The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers Shawna Bigby Davis

Summary: 
V Capaldi is a TEDx Speaker and business builder living with both autoimmune disease Multiple sclerosis and Epstein-Barr.  She became a millionaire by age 30 and then lost it all due her diagnosis and treatments. She says for her “MS” also means “Marriage Sickness” and believes that she can’t be both well and in an intimate relationship.


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What We Discuss: (Scroll to these time codes to hear the following)
00:12:00:11 "How did you even discover you had MS? That was very interesting and a very sad tale. I was raised in a very dysfunctional family. My mom was an alcoholic, drug abuser and a gambler. My father was a ww2 hero who meddled in active combat and suffered from PTSD. So, I've been sick my whole life because I lived in a battle ground." -V
00:18:26:12 - How V learned she has MS.
00:19:59:09 - What happens when your "death sentence" becomes a "life sentence." 
00:21:54:19 - Why V says her pregnancy put her in remission.
00:23:04:17 - My skill set for maintaining my wellness in relationships is zero-zilch. 
00:30:50:04 - How V became a millionaire with MS. 
00:32:01:22 - Why V believes "everyone with an A-Type personality has MS." 
00:32:42:08 - “My husband drove me home from that appointment and said he was going to the movies and never came back. So, that's how that marriage ended.” -V
00:37:22:11 - Why staying single is part of V's health care. 
00:39:00:02 - Shawna shares some of the BS she's feeding herself
00:39:20:02 - How compromise may be making you sick. 
00:42:02:04 - Becoming Voluntarily Homeless: V lived in a van with MS and traveled around the country helping people for a year. Listen more at this timecode. 
00:48:00:09 - V shares what scared her the most about her Van Tour
01:01:03:12 - What's in Shawna's Purse?: Priya Apotheca’s Beloved CBD Beauty Potion. 
01:05:07:24 - How V's Italian culture stood in the way of her healing journey
01:05:58:16 - "Most of us live off the BS that people are feeding us and not really being our true self -- I wasn't. Everything I did was based off the BS people were feeding me and I think that's why I got so sick " - V 
 
Links from this Episode: 
V Capaldi’s Website
V Capaldi’s Instagram
Priya Apotheca’s Beloved CBD Beauty Potion
 
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Summary: Grace McCalmon is certified nutritional therapist and health and wellness digital marketing creative at Bonafide Provisions, a Pasture-Raised Bone Broth company. She’s the first person who helped me discover my autoimmune issues. Now, she’s struggling to discover if everything she’s believed in, that’s helped others, is actually making her sick. You won’t want to miss this breakthrough episode. 
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What we discuss: (Scroll to these time codes to hear the following)
00:05:51:21 - "Finally I had to confront the fact that the food rules that I believed in , that this is right. It's obviously note. Because it's not working for [me.}"  Even though the sciences makes sense and everything you read makes perfect sense to you and you feel like crap, you've got to do something different. And, that shattered my world.” - Grace McCalmon 
00:10:25:14 - Bucking the status quo. How sometimes the BS We're Feeding Ourselves can surprises us. 
00:10:59:18 - Shawna and Grace break down what it means when you're eating "healthy," but start losing your hair. (For Show Notes) 
00:11:31:04 - Book Mentions: Paleo Fails, Paleo Myths
00:12:39:04 - The Dangers of the “Keto High"
00:22:08:19 - "Yes, these diets work and they are for a purpose.. and for a person who needs the, if you don't have a disease, You're not going to take a medication. Why would you do a diet for a disease you don't have?" - Grace. 
00:24:43:22 - Interesting ideas about how diet case studies done by men, may not work for women. 
00:25:39:24 - How Grace planted the seed that Shawna may have an autoimmune condition
00:28:03:05 - Bio-diversity / Bio-duality explained. 
00:36:38:11 - Grace explains how everyone's health is different and there's no "one size fit's all" way to good health. 
00:42:42:15 - The challenges of being an INFLUENCER in the health and nutrition space. 
00:48:36:14 - The benefits of bone broth.
00:54:25:21 - If I had one message for people: it's that the goal is not more restriction. That may be necessary for a period of time, but the goal is not to move toward with a life of less and less and less, it's to move toward a life of abundance in everything." - Grace McCalmon
 
