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There is no one path to healing and we've gone deep this year with 33 women, different modalities all leading to healing, wellness, and the life you desire. Disordered eating, auto immune, sexual freedom, CPTSD, hypnotherapy, astrology for our times, sacred medicine, racial and generational trauma.. Let's celebrate one year, the diversity in the wellness industry and incredible women that have joined the Illuminated community this year. Thank you.

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Carly Pollack, Founder of Nutritional Wisdom, joins us this week to talk about gut health, detoxing, diet dogmas and much more. She has created a coaching system that includes nutrition, science, spirituality, and psychology. Her clients have long term success and you won't find anything like it. This episode is packed with so much information so grab your notebook, you won't want to miss this.

In this episode, we share:

• 90% mind work and 10% functional nutrition
• Mind, Body, Spirit
• Food sensitivity and what causes it
• Gut Microbiome
• Probiotics and stool analysis
• Detoxification
• Hormone Testing (Dutch Testing)
• Diet dogmas
• Processed foods vs Unprocessed foods
• Consequences for each diet (Paleo, Keto, Vegan, etc.)
• Intermittent fasting and supplements
• How Carly got to where she is today

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Carly Pollack is a holistic nutritionist-permanent change expert, Founder of Nutritional Wisdom, has a Masters Degree in holistic nutrition and has been studying health for 10 years. But most of all she's obsessed with helping you make changes to your health that last far beyond diet. She created Nutritional Wisdom 10 years ago to help clients achieve the results necessary to live an extraordinary life. She's hired and trained the best health coaches out there to get you where you truly want to be with your health, peace of mind, and vitality.

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Pollack, Carly. Feed Your Soul: Nutritional Wisdom to Lose Weight Permanently and Live Fulfilled

Asprey, Dave. Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be

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My lovely Co-Host, Elisabeth Kristof, is back with us again this week. We will be talking about our personal stories that we haven't expressed or talked about yet. That is our addictions and dependencies on substances other than our food habits. We will talk about the trauma and neurological components to addiction and give some helpful tools you can use for staying connected to your body.

In this episode, we share:

• How compulsions are an adaptive response to providing relief
• The difference between dependence and addiction
• Physiological dependence vs. mental obsession
• Our struggle and recovery with addiction
• Understanding the neurology to better understand what is driving your addiction
• How substances can blanket your emotions
• Emotional dysregulation and flashbacks
• Always creating safety in yourself as well as your environment
• Ways to stay connected to your body using applied neurology and somatic practices
• Self compassion
• Don't go at it alone
• CPTSD

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This week I will be sharing my journey from being diagnosed with Stage 3, HER2+ breast cancer, to healing in the top 40th percentile. This story is dedicated to the work I did along the way and what I hope for you is an inspiring story of healing. I will be sharing tips and tools that worked for me as a message of hope. I did it and so can you!

In this episode, I share:

• How I handled getting diagnosed with cancer
• Finding a doctor that was right for me
• Going through chemo, radiation, and losing my hair
• Western and plant medicine
• The breast meridian grid, lymphatic drainage massages, acupuncture
• My healing process
• Finding support and asking for help

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Breast Cancer Resource Center of Texas is an incredible local organization that is here to help. Whether you need rides, housework done, financial help, or emotional support ~ they're incredible and understand. There's a lot of grants and financial assistance out there if you need it! They can help you navigate through ALL and ANY of this!

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HERBAL TEA MIXTURE: 3 parts

1. I. equal parts ~ hibiscus, fennel, uva ursai, lemongrass

After you buy the herbs just go on and blend them together in a jar, mix them up, and then just scoop out what you need as you fill the loose tea into the large metal tea infuser. I buy all of my herbs at The Herb Bar on Mary St off of S Congress, they also sell Chaga Mushrooms as a tea and that's also great!

Brew it long & brew it strong! In a crockpot on low for 7hrs + I find is the best way

1. II. Slippery Elm/Marshmallow Root

Either one. Marshmallow Root is a Slippery Elm. This is a cold brew.

1TBSP : Quart (mason jar) filled with distilled water and kept for 24 hrs in the fridge. Drain & store.

Slippery Elm is kind of mucusy for lack of a better word and it looks weird but it's fine, strain it after 24 hrs.

III. To Drink

Mix them 50/50 or 75 mix/25 elm - they are both super beneficial and I wouldn't worry too much about the balance. Serve warm.

