So Frickin' Healthy

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Two health coaches. One mission. Zero B.S. Welcome to So Frickin’ Healthy—the podcast where women's health gets real. We’re Megan & Danna—functional health nerds, unapologetic truth-tellers, and proud potty mouths—here to cut through the wellness noise with raw convos, expert insights, and gut-trusting guidance. From hormone chaos and gut health to burnout and body image, we’re not afraid to go there (and drop a few f-bombs along the way). Whether you’re healing, thriving, or still figuring your sh*t out, you’re in the right place. Let’s reclaim health—without restriction, without shame, and with a hell of a lot of laughs. 🎙️🔥

  1. Oct 21

    Swiss Drafts, Onion Honey & Why Grandma Knew Best - So Frickin' Mini

    Got 10 Minutes? Old Wives' Tales or Legit Health Advice? We're Settling This. Onions. Drafts. Beer while breastfeeding. Starve a fever. Every culture has its thing — that one piece of health advice passed down from grandmothers and mothers-in-law that sounds completely unhinged until you actually look into it. Megan brought it up after a conversation in German class with a Swiss, an Italian, and an American. Danna ran with it immediately, because obviously. Some of it is surprisingly legit. Some of it is pure placebo. And some of it — looking at you, Switzerland — is just paranoia about breezes. What You'll Learn: Danna's onion obsession explained — onion honey, onion by the bed, and babies who smelled like a kebab shop but slept through the nightThe Swiss draft hysteria — why opening a window in summer is basically a crime, and Megan's sweaty mountain hut storyBeer for milk supply: Danna's mother-in-law's advice, why it might not be totally wrong (barley, people — it's the barley), and why non-alcoholic beer countsChicken soup decoded — why Danna thinks grandma was actually right all along (bones, electrolytes, collagen, fluids)Starve a fever, feed a cold — does it hold up? Kind of, yesMegan grew up on a farm eating dirt. Danna was a C-section city baby on antibiotics for 11 years. The immune system gap between them is vast and unfair. That's your 10 minutes — and we want yours. Wherever you're listening from, what's the one piece of health advice you grew up with that you still can't explain? Drop it in the comments, send a voicemail, or email us. We're collecting them all for a follow-up episode. Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Swiss Health Myths 00:52 Onion Honey Remedy 02:13 Deadly Drafts Fear 03:40 Beer for Milk Supply 05:30 Chicken Soup and Listener Call Mentioned in this episode: So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network

    Swiss Drafts, Onion Honey & Why Grandma Knew Best - So Frickin' Mini

  2. Oct 15

    Grief, Interrupted: An Inside Look at Health Coaching - Session 2 Tina

    All You Have to Do Is Show Up Tina arrives at session two with a plan already off the rails — her grandmother passed away days earlier, and she barely made it to the call at all. She admits, half-apologizing, that she didn't keep up with the food journal or book the doctor's appointment she promised. Danna shuts the guilt down immediately: showing up today, having just lost someone, already counts as doing enough. What unfolds instead is a session about grief and the inheritance of not being allowed to have it. Tina's mother, raised in a household steeped in tradition, told her not to cry — that tears would hold her grandmother's spirit back from moving on. Tina finds herself caught between the urge to sob and a lifetime of learning that emotions get swallowed, not spoken. She's also wrestling with how to explain death to her two-year-old daughter, who's already perceptive enough to ask if mommy is sad. Danna reframes the inherited silence for what it is: a well-meaning but harmful pattern, one that turns unexpressed grief into anger down the line. She encourages Tina to let herself cry freely, to name the emotion out loud instead of burying it, and to recognize her mother not as an all-knowing authority but as a flawed, loving human doing her best with the tools she was given. The through-line becomes generational — Tina doesn't want to pass the same suppression on to her own daughter, and Danna reminds her that modeling vulnerability now is the best gift she can give her. Rather than piling on new tasks, Danna scales the plan back to match where Tina actually is. The goals for the next few weeks: grieve properly, even if that means taking time off work to be present "in spirit" for a funeral she can't attend in person, follow up on the doctor's appointment already in motion, and jot down a simple running list of symptoms on her phone ahead of that visit — physical or emotional, gut-related or not, all of it worth bringing in. Danna adds one small, low-effort tool for sleep: ten minutes barefoot on the grass before bed, for grounding. Tina leaves relieved to realize she has a full month before their next call, and cautiously hopeful she can honor her grandmother without letting the grief take over everything else. Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Grief and Overwhelm 03:11 Culture Clash Around Mourning 09:38 Talking to Kids About Death 17:28 Reframing Mom Dynamics 20:04 Vulnerability and Growing Up 24:01 Goals Grief and Better Sleep Mentioned in this episode: So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network Your body's been dropping hints. Time to listen! Check out the Urban Cleanse and give yourself the refresh you deserve. Organilicious - Danna, Functional Medicine Health Coach

