Hormonally Speaking

What's the big missing ingredient that keeps people struggling with their health?  

Mindset.   

Today, I'm sharing with you my own journey around getting my mind SET RIGHT, and the three pillars to shifting mindset FOR GOOD.   Whether it's hormone or autoimmune issues, money, work, or family issues, mindset is the key to making changes stick.

Interested in getting on the Hormone Breakthrough Blueprint waitlist? You can grab a spot here: https://christinegarvin.com/hormone-breakthrough-blueprint-waitlist/

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Here’s the truth — illness starts before the symptoms appear.  Treating only the symptoms of a disease does not help you recover your  health. You need to get to the bottom of what caused your illness to  begin your healing journey.

I’m speaking with gifted practitioner Dr. Carol Lourie on the podcast  today to help us navigate the world of breast cancer. Dr. Lourie has  over three decades of clinical experience as a naturopath, acupuncturist  and homeopath, and has helped 1000s of women recover their health.

✨How Carol got into doing this kind of work

✨Why there is such a high rate of breast cancer reoccurence

✨Different herbs that help your health during treatment

✨Dietary recommendations for people with cancer, that can also apply to reducing chances of cancer

✨And so much more important information!

This is an episode you won’t want to miss! Carol is a wealth of information around the journey of breast cancer and recovery. Learn more about Dr. Lourie’s program Empowered Against Recurrence through this FREE class.

Dr. Carol Lourie is a  dedicated practitioner with over three decades of clinical experience  as a Naturopath, Acupuncturist, and Homeopath. She’s helped thousands of  women recover their health after a breast cancer diagnosis through her  holistic protocols involving nurturing nutrition, targeted  supplementation, healthy and joyful lifestyle changes, and an empowered  mindset.

The path of healing helps you  discover not only who you are, but enables you to create the life of  your dreams. We support this by addressing the emotional and spiritual  components of breast cancer, so deep healing can occur.

“There is always a path for healing.”

Check out Dr. Lourie’s website and don’t forget to checkout her FREE class, Empowered Against Recurrence.

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In this bonus episode of Hormonally Speaking, I talk about a new device I've been using for a few weeks called Lumen. 

It helps you hack your  metabolism by telling you whether you are burning fat or carbs via  measuring your CO2 levels.   

I share how I've been using it, and what it has shown me about my own  metabolism. It's pretty amazing to see how your body is responding in  real time!  

Interested in learning more about Lumen? Check out more info here. And if you decide to purchase it, use code "CHRISTINEG" at checkout for $50 off!

Sometimes what we blame on hormones is not that simple.

As you’ll learn on today’s episode of Hormonally Speaking, there are root cause issues that underlie hormonal imbalances. Kasey Goins, a functional  diagnostic nutritionist, expert in women’s health, and former physician  assistant focuses on getting to this root cause with her clients to  help solve not only their hormonal issues, but other health concerns, as  well.

✨Kasey’s experience of being a Physicians Assistant and why she left the field in order to work with functional nutrition

✨Why minerals are the best place to start when trying to find the root cause of hormonal issues

✨The biggest health issues that women face

✨What the usual missing piece is in someone’s recovery

✨And so much more!

If you’ve tried to work on hormone  issues but keep hitting a wall, this episode is going to help you to  understand the why, how, and what testing you need in order to start  making real progress.

Kasey Goins is a  functional diagnostic nutritionist, expert in women’s health, and former  physician assistant. Over the last 3 years, she has helped hundreds of  women overcome hormonal imbalances naturally with a root cause approach  through group programs and 1:1 work.

You can start your own healing journey by downloading her free Detox Guide on her website and find her on Instagram.

Getting the toxins out of your life seems to be a buzzword these days, but what does living a low toxin life actually look like?  

I'm so happy to chat with Alexx Stuart, founder of Low Tox Life, to discuss how to live this kind of lifestyle, what it looks like, and the many benefits it provides.  

Some of the topics we discuss include:  

✨Alexx's personal story of becoming antiobitic-resistant with strep and not having a period for 2 years, being diagnosed with early-onset menopause, and how this led to removing toxins from her life  

✨The differences about what is allowed in food in the US vs. what is allowed in Australia and Europe  

✨How foods packaged in plastic are impacted by their cross-country journey to the store  

✨Why our system of poverty-eating is subsidized by food corporations, and how to start disengaging from the system and support fresh, local agriculture  

✨And so much more!  

Alexx also talks about her international best selling book, Low Tox Life and how it has changed people's lives and helped them ease into living a low toxic lifestlye.   

Alexx Stuart's passions run wide and deep. She founded the online community and education hub Low Tox Life in 2010 and is responsible for birthing the low tox movement with the phrase low tox which has resonated with people around the world.  Her international bestselling book Low Tox Life and podcast by the same name have supported millions in achieving their personal, home and planet health goals. She is a sought-after speaker and consultant to organizations committing to change for good, whether it's a focus on people's health or the planet's.  You can find Alexx at her website: https://www.lowtoxlife.com, and listen to her popular podcast Low Tox Life: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast....

