Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by nutritionist, personal trainer and podcaster, Katy Saltsman, who is such an inspiration. In this episode, we discuss how moving your body and nutrition are important for health, but often overlooked is mental and emotional health. Looking at all of these together can help make lasting changes. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Distractions as coping mechanisms Learn your patterns and habits Calories versus hormones Mistakes with macros trac...
May 03, 2023•36 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Jolene Brighten, who also appeared in episode #112, Post Birth Control Syndrome . Dr. Brighten is back to talk about burning hormonal topics including night sweats, low progesterone and testosterone, hair loss and lots about libido. We also fielded questions from my teenage daughter, asking about advice for teens tracking menstrual cycles, how to talk to the doc about alternatives to birth control for hormonal support...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by the delightful Elizabeth Yarnell. In this episode, we discuss Elizabeth's diagnosis of MS, getting parasites in Asia, and the transition of learning how to cook whole foods after growing up on gummy bears and soda and her departure from journalism into naturopathy. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Food sensitivities Parasite infections Autoimmunity ABOUT GUEST: Elizabeth Yarnell is a traditional naturopath, patented inventor, and multi-pas...
Apr 19, 2023•45 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Chelsea Haines. I met Chelsea at my friend Kaely's event, Restore and Reconnect, in Austin this past fall. Chelsea's just one of those people who is a ray of sunshine when you meet her. In this episode, we discuss the subconscious mind’s role in physiological healing. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Subconscious programming Neural pathways Orpheus therapy ABOUT GUEST: Chelsea Haines is the Founder of the Gut Health Agency and Certified Or...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text On our next thyroid episode this week, I am joined by Dr. David Brownstein. I would say one of my favorite things about him is that he is a storyteller. He uses a lot of case studies in his books, which I love. He tells us his personal story, then we dig into iodine and it's relationship to the thyroid. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Iodine & the thyroid Iodine deficiency epidemic Iodine supplementation Salt & iodine relationship ABOUT GUEST: Dr. David Brownstein, M.D., is a board-certifi...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text Our first episode this week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Eric Balcavage. It’s a GOOD week on the podcast if you are interested in thyroid. In this episode, we discuss all the things about thyroid physiology. Plus some rapid fire questions at the end from our audience. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Allopathic vs functional medicine approaches Vitamin D relationship to thyroid Different stressors & their effect thyroid hormones Multi-system adaptive disorder ABOUT GUES...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Dawn Huebner. In this episode, we discuss helping children face their fears, phobias and anxiety. Bonus, this can work for adults too. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Cognitive behavior therapy triangle Exposure based approaches Amygdala vs. prefrontal cortex How to retrain the brain Dr. Dawn tells us about her new book series, Dr. Dawn’s Mini Books About Mighty Fears, which speaks with warmth and humor to children struggling with spe...
Mar 29, 2023•38 min
Send us a text After practicing nutrition for 13 years, it's time to share some of the things I've learned to help you shortcut your own success in either private practice or with your health goals. In this behind the scenes episode, I get into the frameworks, approaches and timelines I use when guiding clients to overcome root causes of inflammation, rebalance hormones, and optimize gut, liver, adrenal and thyroid function. Let me know if you have questions for follow up episodes. There's only ...
Mar 23, 2023•29 min•Ep. 288
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Barrie Tan. In this episode, we get SUPER NERDY about types of Vitamin E. Dr. Tan sources Vitamin E from annatto, the stuff that colors your cheese yellow and is from a tree in South America. Since I had just returned from South America right before recording this episode, we hit it off talking about Incan cultural uses of annatto. Just a day in my dream life of being a podcaster. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Cell membranes (which ...
Mar 21, 2023•47 min
Send us a text This week on the Less Stressed Life, I invited Jeffrey Smith to talk about his passions for controlling biotechnology. He caught my attention at a small dinner I attended for a lifestyle medicine conference I attended in September when talking about how gene editing is getting as accessible as EasyBake ovens once were, which could unleash superbugs into the environment with catastrophic outcomes. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Genetic engineering Shikimate pathway and microbiota interruption CRIS...
