The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast

By Mickey Trescott of Autoimmune Wellness

The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is brought to you by Mickey Trescott, MSc., a functional nutritionist, chef, and author of three best-selling books: The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook, The Autoimmune Welln... more

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September 26, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #10: Step 5: Breathe – Our Stories
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #10: Step 5: Breathe – Our Stories is an episode all about our real experiences with stress, from how things look when stress is seriously mismanaged to the impact of our ideal routines. We talk about how autoimmune disease itself is a source of stress that cannot be changed and how we’ve approached that, as well as “good” stress like parenting or running a successful business. We both share the things we do that are most effective in our efforts to control stress and give tips for you to try out in your own stress management process. This episode is a great match for listeners who want to know if we are zen masters or real human beings!
If you aren’t sure if Step 5: Breathe, needs your attention, check out the “Where Are You on the Stress-Management Spectrum” self-test in Chapter 5. This test will help you identify if this is a low, moderate, or high-priority area. Moderate and high-priority scores means this area needs your action.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:51 The importance of Breathe
2:23 Angie shares what happens when she mismanages stress
4:03 Mickey shares what happens when she mismanages stress
5:30 Physical illness as the result of run-away stress
Angie shares about coming down with Mono

9:13 Parenting and other sources of “good” stress
11:23 Mickey’s stress management routine
Prioritization
Choices
Calendaring

14:51 Angie’s stress management routine
Prioritization
Scheduling
Connecting
Practicing Gratitude (public expressions of appreciation)
Praying/Meditating

17:23 Angie talks about finding ways to disconnect even as a business owner
Taking personal breaks results in professional rewards

19:06 Mickey talks about finding great joy in work with boundaries
20:04 “The Friday Feeling” (you guys know what we’re talking about!)
21:41 Specific stress management steps mentioned in The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook that have meant to most for us
Identify
Eliminate
Reframe (and the positive impact on dealing with autoimmune disease)

24:56 The power of reframing for managing stress that cannot be changed
25:24 Self-care is not selfish (specifically for mothers)
Angie discusses “The Plane Crash” scenario

27:40 Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Yearly habits to cultivate for stress management
32:00 The importance of vacations, both short and longer breaks
35:00 Your homework for Step 5, Breathe!
Try out the “Mindfulness Tips” in Chapter 5 of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook to try out ways to bring your mind into greater awareness of your present experiences.

35:21 Outro

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Check out the previous episode, Episode #9: Dan Pardi on Sleeping Optimally, and the next episode, Episode #11: Jason Handler, Lac. on Stress Management. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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September 22, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #9: Step 4: In-Depth with Dan Pardi, MS
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #9: Step 4: In-Depth with Dan Pardi, M.S. is an episode with some truly mind-blowing information about sleep from a well-known sleep researcher in the Ancestral Health community. We’ve been following Dan for a long time and were lucky enough to have him as a guest to chat all things sleep. Dan discusses how he found himself steeped in sleep research, his basic recommendations for good sleep, and then he gets into some fascinating detail on everything from our internal “master clocks” to how sleep hormones directly impact the bacteria in our gut. This episode is for those who want to learn new and very interesting things when it comes to sleep!
If you want to understand more of what Dan talks about in this episode, but in “non-scientist speak,” check out the “How Does Sleep Work?” section in Chapter 4. It offers a simple, but thorough explanation of cycles and biological processes that work to produce sleep.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:53 Introducing Dan
Dan’s Bio
Dan’s Plan (soon-to-be Human OS)

2:45 Dan’s personal experience with sleep disturbance
Narcolepsy (an autoimmune disorder)
Circadian Rhythm

6:15 Dan’s path into sleep research
Dan mentions the term “social jet lag,” which is a syndrome that occurs when our internal clocks and our sleep schedules are not aligned.

7:29 Dan describes how he recognized his research could help others
Dan uses the term “orphan disorder,” which is a term describing very rare diseases (and sometimes more common, but ignored diseases) that aren’t well researched due to lack of financial incentive for drug development.

10:57 The power of going from a bystander to a participant in your health
14:03 Why tracking helps improve health outcomes
16:15 Dan’s basic recommendations for good sleep
Start with an aspiration (“I want to wake refreshed.”)
Timing (this is about consistency)
Intensity
Duration

20:50 What is the maximum variation we can shift our sleep schedules with the minimal effects?
Dan’s Answer? Three hours.

