The Autoimmune Hour

This week’s guest, Elle Russ, is the author of 'The Paleo Thyroid Solution,' which has helped thousands of people reclaim their health. Speaking from her personal experience, as a thyroid thriver now, she shares with us numerous insights and tips for healing your thyroid including

• Why is the thyroid so often overlooked?
• What the symptoms are and what tests do I need
• The questions I need to ask my doctor about my thyroid
• How diets like Paleo and API work to heal health issues
plus so much more….

More about our guest: Elle's most recent book - Confident As Fu*k  is also a best-seller and she's a TV/Film writer. As if that’s not enough, Elle is the host of the top-rated Primal Blueprint Podcast, started by New York Times best-selling author and founder of Primal Kitchen Foods, Mark Sisson. The podcast has over 18 million lifetime downloads with a global audience reaching from Saudi Arabia to South America, Australia, Canada, and Europe. Learn more at www.ElleRuss.com

Listen to this fast-paced, fact-filled exploration of all things thyroid starting Friday, June 26th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast.

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Our guest, Danielle Turco, is a Certified Health and Life Coach and YTT 200 Yoga Instructor. She was diagnosed with Lupus 20 years ago. For years, she tried every holistic treatment she could get my hands on. She did her best to get through the days and often suffered silently. In August of 2017, she had the ‘mother-of-all-flares.”  After much research and trial and error, she found her diet held the answers. She removed all inflammatory foods, and within a few weeks, she says she “felt amazing, and my energy level was through the roof.” Now, two years later, her lupus is in remission. In this episode, she shares
• What Lupus is
• Why autoimmune diseases come in clusters
• Yoga and autoimmune
• Living with the Keto and API diet and inflammatory foods
• How to be successful with an elimination diet, plus much more....

Danielle also shares, “I have no symptoms, and blood work shows no inflammatory markers.  My doctor cannot confirm or deny that this way of life has anything to do with my remission but told me not to change anything.  I feel absolutely fabulous, and I am very healthy. My cholesterol and blood pressure are perfect! I now ‘function’ like a normal person.’ Her desire to help people gain back control of their health and happiness shine through our interview. Learn more about Danielle and her work at https://ketolupie.com/

Listen to our free-wheeling chat first on Friday, June 19th, at 7 PM ET at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Lupus and later in podcast and video.

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Bev Martin the founder of InnerActive, joins us for a fun, free-ranging chat about using our intuition, language skills, and creativity to understand ourselves and others at a deeper level. Intuition can be a powerful tool when you know how to use it and can lead to valuable ideas and insights. Bev shows us

• How to combine intuition with insight to create a balanced life-view

• Ways to make better decisions and profound connections with others

• What is Clean Language and the importance of deep listening

plus so much more...

About our Guest: Bev Martin, founder of InnerActive, is a natural and trained intuitive, a certified Professional Coach (PCC) Member of ICF international Coaches, Master Practitioner of NLP, (MNLP) and NLP and Health (HNLP) Certified Facilitator of Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling, Certified Hypnotherapist. Learn more about Bev and her amazing work at www.BevMartin.com

Listen to the empowering chat Friday, June 5th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Intuition

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life outcomes even in times of crisis and chaos. Often with a long-term medical condition, it’s easy to feel as if you have lost control over your health, body, and life, including your rights. Regaining your sense of control by successfully advocating for yourself and others can give you back hope and self-esteem — two powerful factors in recovery. Kristal shares how to use patient advocacy skills in many areas of your life plus she shares:

• The importance of self-advocacy and self-care, especially now,

• Ways to build a community online and offline,

• How to rewire your brain to focus on the positive regardless of what’s going on around you
plus so much more...

