The Simplicity Sessions

Welcome back for another bite of Simplicity. 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.

In this simplicity bite, we will be discussing stress hormones, the associated symptoms and how they can make us feel. We will look to understand how stress presents itself in our own bodies and through this understanding, start to take back control and take care of ourselves - physically, mentally and emotionally.

Here are the main topics of this simplicity bite:

• What is cortisol?
• The associated eb and flow of this hormone
• How stress can affect you - physically, mentally and emotionally
• Your adrenals are your bodies SWAT team
• Low cortisol levels vs High cortisol
• How to test and assess your adrenal levels
• Advice you can start using today
• Vagal nerve exercises and parasympathetic work for your body
• The importance of sleep, hydration and balanced nutrition
• Sensory stimulants - positive and negative
• Adaptogens

Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!

If you are struggling and you feel more confused than you did before, please do not hesitate to book in a call with one of our team via https://jennpike.com/thehormoneproject

To book a discovery call via email or send us a question you have, send it to [email protected] and myself or a member of my wonderful team will reach out to you.

You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our Free Facebook Group called The Simplicity Sessions Community.

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!

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Jenn Pike

Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike

The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs, and much more!

http://www.jennpike.com/

Simplicity TV on Youtube

Quotes:

"We need cortisol. It plays massive essential functions in our body, and it's only when things start to go sideways that that's when the chaos actually starts to happen."

"Your cortisol is made by your adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys. You have two adrenal glands and they are supporting your blood sugar regulation. They're supporting your metabolic function. They're helping to reduce inflammation, helping to control your blood pressure. Forming memories, helping with your brain function."

"If you've read my book The Simplicity Project, I talk about this and I always give the same example that your adrenals are your body SWAT team, meaning they don't work 24 seven. They're not on call all the time. They get called in when s*** hits the fan. When it is go time. We need the best of the best."

"When you have really low cortisol or you have symptoms of low cortisol, you might be the person that is feeling like you are tired all the time. Right? This is chronic fatigue."

"Women with high cortisol...They tend to have higher blood sugar, which also contributes to that weight gain around the belly, the insulin resistance. The body has become less sensitive to utilizing and producing an uptaking insulin in the body."

"When we're talking about the adrenals, running a Dutch test would be really beneficial. This can be a useful place to start to properly assess what might be going on. That's something that we do inside The Hormone Project. You can also just book and get on the phone with one of our team members and do a hormone project discovery call."

"The first thing I want you to remember is that cortisol is high or low for a reason. Okay. And so we're trying to identify what is the trigger?"

"Sleep has a massive impact on our adrenals and on our nervous system as a whole."

"The other thing, ladies, you need to eat food. You need to stop dieting and stop abusing fasting. Your cortisol levels need balanced blood sugar and adequate micronutrients."

" Unregulated blood sugar equates to unregulated adrenals."

"Using blue light blockers at night is a really big one so that you can decrease your exposure to blue light. There is a free app you can download onto your devices called FLUX."

"I've been using an Aura ring for years now. It tracks things like your sleep and your steps, but more importantly, your heart rate variability and can give you indications about your readiness and how rested you are. And how your body is really doing."

"If you are struggling and you feel more confused than you did before, please do not hesitate to book in a call with one of our team via https://jennpike.com/thehormoneproject"

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.

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.

This is a conversation with the wonderful Phoebe Lapine about SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth). We discuss her own struggles with SIBO, the signs, and symptoms to look for, how to test for SIBO and simplify it. We also talk through various treatments that are available, both Western medicine-based and holistic that you could tap into.

If you're not already aware of Phoebe Lapine, she is a Food and Health writer, a gluten-free chef, and the voice behind the Award-winning blog FeedMePhoebe. She was named by Women's Health magazine as a top nutrition read of 2017, as well as 1 of 100 women to watch in Wellness by Mind Body Green.

Her debut memoir, The Wellness Project, chronicles her journey with the autoimmune disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis which we discussed in detail in an episode of Simplicity Sessions on April 8th. She is the host of the SIBO Made Simple podcast and the author of the book, SIBO Made Simple, which helps those newly diagnosed or chronically fighting small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

You can find links to Phoebe Lapine's multi-platform publishings, as well as social / websites at the bottom of the show notes. You will also find linked info about our partners and recommended products to try.

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.

Here are the main topics of today's episode:

• Introducing our guest, Phoebe Lapine
• Jenn's seasonal recommendations
• Diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• How it all began - The Wellness Project, the SIBO Made Simple podcast, and blog.
• Interconnection and age profiles of SIBO
• Variance in how SIBO manifests person to person and underlying causes
• Signs and symptoms of SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth)
• How to test for SIBO and simplify it.
• How to find Phoebe Lapine's blog, book, recipes, and podcast (linked below in show notes)

Connect with us -

Thank you for joining us today. If you could do me the honor of hitting the subscribe button, leaving a review, and sharing this podcast with a friend or on social media tagging me when you do @thesimplicityproject on Facebook, @jennpike on Instagram, @simplicityjenn on Twitter, I would be forever grateful.

