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163 // Simple steps to transform autoimmune health · Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

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  Hey, welcome back. We are done with our summer series of Health with Hashimoto's
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  back to normal episodes.
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  And today I want to talk about overwhelm because it is so common for women to
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  feel completely overwhelmed with your health.
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  You don't even know where to start to improve your health.
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  I know we just did a summer series and it was 12 different tools.
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  So obviously there are a lot of things, but then you go into like overwhelm
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  of there's so many things.
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  How do you know what to do? How do you know what to start with?
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  How do you know what's right for you?
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  There's so many options. It is so common to feel overwhelmed,
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  to feel just unsure of what to do next.
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  That is exactly why I created the Simple Habits Program.
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  I actually created it for another reason is because you need simple,
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  small things that are sustainable so that you can make progress.
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  And so I created it. That's what we're going to talk about in this episode.
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  I am so excited to share that with you. But first, let me welcome you to the
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  Health with Hashimoto's podcast.
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  My name is Esther Yunkin. I am a registered nurse. I spent 17 years in the emergency
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  department, actually around the country, different emergency departments,
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  and I got sick and tired of seeing this broken conventional Western medical system.
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  I got sick and tired of not really helping people fix what was going on.
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  Yes, it can patch them up in the emergency department if they have an accident
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  or heart attack or something.
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  That's why we were there. But I saw so many people coming in for chronic things
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  that I knew that there were solutions for, but they didn't know that.
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  So I went back to school, I became a holistic health educator,
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  still an RN, and now I help women, especially women with Hashimoto's,
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  figure out their root causes.
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  Because if you don't know your root causes, then you can't take action on them.
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  And if you can't take action on your root causes, then they continue to do what
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  they did in the first place, which was trigger or start your.
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  Problem. They can worsen your autoimmune problem or they start new stuff.
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  We don't want that. We want to be healthy. We want to feel like we used to.
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  We want to feel like ourselves again. And that is what I help women do.
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  So welcome to the podcast.
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  This is episode 163. And if you need a place, if you're new to this and you
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  need a place to start, you can start at episode zero or one and episode 100.
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  I kind of did a recap at that time. So those are two good places to start.
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  If you are new to the podcast, I just want to welcome you.
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  Today we are talking about the Simple Habits Program.
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  Because like I said, women are overwhelmed, women are busy, we don't even know where to start.
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  And also, we need small, simple things.
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  This program actually started on a whim. I was getting ready to go with my family
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  to my aunt's house for the day.
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  And I was like, Oh my goodness, I should do a Simple Habits Program text base.
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  And, you know, just help people with one habit a week.
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  I was like, this is perfect. So I sent out a Facebook message and,
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  or actually just posted it on my Facebook, and the response I got was amazing.
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  So many people were looking for something like this.
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  So I have run the Simple Habits program two different times.
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  This will be the third time, and it's grown each time,
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  and the people are just so grateful for how their lives change as a result of
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  the Simple Habits program and what they implement in the 12 weeks.
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  I'm going to tell you right now, I'm not going to teach you a ton of groundbreaking
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  things that you've never heard before.
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  What I'm going to do is I'm going to help you implement the simple things. Like, for example.
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  You know that drinking water is important, right? I mean, if you don't have
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  enough water, your energy fades.
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  And of course, with Hashimoto's, we struggle with energy.
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  And so what's one simple thing you can do? Well, let's figure out how to get more water in.
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  And yes, in the Simple Habits program, when I am texting you,
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  I define water because water does not mean just plain water.
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  I prefer that, but I know that a lot of people don't.
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  So that is kind of what you're going to get in the Simple Habits program.
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  Let me tell you more about it. But first, I want you to know that this was designed
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  to help you implement things in a simple way.
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  It's designed to help you feel better without the overwhelm.
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  This round kicks off mid-September and we finish very early in December so that
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  you can be done and you can be ready. You can have lots of energy.
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  You can feel better. You can feel more like yourself. You can release some weight
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  before the Christmas season starts.
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  All right, so let's talk about the problem first. Overwhelm. It's huge.
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  So much overwhelm. I mean, we've got the internet at the tip of our fingers.
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  We have so much information.
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  And like one participant said, she said, so many of us know what we should do,
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  but it feels so overwhelming.
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  There's so much. How do you know what to do? You get decision fatigue.
