In this episode of the Ever Be podcast, host Mari Wagner sits down with holistic nutritionist Ashley Rowland to discuss practical steps for supporting your body during stressful seasons. With today's hustle culture leading many to chronic stress, Ashley shares how simple lifestyle changes, such as increasing mineral intake, prioritizing outdoor time, and focusing on a nutrient-rich diet, can significantly improve well-being. The conversation also touches on the importance of eliminating environmental toxins and integrating spiritual practices like prayer to achieve a balanced, healthy life.

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Hello.

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And welcome to another episode of ever

be this episode has so much valuable

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information in it that is applicable

to so many of us in today's society

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that glorifies hustle culture, being

as busy as possible and outdoing

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each other with long to do lists.

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Let's be real.

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We are so stressed and so

overworked and it's just not okay.

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And I know that a lot of us feel

like we are in really stressful

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seasons of life and then maybe just

don't know what to do with that.

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Don't know how to get out of it and think

that it's just the way life should be.

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Now I'm here to tell you

that that's not true.

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And today we are going to dive into how

to support your body in seasons of stress.

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Um, really easy practical steps

that you can take to start reducing

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it and really just bring your

body back to a good stable state.

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I brought on my friend, Ashley Rowland.

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She is a holistic nutritionist.

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A mother, wife, educator,

speaker, and more.

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She has so much knowledge to share,

and today we're going to be diving

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into specific ways that you can

support your body through stressful

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seasons and actively reduce it.

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Like I said, stress is correlated

to disease and mental illness

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and hormone imbalances.

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And so much more and if there's one thing

that I've learned is that I know that we

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all need to focus on reducing our stress

levels in our lives and truly leaning into

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a well ordered, balanced life where we can

have all the right priorities in order.

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God, our vocation, our family,

and then work or whatever

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it is that is next for you.

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I encourage you to listen all the way

through to the end to learn every tip

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plus get some discounts on some major

resources that are going to help you

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support your body in a more natural way.

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So without further ado, let's dive in.

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Speaker 2: Hey, I'm your host, Mari

Wagner, and you're listening to the ever

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be podcast where faith meets lifestyle.

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I'm so excited.

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You're here.

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or a long time follower, I know

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there's something here for you.

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Pull up a chair and listen in for

insightful real life conversations

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and actionable steps on how to claim

the full life God created you for.

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If you're a woman desiring to live

a Christ centered life in today's

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modern world, then this is for you.

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Welcome to Ever Be.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

All right.

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Well, Ashley, welcome to ever be.

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We are so excited to have you

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here.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

Thanks for having me.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: We're

excited to talk about stress today.

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Right?

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Just a very, um, common issue,

unfortunately, for some.

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So, so many of us and just different

ways that we can support our

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bodies through times of stress.

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Um, maybe even reduce it.

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If you know that you're in a time

where it's kind of unavoidable, um,

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just like ways that we can reduce it.

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Um, I think too, it's just going

to be so good to talk about.

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in general and how we've

become so accustomed to it.

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It's kind of like that thing.

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And we see in the wellness world, a

lot of like common, but not normal.

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Like, I think we all live

with levels of stress that we

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think are so normal and okay.

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When the reality is like, we should

all be living on way off, way

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less stress than we do right now.

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Um, so before we dive in, I know you

have so much amazing knowledge to share

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on this topic, but for the gals that

are listening, may not know you yet.

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Can you introduce yourself a little bit?

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Um, maybe give us a little bit of

your story and what you do now.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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So I'm Ashley.

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I'm a holistic nutritionist by trade.

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And it's funny though, because

most of what I learned in school,

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like I don't actually use now.

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And so I actually preface with that

because anybody can take You know, all

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of the knowledge and things we have

these days and, um, become well versed

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in all this information that I now get

to work with women like on a daily basis.

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And so I have a private nutrition practice

where we do things very differently.

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And if you go on my Instagram

or anything, you'll see that.

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We do things very differently and I have

my bare naked hormones course, which we'll

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talk about a few times in this podcast.

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I have a pretty crazy health story.

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Won't go too much into it, but

just a lot of autoimmunity and

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fertility, um, celiac PCOS, you know,

Hashimoto's, all of those things.

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And now if you're watching, you can

see there's a little one right here.

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So this is my second.

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After I was diagnosed with infertility

and I have, um, my other little boy is

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three and yeah, it's, it's just really

lovely to watch the bodies that God has

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designed, like, So wonderfully like to

be able to live in that design and to

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believe that we're designed to be well

And it's a whole new level of freedom

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And it's a huge stressor removed once

you actually do believe that your body

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is designed to be well and because then

that kind of quiets a lot of noise and it

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makes it to where Other people's opinions

or thoughts don't really matter because,

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you know, you're designed to be well.

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Um, my brain is very foggy right now.

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So we'll probably experience

that in this call.

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For those who don't know, my house

is full of toxic mold and we were

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living in it for seven months.

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Praise God it wasn't longer, but.

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all of my family, including this

little boy is we're pretty sick.

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So, um, we will talk a lot about

that specifically, like what we're

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doing, you know, in a time of

chronic, um, Almost like inescapable.

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Like there was nothing we didn't know.

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So we were like in like physical

stressor, environmental stressor.

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And, um, I'm really excited to just

equip and empower your audience with

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simple takeaways that don't cost extra

money and, um, anybody can do anywhere.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's what I love about you too, Ashley.

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I feel like the things that you share,

you, you know, prioritize sharing

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like simple cost effective things

that people can start doing tomorrow.

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And that's just what's most encouraging

about learning from you is that, you

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know, you get out onto Instagram or

all these blogs and start, you know,

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reading the list of supplements you

have to take the list of like all these

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different things that you have to like

buy or do and, and really reducing

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it to just some simple steps is.

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The best, most, um,

encouraging way to start.

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And so if maybe you're listening to

this and you're just starting out in

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your health journey, or just starting to

learn about how to live a more natural

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lifestyle, if you feel like, yeah, I have

been living in a time of like chaotic

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stress, like it's okay, we're going to

dive into like some really easy tangibles.

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Um, so hopefully that's encouraging.

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But before we really dive in, can

you start by sharing kind of how you

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approach a more natural lifestyle?

