Welcome to my very first episode on The Empowered Hormones Podcast! Thank you so much for supporting me, and encouraging me to release my first Podcast! I’ve finally made it a priority because, well, because podcasts are LIFE. While I am sweating, speeding (not really) or … in the kitchen, I am constantly listening and learning. I know so many of you are in the same boat as me, so flick me an email with what you’re loving and what you want to hear more of.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Sheradyn Dekker - Qualified Nutritionist, Sport Scientist, Trainer & Assessor & Functional Nutrition Practitioner.
• How I overcame bloating, constipation, food allergies, parasites, leaky gut, candida, missing periods, acne and fatigue through Functional Testing & Nutritional changes.
• My passion now - educating & empowering women to do the same, through 1:1 consults, group programs and face to face workshops.
• How I look for and treat the root cause rather than symptoms.
• Functional Testing is in-depth lab testing where we test stool, urine, hair or blood samples, to look for underlying causes of imbalances. It is more comprehensive than simple blood work.
• The fundamental areas to health that need to be addressed together are: Diet, Exercise, Stress, Supplement Support and Sleep.
• Importantly - There are no quick fixes, and as women, we need to look beyond dietary restrictions, increasing our exercise and pills, to heal our bodies, lose weight & restore optimal health.

Thank You so much for listening, and don’t forget to subscribe, and check out the links below!

LINKS:

• Try my 7 days, 7 ways to beat the bloat HERE.
• Register for my free Gut & Hormone online workshop HERE.
• Follow me on Instagram HERE.
• Join my Private Facebook group HERE.
• Check out my website HERE.

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Today I chat with the beautiful Lilli and chat about all things BODY IMAGE, DIET CULTURE & EATING DISORDERS.

Lilli is a certified Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) practitioner. After suffering from an eating disorder, Lilli saw first hand the life-changing benefits of Hypnotherapy. Lilli is passionate about working with women to overcome anxiety, body image issues & eating disorders.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• What is RTT and how does it link to body image?
• How Hypnotherapy works to support women in overcoming eating disorders.
• Lilli’s story, and how hypnotherapy healed her.
• Practical strategies to implement today to improve self-esteem.
• How meditation can support mental & physical health.

SHOW LINKS:

• Try my 7 days, 7 ways to beat the bloat HERE.
• Register for my free Bloated to Beautiful Online Workshop HERE.
• Follow me on Instagram HERE.
• Join my Private Facebook group HERE.
• Find more about me: www.sheradyndekker.com

LILLI'S LINKS

• Lilli’s Website
• Lillis’s Instagram
• Lilli’s Facebook
• Lilli’s OFFER: Start 2021 on the right path! Book in the month of January and receive $50 off your first session.

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The symptoms of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) are real but the diagnosis is not. Today we delve into how IBS impacts your life, what IBS is, how to get to the root cause of IBS, and things you can do today to help your IBS and bloating.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• IBS can be broken down into IBS-Constipation, IBS-Diarrhea, IBS-Mixed.
• IBS is a medical diagnosis from your doctor to describe the array of symptoms you experience.
• There is no “cure” for an “IBS Diagnosis”.
• Looking at IBS from a functional view we can understand why it’s not actually a diagnosis, and how treating the root cause can heal your IBS.
• Nutrition, supportive supplements, dietary changes and stress management work together to reduce your symptoms & improve your gut health.
• By making a few changes today you can improve your IBS & bloating.
• Stool testing is the most comprehensive way to understand your IBS and bloating.

Thank you so much for listening, and don’t forget to subscribe, and check out the links below!

LINKS

• Check out my 7-day challenge to overcome bloating & IBS HERE.
• Register for my free Bloated to Beautiful online workshop HERE.
• Follow me on Instagram HERE.
• Join my Private Facebook group HERE.
• Check out my website HERE:

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Today I have the privilege of speaking to Dr Joanna Macmeikan, a registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner, she is passionate about all things women’s health including painful periods, vaginal health & improving the vaginal microbiome.

Joanna helps women live a life with less pain and more joy. Not only an incredible practitioner, but she also prides herself on being a mother, a bookstore lover, hula hooper and down to earth human. Joanna uses a combination of herbal medicine and acupuncture to go beyond conventional medicine and address the root cause of imbalances within the body.

Highlights:

• What is Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture?
• How do they complement each other, and combine with nutrition to heal women?
• What are the causes of painful periods?
• How can we get to the root cause of period pain?
• What herbs are used to support period pain and imbalances within the body?
• Why is there taboo around vaginal health, periods and women health?

I loved chatting with Jo so much, I plan to record future Podcasts on her and chat about the Vaginal Microbiome & taboos around vagina's!

LINKS TO JO:

• 21 steps to pain-free periods and her website HERE.
• Joanna's Instagram HERE.

LINKS TO SHERADYN:

• Check out my 7-day challenge to overcome bloating & IBS HERE.
• Register for my free Bloated to Beautiful online workshop (17th Feb, 6pm AWST) HERE.
• Register for Pre-Sale Access to The Gut Hormone Solution 2021 HERE.
• Follow me on Instagram HERE.
• Join my Private Facebook group HERE.
• Check out my website HERE:

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Did you know that those ongoing non-digestive symptoms you struggle with could be linked to an unhealthy gut? If all disease does really being in the gut, why are we not spending more time assessing our gut health?

When your gut is not healthy, it can cause more than just digestive issues like constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, gas or abdominal pain. An unhealthy gut can have a massive impact on other systems of the body, like the immune, nervous and reproductive systems

More research is coming out on leaky gut, and how this can be causing other long term health conditions. Some of these include:

• Autoimmune conditions - There is a link between the overgrowth of opportunistic bacteria, leaky gut lining and inflammation or autoimmune conditions.
• Mood disorders such as anxiety & depression - More than 90% of serotonin (our ‘feel-good neurotransmitter’) is found in the gut, so if our gut is not functioning optimally this will impact our moods.
• Weight gain - Thought it just depended on calories in and calories out? Nope! Our bacteria determine the way we store fat, our sense of hungry or feeling full and inflammation in the gut also impacts our adrenals and sex hormones, which can inhibit weight loss.
• Fatigue - Chronic stress caused by parasites, food sensitivities, bacterial overgrowths and pain, can lead to adrenal fatigue, as well as impact our sex hormones, immune system and digestion.
• Skin - Execema, psoriasis and acne are all influenced by inflammation in our gut and imbalanced gut flora.
• Headache & Migraines - Low levels of good gut flora can be linked to migraines, as well as hormonal imbalance causing headaches.
• Hay Fever & Sinus Infections - A low diversity of good gut flora is linked to seasonal allergies. Probiotics have been shown to help hay fever and allergies.

If you want to know more about testing your gut health, send me an email - hello@sheradyndekker.com and ask about functional testing.

Read more here from one of my Gut Health friends & mentor.

LINKS TO SHERADYN:

• Check out my 7-day challenge to overcome bloating & IBS HERE.
• Follow me on Instagram HERE.
• Join my Private Facebook group HERE.
• Check out my website HERE

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Jade Leray runs an exercise studio that structures workouts based around women’s menstrual cycles. Jade has over 10years experience in health & fitness and is a qualified personal trainer, pilates instructor and a Nutrition, Health, Mindset Coach for women. She developed Beautiful Bodies with Jade, to educate women on how to exercise & eat for their hormones. After seeing women push their bodies, and not get the results they are after, Jades focus now is about working with, not against your hormones.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• What lead Jade to learn to exercise with and not against her hormones.
• Jades story with hormones, thyroid imbalances, pregnancy and why she now works with women to focus in on their hormones.
• Why so many women push themselves further than they should.
• How to exercise for your cycle.
• What the 4 seasons/stages are in your cycle.
• Practical exercises you can implement and how to listen to your body.

JADE:

• Instagram: @jade_leray @beautifulbodiessociety
• Facebook - Beautiful bodies Society with Jade
• Website www.bbwithjade.com

Offer from Jade: All listeners get 20% off my online and in personal health and fitness studio for life. Use code SHERADYN20.

LINKS TO SHERADYN:

• Check out my 7-day challenge to overcome bloating & IBS HERE.
• Register for my free Bloated to Beautiful online workshop (17th Feb, 6pm AWST) HERE.
• Register for Pre-Sale Access to The Gut Hormone Solution 2021 HERE.
• Follow me on Instagram HERE.
• Join my Private Facebook group HERE.
• Check out my website HERE:

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Nutrition should always be the cornerstone of your gut health & hormone treatment plan. Today we are going to talk about how IBS & Bloating can be linked to the foods you're eating, and some strategies to implement to reduce this. ALSO - What actually are FODMAPS, why do we care about them, and what is the best way to add them back into your diet?

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Why am I so bloated?
• What causes bloating?
• What are FODMAPS - What does it stand for?
• What is the easiest way to implement a low FODMAP diet?
• How long should I be on FODMAPS?
• How do I reintroduce FODMAPS?
• What if FODMAP doesn’t work?
• What other nutrition strategies can I implement?

• LINKS TO SHERADYN:

  • Check out my 7-day challenge to overcome bloating & IBS HERE.
  • Register for my free Bloated to Beautiful online workshop (17th Feb, 6pm AWST) HERE.
  • Register for Pre-Sale Access to The Gut Hormone Solution 2021 HERE.
  • Follow me on Instagram HERE.
  • Join my Private Facebook group HERE.
  • Check out my website HERE:

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Today I have the privilege of speaking to Dr Carla Atkinson PhD, a Functional Health Practitioner of mumpreneurs, Integrative Holistic Healer, and Mumma to identical twin boys. Carla is passionate about educating & empowering new mums to find balance with their body, mind & self. Being a new mum can be hard, and there is often a loss of self, overwhelm, lack of balance and the all too familiar - burnout.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Carla's story on gut health, under eating, anorexia, miscarriages & mineral imbalances.
• Why Carla studied Hair Tissues Mineral Analysis, what insight it gave into her health and how she corrected those imbalances.
• What an HTMA is, what it can show us & common errors when looking at test results.
• Why it's important for new mums to asses their health.
• The problem with tap water & toxicity.
• Why we get copper overload.
• Where to start with mineral balancing & avoiding burnout.

Salt Notes - Carla suggest Kosher Sea Salt, and 1/4tsp per day in warm water, to support mineral balance & adrenals.

LINKS TO CARLA:

• Website
• Instagram - @drcarlaatkinson
• Facebook - @COREDrCarlaAtkinson

LINKS TO SHERADYN:

• Try my 7 days, 7 ways to beat the bloat here.
• Follow me on Instagram here.
• Join my Private Facebook group here.
• Find more about me: www.sheradyndekker.com

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