Love Your Gut

Dr. Heather Finley
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Love Your Gut, hosted by Dr. Heather Finley, is helping thousands of women get to the root cause of their symptoms and redefine their gut health. After years of struggling with her own health issues, Dr. Heather Finley completed a doctorate in Clinical Nutrition and has been on a mission ever since to help women find life changing and lasting solutions for their digestive issues. She’s the doctor everyone comes to after every other treatment, regimen, and protocol has failed them. Dr. Heather Finley provides real results with her cutting edge holistic methodology and she’s giving you the inside scoop on how to finally heal every week. It’s time to love your gut, so your gut will love you back.

  1. 2d ago

    EP. 132: Why we use HTMA Testing (Often Before We Touch The Gut)

    Your client has done everything you asked. She’s finished the antimicrobials, tried the elemental diet and low FODMAP, and she’s still constipated, bloated, and exhausted. So what are you missing? In Part 2 of the practitioner series, Dr. Heather shares the story of Sara, a client who came to her team after six SIBO protocols. She also explains why the next move for your most stuck clients may not be in the gut at all. Dr. Heather covers why HTMA has become one of the first tests her practice runs, and she takes on the two objections practitioners raise most about it. She also shares which test she’d pick if a client could only afford one, and the answer may surprise you. What you’ll learn in this episode: What Sara’s HTMA showed that six protocols missedWhy so many GI protocols stallHow Dr. Heather responds to “HTMA isn’t validated”How minerals point you to where to look nextWhich functional test she’d choose if a client could only afford oneMentioned in this episode: Ep. 116 What an HTMA Test Actually RevealsEp. 131 (When Low FODMAP Stops Working)Have you ever looked at a complicated client and thought, “I don’t know where to start”?  Join Dr. Heather live for The HTMA Edge on November 6th at 12pm CT. You'll learn the top 3 use cases for HTMA and leave with a skillset to apply immediately!  Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

  2. Oct 23

    Ep. 131: When Low FODMAP Stops Working: Your Next Move With Complex GI Clients

    Have you ever sat across from a complicated client and thought, “I don’t even know where to start”? You’re in good company.  More than a third of the clinicians who applied to gutPractitioner wrote some version of that same sentence.  In part one of this practitioner series, Dr. Heather covers what that thought actually points to, and why it shows up even for dietitians with years of training.  She explains why low FODMAP, fiber, probiotics, and magnesium work best as tools inside a plan, how a framework gives your clinical judgment something to stand on, and why so many failed protocols come down to timing.  She also offers a new way to look at client compliance, and shares how two gutPractitioner clinicians, Tyler and Christa, went from feeling stuck with complex GI cases to feeling like experts in their field. If you aren’t a practitioner, this episode can still help you know what to look for in the next provider you work with. Join Dr. Heather Live on Nov 6th for "Your HTMA Edge". Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

  3. Oct 15

    Ep. 130: Sticky, Floating, or Hard to Pass? What Your Poop Is Telling You Before You Ever Run a Test

    Have you ever looked down before flushing and thought, “That doesn’t look right”? Most women do, and then they move on with their day. In this episode, Dr. Heather explains why every trip to the bathroom is a report card on how your digestion is working, from your stomach all the way down. After 20 years of her own gut issues and more than 1,000 clients, Dr. Heather has seen the same patterns again and again. Women do everything right, with the fiber, the magnesium and the probiotics, and still don’t get relief. She uses a simple assembly line analogy to explain why the order you work in matters, shares the story of a past client who went from five safe foods to ordering at restaurants without checking the menu first, and covers where stool testing like the GI Map fits in. You’ll also get a week of poop homework to bring to Behind the Bloat on October 23. What you’ll learn in this episode: How to use the Bristol Stool Chart and the other details worth noticingWhat sticky, greasy or floating stool can point toCommon reasons for hard, pellet-like stoolWhy your clues point to where you should startWhen a stool test like the GI Map is most usefulEpisodes Referenced in this episode:  Ep. 69: Is Your Poop Greasy, Sticky, or Floating? It Might Be a Bile ProblemEp. 108: Why You’re Still Constipated: The Low Stomach Acid Connection No One Talks AboutHave you ever looked at a complicated client and thought, “I don’t know where to start”?  Join Dr. Heather live for The HTMA Edge on November 6th at 12pm CT. You'll learn the top 3 use cases for HTMA and leave with a skillset to apply immediately!  Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

