Faith Over Pharma | Holistic Health, Longevity, Hormones & Fertility

If you’ve been trying to conceive and pregnancy still isn’t happening, IUI can quickly become the next recommendation.

But what if getting sperm closer to the egg isn’t the real issue?

In this episode, I’m joined again by fertility expert Dr. Marc Sklar to talk about what IUI can help with, what it cannot fix, and why improving your health before fertility treatment may matter more than simply moving faster.

We talk about sperm quality, motility, morphology, stress, sleep, nutrition, lifestyle, supplements, and the foundational factors that are often overlooked when couples are told everything looks “normal.”

We also discuss why fertility health is about more than getting pregnant. The health of both partners before conception can shape pregnancy, parenthood, and the health of the family you’re building.

Whether you’re navigating unexplained infertility, male-factor infertility, considering IUI or IVF, or trying to conceive after vasectomy reversal, this conversation will help you ask better questions before deciding what comes next.

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If your hormones feel off, your body may not be the problem. It may be trying to tell you something.

In this episode, I’m joined by Robin Nielsen, Board-Certified Integrative Nutritionist and founder of Natural Hormone Solution, for a conversation about the hormone connection so many women are missing: cortisol, insulin, stress, blood sugar, sleep, digestion, and what it really means to age well.

So often, women are told to focus on estrogen, progesterone, weight loss, anxiety, fatigue, cravings, or the one lab marker that looks “off.” But Robin explains why true hormone balance starts further upstream and why your body will always prioritize survival before reproduction, metabolism, digestion, repair, and long-term vitality.

We talk about how chronic stressors can impact progesterone, fertility, sleep, mood, weight gain, blood sugar, and energy, especially for women who are trying to conceive, navigating perimenopause, or simply feeling like they have lost the vibrant version of themselves.

This conversation is for the woman who is tired, anxious, inflamed, gaining weight, struggling with cravings, not sleeping well, or being told everything is “normal” when she knows something feels off.

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Website: www.naturalhormonesolution.com 

Join the Rooted Community for faith-based conversations, classes, and resources on hormones, metabolism, inflammation, fertility, longevity, and building a life you actually want more years of:

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What if feeling exhausted, inflamed, anxious, moody, hormonally off, or disconnected from your body is not just “part of getting older”?

In this episode, I’m joined by Jessica Moyer, TEDx speaker, Amazon best-selling author, host of The R.E.A.L. Wellness Podcast, and certified leadership, wellness, nutrition, and hormone coach.

We talk about the symptoms women are often taught to normalize in their 30s, 40s, and beyond — fatigue, weight gain, irregular cycles, low libido, poor sleep, inflammation, stress, perimenopause symptoms, and feeling like your body is working against you.

But common does not always mean normal.

Jessica shares how grief, stress, motherhood, fitness, faith, and years of living in fight-or-flight shaped the way she now helps women listen to their bodies and support their health in a more sustainable way.

This conversation is for the woman who has been told her labs are “normal,” her symptoms are “just age,” or perimenopause means she should simply expect to feel off.

We talk about hormone health, stress, digestion, energy, real food, movement, faith-based wellness, and how to care for the body God gave you without turning wellness into another thing to obsess over.

Because longevity is not about chasing perfection.

It is about feeling well enough to live the life you actually want more years of.

If your body has been trying to get your attention, this episode will help you listen with more curiosity, hope, and compassion.

Podcast: The R.E.A.L. Wellness Podcast

Website: www.jessica-moyer.com

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The fertility journey is never just physical. It is not only labs, cycle tracking, semen analysis, supplements, protocols, IVF, IUI, or the next medical step. Those pieces matter, but what often gets missed is what your body, mind, heart, nervous system, and relationship have been carrying while trying to conceive.

In this episode, I’m joined by Anne-Marie Pereira, a Fertility and Emotional Healing Therapist, Clinical and Systemic Hypnotherapist, and Rapid Transformation Therapist, for a conversation about the emotional and subconscious layer of fertility that clinics often do not ask about.

We talk about subconscious beliefs, emotional protection, fear around another negative pregnancy test, grief after miscarriage or failed cycles, partner disconnect, male-factor fertility, vasectomy reversal, and why so many women and couples feel like they are doing everything “right” but still feel stuck.

This conversation is not about saying fertility struggles are “all in your head.” It is about understanding that fertility is whole-body, whole-person, and whole-relationship. Your hormones matter. His sperm health matters. Your labs matter. Your nutrition and lifestyle matter. And what you have been carrying emotionally matters too.

