Full Transcript for Dr. Brown Reveals Hidden Endometriosis Symptoms Women Miss

miss? 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:48.960 And what are those symptoms signaling inside their body? 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:51.199 Well, I would say it's it starts even earlier than that. 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:55.680 So when they start having their period in their teenage years, that's really when it starts. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:02.560 So it's those women listening, if you've had painful periods, you could have had that from the beginning and you just got used to it and everybody said it was normal. 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.319 So that that's a symptom right there. 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:07.439 Tender breasts or painful breasts, mood swings. 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:10.800 All of a sudden you're very depressed, you know, you're anxious, irritable. 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:15.439 You know, those are signs that the body is not balanced hormonally. 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:23.920 Those are also signs that, you know, our gut health isn't where it's supposed to be, because your gut health influences your, you know, your hormones, you know, stress. 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:28.240 You know, unfortunately, a lot of women have experienced different traumas and abuse, et cetera. 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:32.480 And that stress response can create changes, you know, in our in our hormones. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:40.800 You know, so those symptoms that we tend to normalize, you know, those that I've mentioned, you know, those are signs or symptoms that your body is basically not happy. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.600 It's not an equilibrium and that needs to be addressed. 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:51.279 So when we think about hormone imbalance, I know a lot of women are probably thinking about, oh, is it my estrogen level? 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:55.839 But which hormones may correlate to the symptoms we just talked about? 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.839 Well, we're talking about our sex hormones. 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:01.839 It's not just about estrogen, and and that's right, because everybody thinks it's all about estrogen. 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:05.839 And estrogen does play a role in it because of estrogen dominance, right? 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:12.800 But it's not so much how much estrogen that your body is producing, it's also about how much of your estrogen is being excreted, right? 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:18.800 So how much of it's getting out of your body when your body is making it, producing it, how much is being reabsorbed. 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:22.319 And that's really the issue, and that's affected by your gut. 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:28.560 And that could be impacted by the amount of stress that you have, because the stress affects your hormones. 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:32.480 It affects progesterone, and progesterone impacts estrogen. 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:33.920 It's supposed to balance each other out. 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:35.759 That progesterone polices that. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:52.879 But if you have a lot of stress, if you're living in a stressful life,

you know, kids, school, you know, work, boyfriend, whatever, health, other health issues that are stressing you out, well, then that can lower progesterone, raise cortisol, and that impact can make the estrogen more dominant. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:06:00.319 So it's all these hormones that that come into play, the stress, cortisol, progesterone, estrogen, and even testosterone plays a role in that as well. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:08.000 Because often what happens is you go to your gynecologist and you're having these symptoms and they just suppress the your hormones by giving you birth control. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.360 And birth control in turn will end up lowering testosterone. 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:16.000 Testosterone plays a role when it comes to your energy and mood, a sex drive, et cetera. 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.399 So all these hormones, you know, play together. 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:20.399 They just have to be in the right uh balance. 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:31.600 And when we talk about gut health, there's also this term the gut brain access and how your poor gut health can affect your brain, not just cognitive, but also mood. 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:39.680 So often people will talk about, well, maybe you have leaky gut, which isn't really a diagnosis, it's just a catch-all phrase. 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:46.000 But let's talk about leaky gut or increased intestinal permeability for a moment. 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.720 How does that play a part in your hormone dysregulation? 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:51.680 Good question. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:56.480 So when it comes to intestinal permeability, there's so many different things that can impact that. 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.800 And it's it's almost like a vicious cycle, right? 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:02.399 So, like I said before, stress plays a huge role in this. 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.680 So when you're stressed, what do you do when you stress? 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.439 Well, a lot of people stress eat. 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:13.120 And then we tend to eat the foods that we know are not good for us, but they make us feel good, right? 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:20.079 And so that could be different processed foods, the fried foods, the fatty foods, and but those foods are inflammatory. 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.040 And if they're inflammatory, they're not healthy for our gut. 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:29.120 They're not feeding our gut microbiome the foods that they should be consuming to help them be healthy. 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:34.160 So that is causing, you know, more of intestinal permeability because of the inflammation from there. 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:38.399 But then stress in itself, you know, creates more inflammatory markers. 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:45.839 You know, so you're kind of feeding that that cycle by being stressed, but I'm not saying that's your fault, but that's just into what we do because you want to feel better. 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.319 So then stress

plays a role, you know, in that. 00:07:48.319 --> 00:08:05.120 Other environmental things that different toxins can impact our our our gut microbiome and things that we're not aware of, you know, things that we're you know, eating, putting on your skin, um, the packaging, you know, these toxins get in there disrupting, you know, our microbiome, the, you know, the the water bottles. 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:06.800 There's so many chemicals and toxins. 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.279 Just look around the room, in your room, even on your body. 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:17.839 I'm sure you probably put some things on that have all these chemicals and toxins in them, and they get into our circulation, and then they impact our gut health as well. 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:26.399 And then when you have the intestinal permeability, well, that leads to food allergies and the brain fog, because again, the gut speaks to the brain, right? 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:27.600 There is signaling. 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:33.039 And so when the gut's not happy, that can create a more inflammation that impacts our brain. 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.039 70 to 80 percent of the immune system is in our gut, right? 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:48.879 And so when there is some stimulation there, that creates the inflammation because we need a little bit of inflammation for the body to have a response from our immune system to go attack and kill or whatever it is that's foreign, you know, to our system. 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:53.039 It's when there gets to be too much of it where that's not healthy for it. 00:08:53.039 --> 00:09:02.080 And then what most people may not know is that 90% of serotonin, which is our good, our good hormone, a good feeling hormone, that's produced in the gut. 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:06.799 And so people think about serotonin in the brain because that's what affects our mood, right? 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:12.399 We all know about Prozac and Zoloft and those serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSRIs. 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.559 Well, 90% of it is made in our gut. 