Autoimmune Revolution Podcast

Parenting with Autoimmune Disease

Hey friends, you are going to love this episode. I am so honored to feature Rachel Bailey, Parenting Expert as a special guest. I found Rachel originally on The Purpose Show with Allie Casazza, and then I binged listened to all of Rachel's Podcast episodes on driving on a long car trip.

When I returned I tried just 1 of her tips to reduce sibling fighting, which had popped up recently for us, and saw an 80% reduction in fighting between my 10 and 12-year-old in the first week.

Rachel and I talk about Rachel's definition of "yuck" that we all deal with, as well as how it impacts you negatively. Don't worry, parenting with autoimmune disease brings it's own YUCK and we are going over how it is not your fault, why it happens, and how to outsmart your own biological response. You know, that response to your kiddo that isn't always spectacular - Rachel teaches us how to outsmart it if you are parenting with autoimmune diease.

Don't skip this episode if you aren't parenting with autoimmune disease - you could easily call this episode parenting with "yuck" because yuck is something all humans have. I can't wait for you to check it out!

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Parenting with Autoimmune

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Hey friends, since this is a special guest episode, there is not transcript for this one. If you are a parent of children of any age - still living at home. This is a must-listen episode!

If you have more questions about parenting with autoimmune and are looking for more actionable steps in this episode, I would love to have you join us in the Wellness Circle, my exclusive and free community to help women pursuing holistic wellness, body, mind, and spirit and discussions around the Autoimmune Revolution Podcast.

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Be well,

How to Practice Gratitude

Hey friends, if you are listening to this while doing your traveling for the holidays - safe travels loves! Today we are talking about how to practice gratitude.

Gratitude is a practice that turns meals in to feasts and houses into homes. It is a healing practice that is best repeated daily but this time of year is a beautiful time energetically and spiritually to start a gratitude practice regardless of if you have had one in the past.

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How to Practice Gratitdue

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How to Practice Gratitude Introduction

Hey friends, if you are listening to this while doing your traveling for the holidays - safe travels loves! Today we are talking about how to practice gratitude.

Gratitude is a practice that turns meals in to feasts and houses into homes. It is a healing practice that is best repeated daily but this time of year is a beautiful time energetically and spiritually to start a gratitude practice regardless of if you have had one in the past.

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

 

So here's the thing, being grateful having gratitude practicing gratitude thanking the Creator for everything that shows up in our reality, and that means the good and the bad, opens up a Healing Center in our bodies that raises our vibration and it can even raise our vibration to a level where pain and suffering simply don't exist.

You might be thinking Lord Audrey is going all off and the woo-woo today. And you know I love my fair share of Wu, but my Wu is backed in science. Research demonstrates that focusing on gratitude, on what we are grateful for, opens up a feeling and emotion that is happier that is more fulfilled. Studies have shown us That gratitude directly impacts greater happiness, Better Health, few are aches and pains, more focus, alertness, and determination, better sleep, and improved self-esteem. And that these things actually lead to more optimism, new and lasting relationships, progress towards personal goals, and increased generosity and empathy. It is a circle that keeps on giving.

How I Practice Gratitude and the Impact

Gratitude is not something that I take lightly. I have had a gratitude practice for over a decade now and I can simply say that it is life-changing. There is absolutely no downside and practicing gratitude can be as simple or as complex as you'd like. My gratitude practice started with simply journaling 3 to 10 things that I was thankful for each day. and still when I find my default gratitude level wavering, it is a practice that I go back to and still create my list every day.

Even though gratitude is a very simple practice, it does take practice to have gratitude as your default mode. Often people have trouble feeling grateful because it is difficult to acknowledge what we have. Sometimes this difficulty is based on taking things for granted and sometimes this difficulty is based in being so busy that...

Holiday Anxiety

Hey friends, the holidays are coming, and so is the holiday anxiety for many. If you missed last week, I talked about all the food and nutrition stuffs and gave you 3 steps to banishing the holiday cravings + guilt + overwhelm that comes with it.

Despite the joyous nature of the season, often we are overindulging in food and alcohol, overindulging in expectations and what others demand of us, overstressed, and just plain worn out. This serves to significantly increase our inflammation and decrease our health and wellness. It’s the same for all but scales up when you are living with a chronic illness or autoimmune disease.

