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What to do first once you have sorted your root causes ⎸ Ep 215 · Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

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  The summer series started out as root causes, and then I realized that I've
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  done 200 episodes and never really
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  explained the two different sides of Hashimoto's. I've mentioned them.
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  I've done a couple episodes on what your doctor might be missing,
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  but I have never really detailed the thyroid or immune buckets.
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  Like, how can you sort everything? So that's why I pivoted mid-summer and now
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  all of August has been sorting.
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  We sorted through symptoms, we sorted through root causes, sorted through labs,
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  and today is the final episode of the summer.
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  And today we're talking about once you have a sorted pile, once you have those two buckets, what next?
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  Because I'm not wanting, I don't want to give you like 12 different things to do tomorrow.
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  We always want to make things simple, simple and sustainable.
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  So what's next after you sort into the two buckets?
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  Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition. That means your immune system is attacking
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  your thyroid. But knowing that is only the beginning.
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  This summer series is built in three phases. Phase one was understanding what's
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  happening in your body. Phase two is learning how to think about what you're learning.
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  And phase three is building your own personal discernment framework with support.
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  So most women with Hashimoto's have a lot of information.
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  What they're missing is a filter, a way to evaluate what applies to them specifically.
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  That is what this series is now designed to give you.
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  If you want to start with a foundation, check with the show notes for Hashimoto's
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  Decoded, new name, Hashimoto's Decoded, thyroid or immune.
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  In less than one hour, I will walk you through the most common root causes and
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  help you identify where to focus.
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  My name is Esther Yunkin. I'm a registered nurse, holistic health educator,
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  and the host of this podcast, Health with Hashimoto's.
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  I believe your health is a blend of five interconnected areas,
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  body, mind, spirit, diet, and environment. Let's work through this together.
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  I have this problem. It is a problem of loving to plan and dream,
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  to sort and to learn. I love to do all of the head things, but not necessarily,
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  the doing part. How about you?
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  I once heard somebody talk about learning like two feet.
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  If you only learn, you're only going to be stepping forward with like your right foot.
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  And if you're only stepping forward with your right foot, you're going to go
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  in circles. You have to go right foot, left foot, right foot,
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  left foot. Your left foot is the doing.
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  And so you have to learn and then do, learn and then do.
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  Well, when you're sorting, sometimes it feels so good. You're like,
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  I am making progress. I am learning about my own health. I am learning about Hashimoto's.
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  I'm learning about the immune side. I'm learning about the thyroid side.
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  I have my health sorted into these two buckets, thyroid or immune.
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  I can look at the buckets and I can see which one, you know,
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  is bigger, which one needs more attention.
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  I am making progress, but it's all in your head.
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  Do you do that too? I know some people, they do the opposite and they just want
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  to do. They don't want to do the learning and the thinking and the planning.
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  My oldest, not my oldest, my oldest kid who is still in school,
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  he is planning out or he's supposed to be planning out a 300 hour project for his senior year.
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  And I am like in love with the planning stage. And I pulled up Google Sheets
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  and I looked for templates and I found this project management template and it's all pretty.
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  I was like, you could do this. You could use this to plan. And he's like,
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  whatever, I'm doing this today.
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  He's a doer and I'm a thinker. We need both and each person needs to do both.
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  So after you sort, you go through Hashimoto's Decoded Thyroid or Immune and
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  that is found in our school classroom. So S-K-O-O-L school is the platform.
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  It's like a better version of Facebook, like Facebook used to be before it got
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  overrun with the algorithm.
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  And did you know that if you follow somebody on Instagram, TikTok,
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  YouTube, I'm assuming Facebook, you can follow, you can subscribe,
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  you can do all the things, but that's not necessarily what they're going to show you.
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  They're going to show you things that they notice that slow your scroll.
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  So if you say, I really want to focus on X, Y, and Z, but the algorithm noticed
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  that you pause, that you slow down, that you watch the different things of A,
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  B, and C, they're going to show you A, B, and C instead of what you specifically asked for of XYZ.
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  Just, you know, random side note. I feel like everybody should know that.
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  What was I saying? Okay, I was talking about school and how it is the better
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  Facebook, because it is like Facebook was before the algorithm took over.
