Beat Autoimmune & Thrive! with Palmer Kippola

Scott Forsgren, FDN-P, is a health coach, blogger, podcaster, health writer and advocate. He is the founder of BetterHealthGuy.com, where he shares his 21-year journey through the world of Lyme disease, mold illness, and the myriad of factors that chronic illness often entails. On his podcast BetterHealthGuy Blogcast, Scott interviews many of the top leaders in the field of Functional and Integrative Medicine. He is also the co-founder of The Forum for Integrative Medicine which hosts an annual conference and brings together some of the top integrative practitioners to share practical tools for treating complex, chronic illness. He’s the best podcast interviewer I know, I had the privilege to be on his fantastic podcast, and I am so happy to call him a friend.Quote:“Be hopeful. There are ways to move our health forward. People are getting well and recovering on a regular basis, so hang in there.”What's Inside:1:40 Scott’s Story and Lyme’s symptoms and the importance of being open-minded when searching for your diagnosis8:05 The continuous journey of healing, optimizing your health, and learning to prioritize yourself 9:10 How to start healing today using Scott’s generalized 11 Step Framework13:40 Step 1: Support Detoxification and Drainage20:22 Step 2: Improve the External Environment (Mold/EMFs)28:48 Step 3: Optimize Sleep - Why Sleep Is So Important32:46 Step 4: Work on Mental and Emotional Contributors36:50 Step 5: Retrain the Limbic System and Tone the Vagus Nerve46:14 A message of hope for your healing journeyResources mentioned:Scott’s website: https://www.betterhealthguy.com/Instagram: @betterhealthguy: https://www.instagram.com/betterhealthguy/Townsend Newsletter article: https://www.betterhealthguy.com/images/stories/PDF/Townsend_Model_2022.pdfWant my help reversing an autoimmune condition?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Click the link below to get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

Karen martel is a Certified Hormone Specialist, Transformational Nutrition Coach and women’s weight loss expert. Like many root cause health experts, Karen has her own healing journey through severe hormonal dysfunction including hypothyroid, estrogen dominance, and adrenal insufficiency. She educated herself, optimized her food, addressed stress, and was able to balance her hormones and even reverse premature menopause. Today Karen has a passion for nutrition and women’s hormones, especially bioidentical hormone therapy, perimenopause and menopause, estrogen dominance, thyroid conditions, solving weight loss resistance, and ancestral-based nutrition (Paleo, Ketogenic).Quote:“There’s no way around it. Food has to be the foundation to every single issue you have in your health and your mind.”What's Inside:2:18 Karen's healing journey through hormonal misery10:30 Conventional docs often don’t run complete panels and might misinterpret the data12:40 Why full thyroid marker testing is essential19:15 The importance of reverse T3 (RT3)21:40 The importance of asking WHY the immune system is attacking  your own body23:40 A quick and easy way to test your thyroid function. Hint: get an old fashioned analog thermometer. And know which thyroid markers you should have tested.27:34 Clues you may have thyroid dysfunction29:39 Cortisol: the survival hormone34:42 Why we get addicted to go, go, go37:54 Insulin: why you must change your food first42:32 Estrogen dominance: what it is and tell tale signs  52:40 Karen’s big message: You don't have to suffer.Resources mentioned:Karen’s website: https://karenmartel.com/On Track Membership Group: https://coaching.karenmartel.com/Home test: Letsgetchecked.comWant my help reversing an autoimmune condition?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Click the link below to get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

At age 19, Dr. Mindy Pelz, DC became severely ill with extreme fatigue, brain fog, and muscle wasting. She was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and was told by doctors that she would have to drop out of school. With the help of her mother who took her to a holistic doctor, Mindy went on an anti-candida (ketogenic) diet. Once she added fasting, she healed completely. Now Dr. Mindy leads large communities of people through various fasting programs, she’s written a bestselling book called Fast Like a Girl, and today she shares her pearls for how to get started with fasting and getting into ketosis.Quote:“With fasting, you can accelerate healing better than working with a hundred doctors. You have the most miraculous doctor inside of you.”What’s inside:02:10: Where do you start with meal timing and the ketogenic diet?03:33: Dr. Mindy's two healing with fasting stories06:16: The power of healing is within YOU08:07: Why lifestyle change is needed for women after forty09:48: Where do you start with keto and fasting?15:36: What to know about measuring ketones: how and when23:00: The benefits of more ketones24:00: What to do if you start getting hungry27:24: The power of a mantra during fastingResources mentioned:Dr. Mindy’s website: https://drmindypelz.com/Dr. Mindy’s books: Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones; The Menopause Reset: Get Rid of Your Symptoms and Feel Like Your Younger Self Again Research: New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease:https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/nejmra1905136National Institutes of Health (NIH): Impact of intermittent fasting on health and disease processes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5411330/Want my help reversing an autoimmune condition?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Click the link below to get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

