The Health Courage Collective

Christina Hackett
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  • Alternative Health
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The Health Courage Collective Podcast is for women who are too busy to slog through hours of generalized, inapplicable and often contradictory health information, but too smart to ignore that a few minutes of focused attention now can prevent years of suffering in the future. Hosted by Christina Hackett - a pharmacist who doesn’t want you to live on prescriptions, a certified coach specifically trained to maximize your potential, and a compulsive learner obsessed with preventative, cutting edge, holistic and integrative medicine. Take a few minutes a week to increase your physical and mental resilience so you can fearlessly look forward to your next 40 plus years, age like a pro, and have fun doing it! Episodes are brief and publish every Wednesday.

  1. 2d ago

    278: Make Being Your Best Self Easier

    Some people seem naturally less reactive and more at peace, and that “adaptive capacity” or distress tolerance is influenced not just by mindset, but by biology that can change day to day. Using Sojourner Truth as an example of calm, dignified resilience under extreme hostility, the script argues that it becomes more effortless to act like your ideal self when your cells and brain are supported with adequate nutrition, better glucose and insulin function, healthy mitochondria, and effective waste removal through the liver, kidneys, and GI tract. It also highlights how environmental toxins can add burden, while regular movement, strength training, posture, and reducing chronic pain can widen your tolerance window and improve mood related neurotransmitters. Hormone balance, especially estradiol’s broad effects on neurotransmitters and neural circuits, plus sleep and cortisol, also shapes how well you self regulate during stress.  Sojourner Truth:https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth 00:00 Why Zen Feels Effortless 01:07 Adaptive Capacity Explained 02:25 Sojourner Truth Example 05:29 Biology Shapes Behavior 06:41 Fueling Your Cells 07:14 Metabolism And Mood 08:40 Waste And Toxins Load 10:39 Movement Builds Resilience 14:23 Posture Pain And Presence 15:18 Hormones And Brain Chemistry 17:39 Sleep Stress And Cortisol 18:00 Closing Takeaways 19:42 Wrap Up And Disclaimer Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    278: Make Being Your Best Self Easier

  2. Oct 21

    277: Use AI to Change How You Age (part 2)

    AI is changing how we work, shop, think, and make decisions. But do you want it to change the way you age? If you learn how to use it wisely, AI can become a kind of VIP health concierge, helping you think through women’s health and menopause questions, organize information, analyze health data, explore different perspectives, prepare for medical appointments, and make better decisions about your health after 40. But the most impactful way to use AI for your health may not be to get more information faster. It may be to use it to become a better human. In this episode, I share 8 practical tips for getting much more out of your health and wellness conversations with AI. You’ll learn why context matters more than the perfect prompt, how to ask AI for different medical and health perspectives, how to make it argue for and against an idea, how to challenge its conclusions and your own assumptions, how to narrow an overwhelming list of possibilities, and how to give AI a clear goal instead of letting it decide what matters for you. Most importantly, I’ll show you how to use AI as a thinking partner and Socratic health coach that asks you better questions, helps you see what you’re missing, and helps you make more informed decisions about personalized health and longevity rather than simply telling you what to do. We’ll also talk about the very real problems with using AI for health, including made-up information, false confidence, overwhelm, and protecting your personal information. AI can be an amazing tool for helping you optimize your health and age more healthfully, but only if you remember what it is, what it isn’t, and how to use the best of what a machine can do alongside the best of what you can do as a uniquely human human. AIso to try: Chat GPT,  Gemini,  Claude, Amazon Health AI, GroqCloud, OpenRouter, Hugging Face Inference API, and Google AI Studio Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    277: Use AI to Change How You Age (part 2)

  3. Oct 14

    276: Use AI to Change How You Age (part 1)

    AI is changing how we work, shop, think, and make decisions. But do you want it to change the way you age? If you learn how to use it wisely, AI can become a kind of VIP health concierge, helping you think through women’s health and menopause questions, organize information, analyze health data, explore different perspectives, prepare for medical appointments, and make better decisions about your health after 40. But the most impactful way to use AI for your health may not be to get more information faster. It may be to use it to become a better human. In this episode, I share 8 practical tips for getting much more out of your health and wellness conversations with AI. You’ll learn why context matters more than the perfect prompt, how to ask AI for different medical and health perspectives, how to make it argue for and against an idea, how to challenge its conclusions and your own assumptions, how to narrow an overwhelming list of possibilities, and how to give AI a clear goal instead of letting it decide what matters for you. Most importantly, I’ll show you how to use AI as a thinking partner and Socratic health coach that asks you better questions, helps you see what you’re missing, and helps you make more informed decisions about personalized health and longevity rather than simply telling you what to do. We’ll also talk about the very real problems with using AI for health, including made-up information, false confidence, overwhelm, and protecting your personal information. AI can be an amazing tool for helping you optimize your health and age more healthfully, but only if you remember what it is, what it isn’t, and how to use the best of what a machine can do alongside the best of what you can do as a uniquely human human. AIso to try: Chat GPT,  Gemini,  Claude, Amazon Health AI, GroqCloud, OpenRouter, Hugging Face Inference API, and Google AI Studio Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    276: Use AI to Change How You Age (part 1)

