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Send us Fan MailEpisode #76 | Metabolic Wellbeing without the BSThis week, I’m joined by Dr Tracey Evans, and this is a conversation that cuts through a lot of the noise around mental health.🧠 Brain health and mental health are not separate. Yet we talk about them as if they are.Tracey works at the intersection of neuroscience, stress physiology, and lived experience—helping people optimise the structural and functional health of their brain alongside emotional and mental wellbeing. The result? People who move beyond survival mode and start truly engaging with life again—personally and professionally.After reaching her own crisis point following cycles of high performance and burnout, Tracey recognised a pattern many of us know too well: 👉 coping 👉 pushing 👉 functioning …but not really living.From this, she developed the NeuroBalance Triad™—a practical framework that translates complex neuroscience into something actionable, restoring self-agency and encouraging early intervention before the stress response system takes over.We unpack why chronic stress isn’t a personal failure. The nervous system adapts when load exceeds capacity and recovery is missing. That adaptation is natural—but left unchecked, it has real biological and psychological consequences.If you want more agency over your brain and mental health—and fewer platitudes—this episode is for you.🎧 Listen now 📌 Follow Dr Tracey Evans 📩 Reach out if personalised, evidence-based mentoring resonatesNo BS. Just science, honesty, and tools that actually help.Support the showMetabolic Wellbeing Without the BS  Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.Sponsored by Unicity