Over the last few years, trauma healing has come to center stage and gotten a lot of attention. So much so that we’re beginning to label any experience that proved to be difficult as ‘trauma.’ And for experiences that we’ve had that are traumatic, we aren’t healing from it or processing it appropriately. 

Because of this, our trauma starts to become part of our identity, and instead of moving on, we hold it with us as we move through life. 

When we are in a state of burnout, we think that healing from our trauma is the magic fix to our problems, when we actually have to be in a different state of mind entirely to heal from our trauma. 

You can not heal from your trauma while in burnout. You have to nourish yourself first. You also can’t recover from something you haven’t removed yourself from. Part of nourishing our bodies is considering the environment that surrounds us and the relationships we are in. 

Tune into this week’s episode to hear more about the mistakes we often make while we try to heal from our traumas while surviving in a state of burnout and the steps you can take to nourish yourself through it!

In this episode:

[00:00] Welcome to the show!

[07:23] Why is the way we heal from trauma causing us to become less resilient? 

[12:37] How trauma becomes part of our identity when we don’t heal from it properly.

[14:59] Establishing a strong sense of self is crucial to being healthy. 

[22:08] Balancing your nervous system is the first step to healing from trauma.

[24:25] You must nourish your body to appropriately heal from your trauma. 

[29:01] You can’t heal in a toxic environment, and you can’t recover from what you haven’t removed yourself from. 

[32:47] Thanks for tuning in today! Come back on Thursday to dive deeper into this topic!

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I dive head first into burnout this week and break down what burnout is and what it does to our bodies on a deeper level. Burnout puts us in a state of fight or flight, and for those of us who have been experiencing burnout for several years, the physiological effects can be extreme. 

For women, burnout comes as a consequence of operating in a state of masculine energy for a prolonged period of time. For some of us, this goes back years and years into our pasts, where we have been trying to achieve the narrative that has been put before us ever since we were little girls.

Stepping away from a place of burnout is difficult because, as we remove the layers of masculine energy, it takes some of our identity with it. The things that we were using to identify ourselves were defined by our ability to continue in a state of energy that does not come naturally to us.

The best way out of this season is to look within. Sometimes, our body has to turn inward in order to be able to expand outward. If you’re experiencing burnout, I encourage you to surrender to the process of finding rest and acceptance in this journey. 

Tune in to this episode to hear more about burnout, how we can navigate it, and how we can build ourselves back up after we’ve taken the time to recover.

[00:00] Welcome to the show!
[03:25] What is burnout, and how does it impact the feminine physiology?
[07:53] I share my most recent bout of burnout, the impact it had on my body, and how I navigated it. 
[14:42] What it really means to step into your feminine nature. 
[23:11] The types of messages that women are exposed to that keep us in a state of masculine energy.
[28:34] What is the next step after stepping out of burnout?
[32:28] The body is a vehicle for your soul.
[34:28] Finding the balance between feminine and masculine energy. 
[36:40] The ups and downs to healing after burnout. 
[44:04] Health, healing, and nourishment can’t be confined to a timeline. 
[48:29] The role of trust, surrender, and acceptance in stepping out of burnout. 
[55:40] Acknowledging your burnout as an opportunity to change your perspective and begin to take the steps to feel fully nourished. 
[57:20] Thanks for joining me today!

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I’m answering YOUR questions from the first few episodes of the Fully Nourished podcast and sharing some of my current favorite things. 

• How movies and social media have warped our understanding of balance and self-care
• Clarifying confusion and misconceptions about femininity 
• My favorite resources on masculinity and femininity 
• What does a Fully Nourished life really mean?
• How to prioritize what your body needs as a professional working woman
• What I’ve learned as I’ve nourished and healed, and how I’ve adjusted over time
• What would I change if I recreated the Fully Nourished course

In this episode I mentioned:

·         One Degree Organic Foods Sprouted Oats*

·         Promix Casein Protein*

·         Promix Whey Protein*

·         Mother Hunger, by Kelly McDaniel* 

·         Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes*

·         The Optimized Woman by Miranda Gray*

·         Wild Power by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer*

·         Mastery by Robert Green*

·         Seduction by Robert Green*

·         48 Laws of Power by Robert Green*

·         Art of War by Sun Tzu*

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In this second part of our look back at the history of women’s health, we explore the history of estrogen and hormonal birth control as well as the crucial role progesterone plays in our physical and emotional health.