    Grief, Interrupted: An Inside Look at Health Coaching - Session 2 Tina

  3. Oct 7

    "Healthy" Foods That Are Absolutely Lying to You - So Frickin' Mini

    Got 10 Minutes? Granola Bars, Flavored Yogurt & the Biggest Health Food Scams You know what's on the label. You don't always know what's in the jar. Danna and Megan go rapid-fire on the foods the wellness world has convinced us are virtuous choices — and the reality hiding behind the packaging. Spoiler: if it has to tell you it's healthy, it probably isn't. What You'll Learn: Why granola bars and protein bars are basically candy bars with a PR teamTrail mix — aka Swiss Studentenfutter — and the dried fruit portion trap nobody warns you aboutWhat neon-orange dried apricots are telling you (hint: it's not good, and your apricot should be poop brown)Flavored yogurt and the sugar content that will make you want to cry — Megan's husband had to be diplomatically redirectedWhy gluten-free packaged food is often just junk with extra steps (see also: vegan processed food)Canola and vegetable oils — Switzerland's beloved "healthy" fat that isn't what it seemsThe golden rule: real food doesn't need a label telling you it's healthy. Broccoli is just broccoli. That's your 10 minutes. Go check your pantry. We'll wait. Want more of this? Danna has a very long list and zero chill. Drop us a message and we'll do a part two. Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Health Foods Myth Busting 00:19 Granola Bars Sugar Trap 01:40 Trail Mix and Dried Fruit 03:48 Seed Mixes and Flavored Yogurt 07:28 Gluten Free Junk and Final Takeaways Mentioned in this episode: So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network