If you are trying to conceive and feel like your body is failing you, your faith is being tested, or you and your partner are silently carrying the weight of infertility in different ways, I pray this episode helps you feel seen, understood, and a little less alone.

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Instagram: @freeinfertility

Website: www.freeinfertility.com

Email: [email protected]

Free resources: Release & Receive — https://www.freeinfertility.com/release-receive

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Join the Rooted Community for faith-based conversations, classes, and resources on hormones, metabolism, inflammation, fertility, longevity, and building a life you actually want more years of:

Want to experience Rooted Reset™ in person? Learn more about Arizona at www.susangladstein.com/arizona or Costa Rica at www.susangladstein.com/retreat.

Connect with me on Instagram at @susangladstein.co and follow the retreat side of Rooted Reset™ at @rootedresetretreat.

If you’re trying to conceive after vasectomy reversal and you feel like every conversation keeps coming back to numbers, age, timelines, or fear, this episode is going to breathe fresh hope into your journey.

In this conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Tiffany Flock, a Doctor of Naturopathy, biohacker, wife, and mom of four who had babies in her 40s and understands what it’s like to reject fear-based messaging around fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood.

We talk about why fertility is not separate from the rest of the body, why “normal” labs do not always mean optimal health, and how stress, digestion, detox pathways, environmental toxins, inflammation, emotional wellness, and the words we speak over our bodies can all impact how the body functions.

Dr. Tiffany shares her own story of walking through health struggles, miscarriage, pregnancy in her 40s, placenta previa, and how LifeWave patches became part of her personal wellness story. We also talk about root-cause healing, why the body’s symptoms are often clues instead of failures, and how supporting the body’s God-designed ability to heal can look very different from chasing the next medication, supplement, or quick fix.

If you’ve been told to just wait, retest, move to IUI or IVF, or accept that age is the problem, this episode is a reminder that your body is not broken, your story is not over, and fertility deserves to be looked at through the lens of whole-body health, faith, and deeper support.

Podcast: Original Intent Lifestyle

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Connect with me on Instagram at @susangladstein.co and follow the retreat side of Rooted Reset™ at @rootedresetretreat.

Have you ever felt like sugar had more control over your life than you wanted to admit?

In this episode, I’m joined by Christine Trimpe, founder of The SugarFreed® Method, certified Christian health coach, SUGAR® Licensed Practitioner, speaker, and author of SugarFreed: Stop Losing the Weight Loss Battle, Start Gaining the Victory.

Christine shares her powerful story of breaking free from sugar dependency, losing 100 pounds, and realizing that sugar, processed carbs, cravings, blood sugar crashes, inflammation, and insulin resistance were affecting far more than her weight. They were impacting her energy, hormones, metabolism, mood, peace, confidence, and ability to fully live the life God had given her.

We talk about the all-or-nothing cycle so many women feel trapped in: doing “good” for a while, falling back into cravings, feeling ashamed, and then trying to fix it with stricter rules, detoxes, cleanses, or another round of willpower. Christine shares why those extremes rarely lead to lasting freedom and why true change often begins with nourishment, blood sugar stability, renewed thinking, and a different relationship with food.

If you feel stuck in food guilt, sugar cravings, binge-restrict patterns, blood sugar crashes, low energy, hormone symptoms, or frustration with your metabolism, this episode will help you look at sugar, faith, health, and freedom in a deeper way.

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Join the Rooted Community for faith-based conversations, classes, and resources on hormones, metabolism, inflammation, fertility, longevity, and building a life you actually want more years of:

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Connect with me on Instagram at @susangladstein.co and follow the retreat side of Rooted Reset™ at @rootedresetretreat.

If you’re trying to conceive and feel like you’re doing everything right but your body still feels stuck, this conversation will help you look at fertility and healing through a different lens.

In this episode, I’m joined by Miriam Gallifant, a holistic occupational therapist, to talk about the connection between nervous system stress, inflammation, hormone health, and fertility. So many women are tracking ovulation, watching symptoms, taking supplements, researching protocols, and praying for answers, yet their bodies may still be living in survival mode.

We talk about how chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation can impact hormones, thyroid function, blood sugar, metabolism, inflammation, sleep, digestion, and emotional well-being. Miriam also shares simple daily rhythms that can help support the body’s ability to feel safe, regulate, and heal without adding another overwhelming protocol to your life.

