UNLOCKED with Rachel Scheer & Lauren Ungeldi Angela Foster: The Root Cause of Chronic Fatigue, High-Performance, and BioSyncing
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Oct 11, 2023 Angela Foster, an award-winning nutritionist and health performance coach, shares her inspiring journey from battling chronic fatigue and depression to creating BioSyncing®, a program for women's holistic health. She discusses the critical role of the nervous system in recovery, highlighting athletes’ techniques for optimal energy management. Foster also emphasizes the value of self-compassion during burnout moments and offers insights into harmonizing life through understanding natural rhythms and visualization techniques.
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Hospitalization Sparked Her Turning Point
- Angela Foster describes moving from corporate law to severe postnatal depression and hospitalization with bilateral pneumonia.
- That near-death moment triggered a profound shift and started her healing journey.
Medication Stabilized But Numbed Her
- Angela recounts using psychiatric medications to stabilize bipolar episodes but feeling emotionally numb on high doses.
- She later tapered off medications while doing therapy and functional medicine work.
Burnout Is Usually Cumulative
- Angela realized burnout had multiple cumulative causes like pregnancies, disrupted hormones, poor recovery and early birth‑control use.
- She stresses that root causes accumulate rather than one single trigger causing collapse.