Want to join Jen Aly and I for the Money, (Self) Love & Hormones Workshop? Grab your ticket here. 

Ready to learn Energy Healing To Combat Stress? Enroll here. 

Getting and staying healthy can feel really confusing sometimes.   

There's so much information out there - a lot of it conflicting - and it  can make many of us feel overwhelmed, unsure, and can keep us from  moving forward.  

Luckily, there are people like Lauren Sanchez, who is helping to cut  through the chaos and deliver the experts who know how to get to the root of the issue(s). 

Lauren is now on her sixth (!) season of the Total Wellness Mastery Show, and she has learned quite a few things over the years. 

We cover  the big "aha's" in today's episode, including:  

-How to truly build community to help people in their healing process  

-Which areas of health have stood out the most over the years, and how  those areas have changed over time  

-What's in store for this year's Total Wellness Mastery Show, including some really exciting new information!  

I'm lucky enough to be a part of this year's show, and I can't wait for you to hear my interview with Lauren.   

Grab your spot HERE. The Show begins on Oct.  10th!  

Lauren Sanchez is a board-certified holistic health practitioner,  women's weight loss specialist and founder of the Purposeful Wellness  Corporation. She’s known for her no-nonsense, keep-it-simple approach for helping busy women get their health, body, confidence and energy  levels back and better than ever through holistic modalities that bring  balance to the body and mind. Find out more at her website.

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Want to attend Money, (Self)Love & Hormones on Oct. 22nd live and in-person in Swannanoa? Grab your ticket here. 

Ready to learn energy healing techniques that will help with stress reduction and taking your health to the next level? This is the spot. 

Did you know stress can affect every single function in the body?   

Today we talk with Stress Reset Expert Dr. Erin Kinney and learn how everyone can manage their stress better so it they can regain their hormonal health. 

We also talk about:  

-Dr. Kinney's own journey with stress and what led her to helping others  

-The role that the amygdala plays in everyday stress 

-What cortisol resistance is, and how it is similar to insulin  resistance 

-How to practice "doing nothing" 

-Meditation isn't necessarily what you think it is 

Considering I believe stress is the number #1 biggest issue when it  comes to hormonal dysregulation, I absolutely don't want you to miss  this episode so that you can start to feel better right now.  

Dr. Erin Kinney is a Stress Reset Expert and founder of the Stress Reset Formula™. As a Naturopathic Doctor and coach, she helps stressed and burnt out women with adrenal fatigue improve their mood, balance their hormones and increase their energy. But what Dr. Kinney is really passionate about is helping women reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies and reestablish harmony in their lives.  

Many of the women Dr. Kinney works with also suffer from anxiety, feelings of overwhelm, depression, insomnia, thyroid disorders, constipation, gas and bloating, weight gain, joint pain and much more.  

Dr. Kinney's role is to figure out the underlying cause of your imbalances and help your body reestablish harmony so that when you begin to feel better, you will continue to feel better! She has helped hundreds of patients overcome their fatigue and other health issues using personalized diet, lifestyle modification, genetic testing and counseling, homeopathic remedies, and herbal medicine.  You can find Dr. Kinney at her website, on her Instagram @drkinney, where she is always sharing stress management tips, and listen to her podcast The Dr. Kinney Show.

Have you ever chased a story?  

Do you have any idea what that means?  

Well, if you don't already know, you are about to find out today.  

Chasing a story is a revolutionary idea of throwing out the traditional  storytelling technique of tying things up with a bow, where the audience  takes in a lesson the storytelling is giving.   

Instead, the story is worthy in-and-of-itself without a perfect ending,  and the audience has a chance to "chase the story" by asking questions of the storyteller.   And eek! This is what I'm going to be doing on Sep. 22nd at Bottle Riot in Asheville, NC.   

In today's episode I talk with creator Tracy Hopkins, who founded Chase The Story Revolution, and things get vulnerable real quickly as we discuss her experience finding her own story.   

We also cover:  

-How each us of have a story, and how sharing that story can cannot us, instead of separate us 

-How stressing out about falling into old stories or patterns in our  lives can make things worse for our health as compared to acceptance 

-The way that our stories become even more important as we find ourselves heading into perimenopause and menopause 

-What the Chase The Story Revolution looks like, and how to be a part of  it!  

Local to WNC and want to go to the event? You can grab your tickets here. There are only 50 tickets available for this intimate event, so if you want to go, grab yours soon!  

Tracy Hopkins, MSW, CPDC is a story chaser, change agent, and an illuminator. Throughout her career, her personal approach has been shaped by the  fascination of human behavior, the extraordinary capacity of human connections, and the pivotal journeys individuals embark upon to dig  deep, lean in, and broaden their capacity for transformative change.   

