Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself

Have you ever felt less than?

Like you can’t ‘keep up’ with the demands of the day?

Are your periods so painful you vomit? Or can’t get out of bed?

And now you have given up on caring about your period health because you’re ‘not trying to have a baby’

Then this is YOUR episode.

Nobody told you what birth control does to your gut lining, your libido, or your ability to recognize your own hormones again.

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🩸 The most important piece of art is you.

7 questions. 60 seconds.

Find out which kind of collector you are, and get a free guide with everything I used to heal from 17 years of endometriosis and toxic relationships, plus art chosen for your result.

This didn’t exist when I needed it. So I made it.

👉 👉 Live the Art. Take the quiz

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Today we are chatting with Functional Diagnostic Nutritional Practitioner, Leah Brueggemann.

Leah’s health journey started about 5 years ago when she discovered lumps in one of her breasts. Fortunately, after getting an exam, she was informed she had benign breast tumors.

She chose not to have them surgically removed because they reportedly return 90% of the time.

After this diagnosis, she began to research, speaking to many doctors, naturopathic doctors, and learned her irregular cycles were connected to these tumors.

Her periods were so painful they would make her throw up, if they were actually present, and she also found out she had ovarian cysts.

The research into her situation showed that her symptoms were a result of her being extremely estrogen dominant, and at this point, she knew the problem and now just needed to figure out how to solve it.

By nourishing her body with loving foods, she was eventually able to heal herself and her tumors started to shrink, ovarian cysts disappeared, her cycles normalized, and she actually had pain-free periods.

She soon realized that this situation is not unique to her. And there are SO MANY WOMEN that are having hormonal issues of some sort or another.

So she made this her mission. She became a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and empowers women by showing them how to support their bodies through proper nutrition to effectively balance their hormones.

Learn more & connect with Leah:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/

Instagram @leah_brueg

Balancing Hormones Naturally Podcast:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/podcast

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✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

06:12 Balancing Hormones Naturally Podcast

13:48 Birth Control Impact

22:08 Perimenopause MUSTS

31:28 Blood Sugar Balance

37:54 Mushrooms for hormone balance

47:54 Perfection is not the answer

54:45 Biohacking with Art - charcoal

56:35 Connect with Leah

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About the Podcast

Your pain is not a design flaw.

Your body is not broken.

And you were never meant to white-knuckle your way through a life that doesn't fit.

I'm Meredith Ochoa — ANOTHER F#%ING ARTIST. After 17 years of endometriosis, surgical failures, and being told my pain was psychological, I stopped outsourcing my healing and went in. I healed myself. I turned the journey into art. And I built this show to introduce you to every expert, practice, and buried truth that helped me get there.

Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself is a movement + podcast.

We cover chronic pain, hormonal health, endometriosis, autoimmune disease, trauma, cycle syncing, functional medicine, Reiki, Ayurveda, sacred sexuality, Taoist healing, psilocybin, and everything else the mainstream medical system doesn't want on your radar.

The only way out is through. Art is how.

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🩸all my links are here

The medicine that's been healing cancer for centuries got buried the moment it couldn't be patented.

Oscar Sierra is a functional medicine practitioner working in a space most doctors are still pretending doesn't exist: mushrooms and cancer.

The MOJO nonprofit is proving what the system refuses to fund.

This is the conversation your oncologist is not having with you.

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🩸 The most important piece of art is you.

7 questions. 60 seconds.

Find out which kind of collector you are, and get a free guide with everything I used to heal from 17 years of endometriosis and toxic relationships, plus art chosen for your result.

This didn’t exist when I needed it. So I made it.

👉 👉 Live the Art. Take the quiz

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Today we are chatting with mushroom expert, Oscar Sierra of Sierra Botanica & Collaborative Medicine

Oscar is passionate about the Patient-Centered care approach of the Eclectic Triphasic Medical System and has been practicing this way for over 9 years.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia in Nutrition Science and an Anthropology minor in Traditional Medicine. Oscar also completed over 3,000 hours of hands-on training and national board exams to earn Board Certifications in both Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture. In addition to his ongoing continued education in Chinese Medicine, Oscar also studies biomedical and systems engineering fields of Functional Medicine and Wholistic Oncology.

Oscar found that his background in martial arts, where discernment and knowledge of pressure points are used to subdue opponents, allowed him to easily transition into acupuncture to help restore balance in medical practice. The concepts he learned of Balance, Yin & Yang, Meridians, Qi, Flow, the 5 Elements, and precision remained unchanged as he pivoted into the Medical Arts.

