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Is Ignoring THIS First Health Step Hurting Your Wellbeing? · Health, Life & What’s Next

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  I believe when you truly know the root causes of your symptoms, disease, illness, you heal your body and break free from the conventional medicine rollercoaster, which is only providing a pill and a bandage solution, keeping you stuck and sick.
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  And to me, that is unacceptable.
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  Welcome to Find the Root Cause podcast.
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  I'm Dr.
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  Jennifer Jente.
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  My patients call me Dr.
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  J.
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  Functional medicine and root cause doctor and on this podcast each week I will be diving deeper on a health topic with the intention of helping you get a clear understanding of why your symptoms do not have to be a mystery anymore and a plan to help you reduce the need for medications, reduce the frustration, the confusion, the anxiety in order to achieve health and well being.
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  wellness, happiness, to feel your very best and improve the quality of your life.
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  If you are ready to take your health, stamina, and life to the next level and stop struggling, keep listening.
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  I got something amazing to tell you.
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  How do I regain my body, brain, and health to thrive in 2025?
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  You see, that was a question that was asked by a new patient during a consultation because she's afraid that she will repeat 2024 and 2025.
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  She's doing many things, but yet, not seeing results.
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  So during our conversation, she's asking me, what do I need to do to feel my very best in 2025?
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  So, at the time I'm recording this, it is the end of 2024 and 2025 is around the corner, and many people are looking for ways to optimize their health, To address any health issues, whether it's the tiredness, the bloating, the gassiness, the brain fog, so that they can really feel their very best.
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  In 2025 and accomplish all that they are desiring to accomplish.
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  If you find yourself feeling the same every single year, then this video is for you.
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  So it is very important so that we prioritize our health, I tell my patients this all of the time.
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  Your health is the only thing you have on this planet.
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  And sometimes we take it for granted That used to be me.
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  Until I start losing my health or I start declining in my performance, then I'm fighting back to regain that energy, that vitality, that stamina and the focus.
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  And I find myself on a rollercoaster ride doing the most.
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  So in the next videos, because this is a series to kind of help you narrowing it in certain concepts that many doctors are not telling you.
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  You need to really deploy or implement to really feel your best.
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  Whatever the symptoms are, whatever the disease are, these are the things you need to consider.
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  The first thing that I ask this patient is that what are you responsible for?
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  This is not a blame game and feel sorry for yourself and victim mentality.
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  But I asked them like, what are you taking responsibility for?
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  When I was going through my journey eight years ago, I blamed the world, because I was bloated all of the time.
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  I was tired and sluggish all of the time.
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  I felt the worst.
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  And I was so miserable and anxious and depressed that I was asking myself what is life all about?
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  Why am I here?
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  I didn't understand the few concepts I'm going to discuss with you.
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  But the first thing I have to ask myself is what am I responsible for?
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  I'm not feeling my very best.
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  The gas and the bloatedness and abdominal pain not going away.
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  What am I doing in my day to day life?
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  What am I not doing for me to feel this way every single day?
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  Of course it is very hard to be honest with ourselves, Like many of us, that used to be me.
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  used to run away from the truth.
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  But when you sit down and you take responsibility for feeling the way you're feeling today, responsibility for your symptoms and a disease, then it's going to be easier for you to have self awareness and also go out there and find the solution that you've been looking for.
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  I was responsible For being gassy because I was eating the same food over and over again.
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  I was responsible for being bloated because I was not paying attention to the triggers that was causing the bloatedness.
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  The fatigue wasn't going away, the tiredness was increasing because I was doing the same thing every day.
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  It's like I was repeating the same thing over and over again.
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  It is something you're doing.
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  In your lifestyle, right now, something that you are eating, you put into your body that is causing these issues.
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  I tell my patients that symptoms are a gift from God.
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  It's a way of your body communicating with you, letting you know something is off and you need to stop everything that you're doing.
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  to go on an journey to identify the causes so that you can make changes.
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  But if you don't take responsibility, we blaming everyone or it's the doctor's fault or it's the medication fault is no, it doesn't work that way.
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  It starts with us, and it ends with us.
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  In order for you to heal your body, to feel your very best, to regain your energy, your stamina, your focus, to extend life, you really have to take, like, inventory.
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  On a day to day basis, and I know that's really hard to do, because we are so busy, we have other priorities, family we're taking care of, businesses that we're running, we have a career, we have jobs that we have to go to, so therefore we're not really paying attention to what the body's telling us.
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  You are doing something today, yesterday, a month ago, weeks ago, a year ago that's actually giving you the symptoms and the feelings that you're experiencing today.
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  Did you know that it takes at least a month for symptoms to develop intracellularly before you start feeling it?
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  So let's take headache for example, If you wake up tomorrow with a headache, the headache didn't happen overnight.
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  The headache has been happening silently, dormantly, internally, and now your body had enough.
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  Your cells have enough and now they're shooting out, information to let you know something is off wrong intracellularly.
