#113 Address The Underlying Causes of Fatigue with Dr. Evan Hirsch
Release Date: 06/21/2022
#333 Nervous System Dysregulation: What It Really Means and How to Heal It with Dr. Kelly Livingston
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal. In this episode, I'm talking with Dr. Kelly Livingston about nervous system regulation and dysregulation — what these terms mean, and what we can do to regulate our nervous system. Dr. Kelly is the founder of Roots Deep Medicine, and is a licensed naturopathic doctor, like me. She is host of the Vital Spirit Podcast, where she explores nervous system regulation, the gut-brain connection, and psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology. Dysregulation is more often mentioned in scientific as well as public audiences, as a way to honor the experience of having a human nervous...
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#332 The 5 Things to Do Every Morning to Heal Your Body and Reset Your Health
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal! If you find that you wake up and race straight into an endless list of tasks, helping others, and rushing through the day, without a minute for yourself, then this episode is for you! In this episode, I cover the importance of a morning routine, especially the first 30 minutes after you wake up. This is a key part of the day for you to take care of you and for you to give your body what it needs to support your health and healing. Recovering from stress and trauma starts with taking care of you. I share my morning routine, as an example and work in progress. I cover...
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#331 Why Diets Don't Work: The Hidden Roots of Emotional Eating with Tricia Nelson
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal. In this episode, I'm joined by Tricia Nelson, an emotional eating expert and the best-selling author of Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now. Tricia is also the host of the Confessions of a Binge Eater podcast. After struggling with her weight for years, Tricia realized that diets weren’t working because the actual issue what not the food she was eating, but the emotions that were driving her to eat instead of feel. She healed herself and became inspired to help others. I'm so glad to have this opportunity to talk with Tricia and for her to...
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#330 The Lab Tests Every Woman With HPV Should Ask For!
How Humans Heal
Many women are told their labs are “normal,” or they aren’t offered certain tests that would provide additional information, including nutrient levels. But these levels matter when it comes to clearing HPV and preventing HPV-related cancer, as well as other health issues. In this episode, I explain why getting “normal” lab results doesn’t necessarily mean everything is fine. And 6 tests I feel should be ordered for women who are testing positive for HPV. I also explain that the reference ranges on lab reports are not necessarily “optimal” levels, and what levels you do want....
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#329 Bones, Hormones, and Happiness: Rethinking Osteoporosis with Margie Bissinger
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal. In this episode, I'm talking with my friend Margie Bissinger, a Physical Therapist and Integrative Health Coach who has spent over 35 years helping women prevent and manage osteopenia and osteoporosis. Bone loss is especially important to think about during peri-menopause and menopause, because the greatest loss in bone density happens within 2 years of menopause (or cessation of your menstrual cycle). More than 50% of women will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. Wow! There is SO much we can do to help prevent bone loss – and it’s...
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#328 Forget Stress-Free: How to Actually Recover from Stress and Become Resilient to It
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal! In this episode I'm talking about how we can recover from stress even while we're under stress. I explain how it is that stress and trauma can make us susceptible to health issues, including HPV, why it’s imperative to know your Stress Type®, and how your Stress Type influences your stress and trauma recovery plan. I want to be clear from the start: I'm NOT going to talk about how to reduce your stress to zero or try to become stress-free, because as humans we're always going to have some stress exposure. Aiming to be stress-free is impossible, and chasing it...
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#327 The Happiness Nutrient: How Fiber Boosts Mood, Gut Health, and Longevity with Farzanah Nasser
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal. In this episode, I sit down with Farzanah Nasser, a Registered Nutritionist and Certified Functional Medicine practitioner who has specialized in gut and immune health for over ten years. She is the author of the book “The Everyday High-Fibre Plan: 130 delicious recipes to help you feel younger and live longer.” It’s packed with delicious, gluten-free recipes, and I could not wait to talk with her about why fiber deserves so much more attention than it gets. We’re here to help you! LINKS FROM THE EPISODE: Get Farzanah’s book: Try The...
