Understanding how your emotional health and wellbeing influences and affects your gut health can be a light bulb moment on your SIBO journey. This week Rebecca is joined by Dr Leslie Meyers, a Naturopathic Doctor with a particular interest in gastrointestinal issues. Rebecca and Dr Meyers discuss the gut-brain axis, the effect of anxiety and a heightened nervous system on your digestion and why self awareness is a big part of the gut health puzzle.

• Why understanding the relationship between your gut and your brain is so important
• How the gut-brain axis works
• How anxiety and stress stimulates our sympathetic nervous system
• Why the parasympathetic nervous system works best when we are at rest
• Making positive changes to eating habits to encourage good digestion
• How probiotics can help to increase the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin in the gut
• Using probiotics and why identifying the ones that will work for you is important
• The difference between probiotics and prebiotics
• Why nourishing ourselves is a big part of self love and self worth
• Finding supportive practices to help you reduce stress
• Identifying where to start with addressing your own emotional health
• Moving forward with confidence once you’ve begun to address your emotional health

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