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  What are you doing that's causing the headache?
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  What are you doing that's giving you the acid reflux?
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  How did we get this fancy diagnosis that now that we have to really take a medication or just these, expensive symptoms that are taking over your life, that literally dominating your life, making you feel miserable and not living the life that you so desire.
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  So when we take responsibility, we're like, Yeah, I'm doing something what am I eating?
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  What stressors am I faced with?
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  What am I not eliminating?
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  What toxicants am I putting into my body that's years later, months later, weeks later, causing me to feel this way?
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  Dr.
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  J, I have brain fog.
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  What do you think that is?
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  I'm anxious.
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  What do you think that is?
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  I am tired all of the time.
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  What do you think that is?
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  And they always come back and tell me, I don't know.
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  Of course you do.
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  You know, because you live with yourself every day you have to be doing something or exposed to something in your environment or drinking something, to feel the way you feel today Now another answer patients will tell me that I don't know what i'm doing.
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  I've been eating the same way for years I have the same lifestyle for years and I like my routine is the same for years And now i'm experiencing all this nagging, annoying symptoms and they are increasing.
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  I'm not sleeping.
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  I am fatigued.
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  My skin, the acne.
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  I look pregnant all of the time.
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  I cannot lose weight.
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  My hormones are imbalanced, I have an autoimmune condition that's literally, rampant in my body.
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  And, I don't know, because I haven't changed anything.
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  So there's a concept called compounding effect when it comes to your health.
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  So the things that you are doing is compounding to what you are feeling today.
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  The banking system, for example, if you go to the bank, my bank is Chase Bank.
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  And I deposited 5 and they are giving me 5 percent interest on the 5, So you did the math.
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  So the$5 ended up being a dollar,$2.
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  And then I wake up one day years later or months later and I'm looking at my account and I'm like, oh wow.
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  I have$500.
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  So that's the same thing with your health.
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  The things that you were doing years ago that weren't producing the symptoms you're experiencing today is actually piling up, Your lifestyle is contributing to the symptoms and it's piling up.
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  So if you wake up one day, it's like, I used to be healthy and now I'm sick.
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  And you confused, you don't understand.
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  And you're like, I don't know.
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  Like I'm been eating oatmeal and this never bothered me.
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  Now I'm having issues.
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  What is happening is compounding effect, the toxicants, the toxins are compiling up.
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  So again, when you take responsibilities for the thing you're doing today, the thing that you have been doing months ago, years ago, that's going to set you up on the path to success.
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  And guess what?
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  Nobody's going to come and save you.
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  Healing starts with you.
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  Healing starts up here.
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  Healing starts with self awareness.
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  Even if you find out what you are doing, you're like, okay, how do I fix this?
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  But at least you have the information to take back to your doctor to get the proper help.
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  If you go to your doctor and you have no clarity and you're confused, you're like, I don't know, I just wake up like this.
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  Well, what did you do?
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  I don't know.
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  Your doctor cannot help you.
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  You're not helping yourself and your doctor cannot help you.
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  But if you wake up, you're like, okay, 24 hours ago.
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  I was not feeling this way.
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  What did I do 24 hours ago?
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  What am I exposed to Because there's Always a cause to our feelings things do not magically happen in our bodies I know these are not hard to understand but these are the concepts That doctors are not discussing with you that many of us are not understanding that's causing us to be stuck and sick so I'm going to give you one last example and then we're gonna close this and then I'll tell you what is the next topic We're gonna be on our next videos because this is a series of how you can regain Your brain, body, and health to thrive in 2025, because we do not want to repeat 2024.
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  Now, if you are happy with the way 2024 is, continue, but I know there's always room for improvement.
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  And if you're just like me and my patients, you're ambitious, You are a professional.
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  You want to really address and eliminate fatigue, tiredness, exhaustion, so that you can regain energy, stamina, focus, so you can thrive and excel in life.
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  Because that's the whole purpose of us being on this planet, We're not here to suffer.
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  We're here to thrive.
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  And when you are thriving, the world is better.
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  Because you're able to contribute go after your dreams.
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  Help other people.
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  You're able to make a bigger impact.
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  But if you're sick, you're sick.
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  And you're tired and you're foggy, you forgetfulness and you're pushing through the day, the people that are depending on you, I mean, are you really a hundred percent present for them?
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  No.
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  So one more example.
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  I saw a patient two days ago She is coming to me because she's been experiencing constipation and we need to move our bowels every day.
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  If you eat every day, you need to eliminate every day.
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  So this patient came to me because years of constipation.
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  Every two days.
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  And she was like, Oh, so every two days is normal.
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  And then went from every two days to every three days to her taking a laxative to move her bowels.
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  She's at the point now, she's bloated all of the time and she's feeling pressure in her lower abdominal because of her being constipated is affecting her energy.
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  She cannot perform at her job.
