Wishing you a fabulous Christmas - a short message from me wrapping up 2021 and announcing some exciting news for 2022.  Thank you for being part of the Let's Talk Thyroid community around the globe.

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Let’s Talk Thyroid is a podcast where we explore different aspects of living a healthy thyroid lifestyle positively & practically to help you thrive and not just survive. I bring together my experiences as a Hashimoto's patient, interviews with real people thriving with thyroid issues and experts to give us the low down on different aspects of living a healthy thyroid lifestyle. Expect discussions on diet, energy, gut health, stress, holistic approaches, essential oils, sleep, relationships and more. 

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My first podcast interview with Bronte has been one of the top performing episodes, so I was thrilled to have her back on the show. Bronte is full of positive and practical information.

In this episode we cover:

• An overview of Graves Disease - what it is, how to test for it, common triggers and an overview of how to manage it.
• 4 core pillars for lifestyle change (these really apply to everyone regardless of your health!)
• Graves Disease Questions such as:

1. What is the best diet for hyperthyroidism/Graves?
2. How does hyperthyroid medication impact the immune system?
3. Are there special considerations for pregnancy/breastfeeding?
4. What is earthing and how can it help?
5. Is fasting recommended for those with Graves Disease?
6. What if you've had a partial thyroidectomy, is there a risk of going hyPOthyroid?

Meet Bronte:
Bronte is a Naturopath with a passion for thyroid health. She knows firsthand the complicated and multi layered journey to heal from an autoimmune disease. Having had a negative experience within the mainstream medical system, she decided to educate her way to recovery… and did... healing herself from Graves disease and becoming a qualified Naturopath in the process.

Having learned so much about lifestyle medicine and the medical modality of Naturopathy during her own healing journey, she is now passionate about passing on this information to her own clients to empower them to be their own healers.

Bronte also offers a specific 12 week program, “THYROID RESET”, where she not only systematically uncovers the root causes of the health imbalance, but more importantly, simplifies the process of getting well again, including the mindset coaching to help you on this often challenging journey.

And when she isn’t doing that, her Instagram tells us that you can find her earthing with a cup of bone broth.

Connect with Bronte May
Instagram @brontemay.naturopath
https://www.bronte-may.com/

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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 thought it would be a good idea to think about 'thyroid thanksgiving' and gratitude in the context of our thyroid health, particularly given this podcast will launch on Thanksgiving 2021.

Take a listen to this short episode where I talk about:

WHY be thankful in a thyroid health context? 

WHAT I’m thankful to my thyroid health for.

HOW to be thankful.

Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving as a holiday or not, take some time this week to reflect more on your thyroid thanksgiving!

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Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

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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.

A major component of living a thyroid-friendly lifestyle is diet. When you consider making changes to your diet for your health it can feel completely overwhelming. What on earth will I eat? How do I cook? What about the rest of my family?

In this week’s podcast, I’m talking with Ginny Mahar, also known as The Hypothyroid Chef about all things thyroid-friendly food.

We cover:

• Ginny's personal thyroid story
• 4 core principles of thyroid-friendly eating
• Gluten free, dairy free, paleo and AIP
• The best way to start with changing your diet.
• 3 pillars of what TO eat.
• Rethinking breakfast foods
• Mistakes people make when going gluten free
• How to adapt cooking for the whole family
• Meal ideas
• Batching cook
• Sweet treats.

Ginny Mahar is a thyroid health coach, cooking instructor, and patient advocate who teaches thyroid patients how to cook, eat, and live for optimal health. She has a 20+ year background as a Cordon Bleu-trained chef, food writer, and cooking instructor, but her life and career took a turn after her Hashimoto’s diagnosis. Through her own health transformation, she became a passionate advocate of supporting others on their own healing journeys. Ginny has been blogging thyroid-friendly recipes since 2015, at hypothyroidchef.com.

Ginny specializes in gluten-free, dairy-free, Paleo, and AIP recipes for people who want to eat thyroid-healthy, without spending all day in the kitchen. Ginny’s background as a chef helps her elevate simple recipes with flavor-boosting hacks, time-saving techniques, and chef’s secrets that make delicious recipes accessible for any home cook. Ginny lives in beautiful Western Montana with her husband, son, and two scruffy dogs.

