In the first part of the episode, Michelle talks about her personal experience with anxiety and panic attacks, explaining how to decode and respond to our internal anxiety in a neutralizing way. She also gives tangible tools to use during times of high anxiety/ panic and gives helpful insight into what is happening in the body during stress.

She then sits down with Amanda Montalvo, RD (@hormonehealingrd) to discuss the physiology of anxiety and tangible steps we can take to de-stress. They discuss :

• Being addicted/ conditioned to stress and the rush of hormones
• The impact of stress and anxiety on the female body 
• The body’s physiological response to stress, step-by-step
• How stress depletes our minerals, specific minerals that are affected and why
• Stress and blood pressure (Hint: It’s not just about sodium!)
• Benefits of hair mineral testing
• HPA Axis dysregulation, how to support your adrenal glands
• How THYROID is affected by stress, anxiety, and mineral deficiencies 
• The ONE thing you can do today to help your body recover from stress 

Links:

Get anxiety + panic attack support from a functional nutrition and naturopathic perspective with our 8 week online self-guided program “Anxiety Proof”

Work with Amanda and her free resources: 

Follow Amanda on IG @HormonehealingRD

Are You Menstrual? Podcast with Amanda Montalvo 

Master Your Minerals course 

Adrenal Cocktail Recipes

Work with Michelle and her free resources: 

Quiet the Diet

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Timestamps:

(2:00) Michelle’s experience with panic attacks, anxiety symptoms as a results of drastic-weight loss

(3:30) Michelle’s visual explanation of what anxiety does for us, how to use our anxiety as an opportunity to let us know what’s going on in our body. 

(6:00) What to do during a rush of anxiety or panic attack, hormones & anxiety from an evolutionary perspective 

(14:22) Amanda Montalvo (@hormonehealingrd) talks about being addicted to stress & the rush of stress hormones on a daily basis 

(20:54) The impact of stress and anxiety on women’s bodies in particular

(25:21) Amanda walks through the body’s physiological response to stress, step-by-step

(31:11) How stress depletes our minerals, specific minerals that are affected and why

(36:21) Stress and blood pressure (Hint: It’s not just about sodium!)  

(46:45) Benefits of hair mineral testing

(49:05) HPA Axis dysregulation, how to support your adrenal glands, adrenal cocktails