Links from this Episode: 
Grace's Instagram
Bonafide Provisions Instagram
Bonafide Provisions Website
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Summary: 
Dr. Sarah Ballantyne aka “The Paleo Mom”  is an award-winning public speaker, New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned health expert in the autoimmune community. Dr. Sarah shares what to say when your doctor’s not listening, how to overcome imposter syndrome and strategies to keep you thriving in your career. 
 
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What We Discuss: 
 
"To hear so many stories of people who thought they were infertile and had a baby because of my work. Or, thought they were going to die and changed their diet and lifestyle ... I just started crying." - Dr. Sarah Ballantyne 
 
00:01:28:14 -  “For me, it took 10-12 years [to learn I had an autoimmune disease], but "if I look back it's kind of like my entire life was leading up to being broken.” - Shawna Bigby Davis
00:02:19:18 - How do you know if you have an autoimmune disease? 
00:03:10:09 -  Sexism in autoimmune diagnosis. 
00:05:10:20 - The American Autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA) established approximately 50% of people who were later diagnosed with a serious or life-threatening auto-immune disease were labeled as hypochondriacs in the early phases of their disease. 
00:05:42:23 - Symptoms of Autoimmune Disorders. 
00:06:35:22 - Americans take roughly 50% of the world’s medications, but we're only 5% of the world's population. 
00:06:59:15 - When did you discover diet and lifestyle could improve the way you feel so significantly? 
00:07:20:09 - Dr. Sarah share's how her early symptoms started when she was between 7-10 years old. 
00:09:23:24 - Dr. Sarah shares how her family had "homemade remedies" to help symptoms without realizing what was wrong. 
00:10:11:00 - Responding to the "naysayers"
00:14:19:18 - Imposter Syndrome. 
00:27:21:01 - "There's so much of autoimmune disease and chronic illness in general that feels very lonely. And, it feels like we're all trying to figure it out on the first time." And, finding that community is so important.” — Dr. Sarah Ballantyne 
00:29:29:05 - "We would get up really early and we would go and sit in the infinity pool and watch the sunrise. So this infinity pool is like this warm pool and because it's February, it's cool out. And, the steam is rising up and you're in the middle of this thousand-year-old Redwood Forest. And, it is like a spiritual experience. It's incredible. The stillness of everything, then suddenly "snap" nature turns on. Like a switch. All the frogs, all the CRICKETS, all the birds, they all come on at once”.  — Shawna Bigby Davis
00:30:41:13 - Dr. Sarah’s reaction upon seeing The Mother Tree: 
“If she can survive forest fires, I can survive all of this. And, I went and walked by myself through the forest and I just started touching things & I just started crying.
"I licked a dirt cliff, it's fine. It's good soil-based organism probiotics.”
00:36:57:17 - Why SLEEP is Sarah’s lynchpin: 
“Frankly, I burn myself out about 3 times a year. I did it again, Now, I feel terrible, now I have no energy, and if I start getting stressed enough that my sleep quality is eroding, or I start sacrificing sleep to tackle the to-do list, that's usually the beginning of the snowball.” - Dr. Sarah
00:39:13:08 - Overcoming Burnout
00:40:10:11 - What's in Shawna's Purse Segment 
00:46:15:02 - Dr. Sarah's secret lip moisturizer
 
Links from this Episode: 
Dr. Sarah’s Website
The Foundations of Health 3-Day Workshop
Book Mention: How to Raise an Adult
 
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Summary: 
Today we have a guest who has gone into the “dark woods” and made it out the other side. There he learned that individuals and organizations can DO and BE ANYTHING, if two things are in place: a model of success, and the tools to reach it.  He’s dramatically improved the lives of over 500,000 individuals struggling with depression, PTSD, and other health issues. He’s an Anthropologist, as well as the founder of Wolf Tribe Institute… AND, yes! He works with wolves on a regular bases: Philip Folsom! 
 