So in today’s episode, we are going to talk about the holidays the energetic and emotional turmoil, summing it all up in holiday anxiety.

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Holiday Anxiety

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Holiday Anxiety Introduction

Hey friends, the holidays are coming, and so is the holiday anxiety for many. If you missed last week, I talked about all the food and nutrition stuffs and gave you 3 steps to banishing the holiday cravings + guilt + overwhelm that comes with it.

Despite the joyous nature of the season, often we are overindulging in food and alcohol, overindulging in expectations and what others demand of us, overstressed, and just plain worn out. This serves to significantly increase our inflammation and decrease our health and wellness. It’s the same for all but scales up when you are living with a chronic illness or autoimmune disease.

So in today’s episode, we are going to talk about the holidays the energetic and emotional turmoil, summing it all up in holiday anxiety.

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

If you are inundated with food and drinks from Mid-November through New Years and maybe on into the Superbowl and you combine it with stress, anxiety, emotional ties to the food AND then the family stuffs and budget stuffs that happens - you have a big recipe for big inflammation and effects that last long after the holiday joys wear off.

Before we get too far into this, I want you to know for yourself or for a loved one that might be listening or you might be thinking of... the information that I'm going to give today is absolutely not meant to be pill shaming in any way.

Pill shaming is toxic and it's time to break down that taboo in society. Working through anxiety is hard enough oh, it makes it even harder around the holidays, and then adding pill shaming and stigma creates an even more difficult situation.

There's a lot of misinformation out there about antidepressants and even antipsychotic drugs. Yes, they can do a lot of damage to the body but sometimes people require that extra bit of help to enable them to live a normal and happy life. The strategies were going to talk about in this episode are generally enough for people to reduce their dependence...

Holiday Cravings

Hey friends, the holidays are coming, and so are the holiday cravings. Am I right?

So many clients and listeners find this time of year to be incredibly challenging for their human suits, their hearts, and even their spirits. Despite the joyful season, often we are overindulging in food and alcohol, overindulging in expectations and what others demand of us, overstressed and just plain worn out. This serves to significantly increase our inflammation and decrease our health and wellness. It’s the same for all but scales up when you are living with a chronic illness.

So in today’s episode, we are going to talk about the holidays and food and cravings. About indulging in those things you wait all year long for in the least health-damaging way. (Next week we will talk about the energetic and emotional stress too.)

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Holiday Cravings

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Holiday Cravings Introduction

Hey friends, the holidays are coming, and so are the holiday cravings. Am I right?

So many clients and listeners find this time of year to be incredibly challenging for their human suits, their hearts, and even their spirits. Despite the joyful season, often we are overindulging in food and alcohol, overindulging in expectations and what others demand of us, overstressed and just plain worn out. This serves to significantly increase our inflammation and decrease our health and wellness. It’s the same for all but scales up when you are living with a chronic illness.

So in today’s episode, we are going to talk about the holidays and food and cravings. About indulging in those things you wait all year long for in the least health-damaging way. (Next week we will talk about the energetic and emotional stress too.)

 

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

Okay - so here’s the thing - I don’t care how good the book is or how phenomenal the supplement is - there is no quick fix for your health. There is quick symptom masking - what I like to refer to as band-aid medicine. And now there is quick symptom masking and bandaids with natural remedies too.

If it's true healing, from the root cause of your issue, that you are looking for, if you are looking to create health, I’m sorry to say - there just isn’t a short cut.

What there definitely is though, is a foundation that you can build to help make healing faster and easier, to help to create health, no matter where you are on your journey.

The Typical Holiday Cycle

If you are inundated with food and drinks from Mid-November through New Years and maybe on into the Superbowl and you combine it with stress, anxiety, emotional ties to the food AND then the family stuffs and budget stuffs that happens - you have a big recipe for big inflammation and effects that last long after the holiday joys wear off.

Top 10 Tactics to Create Health

Hey friends, oftentimes we are looking so hard at what we need to take away, tweak, add, hyper-focused on symptoms that we forget to start back at the basics. It’s really important to create health with a solid foundation before you start to tackle those bigger issues.