Mar 15, 2023•49 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Nathan Bryan . In this episode, we discuss episode topics : Nitric oxide for long haul CV, altitude sickness, hypertension and cardiovascular improve . KEY TAKEAWAYS: What is nitric oxide? Why should people want to know about nitric oxide? What are some common lifestyle habits that disrupt nitric oxide production? What can someone do today to improve NO function? ABOUT GUEST: Dr. Bryan is an international leader in mo...
Mar 09, 2023•48 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Ritamarie. In this episode, we discuss functional approaches to blood sugar and three causes of subclinical thyroid dysfunction. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE to learn. My favorite thing is when I can learn something new in a podcast interview, and Dr. Ritamarie really delivered in this one. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 6 things that affect blood sugar besides diet Thyroid conversion mechanisms Symptoms, labs, what you can do,...
Feb 24, 2023•50 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Thomas Hemingway, MD. In this episode, we discuss getting older and feeling younger, a topic I’m always interested in. KEY TAKEAWAYS: How you jump from conventional to integrative in healthcare 5 principles for preventable conditions How to EAT for energy, clarity, weight loss, and the BEST health of your life without dieting How to Optimize sleep - The glymphatic system and detoxing during sleep How to optimize STRESS an...
Feb 18, 2023•43 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Louise Swartswalter. In this episode, we talked all about emotions stored in the body. While my guest had the calming aura and appearance of my son’s kindergarten teacher, she used some of our interview time to read my ancestral energy and how it might be affecting blocks for me currently. 😳 So if you’d like to hear my family secrets or are just curious about what “energy work” can look like, Dr. Swartswalter has you...
Feb 09, 2023•54 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by holistic dentist Dr. Kelly Blodgett. In this episode, we discuss how to naturally support your gums and oral health. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Ways to protect our gums beyond gentle brushing and flossing. Can you heal cavities naturally without any fillings? Can we detox through our teeth? How to find a holistic dentist? ABOUT GUEST: Dr. Kelly J. Blodgett is redefining the modern dental experience. Over the past 20 years, he has cre...
Feb 08, 2023•53 min
Send us a text We know about vapor, liquid, and ice, but what if I told you water has another state? Today we’re talking about the preferred state of water between liquid and ice, which is structured or coherent water. In nature, the natural vortex of water movement creates structured water. When you use a structured or coherent water wand, the water immediately gains clarity, and the taste becomes smoother. This is something I had to see and taste to believe, but the results are obvious. In thi...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stress Life Podcast, I am sharing audio from our Live Community Call in January. On this call, we covered topics related to immune support. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Common causes of immune system suppression? Normal illness vs “too much” illness? What would I do in times of “stress” and illness opportunity? Should you “stimulate” the immune system all the time with herbs or take isolated supplements? My February Community Q&A will be on February 13th at 1 PM MT/3 P...
Jan 26, 2023•38 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stress Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Jack Wolfson. In this episode, we discuss natural heart health, cholesterol, Afib, inflammatory markers, myocarditis, thrombosis & more. KEY TAKEAWAYS: The link between a toxic lifestyle, mitochondria, and heart health Does your cholesterol matter? Stealth infections can drive inflammation and cause issues in the heart The relationship between COVID and the COVID vaccine and myocarditis and other heart issues The de...
Jan 25, 2023•41 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stress Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Elisa Song. I love Dr. Elisa Song’s calming demeanor. In this episode about anxiety in kids, antibiotic use and more, she gives so many practical pearls you can start doing with your kids now to set them up for success. We talk about the unsung hero of health, the nervous system. We talked about the gut, brain exercises, immune resilience, calming nutrients and what to do about recurrent infections. KEY TAKEAWAYS: What ...
Jan 19, 2023•45 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stress Life Podcast, I am sharing audio from our Live Community Call in December. On this call we covered topics related to testing stress hormones. KEY TAKEAWAYS: + What to know about stress hormones + Testing these hormones + What to do about high/low cortisol and also touched on other nuanced questions like PCOS/adrenal connection, thyroid connection, post hysterectomy weight gain, and more. My January Community Q&A will be on Jan 23 at 1 PM MT/3 PM ET...
Jan 11, 2023•35 min
Send us a text This week I have Jason Campbell, who I met at the Jeff Bland/Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute/Microbiome Labs tag team event in September. I found him simply interesting on all levels–from his brilliant piano skills (you can find him on Spotify as “Zen Piano”) to how he makes meditation or breathwork accessible to anyone. KEY TAKEAWAYS: What does the emotional mastery mean How emotions hanging out in the body Meditation is an exercise to stop thinking so the real creativi...