Tracy strives to create platforms and opportunities that invite people to share their stories as a way to cultivate a culture of truly investing in one another. Her passion leads her to assist people in identifying  personal values to discover purpose and meaning, acknowledgement of  authentic self, and become agents of change.    

Tracy has worked within the field of private pay behavioral/mental  health for over 20 years and serves as the Director of Engagement & Belonging at outBACK Therapeutic Expeditions; a premiere  wilderness therapy program dedicated to bringing families BACK together.

Tracy is also the founder of Dare to Rise, a Coaching & Consulting  firm focused on engaging and empowering individuals and  institutions to initiate transformation. Her various lived experiences,  coupled with the expansive roles held within outdoor education, high  adventure programming, wilderness therapy, and residential treatment  centers, have served as catalysts to become a story chaser.  By chasing  the story, Tracy believes people form an undeniable investment and deeper desires to move through the world as a collective.

As cycling people, we've long been taught that our fun, exciting, sexual  selves end at menopause.   

But that's simply not true, and Dr. Sharon Stills is here to bust that  myth wide open!  

In today's episode, we are covering all the good stuff, including:  

✨ Why perimenopause and menopause can be the BEST time in your life, not  the worst 

✨ Finding your sexy self in menopause 

✨ Dr. Stills favorite way to test hormones (how she's been doing it for  the last 20 years!)  

And we DEEP DIVE into bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), answering these questions:  

✨ Why using bioidentical estrogen is not necessarily dangerous in cases  of breast cancer 

✨ Why bioidentical progesterone can be a game changer 

✨ A breakdown of the different forms of BHRT, including topical, oral,  compounded and what should be used in different situations  

We also talk about Dr. Stills upcoming Mastering the Meno(pause)  Transition Summit, where you'll learn even more about this juicy time of  life!  

**Sign-up for the Summit here**  

Dr. Sharon Stills is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor who helps perimenopausal and menopausal women to pause and evaluate life so they  can live the second act of their story stronger, healthier, and sexier while aging backwards.   

Using her 20+ years of experience and extensive training and background in European Biological Medicine, anti-aging therapies, and Bio-identical  Hormone Replacement, she has successfully helped thousands of women transition gently through the different stages of their lives with all  natural methods.   

Dr. Stills is passionate about spreading the word about her signature RED Hot Sexy Meno(pause) Program – the philosophy she developed for you  to Reinvent your Health, Explore your Spirit and Discover YOUR Sexy so  that you, too, can create and live the life you desire and deserve! 

She founded and ran one of the largest and most successful naturopathic  clinics in the country for a decade and is the host of The Science Of  Self Healing podcast.   

She is an expert physician for Women's Health Network and she educates other physicians as the Co-Lead North American lecturer for the  Paracelsus Academy in Switzerland. 

Patients work with Dr. Stills in a  variety of ways: through telemedicine consults and her life-changing  retreats for individuals or small groups in healing and rejuvenating  locations around the world. Some patients will even fly out to see her  or fly her in just to get the chance to work with her one on one. Learn  more at her website.

Indoor mold is unfortunately a common problem that contributes to  allergies, asthma, brain fog, and moodiness. But did you know it can  also impact your hormones?

When indoor mold is toxic (there  are about 13 toxic species), it impacts the cells, brain, and body  systems in a myriad of ways. Mold releases something called mycotoxins  in the body, which causes many of the debilitating symptoms people are  dealing with.

Functional Health Coach and Detox  expert Bridgit Danner joins me in this episode to help break down  exactly what is happening when mold gets inside your body, and what to  do about it.

✨How that breakthrough bleeding, thyroid autoimmunity, or even weight gain can be an indication of a mold issue

✨How mold  directly impacts the hypothalamus and pituitary glands, which are the epi-center of our sex, adrenal, and thyroid hormones

✨What signs to look for in your house when you suspect mold

✨Following  what your body tells you, even when it’s really scary (like dealing  with a mold infestation!) can change your life for the better

We also talk about what supplements  are most helpful when you are dealing with mold and mycotoxins, as well  as testing that Bridgit offers to help you get on track.

Bridgit Danner was  working as an acupuncturist in Portland, Oregon when her health started  to deteriorate. She learned a lot, tried a lot of things, and even completed a functional health coaching program in an effort to heal  herself and become a better practitioner.

Although several things kind of  helped, nothing helped completely, and she hit rock bottom in the winter  of 2014. Soon after she discovered toxic mold in her 100-yr old home  and began the long journey of home and body repair.

Bridgit got into the natural medicine  field in 2000 as a young environmentalist. She practiced as an  acupuncturist and integrative clinic owner for 13 years, performing well  over 10,000 sessions, before transitioning to the online space as a  functional health coach and educator.

Bridgit loves to teach about everyday detox, functional living, and toxic mold illness at her website. She is also the founder of a line of detox supplements called Functional Detox Products. Find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/bridgit.danner/.