24:51 Sleep consistency vs. other concerns with other areas of sleep and/or social concerns
There is a time to say “yes” to special occasions, despite the sleep schedule disruption.

27:50 Dan shares an interesting tidbit about the consequences to siesta cultures as they lose the daytime nap in the competitive modern economy, but continue the nighttime socializing.
28:35 Light and sleep
Dan uses the word, “suprachiasmatic nucleus,” which is our body’s master clock.
Loss of sleep eventually effects the immune system, leading to inflammation, and in time can lead to autoimmune disease.
We need light to act as an anchor to our circadian rhythm.
Melatonin directly impacts our gut health.
Blue light exposure
Amber glasses

38:47 Wrapping up with Dan (including some interesting research he shares on drinking champagne . . . we recommend going slow in the AIP community!)
40:26 Outro

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Check out the previous episode, Episode #8: Step 4: Rest – Our Stories, and the next episode, Episode #10: Step 5: Breathe – Our Stories. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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September 19, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #8: Step 4: Rest – Our Stories
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #8: Step 4: Rest – Our Stories is an episode focused on our early sleep struggles, breakthroughs that helped us sleep more and speed healing, and what our sleep routines are like now. We also talk about autoimmune disease symptoms and the intimate role they can play in disrupting much needed sleep and how we tackle prioritizing sleep in a culture that seriously undervalues it. This episode is for you if you’d like insider deets on troubleshooting steps that paid big dividends for us when we were first working to improve our sleep or if you are looking for tips on staying on track with your sleep routine once it’s in place.
If you aren’t sure how much energy you need to put into Step 4: Rest, check out the “Where Are You on the Sleep-Quality Spectrum” self-test in Chapter 4. This test will help you identify if this is a low, moderate, or high-priority area. If you score low-priority, high-five! You’ve already got this area dialed in!
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:51 The importance of Rest
2:42 Mickey’s early sleep struggles
She worked as a barista for years and had to be up by 3:15 AM!

4:42 Angie’s early sleep struggles
Panic attacks and anxiety plagued her sleep

6:54 When autoimmune symptoms create sleep disturbances
Peripheral neuropathy
Blood pressure irregularity
Pain

8:44 Mickey’s first sleep troubleshooting steps and breakthroughs
Neurotransmitter testing
Lifestyle adjustments

11:26 Angie’s first sleep troubleshooting steps and breakthroughs
Blood sugar regulation (This blog post has great tips on blood sugar balance)

13:00 Angie’s sleep now and struggles
Blue light exposure
Amber glasses
Snuggling (and the positive effects of oxytocin on sleep!)
How long did the elimination phase last for Angie?

15:30 Sleep schedule with a family
17:30 Mickey’s sleep now and struggles
Stress-driven insomnia
Meditation

23:27 Dealing with the cultural message of “sleep can wait”
Mickey on social pressures
Angie on professional pressures

27:33 Tips for staying on track with sleep routines
Phone zone
End of work day boundaries
Beginning of work day boundaries

29:44 Your homework for Step 4, Rest!
Take a look at the “Sleep Troubleshooting Checklist” in Chapter 4 of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook to help you evaluate if you are taking all the traditional steps for improving sleep and if there are any remaining areas to explore.

30:49 Outro

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Check out the previous episode, Episode #7: Aglaee Jacob, RD on Nourishing Diets, and the next episode, Episode #9: Dan Pardi on Sleeping Optimally. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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September 15, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #7: Step 3: In-Depth with Aglaée Jacob, MS, RD
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #7: Step 3: In-Depth with Aglaée Jacob, MS, RD is an episode dedicated to chatting with a well-known registered dietician in the “Real Foods” community. We greatly respect Aglaée’s work and asked her to join us in a conversation covering the deeper details of dietary healing, especially how to further modify AIP if healing is not as expected. Aglaée talks about FODMAP intolerance, starch intolerance, and histamine intolerance, all issues that can be uncovered while on AIP and may require specific modifications to help control uncomfortable symptoms. She also explores adding nutrient density with us and outlines new nutrition research she’s most interested in right now. One of the best parts of this episode is in the beginning, where Aglaée tells us about the powerful process she went through on the road to becoming a “Real Food” RD and the shift she sees happening years later in her profession. This episode is excellent if suspect that gut trouble is hindering your healing progress and need concrete details about tackling it.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 3: Nourish, check out the “Nutrient Density” section in Chapter 3. This section gives even more detail on the nutrient density guidance that Aglaée shares in this episode.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:58 Introducing Aglaeée
Aglaée’s Bio
Aglaée’s practice: Radicata Nutrition
Aglaee’s podcast: Real Food Mamas
Aglaée’s books: Digestive Health with Real Food and Digestive Health with Real Food Cookbook