    "Healthy" Foods That Are Absolutely Lying to You - So Frickin' Mini

  4. Sep 30

    Why Sleep Comes First: An Inside Look at Health Coaching - Session 1 Tina

    One Step at a Time: Tina's First Session Tina shows up to session one lighter than her health history call — her wrist and concussion have healed, and she's cautiously excited to finally be starting. She also admits a quiet fear: that she'll overshare, a habit she trained herself out of after people once told her it was too much. Danna waves that off immediately. No eggshells here. Give her everything. So Danna starts where her gut told her to: sleep. Not because it's the flashiest symptom on Tina's list, but because bad sleep touches everything else — stress, eating, mood, all of it. Tina traces the thread back to her student years, when exam anxiety kept her brain too wired to rest, and she eventually started over-exercising just to knock herself out. Pregnancy brought real insomnia, and motherhood cemented it — even now, with her daughter sleeping in her own room down the hall, one small sound sends Tina into a spiral of "is she okay?" that can take an hour to climb out of. She's tried calming sounds, breathing apps, warm lighting — genuine tools, genuinely used — but by the time she's finally winding down, she's often too drained to give her husband the connection he's asking for, and the guilt of that adds one more thing keeping her awake. Danna shares her own history here: years of rough sleep that only shifted once a functional medicine doctor found her amino acids, tryptophan especially, were rock-bottom. She sends Tina toward the same kind of testing, plus a referral for a doctor who can dig into the migraines, which may be pointing to histamine intolerance — something Tina hadn't connected to her skin flare-ups until this exact conversation. Rather than a rigid tracking system, Danna asks for something looser: photos of meals sent whenever, no pressure, no report due. Tina immediately worries that being watched will change what she eats — order the fries or not? Danna tells her either answer is fine, and reframes the whole thing as a low-stakes experiment rather than a test to pass. They close with two simple goals: book the doctor, and start the food-and-symptom photos. Tina leaves saying it feels doable — one thing at a time, starting with the thing hitting her daily life hardest. Danna's parting tip: get the clock out of the bedroom. She did the same years ago, for exactly the same reason. Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Starting the Journey 10:17 Sleep Fixes and Testing Plan 19:53 Coffee Cravings And Sleep 20:50 Food Diary For Histamine 32:01 Bonus Sleep Tools Wrapup Mentioned in this episode: Come See Our Faces - Live Every Wednesday That's right! Danna and Megan are LIVE and unfiltered every Wednesday morning, 10:00 CET. Come join us on YouTube or Substack - we want to connect with you, beautiful listener! Can't watch us live - the videos will be available about an hour after the live ends. Drop us a comment, leave your thoughts, tell us who you want us to interview next. Your next step is just one click away Think of it as a coffee date, minus the awkward small talk. Book your free discovery call with Danna today. Organilicious - Danna, Functional Medicine Health Coach So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network Want more? If you're curious about the coaching strategies being used in each session, head over to our other podcast, Becoming a Health Coach. Megan and Danna debrief after each session and break down what's happening behind the scenes. BHC Coaching Series - Tina's Playlist Missed an episode? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Here is the whole playlist of Tina's sessions :) SFH Coaching Sessions - Tina's Playlist

    Why Sleep Comes First: An Inside Look at Health Coaching - Session 1 Tina

  5. Sep 23

    Creatine for Women: Myths Busted in 10 Minutes - So Frickin' Mini

    Got 10 Minutes? Creatine Is Not Just for Gym Bros Megan's stirring creatine into her morning coffee. Danna's done a few rounds with it herself. And both of them are done letting the gym bro reputation put women off what might genuinely be one of the most useful supplements on the market. This one's a rapid-fire myth-bust — what creatine actually does, why it's suddenly showing up everywhere in the women's health space, and what happens when you jump straight to 20 grams on an empty stomach. (Spoiler: don't be Danna.) What You'll Learn: Why creatine is the most well-researched supplement we have — and why women largely ignored it until nowWhat creatine actually does in your muscles (hint: it's not magic, it's more reps)The brain connection — how creatine crosses the blood-brain barrier and what that means for focus, clarity, and perimenopause brain fogThe dosing breakdown: 3–5g for muscles, higher for brain benefits — and why you need to go slowThe bloating and nausea myth — busted, with nuance, and a cautionary tale from DannaWhy creatine monohydrate is all you need — no fancy versions requiredHow Megan uses it cyclically based on her cycle (and why she doesn't need it when she's ovulating, thank you very much) That's your 10 minutes. Don't slam 20 grams on an empty stomach. Don't be Danna. Start low, go slow, and maybe add it to your coffee. Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Creatine Hype Explained 01:31 How They Use It 02:32 Muscle vs Brain Benefits 05:10 Rapid Fire Myths and Dosing 07:59 Side Effects and Final Tips Mentioned in this episode: So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network