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I think by us hearing a little bit more

of your philosophy on living naturally and

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holistically, we're going to get a better

understanding of kind of the foundation of

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this conversation where we're coming from.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

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So when it comes to my health, my

family's health, the health of,

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you know, my friends, whoever.

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You know, God puts in my path.

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I approached in the same way that I wish I

would have had someone to walk me through

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when I first began my health journey.

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And that was just like simplified because

my health journey was not simplified

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as many, and I was doing the most

ridiculous things in the name of health

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that were actually not helping me at all.

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And so now how I look at

everything kind of frustrates me.

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A lot of my clients sometimes

because they want me to give

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them a long list of supplements.

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They want me to give them a long

list of like, do this, this, this,

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this, um, because they would rather

get that list or those supplements

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than make a lifestyle change because

it's usually more difficult for them.

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And that's how I approach it

is from the ground up, or you

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could say from the cells out.

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And that means literally healing the

furthest down we can begin because.

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focusing on band aiding things is

not going to do anything for you.

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It might temporarily relieve symptoms

or whatever, um, but it's not going to

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actually fully help you to heal your

body because Even like healing a food

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allergy by eliminating all these things.

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And okay, but why do we develop the

food allergy in the first place?

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Like we're still not even focusing

on the root cause of what's going on.

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And so my protocols for my clients

or my course, or the way I speak to

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family is like very, very important.

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Simple and difficult to believe, because

I know when I finally discovered like,

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Oh, simplicity is what's healing me.

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Like I couldn't believe it because I

had done all this research and spent

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all this money and all this time and

all these things that didn't work.

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So how could the thing that's going

to heal me be something that's free

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and like right out my front door?

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

and less, it's almost that

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mindset of like less is more.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

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And that's a huge part of what we do.

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So clients are often like shocked when

they get a protocol back and they're like,

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There's only like two supplements on here.

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I'm like, yeah, the point.

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Um, because also like approaching a

body that is unwell and unbalanced

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and already like inundated with a

bunch of supplements and detoxes and

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protocols is, um, Very not a good idea.

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So then instead, when we say, all right,

we're going to focus from the ground up,

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we're going to put our feet on the earth.

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We're going to get sun in our eyes.

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We're going to clean up

what we have control over.

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And then, you know, we'll

work on the extra things.

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Then it becomes more

attainable and it actually.

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Works.

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So that's kind of my approach to wellness.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

I love it.

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Okay.

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So let's get into the stress conversation.

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Um, can you define stress for us?

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I think that a lot of us, when we think

of stress, we just kind of think of

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like, Oh, we have a lot of work going

on, you know, or just, there's just a

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busy time of life, but I think there's a

lot more different components to stress.

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There's regular stress, there's chronic

stress, different types of stress.

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Um, so can you just

touch a little bit about

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

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Hans seal, I don't actually know how

to say his last name, but basically

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his definition of stress is that stress

in terms of a body's physiological

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reaction to any demand placed on it.

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So that's stress.

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And then like our inability to

handle that then affects us.

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And so when I think of stress, I

think, okay, stress is something

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placed upon the body, whether it's

physical, mental, spiritual, emotional,

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relational, that is going to affect

our bodies and our, um, resiliency.

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Or like capability to handle that

stress is what is going to dictate

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the outcome of it on our bodies.

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And so if we're lacking minerals, we're

not eating enough, we're already running

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on stress hormones, and then stuff keeps

getting added into our stress bucket.

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That's when we become like, I just can't.

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People, I can't, I can't handle this.

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It's like, well, you can, but

it feels like you can't because

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you have no capacity within

your body, within yourselves.

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And so we have chronic stress,

acute stress, chronic stress.

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A good example would be.

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Um, me and my family living

in a toxic moldy home.

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That's a chronic, every second of the day

exposure while we were sleeping, while

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we were showering, while we were eating.

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And that was a stress that our bodies were

taking in and it was depleting minerals,

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depleting B vitamins, um, glutathione,

vitamin C, every single moment of the day.

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That's like a chronic stress.

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A chronic stress could be a,

um, illness or an infection,

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like an infected root canal.

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It's chronically always

depleting the body.

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And then you have an acute stressor, like

you're driving down the road and you have

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to slam your brakes really fast, or you

see your toddler on the counter about to

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fall off and you like run and grab them.

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Like those are acute stressors and both

of them can have a severe impact on us.

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If our bodies aren't.

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You know, built up well and don't

have the capacity to deal with them.

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Um, but both of them can also be managed.

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So the fact that like my

family, we're not perfect.

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We're obviously not perfect.

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We're on in a fallen world, but the

fact that we aren't more sick than

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we are based on like the levels of

fungus and bacteria and mold in our

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bodies is because our cells were

pretty resilient to the stress that

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Being presented, but then it's when stress

compiles, like, so the mold and then maybe

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the financial situation comes in and then

maybe now you're displaced from your home.

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Like I'm just using this cause it's

really close to home right now.

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That's when your body starts.

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To quote unquote tank, and you start

really feeling the stress and that's,

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that's your body's way of saying not,

this is too much because it's not too

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much if you're here but this is a lot

and we need to do something about it.

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You need to be extra

supportive in those times.

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And so that would be extra minerals,

extra getting outside, extra breath, and

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extra managing other stressors around

you that you do have control over.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

Yeah, totally.

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Um, 1 quick question about chronic stress.

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So, when you mentioned it, you mentioned

a few, like, physical stressors, right?

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Like illness or your toxic mold situation.

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Can chronic stress also be like, can

you be in a state of chronic stress?

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Also, like.

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Like you were saying like financially

or like work is really crazy or,

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you know, are, are there other

situations that aren't physical that

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can attribute to chronic stress or

would you say that's mostly just

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like physical, like illness related?

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Absolutely.

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So a poor work environment, like, I'm not

talking like toxic chemicals in a work

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environment, but like your boss sucks,

or Maybe your spouse doesn't support you.

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Maybe you have like family tension.

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Those things can all be

sources of chronic stress.

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And those are the things that, you

know, now you see people doing,

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um, story work or, you know,

healing generational traumas.

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And they're doing all this because

they're realizing that the impact

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of this chronic stress is deeply

affecting them at a cellular level.

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And it's causing mutations genetically.

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And, you know, we're not, you know, we're

not designed for this kind of stress.

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And so we have to do

what we can to manage it.

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And we have to notice That it is

stress and that it's not normal.