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:39.279 And so really treating our gut health as a priority is really important for just your overall health, you know, because our gut health is impacting, you know, our future, our health disease, we can always link it back to what's going on in our gut, our gut microbiome, because the gut bacteria there and the whole microbiome sending out chemicals, sending out signals all day long, you know, and and the question is what are they sending out? 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:44.799 You know, so stress is negative, the the foods that are inflammatory, you know, is negative. 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:59.600 And so eating healthy, keep doing things that work on our stress, you know, those are important to help with our mood, our brain, you know, talk about that cognitive function, you know, it's not just about you think about your stomach or stomach ache or whatever, but it it impacts our whole Right. 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:04.159 And you know, you mentioned a really good point about looking around the room. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:18.799 And so if you've been listening to this podcast, you know that I um am very intentional about what I put on my body, what I surround myself with, and even the decor in my home. 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:30.639 There's a whole episode on how biophilic design, bringing the outdoors in, as you can see here in my podcast studio, can help regulate your nervous system. 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:37.519 So if you're looking for great ways that you can create a healing home, check out that episode on biophilic design. 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:38.399 I love that. 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:48.080 So I want to talk about endometriosis because a couple of listeners are really struggling with it at what they are calling debilitating levels. 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:53.039 So, how does endometriosis, well, I guess how does it start? 00:10:53.039 --> 00:11:00.559 What's happening with the hormones, inflammation, and gut system that causes a endometriosis flair? 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:04.720 And long-term, what can they do to improve their symptoms? 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:05.919 Well, that's a lot there. 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:08.480 So I'll do my best to break it down. 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.639 And if I forget anything, just let me know. 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:17.039 So as far as like there's different theories, you know, as far as the cause of endometriosis. 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:23.120 And for those who don't know, endometriosis is it's truly a systemic chronic inflammatory disease. 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:30.799 It's not just a painful period disease that maybe some people just, you know, associate that with, but it is a systemic chronic inflammatory disease. 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:41.200 And so one of the theories which I believe, and goes back to actually what you just spoke about, is called the the field exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals. 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:55.120 So they've done, you know, studies on pregnant women, and they found that there's over a hundred different chemicals, you know, in the pregnant woman, you know, in the womb, you know, so people don't think about that, you know, especially when it comes to childhood diseases, et cetera. 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:56.799 But it's like it can start in the womb. 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:02.399 And there's they've done these studies measuring the fluids, the the urine, stool, blood. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.519 They measured over a hundred different chemicals in the womb. 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:13.679 So obviously you have the fetus growing there, and these chemicals can get into the placenta and then in turn get into the fetal circulation to the blood system. 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:14.240 All right. 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.919 Now these chemicals can alter the DNA of that fetus. 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:27.200 And now, and so what happens is then that can disrupt

the their immune, the reproductive, the endocrine, you know, these systems that will impact them later on in life. 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:35.759 You know, so you imagine if you speak to these women with endometriosis, most of them said, you know, from the from jump, they've already had, you know, debilitating periods, it, et cetera. 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:43.600 Because these chemicals, they can mimic your hormones, they can block messages, they disrupt the messages, because that's what hormones are. 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.879 They're chemical messengers. 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:46.399 That's how the body communicates. 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:47.519 It tells the body what to do. 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:51.200 And so that signal's not correct, then you don't know what message you're getting. 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:55.519 And we know that in life in general, without communication, things are going to fall apart. 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:57.200 So you got to have the right communication. 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:07.440 And so that's where we believe that it starts, is at that point in utero, is that when that fetus is developing, it's being exposed and that DNA, so there's a genetic component to it as well, right? 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:12.159 So that's certain people genetically predisposed to develop it based on that environment. 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:23.200 And so then all of a sudden puberty starts, and then estrogen rises, and estrogen fuels these endometrial-like tissue that now can spread and grow, you know, anywhere in the body, right? 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:28.799 So these lesions, if you just think about these lesions, you know, they can be, they can be anywhere. 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:37.840 They can grow anywhere, and they can cause adhesions and strictures and things that's supposed to move smoothly, they cause friction, you know, there, things don't move the way they're supposed to. 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.279 Then you got something growing that's causing more inflammation in that area. 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:42.240 And it can be anywhere. 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:47.600 Primarily it's in the pelvic region, but it can be in the gastrointestinal region, it can be in the chest, the lungs. 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:51.919 They've even found them in the brain, they've seen them in the eyes, sciatic nerve. 00:13:51.919 --> 00:14:02.879 So some of these women may have extremely pain, painful back or like saddic type pain, because it could be endometrial lesions that are growing there and interrupting the nerves that are there. 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:06.720 So it's a very powerful, painful, debilitating disease. 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:08.960 And so it's fueled by estrogen, right? 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:12.399 Because estrogen can be, it promotes the growth of these lesions. 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:17.120 Now, the interesting thing is you would think that, okay, you got these foreign lesions that's in the body. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.440 Why doesn't our immune system take care of it? 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:21.919 Well, they hijack the immune system, right? 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.240 So it's like these things have a life of their own. 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:34.000 They get in there, they hijack the immune system, they can hide within our immune system, they can take over the immune system to make the environment more hospitable for these endometrial lesions. 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:45.120 And then these lesions themselves also produce more estrogen, which in turn fuels the pain and inflammation in those lesions wherever they may be, you know, within the body. 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.399 So it's like it's a it's a never-ending, you know, cycle for women. 00:14:48.399 --> 00:15:00.559 It may get worse during their period, but they can have pain, you know, throughout every throughout the whole entire month, because these lesions can produce more inflammatory markers on its own, you know, these chemicals that are keep being, you know, produced. 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.120 And so they continue to grow, they continue to replicate. 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.120 And I can only imagine, you know, as a man, we don't experience that. 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:12.559 But the things that I've heard, you know, and I think that's the that's the key is that we gotta listen to people. 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:16.639 Too many physicians, I think they downplay it because, you know, we don't can't relate to it. 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.519 It's just pain when you read about it, you're not experiencing it. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.919 So, but unfortunately, it's a real thing. 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:25.519 And so it's just these lesions, the estrogen being promoted. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:30.960 And then the other thing that estrogen does, because it's so chronic, it also downregulates progesterone. 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:35.039 Because progesterone helps it helps to p protect the police, I should say, the estrogen. 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.759 But it can downregulate the receptors for progesterone. 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:41.279 So not even progesterone that's there, the receptor's not responding to it. 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:49.279 So it just continues to, you know, just a snowball for these poor women, you know, day after day, you know, when it comes to this disease. 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:55.919 Aaron Ross Powell And progesterone, how might a woman feel when her progesterone levels are too high or too low? 00:15:55.919 --> 00:16:03.440 And then the other question I have is how does a person determine whether or not they have endometrial lesions? 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.519 What kinds of tests would their doctors run? 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:14.320 Yeah, so that's a good question, because unfortunately, when you do the research, they found that on average it takes about seven years for a woman to get diagnosed with endometriosis, right? 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.600 So that's a long time to be

suffering, but that is what it is. 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:21.120 It's seven years on average, you know, for them to get a diagnosis. 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:28.960 And that's why the awareness is really important, you know, to let women know if you're suffering with these things, you know, be an advocate for yourself and say, hey, I want these tests done. 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.639 You know, so typically, you know, an ultrasound is is done now. 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:35.360 MRIs, some of these advanced testing can do that. 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:38.879 Laparoscopy is another way of doing it as well. 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.639 Not everybody needs to be scoped. 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.960 You know, sometimes the ultrasound and MRIs are some of the better ways to look at things. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:53.519 But laparos, we can get in there, you know, and see, but nothing is 100% because these lesions could be hiding in places that you can't see with the with the naked eye. 00:16:53.519 --> 00:17:03.120 You know, but at least, you know, just going by the symptoms, you know, understanding what those are, how is impacting her, and then doing these tests can definitely lead to a faster diagnosis. 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:18.720 For the person who's struggling to get a diagnosis, can they start working on the underlying problems like inflammation, hormonal imbalance, and treating their bodies as if they have an official diagnosis? 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:25.519 Because if you already have, you know, you can check off most, if not all, of the symptoms, why not start treatment? 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.240 Exactly. 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.640 Yep. 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:27.759 And that's why we're talking. 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:29.119 There's so many different things you can do. 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:34.960 And that's why I do the videos to say, hey, these are different things that you can do to help them minimize or lessen the pain. 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:39.680 So I always start with the with the fundamentals, and you speak about this. 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.480 Go outside. 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:45.119 Now, I know in the wintertime, if you live in Minnesota, that's where I grew up, you're not going to be spending time outside. 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:56.079 But, you know, other times of the year when you can get outside, watch the sunrise, you know, ground, do some grounding, you know, walk barefoot, sit in the grass, like nature is is is is healing. 00:17:56.079 --> 00:18:05.759 You know, being outside in nature, there's so many health benefits, you know, for healing because it's that chronic inflammatory response because of the pain that your nervous system is on fire. 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:07.920 And so we have to calm that nervous system down. 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:10.160 So being outside is one way of doing that. 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.319 You know, meditation would be huge. 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:17.759 One of my patients, and she

told me to tell people this because she has she was diagnosed with endometriosis. 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:27.200 I had her on a regimen, she was great, she moved away, and then at some point, for whatever reason, she decided to stop, you know, taking some of the supplements and things I had her on. 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:30.960 A few months later, pain comes back, you know, with a vengeance. 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:33.119 And so she reaches out to me, and okay, I said, all right. 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:35.200 So then we had her do some testing, et cetera. 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:42.240 And I found that doing a saliva test with her, the cortisol levels were showing still that there's a lot of chronic stress that was going on. 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:46.960 And she said that she had been doing, you know, some of the journaling and some things to help with stress. 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:50.400 But by seeing the test results, you know, I made her get more serious about it. 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:56.720 And so then what she decided to do is she said, okay, I decided to go in a dark room five minutes and start meditating, just listen to my body. 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:00.319 Now she's up to 30 minutes a day, but she said that was a game changer for her. 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:09.039 She said, start listening to her body, see what her body, you know, needed, and spending that time in quiet alone and listening to her body, that made all the difference in the world. 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:13.839 And so I know what happens with a lot of women, you know, they are overachievers. 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:15.200 They're taking care of everybody. 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:21.519 Some people could be their parents, their kids, their spouses, or significant other, or whoever it is, and they're pulled in so many different directions. 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.599 They always feel like they got to be doing something. 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.880 If they're not doing something, they feel like they're being lazy, right? 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:31.279 Maybe they were told that, you know, as kids, the parents like, you gotta be doing something, you gotta be working always. 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.359 And I tell us, like, no, slow it down. 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.880 That's actually active work. 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:39.200 If you're sitting in silence and meditating, calming that nervous system down can go a long way. 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:49.599 So working on stress is one of the things I preach a lot is you gotta work on the stress because that's a driver, a big driver into a lot of these symptoms is that nervous system overstimulation and activation. 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:52.240 And then, of course, you gotta have the foods, you know. 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:54.400 So I'm a big person that loves spices. 00:19:54.400 --> 00:20:06.720 So the turmeric, the, the ginger, like cinnamon, there's tons of studies that show that if you do these on a consistent basis to help reduce the inflammation, that can also help to calm down some of the pain when it comes to the period. 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:17.359 So if you focus on eating anti-inflammatory foods, you know, use those spices, you know, religiously and consistently, you know, to help with the inflammation, that will also go, you know, a long way. 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:23.759 And then of course, you know, you got to exercise the breathing exercises and strength exercises because that helps with testosterone. 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:27.759 You know, testosterone also helps to modulate and compete with estrogen. 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:29.680 And testosterone does a lot of great things. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:39.200 So doing strength training, you know, when you have the energy to do so, specifically working on the lower body, those legs, the thighs, the biggest muscle groups, you know, raising testosterone levels will also help as well. 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.400 So those are simple things that you can do, you know, that you could do it. 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.680 So is it easy to do? 