My guest on today's podcast is Tanisha Patel, Tanisha is a UKIHCA accredited health coach that specialises in helping women with Hypothyroidism on their diet, sleep, stress, exercise and gut health. Like so many of us, Tanisha has taken the time to research and work out how to manage her thyroid health holistically and taken control of her health. In doing this she has found ways to give herself more energy, feel better, reduce symptoms and now she is helping others to do the same.

Some of the topics covered in this conversation include:
⭐️ Symptoms Tanisha started noticing (or noticed in retrospect)
⭐️ Dealing with being a teenager with low energy
⭐️ The help of friends to point out what's normal and what's not!
⭐️ The family connection with thyroid issues
⭐️ Food - what Tanisha eats (as a vegetarian), and doesn't eat
⭐️ Exercise - what she's found works best
⭐️ Changing her work-life to be more thyroid-friendly
⭐️ Stress - power of a nap
⭐️ Why Tanisha now wants to help others

 ➡️ Connect with Tanisha
https://optithy.com/
Instagram @tanisha.healthcoach

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My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

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It’s common when you’re living with a chronic (long term) thyroid condition to not feel ok all the time.  I’m here to encourage you, however, that you WILL be ok. I know because I’m ok and if I can be ok, so can you! Being ‘ok’ is not being ‘perfect’ which I don’t believe is attainable, but it is about feeling like there is hope, feeling like there are things you can do which will have a positive impact on your life. 

The things I cover in this episode include:

• The ebbs and flows of living long term with a thyroid condition
• My almost 30 years of ups and downs
• Situations that lead to not feeling ok
• Warning signs you might be spiralling down
• What to focus on to start spiralling up rather than keep spiralling down
• My last 12 months as an example
• The power of accountability
• Life and death are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21)
• Remember to KISS when it feels complicated
• Control what YOU CAN control - 4 key areas
• Getting more bang for your buck by dealing with the low-hanging fruit
• Resources I have to support you
• Speaking a blessing over you
• What’s your ONE next step?

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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
🎙 Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube

Have you got your copy of my book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help yet?

If not, you can grab a yours from Amazon or from letstalkthyroid.com

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

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This is a first for the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast. The first time I've had an ENT (Ear Nose Throat) Surgeon on the show. Dr Dana Gibbs is an ENT and an allergist and is a wealth of knowledge on thyroid and hormone health. Like many of my guests, it was when she couldn't get answers to her own health challenges that she took her health into her own hands and started digging deeper, into the thyroid and beyond! 

This is a fascinating conversation.

Some of what we cover includes:

• Dr Gibbs thyroid story
• Sinus/thyroid connection
• Thyroid medication - personalised dosing, types of medications and when/how to take meds
• The significance of T3
• Thyroid nodules
• Thyroidectomy and thyroid management after thyroidectomy (full or partial)
• Interconnectedness of thyroid hormones and other hormones
• Supplementing with estrogen
• Thyroid & menopause overlap
• Dr Gibbs 4 rules for thyroid health management.

Dr. Dana Gibbs is an educator, Hormone expert, board-certified ENT, and allergist. Dr. Gibbs attended medical school in San Antonio Texas and trained in Otolaryngology at the University of Kansas. She practiced otolaryngology in Arlington TX, USA for 23 years.

Her experience of ill health during her teen years all the way to her late 30's led to profound changes in the way she practices medicine. After spending those years unrecognized, dismissed, and told "it was all in her head", she found mentors in the Integrative Medicine world that helped her find the answers and solutions to her problems. These answers now inform her practice and educational efforts.

She recently opened Consultants in Metabolism, a direct care practice for thyroid, metabolic and hormone management for Women and Men. The practice offers live and virtual visits.

Dr.Gibbs also speaks in person and online, presenting workshops that introduce physicians and patients to the unique solutions of an integrative Hormone practice.

Connect with Dr Gibbs:
 www.danagibbsmd.com and

Instagram @danagibbsmd

Dr Gibbs' new podcast: Beyond the Thyroid

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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
🎙 Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube

Have you got your copy of my book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help yet?

If not, you can grab a yours from Amazon or from letstalkthyroid.com

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

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I'm welcoming back Angela Brown to the podcast today because I wanted to get someone else on to talk about their personal thyroid-friendly lifestyle, and I know Angela walks her talk! You might remember her from way back in episode 37 where we talked about mineral and mindset for thyroid patients.

I think after you've listened you'll agree that Ange is the real deal when it comes to living out what she teaches.

Hopefully after listening to this conversation, you have some fresh inspiration to tweak your own unique thyroid-friendly lifestyle!

Some of what we cover includes:

• Lifestyle oriented actions and habits that fuel a healthy thyroid
• What Angela's day to day lifestyle looks like from wake up to sleep time!
  