At his full-time private practice in Sandy Springs, Oscar is typically compounding custom herbal formulas for patients or giving an impromptu discourse in the lobby. In his free time, he loves mountain biking, playing music, going on herb walks with the Georgia Herbalist Guild or Mushroom Club of Georgia, or attending and giving lectures. He has professionally provided services in the Atlanta area for over 12 years.

Learn more & connect with Oscar:

https://sierracollaborativemed.com/

MOJO Health - Cancer Healing & Information Database

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✅CHAPTERS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:06:14 Oscar's Medical work with Mushrooms

00:13:10 Origins of Medicine in the US

00:16:07 3 things to look at for treatment of disease

00:21:55 Blowing up 'healthcare'

00:29:44 Mushrooms for Cancer Treatment

00:41:26 MOJO nonprofit for cancer patients

00:49:37 Biohacking with art - cookbooks, music & mushrooms

00:58:57 Connect with Oscar

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About the Podcast

Your pain is not a design flaw.

Your body is not broken.

And you were never meant to white-knuckle your way through a life that doesn't fit.

I'm Meredith Ochoa — ANOTHER F#%ING ARTIST. After 17 years of endometriosis, surgical failures, and being told my pain was psychological, I stopped outsourcing my healing and went in. I healed myself. I turned the journey into art. And I built this show to introduce you to every expert, practice, and buried truth that helped me get there.

Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself is a movement + podcast.

We cover chronic pain, hormonal health, endometriosis, autoimmune disease, trauma, cycle syncing, functional medicine, Reiki, Ayurveda, sacred sexuality, Taoist healing, psilocybin, and everything else the mainstream medical system doesn't want on your radar.

The only way out is through. Art is how.

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🩸all my links are here

When you look up at the stars, you are actually looking at a mirror of what’s inside your body.

Let the planets be your guide to trusting in your own body and inner wisdom as we discuss body astrology.

A cosmic guide to health, healing, and harnessing the power of the planets.

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🩸 The most important piece of art is you.

7 questions. 60 seconds.

Find out which kind of collector you are, and get a free guide with everything I used to heal from 17 years of endometriosis and toxic relationships, plus art chosen for your result.

This didn’t exist when I needed it. So I made it.

👉 👉 Live the Art. Take the quiz

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Connect with Claire

Today we are chatting with author, astrologer, non-diet nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Claire Gallagher.

Claire has been a professional astrologer for over nine years with a focus on presence instead of predictions. She uses astrology to help people feel better today instead of future-tripping about tomorrow. Whether she’s doing a reading, moving with the moon, or teaching planetary journaling, Claire’s mission is to help others hear and follow their inner wisdom. She’s the author of Body Astrology and the host of the podcast Third House Gossip. You can find her at astrologywithclaire.com.

Get the Body Astrology book here

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✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

07:20 Face Your Shit w/ Body Astrology

12:24 Medical Astrology

14:45 Your natal moon

22:56 Fitness + The Lunar Cycle

31:41 You are your own authority

36:10 Biohacking with Art - Astrology & Mixed Media

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About the Podcast

Your pain is not a design flaw.

Your body is not broken.

And you were never meant to white-knuckle your way through a life that doesn't fit.

I'm Meredith Ochoa — ANOTHER F#%ING ARTIST. After 17 years of endometriosis, surgical failures, and being told my pain was psychological, I stopped outsourcing my healing and went in. I healed myself. I turned the journey into art. And I built this show to introduce you to every expert, practice, and buried truth that helped me get there.

Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself is a movement + podcast.

We cover chronic pain, hormonal health, endometriosis, autoimmune disease, trauma, cycle syncing, functional medicine, Reiki, Ayurveda, sacred sexuality, Taoist healing, psilocybin, and everything else the mainstream medical system doesn't want on your radar.

The only way out is through. Art is how.

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🩸all my links are here

Every Phase piece #43 - luteal phase

the 25th cycle 

title: ‘The Sound of Freedom in Blue’

cyanotype

Original piece released July 28th, 2023

👉Learn more + purchase a limited edition here

👉Limited edition mini Acrylic block piece here

👉 Learn more about the Luteal Phase - The 10 to 14 days after ovulation and before your bleed.

