Welcome to the 7th episode of The Updraft with my guest Shelley Thomas. Shelley is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach with certifications and advanced training in Autoimmune Disease, Mind Body Medicine, Alzheimer's disease, Ayurveda, and medical cannabis. She is the Founder of My Healthcare Partner, LLC, a Lifestyle Medicine Coaching organization comprised of Functional Medicine Certified Health Coaches with diverse expertise in areas including nursing, nutrition, diabetes care, mind body medicine, autoimmune disease and environmental toxicities.  She is also a contributing author to Holistic Healing and Surrender, soon to be released. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma and mother of one son, she's active in Jack and Jill of America and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Show Notes/Timestamp

2:00 Introducing Shelley

2:35 What’s functional medicine?

4:40 Her Story: Norplant

8:25 Her 2nd Chronic Illness (adrenal fatigue, hypothyroidism)

9:40 How is functional medicine different?

13:00 Back to the real basics: the functional medicine matrix

18:50 Body Burden/Toxic Load & SAD (Standard American Diet)

20:50 Clean 15, the Dirty Dozen and Leaky Gut

22:52 Shelley’s Turning Point

24:28 Finding help for personalized medicine

26:40 Getting Started

29:13 The Balanced Gut

32:11 About Functional Medicine Providers

36:33 Five Lifestyle Contributors

44:12 The one thing doesn’t work

45:30 Mind-Body Medicine and Trauma

46:40 Three Starters

The Institute for Functional Medicine https://www.ifm.org/

The Dirty Dozen https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php

The Clean Fifteen https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php