If you've struggled with depression or anxiety before your period, you know that they often come as a nasty surprise. And they can cost you a lot of your hard-earned progress toward your fitness goals. Have you ever wondered why that is? Join Nikki as she talks about what causes depression and anxiety before your period and what you can do to support your body to feel better.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Feeling depressed and anxious before your period
• Certain hormones responsible for depression and anxiety before your period
• Balancing your hormones specifically around your cycle
• Indicators that your hormones are not in balance
• Common scenarios for people who struggle with depression before their period
• Things you can do to support your body throughout your cycle

Memorable Quotes:

"Unfortunately, a lot of us can be struggling with PMs symptoms and, as common as they are, they're not necessarily normal. And there are a lot of things that you can do either with your lifestyle or with your habits or with your nutrition, that can really support your body."

"Our physical health and our mental health are so interconnected, and when it comes right to our mood, it is greatly, greatly influenced by our hormones and our neurotransmitters."

"If you're struggling with other symptoms around your cycle, listen, pay attention, track things, write things down, log things and look for those patterns because that's where it can start giving us a lot of insight with what changes we need to possibly make with our lifestyle and with our habits or where our body is needing some support."

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For many people, food is just a thing you eat. You're hungry. You eat. You're not hungry. You don't eat. It's a series of reactions to your own internal signals and external cues. Food is much more than that. It has a massive impact not just on your body but your quality of life also. Join Nikki as she shares ways to reframe your relationship with food and start loving food again.

This episode is for anyone who struggles with weight or fat loss, loves food, and wants to know how to change their relationship with food.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Fixing your relationship with food
• Understanding that food is more than just nutrition
• Three ways to reframe your relationship with food:
  • Deciding what your goals really are
  • Letting go of the idea that there are good foods and bad foods
  • Noticing how foods actually make you feel

Memorable Quotes:

"Food can have this massive, massive impact, not just on your body composition, but your entire quality of life. And so, it is really important to understand and also utilize the power of food. Understand that food is fuel in so many different ways, but also food is connection, food is pleasure, food is memories."

"When we get really clear on our goals and what our why is, this can really help us really know why we're making certain choices. And what choices we need to make in order to get to that end goal that we're wanting to do."

"Understand that even right now, the foods that are gonna be most supportive for you in this time might not be the most supportive foods for you later on and vice versa. And our bodies will need different nutrients at different times. Our lifestyles will require different things. Our goals will require different things."

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Oftentimes with our health goals, and even with other types of goals, we ask ourselves to shift our habits. And that can be really challenging. So, Nikki is here to talk about why it's so difficult to break old habits and things that you might actually want to pay attention to if you want to change your habits.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Why it is challenging for some people to break previous habits
• Some things to consider when it comes to changing your habits or breaking old ones
• Things that will help you to shift your mindset and make it easier to implement new habits
• Questions you should ask yourself if you want to change your habits
• The reason many people are stuck with their goals

Memorable Quotes:

"We have to remember that when we have certain habits in place, even if they are bad habits and they are undesirable habits, and they're habits that are preventing us from getting to our goals or seeing the results we want, we have to acknowledge that those habits are there for a reason and at some point in our journey, in our life, they served us."

"If you're changing your beliefs, if you're changing your behaviors, you're stepping into a totally new version of yourself, that takes time. That takes consistency. That takes oftentimes falling and just getting back up over and over and over again."

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Do you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? Or does anyone you know suffer from this condition? Tune in to find out the root causes of IBS and how to treat it. Nikki shares the 6 possible root causes for IBS, what the symptoms may be, and ways to change your lifestyle to help decrease the symptoms of IBS.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• About Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Things you can do in order to treat IBS
• Six common possible root causes for IBS:
  • SIBO—Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
  • Anxiety, depression, stress, or stress-related problems
  • Dysbiosis—the imbalances of good bacteria and bad bacteria within the gut
  • Leaky gut
  • Parasitic, bacterial, or yeast infection
  • Food sensitivities

Memorable Quotes:

“A lot of people don't realize the huge link between our brain and our gut and stress and anxiety, and just kind of being in more of that fight or flight state or just our mood, like even depression and stuff can affect our gut health.”

“Antibiotic use is going to be a massive, massive driver for depleted good bacteria or not enough good bacteria. And this is where oftentimes there has been some sort of antibiotic use for a period of time, and then people start struggling with IBS or they start struggling with gut health issue.”

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Did you know that there's a connection between ovary, thyroid, and adrenal hormone imbalances? Learn from Nikki as she dives into the "OAT" axis or the Ovarian - Adrenal - Thyroid connection and how imbalances in one area can influence other areas as well as other hormones if left unaddressed.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Why do some women have imbalances in their sex hormones, adrenals, and cortisol
• Three key areas to focus on when it comes to your hormones
• Impact of the imbalance of ovarian, adrenal, and thyroid hormones on your body
• Signs or symptoms of hormonal imbalances
• Factors that can influence your hormones
• Tests for indicating where the potential hormonal imbalances are
• Things you can do to keep your hormones in balance

Memorable Quotes:

"Understanding that when we start improving our adrenal function then oftentimes our sex hormones will balance out and our thyroid function will improve too, and it goes all around to all the different areas."

“Ovarian, adrenal, and thyroid hormones are the three key areas that many women could be struggling with, and it's very interconnected. If we have one thing that is off in one area, it can influence the others and also vice versa. If we make improvements in one of those areas, it can positively influence the other areas too."

"It's often not as easy as just taking a supplement for one thing. It's usually a variety of different habits and lifestyle changes that can really make that long-term impact on ourselves."