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What We Discuss:
00:01:54:00 - "If you want to grow and develop and transform yourself or get healthy, you have to enter the woods at the scariest, most bleak, shadow-filled place. Which is of course what we try to avoid, which is why change is so hard." 
00:05:53:11 - The female orgasm.
00:09:48:03 - Phillip explains what the "dark woods" means. 
00:09:48:05 - The raw resistance of fear is why we can’t change diet, lifestyles, lovers. 
00:10:16:23 - It takes a death of self. Death is a terrifying thing to do by yourself. It takes someone else. 
00:11:10:17 - Alcoholism journey 
00:12:13:11 - Willpower is a muscle. it's not a finite resource. you have to work on it. 
00:16:25:21 - Phillip Discusses the lack of "sickness" in indigenous tribes.
00:17:40:22 - Kinship vs Ego
00:19:16:16 - "It's impossible for us to KNOW more than 70 people" discussion. 
00:20:38:22 - People "have" the planet because “we got really good at bonding”. 
00:22:04:24 - Dire wolf skull 
00:22:32:12 - Explanation of how your brain responds to the scariest thing on the planet: humans. 
00:26:11:04 - A week, a month, a decade awash in stress hormones...
00:26:33:08 - Low Grade Chronic Stress is making everyone sick
00:28:36:22 - Autoimmune issues and PTSD survivors
00:38:00:20 - Loneliness leads to cortisol 
00:38:47:10 - Shame regulates behavior 
00:41:31:13 - Pride based systems are not time tested. In primitive cultures that’s insanity. 
00:54:28:13 - How to find and build your tribe
00:54:41:14 - Wolf Sanctuary
01:00:05:19 - Why "Getting Ahead FIRST" is the BS You're Feeding Yourself. 
01:02:05:13 - Question for men: "if you remove sports, alcohol, and your job" who's your tribe? 
01:05:46:06 - Go find your men’s groups
01:08:45:06 - “Connection” is a step towards healing, according to the Autoimmune Protocol 
01:13:32:22 - How absolving each other’s shame can help you heal.
01:15:44:22 - Why do you keep circling the mountains? 
01:16:44:21 - The importance of "service-based" purpose
01:17:36:00 - For the Phoenix to be reborn, she has to die. 
 
Links from this Episode: 
https://philipfolsom.com/
https://www.k4men.com/
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Summary: Gwen Dittmar is a clairvoyant who has supported Fortune 500 CEOs, entrepreneurs, actresses, health & wellness professionals, addiction recovery professionals, and more; all who want to reclaim their energy, work, and life. She’s a high-functioning over achiever who has faced a number of challenges, including a near death experience, and struggles with alcohol. She has learned from her experiences and leaned into her clairvoyance, and is now helping people discover how to embrace their magic and level up. 
 
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What We Talk About: 
00:08:56:16 - "When I got into the ambulance, I was just laying there, and I could see my mom, and I could see the guys, and I was so sick, and all of a sudden I just started to feel like, “Oh My Gosh, I think I'm dying.” And then I felt myself pullout of my body and go into this most amazing feeling.” ––Gwen Dittmar.
00:14:27:08 - Near death experience 
00:18:39:11 - Gwen shares mom passing away story
00:19:53:19 - The benefits of "earthing"  aka putting your bare feet on the ground. 
00:21:38:14 - How to tap into your universal life force. 
00:21:52:02 -”We look like form, but we're just energy; cells vibrating against each other.” 
00:22:41:22 - Just imagine you have this energetic life bubble around you. And you consciously make a choice. No one is allowed to come into this space. This is my space. This is my energy. I can sense your energy. I can have compassion for your energy, but your energy doesn't come in to mine. -- Even when you're being sensual with people you can still have your own energy be your energy. 
00:24:39:06 - Relationship structures. "H" vs "T" 
00:35:52:19 - Gwen shares how she used alcohol to cope with her clairvoyance and how she now manages her addiction. 
00:37:23:04 - “It's not that I'm extreme. I'm just open.” 
00:37:35:22 - “I receive a lot. I feel a lot. I sense a lot. I'm in tune to a lot.”
00:38:06:18 - Gene Keys explanation
00:41:54:21 - How "Sober Curious" Facebook groups helped Gwen. 
00:47:25:06 - How Gwen became a mother of 2 after she was told she'd never have children. 
00:51:04:10 - Gwen opens up about her divorce 
00:52:04:01 - "The human life is the vehicle to do that... so whether it comes through addiction, alcoholism, disease, or divorce, or custody challenges, or losing your home, or shifting careers, losing money and learning how to make it back again, near death experiences, the human vehicle is really just there so we can learn.” - Gwen Dittmar
01:00:54:24 - How relinquishing control and delegating tasks can help you grow in your business. 
 