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  When you join the school platform, there's a whole bunch of different groups,
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  and you just stay in that group.
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  You choose what group am I going to right now, and you visit that group,
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  and you see things in the order that people posted or that new comments were there.
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  It's not the algorithm deciding, and you don't see a whole bunch of ads.
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  You just see the group's content. So I love the school platform for that reason.
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  I am in several different groups. Of course, one of them is the Health with
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  Hashimoto's community.
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  In that community on school is a classroom tab.
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  And in that classroom, you're going to find Hashimoto's decoded thyroid or immune.
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  There's also a couple other things. Like if you've heard me mention the jumpstart
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  to refreshing sleep and rest, I moved that from like an email series to the
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  classroom of school a while back.
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  So explore the classroom in there. If you are in our community, the community is free.
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  So head over to the school community. The link should be down in the show notes.
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  Anyway, after you've gone through Hashimoto's decoded thyroid or immune, now you know how to sort.
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  And in the last couple episodes, we've practiced that. You have seen me put that into action.
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  And so you have this example. If you need more help, I do do one-off sessions.
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  You don't have to book the full six coaching sessions for Hashimoto's discernment coaching.
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  You can do just a one time like, okay, I went through Hashimoto's Decoded.
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  Now I know how to sort, but I just need help with this one thing.
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  That's what those single sessions are for.
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  So after you've learned how to sort, there's still things to do.
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  The trap is that you sort and you feel like you made progress and starting or
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  doing feels like a risk. So you just sort and then that's it.
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  Or there's the people who want to just do but not sort.
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  And so let's figure out what is your next step. There's three filters.
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  Number one, choose something already on your list. It came out of your sorting.
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  This is not like you were scrolling through Pinterest or Instagram or TikTok
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  today and you saw something new.
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  I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about something that you already have on your list.
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  You sorted it into the two buckets, and you know that this is going to be helpful
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  for you based on how you have sorted things out.
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  Number two, look for something maybe that,
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  is partially done. Partially true. You've done it before or you're doing a version
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  of it inconsistently. Start there.
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  Start with something that you already know works or you're already working on
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  building the habit or the routine.
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  And then number three, pick something that is small enough that is sustainable.
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  That has been a consistent thing that I have talked about since the beginning.
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  Choose things that are simple and sustainable. It has to be simple enough to keep doing.
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  Because if you quit doing it, then you just wasted all of that time and effort.
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  It has to be sustainable.
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  So that is how I want you to pick your next thing. Number one,
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  pick something that's already on your list.
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  Number two, you already have tried it. You know that it kind of works,
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  but maybe you just didn't put in a whole bunch of effort or maybe you have a kind of habit.
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  It's not really a habit yet and you want to work on that and then choose something
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  that is simple and sustainable.
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  That is what you do next. Once you have things sorted into the thyroid and the
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  immune buckets, then you can pick your next thing.
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  You already know enough to begin. You don't need perfect labs.
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  You don't need a full root cause functional medicine lab workout.
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  Are they helpful? Absolutely.
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  But do you need that right now to begin, to take your next step?
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  No. You already know enough to take that next step.
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  You don't need your doctor's blessing to drink more water. You don't need somebody
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  to look at your labs to tell you that you need to go to bed earlier.
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  You already know those things. You already know that they might be beneficial
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  for you. So pick one next thing and begin.
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  Come over to the school community, Health with Hashimoto's on the school platform,
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  and let's talk about what you're doing. Share it with everybody.
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  When you share your goal out loud, you're setting some accountability and just
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  the act of making it public.
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  Whether or not you come back and update us and say, hey, I had a really good
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  week. I said I was going to do this and I did it. Or hey, I really struggled
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  this week. I said I was going to do this and I did not do it.
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  Whether or not you come back and inform everybody how you did,
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  just stating your goal to others helps make it more real and actionable.
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  So pick your goal, pick what you're going to do this week and come over to the
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  school community and let us know. Let's talk about it.
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  Thank you so much for coming along this summer series with me,
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  for learning how to sort.
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  I can't wait to see you in the Health with Hashimoto's community and hear what
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  your next step is going to be.
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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
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  there. 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.