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So if you're on edge all the time or

you're feeling really shaky in between

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meals, like it's not always blood sugar.

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It could be stress.

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It could be something.

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That seems normal in your life.

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Oh, I just have a stressful life.

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I have a stressful job.

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Um, then you need to either one, get

out of the situation or two, if you

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can't reevaluate how you're going

to have an outlook on it because the

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stress will impact you at some point.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Totally.

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Yeah.

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And I think that we live in

such a hustle culture now too.

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It's like we are praised on

how long our to do list is.

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We are like congratulated

on how busy we are.

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It's almost like, yeah, we

like pride ourselves like,

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Oh my gosh, I'm, I'm so busy.

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You know, I have so, so many

things to, I'm getting through

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so much, I'm being so productive.

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And I mean, I fell into this

for the longest time too.

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Like I remember it started in college.

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I was just, I'm kind of like that yes

girl, you know, like I said yes to

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like, you know, This extracurricular

and leading this thing and starting

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this venture and, you know, starting

my business and all this stuff.

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And it was like, I felt so proud that

I could pack a whole schedule and like

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get through the day and like be okay.

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You know?

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And then that led into kind of

like our lifestyle, the first few

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years after college too, of like

having our business and starting

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a full time job and traveling.

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And it was like, we got into this

cycle of like almost being addicted

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to stress and almost thriving on like.

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A busy schedule.

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And like, if I'm not having a

busy schedule that I'm like, Oh

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man, like something's missing.

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And then, yeah, like we're now we're

on our own health journey, dealing

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with our own health things too.

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And there's been a lot of, uh, reflection

that we've had on like, okay, like,

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well, her lifestyle needs to change.

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And it really does come down to lifestyle

changes, not just like medicine or

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supplements or like things that you

can just like quickly add to car,

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you know, consume and then be done.

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And so.

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I think it is, um, easier said than

done, but I'm glad that we're talking

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about, yeah, just like the different

ways that this can look like.

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Cause I think a lot more people

will relate to this and then you'd

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think, I think a lot more people

are probably living in chronic

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stress than we would think.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: So what

are some practical tips that you have that

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we can share with women for how to support

their body during stressful seasons?

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: when you're

in a stressful period, there are specific

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things that I think are important to

be implementing in your lifestyle.

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Obviously, above that is that your

lifestyle outside of the times

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of stress are supportive because

that's your preparation time.

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And so when you're not stressed,

Which maybe some people are like, I'm

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literally always stressed, but when

stress is less, it's really important

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that you're seeing that as an opportunity

to build resiliency because you can

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see stress almost as like a hole in

a tire, a small pinhole in a tire.

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Air is slowly letting out in

the air in this analogy would be

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like the minerals in your body.

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And so the minerals are just slowly

being depleted over time, over

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time, over time, and eventually

the tire starts getting floppy.

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And then eventually the tire

is like completely deflated.

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And then that's usually you when

you're like at rock bottom or like

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unable to handle anymore, or that's

when symptoms begin to appear.

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And so I actually created a little guide.

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We can share the link or not, but

it's just a freebie that's like

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what I do in times of stress, active

stress, what I do after stress.

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And then like in the lull,

like I said, the preparation.

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And so when I'm actively

stressed, like right now would

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be a season of active stress.

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And this isn't like active acute stress.

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This is like active chronic stress.

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And so my normal mineral intake wouldn't

be enough to sustain me right now because

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I have more pulls on my body and With

like the physical things, like from the

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mold or whatever, like there's physical

things happening within me as well.

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And so the number one thing I do is

notice my body and I'll notice, Oh,

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like I'm getting like an eye twitch

or, you know, my hands falling asleep

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when I have it laid under things.

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laid under things and that

doesn't normally happen.

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So there might be some circulation.

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And so taking note of like what, what you

notice in yourself, because when you do

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stop, you will notice things in yourself.

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And so my number one recommendation

is normally to up mineral intake.

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And that doesn't mean like

taking a bunch more supplements.

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That means maybe drinking more herbal

teas, drinking more broths, adding like.

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mineral nectars into water, just

really making sure that every single

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dietary, like drink food is going

to be rich in minerals because

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that makes a huge difference.

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Um, vitamin E is something that I really

recommend in times of stress just because

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of its, you know, help with oxidation in

the body and stress just causes oxidation.

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And you can imagine that as like,

Oh, Your cells are beginning to rust

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basically because of the stress.

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And when things kind of fall apart, so the

vitamin E, the minerals and the minerals

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can be like from an Epsom salt bath.

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And in that you're also relaxing.

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And that's where we come into

the next thing is your relaxation

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really needs to be ramped up.

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And I know it kind of seems impossible.

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Like there'll be times where I'm like,

I can't even brush my teeth because my

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kids are being so fussy right now because

they don't feel good because of the mold

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that, how am I supposed to take a bath?

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But it's like.

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You can, and I'm reminded quickly

that I can when I go and look

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at my screen time on my phone

and I'm like, okay, yeah, I can.

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And even if I'm holding my baby while

my feet are in a tub of salt, like

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soaking, that's going to be helpful.

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Um, two other things I highly recommend,

like in times of active stress is like

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the non negotiable of feet on the earth.

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And eyes in the light, doesn't matter

if it's raining, doesn't matter if it's

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snowing, doesn't matter if it's cloudy

or if it's sunny, getting that light in

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your naked eye contacts, glasses off,

and then double it up if it's warm enough

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for whatever for you, putting your feet

on the earth, that's just free medicine.

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That's helping our nervous system to

regulate because anything we can do to.

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Generally down regulate our nervous

system in times of active stress is

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going to be, um, extremely impactful.

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And.

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And it doesn't have to be expensive.

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We don't have to be taking

like all these things.

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People say we need to like do all

these, you know, crazy things.

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Like you just need to believe

it or not, like simplify.

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And instead of drinking water, like

I said, drink herbal tea and put some

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like calming herbs in it, some chamomile

and maybe some like Nervine herbs, um,

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adding salt, just really focusing on.

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Food is medicine in those times

is really, really important.

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And then avoidance I would

avoid extra stressors.

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So if you know that hosting people

stresses you out, like I wouldn't host

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people while you're, you know, in a

really active state of stress or over

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committing to things, if you know that,

Oh, my schedule's already full or.

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Um, I'm like looking around at things

that would maybe stress me out.