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  I mean, there are so many decisions that you have to make every single day and
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  then trying to sort through the endless advice, applying it to your specific
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  situation and your health.
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  You're just like, I don't know, I'll figure it out tomorrow.
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  And then tomorrow happens and you're tired and you have that decision fatigue
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  again. And you're like, okay, I'm going to figure it out tomorrow. And it just keeps going.
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  So like Lori said, you know, this helps with the shoulds. We know what we should
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  do, but it seems overwhelming.
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  Well, the simple habits program is like, okay, here is a simple habit for you for this week.
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  How are you going to apply it to your situation?
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  I'm not going to come in and tell you, like, you know, you need to drink,
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  you know, a gallon of water. First of all, I'm not gonna tell you a gallon.
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  And then I'm not going to say you need to do it in this way.
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  And you need to do it by this time. No, I'm going to say how much are you currently drinking?
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  And if it's not the amount that you feel is adequate based on the calculations
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  that I'm going to give you, then how can you increase it?
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  But not like if you're at, you know, six ounces of water in a day,
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  first of all, that would be crazy.
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  But I know some people are like, I'm not going to expect you to go from six
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  ounces to a full gallon. That would be crazy.
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  We're going to do just simple things. How can we gradually move you up?
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  Because you got one week to figure this out. Let's implement and try.
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  And on Wednesday, I'm going to text you like, how are you doing? Do you need to adjust?
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  Maybe you're set too big of a goal, or maybe you tried something and it didn't work.
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  And so now you need to reconfigure. That's awesome.
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  That's what we're doing. We're going to learn. We're going to implement.
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  We're going to do simple things at the time because the decision fatigue and
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  the overwhelm, they're absolutely real.
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  They're absolutely valid, but they don't have to be the end of the story.
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  There is a solution to take away that overwhelm and to provide structure.
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  And that is the Simple Habits Program.
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  So like I kind of alluded to, I'm going to give you one new habit per week.
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  It's delivered in very small, bite-sized steps.
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  I have to keep it small because it's a text message.
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  I could do an entire podcast episode or a blog post on each of these,
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  but I had to limit myself to a text message.
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  So yes, You are going to get some education. You're going to get some tips.
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  You're going to get some encouragement, but it's going to be small.
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  You're also going to have built-in accountability. I'm going to give you the new habit once a week.
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  This is what we're working on. I'm going to expect you to text back and say
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  this is how you're going to implement it.
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  I'm going to give you encouragement and accountability on Wednesday.
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  I will text you and say, how are you doing?
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  Maybe sometimes I'll give you a little bit more details about why this habit is important.
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  Maybe I'm going to give you just a quote or something to encourage you,
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  I am going to check in on Wednesday.
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  This accountability part is key.
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  And then on at the end of the week we're going to check in
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  and we're going to celebrate always celebrate did you
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  absolutely not do what you're going to do okay but
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  you did other things there will be things to celebrate i promise even
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  if you don't do what you said you're going to do on sunday it's okay
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  there is absolutely no shame there is no guilt in the simple habits program
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  it is encouragement it is getting you back to where you want to be to be healthier
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  to have simple habits that you have implemented that change your overall wellness.
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  So one participant said the simple way you presented in small manageable bites
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  and via text messages attracted me.
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  Somebody else said weekly reminders via text are such a great way for a busy
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  mom to make micro lifestyle changes. Yes, absolutely.
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  That was Liz and she is so busy and yes, she understands the need for micro lifestyle changes.
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  If you're going to do something big and massive, awesome.
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  More power to you. Some people do the 75 hard.
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  It's awesome. I could never do that. I guess never say never.
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  But it's huge. And figuring out all of those things for a massive lifestyle
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  change like that, that's a lot of stress. And I don't have time to deal with all of that stress.
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  I don't have time to figure all of that out right now.
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  I need small, manageable, and simple.
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  That is what works for me and I know that it works for so many others because I hear from them.
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  So if you are in that same boat, then this program is for you.
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  Ruth said, you have the unique balance of celebrating progress,
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  even small, while challenging me to keep going. It's rare and it's valuable.
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  That was Ruth. Thank you so much, Ruth. It is such an honor to be texting back
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  and forth on a personal level with every single participant.
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  And that leads me to, that reminds me,
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  This is limited because I am personally texting every single thing.