  4. Oct 9

    Ep. 129: Why Busy, High-Achieving Women Freeze on Their Own Health

    Is there a gut protocol sitting in your inbox right now, or a supplement order still in the box on your counter? If you’ve been calling yourself lazy or undisciplined for not starting, this episode offers a more accurate explanation. Dr. Heather explains functional freeze, a nervous system state that lets you keep up with work, family, and every deadline while the one thing that’s just for you stays untouched. She shares her own story of staying stuck for months on a decision she already knew she needed to make, and explains why years of protocols that didn’t work can teach your body that hope is risky. She also covers how this same protective state affects digestion, and why more willpower tends to keep you stuck. You’ll walk away with five simple ways to start moving again, gently. What you’ll learn in this episode: The three nervous system states and what freeze actually isHow functional freeze hides behind productivityWhy repeated failed protocols make starting again so hardHow your nervous system state affects digestionFive small steps to help you get unstuckIf you’ve been sitting on a decision to get support for your gut, gutTogether pairs functional testing with a practitioner in your corner, check-ins along the way, and (in VIP) weekly live calls and nervous system coaching. Learn more and apply with this link.  Have you ever looked at a complicated client and thought, “I don’t know where to start”?  Join Dr. Heather live for The HTMA Edge on November 6th at 12pm CT. You'll learn the top 3 use cases for HTMA and leave with a skillset to apply immediately!  Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

  5. Oct 2

    Ep. 128: Why did my results not last? (constipation, SIBO bloating, low ferritin, etc)

    You felt amazing after the antibiotics, the iron infusion, or the SIBO protocol, and then six months later your symptoms were right back where they started.  On todays episode, Dr. Heather explains why results fade even when the protocol worked. She also covers why more information so often leads to more confusion, and shares a personal story about what actually created lasting change in her own life this year. What you'll learn in this episode: Why a protocol can work and still not lastThe three places Dr. Heather looks for the "leak" in recurring gut symptomsHow the nervous system affects your ability to hold onto resultsHow to tell when discomfort means change course and when it means keep goingWhat lasting gut health actually looks like during travel, stress, and the holidaysMentioned in this episode: Episode 65 (for a deeper look at motility and minerals) Have you ever looked at a complicated client and thought, “I don’t know where to start”?  Join Dr. Heather live for The HTMA Edge on November 6th at 12pm CT. You'll learn the top 3 use cases for HTMA and leave with a skillset to apply immediately!  Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

  6. Sep 23

    Ep. 127: Who's Eating Your Iron? 3 Hidden Reasons Your Ferritin Won't Budge

    What if something else is getting to your iron before you do? This week, Dr. Heather picks up where last week's episode left off. She explains why your iron panel works like a balance sheet: it can show you what's in the account, but it can't always show you who's spending it. Then she walks through the three hidden suspects she looks for first when a client's ferritin refuses to budge. One of them is among the most common infections in the world, and most people who have it never know. They can all go unnoticed for years, and none of them show up on a standard iron panel. You'll learn: Why "absorption is the problem" is a correct conclusion that still leaves most women stuckThe three suspects that can quietly drain your iron, and the clues that point to each oneWhy your body sometimes hides iron from you on purposeWhy treating off a symptom list can make things worse, and what order of testing makes sense insteadHave you ever looked at a complicated client and thought, “I don’t know where to start”?  Join Dr. Heather live for The HTMA Edge on November 6th at 12pm CT. You'll learn the top 3 use cases for HTMA and leave with a skillset to apply immediately!  Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

  7. Sep 17

    Ep. 126: You've Been Taking Iron for 2 Years For Low Ferritin. Here's What This Is Telling You