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Like, it like Kim, like,

obviously we don't.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

travel maybe?

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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Travel and, um, like EMFs even

like from your phone, those.

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those deplete further.

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So avoiding any additional

stressors that you can control.

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And I, I really believe that if

someone were to sit down right now

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and be like, I'm an active stress,

but I can't control any stressors.

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I can be like, actually I could control

the fact that there's like a glade plugin

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in my house, or I could control the fact

that, um, You know, so and so is supposed

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to come over for dinner on Wednesday, and

I'm just going to have to rain check it

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because I need to take care of myself.

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So we all, we always have ways

that we can help our bodies.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

Yeah, totally.

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One thing I would add too, and I know

that You know, this is like all Christian

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based for both of our lifestyles, but

even just like time for prayer and

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meditation, I think is so important.

406

I think that like, we're like, I said,

we're so used to like the busy day to

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day that we forget the most basic things

that our mind, body, and soul need.

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And you mentioned some of them,

like, we've been hearing this

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since we were little, but it's

like, we don't believe it.

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Like get outside, move your body.

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Fresh air, sunlight on your skin.

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Like these are such simple things that

I feel like I even heard my parents

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say here and there growing up or

like that you just kind of learn, but

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you don't actually believe is true.

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So one, remembering that like these

simple things that our body needs

416

is true, but same with like our

soul, like the Lord, like doesn't

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separate like our body and our soul.

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And like, it's so intertwined and

if our body's unrest, our soul

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might be on unrest and our soul's

unrest, our body might be at unrest.

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So taking time.

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To be with the Lord, taking time for

silence, peace, solitude, prayer, um,

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every day, I think is so, so important.

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I mean, I just noticed it in my own

life too, and like in busy seasons,

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that's the easiest thing to say no to.

425

The easiest thing to say

no to is like time for like

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rest, relaxation, and prayer.

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Because you're like, I

don't have time for that.

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Like I don't, I don't have time

to sit down and like pray for 20

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minutes or journal or like go on

a walk or something like that.

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But that's when your

body needs it the most.

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Um, And so, yeah, just having

this mindset of like mind, body,

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soul, all interconnected, like the

Lord wants me to be well as well.

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So like invite him into that process,

invite him into those stressful times

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in your life where you can just be like,

okay, Lord, I feel like I have no control.

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Help bring me clarity.

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Help bring me peace.

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Help bring me stability so that I

can see things clearly and see what

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I can control and what I can't.

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And if there's something that I can't,

like allow me to surrender it to

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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I mean, even the fact that you just

asked me what to do, and I didn't

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mention that, like, duh, but it's

like, still, all the things that I

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just shared are things that I'm doing

when I know at the end of the day, I'm

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like, I didn't want to read the Bible

today, or I like didn't even breathe.

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Like I'm like laying in

my bed, like tight chest.

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And I'm like, if I would've just like.

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Taking five minutes to breathe, to pray,

like it really does change the trajectory

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of the entire day, but we just forget it.

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And that's what the enemy wants, so

we have to like fight against that.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

Yes, totally.

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Okay.

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I think throughout our conversation

so far, you've mentioned, you

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know, toxins here and there.

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So can you talk a little

bit more about that?

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I think that's getting more and more

popular in like the mainstream world.

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People are kind of finally opening

their eyes up to all the toxins in our

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environment and in like just our day to

day products that we put in our body.

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So how are those actually

contributing to stress?

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Mm

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: So when it

comes to environmental toxins, I guess

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I would call it, I'm not just talking

like, Chemicals and chlorine and things.

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I'm talking like things in our home,

like our dish soap and, um, our

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air quality and EMF and blue light.

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Those are actually environmental toxins.

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And so when we first, I guess,

understand what environmental toxins are.

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So we can like address them and then

we know that environmental toxins

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have an impact on our bodies at a

cellular level and this disrupts our

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hormones, our thyroid metabolism,

like this is not, um, new information.

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So this isn't like some crazy,

like, oh my gosh, this is like like

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they impact our bodies and like.

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This is known as like a carcinogen, like

it just is, but nobody wants to, yeah,

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my phone, nobody wants to hear that.

473

And so when we have all of the stress

that we've been talking about, you

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know, maybe the inescapable work

relationship, um, maybe we have

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physical stress from a sickness.

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Maybe we have, you know, like a

family member that's just really.

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Really not, you know, vibing with us.

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And then now we take all those things

that maybe seem out of control.

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And we now are inviting all of these

environmental toxins into our life.

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That's when I say, all right, these

are the things you have control over.

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There's always a situation.

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There's always going to be someone that's

like, Oh, well, I, I don't actually

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have control over that, but like, you'll

figure it out if it's important to you.

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And so this could look like tap water.

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This could look like and that means

like even what you're bathing in like

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not just what you're drinking what

you're bathing in because your skin,

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you know See, like brain fog, fog.

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I can't even think of the word absorb.

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Um, you have like, you can go deeper,

like the cookware, you know, in your

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kitchen and then the fragrance in

your home and your products that

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are technically green and whatever.

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Cause there's all the greenwashing now.

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And then you have your

clothes and your mattress.

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I mean, like you can

really get overwhelmed.

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Um, but the fact of it is, is that

the things That usually people

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are talking about most normally.

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I wouldn't agree with this, but just

like they've got to go, like you

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don't need fragrance in the home.

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You don't need like the

bath and body works lotion.

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I know a lot of us are past that,

but like even these now like

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greenwash brands that are using

these lotions and these hair things.

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And like, we don't need

this fragrance in our body.

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Fragrance is a huge one that if you

eliminate a lot of the products in

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your home will be gone because a lot

of Stuff has fragrance in it like

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

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So for just a quick, quick note, for

those of you who are listening, you're

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like, what does she mean by fragrance?

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Like literally like turn the product

over to the ingredients list.

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If it says fragrance, that's actually.

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Pretty like a pretty red flag

because it's not outlining

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like what is in the fragrance.

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And so while brands can put fragrance,

they're actually not required to disclose

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all the different chemicals and toxins

that were used to make up that fragrance.

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So even like natural fragrances,

like what does that mean?

515

You know, like, so that's a really

easy way to just eliminate some things.

516

Turn, turn the product over.

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If it says fragrance, it's,

it's probably not great.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah,

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ingredients for fragrance.