• Operation Underground Railroad
• The Truth Behind Sound of Freedom | OUR Rescue
• Donate & Help rescue people from sex trafficking & exploitation | OUR

I am making videos of select pieces of this series, but for the full Every Phase journey and the newest releases, Subscribe to join my 13-year visual art journey

My experience healing myself of 17 years with endometriosis inspired me to actually live my art, so I created this ongoing art series about it called, Every Phase––where I create artwork that illustrates how I healed myself as I live by the phases of the female hormonal cycle.  The artwork shows what's happening in the brain and the body during each phase and reveals how to biohack & leverage this energy in your life. 

I am actually living the art, so it's about more than just healing. The writing and art discuss truth, freedom & our current financial & healthcare system slavery–and the way out. When you subscribe for free on my website (meredithochoa.com) you will Be the first to receive the monthly seasonal art piece of the current phase, the first to know about my upcoming shows, shop all of my collections early, and I write a badass email.

Because We are talking about truth, freedom & real shit on this show, its exposure & reach are being censored, so thank you also for having the bravery to like (Apple), share (Spotify) & subscribe (Youtube) to my channel to help this information reach the people who need to hear it.

✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

#1 03:52 Trafficking Facts

#2 05:25 My commitment

#3 06:44 This Every Phase Series

🎨Art by me

🖊️Writing by me

🎬video made by me messing around with AI

Facing Your Shit & Healing Yourself is more than just this podcast, it is a movement.

Join the #FYSHY movement with a one-off donation or become a member for as low as $5/month & receive exclusive art, be featured on the show, submit questions for guests, and more.

🩸all my links are here

Every Phase piece #10 - ovulatory phase

the 3rd cycle 

title: 'The Decay of Deceit'

*original piece is sold, however, you can commission crystal resin artwork here

👉Limited edition mini Acrylic block piece here

👉 Learn more about the Ovulatory Phase - The 3 to 4 days in the middle of your cycle, right after the follicular phase (which lasts for 7 to 10 days) and before the luteal phase (just before your period).

References:

• Flo Living - Natural Healthcare for Your Female Hormones

I am making videos of select pieces of this series, but for the full Every Phase journey and the newest releases, Subscribe to join my 13-year visual art journey

My experience healing myself of 17 years with endometriosis inspired me to actually live my art, so I created this ongoing art series about it called, Every Phase––where I create artwork that illustrates how I healed myself as I live by the phases of the female hormonal cycle.  The artwork shows what's happening in the brain and the body during each phase and reveals how to biohack & leverage this energy in your life. 

I am actually living the art, so it's about more than just healing. The writing and art discuss truth, freedom & our current financial & healthcare system slavery–and the way out. When you subscribe for free on my website (meredithochoa.com) you will Be the first to receive the monthly seasonal art piece of the current phase, the first to know about my upcoming shows, shop all of my collections early, and I write a badass email.

Because We are talking about truth, freedom & real shit on this show, its exposure & reach are being censored, so thank you also for having the bravery to like (Apple), share (Spotify) & subscribe (Youtube) to my channel to help this information reach the people who need to hear it.

✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

#1 00:18 The Decay of Deceit - Ovulatory Phase

#2 03:49 Biohack your Ovulatory Phase w/ DIM

#3 04:38 This Every Phase Series

🎨Art by me

🖊️Writing by me

🎬video made by me messing around with AI

Facing Your Shit & Healing Yourself is more than just this podcast, it is a movement.

Join the #FYSHY movement with a one-off donation or become a member for as low as $5/month & receive exclusive art, be featured on the show, submit questions for guests, and more.

🩸all my links are here

Every Phase piece #26 - follicular phase

the 8th cycle 

title: ‘In to me see/Intimacy’

original piece released 2.26.2022

👉Learn more + purchase a limited edition here

👉Limited edition mini Acrylic block piece here

👉 Learn more about the Follicular Phase - The the 7 to 10 days after your period

😍 Biohacks for better sex article

💖5 fascinating facts about your womb-heart-throat connection - Safa Boga, Kimiya Healing article

I am making videos of select pieces of this series, but for the full Every Phase journey and the newest releases, Subscribe to join my 13-year visual art journey

My experience healing myself of 17 years with endometriosis inspired me to actually live my art, so I created this ongoing art series about it called, Every Phase––where I create artwork that illustrates how I healed myself as I live by the phases of the female hormonal cycle.  The artwork shows what's happening in the brain and the body during each phase and reveals how to biohack & leverage this energy in your life. 

I am actually living the art, so it's about more than just healing. The writing and art discuss truth, freedom & our current financial & healthcare system slavery–and the way out. When you subscribe for free on my website (meredithochoa.com) you will Be the first to receive the monthly seasonal art piece of the current phase, the first to know about my upcoming shows, shop all of my collections early, and I write a badass email.