About our Guest: Kristal Kent is an Army Veteran, Fibromyalgia Advocate, Veteran Advocate, and Patient Leader Expert. With 20 years of Social Service experience, Kristal’s advocacy work focuses on educating the Fibromyalgia Community on their illness, how to best advocate for their healthcare needs, and apply for Medical Disability Benefits. As a Veteran with Fibromyalgia, Kristal also advocates on behalf of Military Veterans diagnosed with PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, Chronic Pain Conditions, and Fibromyalgia. She works beside other Military Veterans and Veteran Organizations to bring about legislative changes at the VA. Her advocacy effort, for the Military Veteran Community and Fibromyalgia Community, has garnered several recognitions and awards. Kristal Kent is a member of “WEGO Health,” “Society for Participatory Medicine,” a Co-Op Member of the “Savvy Cooperation for Patients” and is a Board of Trustee Member for the “Fibromyalgia Care Society of America.” Kristal is the Founder of “The Fibromyalgia Pain Chronicles,” Founder of the “National Alliance of Fibromyalgia Advocates” and Co-Founder of “Veteran Voices For Fibromyalgia.” You can connect with Kristal and read about her Advocacy Initiatives on social media at https://www.facebook.com/FibroPainChronicles and https://www.facebook.com/VeteranVoicesForFibromyalgia/

Listen to the empowering chat Friday, May 22 at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Advocate.

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Having gone through her own health struggles, this week’s guest Julie Michelson is now a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, who specializes in autoimmunity. We share a great chat and a laugh or two about life after diagnosis. We share our thoughts on living a fulfilled life and that you don’t have to be the 'stats.'  Julie also shares

• Three easy steps to optimize your health

• What is the elimination diet and how a specific-to-you nutrition plan is critical to wellness

• How to create an individualized plan and much more...

About our Guest: Julie Michelson knows first-hand what it’s like to have health struggles. Now, she helps others skip the hardship of figuring ‘it’ out on their own and start living joyful lives of true wellness. Julie works internationally with clients in her virtual coaching business, Julie Michelson Coaching, LLC. She has created Inspired Living with Autoimmunity™ to help clients make the changes necessary to reduce inflammation and optimize healing. Learn more at https://juliemichelson.com/your-autoimmune-coach/ and get your free PDF Top Three Steps to Thrive Despite Autoimmune Disease.

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Learn the key strategies you need to gain optimal health during difficult times with functional medicine expert, Dr. Jenny Tufenkian N.D. in this episode Dr. Jenny shares the essential health foundations for optimal immune function and energy plus

• Ways to diminish your susceptibility
• Best practices for home care and when to seek professional help
• Quick techniques to shift from anxiety, overwhelm and despair to joy, peace and calm, and much more...

About our Guest: Dr. Jenny Tufenkian has been practicing Naturopathic Medicine for over 20 years. She is a board-certified primary care physician and has been a clinical faculty instructor at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She is the owner of Enjoy Full Health Clinic. You can learn more about Dr. Jenny's essential work at www.drjennytufenkian.com/

And, she would love to help you Get Healthy and Stay Healthy. To join in her no-cost 3-day learning session, she shared check out the website: https://www.drjennytufenkian.com/get-healthy-stay-healthy

Reduce your fear, learn smart tactics to improve your health. Now is the time to invest in your health, to feel your best, despite the chaos…you can regain control of your life and find strength. Listen to this informative and vital interview at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Optimal

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We welcome back Beth Donnelly Feller along with her husband Doug Feller as they share the benefits of Qi Gong. Qi Gong can have a calming effect on our physical, mental, and emotional systems by increasing the flow of energy throughout the body. I find it rejuvenating and calming. It has helped me refocus my worries during this time of quarantine.

Beth and Doug share with us several breathing techniques to achieve more helpful states plus
• Body movements to keep us physically active in a gentle and safe manner
• Ways to reduce stress and create a balanced outlook.
• How to develop a feeling of relaxation, focus, and flow plus much more.

About our guests: Beth Donnelly Feller collaborates with her husband Doug Feller, are Certified Satori Method QiGong Instructors, and teach the ancient life force energy practice for health and wellness on Saturdays at their home dojo, and now online. They feel that their purpose in life is to be an “uplifter of the human spirit”… and find that all of their activities, work, and passion contribute to that end. They also teach vocal workshops and masterclasses. They perform in North America and have made six international concert tours together, last year singing in Prague, Vienna, and Germany. Producing three albums, “That’s Amore,” “My Heart is for You,” and “Lady Be Good,” they also co-direct The Glory Singers, a concert choir with a season in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more at www.jeremiahproductions.com

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Finding humor is more important than ever with the pandemic, so we are sharing an encore presentation of “When Finding Your Funny Bone Helps You Feel Better.” Enjoy!

