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Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself

Christa Bieglerwww.christabiegler.com

Welcome to the Less Stressed Life. If you’re here, I bet we have a few things in common. We’re both in pursuit of a Less Stressed Life. But we don’t have it all figured out quite yet. We’re moms that want the best for our families, health practitioners that want the best for our clients and women that just want to feel better with every birthday. We’re health savvy, but we want to learn something new each day. The Less Stressed Life isn’t a destination, it’s a pursuit, a journey if you will. On this show, we talk about health from the physical, emotional and nutritional angles and want you to know that you always have options. We’re here to help you heal yourself. Learn more at www.christabiegler.com 

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Episodes

#444 Breaking the Migraine Cycle: Patterns, Triggers, and Regulation Tools with Diane Ducarme

Send us Fan Mail ☘️☘️☘️ Enter the March GIVEAWAY: https://www.christabiegler.com/giveaway 🚨 Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week, Diane Ducarme joins me to talk about migraines through a root cause lens. Instead of focusing only on pain relief, we explore why the brain goes into pain in the first place and what the body may be trying to signal when migraines show up. We discuss how different migraine patterns can have very different drivers. Diane explains ...

Mar 11, 202650 min

#443 Healing Crisis Part 2: How I Trashed My Hormones (And What It Actually Took to Fix Them) with Christa Biegler, RD

Send us Fan Mail ☘️☘️☘️ Enter the March GIVEAWAY: https://www.christabiegler.com/giveaway 🚨 Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint In this episode, I’m sharing Part 2 of my healing crisis and the story of how I unintentionally trashed my hormones. A few years after the skin and energy issues I talked about in Part 1, I started noticing a different set of symptoms: puffiness, shakiness between meals, energy crashes, irritability, and stress patterns that were slowly bur...

Mar 04, 202635 min

#442 Financial planning when you have a child with a disability with Michael Pereira of The Autism Voyage

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨 Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week, Michael Pereira joins me to share his family’s journey after his son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. He opens up about moving from denial to acceptance, how COVID revealed behaviors they could no longer ignore, and the stress it placed on his marriage as they navigated uncertainty about their son’s future. After struggling to find practical, parent-centered resources that were not tie...

Feb 25, 202639 min

#441 Common Causes of Bloating with Karlee Close

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨 Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week, Karlee Close joins me to talk about why so many women stay stuck in chronic bloating despite eliminating foods, running tests, and trying supplement protocols. We unpack how stress physiology, under fueling, and blood sugar swings can quietly shut down digestion, even when you are eating “clean.” Karlee shares her own story of cycling through restrictive diets, repeated food sensitivity testing, S...

Feb 18, 202650 min

#440 You Don't Know What You Don't Know: A Guide to Getting Started with Christa Biegler, RD

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨 Get your inflammation score & root causes of inflammation guide here: https://www.christabiegler.com/inflammationrootcause In this episode, I’m giving you a little life update and answering a question I get all the time. Where do I start with my health? Using a story about my son’s back pain and how a trained eye caught what others missed, I walk through why assessment has to come first. So often things look fine on the surface. Compensation can look functional. Sympt...

Feb 11, 202618 min

#439 Stealth Toxins: Testing Radon and Other Indoor Air Contaminants with Air Quality Expert Justin Liberman

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨 Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint We often overlook what we cannot see, but stealth toxins like radon, mold, and chemical pollutants may be quietly building up in our homes. This week I’m joined by Justin Liberman, Air Quality Expert and Jaspr’s Head Experience Coordinator, to talk about hidden threats in indoor air and how they can impact health over time. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas formed from the breakdown of uranium i...

Feb 04, 202656 min

#438 The Link Between Minerals, Emotions & Fatigue with Hope Pedraza, FDN-P

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨 Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint You’re eating well, taking the supplements, and following the protocols. So why are your labs still showing burnout? Why do symptoms keep coming back? This week I’m joined by Hope Pedraza, FDN-P. We unpack the deeper layers behind recurring symptoms, mineral imbalances, and why your nervous system might be the real reason nothing sticks. We talk about how emotional stress shows up on lab work, what a calcium...