Because We are talking about truth, freedom & real shit on this show, its exposure & reach are being censored, so thank you also for having the bravery to like (Apple), share (Spotify) & subscribe (Youtube) to my channel to help this information reach the people who need to hear it.

✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

#1 00:17 In to me see/Intimacy - Follicular Phase

#2 03:37 Biohacks for Better Sex - floliving.com

#3 04:34 This Every Phase Series

🎨Art by me

🖊️Writing by me

🎬video made by me messing around with AI

Facing Your Shit & Healing Yourself is more than just this podcast, it is a movement.

Join the #FYSHY movement with a one-off donation or become a member for as low as $5/month & receive exclusive art, be featured on the show, submit questions for guests, and more.

🩸all my links are here

Every Phase piece #40 - ovulatory phase

the 22nd cycle 

title: ‘Breath of Shakti’

👉Learn more + purchase a limited edition here

👉Limited edition mini Acrylic block piece here

👉 Learn more about the Ovulatory Phase - The 3 to 4 days in the middle of your cycle, right after the follicular phase (which lasts for 7 to 10 days) and before the luteal phase (just before your period).

References:

• Amala Ekpunobi - Women's Leadership Roles
• Jordan Peterson - Women are Higher in Negative Emotion

Podcast Episode #5. Enter the Womb Room - Safa Boga, Kimiya Healing

Brett Larkin - What is Shakti Energy?

I am making videos of select pieces of this series, but for the full Every Phase journey and the newest releases, Subscribe to join my 13-year visual art journey

My experience healing myself of 17 years with endometriosis inspired me to actually live my art, so I created this ongoing art series about it called, Every Phase––where I create artwork that illustrates how I healed myself as I live by the phases of the female hormonal cycle.  The artwork shows what's happening in the brain and the body during each phase and reveals how to biohack & leverage this energy in your life. 

I am actually living the art, so it's about more than just healing. The writing and art discuss truth, freedom & our current financial & healthcare system slavery–and the way out. When you subscribe for free on my website (meredithochoa.com) you will Be the first to receive the monthly seasonal art piece of the current phase, the first to know about my upcoming shows, shop all of my collections early, and I write a badass email.

Because We are talking about truth, freedom & real shit on this show, its exposure & reach are being censored, so thank you also for having the bravery to like (Apple), share (Spotify) & subscribe (Youtube) to my channel to help this information reach the people who need to hear it.

✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

#1 00:20 Breath of Shakti - Ovulatory Phase

#2 08:25 Female Brain Facts

#3 11:16 This Every Phase Series

🎨Art by me

🖊️Writing by me

🎬video made by me messing around with AI

Facing Your Shit & Healing Yourself is more than just this podcast, it is a movement.

Join the #FYSHY movement with a one-off donation or become a member for as low as $5/month & receive exclusive art, be featured on the show, submit questions for guests, and more.

🩸all my links are here

I searched for the answers.

I found a mirror.

Over the Rainbow’ | Luteal Phase | Every Phase piece #7 — the 2nd cycle - 2021

👉Read the full story + Collect here

👉This piece is AR Interactive. Download the Overly App and scan it — the work comes alive in augmented reality.

The luteal phase is the descent. After ovulation, progesterone rises and then begins to fall — and the internal world sharpens in ways that daylight hours often soften. This is the cycle's shadow-meeting territory. The place where illusion becomes harder to maintain and truth insists on being seen.

PMS during this phase is caused by too much estrogen in the body relative to progesterone, or estrogen dominance

👉I am making videos of select pieces of this series, but for the full Every Phase journey and the newest releases, Subscribe to join my 13-year visual art journey.

I am actually living the art, so the series is about waayyyyy more than just healing. The writing and art discuss truth, freedom & our current financial & healthcare system slavery–and the way out.

✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

00:15 Over The Rainbow - luteal phase

02:28 This Every Phase Series

🩸 YOU DIDN'T LAND HERE BY ACCIDENT.

The Living Art Personality Quiz: Seven questions. 60 seconds.

Get a free curated guide plus personalized art and healing recommendations built specifically around your result.

Art that does not just hang on a wall. It lands in the bloodstream.

👉 👉 Live the Art. Take the quiz

🩸all my links are here

For 17 years I was dismissed, medicated, and handed false answers by a system that was never built with my body in mind.

So I stopped waiting for permission to heal and started living the art instead.

