In this podcast Dr. Emily shares her personal story, her journey to functional medicine and the one component in the functional medicine philosophy of treatment that is absolutely critical to address to improve overall health….STRESS!! Dr. Emily states “If stress is high I can give supplements all day long but nothing is going to change”
Dr. Emily and our very own Health Coach Karen Bush talk about how stress affects the body, the gut microbiome and leaky gut, appropriate testing, adaptogenic herbs, lifestyle tools to shift the stress response, mindset shift and learning to listen to your body and how trauma and chronic stress can stay in your body and how to address that as well. Listen to podcast here.