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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Are your best years really behind you—or just beginning?

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Jan Saunders, an adventurer, vegan advocate, and wellness inspiration. We discussed how to reinvent yourself, stay resilient, and find purpose—especially after 50.

Jan’s story is amazing. From growing up as a nature-loving tomboy to navigating menopause, career changes, injuries, and big life transitions, she shares how curiosity, courage, and a love of nature guided her journey. She shows that it’s never too late to create a life full of adventure, health, and meaning.

In this episode, we talk about her experiences with ultra-running, going vegan, advocating for animals, and building a new career and lifestyle that matches her values. You’ll come away inspired to start your own adventure—no matter your age.

Topics Covered:

• How childhood curiosity and a love for nature can give you resilience and joy for life.

• Why courage matters more than fear when trying new things—whether it’s fitness, life changes, or adventures.

• How to navigate menopause, body changes, and mindset shifts to stay confident and healthy in midlife.

• Jan’s journey to becoming vegan at 50, and how to approach plant-based eating in a sustainable, ethical way.

• How she reinvented her career, created a new income stream, and found purpose after major life transitions.

• Practical advice for postmenopausal women on bone health, strength, and consistent self-care.

• Why creating your own adventures at any age is the ultimate form of freedom.

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Because diets disconnect us from our body’s natural wisdom. They teach us to ignore our hunger, to fear food, and to rely on willpower instead of trust.

In this episode, I sit down with Gin Stephens, New York Times bestselling author and one of the most trusted voices in the intermittent fasting world. Gin opens up about her decades-long struggle with yo-yo dieting and how discovering intermittent fasting completely transformed her relationship with food.

What I love most about Gin’s story is that it isn’t about another plan, program, or rule—it’s about reconnecting with your body. We talk about what it means to truly hear your hunger cues, why fasting is a powerful way to rebalance hormones like insulin and leptin, and how learning to trust your body again leads to lasting health and natural weight balance.

If you’ve ever felt like your body is working against you—or like you’ve “tried everything” and nothing sticks—this episode will help you understand why. And more importantly, it will help you see how healing your metabolism and nervous system can help you stop the cycle of starting over again and again.

Topics Covered:

• Why diets cause hormone and hunger signal resistance

• How to hear, listen to, and trust your body’s fullness cues

• What “appetite correction” really means and how it happens naturally

• Why patience is essential during your fasting adaptation phase

• The truth about “clean fasting” and how insulin affects fat burning

• Why you must get healthy to lose weight (not the other way around)

• How to break free from the “fix it fast” mindset and find freedom for life

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