Connect with Ginny:

hypothyroidchef.com

@hypothyroidchef

Her podcast: Thyroid-Healthy Bites
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Let's talk further with Annabel...

Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

Subscribe to the podcast, share & review. Thank you!

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Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.

Contribute via Paypal to the ongoing costs of Let's Talk Thyroid :-)

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.

Looking after my gut health has been a really important part of my thyroid health approach for many years now. I always enjoy learning more about the gut-thyroid and gut-brain connection and learnt quite a bit from this conversation with Dr Kozlowski.

Dr Kozlowski is a medical doctor who trained in Functional Medicine. Functional medicine is about getting to the underlying causes of disease so you know WHY you are sick and treat those things.

The key topics covered in this podcast are:

• How the thyroid and the gut are connected.
• How gut health impacts thyroid health.
• The thyroid as a sponge.
• Low stomach acid - symptoms, a do-at-home test and how to increase it.
• The vagus nerve - how could be the key to unfunc-ing the gut and how it relates to the thyroid.
• Gut imbalances - microbiome, dysbiosis
• Food sensitivities
• SIBO
• Mental/emotional and spiritual health and how they can block gut healing.

For a deeper dive into understand gut health and the gut-brain connection, get a copy of Dr Kozlowski's book, Unfunc your Gut.

As a Functional Medicine M.D., Dr. Peter Kozlowski uses a broad array of tools to find the source of the body’s dysfunction: he takes the time to listen to his patients and plots their history on a timeline, considering what makes them unique and co-creating with them a truly individualized care plan. Currently he works with patients online and in person via his Chicago, Illinois and Bozeman, Montana based offices. Dr. Kozlowski did his residency in Family Practice, but started training in Functional Medicine as an intern. He trained in the clinics with leaders in his field including Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Deepak Chopra, and Dr. Susan Blum.

Connect with Dr Kozlowski:

doc-koz.com

@doc_koz

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Let's talk further with Annabel...

Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

Subscribe to the podcast, share & review. Thank you!

Go to annabelbateman.com for show notes, download my thyroid freebie, book a strategy session...

Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.

Contribute via Paypal to the ongoing costs of Let's Talk Thyroid :-)

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

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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.

This is a question that I’ve been pondering for a long time. It’s something that often comes up for me personally in my appointments with my health practitioners and is a topic I’ve discussed with many of my guests on the podcast. See some of the related episodes below.

In this episode I take a deeper dive into this question of personality and most importantly, how do we make our personality work FOR us in our thyroid health, not against us.

The connection at its core seems to be about the aspects of certain personalities that are drawn to stress as it’s the stress that interferes with our thyroid. 

Those I’ve spoken to, both professionals and people sharing their thyroid stories with me, do anecdotally and experientially feel there is a connection… and it seems they could be onto something!

I cover:

• A French study that in part looked at autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s & Graves alongside Type 1 & 2 Diabetes) Take a read of it here: Personality Types in Individuals with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. 
• What is the difference between a Type A and a Type B personality?
• What seems to be common traits amongst those with autoimmune thyroid disease?
• The Give-Give-Give person + how to give from a position of emotional strength.
• The Go-Go-Go person + how to ‘go’ well.
• How to make our driven personalities work FOR us - I talk through some specific reframing examples to help us all!

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Let's talk further with Annabel...

Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

Subscribe to the podcast, share & review. Thank you!

Go to annabelbateman.com for show notes, download my thyroid freebie, book a strategy session...

Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.

Contribute via Paypal to the ongoing costs of Let's Talk Thyroid :-)

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

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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.

This really is the million-dollar question isn’t it? How do I lose weight?  

When you have Hashimoto’s and/or hypothyroidism, weight gain and then the difficulty of losing weight is so frustrating.

It’s not as simple as calories in calories out. Or exercise harder (in fact that might be causing weight GAIN).

So, what do you do? What food should you eat? Not eat? What type of exercise should you do?  My guest, Karen Martel shares answers to all these and more. Head to annabelbateman.com/podcast for all the links and downloads we talk about in the show.