  
• What foods fuel a healthy thyroid lifestyle
• What types of exercise fuel a healthy thyroid lifestyle
  
  
• The importance of having a plan
• Developing an exercise program/routine
  
  
• The value of accountability

What is ONE THING you can take away from this episode?

Angela is a holistic health coach from St. Louis, MO. She is a board certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P), a licensed physical therapist, as well as a personal trainer. She specializes in advanced testing and thyroid healing for women. She has recovered from hypothyroidism herself after being diagnosed at the age of 22. She used her experience and education to create her program called “The Sexy Thyroid Solution” to help women no longer suffer like she did and get to the root cause of their health issues.

Connect with Angela:
angelabrown.org and

Instagram @angelabrowncoach

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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
🎙 Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube

Have you got your copy of my book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help yet?

If not, you can grab a yours from Amazon or from letstalkthyroid.com

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

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If you get value from the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast, I'd love to invite you to become a monthly supporter from US$3/month. This will help me enormously to cover the costs of producing the podcast and making the content available freely.

We have been on a stress/gut/healing journey over the last few episodes and I love how this often happens - the conversations follow similar themes from different angles, perspectives and stories which helps to really unpack the topic.

To continue the theme, Libby Munro joins me to share her story of healing her Hashimoto's and unpack further the connection between how you handle stress, manage gut health and heal autoimmune thyroid conditions. Libby brings energy and education to the thyroid community and in particular is a popular thyroid advocate in the Australian Thyroid Community.

We cover:

• Libby's Hashimoto's Story
• Taking a holistic approach to healing
• The role of stress
• How hypnotherapy can help Hashimoto's
• Finding personalised stress management techniques
• Daily pro-biotic use and the research on
•  SIBO
• Specific supplements for various gut issues
• Heart Rate Variability monitoring for stress management

Meet Libby:
Libby grew up on a cattle station in outback Queensland, and originally followed her passion for acting, graduating from NIDA in 2008. She then enjoyed a thriving creative career on stage and screen, fulfilling her wildest performance dreams, but it took an incredible toll on her physical health. 

It was during her time at NIDA that Libby’s health was first impacted by constant dieting, stress, and maintaining the maniacally busy schedule of a theatre artist. She was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition 'Hashimotos' at only 25 years old, and so began her parallel interest in health, lifestyle and nutrition. Libby took her health into her own hands, studied her autoimmune disease, and then implemented diet and lifestyle changes - effectively putting her disease into remission. 

While working on a film in Los Angeles in 2017, Libby hired a nutrition coach from American company Black Iron Nutrition while training for a very physically demanding role. It was her experience with a wonderful coach at BIN that made her look into a career in health and start studying under Precision Nutrition. Returning to Australia when Covid-19 struck, Libby completed her study and applied for an internship with Black Iron Nutrition and was subsequently hired as one of their elite coaches. 

While she loved her 2 years as a nutrition coach, Libby found that she wanted to help people with very serious conditions like her own and has found her niche in improving her client's gut health, working to put autoimmunity into remission for a broader audience and supporting long term health in these areas. 

She continues her passion for acting, most recently starring in Queensland Theatre Co’s 2023 season of “The Appleton Ladies Potato Race”, and appearing in the Netflix series 'Joe Vs Carol’. Libby also makes handmade fur felt hats with her brand 'Bluegrass Hat Co' because she believes that a happy and balanced existence (for her) involves creativity aligned with physical

Have you got your copy of my book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help yet?

If not, you can grab a yours from Amazon or from letstalkthyroid.com

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

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"Can you heal Hashimoto's?" is a common question I've been asked over the years, and have asked myself. My guest on this episode, Josie Warren strongly believes you can heal Hashimoto's (& other autoimmune diseases) by addressing how you emotionally respond to life. It's a fascinating and challenging conversation and one full of HOPE.

We cover:

• Josie's Hashimoto's story and her path to healing.
• Is Hashimoto's a 'thyroid' disease?
• The emotional connection to autoimmune diseases.
• The immune system as a root cause.
• The parasympathetic v sympathetic nervous system.
• Learning how to emotionally handle life so you can heal.
• The importance of having hope in the healing journey.

What is ONE THING you can take away from this episode?

Josie is an expert in the psychology of illness. She had eight autoimmune diseases, depression, anxiety, ADD, alcoholism, and an eating disorder in her teens and 20’s. After years of struggling with traditional and alternative medicine, she was unable to solve any of her chronic health issues.

Thankfully, through learning how to deal with her emotional state, she was able to permanently resolve all of her chronic health issues and autoimmune diseases in a very short period of time.

Nine years fully healthy, Josie is passionate about helping others with autoimmune diseases and chronic health disorders fully heal by helping people resolve their emotional state.