You can connect with Phoebe Lapine via her website https://feedmephoebe.com

To listen to SIBO Made Simple podcast, find it here on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

To read her book, The Wellness Project and SIBO Made Simple, follow the link here https://feedmephoebe.com/book/

You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our growing community via Facebook The Simplicity Sessions Community.

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!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

To learn more about the products mentioned in this episode, visit the link I've shared on my Instagram @jennpike. There you can discover where you can purchase these products and how you can start to make them part of your everyday simplicity approach.

Learn more about the products I recommend and some of our amazing partners

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• Garden of Life's mykind Organics Collagen Peptides, Grass-fed & pasture-raised, with probiotics and powerful organic plant-based ingredients. It's such an easy way to add collagen to your daily diet.
• Saint Francis Herb Farm Hepato DR supports liver function and helps to remove the body's accumulated waste products. You can use the code JENNPIKE15 at check out and save 15% off your order.
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Quotes

• "The Hashimoto's SIBO connection was fascinating to me, not things that I ever truly understood before."
• "The interesting thing about SIBO is because the food poisoning part is very insidious because it is this kind of two-day experience. And then most people are feeling okay afterward but because of what happens in the gut and it's kind of actually an acute case of auto-immunity, where your immune system in the process of attacking whatever pathogen has come in accidentally attacks the nerve cells in your migrating motor complex, which is the heart of all of SIBO."
• "It really just depends on you. There is a very diverse toolkit and lots of options, and unfortunately, some people do need all of those options in order to kind of hone in on the one that resonates or on the combination of things that resonates because the bacteria in your gut are incredibly diverse."
• "IBS is the most prevalent gastrointestinal diagnosis in the world"
• "Where people kind of get too bogged down in thinking that CBO is kind of a disease and how do I get rid of CBO? When in reality you should be asking the questions of why did I get CBO? What it is and what it isn't."
• "There had to be a vulnerability and a catalyst. And then you bring those two together and now here we are, or all your vulnerabilities just eventually added up right over time."
• "The hallmark would be the consistency. So, you know, kind of feeling that way and the bloat every time you eat, waking up with a flat stomach, but as soon as you eat breakfast, that changes"
• "Primary test is something called a breath test."
• "Start to pay attention, you will know. What is actually really irritating your body, it is the most compelling thing to get you to make a change"

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.

Welcome back for another bite of Simplicity. 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.

In this simplicity bite, we will be discussing managing Insulin and stabilizing your glucose. Let's begin by talking through the benefits of stable blood sugar and glucose, the long-term health outcomes, and then we will delve in even further.

Here are the main topics of this simplicity bite:

• Benefits of stable blood sugar and glucose
• Cravings and the cyclical nature of unbalanced nutrition
• Steadier mood, restful sleep, brain fog, and overall mental health
• Impact on the immune system
• Hormonal imbalances
• The interplay between your microbiome, your gut, and your metabolic health.
• Lifestyle and daily meal structures

Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!

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

You can connect to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our Free Facebook Group called The Simplicity Sessions Community.

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!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Jenn Pike

Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike

The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs, and much more!

http://www.jennpike.com/

Simplicity TV on Youtube

Quotes:

"it's not about the highs and the lows. It's trying to find this homeostasis and maintaining a level that helps to maintain steady energy levels."

"First of all the immediate benefits. Number one, you are going to notice a decrease in your cravings. When your blood sugar is stable and balanced, you're going to notice an increase in your energy. You are going to have a steadier mood, a more restful sleep way, less brain fog. You're going to feel a whole lot sharper. So you're going to feel clear in your mind. Your skin is also going to feel and look more clear. You will have less weight gain, less inflammation, overall, a much stronger stable immune system and balanced hormones and a healthier gut will be a far more realistic intention to create for yourself and goal to achieve."

"The long-term benefits are you are working towards preventing heart disease, preventing insulin resistance and type two diabetes preventing type three diabetes, which is dementia, which also reduces your risks of Alzheimer's and reducing your cancer risks."

"The relationship between your, your blood sugar levels and your sleep they're cyclical, you have unstable blood sugar. It's going to make it that much more difficult to not only fall asleep but stay asleep. And when you don't get enough sleep, your body becomes less effective at regulating your blood sugar. Meaning that you're going to have higher levels than normal. And go back into that rollercoaster effect."

"Brain fog... You just feel like you're in a fishbowl, right. It's kinda cloudy... Studies have shown and proven the link between dysregulated blood sugar and glucose levels and impaired brain function."

"Managing insulin levels helps...to support clear skin and weight. So when you have elevated insulin levels, it actually increases the activity of your acne-inducing hormones and those pesky cravings. So having a diet or nutritional lifestyle that is focusing on foods that are higher in fiber, lower glycemically, lower in sugar."

"Now, when we talk about things like your gut health and how this is impacted, there's a massive interplay between your microbiome and your gut, and your metabolic health. So your diet, it is impacting the composition literally of your microbiome, which is that ecosystem in your gut. And that in turn is impacting your insulin production. So we have this ability in our body. If everything is running as smoothly as supposed to be, the gut is nice and strong."

"We really want to work at making sure that those of you who have dysregulated blood sugar, who maybe have type two diabetes right now are helping to control your blood sugar and support those glucose levels so that we can decrease your risk of any other issues happening."