Jan 28, 202645 min

#437 Picky Eating: What Actually Works with Alyssa Miller, RD

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint You’ve probably heard it before. “Picky eating is just a phase. They’ll grow out of it.” But what if they don’t? What if it gets worse? And what if your well-meaning bribing and begging is actually making it harder? This week I’m joined by picky eating specialist Alyssa Miller RD, and we’re diving into what’s really going on when your kid refuses food. Alyssa brings a refreshing, root-cause lens to the mealti...

Jan 21, 202654 min

#436 ENCORE: Digging Deeper to Heal Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, and Autoimmunity with Don Wood, PhD

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week on the Less Stressed Life marks the final week of our encore series, where we’ve been revisiting listener-favorite episodes from 2025. In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Don Wood to explore how unresolved trauma can keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode and quietly drive symptoms like anxiety, autoimmune conditions, and chronic pain. We discussed how past experiences can remain stored in ...

Jan 14, 202645 min

#435 ENCORE: Resolving Eczema & Food Sensitivities Without Skipping Gluten with Christa Biegler, RD

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint For the next few weeks on Less Stressed Life, we’re republishing listener-favorite episodes from 2025 that resonated deeply with our community. In this episode, I sat down with former client Kelli, who shared her journey of healing eczema and food sensitivities in a way that felt surprisingly linear. While healing is rarely a straight path, Kelli’s experience highlighted what was possible when the right root ...

Jan 07, 202647 min

#434 ENCORE: 3 Ways Stress Triggers Skin & Gut Issues—And What to Do About It with Christa Biegler, RD

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint For the next few weeks on Less Stressed Life, we’re republishing listener-favorite episodes from 2025 that resonated deeply with our community. This episode explores something many people overlook: stress is often the hidden trigger behind gut and skin issues. If you’ve been dealing with eczema, rashes, bloating, or food sensitivities and haven’t found lasting relief, stress may be the missing piece. In this ...

Dec 30, 202516 min

#433 ENCORE: Why Vitamin D Supplements Could Be Making You Worse with Morley Robbins

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint For the next four weeks on the Less Stressed Life, we’re republishing listener-favorite episodes from 2025. This week, we’re revisiting a powerful conversation with Morley Robbins, creator of the Root Cause Protocol and expert in mineral metabolism, to unpack why high-dose vitamin D supplements might actually be making symptoms worse instead of better. In this eye-opening episode, we explore why low vitamin D...

Dec 23, 20251 hr 18 min

#432 Functional Coffee: Mycotoxins, Collagen & Better Food Choices with Jigsaw Health

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week on the Less Stressed Life, I’m welcoming back two of my favorite humans, Patrick Sullivan Jr. and Ashley Leroux Sullivan, the married duo behind our amazing podcast sponsor, Jigsaw Health. If you’ve been around here for a while, you already know I love partnering with brands that truly care and Jigsaw walks the walk while making it fun to feel good! We go behind the scenes on supplement quality, why...

Dec 17, 202544 min

#431 Hope for Depression (and Alzheimer's and Addiction) with Dr. James Greenblatt, MD

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week, Dr. James Greenblatt returns to talk about the root causes of depression that often get missed. We dig into why many people still struggle despite medication and therapy, the surprising importance of amino acids for neurotransmitters, and how stress and low stomach acid quietly disrupt protein and nutrient absorption. We also cover key deficiencies linked to depression, including zinc, B12, folate,...

Dec 10, 202559 min

#430 Prevention and First Steps in a Cancer Diagnosis with Michael Robinson, ND, MS, CNS, LDN, ONC

Send us Fan Mail I released a free training that shares the 4 steps I use to help clients reduce eczema, inflammation, and food-reaction symptoms by 50%+ in a few months — without restriction or overwhelm. Watch here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week our favorite naturopathic oncologist returns and I am so excited! Michael Robinson always brings the nerdy gems and I learn something new every single time. We dive into advanced decision making for cancer and how to think clearly about screen...