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:46.799 Maybe not easy, but once you can do it, there's simple things that you can do. 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.440 Well, Dr. 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:50.480 Brown, there were so many takeaways. 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:58.240 I love that we have transcripts and we have free guides that you can download, listeners, so that you can put all of this into practice. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:01.440 And you know, I heard you say that you're from Minnesota. 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:12.640 I live in the ice belt, and I can tell you that I go outside in winter and I've developed a practice of seeing how long I can stand barefoot in the snow. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.559 Yeah. 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:20.160 And and sometimes I do some box, well, not sometimes, I'll do box breathing. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:26.640 And then sometimes I am melting the snow around me just from box breathing. 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:28.640 And it's pretty incredible. 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:31.440 I also ice fish and cross-country ski. 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:42.240 And the reason is because trees emit phensides, these are natural chemicals, they can increase your NK cells, your natural killer cells. 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:44.400 These are major antioxidants. 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:50.240 They also release uh chemicals like lemonine, which is a natural mood booster. 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:58.720 And there are so many health benefits that you can get from trees, even when there are no leaves on them, even when they're a little bit dormant, they're still releasing phyton sides. 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:08.160 And all Also being outside in winter, even though I I'm wearing like a full gear of ice fishing clothes, so I'm very warm. 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:15.200 But just being outside in the cold is it's kind of like the light version of a polar plunge. 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:17.359 I'm working my way up

to a polar plunge. 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.799 I haven't gotten there yet. 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.640 Yeah, that cold, brisk air. 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.279 I'm in Florida now, but I remember that cold, brisk air. 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:26.480 Sometimes just it was kind of refreshing some when you're out there. 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.920 Yeah, it really is. 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.799 It really is, right? 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:32.720 When you're just that, oh, that that that brisk air when it when it when it's cold. 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:36.880 And I remember just being in the snow as a kid, you know, making snow angels. 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:38.720 Like be a kid. 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:40.880 Like it's like play in the snow. 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:42.160 Like if you're in that environment. 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:48.720 Like I know sometimes we kind of get away from that as adults, but I'm like, those are feel good hormones that are released when you're just playing around. 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.319 Adults need to play. 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.279 We need to play. 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.759 Yes. 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.960 Yeah, we need to play. 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:57.119 Those are things that can help you get a heal when you start feeling good by just playing. 00:22:57.119 --> 00:23:01.359 Being kids, you watch kids and you can see how innocent they are and just like not a cure in the world. 00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:03.359 I'm like, that's what we need to be doing more of. 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:03.839 Right. 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:08.960 That's why I encourage people to get outside and adventure for the health and social benefits of it. 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.440 Yes. 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:23.440 And when we were talking about inflammation, I was trying not to smile too much because you were speaking about a serious topic, but I was like, yes, I'm drinking my anti-inflammatory tea right now. 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:26.960 It's daily wellness medicinal herb tea. 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:31.200 It has mint, moringa, lemongrass, ginger, turmeric, and hibiscus. 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.680 There you go. 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.960 It's how I love to start. 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:35.039 Well, I don't start my day with this. 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:39.359 I have this after my lemon water with creatine for my brain. 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.319 You've heard Dr. 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:42.559 Ryan Williamson talk about it on the show. 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:46.880 If you haven't caught that episode, you need to hear that longevity episode. 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.240 But you know, Dr. 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:54.000 Brown, another listener asked about endobelly, that severe and painful belly swelling. 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.960 What drives it? 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:59.440 What are the best natural and allopathic and lifestyle steps they can try? 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:02.160 Well, driving it is several things. 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.160 So it's usually worse during the period. 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:08.000 So you have more fluid during that time as the body is preparing for a pregnancy, right? 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:11.359 So there's more fluid that's happening in your body at that time. 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:14.319 And then of course the stress inflammation. 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:23.039 And when you have a lot more inflammation at that time, your tissue is going to, you know, hold on to that fluid more easily. 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:25.359 And then you have the gut disruption, right? 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:29.920 Which is common with pretty much every endometriosis patient that we're going to have gut disruption. 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:32.799 It's just, you know, part of the disease process. 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:43.440 So because of that in the microbiome, so you're more likely to have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth or some type of other imbalance in the microbiome, and that's going to increase the pressure that's inside the gut. 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:48.799 So you add that pressure and that fluid and the inflammation, and then there you go. 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:51.039 So now you're looking like you're you're six months pregnant. 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:56.400 And so you can imagine the pain that's there with all that inflammation and pressure that that's built up in the abdomen. 00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:58.240 It's not pleasant. 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:00.640 You know, so you know, what can you do? 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:03.839 Well, you just kind of check off the list of the things that we spoke about. 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:05.839 You know, so what can you do about the gut? 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:17.440 All right, so well, we gotta make sure that we're we're eating healthy and drinking the teas like you are, things that we can do to help to, you know, reduce the you know inflammation and things that are good for the you know the gut microbiome, you right? 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:28.559 So whether it's you know doing probiotics or eating probiotic foods, you know, are important, like you know, the the Greek yogurts and the kimchi and the things that have the bacteria and the foods, and then going back to stress. 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:35.279 And you'll you'll see that a lot of times as I speak, it always goes back to stress because that is what fuels our nervous system. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:39.440 When that nervous system is in fight or flight, it just goes into protective mode. 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:45.839 And so what people don't realize, and people want to dis dismiss stress is like there's an acute response, and then you have the chronic response. 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:54.559 And so when your body's in stress, it prioritizes the systems in our body that are important so that your body can fight or run away. 00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:58.559 And the systems that are not prioritized, it's not necessary to fight or run away.