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.

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.

Let's get to the heart of this episode, this is a conversation with Dr. Diana Driscoll, optometrist and Clinical Director of POTS Care. She is an EDS patient (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) who recovered from POTS, as have her children. She reached out to me to share her powerful story and I have to say, I learned a lot in this truly impactful episode. I am so glad you have joined us today to hear our conversation.

To connect with today's guest, Dr. Diana Driscoll, and myself, our social / websites are at the bottom of the show notes. You will also find linked info about our partners and recommended products to try.

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.

• Introducing our guest, Dr. Diana Driscoll
• Jenn's seasonal recommendations
• Defining Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
• Common dismissal of POTS as a diagnosis
• The Driscoll Theory
• Delving deeper into the underlying causes and genetics
• Vastness of symptoms
• It all starts with Autonomic symptoms
• Diana and her son's personal journeys from misdiagnosis to recovery
• Looking for answers
• How to find Dr. Diana Driscoll, patents, and research (linked below in show notes)

Connect with us -

Thank you for joining us today. If you could do me the honor of hitting the subscribe button, leaving a review, and sharing this podcast with a friend or on social media tagging me when you do @thesimplicityproject on Facebook, @jennpike on Instagram, @simplicityjenn on Twitter, I would be forever grateful.

You can connect with Dr. Diana Driscoll via her website potscare.com.

To learn more about vagus nerve supplement patents, go to https://vagusnervesupport.com, and to read her ground-breaking book, The Driscoll Theory go to https://potscare.com/the-driscoll-theory/ where she talks about high intracranial pressure, abnormal inflammation, vagus nerve problems, and more.

You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our growing community via Facebook The Simplicity Sessions Community.

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!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

To learn more about the products mentioned in this episode, visit the link i've shared on my Instagram @jennpike. There you can discover where you can purchase these products and how you can start to make them part of your everyday simplicity approach.

Learn more about the products I recommend from our amazing partners

• Garden of Life's mykind Organics Collagen Beauty Water, Grass-fed & pasture-raised, with probiotics and powerful organic plant-based ingredients. Great for immune health, skin, hair, and nails.
• Saint Francis Herb Farm Calendula Vitamin E Cream is an all-purpose topical cream that heals and protects the skin. With calendula - a classic anti-inflammatory wound-healing herb, aloe vera, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory myrrh, and antioxidant vitamin E, my whole family uses this. You can use the code JENNPIKE15 at check out and save 15% off your order.
• Skin Essence is Canadian-founded, organic, non-GMO, not animal-tested- this company is one that we love and have around the house. The Ocular Eye serum was created specifically for the delicate skin around the eye to help reduce dark circles, puffiness, and fine lines while also serving as a vital protective layer against pollution and the chemicals found in makeup. You can even talk to the company to get advice on which products may be right to try first. Use code JENNPIKE15 at check out and save 15% off your order.

Quotes

• "This is often a misdiagnosed issue going on for so many people and called things like chronic fatigue, or you just have a weak immune system and it's just brain fog. It's just this. And just that. And really it is this combination, this grouping of symptoms that can oftentimes be pushed off as something else."

• "Part of what had you dig deeper and be like, there has got to be another reason or not necessarily a reason, but there has to be another way to, to help our bodies move through this and to get stronger. We can't just continue to feel this way."

• "I was able to figure out there's a propensity for high intracranial pressure and we needed to bring the pressure down and when we brought the pressure down that was a great help for symptoms but it was still not hitting the underlying problem, but we couldn't ignore it. So I went ahead and released that in a book, The Driscoll Theory, it went worldwide. It was awesome because it changed lives immediately. But we still weren't done."

• "My son, he is a poster child for recovery. This is my greatest victory in life. It really is to get answers for him and to see him doing so well."

• "Diana, I believe we all have a divine purpose. This definitely is yours because there's not a lot of people who would be able,12 years down the line, still wake up with that same, not just curiosity, ...but a calm nature..., as well as a certain level of ferrosity"

• "We just have to keep at it and keep looking for the answers."

• "That is crazy hard and crazy that patients have to be the ones to lead the charge. I think it won't always be that hard. Better labels, we'll know more about genetics and we'll be able to identify these things much earlier with the validation the patient needs and that objectivity that they don't have to fight for the help that they need."

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.

Welcome back for another bite of Simplicity. 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.

In this simplicity bite, we will be discussing Adult Acne. We will talk through different causes of acne in adulthood, the purpose of our pores, and the direct correlation between skin issues and imbalances in our nutrition, gut health, and hormones. I will also walk you through the three phases of detoxification relating to gut and liver function, nutritional intake, and breakdown.

Given the current reality we are all facing, masks are a big part of our lives so I will be sharing some tips with you on how to take care of your skin in and out of the home.

I want to preface that we are all different and so it is important when listening to this episode, to take from it what connects with you, what resonates.

