Holistic Health Heroes
The Holistic Health Heroes Podcast is for health seekers who know it’s time to become your own health advocate!
Together, we will strive to answer the question, “How will you maintain your health in an increasingly toxic world?”
From superfoods and supplements to gadgets and lifestyle hacks, we’ll explore a full spectrum of holistic health modalities.
Sharing stories from natural product founders, we aim to give a behind-the-scenes look into the natural products entrepreneurial journey as well.
Host, Kery Knutson now works as a marketing consultant so she can help others tell their brand story. On her own health journey she was certified as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Wellcoach and Yoga Teacher. She’s also co-owner of her family’s health food store, Nature’s Garden of Naples (which is a sponsor of this show!)
Holistic Health Heroes
Ep 35: The Nervous System, Sympathetic Dominance and Somatic Therapies: Key Missing Ingredients to Healing and Optimal Health
Even if you're doing nutrition right and sleeping well you might be missing a key ingredient to optimal health.... the nervous system. If you have a dysregulated nervous system you may be stuck in "fight-or-flight" which will make it difficult to heal and achieve optimal health. Signals to look out for include:
- Constantly on edge and overwhelmed
- Frequently snappy, irritable, and reactive
- Experiencing chronic pain and illness
- Highly sensitive to sensory stimuli
- Experience sleep problems and daytime fatigue
- Having chronic attention and concentration problems
- Have cravings and extreme appetite changes
- Have immune and Hormonal Symptoms
- Skin and Gut Conditions
- Highly sensitive to other people’s emotional states
In this episode I share various somatic therapies to explore to help support the parasympathetic and vagus nerve so you can get out of sympathetic dominance and heal.
I also mention a few vitamins and herbs that support the nervous system. My favorite is GabaEase which you can find at https://ngvitamins.com/
NOTE: This information contained is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or health condition. Please consult a qualified health professional if you do have a medical condition. The information on this podcast represents the opinions of the hosts and guests.