It’s not as sexy to build the foundation first, especially when collectively we are marketed to for quick fixes to create health and instant gratification. (Here’s a hint: there’s not a quick fix.)

In today’s episode, we are talking about 10ish tactics to create health. No matter where you are on your health and wellness journey, these tactics will serve as foundational wellness for you.

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Create Health Intro

Hey friends, oftentimes we are looking so hard at what we need to take away, tweak, add, hyper focused on symptoms that we forget to start back at the basics. It’s really important to have to create health with a solid foundation before you start to tackle those bigger issues.

It’s not as sexy to build the foundation first, especially when collectively we are marketed to for quick fixes to create health and instant gratification. (Here’s a hint: there’s not a quick fix.)

In today’s episode, we are talking about 10ish tactics to create health. No matter where you are on your health and wellness journey, these tactics will serve as foundational wellness for you.

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

Okay - so here’s the thing - I don’t care how good the book is or how phenomenal the supplement is - there is no quick fix for your health. There is quick symptom masking - what I like to refer to as band-aid medicine. And now there is quick symptom masking and bandaids with natural remedies too.

If it's true healing, from the root cause of your issue, that you are looking for, if you are looking to create health, I’m sorry to say - there just isn’t a short cut.

What there definitely is though, is a foundation that you can build to help make healing faster and easier, to help to create health, no matter where you are on your journey.

Top 10 Health Creating Tactics

1. Sleep. There’s no getting around this one. If you are sleep-impaired chronically, it's not possible to create health to live vital, vibrant, energetic lives. You are looking for good sleep and waking up before your alarm about 90% of the time.

A few quick tips here, go to bed when your body is tired (even if it's 8:30 pm.) Practice sleep hygiene. Let your brain know in the hour before you are getting into bed that you want to wind down and prepare to sleep deeply.

2. Play. Yup, I’m serious. Many of us behave as though there is a large prize at the end of life rewarding us for working as many hours as possible and checking off as many things on our neverending to-do lists. Guess what?

Nutrient Deficiency: an Autoimmune Trigger

Hey friends, are you suffering from a nutrient deficiency? On the surface, many of you would say no, because often we think of nutrients as calories or food volume and you’re likely not starving. 

But the reality is that many most humans are suffering from some kind of nutrient deficiency., It becomes a bigger issue when it is part of the perfect cocktail that triggers an autoimmune disease. 

In today’s episode, we are talking about 6 key nutrient deficiencies that commonly cause autoimmune troubles, part of the soup that can trigger autoimmune disease.

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Nutrient Deficiency: an Autoimmune Trigger

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Nutrient Deficiency Intro

Hey friends, are you suffering from a nutrient deficiency? On the surface, many of you would say no, because often we think of nutrients as calories or food volume and you’re likely not starving.

But the reality is that many most humans are suffering from some kind of nutrient deficiency., It becomes a bigger issue when it is part of the perfect cocktail that triggers an autoimmune disease.

In today’s episode, we are talking about 6 key nutrient deficiencies that commonly cause autoimmune troubles, part of the soup that can trigger autoimmune disease.

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

So as you may already know, Your autoimmune system is complex, so complex, when you study it, you can really perceive the miracle of the immune system. It almost seems magical. But like anything with complexity, there are many issues that can arise to cause your immune system not to function properly. It’s nothing to live in fear about, but important to note.

One of those complexities we hear about often, and I'm even guilty of talking about it often is consuming foods that are inflammatory or that are triggers for inflammation. It could be foods that are triggers for the population in general, for all humans, or specifically for you.

The flip side of that coin is being in a nutrient deficiency. There are many nutrient deficiencies out there but there are some really specific ones that happen with or trigger autoimmune disease.

Interestingly consuming these inflammatory foods can often also be part of the root cause of a nutrient deficiency. Crazy right? Eating food-like substances and ultra-processed foods even, though they say they're fortified with vitamins and minerals, can trigger a nutrient deficiency.

Nutrient Deficiency Mini Case Study

I have a client who had just slight thyroid hypofunction, just a little bit it was almost undiagnosable conventionally. Luckily she had a good family practice physician, that recognized she was on heading towards thyroid dysfunction or diagnosable thyroid condition and sent her my direction.