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

Here are the main topics of this simplicity bite:

• Different possible causes of adult acne
• Just how common acne is in adulthood
• We have pores for a reason
• Call back to our skincare episodes with Skin Essence founder, David Brooke
• Lifestyle irritants
• Direct correlation of skin issues with imbalances in nutrition, gut health, and hormones
• Three different phases of detoxification
• Stress breakouts and impact of your mental health on your physical health
• The importance of good hygiene and a cleansing routine
• Taking care of your skin before, during, and after wearing a mask
• Inflammatory foods and leaky gut

Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!

You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our Free Facebook Group called The Simplicity Sessions Community.

Quotes:

"Acne is something that I think so many of us believe only happens when we are in puberty, but it can happen as an adult"

"To preface this episode by saying that every body is different. So as I say, time and time again, I don't know you, your history, your current status, what's going on. So I want you to be able to sit back and take this through a big lens and pull from it what connects with you, and then some of the pieces that don't resonate, then that message is just not for you."

"What we do have to remember is that we have pores for a reason, right? We have endo and exogenous organs and systems for a reason. Meaning we are meant to draw things in, absorb and bring them into our body. And we are equally meant to be pushing and releasing things out."

"Hormones can definitely cause skin issues to flare, but they all begin within the gut."

"Stress increases certain stress hormones in the body, particularly the production of cortisol, which can definitely cause you to have stress breakouts.

"Remember your body has to be able to filter...I've seen a huge increase in dealing with acne all around the area of wearing a mask"

"The final thing that I would say is Don't try to navigate this by yourself. If you're really struggling when it comes to your skin, work with somebody on this, reach out to us. You can book a call with one of our team members and talk about what you've been struggling with. We will be very honest with you and let you know if myself or one of our coaches inside the Hormone Project are a good fit. And if not, we will refer you."

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!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Jenn Pike

Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike

The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs, and much more!

http://www.jennpike.com/

Simplicity TV on Youtube

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.

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, I kick off the episode by covering a question that so many of you asked, overwhelming our inboxes regarding issues with sleep. Given the recent time change a lot of you experienced, we have daylight for longer which is wonderful for our mental and physical well-being, however, it can impact sleep and our ability to fall asleep at night. I will talk through intake recommendations, sleep environment tips, and cleansing advice for everyday simplicity.

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.

Now let's get to the heart of this episode, this is a conversation with Erin Oberlander, Doctor of Musical Arts, a Certified Holistic Therapist, Herbalist, and owner of her own company Prairie Soap House & Apothecary. She focuses her practices through her online school, Arcadia Empowerment Collective where she strives to inspire people and to educate them on holistic health and lifestyles.

To connect with today's guest, Erin and myself, our social / websites are at the bottom of the show notes. You will also find linked info about our partners and recommended products to try.

• Introducing our guest, Erin Oberlander
• Popular listener question response - SLEEP
• Intake options and sleep environment tips that can assist with a good night's sleep
• Difference between cleansing and nourishing our skin versus cleaning our skin
• Incorporating the essential oils of herbalism in to our lives
• Our connection to nature historically, at present and moving forward
• How our new reality of home life has changed our relationship with nature
• Seasonal effects on our bodies and how to make the most of what each season brings
• Fresh farm produce vs the far traveled products
• Your skin and your GI tract
• The importance of understanding connections internally and externally
• Joining you on your journey, not just quick advice for this moment, but a deeper knowledge and toolkit for every moment
• Permaculture - a sense of commitment to the long-term.
• Sound healing sessions and creating coherence
• "It can be solved by walking"

"Everything is so grounded in nature. Everything is rooted in coming back home to ourselves"

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Thank you for joining us today. If you could do me the honor of hitting the subscribe button, leaving a review, and sharing this podcast with a friend or on social media tagging me when you do @thesimplicityproject on Facebook, @jennpike on Instagram, @simplicityjenn on Twitter, I would be forever grateful.

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You can connect with Erin via Twitter @apothecary_erin, Instagram @arcadiaholisticschool, or to book a free discovery call here. To learn more about Prairie Soap House & Apothecary, https://www.prairiearomatherapy.com/home and for more info on Erin's VIP Holistic lifestyle makeover, go to https://arcadiaholisticschool.com/vip-11-holistic-lifestyle-coaching

You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our growing community via Facebook The Simplicity Sessions Community.

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!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

To learn more about the products mentioned in this episode, visit the link I've shared on my Instagram @jennpike. There you can discover where you can purchase these products and how you can start to make them part of your everyday simplicity approach.

Learn more about our Partners:

• Skin Essence is Canadian-founded, organic, non-GMO, not animal-tested- this company is one that we love and have around the house. The Soothe and the Light are two moisturizers that I alternate between. You can even talk to the company to get advice on which products may be right to try first.
• Garden of Life's mykind Organics liquid iron supplement is doctor-formulated magnesium, Dr. Perlmutter is actually the physician who created this and it's non-genetically modified, Gluten-free, there's no sugar or junk in it and it has a little bit of live probiotic bacteria cultures.
• To calm your nervous system to aid in a good night's sleep, Valericalm which is a combination of camomile,npassion flower, and California poppy from Saint Francis Herb Farm can help.

Quotes

• "What did we inherently know from nature then that we have lost touch with now? And how has that affected us? How has it affected our bodies? How has it affected us socially? How's it affected us spiritually. And when we start to look at coming home to ourselves, a healing, the starting point with that often is figuring out how we can become more in touch with nature.