2:35 Aglaée shares about her experience with illness and how it inspired her work
A South American parasite helped her develop a new compassion for her patient’s struggles!

5:40 How Aglaée discovered “Real Food” as an RD
The lack of results she saw following conventional guidelines with her patients made her start questioning the approach she’d been taught.

9:38 Aglaée discusses the shift she sees other RDs making toward “Real Food”
Paleo RDs Network

10:45 Aglaée talks AIP
13:20 What are some specific modifications for gut dysbiosis?
Aglaée shares her positive mindset approach to elimination diets, “The goal of an elimination diet is not about the food, but to eliminate symptoms!”
FODMAP stands for Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides And Polyols

17:33 Should people remove additional foods if they suspect a FODMAP intolerance?
Aglaée’s advice is that it is best to work with a practitioner.

19:40 What causes FODMAP intolerance?
Just eliminating foods is not a long-term solution to FODMAP intolerance, as it indicates an underlying imbalance.
SIBO stands for Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth

21:10 Angie gives a special thanks to Aglaée for her awesome FODMAP guide
21:45 What are some other dietary modifications to help with uncomfortable symptoms?
Low Starch
Low Histamine

26:02 Tips for focusing on nutrient density
Homemade Bone Broth
Organ Meats
Cold-water Fatty Fish (like salmon)

29:44 Aglaée shares new nutrition research she is exploring right now
Why Eating a Low-FODMAP Diet (for too long) is not Good for Your Gut

34:20 Outro

Wait–before you go!
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The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Support us in our mission to revolutionize how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated by pre-ordering your copy today!
Pre-order your copy:
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// Barnes & Noble
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// Books-a-Million
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Check out the previous episode, Episode #6: Step 3: Nourish – Our Stories, and the next episode, Episode #8: Step 4: Rest – Our Stories. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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September 12, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #6: Step 3: Nourish – Our Stories
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #6: Step 3: Nourish – Our Stories is all about what the real-life process of using the elimination and reintroduction format of the Autoimmune Protocol has looked like for us. Although we started the journey close to five years ago, the actual process, beginning with those first steps, is still very fresh in our minds. We share how we found AIP (at a time when the abundant resources and large support community did not exist), what we really ate before adopting AIP (one of us was a junk-food junky!), and what transitioning was like. We also discuss how we approached the reintroduction process, what has and has not worked, and how we were able to discern reactions that can seem confusing to spot. If you’ve ever wondered what we honestly eat and whether or not this was ever tough for us too, this episode is for you!
If you’ve already tried AIP and would like to go more in-depth on Step 3: Nourish, check out the “Troubleshooting” section in Chapter 3 for ideas on underlying issues that could be preventing progress. This section is packed with valuable details, including food guidance to help ease symptoms of common roadblocks.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:51 The first concrete step toward wellness, Nourish
2:48 How did Mickey find AIP?
Chris Kresser
Dr. Datis Kharrazian
Robb Wolf

4:56 How did Angie find AIP?
What are lectins?
The Paleo Solution

7:55 Mickey’s diet pre-AIP
Vegan background
The challenge of reintroducing meat
AIP as a template

10:55 Angie’s diet pre-AIP
13:41 Angie’s transition to AIP
The cold-turkey approach

14:46 How long did the elimination phase last for Angie?
15:15 Mickey’s transition and elimination phase length
The slow and steady approach

17:36 A note of being aware of positive progress
18:10 What changes made the biggest differences for Mickey?
The argument for nutrient density

19:44 What changes made the biggest differences for Angie?
20:32 Angie’s reintroduction experience and foods that produced reactions
Egg
White potato
Cumin

23:18 Mickey’s reintroduction experience and foods that produced reactions
Nightshades
Eggs
Sesame Seed
Soy

27:00 Balance with the AIP process
AIP Is Not A Religion

28:14 Angie’s diet now
29:40 Mickey’s diet now
31:33 Noting the issue of “thresholds” with reintroduced foods overtime
31:49 Bio-individuality in reintroduction (despite shared diagnosis)
34:13 Your homework for Step 3, Nourish!
Take a look at the “Which Way Will Work for You” quiz in Chapter 3 of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook to help you identify the transitioning style that is best for you if you want to take the plunge with AIP and use the handy guides after the quiz to show you how to get the ball rolling in a way best matched to your style.

