Why Can’t I Get Better? The 3 Foundations That May Be Keeping You Stuck — Gut, Stress & Sleep | E173

🎒 Back-to-school season puts extra demands on the whole family. Support your health this fall with physician-vetted, foundational supplements from Richmond Integrative & Functional Medicine. Get 25% off Back-to-School Support while the seasonal offer lasts. https://richmondfunctionalmedicine.com/lp/back-to-school-2026/In this episode of Made for Health, Dr. Aaron Hartman begins a new series with a question he hears almost every day: “Why am I not getting better?”You may be doing everything you think you’re supposed to do. You’ve seen doctors and specialists. You’ve changed your diet, tried supplements, addressed your diagnosis, and worked hard on your health. Maybe you’ve improved 20%, 40%, or even 60%—but then something happens. Progress stops, symptoms linger, and you feel stuck.Before jumping to more complicated possibilities like mold, Lyme disease, mast cell issues, hormones, or advanced testing, Dr. Hartman argues that it’s worth returning to the foundations. In his clinical experience, three of the most commonly overlooked areas are gut health, stress, and sleep.He explores how nutrition, the microbiome, food reactivity, detoxification, stress and trauma, nervous-system regulation, and restorative sleep can influence the healing process. The goal isn't simply to chase the newest health trend. It's to identify what may be blocking progress, address what's lacking, and build a stronger foundation for healing.Key Topics CoveredWhy people can make significant progress and then suddenly get stuckThe danger of chasing the newest health trend or treatmentWhy foundational health still matters in complex chronic illnessGut health and the microbiomeReal food versus highly processed foodFood sensitivities and immune reactivityProtein, minerals, and nutrition in detoxificationPrebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, polyphenols, and fiberChronic stress and its impact on healingHealth-related and healthcare-related stressTrauma and nervous-system dysregulationEMDR, tapping, somatic therapy, and parts therapyThe default mode network and established brain patternsWhy sleep is essential for repair and recoveryDeep sleep, REM sleep, memory, and nervous-system regulationWhy the basics should come before more complex interventionsFollow Dr. Aaron Hartman and Richmond Integrative & Functional Medicine🌐 Website: https://richmondfunctionalmedicine.com/🎒 Back-to-School 2026: Back-to-School Bundle📺 YouTube: @AaronHartmanMDMentioned in this episode:25% Off Back to School Support for ParentsBack to school asks a lot of parents, too. Support your body through the season with three physician-reviewed, foundation-first essentials: Twice Daily Multi, Quercetin + Nettles, and NAC. For a limited time, save 25% on the Back to School Support Bundle. Visit the link below ⬇️ Shop the Back to School SaleBack to School Support for Parents25% Off Back to School Support for ParentsBack to school asks a lot of parents, too. Support your body through the season with three physician-reviewed, foundation-first essentials: Twice Daily Multi, Quercetin + Nettles, and NAC. For a limited time, save 25% on the Back to School Support Bundle. Visit the link below ⬇️ Shop the Back to School SaleBack to School Support for Parents