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And I think like 95 percent of them

are toxic, like known carcinogens.

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Um, so that would be like, if I could

just say two things right now, it

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would be like, get rid of the tap

water, get rid of the fragrance.

523

And you're going to be

like, leveling up a lot.

524

If you're more advanced in your

wellness journey or whatever, yeah.

525

Um, then you can say, oh, okay, well, you

know, I've, I've cleaned up the kitchen.

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I've done this.

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So now maybe you look at your

furniture, you look at your mattress.

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I mean, there's like, Um, things you

can do, then you can start looking

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at your paint and whatever, but

it's not things we need to do all

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at once, unless you're into that.

531

Um, but just knowing that they are

impacting us and all of it comes

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down to God's design and like, we

weren't designed to live like this.

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We aren't designed to be

inundated with these toxins.

534

We're not designed to, um,

mess with the earth so much.

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Use science to create these fake

ingredients to put, to make plastic

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soft, to put it on our, on our

skin, to our skin, to absorb it.

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Like the further we get away

from nature and God's design,

538

I mean, the sicker we get.

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And so if we can live as close

to his design as possible,

540

we really do see healing.

541

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Totally.

542

Talk to us a little bit

more about minerals.

543

You've mentioned that a couple of

times as kind of like your go to,

544

especially in times of stress of like

replenishing the minerals in your body.

545

And I know that when I, you mentioned

your course earlier, I took it last

546

year and learned so much from it.

547

And you mentioned that the importance

of minerals a lot in there as well.

548

So can, in a nutshell, can you just kind

of share like, why are they so important?

549

Um, how do they support our body?

550

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

551

So minerals are my obsession because

they're what finally changed, like I had

552

been eating like 100 percent organic, uh,

even like seasonal only from my farms,

553

like organic mattress, organic clothes.

554

I mean really going through it and

people are like, how are you still sick?

555

And I'm like, I do not know.

556

And then I, I never been, no one ever

told me about minerals, no naturopath,

557

functional chiropractor, anyone,

no one ever told me about minerals.

558

And so I was introduced to the

RCP, which I talk a little bit

559

about in the course as well.

560

And then that's all about minerals.

561

And within two months of, you know,

incorporating some of the changes

562

that I talk about in the course I got

pregnant after four years of infertility.

563

And so now I just like, cannot

stop with the minerals because they

564

really are the foundation of all

life, like our cells, which are.

565

The foundation of our life

are dependent upon minerals.

566

And so if my cells need minerals,

then why wouldn't I need minerals?

567

You know, and we have, we have minerals.

568

We know a lot about like magnesium

and calcium and potassium, and then

569

there's some less known ones like

boron and silica and phosphorus, you

570

know, but all of these minerals play.

571

a crucial role in our health and

they all work synergistically.

572

Um, maybe some antagonize the others,

but that's not the point here.

573

The point is that we need

minerals to live and to be well.

574

And when people start focusing on

remineralizing their bodies the way that

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I approach it, which is very simple, not

like a bunch of supplements, their bodies

576

begin to heal because if we don't have

enough potassium, if we don't have enough

577

magnesium, if we don't have the right

ratios of these things in our bodies.

578

All of the other things we're doing

are futile because we're literally

579

not absorbing the food we're eating.

580

We're not able to digest properly.

581

We're not able to use the restroom,

eliminate, detox properly.

582

Our pathways are closed.

583

And so basic things like incorporating

a half a gallon of herbal tea a

584

day, which is like super easy.

585

You don't even have to go as far

as I do with like Loose leaf herbs.

586

You can go buy some tea bags

from the store, put them in

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water and put them outside.

588

And that's it.

589

People are like, how long,

how much this, how much water?

590

Just like fill a jar up with water, good

water, not tap water and put your tea

591

bags in it and let the sun infuse it.

592

The sun is healing and

drink that every single day.

593

And like, you will notice differences.

594

My nails and my hair and like

throughout all this mold and the

595

doctors are literally like, They're

like, this is a medical miracle that

596

you guys aren't hospitalized because

of what was found in your home.

597

And I'm like, it's because of minerals,

the minerals that God gave us, that we

598

have been so adamant about incorporating

into our lifestyle and just like eating

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for minerals, drinking for minerals,

living for minerals, like my bath.

600

I'm like, what can I put in this bath?

601

I'm like putting milk and, and

roses and like breast milk.

602

I mean, like whatever,

whatever I dandelion.

603

all in the bathtub.

604

Um, and then like the teas,

it's like, Oh, what's outside.

605

Like most people can walk out in their

yard as long as it's not sprayed,

606

grab some dandelion greens, grab

some cleavers, grab some pine tips.

607

I mean like it's all medicine that

God gave us and it all blooms at

608

certain times for certain reasons.

609

So if you're using that, like,

God knows your body needs that.

610

And so the tea is one that we do a lot,

like Oregon meats are so high in minerals

611

and so I really not just liver, you know,

like all of them are really important.

612

And so when we kind of get

out of like the space of.

613

Oh, I'm not an herbalist or

I'm not going to eat liver.

614

That's disgusting.

615

It's a, it filters toxins.

616

Like once we just reconnect again

with nature and with God's design, we

617

begin to heal and it's super cheap.

618

Like my, my like 5, 700

milligrams of potassium a day.

619

I don't pay a cent for essentially,

like I'm not taking a supplement.

620

I'm just drinking bone

broth that the bones are.

621

are basically free because

they just come with the animal.

622

And then the herbs I've picked

from outside and I've dried them.

623

And if not, you buy tea,

which is really inexpensive.

624

And it's like these simple

changes that are profound.

625

They are so impactful for our health.

626

Um, that when I started focusing on

those kinds of things, I saw results.

627

Whereas when I was doing paleo

keto fasting, cold dunking sauna.

628

I mean, like I didn't see the

results that I'm seeing by.

629

Simply breathing, being in

prayer, getting my feet on the

630

earth and drinking herbal tea.

631

Like, obviously there's a little

more to it than that, but that's,

632

you know, that's the basics.

633

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

634

I love that you, yeah, the, and

this is a goal to strive for.

635

I know a lot of us listening

are probably like, oh my gosh,

636

I'm such a long way from there.

637

So it's a goal to strive for.

638

But can you, so I, I'm very

interested about this tea thing.