Deborah Fryer, PhD is a money mindset mentor, spiritual business coach, and creator of the Anatomy of Money system for holistic wealth and well-being. She helps heart-centered entrepreneurs break through subconscious mental, emotional, and financial blocks and create soul-aligned 6- or 7-figure businesses with ease, speed, and confidence.Deborah holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton, two Masters degrees in classics and art history, and she is an award-winning filmmaker who has created content for PBS, NOVA, Frontline, the National Science Foundation, and other media channels. She has completed a post-baccalaureate pre-medical degree and has been teaching and practicing yoga and meditation for over 30 years. Deborah’s transformational model interweaves ancient wisdom, modern science, narrative medicine, proven mind-body practices, and creative visualization. In short, Deborah is truly a modern, Renaissance woman.Quote:“Your true wealth is your health.”What’s inside:03:07 What is money truly and how do money issues affect people?06:55 Deborah’s story, going from a Type A overachiever, disconnected from her true self, striving, overgiving, and pushing… to getting still, going inward, getting into nature, and deepening into her authentic self and healing.17:23 What is our true nature?21:50 Why are we afraid to sit and get still?25:20 The trouble with people pleasing, permeable boundaries, and looking for love outside ourselves.27:47 Deborah’s thoughts on boundaries. A perspective shift from defending and protecting to figuring out what I need for me.32:22 Remembering The Four Agreements: Don’t take anything personally.34:04 Good questions to ask yourself: What’s the meaning I’m making about this? What is there for me to learn in this?41:02 Tactical strategies for how you can grow into the best version of themselves?44:55 If you want to heal subconscious patterns, find a practitioner who works at the subconscious level: tapping, breathwork, EMDR, BAUD, sound therapies, biofield tuning, etc.48:55 Where to find Deborah: Anatomy of Money Academy free Facebook group for both super lofty and grounded conversations.Resources mentioned:Deborah’s website: https://deborahfryer.com/Download Deborah’s free book: Best Brain Hacks: 108 Scientific, Spiritual, and Sensual Strategies for Success: https://deborahfryer.lpages.co/brainhacks2018/Deborah’s free Facebook group: Anatomy of Money Academy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/anatomyofmoneyacademyWant my help reversing an autoimmune condition?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Click the link below to get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

Adrian Klaphaak is the founder of A Path That Fits, a holistic career and life coaching company that serves clients all over the world. His company IS his life’s work – his path that fits. He’s poured all of himself into creating the most effective and meaningful coaching programs possible because he wholeheartedly believes that everyone has a path that fits, and he knows what a difference it makes to find it. Adrian’s formal training comes from The Coaches Training Institute, Hakomi Mindfulness & Somatic Psychology, and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). He’s one part coach, one part purpose guide, one part entrepreneur, and one part therapist. He’s also studied mindfulness meditation, rites of passage, and has a deep reverence for nature and its wisdom. Now, you may be wondering, What in the world does career coaching have to do with autoimmune healing? Here’s my short answer: healing is about becoming who you truly are, whole and aligned with your authentic self, mind, body, and spirit.I personally worked with Adrian many years ago when I was struggling with finding my own path that fit. While I was good at and enjoyed my corporate roles in high tech sales and marketing I intuitively knew that these jobs in the corporate world weren’t the meaning I was seeking or my life’s purpose. That there was something else deeper, more meaningful, and more authentically me that I was seeking, and Adrian helped me Find My Path That Fit.Today I’m thrilled to be able to have a meaningful conversation with Adrian about alignment, about finding purpose, about becoming more YOU.Quote:“There is a lot of vitality, wellness, and health in doing work that you love and feel aligned with.”What’s inside:02:22 Adrian shares his own career crisis and mismatch06:24 Back pain and sciatica was a big catalyst for change but would last 15 years10:22 The birth of Adrian’s daughter was the event that brought healing and a pursuit of mind-body medicine14:51 Adrian discovers that he was not in touch with internal anger and grief; that being a people-pleaser, a nice guy, and putting pressure on himself to achieve was keeping him from expressing more difficult emotions.17:51 My riff on the autoimmune personality types: people pleaser, perfectionist, overachiever, striver, and the added risk for autoimmune issues decades later22:15 One of the things Adrian sees often in clients is, “What I thought I should be doing…;” or “Because my parents wanted me to do this…” or “I grew up without resources…”  24:26 I share my experience working with Adrian in 2012 when I was trying to find my path that fit.33:29 Adrian highlights the steps of his process for career change38:20 The importance of the informational interview39:50 How doing a career change “test drive” can make the change easier, more real, and more natural47:00 How pain or illness can be a huge teacher or catalyst for growth. And how it’s about doing the best we can while still being human. 51:23 Where to find Adrian and a bit about his group coaching program. Resources mentioned:Adrian’s website: https://apaththatfits.com/I just became an affiliate for Adrian’s 3-month Career Pathfinder Coaching Program. Enter coupon code: beatautoimmune for $100 off: https://apaththatfits.com/the-career-pathfinder/My case study working with Adrian: https://apaththatfits.com/blog/palmer-case-study/Want my help reversing an autoimmune condition?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

