Your Gut IS Your Mental Health: And if you're addressing the brain and ignoring the gut, you're missing the picture.

A conversation on her podcast with gut guru Dr Steven Gundry literally changed her life. It set Shawna on a new trajectory to research, learn and join the dots about her Dad’s health condition. This was now personal.Dementia. It’s a cruel neuro-degenerative condition of the brain for which there is currently no cure. All we ultimately have to offer those with it, is comfort.Shawna’s Dad had been diagnosed with Dementia - early onset Alzheimer's later amended to Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). He’d also been experiencing IBS and other gut and gastrointestinal issues.The Gut:Brain ConnectionThere is a tonne of knowledge, insights and experience Shawna brings to this conversation, together with practical tips and know-how.In this chat we talk about:* What the Gut:Brain Connection is.* How to look after it .* What harms it.Helping you to age with power is why we wanted to bring this conversation to you. To encourage you to be your own health advocate and take back your agency.Because there are gaps we have to fill. Dots we must connect, to live a long and equally healthy life. For your brain health. For future you.Understanding the Gut:Brain connection and how to optimise that powerful communication superhighway, may provide ways to do just that.Where to From Here?Shawna can be found here on Substack - Third Spark Health. She’s going all in and dedicating the month of March to gut health.Gut health lessons, recipes, shopping lists and more; information and practical tools to work with.Your gut has been talking, it’s time to listen :)About Shawna Robins:Shawna is an international best-selling author of 2 books - Powerful Sleep – Rest Deeply, Repair Your Brain and Restore Your Life, and Irresistibly Healthy – Simple Strategies to Feel Vibrant, Alive, Healthy and Full of Energy Again.She’s is founder and CEO of Third Spark, an online wellness hub for women who want to reset their sleep, create healthier habits and change their lives.Shawna is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.Shawna has been featured on several podcasts and in Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, and The Huffington Post.…she’s fabulous!Thank you to everyone who tuned into our live video and for tuning into our conversation now. We hope you find it helpful.If you did, share the love! Maybe there is someone you know who would benefit from watching/listening, please share it with them.Join us for our next live video in the app.Anita xxp.s. if the sound cuts out for you (as it did for me when listening back) I found it helpful to hit the sound mute on/off button (at the bottom of the video windo. At times I do mute myself to save you from listening to my annoying cough. Ugh.See you next week! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit midlifeunfiltered.substack.com