Morning Routine

Last week we talked about the morning routine, this week as promised, let's get on to nighttime routines. Morning routines have lots of benefits, but as I mentioned, to maximize the benefits it’s best to bookend your days with routines in the morning and evening that improve your mental, emotional, and energetic wellness. 

So we will dive into those nighttime routines in today’s episode. You will learn the importance of having a nighttime routine to set your restful sleep in motion, how it helps to set you up for success, and how it helps to heal your body if you are on a wellness journey. Whether you just know you could feel better or you are an autoimmune warrior, a nighttime routine will work magic on your sleep and energy levels which means big benefits for you!

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Nighttime Routine

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Nighttime Routine

Last week we talked about the morning routine, this week as promised, let's get on to nighttime routines. Morning routines have lots of benefits, but as I mentioned, to maximize the benefits it’s best to bookend your days with routines in the morning and evening that improve your mental, emotional, and energetic wellness.

So we will dive into those nighttime routines in today’s episode. You will learn the importance of having a nighttime routine to set your restful sleep in motion, how it helps to set you up for success, and how it helps to heal your body if you are on a wellness journey. Whether you just know you could feel better or you are an autoimmune warrior, a nighttime routine will work magic on your sleep and energy levels which means big benefits for you!

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

I feel like we had some grumbles last week with morning routines, many people aren’t morning peeps, and that is a-oaky. As you learned last week - a morning routine isn’t reserved for only those people that are early birds.

Personally, I am a morning person, and for sure not a night owl, but being a morning person doesn’t stop me from having a nighttime routine that works well to help me drift off to sleep and stay asleep.

In the Autoimmune Revolution membership, one of the FIRST things we work through is SLEEP. Why? Because, as Thomas Dekker famously said, it is the golden chain that connects our body to healing.

So often when we start to examine what the Autoimmune Revolution members are doing, why they might not be getting optimal sleep - heck even sometimes part of the reason they are suffering from so much anxiety. When going through and assessing where our routines are, I have found that everyone has some sort of morning and nighttime routine, they are present but are actually contributing to their inflammation, rather than assisting the body in healing.

So last week I said it was my mission to change...

Morning Routine

What is your morning routine? Are you the fall out of bed and rush right into the day type or the lay in bed and play on your phone type? Maybe your morning routine is just hitting that snooze button over and over. Either way - technically it is a morning routine, but not exactly a morning routine that helps to set you up for success.

Today we are talking about morning routines (if you haven’t guessed) and you will learn the importance of a morning routine, how it helps set you up for success, and how it helps you heal your body or maintain your health. No matter where you are on your wellness journey, a morning routine will carry you through to big wellness benefits.

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Morning Routine

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Morning Routine

What is your morning routine? Are you the fall out of bed and rush right into the day type or the lay in bed and play on your phone type? Maybe your morning routine is just hitting that snooze button over and over. Either way - technically it is a morning routine, but not exactly a morning routine that helps to set you up for success.

Today we are talking about morning routines (if you haven’t guessed) and you will learn the importance of a morning routine, how it helps set you up for success, and how it helps you heal your body or maintain your health. No matter where you are on your wellness journey, a morning routine will carry you through to big wellness benefits.

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

Are you a morning person?

It's okay if you aren't!

I know not everyone is a morning person, and I am a bit partial to morning routines because I am a morning person. But equally important - is an evening routine which we will cover that next week so stick with me through this and come back for that episode too. Even if you aren’t a morning person, establishing a morning routine WILL help to revolutionize your morning and the rest of your day. After all, is what you are doing now making your morning delightful?

Let me share a story with you...

Not long ago I posted in the Wellness Circle about morning routines - and I listed a cute graphic that had some morning routine information on it. It said each morning to cleanse and refresh, attract abundance, connect mindfully, ignite clarity and creativity, self-heal, be open to change, manifest, and nurture with self-love.

The reaction I got was a resounding WHAT THE HECK? WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT?

And my response was like huh? That takes 30 min or less - I do that first thing each day!

So I am now making it my mission - you are welcome - to change your mind and get you started on an awesome morning routine. I had no idea so many people didn't have one! This will actually create MORE time in your day and help you heal from autoimmune disease or stay...