On today’s podcast, she is excited to share about the psychology of illness with the Let’s Talk Thyroid audience.

Connect with Josie:

• https://thehashimotosfix.com
• YouTube - @escapethehealthmatrix
• Booking link: go.oncehub.com/JosieWarren

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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
🎙 Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube

Have you got your copy of my book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help yet?

If not, you can grab a yours from Amazon or from letstalkthyroid.com

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

Support the show

⭐️ NEW Become a monthly supporter from $3/month

If you get value from the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast, I'd love to invite you to become a monthly supporter from US$3/month. This will help me enormously to cover the costs of producing the podcast and making the content available freely.

The topic of gut health comes up often on this show. It's important to revisit it because for everyone with an autoimmune thyroid condition, there will be be leaky gut and other gut issues to be dealt with.

In this episode, I talk with Donna Monthei, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Licensed Dietitian about a range of gut health topics including:

- Donna's personal Hashimoto's story and then gut issue after taking 2 different antibiotics.

- The gut-thyroid and gut-autoimmunity connection.

- How to test for leaky gut and other gut issues.

- The impact of antibiotics on the gut.

- Parasites - what they are, how to know if you have one and should everyone do a parasite cleanse?

- Ways to take your thyroid meds that bypass the digestive system, where appropriate.

What is ONE THING you can take away from this episode?

Donna Monthei is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Licensed Dietitian. She is the founder of EverVital Nutrition and creator of The Complete Gut Fix Program.  

As a gut health expert, Donna has 20+ years of experience working with hundreds of people with chronic gut symptoms to help them poop like champions! 🏆

She's also got her own Hashi's and gut health stories, which we'll dig into a bit here, and this intimate experience helps her understand and connect with her patients on a really unique level.

Donna is a mom of two 20-something boys... (I guess they're men now, right?) and is based in Austin, Texas, USA.  She is a bit of a digital nomad during the hot summers and loves to be active with hiking, strength training, yoga, and cycling.

Connect with Donna: 
https://evervitalnutrition.com/   and Instagram - @evervitalnutrition
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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
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Get your copy and get started on your thyroid journey today.

Available via Amazon or letstalkthyroid.com

Have you got your copy of my book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help yet?

If not, you can grab a yours from Amazon or from letstalkthyroid.com

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

Support the show

⭐️ NEW Become a monthly supporter from $3/month

If you get value from the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast, I'd love to invite you to become a monthly supporter from US$3/month. This will help me enormously to cover the costs of producing the podcast and making the content available freely.

A short 5 min update on the change of pace of the podcast :-)

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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
🎙 Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

Support the show

⭐️ NEW Become a monthly supporter from $3/month

If you get value from the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast, I'd love to invite you to become a monthly supporter from US$3/month. This will help me enormously to cover the costs of producing the podcast and making the content available freely.

Have you every worried that you can't afford a  thyroid-friendly lifestyle? I know, it can be expensive to live a healthy lifestyle. This topic came up in the last Kickstart group last year in one of our coaching calls, and I thought it would make a great podcast topic, so here it is!  

Here's what I cover:

• What is your health/ill-health costing you?
• Developing the right mindset
• Where do you spend your health dollars?
• Lots of practical tips for saving money without compromising your health.

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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
🎙 Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube

Have you got your copy of my book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help yet?

If not, you can grab a yours from Amazon or from letstalkthyroid.com

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

Support the show

⭐️ NEW Become a monthly supporter from $3/month

If you get value from the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast, I'd love to invite you to become a monthly supporter from US$3/month. This will help me enormously to cover the costs of producing the podcast and making the content available freely.

This is a super short episode to let you know of a few things for 2024.

The Let's Talk Thyroid podcast will launch properly for 2024 on 1 Feb.

Here's the TLDL:

* Podcast launches 1 Feb: How to live a thyroid-friendly lifestyle without going broke!
* Trialing a monthly theme to run on podcast and in the Let's Talk Thyroid Community
* Kickstart Program starts 5 Feb (see below)
* Would you like to share your thyroid story on the podcast? Send me a message and let's talk.

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Let's Talk Thyroid:
WEBSITE: https://letstalkthyroid.com
✅ Download your FREE Printable Thyroid Health Checklist.
📚 Let's Talk Thyroid BOOK: buy via https://letstalkthyroid.com or Amazon.
🔥 Coaching Programs: https://letstalkthyroid.com/thyroid-coaching-programs/
📝 Full shownotes
🎙 Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube

My KISS Thyroid Coaching Program is now available as a 1 on 1 program to work with my directly.

For more information: letstalkthyroid.com/kiss

Support the show

⭐️ NEW Become a monthly supporter from $3/month

If you get value from the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast, I'd love to invite you to become a monthly supporter from US$3/month. This will help me enormously to cover the costs of producing the podcast and making the content available freely.