Dec 03, 202540 min

#429 My Best Practices for Air Quality, Immune Health & Low-Cost Mold Assessment with Christa Biegler, RD

Send us Fan Mail I released a free training that shares the 4 steps I use to help clients reduce eczema, inflammation, and food-reaction symptoms by 50%+ in a few months — without restriction or overwhelm. Watch here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week, I’m breaking down the simplest, most practical steps I use with clients to spot mold issues and support cleaner indoor air. After talking with naturopathic oncologist Michael Robinson (his new episode airs next week), I was reminded how found...

Nov 25, 202524 min

#428 Bile Flow, Candida & Chronic Symptoms with Elizabeth Wells, D.NN.

Send us Fan Mail I released a free training that shares the 4 steps I use to help clients reduce eczema, inflammation, and food-reaction symptoms by 50%+ in a few months — without restriction or overwhelm. The feedback has been incredible, and I answer every question inside the training. Watch here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week on the Less Stressed Life, I’m talking with Elizabeth Wells, also known as Naturally Wells or the Liver Flush Queen. After decades of candida, fatigue, sensitiv...

Nov 19, 202556 min

#427 Resolving Recurrent Unproductive Thoughts and Anxiety David Hanscom, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Less Stressed Life, Dr. David Hanscom joins me for his 4th appearance to explain why anxiety isn’t psychological—it’s physiological—a survival response that we can learn to regulate, not control. We talk about how unprocessed emotions and repetitive thoughts get stored in the body as pain and how tools like expressive writing, calming the body, and softening the ego help break those loops. You’ll walk away with a new way to think about anxiety, pain, and healing...

Nov 12, 202554 min

#426 Why it’s so hard for us to change with Eliza Kingsford, MA, LPC

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Less Stressed Life, Eliza Kingsford joins me to talk about how your nervous system drives behavior and why lasting change only happens when your body feels safe. We dive into the three main nervous system states (safe and connected, activated, and shutdown) and how they show up in your relationship with food, stress, and self-control. Eliza explains why willpower isn’t the problem and how to build capacity with daily “deposits” like rest, nourishment, and connec...

Nov 05, 202559 min

#425 Cancer Clues in Your Mouth with Dr. Nammy Patel

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Less Stressed Life, we’re talking about what your mouth is really saying about your health. 🦷 Dr. Nammy Patel joins me to unpack how oral bacteria, inflammation, and even how you breathe reflect what’s happening in your body. We talk “leaky mouth,” nitric oxide, and simple habits—like nose breathing and saliva support—that help your body heal from the inside out. If you’ve dealt with recurring issues or inflammation that won’t quit, this episode will change how...

Oct 29, 202545 min

#424 How the Body Holds Fear, Pain and Overwhelm and How to Heal It with Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Less Stressed Life, we’re unpacking The Biology of Trauma with Dr. Aimie Apigian to reveal how your cells, not just your mind, hold stress and why your body can’t heal when it doesn’t feel safe. Dr. Aimie shares her personal crash-and-rebuild story and explains how stress becomes biology through the “cell danger response.” We talk about high achiever burnout, unconscious stress, and simple ways to create a sense of safety so your body can finally repair. If you’...

Oct 22, 202555 min

#423 Achievement Without Fulfillment and Perfectionism with Brad Bizjack

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨 Sign up for Brad’s FREE 5-Day Success Accelerator Mindset Challenge starting October 20, 2025 👉 http://www.bradbizjack.com/a/2148154906/pQP36qLF This week on the Less Stressed Life, we’re reframing the grind. Mindset strategist Brad Bizjack joins me to explore why “I’ll be happy when” keeps high achievers stuck and how to set your emotional thermostat, choose a more resourceful state for the next room, and create success without sacrificing fulfillment. We dig into the d...