Jan 05, 2023•42 min
Send us a text This week on the Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Jessica Peatross. Dr. Jess Peatross on the podcast. Jess is an outspoken medical doctor online that talks all about stealth infections with grace. People seem very interested in parasites. There was a time one of my parasite-themed podcasts had the most downloads for the year. I find them to be more annoying than interesting these days but Dr. Jess has a way with words and held my attention thoroughly. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Type...
Dec 29, 2022•47 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stress Life Podcast, I am joined by Megan Barnett. I know we think we already know every we need to know about fiber but I PROMISE Megan Barnett makes it even more interesting. Honestly, every health professional should listen to this if they’ve never had a nuanced lesson on different fibers and their use. And every human that poops should listen if they want to advocate best for themselves. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Fiber’s use in improving estrogen detox AKA bad perio...
Dec 23, 2022•44 min
Send us a text This week on the Less Stressed Life Podcast I had my super sassy, sarcastic friend Michelle Shapiro on to chat about anxiety, bridging the divisive gap between different spectrums of nutrition and long standing gut issues. We cover doing things in excess (which seems mildly fitting for this season :), hypervigilance, and changing brain chemistry. If you’ve ever had body or food relationship issues (btw that’s everyone!) I think you’ll find his episode entertaining. KEY TAKEAWAYS: ...
Dec 22, 2022•43 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Jillian Greaves. In this episode, we discuss circadian rhythm & chronobiology. KEY TAKEAWAYS: How circadian rhthym impacts our overall hormone production Melatonin creation, release, and disruption from light variables Melatonin's implication on pre-DM ranges and RMR GUEST SHARED HELPFUL TIPS ON: Supporting your circadian rhythm What to do if you do shift work RELATED EPISODES: PCOS and Estrogen the Superhero with Dr....
Dec 15, 2022•28 min
Send us a text This week on the Less Stressed Life Podcast is a recording of a LIVE community call I recently hosted all about gut & stool testing. I want to do these calls monthly to be helpful, get to know your needs, and answer questions for you. My next community call will be on Dec 20, 2022, at 11 AM MT/1 PM ET for 30 min, and we’ll be talking about testing for stress hormones. You can register for that one at www.christabiegler.com/community. I’ve got a couple of tests I’m going to com...
Dec 07, 2022•32 min
Send us a text This week on Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Emily Gutierrez. I am so excited to have Dr. Emily Gutierrez back this week to share her brilliance and fill a huge gap with neuropediatric nutrition. Last week she wowed me with her knowledge of PANDAS, and this week we are talking about autism. I ask lots of hard questions, and she fires back without batting an eye. I am thankful for her work! KEY TAKEAWAYS: The history of Autism, diagnosis, and hallmark symptoms The sp...
Dec 04, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text This week on Less Stressed Life, Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Emily Gutierrez. In this episode, we discuss PANS/PANDAS in kids. KEY TAKEAWAYS: What are PANS/PANDAS, what are the hallmark symptoms, & how to treat it What's part of the treatment pie in PANDAS GUEST SHARED HELPFUL TIPS ON: Testing recommendations for PANS/PANDAS How can your PCP rule out strep? What supplements can help with the prevention & treatment of symptoms of PANDAS? ABOUT GUEST: Dr. Emily Gutierrez is ...
Nov 30, 2022•57 min
Send us a text This week on Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Baraba Huson. We discuss money mindset and wealth well-being. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Financial success is not just a practical process; it's a healing journey What an underearner is & why more women are underearners The three levels of financial development GUEST SHARED HELPFUL TIPS ON: How to rewire your brain for financial success How to raise children in good relation in money ABOUT GUEST: Barbara Huson (previously known as Ba...
Nov 23, 2022•39 min
Send us a text This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Debi Sibler. In this episode, we discuss betrayal and learning to trust again. KEY TAKEAWAYS: What is post-betrayal syndrome & how to know if you have it How betrayal is a different type of trauma & what counts as betrayal The stages of post-betrayal syndrome & how to heal from it GUEST SHARED HELPFUL TIPS ON: How to move past resistance to heal How to learn to trust again post betrayal What happens when o...
Nov 13, 2022•46 min