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  She cannot really be the person she wants to be because she's always tired, low self esteem issues with her body image you can see that little pouch, Like she's pregnant, like I used to be.
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  So that's taking a toll on how she presents herself to the world.
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  She went to her GI doctor and they did a colonoscopy and they found that she has a lot of polyps.
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  A lot of inflammation and then they prescribe a laxative, but she's like, I don't want to take the laxative.
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  I've been taking laxatives for years.
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  They do not work.
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  I want a solution to this.
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  So I'm talking to her and we're going over her intake form.
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  I'm going over her food journal because that's what we do right in our practice.
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  So I'm asking her this question.
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  I'm like, okay, so I understand you have issues with gas bloating.
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  Now she's getting acid reflux.
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  So her symptoms are increasing.
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  They are becoming worse.
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  And she's like, I'm tired.
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  I want relief.
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  I want to feel great again.
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  I don't want to not socialize because of how I look.
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  So you want this to be resolved?
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  And it is so.
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  easy to resolve it, Because I'm the gut doctor and I can help her identify the root causes to her digestive issues.
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  She's like, I don't know where I'm getting these symptoms.
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  My diet is clean, I don't do fast foods, I'm exercising, I put so much effort in drinking a lot of water, I make sure I have fiber and everything, she's like, I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing.
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  But when we dissect her food journal, she's eaten a lot of oats and grains.
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  She has a lot of carbs.
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  Granted, healthy carbs.
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  I had to help her dismantle all beliefs so that she can understand that whatever she's putting into her mouth is her stress at her job, not having a good stress management process, is contributing to the way she's feeling.
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  When she understands this concept, that she is responsible for her symptoms today, and then until she's actually looking at her life, Like, with a microscope, with her life, she'll never get a full complete resolution of these issues.
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  And it was a hard pill to swallow because when I went on my journey, I was diagnosed with SIBO and nothing was working until I took a step back.
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  And look, I'm like, okay, this has to be me.
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  It starts with me.
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  I didn't go somewhere, another country, another place to say, Hey, give me tiredness and fatigue and ingestion.
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  It's something that I'm doing to myself.
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  I had to take responsibility for all this.
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  And then can I tell you a secret?
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  After I took responsibility for this, I felt relief because I understood that I am the only one that can heal myself.
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  Now, of course you can get help of the doctors, but doctors are there.
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  To partner up with you.
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  They are partners on this journey with you.
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  We do not Transfer our care to doctors.
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  we hired them to guide us But you're still on the driver's seat of your health how did we get from being healthy to being sick?
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  How did we get from having headache once a month to having a migraine every week?
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  How did we get from clearer skin to eczema and acne?
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  How?
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  You got to take responsibility.
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  If you are new to my platform, I forgot to introduce myself.
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  My name is Dr.
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  Jennifer Jensee.
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  I am a functional medicine doctor.
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  I've been called the wood cause doctor and I help ambitious women eliminate chronic fatigue.
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  Exhaustion overwhelms so that they can increase, regain energy, stamina, focus to excel in life.
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  If that's you, this is the platform for you.
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  If you're looking for a doctor to work with you to help you identify the root causes of whatever's going on with you, you'll see a few links below.
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  You can schedule a consultation, send us an email, but I am here to help you.
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  On the next video, I am going to discuss the mindset necessary to heal your body in 2025.
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  I thought I just have to pop a pill, let me pop a pill and I should be healthy.
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  I was popping the pill and I wasn't being healthy, stay tuned for the next video.
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  I'm going to show you the mindset you need to hold on to, employ, implement, think of, consider, and also how to be consistent.
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  How to be consistent so that you can feel your very best.
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  When I say feeling your best, like the mental clarity, the mental alertness, the stamina, the focus, the vitality, the endurance, the energy that you need to thrive.
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  Health is a journey.
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  There's no destination.
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  There is not a destination, my friend, but once you learn about your body and these things, this concept I'm going to discuss with you, you're going to really learn about yourself and see, I'm feeling this way.
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  I need to do this.
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  And those are the skills that many of us are not learning right now.
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  Implementing, that's keeping us at the mercy of a pill, whether it's a medication or a supplement.
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  So thank you so much for watching this video.
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  I am so excited for this series.
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  I, ask that you share it because all the people are looking to improve in 2025.
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  We are humans.
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  We are designed to evolve.
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  We are not designed to keep repeating the same thing over.
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  It's boring.
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  You're gonna give up.
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  You're gonna fail.
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  Alright, so I'll see you guys on the next video.
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  Bye Congratulations.
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  You just completed another podcast episode.
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  I am so proud of you because you are dedicated.
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  Committed to improve your health and feel your very best.
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  But before you go check the show notes below to see what other resources and all this.
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  we have available to help you on this journey.
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  That will help me reach so many others like us.
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  Like you that are struggling and searching for this information.
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  I remember we are in this together.
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  Sharing is caring and thank you in advance until then I'll see you on the next episode.