35:24 Outro

Wait–before you go!
If you enjoyed the podcast, would you mind leaving us a review in iTunes? This helps introduce our work to a new audience as we climb the ranks in their system.
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Support us in our mission to revolutionize how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated by pre-ordering your copy today!
Pre-order your copy:
// Amazon
// Barnes & Noble
// iBooks
// Books-a-Million
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// Powell’s

Check out the previous episode, Episode #5: Titus Chiu, DC on Practitioner Collaboration, and the next episode, Episode #7: Aglaee Jacob, RD on Nourishing Diets. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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September 08, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #5: Step 2: In-Depth with Dr. Titus Chiu
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #5: Step 2: In-Depth with Dr. Titus Chiu is a conversation with award-winning professor, chiropractic neurologist, and functional medicine expert on practical collaboration and the overall collaborative spirit when it comes to healthcare. Titus talks with us about the specifics of collaboration between conventional and natural practitioners, including why the breakdowns in communication often occur. He also shares why he believes there is a new and positive future for a more collaborative healthcare environment. The best part of this episode comes at the end, when Titus talks about the deep root of meaningful collaboration (we wish every doctor approached communication like this!). This episode is awesome for insight into the healthcare experience from the “other side” of the exam table.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 2: Collaborate, check out the “How Do You Build A Collaborative Team” section in Chapter 2. This section is very relevant to the guidance Titus shares in this episode.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:50 Introducing Titus
Titus’s Bio
Titus and Dr. Fallahi’s Practice: KOBA Family Wellness Center

3:20 Titus shares about his experience with illness and injury bringing him to healthcare
He was hit by a car in Japan and that changed everything!

5:50 Titus tells us what an ideal patient looks like to a physician
Educated
Motivated
Enthusiastic

9:23 Achieving deeper healing by facing our “demons” on the wellness journey
10:03 What does collaboration with doctors in the conventional system look like?
Titus shares that this most often just looks like referrals

11:38 How does practical communication occur between conventional and natural practitioners?
Titus reveals that it is a combination of sending reports on a patient’s progress and relaying information through the patient (this reinforces that we need to be the leaders of our healthcare teams!).

14:53 Why is there a breakdown in communication between the two systems according to Titus?
Language
Goals
Approach

16:20 Titus talks about why he believes there is a positive future for collaborative healthcare based on three points:
More open doctors
More open patients
Technology advances

20:23 How should a patient handle a non-collaborative doctor?
22:30 How can you effectively communicate your own knowledge when initiating a collaborative relationship with your doctor?
Titus talks about his very special, caring approach to patients who are overwhelming in their personal health research

31:20 Outro

Wait–before you go!
If you enjoyed the podcast, would you mind leaving us a review in iTunes? This helps introduce our work to a new audience as we climb the ranks in their system.
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Support us in our mission to revolutionize how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated by pre-ordering your copy today!
Pre-order your copy:
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Check out the previous episode, Episode #4: Step 2: Collaborate – Our Stories, and the next episode, Episode #6: Step 3: Nourish – Our Stories. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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September 05, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #4: Step 2: Collaborate – Our Stories
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #4: Step 2: Collaborate – Our Stories is centered on what collaboration with your healthcare team should look like and how that has realistically played out for us in our own journeys (hint: it was messy!). We discuss the types of healthcare practitioners out there and what it means to take responsibility for leading the collaborative effort in your own care. We even chat about nitty-gritty topics that aren’t often touch-on, like firing a provider, recognizing the need for medications or surgery, and the toll that medical debt can take on a person with chronic illness. Again, this is a personal episode, but meant to help our listeners be able to see this step on the wellness journey through an honest lens.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 2: Collaborate, check out the “Evaluating Potential Providers Checklist” or the “Prioritizing Action Infographic,” both in Chapter 2. The checklist can help you ask the right questions as you seek to build a collaborative healthcare team, while the infographic helps you look at all the suggestions from Chapters 1 and 2 and then logically move forward on only those areas that are high priority for you.
How to listen:
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
3:00 What is Collaborate?
3:56 Mickey shares when she recognized collaborative care was necessary
The term “key player” is mentioned here, for more detail see the “How Do You Build A Collaborative Team” section of Chapter 2.

