The Rejuvenating Health Podcast

Rejuvenating Health

Join Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Lindsey VanSchoyck for a weekly dose of Precision Medicine as she addresses the hot-button topics specific to Women's Health, Fitness and Nutrition, interviews expert guests and hosts round table discussions with the team of dedicated functional health care specialists. 

  1. 2d ago

    E164 | Menopause Is Not One Size Fits All

    Share Your Thoughts! Standardized menopause protocols leave too many women exhausted, inflamed, and convinced they are the problem. We break down why symptoms can persist even with “normal labs” or HRT and what truly individualized menopause care looks like across hormones, metabolism, and the nervous system. On today's show, Laken and Lindsey discuss: • why one size fits all menopause care falls short  • how hormone receptors and cellular response shape symptoms  • why menopause is more than low estrogen and impacts full-body metabolism  • the weight gain cycle: insulin resistance, muscle loss, cortisol, and undereating  • how evidence-based guidelines support individualized HRT decisions  • FDA-approved hormones vs compounded hormones and when each makes sense  • testosterone therapy for women: potential benefits, risks, and why dosing matters  • why nervous system regulation and stress patterns change hormone outcomes  • how coaching supports consistency, boundaries, sleep, and sustainable change  • building care around symptom patterns, labs, lifestyle, and personal goals  If this episode resonated with you, please like and subscribe, rate and review and share this episode out with one woman in your life who needs to hear this. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    32 min
  2. Jun 11

    E163 | What if Mindset Is The Missing Layer?

    Share Your Thoughts! You can have the perfect protocol and still feel like you keep snapping back to old habits. That’s not because you’re lazy or broken. It’s because knowing what to do and consistently doing it are two different skills, and your nervous system is often the deciding factor. On today's episode we’re talking straight to the woman who rolls her eyes at “mindset coaching,” feels weird about being vulnerable with someone new, or worries that digging into the past will be painful and pointless. We explain what we actually mean by mindset work inside women’s health: pattern recognition, language awareness, identity based behavior change, and nervous system regulation that affects cravings, sleep, stress eating, inflammation, energy, and hormones. If you’ve ever felt stuck in all or nothing cycles, guilt around rest, people pleasing that drains your time, or perfectionism that turns one off plan meal into a weekend spiral, you’ll hear exactly why those patterns are not fluff. They are the operating system under your health choices. We also get practical about the stuff that trips people up, like the long intake form and the fear of “starting over,” especially if you already have a therapist. We break down how coaching and therapy can work together, why trust is built over time, and what a real session looks like when it’s focused on action, not venting. If discipline has been your only tool, this conversation offers a different lever that makes results sustainable. If this hits home, subscribe, share it with a friend who keeps putting herself last, and leave a review so more women can find the support they actually need. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    42 min
  3. Jun 4

    E162 | The Midlife Depletion Trap

    Share Your Thoughts! If you’re doing “everything right” and still feel exhausted, puffy, anxious, foggy, and stuck, we want you to consider a different story: you’re not broken, you’re depleted. So many women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s get told their labs are normal while they’re waking up at 3 a.m., losing hair, struggling with workouts, and watching weight creep up. That disconnect is exactly why we’re talking about nutritional depletion in midlife women and how perimenopause often acts like the messenger, not the cause.  We walk through the depletion pipeline using a simple bank account analogy: years of stress, dieting, pregnancies, breastfeeding, poor sleep, gut dysfunction, inflammation, alcohol, and medications create constant withdrawals with very little replenishing. Then we explain why “normal labs” can still miss the root cause, because reference ranges are designed to catch disease, not measure optimal health. We also share a practical list of labs to consider, including ferritin, vitamin D, fasting insulin, A1C, a full thyroid panel, B vitamins, inflammatory markers, and more.  From there, we get specific about the nutrients we see most often: choline for brain fog and memory, ferritin and iron storage for hair loss and energy, magnesium (and why magnesium oxide is not the move), omega-3s with EPA and DHA for mood and inflammation, B12 absorption issues tied to low stomach acid, and vitamin D as a hormone that needs fat and magnesium to work well. We also make the case for the unsexy basics: 30 grams of protein at each meal, strength training, sleep, and auditing your supplements so you’re not wasting money on proprietary blends and low-quality forms.  If this helped, share it with a friend, subscribe asnd share it with another woman who needs to hear this. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    31 min
  4. May 28

    E161 | Ask Us Anything For Women’s Health

    Share Your Thoughts! You don’t need a more complicated routine, you need a more consistent one, and that’s the thread running through this Ask Us Anything Q and A. We’re pulling questions straight from coaching calls, DMs, and our community and giving you both the science and the real-life behavior side so you can actually follow through. We start with magnesium glycinate and the stress people create around “perfect” timing. If taking it right before bed makes you forget, skip it, or worry about waking up to pee, we’ll tell you what matters most and how to anchor it to a routine you already do. From there we get into bloating from “healthy” foods, including why protein shakes and “clean” dressings can still trigger symptoms through additives, gums, sweeteners, or the protein source itself, and why stress and nervous system state can shut down digestion. We also explain when gut health testing is worth it so you stop guessing. Next, we talk skin health during weight loss and why youthful skin starts internally: adequate protein, muscle preservation, hydration, sleep, cortisol control, and the role of estrogen in collagen, elasticity, and dryness. We cover brain health foods and brain fog causes, including blood sugar instability and low ferritin, plus practical staples like omega-3s, eggs, berries, olive oil, leafy greens, and more. We also set the record straight: collagen is great for connective tissue, but it does not count as complete protein for muscle building. We wrap with body recomposition strategy, postmenopause estrogen targets based on symptoms and protection, how to choose high vs low intensity workouts, and how HRV and VO2 max tie back to recovery, zone 2 cardio, and daily movement. If this helps, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave us a 5 star review so more women can find it. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    32 min
  5. May 21