Drink as much as you want. It's such a great kidney flush and if you're experiencing any UTI like symptoms it will clear it right up. It's kind of dry but you can add Stevia or Honey to take care of that.

BONE BROTH This is such an awesome way to get nutrients when you don't feel like eating and it will really help to get your vitamins and minerals. I loosely follow Dave Aspreys recipe. You can get Grass Fed Beef Marrow Bones from most any Farmers Market. Richardson Farms takes orders and you can collect from Barton. 10lbs will make 3 - 4 batches. It goes a long way. If available I will also add chicken feet, egg shells from past eggs I've eaten. I keep them in the freezer, knuckles ~ really whatever goodness I can find at the market. And vegetables only for the last 12 hrs. IT seems like a lot but it's pretty easy. After I warm it to serve I always add sea salt, pepper, cayenne, ginger, turmeric. Yum! It will definitely need salt, other than that flavor it however you like. If you have any problems finding the recipe then let me know.

If you take HERCEPTIN as one of your drugs ~ You must consume OLIVE OIL and OLIVES. IT helps the Herceptin to work better.

Water Water is so vital and with everything you hear nowadays I have taken an extra precaution and installed filtered water that is all throughout the house - including laundry, shower, and bidet! There's also a PH tap at the sink to get high alkaline water.

SUPPLEMENTS/NUTRITION When I first got diagnosed I went to see an Integrative Wellness Coach, Carl Schmidt at Lake Hills Pharmacy, he was very knowledgeable about Cancer in general and got me onto various supplements; Paw Paw & Methyl Folate were crucial. There's great, short YouTube videos about Paw Paw and how it works to fight cancer cells.

It was so hard for me to eat veggies and drink my green drink and all the "healthy" stuff while on chemo and I got to the point where I was too tired to grocery shop, cook, clean, and eat. Ask for help! People want to help you and you have to stay nourished.

If you take HERCEPTIN as one of your drugs ~ You must consume OLIVE OIL and OLIVES. It helps the Herceptin to work better.

I worked alongside the Mederi Foundation in Oregon - there's a lot of info online. They had access to all of my info; blood work, tests, etc. and they sent tonics and all sorts and that's how I got the recipe for the tea.

MIND/BODY ~ SPIRITUAL HEALTH This is a really important time to look after your spiritual and mental health. This is tough and it sucks. You've got to come to terms with the fact that you are down - and that's not easy. While you're laying down listen to something inspirational or calming, meditating, etc., whatever suits you. It's better than drowning in crappy tv and having that vibration bring you down. I recommend Deepak Chopra Soul of Healing Affirmations, The Secret of Healing both on iTunes and it's so awesome to listen to. The Soul of Healing is also a book and a DVD; it's really incredible. Abraham Hicks is also great to listen to. I think it's important to reaffirm that you can do this! Don't ever refer to the cancer as "my". Do not own it. It's here and you have to recognize that but that's not what you are and that's not how you should own it. You'll get so much literature and books, etc. Read when you can but don't overwhelm yourself and don't look at the word cancer in various forms all over the house. Know what I mean?

https://open.spotify.com/album/3rpDTnXBdaciYySxV1ElyH?si=1IvS7Z0WS3CCFQxjnq2BJg&dl_branch=1 Soul of healing Affirmations

https://open.spotify.com/album/71M7hkvO8USA2Qlagia2be?si=O1opisxaTs6VurW8wprEcg&dl_branch=1 Soul of Healing Meditations

Chopra, Deepak. The Soul of Healing Affirmations

Whatever you believe in - believe in it. Pray hard and pray strong.

ACUPUNTURIST & HEALER I have an incredible acupuncturist and healer, her name is Rama Chittajallu and her number is 512.293.5388 I saw her for a couple of years before my diagnosis. She is a Reiki Master, Acupuncturist, and a Dr. Master of Chinese Medicine - this is a great addition and balance to the Western Medicine.

PETS I had my dog registered as an Emotional Service Animal (ESA) She loves everyone and is just a really special beast and my bestie. She eases my anxiety SO much and truly is my xanax. It's super easy to certify your pet online audit's like $80. Trust me - if you've got a cool dog that goes everywhere with you, take it to the next level, you'll love it!