Hillery is an intellectual property and technology attorney who serves as General Counsel for technology companies. She has a powerful story of completely reversing lupus, Sjogren’s, Raynaud’s, Hashimoto’s, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, arthritis, depression, insomnia, and more! Like many who develop autoimmune disorders, Hillery experienced lots of early stress, starting in childhood when she helped raise her far younger siblings, dealt with severe parental expectations, and, as often happens, found herself in an abusive, toxic marriage and work situation. It took hitting rock bottom for Hillery to begin the step-by-step journey to vibrant health and true happiness.  Quote:“Walking forward is actually walking forward.”  What’s inside:02:55 Growing up in the 1970s and living next door to an arsenic plant07:11 How a tense home environment led Hillery to develop personality types: caretaker, peacemaker, people pleaser, perfectionist, and high achiever13:50 Stress builds and takes a toll. First insomnia, and then at age nine, Hillery developed hernias and shame17:50 Off to law school, stress, symptoms, and medications mount, and Hillery develops a butterfly rash, swollen hands and painful joints25:22 Hillery powers through what turns out to be a job mismatch, hides her symptoms, and develops feelings of shame27:05 By her mid-forties, everything fell apart and she blamed herself for everything that went wrong29:20 Hillery hits rock bottom and has a live or die moment32:30 Hillery is saved by her dogs, Lucy and Ricky35:02 The beginning of experimentation: walking, acupuncture, tapering meds, finding books…38:20 How she hated and then loved 30-Day Food Vacation  41:11 Hillery feels good again, stronger, and empowered49:00 Hillery’s top recommendations for people dealing with autoimmune challengesResources mentioned:Hillery’s Healing Story: https://palmerkippola.com/healing-stories/hillery-beat-lupus/Want My help healing?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Click the link below to get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

Holly Ladd is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach who has her own healing story from scleroderma.She believes her autoimmune set up was a combination of heavy air pollution, growing up in LA in the 1970s; then experiencing the stress of career mismatch; and finally having a mercury filling removed by a conventional dentist. Once she started experiencing severe symptoms of skin hardening, pain, and stiffness, she sought solutions.Fortunately, she found Dr. Mark Hyman’s book, The UltraMind Solution and thus began her journey to Dr. Hyman’s office, The UltraWellness Center and an unrelenting quest to uncover her root causes and address them head on. Today Holly is free of symptoms and the scleroderma diagnosis and she coaches people around the world from her home in Bend, OR.Quote:“Once you have hope you can get through anything.” What’s inside:01:08 Holly’s childhood was fine until she moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s and was exposed to the city’s worst air pollution04:00 Everything was fine until she turned 45 when fatigue, brain fog, and aching hands set in 07:53 A rheumatologist pronounces, “You have scleroderma.” 09:09 What is scleroderma? 10:28 The fortuitous timing of finding Mark Hyman’s book, The UltraMind Solution, which put Holly on the healing path13:30 Holly went straight to the source: Dr. Hyman’s UltraWellness Center 18:33 Holly root causes and how she addressed them22:57 How Holly’s character strength of self-regulation helps her persevere24:05 The root cause that triggered the Scleroderma25:40 Holly’s symptoms unwind slowly but surely28:20 Holly adds healthy habits30:29 The stress of a career mismatch35:23 The relatively low cost of autoimmune reversal vs the high cost of autoimmune disease managementResources mentioned:Holly’s website: https://www.hollyladd-healthcoaching.com/Mark Hyman MD’s book: The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body FirstPilar Gerasimo’s book: The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker's Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy WorldWant Palmer's help healing?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Click the link below to get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