• How progesterone plays a very important role in channeling energy and focus
• How estrogen and progesterone work in harmony
• How hard it is to create progesterone vs. estrogen
• The danger of having estrogen without progesterone
• The isolation and marketing of synthetic estrogen
• The history hormonal birth control
• How hormonal birth control really works and the impact it has on the female body
• How to protect our progesterone

In this episode I mentioned:

• The Business of Birth Control 
• Brain to Uterus Connection
• Uterus and Memory 
• History of diethylstilbestrol (DES) in cattle 
• History of Estrogen 
• History of DES in women
• Effects of DES in women
• Estradiol valerate used to induce PCOS in rats
• Productions & Actions of Estrogens 
• Estrogen & Lack of Progesterone Makes Us Fat:
  • PubMed
  • Daily Mail
• Chamberlain-Kahn Act/The American Plan: 
  • History.com 
  • Chamberlain-Kahn Act 
• Women in Psychiatry

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We examine the double-edged sword of being in our feminine power and look back at key points in history that have deeply impacted female physiology, health, and hormones.

· How our physiology can work against us when it’s not in harmony

· Our great power and responsibility as deeply feeling, sensitive, intuitive beings.

· The four archetypes of survival and protection

· Hysteria and the deep misunderstanding of women’s emotions and hormones

· The discovery of PMS and using nourishment to alleviate symptoms

In this episode I mentioned:

· Documentary About Female Psychiatry “The Lobotomist” https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lobotomist/

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Jessica Ash shares the characteristics of masculinity and femininity, and how these energies go far beyond gender and stereotypical gender roles. 

• What happens when masculine and feminine energy is in and out of balance
• The physiological cost of women living in masculine energy
• Resilience to stress in female vs. male physiology
• The difference between circadian vs. infradian rhythms 
• The different male and female archetypes

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This week I explore our complicated relationship with the female appetite from a cultural and physiological perspective. I walk through the demonization of appetite and women’s disassociation from their body’s needs as well as the important role appetite plays in hormones, regulating reproduction, and blood sugar.

• Why women are very sensitive to a state of undernourishment
• How we get addicted to survival hormones 
• How suppressing appetite can negatively impact your digestion
• How appetite is a powerful gauge for your energy state
• Why our appetite, cravings and emotions are deeply intertwined
• How to tune into your appetite and let it guide you to your deeper needs
• Why eating more frequently can help you reclaim your energy

In this episode I mentioned:

• Ghrelin: much more than a hunger hormone
• Variation of Leptin During Menstrual Cycle and Its Relation to the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal (HPG) Axis: A Systematic Review
• Adrenaline: insights into its metabolic roles in hypoglycaemia and diabetes

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A holistic and critical exploration of the “pro-metabolic diet” – what it is, what it’s not, where it came from, why so many people are drawn to it, and how some people have “hurt” themselves with it.  

• The Pro-metabolic Diet done right…. and oh so wrong
• Why dieting and seeing food this way inevitably hurts us
• Breaking the dieting cycle
• Why people look at diets to save them
• Why health is more complex than just eating a certain way and taking supplements
• Looking at influencer culture and social media and how unhealthy people approach food
• Bioenergetics as a philosophy

In this episode I mentioned:

Rare Earths Forbidden Cures by Joel D. Wallach*

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I do a deep dive into bioenergetics, and how understanding this concept allows you to redefine your experience and completely shift your perspective in how you approach your body and healing.

• Understanding what “Energy Begets Structure” means
• What is the metabolism? Why is it important?
• What is a hypo-metabolic state?
• Understanding the importance of nourishment through the lens of female biology & physiology
• What being undernourished can look like & feel like
• How to understand what’s going on at an energetic level
• How our energy is connected to our fertility and sexual expression
• Physical and emotional signs and symptoms that energy flow is poor

In this episode, I mentioned:

• Lambdoma, by Barbara Hero
• Ray Peat
• A study of the human energy field

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Welcome to the Fully Nourished® Podcast! In this first episode, you’ll meet me, Jessica Ash. I’m a functional nutritionist, integrative health coach, and creator of the popular online course, Fully Nourished®. To kick off the Fully Nourished® podcast, I share my vision for the podcast and dive deep into my own health story and personal journey. I also explore the importance of finding your personal nutrition philosophy in a health and wellness culture that pushes authoritarian thinking and dogmatic belief systems.

• My PCOS and autoimmune diagnosis and how it led me to this place
• Where I come from/my background
• How authoritarian structures and systems mess us up
• Why I think finding a nutrition philosophy is so important
• Guidance and focus in the modern landscape of information overload
• What is my nutrition philosophy now?

In this episode I mentioned: 

• Women Who Run with Wolves, by Clarissa Pincola Estes*
• Mastery, by Robert Green*

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