00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:02.319 So if you think about your reproductive system, it's not necessary during times of stress. 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:08.160 So that means resources that can go towards your the hormones, your reproductive system is going to be put aside. 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.759 You don't need good digestion. 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:17.759 Your system says, no, we don't need digestion during this time of stress, you know, so you're not gonna get the resources, you know, to help to heal, you know, the gut. 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:20.880 Those are two systems, your immune system, the other part of it. 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:24.559 You don't need a healthy immune system when you're trying to run away or fight from something. 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:32.240 And so if you're constantly having high stress, those systems that are ones that are messing you up are going to continue to be a problem. 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:35.279 So that's why it's so important that we work on our stress. 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:37.440 Now you can't change your environment. 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:43.200 It is what it is, but you can do what you can do to help your body to help to handle stress better. 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:52.160 The prayers, the meditation, the going for walks, going outside, those are things that you can do to get your body in better shape to handle that stress so it doesn't hit you as hard. 00:26:52.160 --> 00:27:04.880 But you can see those systems that we need, or those are the things that are involved with endometriosis, what the immune system, the gut, inflammation, the hormones, those are all things that are impacted adversely by being in chronic stress. 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:09.839 And so those are truly, you know, the treatments that we need to focus on is okay, stress. 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.119 And that's a really a big one. 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.759 Of course, we can do other things to help improve the gut. 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:22.480 There's a lot of things we do in the program that I have to help to work on all those other things, but you have to do a lot on your own to, okay, what can we do to help with the stress management piece? 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.200 How can I improve and balance out my nervous system? 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:29.920 How can we get our rest and digest system up and bring down the fight or flight response? 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:33.279 And there's different things out there you can do, but those are at least things you can do on your own. 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.400 And it's free, right? 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:36.079 It's free to walk outside, right? 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:41.039 It's free to breathe, go in the dark, turn your electric lights off, save some electricity on your bill there. 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:46.400 Like those are things that you can do at home, you know, that will have a huge impact on your health. 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.359 And you know, Dr. 00:27:47.359 --> 00:28:04.000

Brown, as you're talking, the one takeaway that I'm getting that I hope the other wellness worries are getting too, is that you can not be passive about your health and think that it's going to magically improve without you doing something. 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.799 So Dr. 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:10.880 Stella Emanuel was famously quoted on our show recently, saying you have to get up and do. 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:12.880 You have to get up and take some action. 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:15.839 And all of these great takeaways that Dr. 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:24.160 Brown is giving you might sound like, oh my goodness, I can't add one more thing to my plate, but choose one. 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:28.079 Choose one thing you can start doing and then do that. 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:31.440 And that takes you one step closer to rebuilding your health. 00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.079 But Dr. 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.920 Brown is making this super easy for you because you have a program, don't you? 00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.200 Why don't you tell us about it? 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:51.279 Yeah, I developed something about a year ago when I started working on it because the person I was talking about earlier that I had her endometriosis under control and then she stopped, but she was the one that actually motivated me to really focus on endometriosis. 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:57.200 You know, I've been doing women's work for you know over 15 years, but I never really looked truly focused on endometriosis. 00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:00.559 You know, I knew what it was, you know, we existed, but I didn't really focus on it. 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:08.480 And I remember so she was a friend of mine, and one day I just saw that her mood wasn't right, and she told me that, you know, she was diagnosed with endometriosis. 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:11.119 And I was like, well, I know I can I can help you with that. 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:14.640 And she, you know, had a surprise look because she never heard that before. 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:18.799 And but at the time she was on the depot shot, so it was suppressor periods. 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:20.640 And I told her, so deprovera? 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:23.039 Depot, yeah, the depot shot, depot provera. 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.640 And I'm like, yeah, we gotta get off that poison. 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:27.920 It's like I need to get your hormones, you know, going so I can see what's going on. 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:32.880 And the look of terror on her face when I said that, it got my attention. 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:34.960 And I said, Whoa, okay. 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:43.920 Like I can understand, you know, people not wanting to do it because just the inconvenience of having a period, or, you know, maybe they're in a relationship, they want to get pregnant. 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:51.839 But this was a look of fear, terror, as if I had a gun pointed to her head, the idea or thought of her getting a period again. 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:53.680 And so that got my attention. 00:29:53.680 --> 00:30:00.480 So then I really started really looking into endometriosis, paying attention to it, seeing how many people actually had it, how was it impacting their lives? 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:04.160 And then I saw it and I said, oh wow, there's a huge need here. 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:09.200 And so because of this need, that's why I said, okay, I'm gonna do what I can to help as many people as I can. 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:11.359 So I create a six-month program. 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:15.440 It's a virtual program so anywhere, anybody around the world, you know, can access it. 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.559 You know, they go through the the month, the modules that are there. 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:23.519 You know, there's comprehensive testing that you don't get with your regular doctor because you gotta look at your gut. 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:25.599 You gotta look at your hormones the right way. 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:28.079 You have to look at the toxins, you know, that are there. 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:42.480 And then we put a program designed specifically for them, you know, based on their testing, and also going through the modules and also working with the health coach to help them navigate all the different stressors in their life and having to live with this debilitating, you know, disease. 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:44.240 And so that's why I created it. 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:46.000 She was the inspiration behind that. 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.599 That look of terror I never forgot. 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.319 So it's there. 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:51.519 So I'm like, if she's dealing with this, how many other people are dealing with this? 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.880 So that's why I did it. 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.160 And that that's why it's there. 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:57.440 And now I'm out there trying to, you know, help as many women as I can. 00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:04.319 So the modules are teaching you all of the concepts in further depth that we talked about today and more. 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:06.640 And then there's a health coach too. 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:12.240 That's great because a lot of times you need some hand holding when you're trying to rebuild your health. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:15.680 Yeah, and I think we all know that successful people have coaches, right? 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.279 Every professional athlete, they have coaches. 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:20.799 They know what they're doing, but they can tell you that it's important to have a coach. 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:23.200 And so that's what keeps us accountable. 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:27.440 And the reason why I wrote the program because Indometrios is a is a complex thing. 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:29.680 And so every week there's things for you to do. 00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:31.759 There's take-home things that you can do. 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:33.039 And they're not long.

