut-brain issues my entire life. My life experience is what built the foundation of the work I do and the philosophy behind Trust Your Gut. I share every aspect of my healing journey and the missing piece that moved the needle the most in finally find...