In the first part of the episode, Michelle talks about her personal experience with anxiety and panic attacks, explaining how to decode and respond to our internal anxiety in a neutralizing way. She also gives tangible tools to use during times of high anxiety/ panic and gives helpful insight into what is happening in the body during stress.
She then sits down with Amanda Montalvo, RD (@hormonehealingrd) to discuss the physiology of anxiety and tangible steps we can take to de-stress. They discuss :
- Being addicted/ conditioned to stress and the rush of hormones
- The impact of stress and anxiety on the female body
- The body’s physiological response to stress, step-by-step
- How stress depletes our minerals, specific minerals that are affected and why
- Stress and blood pressure (Hint: It’s not just about sodium!)
- Benefits of hair mineral testing
- HPA Axis dysregulation, how to support your adrenal glands
- How THYROID is affected by stress, anxiety, and mineral deficiencies
- The ONE thing you can do today to help your body recover from stress
Links:
Get anxiety + panic attack support from a functional nutrition and naturopathic perspective with our 8 week online self-guided program “Anxiety Proof”
Work with Amanda and her free resources:
Follow Amanda on IG @HormonehealingRD
Are You Menstrual? Podcast with Amanda Montalvo
Master Your Minerals course
Adrenal Cocktail Recipes
Work with Michelle and her free resources:
Quiet the Diet
Episode Page (with Transcript)
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Timestamps:
(2:00) Michelle’s experience with panic attacks, anxiety symptoms as a results of drastic-weight loss
(3:30) Michelle’s visual explanation of what anxiety does for us, how to use our anxiety as an opportunity to let us know what’s going on in our body.
(6:00) What to do during a rush of anxiety or panic attack, hormones & anxiety from an evolutionary perspective
(14:22) Amanda Montalvo (@hormonehealingrd) talks about being addicted to stress & the rush of stress hormones on a daily basis
(20:54) The impact of stress and anxiety on women’s bodies in particular
(25:21) Amanda walks through the body’s physiological response to stress, step-by-step
(31:11) How stress depletes our minerals, specific minerals that are affected and why
(36:21) Stress and blood pressure (Hint: It’s not just about sodium!)
(46:45) Benefits of hair mineral testing
(49:05) HPA Axis dysregulation, how to support your adrenal glands, adrenal cocktails