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.839 There may be five, 10-minute reads each day, nothing long. 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.359 It shouldn't impact your life. 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:42.079 I did that on purpose, but enough, enough information for you to start, okay, I need to start doing this. 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:48.079 I need to, you know, maybe you're doing certain things already, maybe certain things you never heard of before, maybe certain things reminding you, okay, yeah, I need to do this. 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.240 And that's the whole point of it, to go through it. 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:57.039 And then you have someone else accountable to kind of help you with navigating the, you know, the the life that you go through, right? 00:31:57.039 --> 00:32:04.799 We all have whether the spiritual, the, the emotional, the pain that you deal with, and there's people that can help to teach you how to to navigate that. 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:15.119 And that's the whole point of all this: helping with the nutrition, helping with the stress, helping with the inflammation, helping you with all the different things that impact women's lives when it comes to endometriosis. 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:16.799 So it's it's a complete program. 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:18.079 No stone left on top. 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:21.359 Yeah, I think this is going to help so many people. 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:24.880 And I I hope listeners take advantage of this opportunity. 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:33.200 And if you know a woman who's been struggling with painful periods and other women's health issues, please have them listen to this. 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.559 I'm sure it will help. 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:38.720 I I wish when I was younger and having difficulties, I had heard this. 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:48.160 So for women who are in their late 30s, I was back then and or early 40s, and they're feeling wired but tired and also dismissed by their doctors. 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:50.319 What are the first signs of perimenopause? 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:57.839 So the first signs are typically things that are related to progesterone, because that's the first hormone that drops, you know, as you're going through the perimenopause. 00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:01.519 And we know that progesterone is the the calming hormone, you know, right? 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.559 I would say that that's like the volume, you know, for the brain. 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.960 You know, so when that starts to drop, what happens? 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:10.640 Well, one of the first things that people will see is, okay, my sleep is not as good as it used to be. 00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:12.079 Like, I wonder what's going on here. 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:14.480 I'm starting to have, you know, issues sleeping. 00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.279 And also you may have the mood changes. 00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:26.799 You know, I've heard I'm starting to get short with my kids, or I don't have, you know, the patients,

you know, like I used to have, you know, maybe I'm more sad or I'm I'm more anxious, you know, than I used to be. 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:29.119 You know, those are the common things, you know, that I hear. 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:37.119 And then also the the periods, you know, starting to be less regular, you know, where before they may have been, you know, like clockwork and now all of a sudden, like, what's going on here? 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:39.599 My period is not regular like it it used to be. 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:45.440 So those are the common things that you'll see and they start hitting their 30s, early 40s of perimenopause. 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:52.240 So let's talk about menopause and what can women expect when they're going through menopause? 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.680 And I have a personal question. 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.359 I've never been through menopause. 00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.240 I'm 58. 00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:59.119 Yeah, I'm about to turn 59. 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:04.559 I forget my age because I don't feel it. 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:08.559 So, you know, why is it that some women really struggle? 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:18.320 They're suffering through menopausal symptoms, and others of us are like, I passed through 50 and beyond, and I still feel like I'm 35. 00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.519 What's going on? 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:30.000 Well, my first question I would have for you is is what kind of lifestyle choices have you been doing in the last, you know, 10 years as far as spending the time outdoors, like you talked about? 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:34.000 Yeah, I'm looking at the the home, you know, you know, cabin in the woods. 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.519 Cabin in the woods. 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:41.280 So you led a lifestyle of you know, that allowed your nervous system to be more balanced. 00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:49.280 You know, regardless of what's going on, your nervous system is probably more balanced because you're doing things on a daily basis to support the parasympathetic system. 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.400 And that would be my guess. 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:55.760 And also the diet, drinking those teas, reducing inflammation, you know growing most of my own food. 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.719 Growing yeah. 00:34:56.719 --> 00:35:04.400 So you're not having all the pesticides, you're not having those endocrine disruptors that are disrupting, you know, the signals going on in the system. 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:16.079 You know, so most people, you know, have not invested in their life like you've invested, you know, and and and so because if people don't, then that's why they're they're going through the struggles. 00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:23.440 I've spoken to enough women over the years, and a lot of them will tell you it's like, yeah, when I start drinking more alcohol, then I start having more issues, right? 00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:27.440 And I speak to a lot of women where they have a drink every day, if if not more. 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.920 And alcohol is not your friend, right? 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:32.400 We know alcohol definitely increases your risk for cancer. 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:34.320 We know that it, you know, it's a toxin. 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:38.719 It makes your liver work hard, and your hormones have to be metabolized by your liver. 00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:45.440 So if you're consuming alcohol on a consistent basis, you're not doing yourself any favors, especially during the menopausal phase. 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:48.239 And like you said before, the foods, you know, play a role. 00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:58.559 You know, so I encourage people to try to eat more organic, you know, stay away from the pesticides, stay away from the hormone-injected foods, you know, try to eat you know cleaner as possible, less inflammatory foods. 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:02.239 Like I said before, it's like the gut is the key to everything. 00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:07.679 And so if our gut isn't healthy, you're more likely to have issues with hormones and and and other things. 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:14.400 So that menopause, that's the time when you really need to well, you shouldn't wait to menopause, but I'll say, but that's definitely a time. 