639

I've seen you post about it on

your stories a lot, and I feel like

640

I haven't heard a ton of people

talk about just all the benefits

641

of that K that can come from tea.

642

And this is coming from a

girl, I'm like, I love tea.

643

Like, I love having tea.

644

Yeah.

645

And I, I feel like it's so soothing.

646

Um, and I like it much more than coffee.

647

So for someone who's just going to go

to the store and buy a couple of teas

648

and kind of start introducing this more

into their day to day, do you recommend

649

specific like kinds of tea or any tea?

650

Like which ones do you

651

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

652

So number one, like with everything,

when it comes to what you're putting

653

in your body, quality matters.

654

So like, I don't recommend going

and buying like Tazo tea, like

655

they're just really high in

pesticides and things like that.

656

Um, so traditional medicines or

medicinals or whatever, they're

657

like a, they're a great brand.

658

Um,

659

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

660

I think it's traditional

medicinals or something like that.

661

We have

662

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

So they're lovely.

663

And like, if you're buying

teabags, it's going to be more

664

expensive than buying loose leaf.

665

But if that's where you start, whatever.

666

And if money is not an

issue, then whatever.

667

Um, I would recommend like right away you

get nettle, you get, um, like rose hip and

668

you get, I'm trying to think if they have

like oat straw in a teabag, um, nettle,

669

oat straw, rose hip, You can do like dried

flowers, like calendula, um, rose petals.

670

These things are all like fill full

of minerals, like so full of minerals.

671

And then, so I mix them all.

672

So like right now I have some hibiscus

calendula, a bunch of dandelions that I

673

had the kids pick, like just the flowers,

the weeds, um, dried dandelion green.

674

So like the leaves of the dandelion, I

have oat straw, nettle and orange peels.

675

I just shoved orange peels in there

and they're just, they've been soaking

676

overnight and we put them outside in

the sun and you can do it that way.

677

Or you can steep it normally

like hot if you want it.

678

And you can add some raw honey to it.

679

And it's medicine.

680

Like I wish there was like a

meter I could put in and like

681

read how much minerals is in this.

682

half a gallon of basically, I don't know,

maybe it costs like 30 cents or 50 cents

683

to make this whole half a gallon of tea.

684

And so I normally will make up

like two to three half gallons at a

685

time, and that will be three days.

686

So I drink half a gallon every single day.

687

That's like my non negotiable.

688

And I have my kids and my

husband participate as well.

689

And it.

690

Yeah, I use it as the base for smoothies.

691

If we're making smoothies or, um, you

know, if you're going to have like a

692

mocktail, I'll use that instead of water.

693

Like I'll put it in like a soda stream

and sparkle it instead of water.

694

Yeah.

695

It's just like, Oh, instead of having

water that has, I think like 0.

696

001 percent of minerals in it, usually.

697

This has like full minerals in

it, um, because most water people

698

are drinking like RO water, we

can just quickly say like RO water

699

does not have minerals in it.

700

So if you're drinking RO water, you

need to be adding minerals back in and

701

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

What is, what is RO

702

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

reverse osmosis.

703

So it's one of the filtration

processes for water and it's removing.

704

everything, including the good.

705

So yes, you're getting all the

contaminants, birth control,

706

pesticides, fecal waste, whatever,

out of your water, but you're also

707

getting all of your minerals taken out.

708

And so people are trying to do the

right thing by drinking Berkey water

709

by drinking RO water from the store.

710

Um, but it's actually depleting

them further because it's

711

taking out the minerals.

712

So you're drinking water that's

thirsty water or empty water.

713

That's going into your body,

pulling minerals from your

714

cells to try to rehydrate it.

715

And so it further dehydrates you.

716

Um, so if you are drinking RO water,

Berkey, RO system, whatever, which

717

is the most common type of water,

um, you need to be definitely adding

718

minerals back into it or herbs.

719

Herbs are putting the minerals

back into it, which is really cool.

720

And it's, there's so

many different healing.

721

Constituents in it.

722

So, you know, some herbs are

going to be, um, supporting you

723

against allergies in the season.

724

And if you're collecting them

from outside, they're going to

725

have a little pine pollen, like

up here in the north where I am,

726

and that's really good for now.

727

So you can build up an

immunity to pine pollen.

728

So you're not reacting

so poorly in the spring.

729

And, um, the rose hips

are like the highest.

730

In vitamin C, nobody ever talks about

roses, but they're like way higher in

731

vitamin C than oranges or other fruit.

732

Um, the dandelions, the greens are

gonna be helpful in the spring for

733

combating like lymphatic stagnation

and, and they're all very purposely

734

intentionally designed like me and.

735

I'm staying at my friend Natalie's.

736

I'm like, she has this

huge spruce tip in yard.

737

We're like outside picking spruce

tips off of it, putting it in the

738

tee and it just tastes so delicious.

739

So it's, it's a fun thing.

740

And it's part of my July

wellness challenge that I do

741

the free challenge in July.

742

Um, is make, have people just like go.

743

Pick stuff from their yard and

they're like, freaked out and iPhones.

744

Luckily now you can take pictures

and it'll like identify the plan.

745

Like, so be careful.

746

Um, but don't be freaked out.

747

Most, most of what's growing

around you is edible.

748

And if it's not, you probably

know, like you probably know.

749

I

750

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Um, okay.

751

So you mentioned T is part of

your non negotiables right now.

752

Share kind of like, what are

your other non negotiables?

753

Like, what is your wellness routine

look like during this state of stress?

754

And maybe we can draw some inspiration

if, you know, you're listening and

755

you You feel like you're also in

kind of a season of craziness, utter

756

chaos that you can't get out of.

757

Um, yeah.

758

Can you just kind of share what your

wellness routine looks like right

759

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: can.

760

Um, so my.

761

I have like a baseline for myself

and we eat food from around us.

762

We don't eat 100 percent seasonally.

763

Like I make sourdough and actually

that's not a good example.

764

The flour is from here, but if the

flour wasn't from here, I would eat it.

765

The salt is not from here.

766

You know, like we don't eat a hundred

percent seasonally, um, or locally.

767

And so, but we have a baseline for

the food that we bring into our home.

768

And, and that, you know, goes

basically like, I don't believe

769

that God intends for us to eat, um,

conventionally factory grown foods.

770

I just don't, some people

don't have that conviction.