• "Coming home to ourselves and learning how to reconnect with nature and how she can nourish us."

• "How afraid people are to really listen to themselves. Because if they start listening, they might have to change... And if this last year has taught us anything, it has forced us into situations where we don't have a choice anymore. We actually have to start listening. So maybe that's the silver lining of the whole situation is that we're learning to listen

• "Learning to nourish the body with what nature would naturally be giving us in every season...what's going on in our body. What imbalances are going on, but also what does nature have for us in this moment."

• "I know if I don't teach you the why behind the what. And I don't help you understand all the connections, you are going to end up in the next X amount of time, down the same rabbit hole and repeating the same pattern."

• "You can be better right now for a short period of time, or we could take a little bit more time and go on a journey together and teach you. And now you can have lifetime knowledge that anytime something happens, you now know how to best support yourself.

• "We do kind of a breaking down of what their current lifestyle is, and then spend the rest of the time building back up...Now you have the knowledge to start to explore that area and there's the empowerment piece."

• "I believe if we can connect people and empower them with this type of information, it's going to change, not just their lives, but it's going to change how they interact, you know, with what their buying power is with their social presence."

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.

Welcome back for another bite of Simplicity. 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.

In this simplicity bite, we will be discussing a big question that came into us as we've been chatting more about thyroid health recently, and that is Hashimoto's and related triggers.

This can be a heavy topic to discuss so please take a moment, grab yourself some tea or water, find a space that feels right and once you're ready, we'll dive in together.

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

Here are the main topics of this simplicity bite:

• What is Hashimoto's?
• Important triggers to be aware of
• Connecting life long health experiences to Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Hypothyroidism versus Hashimoto's
• What you will see when testing for Hashimoto's
• Deeper dive into symptoms and triggers
• The importance of paying attention to your body and asking for tests
• Remission

We discussed my sister's journey with Hashimoto's on a recent episode from March 16th so please feel free to go back and listen via Spotify, Stitcher or Apple Podcasts, it is a powerful conversation. For a deeper understanding of how your thyroid works, I would recommend also listening to our bite-size session from last Thursday, April 1st, it is a great educational listen.

Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!

You can connect to this episode on Apple Podcaasts, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our Free Facebook Group called The Simplicity Sessions Community.

Quotes:

"Hashimoto's, it's an autoimmune disorder where your immune system creates antibodies that specifically attack the thyroid gland."

"Women are suffering and men can have this too, but it is definitely more common women"

"Some of the main triggers can be stress, can be infections, can be nutrient deficiencies. They can be environmental toxins, can be adrenal dysfunction, could be viruses, can be food intolerances or histamine intolerances, and can definitely be hormonal imbalances."

"So think of the world we're living in right now, over sanitizing, over sterilizing, over-cleaning. I mean, we already had environmental toxins that we're hitting our system at such a high velocity. In so many ways, both obvious and not for so long. And now it has just been amplified gut infections, gut dysbiosis."

"If you catch this early enough, if you start to pay attention to the signs and the symptoms, if you fight for the tests that you need to have, and then you work with a team or an individual who actually knows what to do with those results, not just telling you what to do, but explaining it to you because you have to understand you can 100% go into remission, which means bringing antibodies down to almost non-existent levels, which is what my sister was able to do and what we have so many women do."

"If you've not yet downloaded my free superior thyroid health webinar, head over to https://jennpike.com/videos/ .

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!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Jenn Pike

Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike

The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs, and much more!

http://www.jennpike.com/

Simplicity TV on Youtube

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.

Jenn invites Amber Dugger on the podcast to discuss how women approach their finances in 2021. Amber tells you how the financial system has failed you and the institutions that are able to help you would rather make money off of you than get you out of debt.

In this episode, you will hear Amber provide you with tips on how to create a positive experience with getting to know your finances and how it will help you build wealth in the future by preparing for upcoming bills and items that you would like to purchase without going into more debt.

Amber Dugger is a certified health coach and a financial coach with 15+ years of corporate experience. As the founder of Profit for Keeps, Amber is helping thousands of entrepreneurs through a holistic system designed to remove stress and reduce anxiety around your finances, personal and professional. (we touched on this with Paula Wilimek on Episode 135 released March 15, 2021, feel free to go take a listen here).

I, myself, am proud to say I work closely with Amber to increase my own financial literacy; improving not only my understanding and relationship with money, wealth, and abundance but empowering me to go after my goals, desires, and dreams.

Here are the main topics of this amazing conversation:

• Jenn and Amber working started working together
• Jenn had a surface level feeling with her financial numbers
• Amber's background
• Jenn tells of her financial lows as she was developing her business
• Many people feel overwhelmed when it comes to money
• After an hour of learning, peace and calm set in
• Money is quite simple once you realize
• Moving away from cash has led to overspending
• Not tracking your spending can lead to problems
• Learn to track your spending with Amber's tool (https://amberdugger.com/calculator/)
• Creating your own bills can help you future forecast to avoid getting sidelined by future bills
• Tips to get out of debt
• When money is tight, think of 5 things of gratitude
• Feeling empowered with your finances
• Create a fun ritual when looking at your finances
• Showing your partner that things can get better financially can help get them on board
• Having conversations with your kids about finances should be fun and informative
• Starting to understand your finances and moving towards being wealthy can be clunky
• Approaching finances is similar to approaching nutrition and health

Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!

