• Lessons Learned:
  1. Embrace the Present Moment: Chronic illness taught me to seize the day, embracing life's imperfections and indulging in the moment, no matter how messy.
  2. Radical Responsibility: I discovered that my health journey was ultimately my responsibility, leading me to take charge of my physical and mental well-being.
  3. True Friendship: Through illness, I learned to cherish genuine connections, recognizing the depth of support and love from friends and family
  4. Everyone Has a Story: I realized that behind every facade lies a unique narrative, teaching me not to judge based on appearances.
  5. Not everyone will understand:  And that's okay.

Discussion Points:

• Mindset:
  • Importance of mindset on any journey.
  • Exploring how inner world influences outer world.
  • Overcoming obstacles to live fulfilling lives.
• Motherhood:
  • Host's profound experience with motherhood as a homeschooling mom of five.
  • Discussion on managing home life, nurturing family culture, and maintaining personal identity.
• Health Journey:
  • Transition into functional medicine after exhausting various options.
  • Discovery of a functional medicine doctor locally.
  • Embracing the health journey as a learning experience.
  • Understanding the significance of foundational health and holistic approach.
• Healing Process:
  • Transformation through two years of functional medicine.
  • Learning the body's preference for balance and homeostasis.
  • Addressing root causes and prioritizing nervous system health.
  • Transition from survival mode to detoxification and hormonal support.
• Therapeutic Approaches:
  • Wide array of therapies and treatments experimented with.
  • Incorporation of transformational thinking into healing process.
  • Discussion on the financial stress of chronic illness and treatment costs.
• Recovery and Transformation:
  • Gradual reduction of symptoms leading to complete recovery.
  • Importance of mindset in acknowledging and celebrating progress.
  • Transition to health practitioner role with a focus on helping others.
• Conclusion:
  • Expressing gratitude for the health journey and opportunities to help others.
  • Teaser for future episodes exploring lessons learned and surprises along the journey.
  • Call to action: Subscribing, reviewing, and sharing the podcast for wider reach.
  • Encouragement to embrace change and pursue holistic health and wellness.

Topics Covered:

1. Mindset Matters:
   • Discusses the importance of mindset on any health journey.
   • Emphasizes the correlation between inner and outer worlds.
2. Motherhood and Family Life:
   • Tracy shares her experiences as a homeschooling mom of five children.
   • Talks about managing a home, parenting, and creating a family culture.
3. Health Mission:
   • Tracy's mission to transform women's lives by balancing hormones and getting them out of survival mode.
   • Highlights the significance of humor and curiosity in the health journey.
4. Personal Health Journey - Part 1:
   • Begins recounting her health journey, starting in 2015.
   • Describes her life as a wife and mother before experiencing health challenges.
   • Details her symptoms postpartum, including extreme fatigue, fever, and neurological issues.
5. Emotional Rollercoaster:
   • Shares her emotional struggles, feeling afraid, invisible, and misunderstood.
   • Describes the overwhelming fear of not knowing what was wrong with her body.
6. Physical Symptoms:
   • Lists various physical symptoms experienced, such as tingling, tremors, and exhaustion.
   • Talks about keeping a chart of symptoms and the frustration of not finding answers.
7. Search for Answers:
   • Discusses her relentless pursuit of answers, including consulting doctors, researching, and trying different treatments.
   • Emphasizes her unwavering hope for healing throughout the journey.
8. Conclusion:
   • Thanks listeners for joining her on her podcast journey.
   • Encourages subscribing and leaving reviews to help reach more women.
   • Ends with a reminder of the importance of beliefs, thoughts, and actions in achieving true health and wellness.

Note: The episode is divided into two parts due to the extensive content. Part 1 focuses on Tracy's health journey leading up to her discovery of functional medicine. Stay tuned for Part 2 for the continuation of her story.

Welcome to Tracy Erin Talks, a podcast about all things, health, wellness, mindset, and motherhood. My favorite topics, well, and tacos, let's talk about those to join me for an honest conversation as we muse and amuse ourselves. This is not a look at me, but a come with me conversation where we will take a real life look at...

🌟 Health and wellness topics such as hormones, fatigue, mood swings, brain fog, toxicity, mold illness, the healing journey, and so much more.

🧠 Mindset. It's a highly. Underutilized tool on any journey, knowing that our inner world creates the environment of our outer world. We'll talk about what holds us back from living the lives we know we were meant to live. 

💞 Motherhood will forever be my most profound and satisfying life's work. As a homeschooling mom of five kids, I've been there, done that, and got the T-shirt.  I love chatting about the practicalities of managing a home, shepherding hearts, and how to create a family culture that you're proud of, and how not to lose yourself in the process.  

My mission is to transform women's lives by balancing their hormones so they can get out of survival mode and feel like themselves again.

If you're looking for your new "health BFF" who has the curiosity to ask the big questions, The determination to find the answers and the ability to find humor in it all, you are in the right place.