172. ALISON MARRAS: Trading hustle for healthy + loving your body from the inside-out.

This week we have Alison Marras returning to the show.   My girl is an incredible nutritional therapy practitioner. After being diagnosed with PCOS and Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Disease, Alison put her illness into remission (plus gave birth to a beautiful baby girl) by transforming her diet + lifestyle. Now she’s passionate about helping others find enjoyable holistic healing and overcome the exhaustion of restrictive diets + fitness fads. She has an abundance of knowledge designed to empower your health journey.   This conversation is an epic starting point. We touch on many topics that will help integrate your own experiences + outline the shifts you can begin making today. In this episode we dive into: Stabilizing your nervous system for increased rest + digest regeneration How to optimize your vagal tone + HRV to promote a parasympathetic state + help the body recover The fight, flight, freeze, fawn responses + the significant impact they have on your gut health Various environmental, food, and topical toxins that could be triggering hidden health issues (plus a step-by-step start to the substitutions that isn’t an overwhelming process) The importance of loving yourself through healing + treating your body like the teammate it is This conversation holds so much comprehensive value to encourage the inches that make the mile on your lifelong path to health. Let us know how this episode impacted you via IG in the comments, DMs + story shares and tagging @foodbymars +@blackbeltbeauty  -- we LOVE connecting with you.  If you haven’t already, please give this podcast a 5-star rating + review. My team and I SO appreciate the support! Enjoy! Xx   CONNECT WITH ALISON  INSTAGRAM: @foodbymars WEBSITE: https://foodbymars.com/about/