You can connect to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our Free Facebook Group called The Simplicity Sessions Community.

I, myself, am proud to say I work closely with Amber to increase my own financial literacy; improving not only my understanding and relationship with money, wealth, and abundance but empowering me to go after my goals, desires, and dreams.

"Right now we are a year into a pandemic, Income has changed a lot for people and

Financial stress is a very real reality for many families right now. So what is the process literally and energetically as we start to look at our money? First of all, you're in the process of it right now. By listening to this conversation, you are already taking a step and empowering yourself with additional knowledge and that's a beautiful form of financial self-care."

Thank you for joining us today. If you could do me the honor of hitting the subscribe button, leaving a review and sharing this podcast with a friend or on social media tagging me when you do @thesimplicityproject on Facebook, @jennpike on Instagram, @simplicityjenn on Twitter, I would be forever grateful.

You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our growing community via Facebook The Simplicity Sessions Community.

Learn more about Amber Dugger:

Amber Dugger is a certified health coach and a financial coach with 15+ years of corporate experience. As the founder of Profit for Keeps, Amber is helping thousands of entrepreneurs through a holistic system designed to remove stress and reduce anxiety around your finances, personal and professional. (we touched on this with Paula Wilimek on Episode 135 released March 15, 2021, feel free to go take a listen here).

You can connect with Amber via Twitter @profitwithamber, Instagram @profit.with.amber or through her website amberdugger.com.

To learn more about Profit for Keeps and to download the aforementioned tracking tool, go to https://amberdugger.com/profit-for-keeps/

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!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

Learn more about our amazing show partners

I am suffering so horribly from seasonal allergies. Are there any tips and suggestions that you can to, to help me or that you can offer to help me?

• Some common symptoms could be post-nasal drip, sneezing, watery eyes as well as scratchy throat, irritation or tickle in the ears, or a decreased focus and concentration (brain fog). You may also notice that some eczema has cropped up that had been lying quiet for a while. You may notice that your sleep is off.
• Ways to combat seasonal allergies
• Food is related to how our body responds to an immune sensitivity just as much as the environment. The two are connected. Certain foods will exacerbate the reaction you have to environmental allergens. So when you are thinking lifestyle, try to mitigate inflammatory foods, dairy and sugars are great examples.
• Having too much caffeine and alcohol can irate the system.
• Some seasonal foods that can be an issue at this time of year are you suffer from hay fever in different pollen and cross-reactive type of allergies to things like melon, cucumbers, and bananas can trigger a reaction. Wheat and glutenous grains can also cause problems
• Focus on raw local honey that is rich in bioflavonoids and has natural antibacterial properties
• Hot and spicy foods create some heat and burn things off.
• Bone broth for pre and probiotic-rich foods.
• Pineapple is good because of the enzymes bromelain
• Fish organic vegetables and local organic meats
• Vitamin C, corecertin, and Coenzyme Q 10 are great for mitochondrial support
• Allergy relief tincture from St. Francis Herb Farm called Allergy Relief with Deep Immune Tincture
• Relieves allergy symptoms and supports the immune system.
• Contains Australegis, reishi and Schisandra which are found in the deep immune formula
• Also, contain nettle and prickly Ash with certain homeopathic ingredients that can really help your system.
• You can up your water game by using the following ingredients:
• 1 scoop of the Garden of Life Beauty Collagen Powder
• 20 drops of the St. Francis Herb Farm Schisandra
• 1 Tablespoon of beat crystals - blood building
• 1 Liter of water in a mason jar

I hope some of these tips can help all your mamas out there, and if you don't have a daughter, then I hope some of these tips and tricks can help you.

• Save 15% off of your order at skinessence.ca when you use the code JENNPIKE15.
• Save 10% off of your order at sunwarrior.com if you're a US resident when you use the code simplicity (all lower case).
• Save 15% off your order at stfrancisherbfarm.com when you use the code JENNPIKE15.

Good Juju -- Save 10% off of your order at https://hellogoodjuju.com/collections/all-products using the code JENNPIKE10

Garden of Life (April / May only — collagen line) — https://gardenoflifecanada.com/ (NO CODE, just send them to the site)

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Jenn Pike

Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike

The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs, and much more!

http://www.jennpike.com/

Simplicity TV on Youtube

Quotes:

"I love seeing the process of someone go from a place of feeling anxious and overwhelmed within. Honestly, an hour already starting to feel peace and calm."

"So now that we have moved away from physical cash and instead of giving a card over, they have done studies that show that the consumer debt has extremely increased due to the fact that now people are handing over our card."

"When you know that your money is going out is larger than the money coming in. There's a reason you're feeling this way because it's just clear that there are more expenses than there is money"

"I always suggest creating a beautiful ritual around looking at your money."

"I would just love to learn more so that I can make sure that I'm supporting our family and relationship and really bring it from a perspective of, you know, trying to alleviate them from that burden of being the only person responsible."