Healthy Baking Swaps

Man, fall and winter really make me want to start baking - luckily baking doesn’t have to set off a winter full of flares and troubles. There are healthy baking substitutes that help to revolutionize your favorite baked goods and maintain your health at the same time.

Today you will learn how to take the recipes you love and make them healthier! If you hang out with me on Instagram you will find me sharing my fav recipe swaps all the time! In this episode we will be talking flour and sugar swaps, dairy alternatives, egg alternatives and if you join me in the live group version of this (it’s totally free!) you will even learn how to sneak veggies into your baked goods and join in our community recipe swap!

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Healthy Baking Substitutes

Man, fall and winter really make me want to start baking - luckily baking doesn’t have to set off a winter full of flares and troubles. There are healthy baking substitutes that help to revolutionize your favorite baked goods and maintain your health at the same time.

Today you will learn how to take the recipes you love and make them healthier! If you hang out with me on Instagram you will find me sharing my fav recipe swaps all the time! In this episode we will be talking flour and sugar swaps, dairy alternatives, egg alternatives and if you join me in the live group version of this (it’s totally free!) you will even learn how to sneak veggies into your baked goods and join in our community recipe swap!

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

You don't have to miss out on treats...

Sugary - flour-y - dairy - egg fluffy rich treats can wreak havoc on your health, but they don’t have to. There are such good subs available! Healthy baking substitutes can transform a dish into something healthy or at least healthiest without all of that inflammation.

Let me share a story with you...

I think that is a common thought when people listen to me and when they see I practice what I preach. And my kids do too. They think that I must be missing out. I have even been given sympathy for my “poor kids” and myself for choosing to eliminate certain areas of our nutrition that were causing massive inflammation and illness.

Funny thing is - we still have ice cream - I still make cookies - we still have cake on birthdays and pie and stuffing on holidays BUT it is without gluten, dairy, white sugar, and eggs. And it still tastes AMAZING.

We even still make the occasional Starbucks run - I will share more tips on that soon.

Here are some of my fav swaps...

As summer comes to a close this year, it feels so good to welcome Fall's wonderful season. The crisp idyllic air,

Food Intolerance Symptoms

What do food intolerances and symptoms have to do with each other? You have heard me say before, that autoimmune disease or chronic illness is a tree with many roots.  Meaning, there are many root causes for everything that you experience symptom wise. Including food intolerance symptoms - that may not even seem like they are related to food.

Why focus on food intolerances and the symptoms that come from them, especially when there may be bigger more dangerous food allergies to discuss? 

Easy - most people are eating foods they can’t tolerate, having big symptoms from it, and they don’t even know it! In my anecdotal experience, about 80% of people I have helped over the years have symptoms coming from a food that they adamantly claimed, “ I don’t have a problem when I eat it.”

Today you will learn what food and symptoms have to do with each other and why it matters for your healing journey - no matter WHAT your healing from.

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Food Intolerance Symptoms

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Food Intolerance Symptoms

What do food intolerances and symptoms have to do with each other? You have heard me say before, that autoimmune disease or chronic illness is a tree with many roots. Meaning, there are many root causes for everything that you experience symptom wise. Including food intolerance symptoms - that may not even seem like they are related to food.

Why focus on food intolerances and the symptoms that come from them, especially when there may be bigger more dangerous food allergies to discuss?

Easy - most people are eating foods they can’t tolerate, having big symptoms from it, and they don’t even know it! In my anecdotal experience about 80% of people I have helped over the years have symptoms coming from a food that they adamantly claimed, “ I don’t have a problem when I eat it.”

Today you will learn what food and symptoms have to do with each other and why it matters for your healing journey - no matter WHAT your healing from.

Intro

Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease.

Food Intolerance is on the rise...

Overall, food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances are on the rise. The statistics tell us that about 1 and 4 people are aware that they have an issue with a particular food, but many many more are suffering from them and just haven’t connected the dots. Even further - a bunch of people blame the wrong food - often because they read a book about gluten or lectins or some other nutrient that must be causing their issues.

Many researchers have proposed the reason that these food issues are on the rise is a result of our food manufacturing and farming processes...