The Coach Debbie Potts Show

Capacity Before Flow: Why Drainage Comes First for Healthy Aging from the Inside Out


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If you're a high performer living life like a race—training hard, eating "right," optimizing everything—but still feeling inflamed, tired, reactive, or stuck… this episode is for you.

In this deep-dive rabbit hole episode, Coach Debbie Potts breaks down the real order of operations for health, performance, and longevity—from the nervous system to lymph, liver, bile, gut, and mitochondria—and explains why drainage must come before flow if you want to age strong, resilient, and metabolically healthy.

You'll learn why:

  • Flow is not effort—it's capacity

  • The nervous system is the master switch for digestion, detox, hormones, and recovery

  • Lymph only moves with breathing, movement, hydrated fascia, and parasympathetic tone

  • The liver doesn't "detox" unless bile can package and carry waste out

  • Pooping is the final step of successful drainage—not the first

  • Forcing detox, training, fasting, or hormones without open exits creates symptoms, not healing

Using the FLOW Foundation™ framework (Free the Nervous System → Lymph & Fascia → Oxygen & Blood Flow → Waste Removal), Debbie walks you through the cellular logic of why high performers burn out despite doing everything "right," and how restoring flow turns a stagnant internal swamp back into a clean, moving river.

This episode connects the dots between:

  • Nervous system regulation (safety vs. survival)

  • Lymphatic drainage and inflammation

  • Liver detox phases and bile flow

  • Gut motility and hormone clearance

  • Mitochondrial function, blood sugar, and aging capacity

If you're ready to stop guessing, stop forcing, and start building health from the inside out, this episode sets the foundation for creating your own FutureYou Blueprint™—with the right order, for your unique body.

🎧 Listen now and learn why Drainage → Flow → Capacity is non-negotiable for how you age.

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