While most of living with a chronic condition isn’t funny, sometimes I just have to laugh at the absurdity of it all — from the embarrassment of my a** hanging out the back of a hospital gown to my body sometimes having a mind of its own…

Recently, I’ve been working on finding my funny bone and enjoying the well-being benefits of laughter with the award-winning stand-up comedian and comedy-coach Alicia Dattner. I like to say she has helped me maintain my ‘sanity through laughter’ at times… In this week’s episode, Alicia shares tips on using humor and laughter to create a positive mindset and well-being, plus
• How humor and laughter are positive disruptions to the status quo,
• How fun can be part of your spiritual path,
• Overcoming the illusion of what is a reality,
• Simple ways to exercise your laughter muscle,
and so much more…

More about Alicia Dattner: Like most of us, Alicia learned early to find the humor in the dysfunction she saw all about her. She has turned that learning into a fantastic career that has seen her perform with Maria Bamford, Ali Wong, Moshe Kasher, Arj Barker, Kate Willett, Ann Randolph, and many more luminaries. Alicia has been mentored by talented comedians over the years, including W. Kamau Bell (HBO, FX), Eugene Mirman (Flight of the Conchords), and Bill Santiago (Huffington Post, CNN, Comedy Central). And, she’s been knocking the tube socks off audiences at clubs like The Improv and Gotham Comedy Club, playing in San Francisco, New York, London, Hollywood, Honolulu, Bali, and Bombay. Learn more at www.AliciaDattner.com

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We welcome back a favorite expert, Sarah Peyton, to share her wisdom on how we can create feelings of safety and stability in times of chaos. Sarah is an international speaker and facilitator, whose passion for weaving together neuroscience knowledge and experiences of healing to unify our brains and bodies.

In this episode, she shares her expertise and tips including ways to move past self-criticism and second-guessing into self-encouragement, warmth, and personal tenderness plus an understanding of how to
• Spot and avoid emotional contagions
• Develop your natural self-warmth and self-compassion
• Integrate the brain’s left and right hemispheres for more grounded living and action
• Use the power of resonant language to support healing and change, and so much more...

About our Guest: Sarah Peyton makes Interpersonal Neurobiology research available for our embodied brains to use in living at peace with ourselves. Funny, touching, and filled with personal stories and up-to-date research on our nervous systems and how they interact with each other, her presentations change lives and invite self-acceptance and self-compassion. Sarah offers healing experiences of hearing ourselves and others deeply using the precision and resonant language that come alive in the long-term study of Nonviolent communication. Learn more at https://empathybrain.com/ and listen to this uplifting and intriguing chat Friday, April 17th, at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and videocast.

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We welcome back a favorite guest, Valerie Sheppard, the author of the #1 best-seller Living Happy to Be ME! In this episode, Valerie shares with us her remarkable story of recovery from a catastrophic-hemorrhagic stroke as well as, her journey that she says challenged her to, “to double down on the things that I teach.” Her deep commitment to the healing power of happiness shines through in this inspiring chat! Just some of what Valerie will share with us is:

How laughter and humor helped her heal
How to ‘improv’ your way through life,
How to use the power of “Yes” to enrich any experience,
And how to respond to fear with a smile…

Plus so much more…

This is a not to be missed chat, she always shares several ‘A-ha! Moments!’ Valerie Sheppard is a number one best-selling author, catastrophic-stroke survivor, inspirational keynote speaker, university lecturer, and certified Laughter Yoga instructor. Valerie is truly multi-faceted. Her passion is life-mastery, which she teaches featuring her “4-Step Happy to Be ME” process. It’s the centerpiece of her partnership with the University of California, Irvine for a much-loved and successful class called “Living 101: Being Happy and Whole.” Learn more about Valerie and her amazing work at http://happytobeme.net

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