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  I mean, obviously, I have the initial like the Sunday and Wednesday,
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  the initial things automated.
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  But then you text me back and it is me personally responding to you.
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  So for that reason, I do keep it limited to, you know, the amount of people
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  that I can actually text back because I don't want to slack off and not be communicating
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  with people in the program. So, yes, it is limited.
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  Spaces are limited. just so that I can provide that one-on-one support because
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  I want to help you remove the mental load of deciding what to work on and I
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  want to help you stay consistent even when life is busy.
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  I know absolutely life is busy.
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  All right so what did some of the other participants say as far as you know what changed?
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  Carrie said I have a different perspective now even a little bit of time for myself counts.
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  Somebody else was talking about consistency, even without perfection.
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  She said, I didn't follow through on everything, but the texts and reminders
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  kept healthy choices top of mind instead of going for months without focus. Oh, absolutely.
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  Like I said at the beginning, you know, you push it off the decision,
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  you push it off until tomorrow because you don't have time to deal with it for today.
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  And then pretty soon it's been months since you have tried to implement something
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  new. So yes, absolutely.
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  Consistency, even without perfection. And like I said, never any shame.
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  All right. Another participant said, I liked the idea of small habits that ultimately equal big changes.
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  Yes, that is the goal. We want big changes.
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  But just like a ladder, you've seen the image of a ladder with super,
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  super, super big rungs, like, you know, five feet in between the rungs,
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  that's impossible to climb unless you're my teenage son.
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  And then he could just like climb up it no problem because he can do insane
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  number of pull-ups. I cannot.
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  How can I pull myself up if the rungs are five feet apart?
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  But if a ladder has rungs every foot, I can climb that.
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  And when you go up one, it's a whole lot easier to go up to the next one and
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  the next one and the next one.
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  That is what the Simple Habits Program is. It's about being, having doable things.
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  Nothing overwhelming, just small, simple, doable.
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  This Simple Habits program is for women at all stages.
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  Whether you're starting out, whether you're ready for bigger changes,
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  I'm not going to say in the program that you're not allowed to make big changes. No.
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  You can make whatever changes and whatever habits are going to work for you that week.
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  And then what you can maintain. Because throughout the 12 weeks,
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  you're also going to maintain.
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  So the habit that you implement in week one, you're going to work on that.
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  You're going to refine it so that it works in your life.
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  Obviously, it's not a habit after one week.
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  But you figured out what works. And so you're going to keep doing that in week two.
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  And you're going to add on something else that is very small.
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  And so by the end of 12 weeks, you have changed so many things,
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  but in small, manageable ways that work for your life.
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  So the goal is better energy, better sleep, less stress, better immune system,
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  feeling like yourself again.
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  That is the goal. All right. So how about the details, right?
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  You can go to the webpage and you can figure out everything.
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  You can read all of the details.
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  You can read more testimonials of people who have already done this program.
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  Many of them, by the way, have done it twice. They did it in the first round
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  and then they did it again in the second round. And that's for a couple of reasons.
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  Some people wanted to make more changes.
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  Like they made some small, simple habits changes in the first round and then
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  they wanted to solidify or they wanted to expand in the next one.
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  Some people said that life got too busy and they kind of quit implementing.
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  Some of them said that they forgot to do like one, you know, like vegetables.
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  We talk about vegetables once. We do talk about sleep. We talk about diet.
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  We talk about exercise. We talk about stress.
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  We talk about so many different things. And so maybe they are just not doing
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  one of those habits and they wanted to go back and do everything again. That's awesome.
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  I did hear back from one person yesterday when I sent out a text about the Simple
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  Habits program, and she said that she's still doing most of her habits from
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  the last round, and she's still working, I think she said on vegetables.
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  She said always a struggle, but she's thinking about it, and she is conscious
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  when she's planning her meals, and she's always striving for a little but of course, no shame.
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  So details are on the website. I've got the starting date, which is September
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  14th. It's a Sunday. We always start on a Sunday.
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  The ending date is December 6th, which is a Saturday, and it is before Christmas.
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  And the cost is only $97.
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  So this is the perfect time. You know, fall, we're all resetting.