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#326 Why Avoiding Sugar Is the First Step to Clear HPV
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal. In this episode I’m going to be covering the most important first step you can take to improve your ability to clear high-risk HPV and for your general health: Avoid Sugar. Many women who are dealing with an abnormal Pap and HPV ask me: what can I do to start turning this around and prevent HPV from causing abnormal cells? I'm so glad you're asking, because in a standard doctor's office, you are likely to be told to wait six or twelve months to see if things get worse or turn into cancer. That's unsettling, to say the least! It is much better to take action and...
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#325 The Bloat Stops Here: Cracking the SIBO Code with Alexa Ress
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alexa Ress, a holistic nutrition and functional medicine certified health coach who specializes in SIBO, IBS, and gut health. So many people struggle with bloating, gas, heartburn, constipation, or diarrhea, and get confused by conflicting information online. I wanted to bring Alexa in to clear things up. Many people start their journey with an IBS diagnosis, which really means serious conditions have been ruled out, without explaining what is actually happening. Research is increasingly pointing to SIBO, or Small Intestinal...
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#324 The Gut-HPV Connection: Why Healing Your Gut May Be the Key to Clearing HPV
How Humans Heal
Welcome to How Humans Heal. In this episode, I want to talk about something that surprises a lot of my patients: the connection between gut health and testing positive for high-risk HPV. It may sound unrelated, but from a naturopathic doctor's perspective, all health starts in the gut. From that premise, I always take my patients’ gut health into consideration. This isn't just a principle, it's based on research and 26 years of clinical experience helping thousands of patients, including many women with abnormal pap smears and high-risk HPV. It's not simply about exposure to the virus,...
info_outlineFatigue is not the same for everyone who experiences it. It can be a complex web of causes which requires a systematic approach in order to avoid aggravations.
In this episode of How Humans Heal, I discuss helping patients recover from fatigue with Dr. Evan Hirsch, [@EvanHirschMD] a functional medical doctor who experienced Chronic Fatigue himself.
He pushed aside the shame and guilt of not feeling well enough to keep up with his life and practice to identify 33 causes of fatigue. His mission became addressing those 33 causes of fatigue for himself and now thousands of other people in his online program.
95% of people he sees have thyroid function that is not optimized. And most of them have adrenal dysfunction. And I agree – I see those same patterns in my practice.
It’s important to address all the causes of fatigue, not just one or two, in order to achieve complete resolution. We also want to address the root, of the root, of the root, of the cause of fatigue.
When we dig deeper, we find that stress, toxin exposure, and chronic infections need to be addressed to ultimately resolve fatigue.
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As Dr. Evan explains, it often comes down to deficiencies and toxicities. Deficiencies such as nutrients, neurotransmitters, mitochondrial function and lack of good food, sleep, and movement. Toxicities such as the 500 chemicals we are exposed to before we walk out of the house. It can also be mold toxicity, tick-born infections, viruses, parasites, yeast, bacterial infections, allergens, adverse life events, negative experiences, and electromagnetic exposures.
The body ends up shutting down in what is called the Cell Danger Response. Which is why it can feel like a pile-up of health issues and multiplying symptoms.
Dr. Evan has figured out a 4-step process to assess and address the underlying causes of fatigue in a way that allows the body to heal most efficiently.
It doesn’t start with detoxification. It’s important to prepare the body and carefully open the detoxification pathways so that we don’t make you feel worse in the process of addressing infections and toxins.
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At the same time, it’s important to know that healing is a process of taking a few steps forward and a couple steps backwards, individualizing along the way, as we learn what your body needs in order to heal.
As practitioners, we are really “course correctors” along the way, to guide you to know how to pivot and work through what comes up as you rebalance and heal.
Regaining your energy is absolutely possible, and it is important to keep in mind that it will be gradual over 12 to 24 months. You have to play the long game.
As someone who has experienced and recovered from fatigue myself, and helped thousands of patients with stress, toxins, and infections, as discussed in this episode, I can tell you that Dr. Evan’s approach makes complete sense and is extremely thorough.
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If you’ve been struggling with fatigue and/or a complex health issue, I highly recommend reading his book, which he is offering as a free gift, and checking out his online program.
To download Dr. Evan’s book for free, Fix Your Fatigue: https://go.fixyourfatigue.org/full-book-pdf-optin
To learn about his The Fix Your Fatigue Program: https://doniwilson.krtra.com/t/Gl53p9ocS0Xc
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