Today’s guest is Deanna Hurley, and her story is one that goes deeper than just a diagnosis.

Deanna faced complex, systemic health challenges, including Lyme and mold illness—but like many people, that was only part of the picture. Beneath it all were layers of stress, disconnection, and a body that had been pushed past its limits. She hit a point where she was at her lowest… even while most people around her had no idea what she was going through.

But that’s where things began to shift.

Instead of continuing to look outside herself for answers, Deanna started turning inward—rebuilding her connection to her body, her nervous system, and her sense of safety. She began to understand how fear and chronic stress can actually create an environment where illness thrives—and how healing often starts by creating the opposite.

Today, she’s thriving, with a completely different relationship to her health and her life.

This is a conversation about awareness, resilience, and what it really means to reconnect with yourself in order to heal.

Let’s get into it.

Catch up with Deanna on Instagram Here

or on here website Here

Books we talked about on this episode:

The Breathing Cure

The Loving Diet

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Today’s guest is Kim Dechert, and her story is going to resonate with a lot of people, especially those who’ve been told their symptoms are just a normal part of aging.

In her 50s, Kim was dealing with severe menopause symptoms, brain fog, chronic migraines, low energy, and poor sleep. And like many people, she was led to believe this was just something she had to live with.

But she didn’t accept that.

Instead, she took her health into her own hands. By removing inflammatory foods and shifting from the standard American diet to a more primal, nutrient-dense way of eating, along with incorporating fasting, everything changed. In just 45 days, her symptoms were gone.

Now, nearly a decade later, she’s still migraine-free, full of energy, and thriving at 69.

This is a conversation about taking ownership, questioning what you’ve been told, and realizing that your body might just be waiting for the right environment to heal.

Let’s get into it.

Contact Kim here:

kimdechert@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/kimdechertwellness/
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Today’s guest is Cynthia Thurlow, and if you’ve spent any time digging into fasting, metabolism, or women’s health, there’s a good chance you’ve come across her work.

Cynthia is a nurse practitioner with over 25 years of experience, but what really stands out is how she’s helping women rethink what’s possible, especially during perimenopause and menopause. Instead of accepting fatigue, weight gain, and hormonal chaos as “just part of aging,” she’s been a leading voice in showing how tools like intermittent fasting and lifestyle shifts can help women take back control.

She’s the host of the Everyday Wellness podcast, a widely recognized speaker, and her TEDx talk on intermittent fasting has reached millions around the world. She’s also got a new book coming out, The Menopause Gut, where she dives deeper into the connection between gut health, hormones, and overall metabolic health during this phase of life.

And I’ll say this from personal experience, I’ve learned a ton from Cynthia’s work, especially around the benefits of fasting and training your body to become more metabolically flexible. It’s been a game changer in how I think about energy, fat burning, and long-term health.

At the core of her work is a simple mission, helping women understand their bodies so they can stop guessing and start making decisions that actually move the needle.

This is a conversation about empowerment, metabolic health, and what it really looks like to work with your body instead of against it.

Cynthia's TEDx talk

Cynthia's new book: The Menopause Gut

https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/

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