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It's easy to measure the progress you make in the gym or on your nutrition by looking at the number on the scale, but what happens when this number doesn't improve? What kind of perspective and approach to your health and fitness do you have? In this episode, Nikki talks about progress and how important it is to have your perspective right in your health and fitness journey.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Looking at various forms of progress, not just one
• Understanding that there are so many different components to your weight loss or fitness journey
• Keeping things in perspective and being intentional with that perspective
• Importance of perspective when it comes to your health and fitness journey
• The comparison trap and its impact on your journey and progress

Memorable Quotes:

"Keeping things in perspective can really influence whether or not we feel like we are winning or we're losing when it comes to a journey. We can end up getting stuck in that kind of perfectionist all-or-nothing mentality, get really frustrated, feel like a failure if our perspective is off."

"When we are able to look at the various forms of progress it helps us really focus on ourselves more and kind of avoid that comparison trap, and it also helps us to stay in momentum."

"When it comes to your progress or your journey, if you have a certain goal, don't just look at your weight. Also, ask yourself, how do you wanna feel? Who do you wanna be? What do you wanna do? How do you wanna act?"

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Confidence is a wonderful thing. It's something that you have to have. It is a huge part of being successful, but for many of us, it's lacking. So what should we do? How do we start building up confidence? Tune in to know. Nikki talks about mindset and gaining confidence.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• A lack of confidence in ourselves, in our abilities, causes our self-doubt.
• How the way you reflect on yourself can affect your confidence levels in ways, you might not even realize
• The transformation journey also involves facing many limiting beliefs as part of the process
• How to use your current thoughts and feelings to build yourself up instead of letting them destroy you.

Memorable Quotes:

"When it comes to getting results or working towards our goals and stuff, this is where like our mindset is such a powerful tool… when we take that into consideration and we work on our mindset through the process, that's where we can create real long lasting change."

"We underestimate what we're capable of when it comes to our ability to execute certain habits, to change our mindset, to change our routine to get the results that we're looking for. And it all begins with the mindset."

"In order to get the results you're looking for and take your journey to this next level, or step into this new identity of yourself or this new chapter of your life we also have to remember that it's gonna be super uncomfortable. It's gonna require you to shift your beliefs in yourself and is going to require you to do things that are different than what you've been doing or what you're doing right now."

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Are you having trouble controlling your sugar cravings? Are you struggling with chronic fatigue? Are you struggling with stubborn weight loss? If yes, you should take a look at your blood sugar levels. Nikki dives deep into blood sugar and how we can support our body with blood sugar.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Optimizing your nutrition in order to balance the blood sugar better
• Difference between calories and macros
• Things that impact your blood glucose level
• About insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance
• Things that you can do to improve your insulin sensitivity

Memorable Quotes:

"If you are struggling with sugar cravings, if you are struggling with low energy and you are struggling to lose weight… then this is where we really wanna kind of dive into how can we actually better work with the body and optimize our nutrition to help ourselves feel better."

"Sometimes we can be trying to eat in a calorie deficit, but if we're battling cravings, if we're exhausted, or we're really having to push our body to an extreme, in order to get our body to budge, this is where there's often some sort of area that your body's kind of needing some support."

"One of the things, especially if you are dealing with low energy, struggling with consistency, because you're constantly having these sugar cravings and these car cravings, and also you're finding that your body is having a really hard time dropping body fat is to focus on improving your insulin sensitivity."

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There are a lot of different steps that you must take in order to reach your goals. But, there is one thing that many people neglect... that one thing is COMMITMENT. Tune in as Nikki talks about what committing to the process is, and why we should commit to the process.

If a goal or dream is worth anything, then it's worth being committed to! So, be committed to the progress that will lead you to your goal.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Why do some people cannot get results in a short period of time
• Examples that show how much change can occur in a short period of time
• Things that make a massive difference in your health and fitness journey
• Committing yourself to the process that will lead you to your goal

Memorable Quotes:

"You would be absolutely amazed at how much progress and change can occur in even a short period of time when you are fully committed to the process."

"Whatever your goal is if you have a laid out plan, if you know that plan is going to get you from point a to point B, if you know the habits and the actions that are going to be required in order for you to make those changes to help you get to your goal, go all in and commit to that change."

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Are you OVERWHELMED trying to balance your HORMONES? Hormones can be one of the most confusing, intimidating, and complex parts of your body, but understanding and balancing them isn't that scary. Listen in as Nikki shares some things to consider and key areas that you can focus on when it comes to balancing your hormones.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Some key areas to focus on when it comes to balancing your hormones:
  • Getting your nutrition in check — prioritize whole foods
  • Make sure you're balancing your blood sugar
  • Make sure you're getting enough sleep.
  • Manage your stress as best as possible
  • Make sure you're drinking enough water.
  • Address constipation — chronic constipation can impact your hormones, specifically your estrogen.

Memorable Quotes:

"When it comes to our hormones, we have to remember that it is complex. It is interconnected. And typically if we are dealing with many imbalances, it is a result of certain current habits."

"If you are dealing with hormonal imbalances, don't just jump to the supplements right away — sure you can provide one single nutrient that can possibly help this one single thing, but you're also not usually addressing the root cause."

"In terms of your hormones, in terms of your blood sugar, in terms of insulin, in terms of cortisol, all of those factors, nutrient timing does matter."

"If we are not sleeping well, if we are not getting adequate amounts of rest, if we are sleeping at really odd times and we don't have a consistent sleep schedule, this is gonna throw off a lot of other hormones within the body."

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