771

I do.

772

So all of our food is the highest quality.

773

It can be essentially, we

do like full nose to tail.

774

We're really getting all of it

because we want to have the full I

775

mean, God gave us the whole animal.

776

He didn't just give us ground beef.

777

He gave us the bones.

778

He gave us the cartilaginous pieces.

779

He gave us the gelatin, all of that.

780

So we, that's how we eat as our baseline.

781

Um, we don't have toxins in

our home, like in regards to

782

cleaners or, uh, things like that.

783

And then we, are very cautious

about the things we bring into

784

our ears and see with our eyes.

785

So those are kind of our basics.

786

And then my non negotiables on top

of those things are, like I said,

787

the half gallon of tea every day.

788

Um, my vitamin E.

789

Is something that I do every day and

magnesium, whether it's from like

790

master mineral drink or magnesium,

bicarbonate, or Epsom salt, like getting

791

magnesium in some way or another, because

that's one of the, that's one of the

792

things that I generally have everyone

supplement because it's so depleted

793

in soils and it's, and it's the first

to go with stress, um, any kind of.

794

Toxic, physical, mental, relational,

any kind of, any kind of stress it goes.

795

Um, we do sunrise in the morning right

away and then feet on the earth, even

796

if it's cold and snowy and sucks.

797

Uh, we just go put our feet on the

earth because God made the cold too.

798

So if we're up in the

north, that's for us.

799

And I'm trying to think of what

my, Oh, my other one is 120

800

to 150 grams of protein a day.

801

And so if I keep it that with all of

those things, it keeps me alive and

802

like feeling pretty good generally.

803

And if I don't like, if I don't eat

at least 120 grams of protein a day,

804

it doesn't matter if I ate like 6,

000 calories, I would still be hungry.

805

It's like the protein personally

for me is what is satiating.

806

I don't know if that's for everyone.

807

Um, but when I meet that, like half

gallon tea, the protein, the feet

808

on the earth, the sun in the eyes.

809

I notice that I'm at a pretty

good baseline and I'm able to keep

810

all of those things up anywhere,

anywhere I am, wherever I go.

811

Like if we travel, I used to travel

with a suitcase full of supplements.

812

Now I travel with a stasher

bag full of herbs, like leaves.

813

Basically it always gets taken

by today and they, you know, swab

814

it or whatever, but that's like,

yeah, so that's my supplement.

815

And, and.

816

And, it's light, it's easy to travel with.

817

And I know I have that.

818

And I know that wherever

I am, I'll have that.

819

And I know that once I am traveling or

displaced, whatever, I can always have

820

meat, variety of meat, eggs, dairy,

whatever, to get in that protein.

821

And that keeps me.

822

grounded enough to be able to function

when, like I said, these doctors are

823

saying, Oh, you should be hospitalized.

824

You should this.

825

I'm like, I don't believe that to be

true because I believe that God is good.

826

And even though this, I don't think is

part of his, um, Design for us to be

827

like living in like moldy houses and

living with by toxic plants and like

828

all these, you know, chemical exposures.

829

I believe that our bodies have resiliency.

830

If we give them, you know, some

basic things that they need

831

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

Yeah, totally.

832

No, that's great.

833

Um, out of all the things you shared,

if you were to recommend like one to

834

three of just like, if you are just

starting, if you're listening and

835

this is like your first step, what are

the top things you would recommend?

836

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

in regards to stress.

837

Um, I would non negotiable get outside

first thing in the morning, feet

838

on the earth, light in the eyes.

839

So glasses off contacts off.

840

Um, You know, people will ask,

what if I'm a night shift worker?

841

What if I'm with this?

842

What if I'm with that?

843

There's always like, what

ifs, but get outside.

844

If, if you're only going to get your eyes

in the light or to like outside, even

845

the moonlight, whatever, get your eyes,

roll your window down on the way to work.

846

Like the point is, is you're

getting close to nature and do

847

that for at least five minutes.

848

Every single morning.

849

Um, normally when people are stressed,

their sleep becomes a problem.

850

And this keeps that from happening because

it helps with your circadian rhythm.

851

The second thing would be the

nutritious liquids, like the mineral

852

liquids like I'm talking about.

853

So having at least half a gallon of

like a mixture of like herbal tea,

854

raw milk, bone broth, not water.

855

Don't put water in that.

856

If you want water, drink that after, like

if you're still hungry or still thirsty.

857

But having these nutritious liquids.

858

Um, even mocktails, like with fresh,

free, fresh squeezed fruit juice and salt,

859

things like that, like half a gallon of a

mix of those a day in your cells are going

860

to begin to hold on to the minerals you're

taking because it needs the solvent.

861

in order to uptake them.

862

Like your skin will start to feel better.

863

Your hair will start to feel better.

864

You'll begin to be hydrated

because you need those minerals.

865

And the third thing would be

maintaining blood sugar, which

866

is where that protein comes in.

867

And so you don't have to aim for

like the one 50 that takes time.

868

Like I used to eat like 30 grams

of protein a day and that makes

869

sense why I was like disintegrating.

870

Um, but I would, I would say like

non negotiable a hundred grams

871

of protein a day is like a good.

872

Place that I require it of my clients,

because if you're not eating a

873

hundred grams of protein a day, I

don't really know what you're eating.

874

You're eating a bunch of carbs and a

bunch of fat maybe, um, which is normally

875

where people experience the weight gain.

876

And so this is mixed protein.

877

This can be from dairy.

878

If you can handle it

like high quality dairy.

879

Um, the broths, like bone broths, the

gelatin, the collagen, I'm not talking

880

like all the powders, I'm talking the

meats, you know, the oxtail cuts, this can

881

be red meat, this can be fish, this can

be eggs, it can be, um, chicken, you know,

882

just a mixed variety, a hundred grams of

protein a day, those would be my three.

883

So the nutritious liquids, the

simple morning sunrise with

884

the feet on the earth, and then

the hundred grams of protein.

885

And that's.

886

That's a huge, that's a huge

accomplishment and it's going to

887

make a huge change in your life.

888

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

absolutely.

889

Yes.

890

I feel like we're all walking away with

encouragement and some good practical

891

things that we can start implementing.

892

I know that I have some new things

that I can start implementing.

893

So this has been so, so good.

894

I think before we kind of wrap up.