  4. Oct 7

    275: Ways to Test Your Hormones in Perimenopause

    Should you test your sex hormones during perimenopause? What can a hormone test actually tell you, and which type of test is most useful?In this episode, we look at the different ways you can test your hormones, including blood, saliva, DUTCH urine testing, and at-home urine hormone tracking, and what each one can and cannot tell you. We’ll talk about the limitations of testing estradiol and progesterone during the constantly changing hormonal landscape of perimenopause, why FSH and LH may be worth paying attention to, and why understanding your hormone levels is about more than simply knowing whether you are "in range."We’ll also take a closer look at DUTCH testing and hormone metabolism, including estrogen metabolites, testosterone, DHEA, cortisol, melatonin, and the relationships between your hormones. Finally, we’ll talk about at-home hormone testing with tools such as Inito and Mira and how these tests might help you understand your individual hormonal patterns.If you want to be more informed about your perimenopause, hormone replacement therapy, and the options available for understanding what your hormones are actually doing, this episode will help you know what your testing options are. Inito home hormone tracker Mira home hormone tracker Oova home hormone tracker Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    275: Ways to Test Your Hormones in Perimenopause

  5. Sep 30

    274: Fixing Your Health isn't the Same as Fixing Your Symptoms

    In this episode, we’re talking about one of the biggest mistakes we can make with our health: treating the leaves instead of looking at the roots. Symptoms, abnormal lab results, and health problems are often treated as problems to be fixed, but what if they’re actually clues pointing to something more meaningful? Let’s remind ourselves why a root-cause approach to health can change the way we think about everything from chronic symptoms to the changes that start showing up in midlife. Instead of simply managing problems as they appear, learn how to start asking better questions about why they’re happening in the first place so you can build a healthier body from the roots up and give yourself a better chance of aging well. my website: www.healthcouragecollective.com Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    274: Fixing Your Health isn't the Same as Fixing Your Symptoms

  6. Sep 23

    273: Know What to do at the Gym

    You deserve to know whether what you’re doing in the gym is a waste of your precious time and energy, or something that will actually gift you more time and energy in the future.  And how to best make it something you actually enjoy and that realistically fits within the constraints of your reality.   Let's make sure you know what a good exercise routine for a woman in her 40s or 50s is and where to get started. www.healthcouragecollective.com Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    273: Know What to do at the Gym

  7. Sep 16

    272: Why are Doctors so Divided About Hormone Testing?

    How to work with your perimenopausal hormones in a way that prevents or drastically delays the chronic diseases of aging shouldn’t be a hidden secret or controversial or confusing or seen as a matter of opinion or only available to people with the finances to self pay for services not covered by insurance.  But for now it is. So, what’s the deal?  Why don’t medical providers agree about the value of testing sex hormones around the time of menopause? www.healthcouragecollective.com Link to North American Menopause Society’s 2022 Official Hormone Therapy Position Statement: https://menopause.org/wp-content/uploads/professional/nams-2022-hormone-therapy-position-statement.pdf ACOG faq page: https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/hormone-therapy-for-menopause iPolish Digital Press on Nails: https://ipolish.fashion/?srsltid=AfmBOop9LljxZfdtRvwTpZmMhgdStAlVjYQbnn0G7T-rozoGs7NL9I45 Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    272: Why are Doctors so Divided About Hormone Testing?

  8. Sep 9

    271: The Muscle Building Rules Change After 40

    One of the biggest drivers of the long, slow rot model of aging is the loss of muscle mass that accompanies aging.  There are forces at play that drive that age-related muscle loss.  But once you know about them, you can take countermeasures to overcome them and persist into old age with more autonomy and possibilities than people who don’t deliberately age with anabolic resistance in mind.   Not affiliate Links: Buy Fortagen amino acids here $105 for 45 servings roughly equivalent to 50 gm protein each - aa blend enhanced for anabolic growth.  Fasting and keto friendly.  Do not take with other protein sources. Buy Kion essential amino acids here $50 for 30 servings - roughly equivalent to 18 gm protein each.  Ok to combine with other protein sources. Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    271: The Muscle Building Rules Change After 40
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The Health Courage Collective Podcast is for women who are too busy to slog through hours of generalized, inapplicable and often contradictory health information, but too smart to ignore that a few minutes of focused attention now can prevent years of suffering in the future. Hosted by Christina Hackett - a pharmacist who doesn’t want you to live on prescriptions, a certified coach specifically trained to maximize your potential, and a compulsive learner obsessed with preventative, cutting edge, holistic and integrative medicine. Take a few minutes a week to increase your physical and mental resilience so you can fearlessly look forward to your next 40 plus years, age like a pro, and have fun doing it! Episodes are brief and publish every Wednesday.

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