Why You Might Be Bloated Let’s talk about why you might be feeling bloated, some things that you can do in the moment to help yourself, and some underlying reasons (that might take a little more time or energy to be able to figure out) that will ultimately help you get out of the bloating cycle. Here are some of the heavy hitters to consider: Stress Toxins Food Sensitivities Infections Deficiencies (in nutrients or things like stomach acid or enzymes) Here’s what I often recommend as a potential “band aid approach” while you’re working on figuring out the deeper root cause: Digestive enzyme ..read more

The Gut-Brain Connection:  What is it and how can you make it work for you? There is a connection between your gut and your brain. A literal, physical connection:  the vagus nerve.  It is one of your 12 cranial nerves and it innervates all of its branches into every single part of your digestive system. One very important thing about this highway of communication is that the direction of information flow is what we call “bi-directional”.  This simply means that your brain sends signals through this vagus nerve down to your gut, and your gut sends signals back up to your bra ..read more

What is it, what is it role is in digestion, why does it matter, and how it may be causing problems for you?  More importantly – what can you do about it?! Stomach Acid is Responsible For: Proper digestion in the stomach Signaling to the pancreas to release digestive enzymes when food moves from the stomach to the small intestine A barrier to help kill off unwanted pathogens like bacteria, parasites, mold, candida, and viruses Stomach acid is hydrochloric acid, sometimes you’ll see it as HCl. It gets secreted into the stomach when you eat food. Very simple. It helps start breaking down ..read more

“Getting Back on Track” What a frustrating conversation this is…”on track”.  What does that even mean? It’s not black and white, there’s not some rule or law that tells you “how to do it”.  But it’s important!  Life happens.  Like you, I’m only human. I too struggle with being thrown out of my routine and needing to find my way back to the habits and routines that I know work best for me. So what do you do when you have a major life stressor thrown your way, or your child is sick, or work is really crazy, or you go on vacation? I don’t know. I don’t know that I have exactly ..read more

How To Plan Your Gut Health Journey Let’s talk a little bit about the practicality of deciding when and how to start your gut health journey. First of all, “starting to work on your gut” can mean a million different things. Maybe for you it means getting stool testing done, maybe it’s a major overhaul of diet, it could be testing out removing dairy.  Whatever “working on gut health” means for you, the decision to even get to the point to do something, happens through a variety of other layers, choices, and priorities. So for me, the question has to be:  what is the priority for you i ..read more

Let’s chat about five things you can consider for organizing a plan to heal your gut! Most of us, by the time we know that we need something to help us heal are so deep in it we can’t see straight. And it has taken us some of us decades to get to the place where we are!f This quick read won’t be the magic wand – but it should be super helpful in guiding you to be able to organize your efforts, because it’s super overwhelming out there. I’m in this industry and even I get overwhelmed! So you’re not alone in that. 5 Things You Can Use to Organize How to Heal Your Gut Remove First, you can think ..read more

I don’t think the idea of the gut and brain being linked is so new any more.  Maybe it is to you!  In that case, you’re in the perfect spot.  If it’s not new to you, you might be feeling like it’s “a thing you know”, but you couldn’t really say more than the fact that they’re connected. So let’s establish this fact right off the bat:  The gut and the brain are in fact connected.  The brain will let the gut know when it perceives stress and the gut will send the brain messages based on its health state as well. How? Vagus Nerve The brain and the gut are connected (liter ..read more

Hey guys, so we’re going to chat about something a little bit more personal, a love note, if you will, from me to you. And this is really transitioning away from, the education, the teaching, how all of the dots connect, here are the things that you should do, here are the things you shouldn’t do, or the questions to ask yourself.   Instead getting into what do you need? What Do You Need? I know that’s gonna feel abrasive to some of you because it’s really challenging. In general, related to your health or related to personal things, it’s really challenging to figure out what you nee ..read more

The Gut-Brain Connection:  What is it and how can you make it work for you? There is a connection between your gut and your brain. A literal, physical connection:  the vagus nerve.  It is one of your 12 cranial nerves and it innervates all of its branches into every single part of your digestive system. One very important thing about this highway of communication is that the direction of information flow is what we call “bi-directional”.  This simply means that your brain sends signals through this vagus nerve down to your gut, and your gut sends signals back up to your bra ..read more

What is it, what is it role is in digestion, why does it matter, and how it may be causing problems for you?  More importantly – what can you do about it?! Stomach Acid is Responsible For: Proper digestion in the stomach Signaling to the pancreas to release digestive enzymes when food moves from the stomach to the small intestine A barrier to help kill off unwanted pathogens like bacteria, parasites, mold, candida, and viruses Stomach acid is hydrochloric acid, sometimes you’ll see it as HCl. It gets secreted into the stomach when you eat food. Very simple. It helps start breaking down ..read more