    Creatine for Women: Myths Busted in 10 Minutes - So Frickin' Mini

  6. Sep 16

    A Inside Look at Health Coaching – Special Series: Meet Tina

    Running on Empty: Tina's Health Coaching Journey Begins We're doing it again. Last time, we opened the doors to real health coaching sessions with Joanna, and so many of you told us how much it helped to hear coaching in action — not the polished version, the real one. So we're back for with another awesome woman. Over the next several episodes, you'll hear real coaching conversations between Danna and a client we're calling Tina. Nothing scripted, nothing cleaned up. Meet Tina Tina is a working mom navigating the kind of full-plate exhaustion so many of you know — a purpose-driven career in female health, a 2-year-old daughter, and a body that's been quietly sending up flares for years. Subscribe so you don't miss a chapter of her story. Chapter One: The Health History Tina walks in already fluent in taking care of everyone but herself — the friend people call, the one who tells others it's okay to ask for help, even as she struggles to take her own advice. She loves her life and her purpose-driven work protecting pregnant women and newborns. She's also running on empty, and before any symptoms come up, what surfaces first is guilt: over daycare hours, over comparing herself to friends with more support, over needing help at all. Danna traces when each piece of Tina's health history started. Sleep issues go back to childhood night terrors, once managed by movement routines that vanished along with her free time. Digestive trouble traces to a teenage eating disorder that took years to move past, though her digestion never fully recovered. Layer on chronic deficiencies severe enough to require years of IV iron infusions, a new endometriosis diagnosis, and a family history of breast cancer that spikes her anxiety every screening season — and it's clear why Tina feels like she's standing in a hole, unsure which thread to pull first. Danna's answer: don't start with food. Start with stress and sleep, because nothing else sticks on an empty tank. She names something Tina's been fighting alone — that knowing what's healthy and living it out are two different skills. All doctors have a doctor. All health coaches have a health coach. Nothing gets fixed in this first call, but a plan starts taking shape, and a woman who spends her career advocating for others finally lets someone advocate for her. Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Welcome and Goals 00:51 Why Coaching Now 06:58 Mom Guilt and Stress 08:07 Sleep and Gut Deep Dive 16:43 Holistic Plan and Wrap Up Mentioned in this episode: Want more? If you're curious about the coaching strategies being used in each session, head over to our other podcast, Becoming a Health Coach. Megan and Danna debrief after each session and break down what's happening behind the scenes. BHC Coaching Series - Tina's Playlist So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network Missed an episode? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Here is the whole playlist of Tina's sessions :) SFH Coaching Sessions - Tina's Playlist Your next step is just one click away Think of it as a coffee date, minus the awkward small talk. Book your free discovery call with Danna today. Organilicious - Danna, Functional Medicine Health Coach

    A Inside Look at Health Coaching – Special Series: Meet Tina

  7. Sep 9

    US vs. Swiss Grocery Shopping: A Culture Clash - So Frickin' Mini

    Got 10 Minutes? Why Europeans Are Losing It Over American Grocery Stores The World Cup brought a wave of Europeans into US grocery stores — and the internet lost it over package sizes. "We only shop once a month," the Americans said. "Then how is your fresh food still good?" the Europeans replied. Megan went down the comment-section rabbit hole and immediately needed Danna. What follows is a genuinely fascinating look at how shopping behavior, fridge size, and even bread shelf life reveal way more about a culture than anyone expects. What You'll Learn: Why a "normal" Swiss fridge is basically the size of an American RV fridgeHow often Danna and Megan actually grocery shop — and why walking vs. driving changes everythingThe freezer-the-size-of-your-face problem (it's real, and it's rough)Why Swiss bread goes stale in two days while American bread practically fossilizesThe Costco-in-France discovery that surprised even Megan — and where that food is actually coming fromWhy "robot strawberries" that last a month in the US would never survive in a Swiss kitchenThe real reason behind it all: space constraints, regulation, and culture all colliding in your produce aisle That's your 10 minutes. Go check your fridge. Be honest about your freezer situation. Want more on this? We've got 15 more grocery store topics queued up — including a full price comparison between US and Swiss basics. Let us know if you want it. Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Grocery Store Obsession 00:23 World Cup Sparks Debate 01:44 How Often We Shop 02:44 Tiny Swiss Fridges 07:33 Food Culture Wrap Up Mentioned in this episode: So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network

