79. Gut Healing IS Nervous System Healing with Vital-Side member & Functional Nutritionist, Lindsay Christensen

Themes: Nervous System Health, Gut Health, Gut-Brain Connection/Axis, Brain Retraining, Functional Nutrition Could your gut-brain axis be affecting how well you are healing from chronic symptoms? In this episode, Cait & Lindsay have a conversation with functional nutritionist Lindsay Christensen about the connection between our guts and our brains- how important it really is, how to know if it's compromised, and targeted ways to begin balancing it. Lindsay Christensen has a deep passion for helping clients reclaim their health. Lindsay has her B.S. in Biomedical Science, her M.S. in Human Nutrition, is a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS), and a Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist. At a young age, Lindsay began her own journey with complex illnesses, including Lyme disease and severe gut health challenges, which ultimately led her to discover the healing power of functional medicine and nutrition. In her functional nutrition practice, Ascent to Health, Lindsay helps clients with Lyme disease, mold illness, autoimmune diseases, and mast cell activation disorder (MCAS) reclaim their health using functional nutrition and lifestyle changes so they can live their lives to the fullest! Show Notes: -An introduction to Lindsay: her personal experience with illnesses including lyme, mold illness, and mast cell activation syndrome; how brain retraining helped her when traditional treatments were not working; her path to functional nutrition -Lindsay's transformation from being restricted to four foods to reframing food as freedom; why eliminating/restricting food has a time and place, but is only a temporary solution -What exactly the gut-brain axis is, how it works, and what it affects in the body -How brain retraining creates safety in your body, and therefore around food, which can help balance out your gut-brain axis; the physiological changes that happen during this process -Some tangible tools of how you can start repairing your own gut-brain axis now -Discovering and focusing on your "why"; the life you want to live, and how you want your relationship with food to be Resources: -Visit Lindsay Christensen's website here -Follow Lindsay Christensen on Facebook here, and on Instagram here -Click here to check out Lindsay Christensen's Lyme Disease 101 course -Cait's Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait's Website -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay's Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay's Website Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer