Have you ever wondered why “eating clean” still isn’t working for you?

In this episode, I sit down with nutrition expert Andrea Nicholson, who shares her powerful journey through decades of trial-and-error diets, mystery symptoms, conflicting nutrition advice, and the moment she finally discovered what her body actually needed.

We explore why mainstream diet rules often fail, how to recognize when your nutrition isn’t serving you, and what it really takes to find the right plan for your unique biology.

This conversation is raw, real, and packed with insights that challenge everything you’ve been taught about “healthy eating.”

Listen to the full episode for the complete conversation and deeper insights!

Topics Covered

• Why “perfect diets” stop working — and what that really means

• The danger of following generalized diet advice

• Why plant-based, low-fat, or high-fiber diets can work… until they don’t

• How gut health, digestive enzymes, and microbial diversity impact nutrition

• Signs your diet isn’t right for you (even if it’s “healthy”)

• The role of stress, sleep, and lifestyle in digestion and inflammation

• Why we must evolve our nutrition as our body and life change

• How testing, data, and curiosity can guide sustainable breakthroughs

• Releasing old beliefs around carbs, fats, and protein

• Why experimentation—not restriction—is the way forward

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What if your greatest pain is also the doorway to your greatest resilience?

In this episode, I sit down with Danielle Matthews, a remarkable woman who rebuilt her life after a traumatic brain injury turned her entire world upside down. Together, we explore what happens when your identity is stripped away, when doctors tell you “this is your new normal,” and when you’re left choosing between surrendering to circumstance or reclaiming your inner power.

Danielle’s story mirrors so much of my own journey after being hit by a car—and our shared experience opens a profound conversation about healing, resilience, and the unshakeable strength that emerges when everything familiar falls apart.

Stay with us to hear how meditation, mindset, and unlearning society’s medical conditioning helped Danielle transform her trauma into her purpose.

Listen to the full episode to dive deeper into Danielle’s powerful healing journey and the mindset shifts that change everything.

Topics Covered:

• Danielle’s traumatic brain injury and the invisible symptoms no one could see

• The emotional collapse after losing identity, independence, and career

• How the medical system often overlooks neuroplasticity and the brain’s ability to heal

• Why society gives doctors total authority—and how we can reclaim our power

• Learning to separate your identity from your circumstances

• Meditation as a turning point: calming the nervous system and lifting depression

• The athlete mindset: pushing forward, seeking answers, and refusing to settle

• How trauma becomes a gateway to expansion, growth, and purpose

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What if the symptoms you’ve been dismissing for years are actually your body’s SOS signal?

In this episode, I sit down with Anna Pinnock, a registered nutritional therapist who helps people heal autoimmune diseases, thyroid conditions, and chronic health issues by getting to the root cause. Anna’s own healing journey began with a Hashimoto’s diagnosis in her early twenties—followed by years of fatigue, bloating, hair loss, and doctors telling her “everything looks normal.”

Her story is one of deep self-discovery, functional nutrition, trauma healing, and the realization that food, stress, and the nervous system play a far bigger role in autoimmune conditions than most of us realize.

We explore how stress suppresses thyroid function, how gut inflammation drives autoimmune flares, why complex carbohydrates triggered years of unresolved symptoms, and how changing her diet transformed her life—and eventually guided her into the world of nutritional therapy.

Listen to the full episode to learn how to support your thyroid, heal your gut, and take back control of your energy and health.

Topics Covered:

• Anna’s 15-year journey with Hashimoto’s disease

• Why so many thyroid symptoms get dismissed as “normal”

• How stress and trauma suppress thyroid function

• The link between cortisol, metabolism, and chronic fatigue

• The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD): how it works and who it helps

• Gut inflammation, malabsorption, and persistent bloating

• Why dietary healing must be paired with stress regulation

• How to reintroduce foods after an elimination protocol

• Why one-size-fits-all diets don’t work

• Functional testing and the power of individualized nutrition

• Becoming open-minded in healing and alternative modalities

• The 4 pillars everyone with autoimmunity must address

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