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  We're all falling back into new routines, old routines,
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  getting the kids out to school maybe you're an empty
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  nester and like you're feeling like you need
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  to reset because that's what we've always done
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  in the fall I don't know what it is for you but I feel like fall is a perfect
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  time to do a program like this especially because it will get you to the holidays
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  eating better we are going to go through some habits of diet we're going to
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  go through some habits of sleep.
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  I'm going to do my best to help you feel like yourself again in small, simple ways.
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  Because improving your health does not have to be overwhelming.
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  Small steps absolutely add up.
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  The Simple Habits Program is designed to make the simple steps very doable for you.
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  All right, so join the Simple Habits Program directly for $97.
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  There is, of course, a link down in the show notes. You can click over there.
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  And on the website, there are two ways to get it cheaper.
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  Number one is enroll in the holistic Hashimoto's course.
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  If you enroll in the holistic Hashimoto's course before the Simple Habits program
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  begins, and you send me a message,
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  you can be added to the Simple Habits program for free, because the Simple Habits
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  program will absolutely go phenomenally with the Holistic Hashimoto's course.
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  It's going to help you implement things.
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  They work so well together. The other way that you can save money on the Simple
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  Habits program is by subscribing to the Healthy Weight Stack.
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  Now that, I've talked about it before, that is products.
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  That is the MindBody GLP-1 system along with the Protandim NRF-2.
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  So those two things together help your body create more antioxidants.
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  They help your body clean things out, clean up oxidative stress.
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  And of course, what is one of the root causes of all autoimmune problems?
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  It's your cells not working right.
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  It's your body, your immune system being too stressed.
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  And so we want to clean things up at the cellular level. That is the Protandim NRF-2.
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  It's amazing at that. And then the other part of the healthy weight stack is
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  the MindBody GLP-1 system.
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  And that is going to help your body create more GLP-1. It's not a synthetic.
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  It's not a pharmaceutical.
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  This is your body doing the work to produce more.
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  They've done two different clinical studies, and one of them found a 200% increase
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  in how much GLP-1 the participants were creating.
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  That is your body creating the GLP-1 that your body recognizes so that you don't
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  have the pharmaceutical side effects.
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  Absolutely phenomenal. I always want to help your body do what your body is
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  designed to do. And it's not just the GLP-1.
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  Your body also makes other hormones, other enzymes, other things that help everything work better.
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  So subscribing for the Healthy Weight Stack and using that for three months
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  is another way that you can save money on the Simple Habits Program.
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  Because I really want you to have phenomenal outcomes.
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  I know that you will get good outcomes by just doing the Simple Habits Program.
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  I also know that by combining it with the Holistic Hashimoto's course or combining
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  it with a healthy weight stack, you are going to up-level your results because
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  there'll be more things working in your favor.
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  They're going to work in synergy together and you're going to get more powerful results.
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  All right, so head down to the show notes and click the link.
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  By the way, if you choose the healthy weight stack subscription option so that
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  you can save money on the Simple Habits program, you do need to send me a message
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  that you want to be enrolled in the Simple Habits program.
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  I do not just automatically enroll you when you place that order.
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  Also, you do have to use my affiliate link for the Healthy Weight Stack.
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  And I know that there are other people who have affiliate links for the Healthy
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  Weight Stack. If you want to support one of your friends, that's awesome. Go ahead and do that.
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  Just know that you'll pay full price for the Simple Habits Program.
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  Like I said, it's only $97.
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  All right, I'm so excited that it is fall and we are back to full episodes.
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  I have a lot of interviews for you for this year. This is my third, I guess, season.
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  I have never called them seasons. It's the third year of the podcast,
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  and I have decided to reach out to experts because you wanted that,
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  or at least some people who are listening wanted that to send me messages.
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  So I think right now I will do about two solo episodes, and then every third
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  episode will be a guest interview.
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  Let me know who you want me to interview. I have some really special guests
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  lined up for you. I'm excited to share those with you.
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  All right, I'll see you next week on the Health with Hashimoto's podcast.
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  Go ahead down to the show notes, click the link, and I'll also see you in the
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  Simple Habits program where we'll be texting back and forth several times a week.
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  This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
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  Please discuss any changes with your trusted healthcare provider.
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  To take your next step, join our school community and explore the courses available there.
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  You do not have to figure your health out alone.
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  So that is school, S-K-O-O-L.com, and it is the Health with Hashimoto's community.
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  I'll see you next time on the Health with Hashimoto's podcast.