How To Get To The Root Cause Of Your Menopause Symptoms
In this episode, Andrea explores the hidden factors behind chronic health issues, especially during perimenopause and menopause. What if the solution to your symptoms lies deeper than you think?
When You’re Not Getting Better (And Why Protocols are Part of the Problem)
When managing your health becomes a full-time job, it’s easy to feel disheartened. You may have tried the latest diet trends and supplements, hoping that each new approach will bring lasting relief. But instead, it feels like the same place, the same symptoms, like you’re balancing on a tightrope that could give way at any moment.
The Problem with Conventional Medicine
In this episode, Andrea discusses the importance of looking beyond symptoms to understand the full context of a person's health journey, why conventional medicine often falls short in addressing chronic health issues and building a strong health foundation before pursuing advanced treatments. We also discuss how practices like dance, poetry, and art can play a crucial role in our overall well-being.
The Most Effective Approach To Functional Medicine Testing & Treatment
In this episode, Andrea discusses the efficacy of functional medicine practices, as well as her unique approaches that have healed her patients.
Transform Autoimmune Symptoms
In this episode, Andrea discusses autoimmunity and chronic illness and actionable steps anyone can take to manage these illnesses effectively—mentally, physically, and emotionally.
Bio-individuality & Healing the Root of Chronic Illness
In this episode, Andrea discusses bio-individuality and helps to open the path on how to address a chronic illness at its roots.
Healing from Within
In this episode, Andrea discusses the importance of monitoring sleep, poop, and blood sugar, especially for women experiencing perimenopause. Andrea details the art of her practice—assess, recommend, and track—highlighting the need for a deep, individualized assessment to better address each person’s unique health challenges.
Finding Your Super Power for Fertility
In this episode, Andrea discusses how to heal your body systems and find your super power for fertility.
The Web of Interconnections: Unraveling the Complexities of Omics for Everyday Health
“In nature, nothing exists alone.” - Rachel Carson, Silent Spring Imagine a spider's web. Pull one thread, and the delicate structure shrinks, shrivels, or spoils. Each finespun fiber is essential to the stability of the whole. Similarly, the human body is an intricate web of interconnections.
How Food Impacts Our Epigenetics
In this episode, Andrea discusses the healing power of food. Tune in to hear how food can really change our physiology.
Functional Nutrition Approach to Mystery Health Issues
In this episode, Andrea discusses the importance of addressing non-negotiables such as sleep, poop, and blood sugar balance for overall health. She emphasizes the importance of a therapeutic partnership between patients and providers and the need to focus on the roots of chronic conditions, including many more important topics.
Functional Approach to Conquering Chronic Illness
In this episode, Andrea discusses the intricacies of navigating the medical system, the pitfalls of chasing after the latest health trends, and the importance of taking ownership of one's health journey.
Functional Healing for Chronic Illness
In this episode, Andrea discusses how functional nutrition and embodied wellness can support those who are struggling with chronic symptoms.
Implementing Functional Nutrition in Your Family
In this episode, Andrea discusses practical tips on incorporating functional nutrition principles into your household, regardless of your children's ages. We discuss the importance of understanding when to seek tests or labs, and Andrea sheds light on some of the conflicting aspects of traditional and functional medicine. If you're ready to take control of your health and discover how functional nutrition can transform your life, this episode is a must-listen!
Conventional Medicine vs Functional Medicine
In this episode, Andrea discusses the importance of understanding and addressing the root causes of health issues through a systems-based approach, investigating the roots (genes, digestion, inflammation), and encompassing food, movement, environment, and mindset.
Unlocking the Myths of Health Hacking: You Can’t ‘Hack’ Your Health, Part 2
Last week, I recorded a podcast hosted by a naturopathic doctor. As we got into the conversation, we found ourselves talking about our personal journeys through perimenopause and menopause. While we both diligently drew labs and collected plenty of data and biomarkers, we each noticed that it wasn’t this quantitative data that shifted our symptoms.
Filling the Healthcare Gap
In this episode, Andrea discusses her story of resiliency, the frameworks she’s created to help people heal, her experience with Hashimoto’s Disease, and so much more.
The Three Roots of Chronic Health Conditions
In this episode, Andrea discusses the gaps in the medical system when it comes to treating individuals as whole people rather than just their diagnoses.
Unlocking the Myths of Health Hacking: You Can’t ‘Hack’ Your Health, Part 1
You can’t “hack” your health. If you don’t have a chronic health concern and you use biohacking techniques to optimize your physical performance, there’s no need to read any further. This post isn’t for you because you may be among the lucky few who can successfully hack a thing or two. But if you struggle with an unresolved health issue – whether it’s related to pain, fatigue, digestion, immune function, focus, or your ever-changing hormones – then I regret to relay that the hacks you seek may do more harm than good.
Integrating Sleep Routines into a Busy Lifestyle
In this episode, Andrea discusses awakening through a personal health crisis, sleep and its importance, managing sleep and hormone imbalance, natural rhythms and health disturbances, and more!