    US vs. Swiss Grocery Shopping: A Culture Clash - So Frickin' Mini

  8. Sep 2

    How to Advocate for Yourself When the Doctor Says It's All in Your Head ft. Belinda Balscheit

    "Your Bloods Look Normal" Is Not a Diagnosis: Patient Advocacy & Perimenopause ft. Belinda Balscheit Listener Amanda was so passionate about today's guest, she sent a voice message to make sure we booked her. She was right. Belinda Balscheit is a two-time cancer survivor, women's health advocate, and patient advocacy powerhouse based in Basel — and this conversation is one of the most important we've had on the show. If you've ever been told your symptoms are all in your head, dismissed by a doctor despite knowing something is deeply wrong, or simply felt lost in a medical system that wasn't built with women in mind — this one's for you. About Belinda Balscheit: Belinda works in a global pharmaceutical company in Basel and is a fierce patient advocate for women's health. Diagnosed with a rare cancer at 29 and breast cancer at 37 — with three girls under three — she navigated 11.5 years of treatment, two rounds of menopause, and a near-complete nervous system collapse before anyone connected the dots. She's writing a book called Biologically Dismissed: You Were Never the Problem, and she's currently on Instagram documenting all 142 symptoms of menopause, one by one. Follow her — it's essential viewing. What You'll Learn: Why your doctor may be working off a 30-year-old study — and what that means for your careHow Belinda went through menopause twice — and what that taught her about hormones, dismissal, and survivalThe practical advocacy toolkit: symptom tracking, building your case, and walking into appointments with evidenceWhy "your bloods look normal" and "it's probably stress" are not diagnoses — and what to say backThe statistic that stopped everyone cold: 94% of women on HRT report a significant reduction in suicidal thoughtsHow to fire a doctor who isn't listening (yes, you can, and yes, you should)Why perimenopause and menopause aren't diseases — but untreated, they can cause ones Real Talk Moments: Belinda shares the moment she discovered she had 47 out of 49 menopause symptoms — and 40 of them were an eight out of ten in severity. She also opens up about reaching a point where she didn't want to be here anymore after three doctors in three weeks told her it was all in her head. Danna shares her own experience of arriving at a doctor with a list of 24 symptoms and being sent home with the same dismissal. The rage was mutual. The solidarity was real. Belinda's Parting Wisdom: "Knowledge is empowerment. Once you have it, run." Connect with Belinda:instagram.com/belindabalscheit linkedin.com/in/belindabalscheit Get in touch!Check out the So Frickin' Healthy Website Leave us a Voicemail Join the So Frickin' Healthy Community Watch us on YouTube Connect with us on Substack K, love you, byeeeee Chapters:00:00 Menopause Care Gap 05:17 Belinda’s Cancer Journey 27:37 Advocacy Through Tracking 32:13 Medical Gaslighting Reality 35:52 System Gaps and Data 51:14 Advocacy Playbook and Wrap Mentioned in this episode: So Frickin' Healthy is a proud member of and produced by the SwissCast Network Discover more great podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network Your body's been dropping hints Time to listen! Check out the Urban Cleanse and give yourself the refresh you deserve. Organilicious - Danna, Functional Medicine Health Coach

    How to Advocate for Yourself When the Doctor Says It's All in Your Head ft. Belinda Balscheit
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Two health coaches. One mission. Zero B.S. Welcome to So Frickin’ Healthy—the podcast where women's health gets real. We’re Megan & Danna—functional health nerds, unapologetic truth-tellers, and proud potty mouths—here to cut through the wellness noise with raw convos, expert insights, and gut-trusting guidance. From hormone chaos and gut health to burnout and body image, we’re not afraid to go there (and drop a few f-bombs along the way). Whether you’re healing, thriving, or still figuring your sh*t out, you’re in the right place. Let’s reclaim health—without restriction, without shame, and with a hell of a lot of laughs. 🎙️🔥

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