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:21.760 If you haven't invested, you're probably gonna get hit harder than those who have been actively investing in their health. 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:25.199 You know, because that's a time where the fluctuations with the hormones. 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:33.039 And if you are eating healthier, the less alcohol, less onslaught, the changes are gonna be less are gonna be more gradual. 00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:35.840 So it's gonna be a smoother transition as you go through. 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:54.000 You're not gonna have as many swings and fluctuations, which is why women have those hot flashes, because it's the huge fluctuations of the estrogen and the progesterone, the imbalance, it's those fluctuations that interrupt the you know, the normal signaling, you know, that the brain has that helps it control the you know your thermostat. 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:57.599 And so that's why we have a lot of issues, it's the fluctuations of the hormones. 00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:04.239 And so when you're doing better, you're not gonna have those huge fluctuations and you'll just be able to go right through it. 00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.400 So that's why we know we see that. 00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:21.519 So for the person who's out there and they've heard all of the information that we've talked about today, and they're starting to feel like, well, I'm behind the curve and I don't know how to get out of this. 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:27.280 First of all, it's not a competition, and none of us were born with a manual. 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:29.840 I was in the medical system. 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:37.199 I have a healthcare clinical background, and I got very, very sick and nearly lost my

life three times. 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:43.360 So it's not like I had all the answers either, even with my medical knowledge. 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:52.320 But I spent 10 years researching what would make me better, even though I was using a walker, a service dog, and a full-time caregiver at that time. 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:59.599 So if I can bounce back from that, not having any of the answers, just like you, you can bounce back too. 00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:01.119 And people like Dr. 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.639 Brown are here to help. 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:21.920 So what advice or even I don't know, what can you offer women who are struggling and feeling like this is just my life, this is just my new normal, that I'm going to have to suffer with pain and discomfort and that there's just nothing I can do other than mask it? 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:25.519 Yeah, that's that's a good yeah, that's a that's a good question. 00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:34.800 Because I know there's quite a few people out there who feel that way, especially if you've you know been searching for help and you just keep getting the door slammed in you know in your face, right? 00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:43.920 People not listening to you, you know, your labs keep coming back normal, you know, that they've run, your tests are normal, and you're just like, well, what what's what's going on here? 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:49.599 It's like this is I've I've you went for help and no one seems to be able to, you know, to help you. 00:38:49.599 --> 00:39:05.440 So the first thing I would say is you first you gotta step outside the conventional medicine box because conventional medicine is great when it comes to acute care, you know, accidents, heart attacks, got a stroke, like the acute care, you know, number one in the world, we're great. 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:08.239 But when it comes to chronic conditions, um, we are not. 00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:10.960 So these are things that take more of a holistic approach. 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:13.760 And so there's no one drug that's gonna fix these things. 00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:15.280 So, you know, that's a problem. 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:20.639 So you gotta really step outside of that conventional medicine box, you know, using my insurance type box, like that. 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:22.800 That's for emergencies, that's for the acute stuff. 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:26.239 If you're looking for that, then yeah, you're gonna be stuck where you are, right? 00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:36.559 You gotta find someone that thinks outside the box, someone that looks and listens to you and can look at the whole picture and do tests that are not inside the the typical realm to address your your issues. 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.559 But the first thing I would say is I always believe there's hope. 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:45.119 As an osteopathic physician, that that philosophy that we have is that the body has its own ability to heal. 00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.920 Like we know that. 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:48.159 If you cut yourself, you don't have to do anything. 00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:50.880 And you'll see all of a sudden that wound will start to heal, right? 00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.599 Depending on how cut. 00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:53.199 Of course, you may not have to help it out, right? 00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:56.079 You have to apply some pressure, but eventually it's going to heal. 00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.199 It's designed that way. 00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:59.599 It's always going to try to fix and heal itself. 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:03.760 So when you're having symptoms of whatever that is, that's your body's way of communicating. 00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.960 It's trying to regulate it. 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:07.039 So you got to find someone that can to help you. 00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:09.199 And so I would say just don't give up. 00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:12.000 You you heard that most of the things that I spoke about was stress. 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:14.960 And so if you're struggling, I know your stress is high. 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:20.480 And so that would be the first piece that I would look at is okay, what can I do to calm my nervous system down? 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:22.639 And there's lots of things we already spoke about. 00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:25.199 So that's what I would start implementing is that. 00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:28.159 Don't try to do too much at once because that just overwhelms people. 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.360 You try to do too many things. 00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:33.679 But that'd probably be the first thing I would say is, you know, start working on those stress-reducing activities. 00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:34.800 And it doesn't have to take much. 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:36.239 Find something that makes you laugh. 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:40.239 You know, a funny comedian, a show, something that, okay, I'm gonna start laughing every day. 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.840 Like that's something that's really easy. 00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:47.360 You hear if you have a pet that you spend more time with your pet that makes you feel good, those things that can help increase those endorphins. 00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:51.599 Find some things that you feel good with, the breathing exercises may be challenging for you at first. 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:57.599 So I'm like, okay, if you're not there yet, start with something easy or start with just three minutes a day and then work your way up. 00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:59.199 But eventually you'll you'll get there. 00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:01.840 So start small, start slow, but don't rush into it. 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:03.519 Then you start tackling the food. 00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.719 You know, what are you doing? 00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:09.280 Just start looking at one thing, certain things that you know that you may be eating or drinking that you shouldn't be doing. 00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.760 Then you say, okay, I'm gonna