Karen Martel is a Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and women’s weight loss expert.

Founder of the revolutionary program OnTrack a women’s hormone balancing & weight loss program. Host of the top-rated women’s health podcast The Other Side of Weight Loss.

After struggling with her own health issues, Karen was determined to bring her knowledge to others with a bold new approach to women’s health and weight management. Karen’s passion lies in helping women breakthrough weight loss resistance and find their personal weight loss code through diet variation and hormone optimization. Karen is a health leader and researcher determined to revolutionize weight loss for modern women.

Connect with Karen:
karenmartel.com
@karenmartelhormones
The Other Side of Weight Loss (podcast)

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This episode is brought to you by the Kickstart Your Thyroid-Friendly Lifestyle program. Next intake starting 4 Oct. To register or for more info: annabelbateman.com/kickstart

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Let's talk further with Annabel...

Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

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Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.

Contribute via Paypal to the ongoing costs of Let's Talk Thyroid :-)

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

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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.

Alyce Garth is an amazing, energetic, inspiring woman who happens to be, all at once - a mum, a business owner (health and life coach), has a degree in Health Sciences majoring in nutrition and food, a triathlete (represented Australia in triathlon world championships).  As if these are not enough, she also works part-time in the corporate world.

Truly, Alyce is one adventurous, very fit woman, who walks her talk and inspires and supports others to getting the most out of life.

Here are the key topics we cover as Alyce share's her thyroid story:

• Early detection and symptoms
• Medication and intervention 
• Gut health and diet
• Mindful eating
• Setting boundaries
• Meditation
• How she managed high intensity training for competition
• How she is able to use her thyroid personality to her advantage
• How her thyroid condition impacted her pregnancy and breastfeeding
• As a health coach, what are the common struggles of women with thyroid and other autoimmune conditions

Connect with Alyce:
https://www.facebook.com/AlyceGarthHealthCoaching
https://www.instagram.com/alycegarthhealth/
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This episode is brought to you by the Kickstart Your Thyroid-Friendly Lifestyle program. Next intake starting 4 Oct. To register or for more info: annabelbateman.com/kickstart

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Let's talk further with Annabel...

Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

Subscribe to the podcast, share & review. Thank you!

Go to annabelbateman.com for show notes, download my thyroid freebie, book a strategy session...

Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.

Contribute via Paypal to the ongoing costs of Let's Talk Thyroid :-)

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.

In this episode, I tackle some common questions that are asked by people joining my Let’s Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook. These include:

How do I lose weight?

I’ve just been diagnosed and I feel overwhelmed. Not sure what my questions are yet!

How can I manage my thyroid health naturally?

Do we really need to be gluten-free? 

How can the AIP help? 

What do you when your doctor won’t listen? 

How can you conceive when you have no thyroid? What is the impact on fertility?

How can I help my teenage daughter?

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If you have a thyroid question you'd like explored on the podcast, I'd love to hear from you.  Please email me [email protected] or contact me via socials.

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Let's talk further with Annabel...

Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

Subscribe to the podcast, share & review. Thank you!

Go to annabelbateman.com for show notes, download my thyroid freebie, book a strategy session...

Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.

Contribute via Paypal to the ongoing costs of Let's Talk Thyroid :-)

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.

Haley first noticed problems with her thyroid when she was pregnant with her now 21 yo, although it took about 4-5 years to be diagnosed and another 2-3 years to have more than just her TSH tested and get to the bottom of her thyroid issues. Primarily that she wasn’t converting T4 to T3.

Haley has been highly invested in her own education and advocating her own health. She even bought her doctor a copy of  Stop the Thyroid Madness to educate him.

Take a listen to Haley's story and be encouraged in your journey.

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Let's talk further with Annabel...

Book your 60 min Strategy Session  with Annabel and get clear on your thyroid health strategy.

Subscribe to the podcast, share & review. Thank you!

Go to annabelbateman.com for show notes, download my thyroid freebie, book a strategy session...

Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.

Contribute via Paypal to the ongoing costs of Let's Talk Thyroid :-)

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.