February 25, 2022

Top Step to Take When Dealing with Anxiety & Depression During Infertility with Dr. Isabel MD

26 minutes

“It’s all about brain health; allow yourself to wash away the stigma about anxiety and depression.”

Topics Discussed:

Prioritize taking care of your gut health

How to take care of your brain like any other organ

How your past experiences can hinder your fertility health

Top Step to Take When Dealing with Anxiety & Depression During Infertility with Dr. Isabel MD

Are you taking care of your brain health without any stigma? Are you truly loving yourself through your fertility journey? To overcome anxiety and depression, you have to let go of the past and any labels and start taking care of your physical health which will translate to mental health.

“The physical stuff is just the representation of how much love you have for yourself.”

In this episode of the Finding Fertility podcast, we speak with Dr. Isabel, a functional medicine doctor and culinary nutritional expert at doctorsonmission.com. She coaches women on how to prevent and reverse disease with lifestyle medicine.

“If your gut health is good, your brain health is good.”

Listen in to learn the importance of taking care of your gut health for you to have better brain health and overall health.

Episode Highlights:

[2:28] Get to know Dr. Isabel and how she went from a medical doctor to a functional practitioner.

[3:43] She shares her experience with anxiety and depression as a woman over 40 and how it inspired her to help other women going through the same.

[9:38] Stop the stigma about anxiety and depression and start taking care of your brain as an organ.

[11:03] The importance of sleep when undergoing hormonal changes.

[11:40] How to take care of your gut health to have better brain health.

[17:53] Start letting go of your past to get unstuck and welcome the future.

[23:53] Take off the label, find help, and start loving yourself more.

[26:17] Where to find Dr. Isabel MD and her mental health resources.

Connect with Dr. Isabel:

Website: https://doctoronamission.com/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/doctoronamission/

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Monica

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Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.

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