Links from this Episode: 
Gwen Dittmar’s Website
Gene Keys Website
Sober Curious Facebook Group
 
If you liked this episode: Check out this episode about “Going into The Dark Woods” with Philip Folsom. 
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Summary: 
David Nurse, an Emotional Coach for the NBA and Host of 1%er Podcast shares his road to redemption after being removed from a professional basketball program, his challenges with low testosterone and his secret to having no fear. 
 
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What You’ll Learn: 
00:00:46:23 - David shares what being a 1%--er means
00:01:02:22 - How to be confident and comfortable in your skin so you can help others. 
00:04:32:21 - "If he hadn't woken up every single morning, knowing that ‘hey, I'm going to go even when I don't feel great, I'm going to go to the gym and get the work in that I need to, I'm going to eat the right way. I'm going to do everything that I can in my own power to prepare me for my dream, my goal, my mission and I know it's going to happen." 
00:04:44:09 - How preparing for the opportunity leads to success... David shares awesome story about NBA athlete
00:05:43:13 - how anyone's going to listen to you: LIVING IT. 
00:07:30:23 - When one door closes, 4 open. WOOT! 
00:08:12:11 - David explains how he became the "emotion coach for the NBA"
00:12:07:18 - How do you reconcile "charging $$" to help someone?? 
00:17:42:04 - How to BE IN THE MOMENT
00:17:47:08 - "Sometimes we let the future take too much of the now." - David Nurse
00:18:34:02 - Has your health ever taken a back seat as you help other people? 
00:19:11:09 - David's struggle with low testosterone: "85-year-old man low" 
00:21:04:04 - It's not just about the looks on the outside, it's how your body's functioning. 
00:22:45:13 - Biohacking and Bio-Individuality
00:23:02:04 - How do you optimize your body to be fully and completely the best you that you can be? It looks radically different for a lot for people. There's nothing that's cookie-cutter, there's nothing that you can say...everybody is different, everybody's bodies are different, everybody's mental frames of minds are different ... and you test it. you see what works, you see what doesn't work 
00:23:05:00 - biohacking should be renamed to 'optimizing'
00:24:54:03 - everyone's putting on a mask
00:25:31:22 - the pain that happened to you is now purpose. It didn't happen to you, so many people look at stuff like 'woe is me' this happened to me, why is the world so down on me, but it's not what happened to you, it's what happened through you and how you can use it for others. 
00:28:10:11 - Religion conversation
00:35:18:16 - What's in Shawna’s Bag Segment 
00:37:46:05 - scientifically proven that the placebo effect is real, so embrace mindset. it's real. 
00:38:04:05 - New book: Pivot and Go!
00:39:20:24 - I just love doing. I love serving and I love being around people
00:39:39:01 - "I don't have fear because I don't really care what anyone else thinks, I know I have Jesus and Christ
00:40:08:01 - my joy is not based on my results or what anyone else thinks
 
Links Mentioned: 
1%er Podcast on Stitcher
David Nurse Instagram

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