Every Phase is a 13-year art series (2021–2033) documenting my healing from endometriosis in real time — one piece per hormonal phase, one truth at a time. Each work reveals what's happening in the brain and body during that phase, and what becomes possible when you stop fighting your cycle and start moving with it.

Medical gaslighting is not a metaphor. It is a structural reality — built into a research framework that excluded women's bodies from clinical trials because the 28-day infradian rhythm was considered a "complication."

We were the complication.

I decided to stop trying to fit my biology into a man's world — and start living in full alignment with it instead.

Every Phase is the record of that decision. One piece per phase. One truth at a time. Thirteen years.

I am making videos of select pieces of this series, but for the full Every Phase journey and the newest releases, Subscribe to join my 13-year visual art journey

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I am actually living the art, so the series is about waayyyyy more than just healing. The writing and art discuss truth, freedom & our current financial & healthcare system slavery–and the way out. By subscribing, you will be the first to receive the monthly seasonal art piece of the current phase, the first to know about my upcoming shows, shop all of my collections early, and I write a badass email.

✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

00:43 Medical Gaslighting w/ Endometriosis

03:40 Why it is biologically a 'man's world'

05:25 This Every Phase Series

🩸 YOU DIDN'T LAND HERE BY ACCIDENT.

The Living Art Personality Quiz: Seven questions. 60 seconds.

Get a free curated guide plus personalized art and healing recommendations built specifically around your result.

Art that does not just hang on a wall. It lands in the bloodstream.

👉 👉 Live the Art. Take the quiz

🩸all my links are here

Who does your doctor go to when they can’t figure something out about the body?

Do you know?

I do, and we’re chatting with her today on this delicious episode discussing the food frame method, menopause, weight loss, and autoimmune disease.

She is also generously giving this audience 10% OFF her 14-day RGN detox for anyone ages 15 and up who wants to detox the liver, purify the body, and reset eating habits.

Click this link & use code FYS10 at checkout to receive this exclusive offer, which will be active for the next 90 days.

🩸 The most important piece of art is you.

7 questions. 60 seconds.

Find out which kind of collector you are, and get a free guide with everything I used to heal from 17 years of endometriosis and toxic relationships, plus art chosen for your result.

This didn’t exist when I needed it. So I made it.

👉 👉 Live the Art. Take the quiz

Today we are chatting with Functional Nutritionist and Certified Autoimmune Coach, Risa Groux.

RISA runs a private practice in Newport Beach, California, and her work has been featured on platforms like Good Morning America, CBS, and Good Day LA, just to name a few. She has always been passionate about nutrition and good health, and was so concerned about purity that she made her children’s baby food from scratch. Today she is passionate about cooking and creating healthy, nutritious food. She works with a wide array of clients from professional athletes, adults, and kids to the Biggest Loser from season four. Risa works with issues like diabetes, autoimmune disease, cancer, digestion, thyroid, and hormone imbalances, and more. Risa firmly believes that the body can heal itself with whole foods we obtain from the earth and sees living proof of that in her office each day. She looks at root causes using functional nutrition guidelines, blood and stool tests, and knows that weight loss is a side effect of wellness.

Connect with & learn more about Risa...

Risa's Website @risagrouxnutrition on Instagram Risa's Facebook page

✅CHAPTERS

00:00:00 Intro

00:06:21 Facing Shit : Perpetual Diets for women

00:11:02 Menopause, Autoimmune, Hashimoto's & Epstein Barr

00:16:06 Liver Detox for Peri/Menopause

00:19:43 Food Frame Method for weight loss

00:28:36 When your Dr. can't, they call her

00:37:47 Changing the broken system

00:41:16 Infertility - additives, toxins & chemicals

00:45:48 Biohacking with Art - sand art

About the Podcast

Your pain is not a design flaw.

Your body is not broken. And you were never meant to white-knuckle your way through a life that doesn't fit.

I'm Meredith Ochoa — ANOTHER F#%ING ARTIST. After 17 years of endometriosis, surgical failures, and being told my pain was psychological, I stopped outsourcing my healing and went in. I healed myself. I turned the journey into art. And I built this show to introduce you to every expert, practice, and buried truth that helped me get there.

Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself is a movement + podcast.

We cover chronic pain, hormonal health, endometriosis, autoimmune disease, trauma, cycle syncing, functional medicine, Reiki, Ayurveda, sacred sexuality, Taoist healing, psilocybin, and everything else the mainstream medical system doesn't want on your radar.

The only way out is through. This is how.

🩸all my links are here