Oct 15, 202556 min

#422 Improving Eyesight with Light with Glen Jeffery

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Less Stressed Life, we’re talking vision, mitochondria, and light with ophthalmologist and UCL researcher Glen Jeffery. We explore why the retina is so energy hungry and how simple exposure to long wavelength light and even plain incandescent lighting can measurably support aging eyes. We dig into wavelength and dose, why morning timing matters most, what makes incandescent bulbs uniquely powerful, and practical ways to protect your eyes from modern indoor light...

Oct 08, 20251 hr 10 min

#421 Baby Led Weaning, Picky Eating and Toddlers that Want to Snack All Day with Jordyn Koveleski Gorman, SLP

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Less Stressed Life, we’re unpacking the messy, confusing, and sometimes stressful world of feeding little ones. Jordyn Koveleski Gorman, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist, joins me to talk about starting solids, baby led weaning, gagging, picky eating, and how to build a healthy relationship with food from the very beginning. We dig into the myths and realities of baby led weaning, why purees still matter, how to approach picky eating without ...

Oct 01, 202526 min

#420 Revolutionizing Cancer Care: The Metabolic Terrain with Dr. Nasha Winters

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life, we’re digging into a bold reframe of cancer: it’s not just about the tumor, it’s about the terrain. Dr. Nasha Winters and I explore how nervous system state, mitochondrial health, oxygen, light, and circadian rhythm shape resilience and healing. We talk about why standard treatments often fall flat without nervous system regulation, how modern inputs overload our mitochondria, and the simple daily habits that create measurable shifts in terra...

Sep 24, 202552 min

#419 Is Your Voice Repelling Someone? with Tracy Goodwin

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life, Tracy Goodwin joins me to talk about the Psychology of the Voice and how our subconscious experiences shape the way we sound. We dig into the seven layers of sound she hears in every voice, the “voice masks” that hide our authenticity, and the five wounds that often cause us to hold back or be misunderstood. Tracy shares how uncovering your real voice can dramatically change connection, confidence, and even business results. If you’ve ever fe...

Sep 17, 202535 min

#418 Dream Interpretation with JM DeBord

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life, JM DeBord joins me to talk about decoding dreams, what they really mean, why they matter, and how they can guide us toward more awareness in our waking life. We dig into why violent or embarrassing dreams are not what they seem, why exes keep showing up, what it means when you smell things in dreams, and how dream journaling can be the “eighth habit” of highly effective people. If you have ever woken up from a dream wondering “what the heck w...

Sep 11, 20251 hr 5 min

#417 Transformation Enzymes with Amy Rawls, RD

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life, Amy Rawls joins me to talk about why you are not what you eat, but what you digest, assimilate, and eliminate. We dig into the difference between digestive enzymes taken with meals and systemic enzymes taken away from food, how enzyme capacity develops in babies, and why so many gut and skin issues trace back to poor digestion. If you have struggled with food sensitivities, skin flares, or supplements that do not seem to work, this conversati...

Sep 05, 202558 min

#416 Why Skin Flares After Illness with Christa Biegler, RD, LN

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life, I’m talking about relapse and why skin often flares after illness, food poisoning, antibiotics, or stressful events. Instead of viewing relapse as failure, I want you to see it as feedback and your body’s way of asking for deeper support. I share a case study of a child whose skin cleared beautifully, only to flare again after back-to-back viruses and stress, and connect it to common patterns I see in practice. You will learn the physiologica...

Aug 27, 202516 min

#415 Outgrowing AIP When You Have Autoimmunity with Alison Marras, NTP

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Less Stressed Life, Alison Marras, NTP joins me to share her story of putting Hashimoto’s, PCOS, and IBS into remission— twice . After years of being dismissed by doctors, Alison discovered the power of nutrition, root-cause healing, and nervous system support. While the Autoimmune Paleo (AIP) diet helped her in the short term, Alison learned that restrictive eating wasn’t the end goal—addressing gut health, environment, and emotional resilience was. In this epi...

Aug 20, 202540 min
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