Welcome back to The Simplicity Sessions, I'm delighted that you've joined us today. My name is Jenn Pike, your host, registered holistic nutritionist, medical exercise specialist, the best-selling author of the Simplicity Project, and the creator of the women's revolutionary health program, The Hormone Project.

Today, we are going to kick start today's episode by briefly discussing an area of interest expressed by you, our community, which is healthy skincare.

We will then be joined by a very good friend of mine, Michelle Breau. Michelle is a mother and a wife and she is an advocate for the health and for medical freedom. Michelle is a holistic nutritionist who really believes that lifestyle medicine is the way of the future. And her goal is to provide her clients with space for that concept of wholeness to be explored as we collectively return to the most basic principles of health amidst an extremely complex world.

I do want to give you a warning today before going in to listen to this episode. Not that your heart's not going to be able to take what we have a conversation about, but we do go into depth around the conversation around vaccines. If this isn't for you, have a beautiful rest of your day, I totally understand.

If you have a question for me and my team, send it on over to [email protected] or via Instagram at @jennpike and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts, and advice.

Access links to Michelle Breau's multi-platform publishings as well as social / websites below, in the 'Connect with us' section of the show notes. You will also find info linked below about our partners and recommended products to try.

Here are the main topics of today's episode:

• Healthy skincare
• Introducing our guest, Michelle Breau
• The importance of informed consent and decision making
• Research
• Vaccinations and medical freedom
• Coercion vs consent
• Advocacy

Connect with us:

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To connect with Michelle Breau and find direct links to her published works, programs, and supports, go to her website https://www.michellebreau.com

To follow Michelle on social media, find her on Instagram @iammichellebreau

To work with Michelle, go to the following link https://www.michellebreau.com/nutrition

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Online work with Jenn:

Register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones, and more via the following link www.jennpike.com/thehormoneproject.

Sign up for The Synced Program to learn how to tune your body to the lunar cycle and acquire a multidisciplinary approach to balance your body in less than 30 minutes a day!

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Quotes

• "Majority of what we see on the outside is a reflection of the health and the function of what is going on inside your gut function, your liver function, your ability to detoxify the state of your lymphatic system."
• "I discovered the necessity of informed consent and how I had consented to certain things that I do not feel I was informed enough on that I was not provided all of the information on, um, I think as a parent, any parent who has an experience like this with their child, it sends you down the rabbit hole of research and getting as informed as possible because you realize that I was doing what I thought was the best for my child."
• "This is what I'm seeing happen in my practice every day, working with women, is lack of information, which leads to lack of informed decisions, choices, and consent, which then leads to a lot of different issues."
• "Our world has changed drastically and, and the idea of having a diversity of opinions of questions has really come down to anyone who thinks outside of the common theme of, here's how you should think, here's how the world is thinking collectively. From the media perspective, they'll say that is an anti-something or a conspiracy theorist.'
• "It's not that we just can't accept that our world is changing, It's what do I do about it?... every voice is so important in this evolution that we're going through. But there are different ways that you can go about it. It's a matter of what your comfort level is"
• "If you are living in a lot of fear and uncertainty we have to start really, really small. We have to start within our own four walls. How can you create a deeper level of calm, certainty, warmth, and connectedness in your own home?"
• "We've got to be balanced out ourselves first before we branch out. And I think that is such an important reminder."

Additional Information About Jenn:

Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star, and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature's Emporium, and Juice Plus.

Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.