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.

Due to your overwhelming response to our recent episode, TSH Is Not a Thyroid Hormone we are back for a second bite of simplicity pertaining to TSH and to guide you on a deeper dive into how your thyroid works.

In this simplicity bite, we will walk through the seven steps to how your thyroid works, key thyroid hormone vocabulary and the delicate balance between your thyroid and overall health.

My goal is to empower you as women to take charge of your health, share with you the knowledge you need to do so, and move forward with confidence, simplicity, and ease in all that you do.

This episode will delve into the science, physiology, and biology of this topic so feel free to pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in or take yourself for a short walk in the fresh air.

Once you're ready, we'll dive in together.

If you have a question, send it on over to [email protected]!

Here are the main topics of this simplicity bite:

• How your thyroid works, a step by step guide
• The bare minimum for measuring your thyroid health
• Thyroid hormone vocabulary
• Hypothyroidism vs Hyperthyroidism
• Delicate balance and synergy between thyroid health and overall health
• Emphasis on women's empowerment and knowledge to take charge of their health
• Test, don't guess.

Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!

You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our Free Facebook Group called The Simplicity Sessions Community.

Online working with Jenn:

To register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones, and more, please join the waitlist at www.jennpike.com/thehormoneproject.

You can now start this program at any time, take it at your own pace, and have a live group, weekly coaching classes, with me and my team as well. You will get lifetime access to the program, starting with a 1:1 session with me, testing, classes, core modules, my recipes, exercise calendar, and masterclass series. We are waiting for you to join the Hormone Project!

The Synced Program is now available for registration, 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! This is a membership site where you will get lifetime access to more than 60 classes according to each phase, plus the masterclasses I give every month.

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Jenn Pike

Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike

The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs, and much more!

http://www.jennpike.com/

Simplicity TV on Youtube

Quotes:

"For measuring your thyroid health, the bare minimum would be TSH-free T4 and your free T3 to understand what's the signal from the brain to the gland. What's the production from the gland itself. And how effectively is your T4 converting into T3, which is the metabolically active form of your thyroid hormone."

"A little thyroid hormone vocabulary. So T4 thyroxine - it's the inactive form of your thyroid hormone in its storage form. And it can convert into either free T3, which is a yes please, give me more of that. Or into reverse T3, which we don't want to see those levels elevated.

T3 is the active form of your thyroid hormone that's responsible for your thyroid hormones work and the actions in your body."

"Your adrenal health is so important when we're talking about your thyroid health"

"The big takeaway for women is every time something goes wrong with their metabolism, we pull it back to thyroid. And definitely that can be an issue because your thyroid is the master of your metabolic system. But it is also involved in nearly every other function that is going on in our body"

"When T4 and T3 levels are low, which is in the case of hypothyroidism, that TRH hormone is actually telling your pituitary to produce more TSH, which signals to the thyroid to produce more T4 and T3. When T4 and T3 are too high, this is what happens in hyperthyroidism, TRH tells the pituitary to produce less"

"What exactly are we waiting for in that period of time? What's going to change if this woman is no further along in her empowerment or her knowledge of the things she needs to do to change. Right. I have a free thyroid masterclass that you can go and download."

"You can work with us one-on-one and we can do a full thyroid panel and do the appropriate testing for your adrenals and all your hormones. And actually not guess what's going on, but we can test."

Vocabulary:

• TRH - Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
• HPA axis - Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal act
• TSH - Thyroid-stimulating hormone

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.

We tend to take what our dentists say about oral health without question; however, there is more to oral dental health care than what we are told. Nadine Artemis joins me on the podcast to discuss the information that can change the way you think of your oral dental health care. Nadine provides tips from how to brush your teeth and why you don't need toothpaste to how many times a day you should be flossing. She also discusses what to look out for when your dentist wants to conduct a root canal.

Nadine Artemis is the author of two books including Renegade Beauty: Reveal and Revive Your Natural Radiance and Holistic Dental Care.

She is the creator of Living Libations, a luxury line of organic wild-crafted non-GMO serums, elixirs, and essential oils for those seeking the purest of the pure botanical natural health and beauty products on the planet.

Here are the main topics of this amazing conversation:

• Nadine's childhood of mixing essential oils
• University refined her taste for better health with food and environmental health
• Learned to read labels and understand the dangers of common/refined foods
• Making her own products for her and her friends
• Opened North America's first full concept aromatherapy store on Queen Street
• Moved from skincare into oral dental care
• The holistic dentist saw a cavity begin to form in Nadine's mouth. Told her to mix some things up and try them and come back in six months. the cavity faded.
• The existence of the dental lymph system
• 8 Steps to oral dental care with baking soda
• Using baking soda to brush your teeth
• How to properly tongue scrap
• Life longevity and flossing
• The benefit of oils and serums while flossing
• The dangers of a root canal
• Know the types of treatments for various dental issues
• How to really brush your teeth
• The susceptibility of mouth breathers

Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!

You can connect to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting www.jennpike.com/podcast.

Join our Free Facebook Group called The Simplicity Sessions Community.