6:30 Taking responsibility for leading collaboration in your care
8:10 Describing the types of practitioners (understanding this allows you to choose the right people for the job, more detail can be found in Chapter 2)
Licensed Conventional Medical
Licensed Natural Medical
Licensed Complementary-Care
Non-medical, Non-Licensed

10:00 Angie talks about her experience integrating care
11:50 Patient lead open communication with providers
13:50 Mickey talks about firing practitioners
17:55 The need for medication and/or surgery and our experiences
Where Medication Fits on a Healing Diet

21:40 How to navigate healthcare spending
25:15 Mickey shares about the toll medical debt took on her and her family
29:00 Angie explains how medical debt stirred her to action in her journey
31:20 Realistic look at transitioning a budget to focus on food/self-care
34:13 Your homework for Step 2, Collaborate!
Take a look at the “Prioritizing Action Infographic” in Chapter 2 of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook to prioritize areas explored in Chapter 1 and 2, before moving on to the next steps in the wellness journey.

35:34 Outro

Wait–before you go!
If you enjoyed the podcast, would you mind leaving us a review in iTunes? This helps introduce our work to a new audience as we climb the ranks in their system.
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Support us in our mission to revolutionize how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated by pre-ordering your copy today!
Pre-order your copy:
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// Books-a-Million
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Check out the previous episode, Episode #3: Sarah Ballantyne, PhD on Getting Informed, and the next episode, Episode #5: Titus Chiu, DC on Practitioner Collaboration. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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September 01, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #3: Step 1: In-Depth with Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D.
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #3: Step 1: In-Depth with Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D. is a conversation with the AIP expert covering everything from the basics of immune system function to prevention, testing, and treatment for autoimmune disease. In this great discussion, Sarah talks specifics about who is at risk for developing autoimmune disease, including the “accidents” of antibody formation. Very interestingly, she spoke with us about how our immune systems are “nutrient hogs” and how that applies to the healing approach of AIP. And yes, we all shared a little emotional moment to reflect on the ripple effect of Sarah’s work. This is a great episode for taking those first steps in truly informing yourself about autoimmune disease.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 1: Inform, check out the “Confirmed, Suspected, and Related-Autoimmune Diseases” list or the “Learn About Your Disease” section, both in Chapter 1. These sections add detail to the information shared by Sarah in this episode.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
1:50 Introducing Sarah
Sarah’s bio
Sarah’s books – The Paleo Approach, The Paleo Approach Cookbook, The Healing Kitchen

3:00 How the immune system works and autoimmune disease develops
6:20 How many autoimmune diseases are there?
7:50 Sarah’s experience with informing herself about her autoimmune diagnoses
9:42 Who is at risk for autoimmune disease?
10:55 The risk for developing multiple autoimmune diseases and the role of antibody formation
14:09 Common primary autoimmune diseases
14:30 The role of nutrient deficiency in autoimmune disease
15:50 Prevention of autoimmune disease
Diet
Sleep
Stress Management
Movement

23:25 Testing and treatment for autoimmune disease in the conventional and alternative system
28:00 Sarah talks about how to have a conversation with your doctor
30:30 Sarah’s unique research background and how she used it to create AIP as it stands today
34:12 Our gratitude for Sarah’s work and sharing a few heartfelt tears
36:54 Outro