If you’ve been told everything looks “normal,” but you still feel tired, anxious, inflamed, foggy, hormonally off, or discouraged in your fertility journey, this episode is a reminder that your body is not broken. There may simply be deeper pieces that have not been addressed yet.

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Podcast: Soulistic Hope

Website: www.restoreholistics.com

Instagram: @simply_holistic777

If you are trying to conceive and your fertility journey has started consuming your peace, this conversation is for you.

Maybe you began this season feeling hopeful and proactive, but now the ovulation tracking, supplement research, semen analysis results, lab work, cycle apps, symptom spotting, and timing all feel like a full-time job.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Brook Sheehan, a licensed chiropractor, functional health practitioner, and creator of the BodyOS Framework, to talk about fertility optimization, body trust, surrender, and learning to trust the body God designed.

Brook shares her own journey of going from complete disconnection from her body to full-on health optimization mode, and how she discovered that real healing was not found in chasing more protocols, but in learning to understand what her body was communicating.

We talk about the difference between supporting your fertility and trying to control your fertility, why more supplements are not always the answer, how fear can disguise itself as wisdom, and what it looks like to pursue healing without losing your peace in the process.

If you have been trying to optimize your fertility but feel exhausted, anxious, disconnected, or afraid your body is working against you, this episode will help you remember that your body is not the enemy. God did not make a mistake when He created your body, and sometimes healing begins with learning to listen, trust, and surrender.

Talk to Me, Body Cards: https://drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbrooksheehan

Podcast: Beyond Wellness Culture

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What if the pain, symptoms, tension, hormone changes, digestive issues, or physical limitations you’ve been told to “just manage” are not random at all?

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Chad Zaabadick, a Doctor of Physical Therapy who specializes in visceral manipulation, neural manipulation, and root-cause bodywork most people have never heard of. Chad shares his powerful testimony of walking through nearly a decade of chronic pain, injuries, nerve symptoms, and physical limitations, and how God began restoring his body, renewing his faith, and leading him into the work he now uses to help others.

We talk about what happens when pain becomes a prison, why the body does not heal in isolated boxes, and how the standard approach can sometimes miss the deeper connections between the organs, nerves, fascia, scar tissue, blood flow, mobility, and nervous system.

Chad explains how visceral manipulation and neural manipulation may help support the body by addressing restrictions and tension patterns that can affect movement, pain, digestion, circulation, stress response, pelvic function, and overall quality of life.

This conversation is about more than chronic pain. It is about learning to see the body as connected, intelligent, and capable of healing in ways many people have never been taught to consider. We talk about faith, perseverance, supernatural healing, root-cause bodywork, and what it can look like to keep asking better questions when the usual answers have not been enough.

If you have ever felt dismissed, stuck, limited by symptoms, or told there is nothing else to do, this episode will remind you that pain does not have to be the final word.

IG : @drzab_dpt

Email: [email protected]

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If you’ve ever felt trapped in the cycle of dieting, calorie counting, emotional eating, or constantly thinking about food, this episode is going to challenge everything you thought you knew about hunger, weight loss, and lasting health.

Many women—especially those navigating hormone imbalance, inflammation, weight gain, or fertility struggles—are told to “just lose weight.” But what if the real issue isn’t a lack of discipline or willpower?

What if your body already has built-in wisdom around hunger, fullness, and nourishment, but years of dieting, stress, food rules, and restriction have disconnected you from it?

In this conversation with Shirley Billigmeier, we dive into food noise, the gut-brain connection, emotional eating, Ozempic, and why so many people feel stuck in an exhausting cycle of guilt, cravings, restriction, and shame.

Shirley has spent more than 50 years helping people rebuild a healthy relationship with food by reconnecting them to what she calls their natural eating boundaries. Long before gut health and GLP-1 medications became mainstream, she was teaching that the body already knows what it needs when we learn how to listen.

We talk about why food can feel so emotionally powerful, how chronic dieting disrupts the body’s natural signals, and why medications like Ozempic may quiet food noise without addressing the deeper root cause.

We also explore why not all emotional eating is actually emotional, how inflammation and stress can keep you feeling stuck, and why true healing often starts with rebuilding trust in your body instead of fighting against it.

If you’ve spent years obsessing over food, feeling frustrated with weight loss, or wondering why nothing seems to work long term, this episode offers a completely different perspective.

There is freedom on the other side of food obsession—and it starts with learning to listen to the body God designed.

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