cut that out, right? 00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:14.320 And then just slow, slow steps. 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:17.920 You know, don't try to make drastic changes because again, that was that will stress you out. 00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:25.119 You know, those are steps that you can take, you know, on your own, things that you can do yourself to help your body to start to to heal. 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:29.039 Remove the inflammatory stuff, remove some of that the stimulus there. 00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:32.559 Uh and before you know it, you'll start to notice that okay, I am starting to feel a little bit better here. 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:37.280 Now you just may need a little extra help with some of the other things, and that's what I'm here for, and others are here to help. 00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:39.519 But you can do those things on your own, right? 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:43.280 There's so much you can do on your own to help you start making those positive steps. 00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:46.639 Hey wellness worries, you might be wondering what's in my teacup. 00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:50.400 It's Janey Wellness Medicinal Herb Tea Mix. 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:54.800 It contains mint, moringa, lemongrass, ginger, turmeric, and ibiscus. 00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:58.480 For me, this blend has become a cornerstone of my day. 00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:02.320 I turn to this blend for the benefits that are well backed by science. 00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:12.480 It's rich in antioxidants and amino acids, and supports healthy blood flow, reduces inflammation, supports digestive comfort, and supports your metabolism. 00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:21.519 It's a high-quality, enjoyable way for me to incorporate these herbs before I start my day, whether I'm preparing for homestead tours or sitting down to work. 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:27.679 What sets this blend apart is its doctor-formulated recipe and transparent sourcing. 00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:30.800 Every herb can be traced from field to cup. 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:39.920 Grown and harvested by the doctor's own sisters in Cameroon, West Central Africa, this level of traceability and care is something I truly value. 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:45.599 At home, we use the Daily Wellness Medicinal Herb Tea Mix with six herbs combined. 00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:50.000 But if you want to avoid certain ingredients or customize your blends, Dr. 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:55.039 Stella N D, a sponsor of this show, offers each blend individually as well. 00:42:55.039 --> 00:43:01.440 Their products are homegrown, handpicked, and shade drive to preserve maximum bioavailability. 00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:05.920 I'll include my affiliate link and a 5% discount code just for you. 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.480 Dr. 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:09.119 Brown, this has been such an enlightening conversation. 00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.920 Thank you so much. 00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:14.239 I hope you'll come back again and talk about another topic with us soon. 00:43:14.239

--> 00:43:16.719 But what more do you want to leave listeners with today? 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:18.880 Well, like I said before, there's hope. 00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:21.440 That's that's that's the big thing is there's hope. 00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:23.840 People who feel hopeless, it's like that's not a way to live. 00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:25.679 If there is hope, you can get better. 00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:27.679 That's that's really what I want to leave people. 00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:34.400 Is like that that's why we do this, so that when people get better, they in turn will tell other people that, yeah, I used to be here, now I'm here. 00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:36.000 I can see that it's possible. 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:40.960 And so that's really it's just encouragement that I want to, you know, give people that there is help. 00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:42.639 You can definitely get better. 00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:44.159 Our bodies are designed that way. 00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:46.800 We're not designed to, you know, suffer like that. 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:49.599 You know, so that is the biggest thing that I want people to know. 00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:50.800 That's beautiful. 00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:57.199 And for those who want to sign up with your program or connect with you, how do they reach you? 00:43:57.440 --> 00:44:05.280 So you go to my website, hormonehealth with drbrown dot com, and doctors just dr, hormonehealth with dr brown dot com. 00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:11.679 You know, there you have options to I I have a free ebook on there that helps with giving you suggestions to help with painful periods. 00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:13.440 You know, we do a monthly webinar. 00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:15.920 You can sign up for our monthly webinar that's there. 00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:18.880 There's a consultation link, you know, if you want to go there. 00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:22.559 Um, and then also my social media platforms, all the links are there as well. 00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:27.920 So if you just go to the website, hormonehealth of dr brown.com, you know, there's information for you to help you. 00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:30.880 And then if you want to connect with me, you can schedule an appointment right there as well. 00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:33.280 Wellness warriors, following Dr. 00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:36.639 Brown on social media will change your life. 00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.599 I follow him. 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:44.559 I learn something almost every day, and uh the content is just so wonderfully explained. 00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:48.639 In fact, none of my doctor's appointments have ever been like this. 00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:50.800 So I hope you'll give him a following. 00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:53.519 You can find all of those links in the show description. 00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:55.119 Thank you for joining us today, Dr. 00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.440 Brown. 00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.480 Well, it's been a pleasure. 00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:57.519 Thank you for having me. 00:44:57.519 --> 00:45:01.679 The information in this podcast is not medical advice and should not be treated as such. 00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:07.280 Always consult your physician or healthcare professional before pursuing any health related procedure or activity.