Holly Bertone beat both breast cancer and Hashimoto’s. She’s the author of the book, Thriving in the Workplace with Autoimmune Disease: Know Your Rights, Resolve Conflict, and Reduce Stress, the first book ever to educate others on Autoimmune Disease as a legal disability in the U.S. workplace. She is an authority on autoimmune disease in the workplace and she’s a gratitude evangelist. Holly is currently the President and CEO of Pink Fortitude and founder of the health and wellness website pinkfortitude.com. Holly’s passion is to help women view their chronic illness as a gift and unwrap resilience using a proven method to build fortitude with gratitude. Holly joined me to discuss how we can accelerate healing when we proactively practice gratitude.In this interview we focus on gratitude and how to develop a mindset that moves you from victim to victor — or the empowered hero of your own healing journey and your life.Quote:“There is a gift inside of you. You just have to unwrap it and let it shine.” What’s inside:01:48 Holly’s healing journey from breast cancer and Hashimoto’s05:08 Common autoimmune personality types05:48 Where Holly’s gratitude came from08:34 Holly’s root causes and how she addressed them12:40 Holly’s resources for healing stress and emotional pain16:57 The science of gratitude22:00 What can we do to cultivate an attitude of gratitude?29:03 The power of shifting your identity from illness to gratitudeResources mentioned:Holly’s website: https://pinkfortitude.com/Holly’s book: Thriving in the Workplace with Autoimmune Disease: Know Your Rights, Resolve Conflict, and Reduce StressWant my help healing?If you live in the continental U.S. and are ready, willing, and able to invest in your best health, I offer Functional Medicine Total Health Transformation Programs over Zoom. Click the link below to get on my calendar for a free 30-minute discovery call.https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald, D.A.O.M., D.H.M., L.Ac., C.C.N., has a Doctorate Degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a Master’s Degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine, and a Doctorate in Homeopathic Medicine. She is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, as well as a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. She is also a qigong instructor and breathing expert. In this interview she teaches us how to breathe properly so we can use this amazing, free resource we all have inside us to oxygenate, calm, heal, and thrive.Quote: “We are remembering how to breathe properly and the body says thank you!”What’s inside:3:24 Take a deep breath [exercise]6:40 Junk breathing vs proper breathing7:32 An easy way to get started breathing properly10:46 We are "remembering" how to breathe13:39 Perfect opp for practice: "preferred vs nonpreferred circumstances"17:11 Start practicing NOW for best results18:50 The path to healing: Creating an anatomy that allows for  transformation and illumination20:32 Adding breathing to a meditation practice23:19 The importance of soft belly breathing for autoimmune regulation24:35 "Wu wei" active non-doing allows for profound insights and Non-judgment26:10 Basic proper breathing tipsResources mentioned:Dr. Patricia’s website: https://patriciafitzgerald.com/meet-dr-patricia/How to fortify our protective energy known as “Wei Qi”: https://patriciafitzgerald.com/category/peaceful-mind/Beat Autoimmune Academy for foundational, comprehensive, and holistic healing: https://beatautoimmuneacademy.com/Want to beat an autoimmune condition and live your most vibrant life? I created a FREE 4-part video training series to teach you everything I know about how to beat autoimmune and thrive. Sign up and watch video #1 right away.https://beatautoimmuneacademy.com/free-video-training/

I am honored to collaborate with Dr. Pedro and together, we help clients all over the U.S. via telemedicine to reverse and prevent autoimmune disorders.Sangita Pedro, ND specializes in treating complex, chronic illness including autoimmune and neurodegenerative conditions. Her main focus is restoring gut health, which includes addressing chronic imbalances and infections like candida, parasites and Lyme co-infections, and toxins like mycotoxins, chemical toxicity, and heavy metals. Dr. Pedro utilizes modern diagnostic tools to help uncover the root cause of illness and employs a variety of modalities to treat that cause including herbal medicine, nutritional supplements, and homeopathy. She graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine in 2005.Quote:“Bodywide inflammation starts in the gut.”What’s Inside:01:00 How do you define the gut ?02:27 The gut’s role in health and disease04:45 Why autoimmunity is a gut problem, not a body part problem, even if you don't have any gut symptoms08:10 What people often overlook about gut health10:12 What you can do on your own to improve gut health14:00 Why PPIs/antacids are so harmful15:57 What normal poop should look like16:40 How to improve absorption by cleaning out gut imbalancesResources mentioned:Explore our Total Autoimmune Recovery program:https://palmerkippola.com/workwithus/30-Day Food Vacation: Beat Autoimmune book:https://amzn.to/3tQ19ldWant to beat an autoimmune condition and live your most vibrant life? I created a FREE 4-part video training series to teach you everything I know about how to beat autoimmune and thrive. Sign up and watch video #1 right away.https://beatautoimmuneacademy.com/free-video-training/