Learn more about Nadine Artemis:

Nadine Artemis is the author of two books including Renegade Beauty: Reveal and Revive Your Natural Radiance and Holistic Dental Care.

She is the creator of Living Libations, a luxury line of organic wild-crafted non-GMO serums, elixirs, and essential oils for those seeking the purest of the pure botanical natural health and beauty products on the planet.

Nadine is an innovative aromacologist that formulates immune-enhancing blends.

Her healing creations, along with her concept of "renegade beauty," encourage effortlessness, eschew regimes, and inspire people to rethink conventional notions of beauty and wellness.

Her potent dental serums are used worldwide and provide the purest oral care available.

Nadine is a key speaker at health and wellness conferences and a frequent commentator on health and beauty for media outlets. She has received glowing reviews for her work in the Hollywood Reporter, GOOP, Vogue, People, Elle, Yoga Journal, Natural Health, W Magazine, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and National Post.

Celebrity fans include Shailene Woodley, Renee Zellweger, Julianne Moore, Carrie Anne Moss, Mandy Moore, First Lady of Canada Sophie Trudeau, and many others.

Alanis Morissette, describes Nadine as "a true sense-visionary."

Aveda founder, Horst Rechelbacher, calls Nadine "a pure flower of creativity."

Fun Fact: She opened the first full concept aromatherapy store in North America in Toronto at just 22 years old.

Living Libations

Living Libations on Facebook

Nadine Artemis on Instagram

Online working with Jenn:

To register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones, and more, please join the waitlist at www.jennpike.com/thehormoneproject.

You can now start this program at any time, take it at your own pace, and have a live group, weekly coaching classes, with me and my team as well. You will get lifetime access to the program, starting with a 1:1 session with me, testing, classes, core modules, my recipes, exercise calendar, and masterclass series. We are waiting for you to join the Hormone Project!

The Synced Program is now available for registration, 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! This is a membership site where you will get lifetime access to more than 60 classes according to each phase, plus the masterclasses I give every month.

Learn more about our amazing show partners

My husband had to have a small procedure to fix a hernia. It was a pretty low-grade hernia. It wasn't noticeable, but his family doctor recommended that he get it fixed now instead of risking it getting worse and having the "jab" down the road. After a quick COVID test, he had the procedure. The doctors treated him well (fed him well), but there was nothing about healing, how the skin should heal after, and what it would look like as a scar.

I knew what to expect so I put a homeopathic kit together with arnica, Bellis, and hypericum.

• Then II got to thinking about what should we apply topically when he first came out of surgery. I used copaiba and frankincense, and helichrysum.
• He wasn't able to shower or wet the spot for a week because the bandaids were on, so that is where the homeopathic remedies were really going to help him. I had my husband take multi-source collagen that had turmeric in it. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory and the collagen helps him heal the joints. He had them in an elixir and/or a shake.
• I also had him take the St. Francis herb farm hepato, DR. It's a daily liver tonic that can help the liver detoxify and filter. He wasn't given many medications and when your body is under more stress, it can change and shift the way you recognize certain things coming into your body. The tonic has milk thistle and silymarin that are really important anti-inflammatory ingredients. Dandelion and globe artichoke are also ingredients in the tonic. He had it a few days before going into his procedure and a few days after.
• Now that the surgical tape is off and everything is healing pretty well. he is off of the internal remedies
• His skin was feeling dry after they painted him down before the procedure so we applied a sooth oil. We have been doing a combination of the nourish and sooth oils, but the sooth oil really seems to be doing the trick. The sooth oil is from Skin Essence with the purpose of hydrating the skin. Women often use the sooth oils for rosetta or sensitive skin during the winter months. I put it on my face right before bed. It's made up of hobo oil, macadamia nut oil, rosehip, barrage oil, calendula, vitamin E, and sage.

I hope some of these tips can help all your mamas out there, and if you don't have a daughter, then I hope some of these tips and tricks can help you.

• Save 15% off of your order at skinessence.ca when you use the code JENNPIKE15.
• Save 10% off of your order at sunwarrior.com if you're a US resident when you use the code simplicity (all lower case).
• Save 15% off your order at stfrancisherbfarm.com when you use the code JENNPIKE15.

Good Juju -- Save 10% off of your order at https://hellogoodjuju.com/collections/all-products using the code JENNPIKE10

Garden of Life (April / May only — collagen line) — https://gardenoflifecanada.com/ (NO CODE, just send them to the site)

Learn more about Jenn's work:

Jenn Pike

Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike

The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs, and much more!

http://www.jennpike.com/

Simplicity TV on Youtube

Quotes:

"Never eating refined food again"

"Started making my own lip balms, body oils and face oils and creams"

"so at 22, I opened up North America's first full concept aromatherapy store on queen street."

"I was really expanding on looking at root causes to aches and pains"

"if we've got all these dental solutions, like why do we have more cavities, more root canals, more extractions we're receding and bleeding gums than ever before."

"You can replace everything you have been using for oral care with baking soda and follow the 8 steps"

"Baking powder has the aluminum and baking soda is aluminum-free."

"When the saliva is alkaline, all things are working better"

"100% of the time, a root canal with harbour necrotic bacteria"

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.