    E160 | Why High Achieving Women Get Stuck In Survival Mode

    Share Your Thoughts! You can be the dependable one, the high performer, the “I’ve got it” woman and still be running on fumes. We’re naming the pattern we see all the time: survival mode that looks like success. When your calendar is packed with work, kids, caregiving, and emotional labor, adding strength training, a daily protein goal, more steps, better sleep, and stress management can feel less like self care and more like another way to fail. We unpack why this happens through the lens of nervous system capacity and the window of tolerance. If your body doesn’t believe a new routine is doable, it can treat even a good goal as a threat, pushing you toward freezing, rebellion, or the familiar all or nothing cycle. We also talk about the hidden stressors that keep cortisol elevated, why fear of labs and family history can stall your momentum, and how to reframe genetics as a blueprint you can influence with daily choices. Then we get practical: the overloaded plate analogy, consistency before intensity, and how to build self trust by keeping small promises to yourself. We also dig into boundaries, delegation, and outsourcing so your health habits finally have a place to live, plus a simple capacity audit you can use this week to reduce friction and follow through. If you know a woman who’s carrying everything, share this with her, then subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what habit you’re choosing to make sustainable right now. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    33 min
  6. May 14

    E159 | The Hidden Costs Of GLP-1 Weight Loss And How To Avoid Them

    Share Your Thoughts! GLP-1 medications are exploding, and we get why. When they’re used well, drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1s can be an incredible tool for weight loss and inflammation. But we’re also watching a wave of preventable fallout: people losing weight while losing muscle, feeling exhausted and depressed, wrecking their gut, tanking their libido, and rebounding hard the moment they stop. We walk through the physiology in plain English. GLP-1s flip down hunger signals in the brain, but your muscles, thyroid, and mitochondria still need nutrients. If your intake drops too low, the “results” can become malnutrition, metabolic adaptation, and a body that’s trying to survive, not thrive. We also dig into the practical stuff most people never hear: why escalating the dose can be a mistake if you’re already losing, why protein has to come first, why resistance training matters for muscle preservation, and how bone density and osteoporosis risk enter the conversation for women. Then we cover the under-discussed issues that make people feel awful, including sodium loss and electrolyte imbalance (not just “drink more water”), slowed gastric emptying, constipation, diarrhea, SIBO risk, and poor nutrient absorption that can snowball into low iron, low B vitamins, low magnesium, and an energy crash. Our north star is simple: GLP-1s don’t create health by themselves they create an opportunity, and your habits decide whether that opportunity builds you or breaks you. If you’re on a GLP-1, considering one, or watching a friend struggle, listen through and share it with someone who needs the full picture. Send us your questions so we can help you use these tools safely and effectively. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    20 min
  7. May 7

    E158 | How Did We Get Here? Root Cause Health, Not Quick Fixes

    Share Your Thoughts! Being told “your labs are normal” can feel like a dead end, especially when you’re exhausted, inflamed, stuck with stubborn weight, or dealing with gut issues that make no sense. We go a different direction today and share the real reasons we built Rejuvenating Health, because our work isn’t powered by trends. It’s powered by lived experience and the thousands of women who tell us the same thing: “I’m doing all the right things and nothing works.” Coach Lakin and nurse practitioner Lindsay walk through our personal health journeys and the turning points that forced us to think deeper. We talk gut health, autoimmune flares, stress physiology, perimenopause and hormones, thyroid patterns that get missed, early insulin resistance, and why symptoms are signals rather than random bad luck. We also break down the “normal vs optimal labs” problem and why a prevention-first functional medicine lens can change long-term outcomes. Then we tackle a big misconception: health coaching is not generic advice. It’s the day-to-day execution layer that makes a personalized protocol doable, helps you interpret tools like a CGM, and keeps you moving forward when real life hits. Add in mindset and nervous system regulation, and you finally have a system that can hold your biology, habits, and history together. If this resonates, subscribe, share it with a friend who feels dismissed, and leave us a review so more women can find this support. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    30 min
  8. Apr 30

    E157 | Food Labels Made Simple

    Share Your Thoughts! Food labels aren’t “confusing by accident” they’re designed to steer your brain. If you’ve been eating what looks healthy on the front of the package yet still deal with fatigue, cravings, mood swings, belly fat, or weight loss resistance, we’re pulling back the curtain on why. We talk through how marketing claims like gluten-free, organic, keto, and plant-based can create a health halo that hides what really matters: the ingredients your body has to metabolize.  We get practical and physiological. We connect refined carbs and hidden sugars to blood sugar spikes, insulin release, insulin resistance, and cortisol swings that ripple into hormone balance and thyroid function. We also break down why industrial seed oils (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower) show up everywhere, how the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio has shifted, and why chronic inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction can look like brain fog, poor recovery, and feeling drained all day.  Then we give you a simple system you can use in real life: ignore the front, flip it over, scan the first three ingredients, check added sugar, look for seed oils, and assess protein quality and quantity. We also cover portion size distortion and why “high-protein” processed foods often don’t hit the protein target that actually keeps you full, including the leucine threshold and what a true 25 to 35 grams of protein per meal looks like.  If you want more energy, steadier hunger, and fewer “why isn’t this working?” moments in the grocery aisle, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who buys the “healthy” version, and leave a five-star review so more women can learn to shop with confidence. If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠

    30 min
4.9
out of 5
54 Ratings

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Join Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Lindsey VanSchoyck for a weekly dose of Precision Medicine as she addresses the hot-button topics specific to Women's Health, Fitness and Nutrition, interviews expert guests and hosts round table discussions with the team of dedicated functional health care specialists. 

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