Debbie Potts health and fitness coach, nutritional therapist and author of ‘Life is Not a Race’ and ‘The Wholestic Method Manual’ joins Angela to talk about her own journey from high performing athlete, in the best shape of her life, to an individual with chronic stress and how taking ownership, slowing things down and learning to both manage stress and understand the stressors have all played a part in moving forward.
They discuss the power of tracking and reviewing data so you know exactly what is impacting you and how to make the changes that improve both health and longevity
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- It doesn’t matter what you do everyone has different stressors and these accumulate over time.
- Both internal and external stressors accumulate until it becomes chronic stress
- With the goldilocks affect too much of anything, whatever it is doesn’t help and too little of anything is also a negative
- Metabolic dysfunction affects every area of your life and if you have metabolic disfunction you can’t achieve your true potential in life
- A disrupted metabolic function can cause weight gain, fatigue and a feeling of loss of identity
- Knowing what your HRV makes a huge difference in understanding what makes the difference
- It’s empowering when you understand the data
- Many of the chronic conditions seen currently are connected to mitochondrial health
- Learning how to manage your own stress and recognise the red flags and stressors for you is key
- If you don’t track and review the data you don’t know what the impact is and the recovery that needed for your body
- It’s a genetic thing that some people are more susceptible to stress than others
- Understanding the data gives you something tangible to work with
BEST MOMENTS
‘I went from being in the best shape of my life to gaining 30 pounds and having an afternoon nap instead of a workout’
‘I was probably doing everything a little too much’
‘I’m biohacking myself to improve longevity’
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ABOUT THE HOST
Angela Foster
Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.
After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind:
To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.
Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.
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