When I first met Bridgitte Mallinson, MS, RDN, I knew I needed to bring her voice to Growing Pains. Bridgitte is the founder and CEO of GutPersonal, a female‑founded supplement company that helps women heal gut issues with personalized testing and targeted formulas. She’s also a registered functional dietitian, a mom to Lily, and currently pregnant with baby girl number two. I invited her on because so many of us wonder how to stay nourished, energized, and mentally clear while building a business and a family. Bridgitte’s story proves we can advocate for our bodies and still scale big dreams.

In this conversation, Bridgitte shows exactly why functional medicine matters during the trying‑to‑conceive, pregnancy, and postpartum seasons. She breaks down simple, science‑backed habits that keep our guts happy (goodbye bloat, brain fog, and 3 p.m. crashes) and shares how that biological stability bleeds into calmer CEO decision‑making. You’ll also hear how her first whirlwind maternity leave pushed her to design a more intentional plan for baby #2, and why she now believes you can be a present mom and an ambitious founder at the same time.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn: 

• The two daily, non‑negotiable supplements Bridgitte prescribes for every expecting or postpartum mom
• How vitamin D functions like a hormone, the trimester‑by‑trimester testing schedule Bridgitte asks her OB for, and how it supports mood after birth. 
• A quick “magnesium mocktail” ritual that replaces end‑of‑day wine culture with deeper sleep and steadier nerves. 
• What a functional “poop test” actually measures and how it helped Bridgitte ditch five prescriptions within six months. 
• The mindset shifts she’s using to take a more spacious second maternity leave, delegate with confidence, and keep Black Friday sales humming without her.

Links & Resources Mentioned: 

GutPersonal supplements + gut quiz: www.gutpersonal.com/ALYSON 

Get a 10 % listener discount on GutPersonal using code ALYSON10

Connect with Bridgitte:

• www.instagram.com/gut.personal 
• www.facebook.com/gut.personal

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