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A lot of times when I start talking to somebody

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and I tell them what I do, they'll say things

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like, oh gosh, I really could have used your

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help when I was dealing with whatever symptoms

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that used to weigh heavy on them in the past.

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Or, huh, that's interesting you do that. I'm

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kind of struggling with, and they'll insert new

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symptoms here. And I always want to start by

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saying, yes, but. Our symptoms are telling us

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so much about what's going on, but they are actually

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getting rid of those symptoms, not always your

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root cause problem. Your symptoms are actually

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the roadmap and if we listen and learn how to

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listen to what our body is saying through those

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symptoms, then we can find out what is the actual

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root cause problem behind it and how can we support

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that for long -term health and feeling well and

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no longer dealing with those symptoms. this a

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little bit more because this is something I see

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that is very misunderstood in the conventional

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space, but also often in the functional medicine

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space as well. If you're new here, welcome. I

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am Rita Johnson, the owner of Health and Hormones.

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Here you will find all things related to fatigue

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solutions, period help, hormone healing, and

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so much more. Let's dive in. So when I talk about

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symptoms as the roadmap, what I really mean is

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that if we can do a really good job of listening

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and compiling some of these different symptoms

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that we're struggling with and putting them all

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together, then we can really start to see whether

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we need to combine that with lab work or we need

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to combine that with your health history, what

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it is that is the crux of your feeling unwell.

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So for example, I want you to think about this

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from a separate analogy. So if I'm in a house

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and the fire alarm is going off and I walk up

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to the fire alarm and I push the button and I

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turn the alarm off, is the problem solved? No,

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the problem isn't solved until we find out where's

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the smoke. Where's the fire? And we put that

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out. Although the body is quieter, if we can

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quiet those symptoms, the house is quieter without

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the fire alarm going off, we still have a fire

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somewhere. So we need to figure out what is going

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on. So if somebody came to me and they were saying,

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I'm having really bad digestion, I go back and

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forth between diarrhea and constipation, and

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if I eat certain things, it's better and it's

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not quite as bad, so I'm just gonna eat in this

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very specific way. Even there, we may find that

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things are a little bit better if we avoid certain

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foods or we limit certain foods or we eat in

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a very restrictive diet. However, we need to

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figure out what your body is telling us through

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that oscillating between constipation and diarrhea.

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And if we don't, then things can snowball, right?

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They can get worse over time. And this is why

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a lot of times when I work with somebody who's

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in their teenage years, it might be a much quicker

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fix for them to get feeling better than it would

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be for somebody that's in their 60s that's been

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dealing with these GI issues for as long as they

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can remember. I just had somebody I was talking

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to who's been dealing with GI issues for 40 plus

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years. And so that might take a little longer

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for us to really work on getting her moving forward

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and her healing. But the body is amazing. And

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the way that it can heal and respond to these

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different courses of treatment is incredible.

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So I don't want you to lose hope. If you've been

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carrying something for a really long time, it

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doesn't mean that you're stuck there. It means

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that we need to look at this when we're talking

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digestively in the matter of thinking about...

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Are there inflammatory foods that are the crux

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of the problem? That may be the case. However,

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it's usually not the whole problem. And a lot

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of times when we start there, we end up avoiding

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more food than we actually need to be. Those

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things may all be causing inflammation to your

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body right now, but it doesn't mean that we always

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will have to avoid them. We also need to look

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at, do you have everything you need to break

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food down well? So I like to just summarize this

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as digestive secretions, our hydrochloric acid,

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our pancreatic enzymes, our ability to break

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down healthy fats. We have to be sure our body

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has those in good measure. In addition to that

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we need the co -factors to be able to make that.

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So think of it as the ingredients to make the

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cake. I'm not going to start baking a cake in

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my kitchen if I don't first know that I have

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flour and I have spices and I have eggs and I

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have oil and I have sugar. If I'm missing something

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the cake isn't going to turn out the same and

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very much so. is a true for your digestion. If

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you're missing a piece of that puzzle, your body's

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not gonna be able to make stomach acid to be

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able to take that meat you just put into your

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stomach and break it down into the amino acids

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and the vitamins and minerals that are present

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in that food for you to be able to. Absorb that

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have energy to be able to make new cells to repair

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and rebuild muscles To have your hormones regulated,

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right? All of these other functions are going

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to be dependent on this and this is just something

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I don't think that we're talking about quite

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enough I think that a lot of times when people

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come to me and they'll say things like I eat

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really good and I'm working out really consistently

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But I'm still dealing with all of this excess

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weight or I'm still really having an issue with

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my hormones being imbalanced. This can be at

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the heart of why. Why that is the problem. And

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so when I say your symptoms are a roadmap, your

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symptoms are telling us where we need to spend

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some time, really helping calm down, put out

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that fire and helping your body heal and restore

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itself. When we do this, it can be very overwhelming.

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because we might not know where to start. You

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might know that you have some issues or you have

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some symptoms that you're carrying that feel

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really heavy, but you might not feel like that's

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such a big deal, or perhaps it's not painful

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enough for you yet. However, what we often find

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happen is that as I start talking to somebody,

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and I'll mention some other symptoms, it's almost

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like these light bulbs start to go off. We've

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grown and lived in this place for a really long

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time where we're almost told our symptoms don't

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matter. Maybe those big heavy ones, but then

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we get labs done and everything looks fine. And

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we just think, okay, well that actually must

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not be that big of an issue for me. The reality

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is that if you're having signs that your body

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needs support through symptoms that you're dealing

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with in your day to day, it's never a good idea

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to push that further down the road. road, to

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wait for it to get worse, to wait for it to spiral

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something else that's going on in your body.

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And especially for women that have yet to go

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through their perimenopausal transition, if we

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can support your body now, before that time,

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then we can get through that season with greater

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grace, with, God willing, less issues, because

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we're arriving there at a better place than arriving

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there depleted, worn out, and really struggling

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with our overall health. So I just encourage

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you, if you have symptoms you've been struggling

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with for a long time and you're wondering how

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these things could play a part or what are some

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warning signs you should really pay attention

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to or when should you get some support, feel

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free to schedule a free discovery call with me.

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That is exactly what I do in those discovery

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calls. We talk about what you're dealing with,

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what is heavy for you right now. I love anytime

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I can throw out some suggestions of support.

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If those are big needle movers for you, that

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may be all you need to get moving forward. And

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if not, you know exactly where you can go. to

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get more support and have somebody that can help

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you tie together these different symptoms and

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what your body is telling you and how then you

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can support it in the future.