895

Is there any sort of encouragement

that you have to share with people who

896

maybe just feel really overwhelmed?

897

Um, I know that you're like in a state

like this right now, just like dealing

898

with a lot with, um, your home and

this time of transition where you guys

899

are trying to figure out what to do

next and how to solve this problem.

900

So any words of encouragement

that you have to someone who

901

might relate to that state?

902

Mm

903

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

904

My number, like my first part would

be like to just go through it.

905

It's really healthy to feel your

emotions, like to experience the

906

emotions that we've been given.

907

Um, that's really important.

908

So it's important to cry.

909

It's important to feel stressed.

910

It's important to feel overwhelmed.

911

Um, but it's also important to notice

those things and then to say, like,

912

I'm going to cry and I'm going to be

stressed and I'm going to whatever, but

913

then I'm going to do something about it.

914

Not like as like a, I am in control kind

of way, but like, okay, if I'm feeling so

915

stressed and so overwhelmed and so this,

and I can't change the circumstances.

916

I can't change the fact

that my house is moldy.

917

I can't change the fact that I've moved

eight times in the last three months.

918

Um, I can't change like the toxic

levels of things in my body, but.

919

I can get outside more.

920

I can, you know, drink more tea

or take a bath or read the word or

921

sit and play with my kids when I

feel like I need to be making calls

922

around to like remediation companies.

923

So like feeling it, going

through it, taking ownership and

924

then making conscious choices.

925

Um, and then knowing truly knowing

and resting in the fact that God

926

designed your body to be well.

927

And if you give it what it needs, which

people are like, well, what do I need?

928

We just talked a lot about that in here.

929

Um, What it needs is to be as

close to God's design as possible,

930

which means it needs to be as

close to his creation as possible.

931

And if you rest in that and believe that

your body will begin to heal, because

932

a lot of people don't heal because

they do not believe that they can heal.

933

And, um, I was stuck in

that for a long time.

934

I literally was like, Maybe I'm just

supposed to be sick like forever.

935

I'm never gonna have kids.

936

I'm always gonna have Hashimoto's

I'm always gonna only eat seven

937

foods and and that's not true.

938

So just Trusting and knowing that

God has created you to be well and

939

like really letting that sink in

and say, okay what does that mean

940

and And then like acting from there.

941

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: hmm.

942

Yeah, that's so good.

943

I think mindset is, is more

important than we think.

944

And I think when we're stuck, we get

stuck in a rut, honestly, that's just

945

like the most simplest ways to put it.

946

Like we get stuck in a rut in our

health journeys because it gets tiring.

947

And if it's something that's drawn

out for a long time, it's easy to just

948

kind of be like, well, I guess, you

know, this is where I'm supposed to be.

949

I guess I can't really get out of

this and I just have to deal with it.

950

And I think mindset.

951

Yeah.

952

And I think that combined with

prayer, like we talked about earlier

953

in the letting the Lord, like bring

you that clarity and that healing,

954

even in your heart and your mindset

can be really, really helpful

955

and more impactful than we think.

956

So

957

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah,

and I would be here for this

958

Episode is that this is like

people's like, get out of the rut.

959

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yes.

960

Yes.

961

Hopefully this has been a source of

encouragement for anybody listening.

962

Um, so where can people find you if

they want to learn more from you?

963

Um, I know we've mentioned

the course a couple of times.

964

Can you just tell us a little

bit more about all that?

965

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

966

So simplistic is my business.

967

It's the word simple, no E

holistic that's Instagram.

968

That's my website.

969

Um, and then bare naked hormones

is my course where it's like.

970

Stress, sleep, exercise, diet, nature,

everything in relation to hormones.

971

And, you know, we're

women, we have hormones.

972

And so it's for everyone.

973

People say like, Oh, is

it for post menopause?

974

Is it for teenagers?

975

Is it for, it's like for anybody?

976

I mean, even men and like kids.

977

Um, so yeah, the, the course is like the

foundational, everything I did to become

978

well, and now I've watched like a thousand

women do as well because it's nothing

979

that I've created or, you know, like made,

it's all just things I've rediscovered

980

that have always been, and that I've kind

of like simplified and made kind of a

981

path for people to, um, simply go through

it that makes sense and is attainable.

982

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

983

And I'll just speak a little bit

to my own experience there too.

984

I think that when, you know, we started

our wellness, really, when it comes

985

to infertility and kind of starting

to dig into like, what are the reasons

986

why we're not getting pregnant?

987

You know, what's going on?

988

And I found your course.

989

Uh, one of the things that I loved

was that you not only talked about

990

Like explain what are good practices

to have, but the impact and like the

991

science behind them, like the, why,

why, this practice is, you know,

992

supports , your metabolism, why this

practice supports yourselves, why this,

993

you know, why these minerals to do this.

994

And so that was helpful for me because

it's easy to hear a bunch of information

995

and just kind of be like, Well, how do

I know this is going to work for me?

996

What's true?

997

What's not?

998

Why does it work?

999

Um, and so that just gave

me a lot of confidence.

00:52:47,746 --> 00:52:51,776

Like it was just a source of knowledge

all in one single resource, which

00:52:51,776 --> 00:52:56,366

is so much easier to stick to, to

actually learn things from instead of

00:52:56,366 --> 00:52:59,246

like following a bunch of different

accounts on Instagram and trying to

00:52:59,256 --> 00:53:00,496

take a little bit from everybody.

00:53:00,496 --> 00:53:05,086

So actually learning the behind the

why of things and the science behind

00:53:05,096 --> 00:53:07,266

things was super just like empowering.

00:53:07,326 --> 00:53:12,081

And, um, Yeah, I just walked away

learning a lot and I thought that was

00:53:12,151 --> 00:53:12,311

great.

00:53:12,691 --> 00:53:13,371

Great resource.

00:53:13,441 --> 00:53:13,861

you for sharing.

00:53:14,786 --> 00:53:17,556

much, uh, Ashley for being with us today.

00:53:17,556 --> 00:53:20,476

This has been a wonderful

conversation and we hope to

00:53:20,486 --> 00:53:21,696

have you on again in the future.

00:53:21,696 --> 00:53:23,516

I know you have so much to

share, so I'm sure this won't

00:53:23,516 --> 00:53:24,436

be the last time we have you.

00:53:25,246 --> 00:53:26,206

Thank you for having me.