Straight-Up Wellness

In this episode, Andrea Duchonovic talks about “breaking up” with exhaustion: * Andrea's health journey * Being exhausted all the time * Spending thousands on supplements and coaches * Health education after father's terminal diagnosis * Sifting through the BS * The problem with "all natural" labels * Type of sleep vs. hours of sleep * Seasons of exhaustion * The 7 pillars of health * Mindset and healing trauma * Showing up better for the people we're serving * 5-10 minutes per day for self care * Asking "is this stress necessary?" * Breathing * Hormones and stress * Adrenal fatigue * Cortisol levels throughout the day * Getting hormones checked * Toxicity and detox * Toxic chemicals on US skincare products * EWG website resource for toxic products * Dangerous detoxes * Eating and nutrition * Prioritizing quality foods and ingredients * Dirty keto * Sugar alcohols and gut issues * Avoiding the Dirty Dozen * Eating clean, whole foods * Fasting * Fasting for women * Parasympathetic before fasting * Gut health * Gut-brain connection * Foods and toxins affecting gut health * Movement and sleep * Sleep quality * nighttime routine * Movement for detoxing * Accessing the Breaking Up With Exhaustion Master Class

In this episode, Tricia Nelson talks about ending emotional eating: * Tricia's personal journey with emotional eating * "Fat Head" * Out there ideas of how to lose weight * Healing hunger to lose 50 pounds * Peaceful relationship with food * Food freedom * The spectrum of emotional eating * Feeling the weight struggle in any sized body * Heal Your Hunger online quiz * Having an emotional balance with food * Addressing emotional attachments with food * Emotional eating vs food addiction * Consequences of obesity as we age - physically, emotionally, spiritually * Characteristics of emotionally eating * Numbing effects of food * PEP test * Food to cover pain * Eating to escape worries and fear * Food as punishment * Emotional eaters are highly sensitive * Types of food that indicate emotional eating * Food as a companion * Habits that make up an emotional eater * Nonjudgemental meditation * Getting support to face scary feelings * Why diets fail * Food as a symptom * Working with Tricia * Healing in a community

In this episode, Dr. Steven Hotze talks about hypothyroidism and how to feel better: * What is hypothyroidism * How the thyroid works * T4, T3, and iodine * Thyroid hormone and energy * Symptoms of thyroid issues * Ideal body temperature * Thyroid treatments for infertility * PCOS and thyroid dysfunction * Why hypothyroidism is commonly misdiagnosed * The antidepressant epidemic * Depression and thyroid connection * Hormonal imbalances with age * Bioidentical hormones * Inaccuracy of thyroid blood tests * Unexplained weight gain and fluoride * "Hypothyroidism Health and Happiness" book - free copy for Straight-Up Wellness listeners when you call 281-698-8698 * "Hormones, Health, and Happiness" book * Health built on good nutrition * Diminish simple carbs and sugar * Eating as whole as possible * Importance of Vitamin C intake * Supplementing with Vitamin D * Building up immunity

In this episode, Dawn Renee offers holistic support for those in a caregiving role: * Dawn's caregiver journey * Caregiver guilt * The Daily 10 * Becoming a caregiver for yourself * Ridding the body and life of toxins * Plant-based diets * Plant-based protein sources * Energy aids for healing * Energy of nature to bring balance to life * Biofield tuning * Integrating energetic tools for self care * Reconnecting to the power of love within ourselves * Taking 5 minutes to re-energize * I.C.A.R.E. journal * Inspiring the goddess within * Free website resources

In this episode, Thais Gibson talks about the 4 styles of attachment and how they’re impacting your life: * The Attachment Theory * Four styles of attachment * Most common style of attachment * Securely Attached * Attachment style and self confidence * 3 Insecure Attachment styles * Codependency * Making eye contact with children * Opposite attachment styles attracting each other * Hyper attunement and being an empath * People pleasing attachment style * Kate's observation on her own attachment style and early imprints * Most important developmental years of life * Retraining the subconscious * Core wounds for insecure attachment styles * The mind and the "worse case scenario" * Learning a response to our needs * Express feelings and feel the feelings * Getting in tune with our needs and specific times * Pain vs. suffering * Reprogram stories we tell ourselves * Trauma and survival mode * Reenacting trauma in our own minds * How a trigger works in the subconscious mind * Starting steps to overcome trauma * Using feelings for feedback

Straight-Up Wellness · Get to know the host of the Straight-Up Wellness podcast! Kate Jaramillo shares the story of how she found her passion for wellness, love for the ketogenic lifestyle, and drive to help others find their own path to whole-body health. Links Keto Comfort Food Classics: Your Favorite Recipes Made Keto Kate’s Website Facebook Instagram

In this episode, Jessica Procini talks about overcoming emotional eating: * Jessica's personal journey * Reaching for food to escape * Binging on healthy foods * Feeling insane around food * Investigating relationship with food * 4 roots of emotional eating * Numbing stimulation * Roots of emotional eating have nothing to do with food * Justifying a binge because the food is "healthy" * Building emotional fitness * Emotional bicep curls * Untangling your physical vs emotional hunger * Eating foods we love while honoring our bodies * The emotional eating cycle * Dismantling coping mechanisms * 1 tool to use now to heal emotional eating * Emotional literacy * Identify 5 major emotions * Feeling safe to feel your feelings * Toxic positivity * Health means to be whole * Understanding the wisdom of all of our emotions * Healing modalities connecting to food * Next steps to overcoming emotional eating