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Joining us this week is Corporate Women's Empowerment Coach, Laura Rubin. She mentors other corporate and entrepreneurial hustlers in their midlife to take charge of their lives by owning who they are and to forget the hustle and unwind from the grind of overwork and burnout.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Helping corporate & entrepreneurial women in midlife
• When do you hit midlife?
• The power of the 'pause'
• Finding your purpose
• Burnout vs midlife crisis
• Why women need community
• How society portrays midlife for women
• Embracing how you want to age
• Moving through anger and expressing your emotions in a healthy way
• Intuitive Doing vs Driven Doing / Business Doing vs Productive Doing
• The divine feminine is evolving

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Laura has a focus on working with women in their midlife by owning who they are, what matters to them, for them to become powerful vessels in making a difference in their lives, their communities, and the world around them. She encourages, empowers, and inspires women to free themselves from society's rules of success and experience life from the other side of the desk on their terms. She guides them on the courageous journey of 'living to work' NOT 'working to live'.

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Did you know that your subconscious is responsible for 80% of the physical world you create around you. In this week's episode Elisabeth Kristof joins us again, as we dive into the subconscious. Elisabeth and I will be sharing our own stories with subconscious scripts, talk about subconscious blockers that keep you from expanding, and subconscious blockers that block you from keeping weight off.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Belief work
• Think, Act, Feel vs. Feel, Act, Think
• Childhood abuse
• Weight set point
• The body hierarchy
• Body supremacy
• Subconscious mind
• Subconscious blockers

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Taylor, Sonya Renee. The Body Is Not An Apology

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Joining us today is local Austenite, Krista Jack, M.S. I'm so excited to share her work with you, this is a very relevant conversation and is really an episode of groundbreaking wellness. She is an incredible practitioner, predominantly works with the subconscious mind, and enjoys working with a wide variety of issues that her clients come to her with.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How we are designed to be in a state of ease and not in a state of stress
• What is keeping us in a fight, flight, or freeze state in our society
• The age demographic Krista works with
• Subconscious vs. Conscious
• How our programming starts in the womb
• Krista explains and 'debunks' hypnosis
• Delta, Theta, and Alpha states
• Heart math and heart/brain coherence
• What kind of patients Krista works with and how she works with them
• Krista explains (NLP) Neuro Linguistic Programming
• Timeline therapy and sports therapy

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About Krista Jack, M.S.

Krista Jack is a hypnotist, neuro linguistic programming practitioner, heart math professional trainer, reiki master, success coach, and speaker. She has worked as an environmental scientist for almost 20 years, assessing and cleaning up pollution, and assisting with disaster recovery efforts. She combines her experience as a success coach as well as her experience in consulting, training, scientific methods, and deep personal development to bring fresh insights and empowerment to those who are ready to make a dramatic improvement in their lives.

Krista works with anxiety, depression, stress management, PTSD, addiction, weight issues, insomnia, lack of confidence, low self-esteem, lack of motivation, fears and phobias, divorce struggles, health concerns, performance and test anxiety, as well as sports performance.

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Hey ya'll, I appreciate you coming back and joining me for part 2 of my story. I have sprinkled this story in some Illuminated episodes and I have sat down with other podcasters and shared it as well but I have never told this story in its entirety so I'm looking forward to finishing it. I feel really good to be at a place where I can share this now.

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In this week's episode I will be sharing how I understand my story and how it all began for me when I was taken in Turkey in 2009. This story contains kidnapping, sexual assault, and violence. This is a very exciting story and SPOILER ALERT, I make it in the end! I'm here, thriving and healing. It's a fair amount of trauma and a ton of healing work featuring a number of modalities. Now this is only part 1 of my story so tune in next week to find out what happens next.

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Elisabeth Kristof is back with us again this week. In this intense conversation we get into ACE Scores, CPTSD, our health, the health and wellness industry as it is today and what you should look out for when you are seeking your own trauma resolution.

In this episode, we discuss:

• ACE Score categories
• Dr. Vincent Colletti and how he discovered ACE Scores
• What CPTSD is
• Obesity Study (Disordered Eating)
• Childhood traumas
• Substance dependence & abuse
• Overactive or suppressed immune system
• Immune suppression & dysregulation
• Adverse childhood experiences can lead to disease
• Working with people who are trauma informed
• Healing and mindfulness

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Nadine Burke Harris - TED Talk

Bullock, Mary Elizabeth. Judging Me

Barbara Dalle Pezze, Ph.D. The Unexpected Gift

Besell van der Kolk, M.D. The Body Keeps the Score

Levine, Peter A. Waking the Tiger

Walker, Pete. Complex PTSD

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