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The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Support us in our mission to revolutionize how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated by pre-ordering your copy today, using the links provided below!
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Check out the previous episode, Episode #2: Step 1: Inform – Our Stories, and the next episode, Episode #4: Step 2: Collaborate – Our Stories. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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August 29, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #2: Step 1 – Inform, Our Stories
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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #2: Step 1: Inform – Our Stories is focused on the process we went through in getting diagnosis and then educating ourselves about testing, treatment, and prognosis. This episode is very personal, but we felt that revealing to our listeners what our early struggles were like was a valuable way to demonstrate that you can “figure it all out” and achieve wellness. We explain how informing ourselves, though daunting, was crucial to facing autoimmune disease with far less fear.
If you’d like to go more in-depth on Step 1: Inform, check out the “Where Are You On The Spectrum – Autoimmune Status Self-Test” or the “Practicing Resilience” section in Chapter 1 of our book. The self-test can help inform you on the next logical steps to take with chronic illness you might be facing and the resilience guide offers positive ways to cope with diagnosis (something that can be a low point emotionally).
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Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
1:45 What is Inform?
3:34 How information results in less fear
3:30 Taking responsibility for getting informed
4:18 When Angie knew it was time to “get informed”
5:06 When Mickey knew it was time to “get informed”
6:14 Mickey’s diagnosis story
Hashimoto’s and celiac disease
Also see her blog series on the topic here.

10:24 Angie’s diagnosis story
Lichen sclerosis, endometriosis, and celiac disease

14:00 Misdiagnosis setbacks
16:10 The power in the correct “label”
17:26 How Mickey coped with her diagnosis
21:40 How Angie coped with her diagnosis
23:40 The value of having a diagnosis vs. not being able to get one
24:50 Angie’s experience with testing and treatment for her autoimmune diseases
27:30 Mickey’s method of gathering and storing medical information
30:00 Angie’s method of gathering and storing medical information
31:40 Your homework for step 1, Inform!
Take a look at the “Autoimmune Status Self-Test” on p. 9 of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook to inform you about where to move next in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle changes to manage your autoimmune disease.

33:55 Outro

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If you enjoyed the podcast, would you mind leaving us a review in iTunes? This helps introduce our work to a new audience as we climb the ranks in their system.
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Support us in our mission to revolutionize how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated by pre-ordering your copy today, using the links provided below!
Pre-order your copy:
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// Barnes & Noble
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Check out the previous episode, Episode #1: What is the Autoimmune Wellness Journey?, and the next episode, Episode #3: Sarah Ballantyne, PhD on Getting Informed. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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August 25, 2016The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #1: What is The Autoimmune Wellness Journey?
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We are so excited to introduce our audience to our very first podcast… welcome to
The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.

Episode #1: What is the Autoimmune Wellness Journey? is all about our mission with the book and podcast series to spark a major shift in how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated all over the globe. We chat about our goals and give a series overview, briefly detailing each of the seven steps on the autoimmune wellness journey. This first episode will give you an idea about the format of the series and a significant dose of empowerment.

If you’d like to go more in-depth, check out the “Introduction,” “Why We Wrote This Book,” and “The Manifesto” sections at the beginning of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook. We know that most people skim or even completely skip the introductory material in books like ours, but we assure these three short sections are overflowing with inspiration. You can get a little insight on just what lights our fires!

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Show Notes:

0:00 Introduction

1:53 Angie introduces herself

Angie is the author of The Alternative Autoimmune Cookbook and creator of the group coaching program SAD to AIP in SIX.

3:34 Mickey introduces herself

Mickey is the author of The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook and creator of the online cooking program AIP Batch Cook.

5:30 Our goal with The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast

7:09 An overview of the seven steps on the Autoimmune Wellness Journey

Inform

Collaborate

Nourish

Rest

Breathe

Move

Connect

16:50 Empowerment for a personalized journey

18:49 What to expect in future episodes

One episode on every “step” covered in the handbook dedicated to Mickey and Angie’s personal experiences

One episode on every “step” covered in the handbook dedicated to interviewing an expert or thinker to delve a little deeper on the topic

20:16 All about The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook

20:31 Call to action — your homework!

21:55 Pioneering a new era in the management of autoimmune disease

22:35 Outro

Wait–before you go!
If you enjoyed the podcast, would you mind leaving us a review in iTunes? This helps introduce our work to a new audience as we climb the ranks in their system.

The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast is a complimentary resource to our forthcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness. Support us in our mission to revolutionize how autoimmune disease is viewed and treated by pre-ordering your copy today, using the links provided below!

Pre-order your copy:

// Amazon
// Barnes & Noble
// iBooks
// Books-a-Million
// Indiebound
// Powell’s

Check out the next episode, Episode #2: Step 1: Inform – Our Stories. For the full podcast archive, click here.

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