In this episode, Cherie Burton talks about emotional healing and tapping into your divine feminine energy: * The Divine Feminine * Sourcing the feminine energy * Chakras * Multiple-braining * Digesting life experiences * Why strong women feel lonely * Our soul's cry for stillness * Allowing yourself to fully feel * Queenly secrets * Putting self at the highest priority * Yoga and breathwork * New feminine leadership paradigm * Deep healing modalities * Healing is a journey * The two states of being * Multi-sensory healing * Keeping sensory kits in various places * Hydrating for healing * Yoga for healing * Finding and connecting with Cherie

In this episode, Melainie Rogers talks about eating disorders and learning to trust your body’s wisdom: * Core desires driving eating disorders * Identifying problems with food * How disorders hijack the brain * Binge eating disorder * Willpower is not the problem * Difference between disordered eating and an eating disorder * Physiological response to under-eating * Factors in calculating calorie targets * Danger in perfectionism * No exact science in determining exactly how much to eat * Optimal weight based on genetics * Personal hunger and satiety system * Goal to realize and reconnect with hunger and satiety cues * Distrusting our body * Types of foods and how they signal hunger and satiety * Diet evolution * Microbiome's role in calorie and macro needs * Gut and mental health issues * Serotonin produced in the gut * Eating variety of foods and lots of fiber * The rise in mental health issues and eating disorders * Weight loss triggering illness * Step 1 --> stop restricting * Recovering after a binge day * Where to find Redefining Wellness free eBook

In this episode, Udo Erasmus talks about the best fats to consume and how to use them: * Udo's pesticide poisoning * Healthy oils * Fats that heal and fats that kill * Omega 3 and 6 * Essential fatty acids * Rebuilding the body * Energy sources * How we store and burn fat * Carb depletion for marathoners * The pitfall of the keto diet * Optimizing essential fatty acids * Fats and appetite suppression * How to use oils for optimal health * Dangers of frying foods * Optimal amount of oil to use daily * Athletic studies on oil optimization * Positive mental, physical, and emotional effects of oil balancing * Peace in awareness * Finding love and peace * The return to wholeness * Physical presence of heartache * How to find stillness and self awareness * Importance of sitting in heartache * Making consciousness easy * Internal and external awareness * Self care * Upset coming from the outside * Teaching our children to return home to themselves * How to start developing a deeper state of self-presence now * What happens in a state of disconnect * Books and freebies

In this episode, Barb Garrison talks about creating a life of passion and purpose based on your truth: * Missing links to wellness * Self-management * Releasing guilt and shame * Mantra to release mom guilt * Giving from a full cup * Getting alone time daily * The Complete Yes tool * How to say no * "No" is a complete sentence * Recognizing everyone is on their own journey * Valuing ourselves * Telling ourselves the truth about time * Making asking for help something negative * Making a request for help * Nonviolent communication * Setting good boundaries * 80% more no's * The Yes Diet * Making internal choices * Guilt is a self-inflicted emotion * Kindles towards ourselves * Mirror work * 5 things we're proud of * Growth through focusing on needs * Make a decision without justifying * Setting standards of what works and what does not work * There is only one you

In this episode, Jennifer Albright talks about the benefits of choosing grass-fed beef: * Life on a farm * Choosing to grass-fed beef * Difference between how grass and grain-fed beef are raised * Grass-finished * Beef marketing * Why grass-fed beef is more expensive * Land first farming * Why cows are given antibiotics * What causes the difference in color and taste in grass-fed beef * How cows are sold for consumption * Raising free-range chicken * The difference between farm and store-bought eggs * Lifespan of chickens * Misconceptions of farm lingo * Know your farmer, know your food * Best ways to support local farms and farmers

In this episode, Carole Fehrman talks about reducing toxins in our food and personal care products: * Carol's toxin-free journey * Changing her life through food * Organic Paleo diet * Introducing whole food nutrition to children * Carol's gut issues * Synthetic fragrance chemicals * The "new second-hand smoke" * Parabens in body products * EWG (Environmental Working Group) * Other names for parabens * Phthalates in body products, toothpaste * Natural perfume lines * Essential oils * Regulations in beauty industry * Greenwashing * What it actually means to be labeled "natural" * Body burden * Toxic load being passed in utero * Toxin Black List * DIY cleaners * Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 * How to clean non-organic produce * Step 1 to eliminate toxins * Natural Mama Collective * Know better, do better

In this episode, Stan Esecson talks about an innovative wellness and performance solution: * Stan's story * How socks became a passion project * Importance of balance for the elderly * Neuroreceptors in feet * Proprioception * Neuroscience behind balance and movement * Brodmann areas of the brain * Change in brain activity with socks and insoles * Helping with autism, ADD, ADHD, PTST * VoxxLife Founder Jay Dhaliwal * Trigeminal nerve * Enhancing sports performance * Balancing during pregnancy * Calming effects * Sleeping better to prevent nighttime falls * Balancing in heels * How a pattern connects to nerve endings * Why the pattern resembles a fingerprint * How to use patterned product

In this episode, Dr. Lanae Mullane talks about nutrition, movement, and sleep: * Vejo * Nutrition's role in stress management * Changing form of food changes nutritional value * How to prepare and store food to get the biggest benefit * Soil's importance of maintaining micronutrients * How crops and soil have changed throughout the years * Foods to boost mood and manage stress * Individuality of nutrition * Balance blood sugar to stabilize mood * Restorative sleep * Hormone balancing * Movement for immune health * 7-minute workouts * Is red wine really heart healthy * Alcohol and personal goals * Stress-relieving techniques * Biofeedback * Correct and incorrect breathing techniques * Prioritizing social connection * Disconnecting from technology * Vitamin D * Physiological stresses * Stress is a good thing when we need it * Ideal range for hours of sleep * Best practices to create a sleep routine * Herbs that can prepare the body for sleep * Progressive muscle relaxation * The body loves routine * Bed is for intimacy and sleep * Caffeine timing and intake * Nutrients to wake up and focus * Stress techniques for moms