    Dr. Heather's ferritin was 9 four months postpartum, and she had a doctorate in clinical nutrition at the time. She still couldn't fix her own labs, and she spent months doing exactly what you've been doing: assuming she had the wrong iron rather than the wrong theory.  This episode takes apart the belief that almost every woman with low ferritin is operating under. Low ferritin, therefore more iron. It's the most reasonable belief available, it's what your doctor believes, and for some women it works perfectly. If you're still listening to podcasts about your ferritin, you're not one of those women.  Dr. Heather explains how ferritin works like savings, and taking iron is making a deposit. You can walk into the bank every week and hand them twenty dollars, and if you're spending more than you earn, your savings will not grow.  Then she covers the three places the deposit disappears, plus the reframe for anyone who finishes this episode feeling like they wasted two years and four hundred dollars on supplements.  What you'll learn in this episode: Why the belief that iron fixes low ferritin keeps women stuck for years, and how it converts every failure into a reason to try the same thing againWhat your ferritin number actually reports, and why it can't tell you anything about the cause on its ownThe three places your iron goes missingWhy some women feel worse on high-dose iron rather than betterThe four blood markers to hold out for if your provider will only run a handfulKeep listening Start with Dr. Heather's Story Ep. 99: Why Iron Wasn't the Answer for My Low Ferritin The full Iron & Ferritin Series Ep. 112: Why You're Not Absorbing Iron (Even If You Are Supplementing) Ep. 113: Why Your Iron Is Stuck & Ferritin Is High Ep. 114: How Jessica Increased Her Ferritin by 20 Points in 2 Months  More on where the deposit disappears Ep. 100: Why Constipation Is Blocking Your Iron Ep. 108: Why You're Still Constipated: The Low Stomach Acid Connection Ep. 104: The Hidden Link Between SIBO, Iron & Ferritin  More on the minerals that move it Ep. 125: Iron, Copper, and Gut Irony Roundtable Ep. 121: Why Minerals Fix What Protocols Can't with Lisa Pitel-Killah Have you ever looked at a complicated client and thought, “I don’t know where to start”?  Join Dr. Heather live for The HTMA Edge on November 6th at 12pm CT. You'll learn the top 3 use cases for HTMA and leave with a skillset to apply immediately!  Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

  8. Sep 4

    Ep. 125: Iron, Copper, and Gut Irony Roundtable Discussion

    Round two with the gutTogether team. Macy and Tyler are back, and this time we're talking about the iron and ferritin cases that have filled our caseload for the last six to eight months. If you've taken iron for months and watched your ferritin barely budge, or you've had an infusion and ended up with brand new GI symptoms, this conversation explains exactly why that isl.  We get into the iron recycling system, why copper and ceruloplasmin quietly run the whole operation, what gut infections do with the iron you take, and why ferritin sometimes drops before it climbs.  Plus the question we get in our inbox constantly: should I just get the infusion? Timestamps  01:50 Pattern one: the iron supplement that doesn't move the needle02:30 Your iron recycling system, and when iron is truly the problem03:40 Iron is a delivery system, not a faucet04:20 Almost every low-ferritin client also has GI symptoms05:00 Pattern two: copper, ceruloplasmin, and iron recycling07:20 Why copper becomes biounavailable (stress, liver, hormones, exposure)10:00 Retinol, vitamin C, and the easier fixes11:00 Zinc mega-dosing and the copper fallout12:40 Minerals work like a symphony13:10 High ferritin, wonky ferritin, and the Goldilocks range15:30 Why one lab in isolation will mislead you16:10 The gut infections we see most in ferritin cases17:00 The string of pearls: digestion before absorption19:00 How pathogens sequester iron20:20 Iron infusions and the GI symptoms that follow22:20 The macro minerals that influence iron regulation23:40 Under-fueling, unaccounted losses, and dietary variety26:00 "Should I get an infusion?" What her labs actually showed28:20 What women are self-prescribing for iron30:00 The takeawayHave you ever looked at a complicated client and thought, “I don’t know where to start”?  Join Dr. Heather live for The HTMA Edge on November 6th at 12pm CT. You'll learn the top 3 use cases for HTMA and leave with a skillset to apply immediately!  Register Here! Connect + Next Steps Want daily education, stories, and gut-friendly support? Follow Dr. Heather on InstagramReady for personalized 1:1 support and a clear plan? Apply for gutTogether®Want a chance to win a free HTMA Bundle? Leave a rating & review and email it to happygut@drheatherfinley.co with [PODCAST REVIEW] in the subject line! We choose a new winner every month!

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Love Your Gut, hosted by Dr. Heather Finley, is helping thousands of women get to the root cause of their symptoms and redefine their gut health. After years of struggling with her own health issues, Dr. Heather Finley completed a doctorate in Clinical Nutrition and has been on a mission ever since to help women find life changing and lasting solutions for their digestive issues. She’s the doctor everyone comes to after every other treatment, regimen, and protocol has failed them. Dr. Heather Finley provides real results with her cutting edge holistic methodology and she’s giving you the inside scoop on how to finally heal every week. It’s time to love your gut, so your gut will love you back.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Heather Finley
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    133
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 All Rights Reserved Love Your Gut 2022
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    Love Your Gut

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