Anchored to Wellness

Kacey Wallace
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Hi, I'm Kacey Wallace, and welcome to "Anchored to Wellness," where we will dive deep into holistic health and functional medicine. As a board certified family physician turned holistic health consultant, my mission is to guide you on a journey towards optimal health and well-being. In each episode, we will explore the intricate connections between gut health, micronutrient balance, nervous system support, hormone health, brain vitality, and more.Join me as we address root causes behind brain fog, memory loss, chronic fatigue, autoimmunity, and just being chronically ill. This podcast isn't just information, it is to empower you! We will navigate functional testing approaches and holistic principles to help you reclaim vitality of both body and brain. Let's challenge the conventional norms of healthcare and embark on a journey toward a healthier, more anchored life. I am your passionate companion in your pursuit of wellness. Let's elevate our health together!

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 43: Why Are We Always the Last Resort?

    Somewhere along the way, a lot of us stopped waiting until the last resort only with our health. We made ourselves the last resort in our own lives. The kids. The spouse. The parents. Work. The house. The schedules. The meals. The emotional temperature of the room. Everyone gets considered. Every obligation gets handled. And somewhere along the way, we disappear. This episode is about that pattern. Not to tell you to stop caring for the people you love. But to ask an honest question: are you still present in your own life? Inside this episode, we cover: Why taking care of everyone else feels responsible, but taking care of yourself can feel selfishHow self-erasure rarely looks dramatic, and usually happens one reasonable decision at a timeWhy “I’m fine” often just means you are still functioningThe difference between selflessness and self-erasure, and how you can care deeply for others without disappearingWhy being needed can feel a lot like being valued, and why they are not always the same thingHow shame around self-focus keeps the pattern going, and where grace comes inWhy capacity matters, not so you can do more, but so you can actually participate in your lifeMy own experience of losing myself, and what working on myself taught me about agencyA few honest questions to help you notice where you are automatically going lastYou do not have to become the center of every room. But you do need to exist in your own life. Share this with the woman who carries everything and rarely gets asked what she needs. She needs to hear this. Your next steps are below: ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ The Anchored Journey (application) https://anchoredtowellness.com/anchored-journey ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine  www.youarenotfine.com Support the show

  2. Oct 14

    Your Health Is Not Another Thing To Perfect

    Somewhere along the way, taking care of yourself became another thing to do perfectly. Protein targets. Steps. Strength training. Zone two cardio. Morning sunlight. Meditation. Supplements. Electrolytes. Fiber. Glucose monitors. Sauna. Cold exposure. Hormones. Gut health. Brain health. Breathwork. And if you miss one, somehow you have failed at your health for the day. This episode is about that pattern. Not to talk you out of caring about your health. But to ask an honest question: when you think about your health right now, do you feel supported by it or graded by it? Inside this episode, we cover: How wellness became another performance metric, and why that is a problem worth naming out loudThe emotional pattern underneath the do-all-the-things trap: if I just do everything right, maybe I can guarantee a good outcomeWhy a simple behavior you can actually repeat is more powerful than an ideal plan you cannot liveThe Facebook challenge that asked people to do one thing for seven days, and why it workedWhat daily anchors actually are and why the body responds to rhythm and consistency more than intensityWhy the way you pursue health matters as much as the health behaviors themselvesHow a wellness routine can become another source of nervous system activation rather than a source of safety and supportThe reframe: health is capacity, not the mission itself. It gives you the energy, clarity, and presence to live your actual life.A mini assignment for this week that requires no optimization at allYour health should make your life bigger. Not become another full-time job you feel like you are failing at. Share this with the woman who is doing all the things and still feels behind. She needs to hear this. Your next steps are below: ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ The Anchored Journey (application)  www.drkaceywallace.com ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com Support the show

  3. Sep 23

    You Don't Have To Be My Patient | Episode 10 of the I'm Not Your Last Resort Series

    Ten episodes. This is where it ends, and this is where you begin. If you have listened to this entire series, you have covered significant ground. You understand reserve and why waiting is not neutral. You know the silo problem and what gets missed when specialists work without a complete picture. You can see the difference between normal and optimal in your own labs. You understand why the model looks the way it does, what lives underneath when foundational work is not enough, and why starting is hard even when you know something needs to change. Today I am giving you one thing. The clearest possible map of where to go from here. Because understanding without a path forward is just more information. And you have enough information. What you need now is direction. Inside this episode, we cover: The two distinct ecosystems: the Oklahoma clinical practice and the national online education platform, what each one offers, and why they are legally and functionally separateEvery entry point available to you right now, from free resources to at-home testing to structured programs to full clinical careWhy you do not have to be a patient to start, and what is available to anyone, anywhere in the countryThe Adrenal Optimization Test, the HTMA, the Gut Immersive program, the Willpower Is Not Your Problem workshop, the Anchor Journey, and the DPC membership: what each one is, who it is for, and what it producesHow to identify which door belongs to you right now based on where you are in the journeyWhy the women who find this framework early have options that women who arrive in crisis do not always have, and why it is still not too late if you are arriving lateI am not your last resort. That was not a marketing line when I named this series. It is a clinical and physiologic position. Root cause medicine is not what you try when everything else has failed. It is what should have been available from the beginning. The framework is yours now. What you do with it is the only question left. If this series changed something for you, share it with one woman who needs to hear it. And then take the step. Your next steps are below: ✨ Free Workbook Companion to You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com/workbook ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com ✨ Weekly Newsletter  www.drkaceywallace.com/newslettersignup ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ Willpower Is Not Your Problem Workshop  www.drkaceywallace.com/willpower ✨ The Anchored Journey (application)  https://anchoredtowellness.com/anchored-journey ✨ Anchored to Wellness Clinic (Oklahoma patients)  www.anchoredtowellness.com Support the show

  4. Sep 2

    Why Prevention Feels So Hard | Episode 9 of the I'm Not Your Last Resort Series

    This episode is different from every other episode in this series. No lab markers. No research citations. No clinical frameworks. Just an honest human conversation about something I watch get in the way of genuinely good outcomes more than any clinical variable. Why is it so hard to begin? You already know something is off. You have known for a while, maybe months, maybe years. You have listened to eight episodes of clinical education and resonated with most of it. You can see the connection between where you are now and where you are headed if nothing changes. And you still have not started. That is not a character flaw. It is biology. And today I am going to sit with you in the honest reality of why, because naming what gets in the way is often the only thing that makes it possible to move past it. Inside this episode, we cover: Why the human nervous system was wired for urgency and not prevention, and why that is not weakness, it is how the brain prioritizes resourcesThe five barriers I see consistently between a woman and the beginning of this work, named honestly and without judgmentFear of what you might find, and why it is often less about the finding and more about finally having to make it realThe three layers of the cost barrier: financial, time, and the question of whether she is worth the investmentWhy overwhelm is frequently a symptom of the exact physiologic dysregulation this work addresses, and why that is one of the cruelest features of the whole situationThe residue that dismissal leaves behind, and how women learn to pre-dismiss themselves before anyone else gets the chanceWhy hope that it will resolve on its own is not irrational, and when it stops being trueWhat each barrier is actually protecting, and what the protection is actually costingMy own experience as a physician who teaches this work and has still recognized every one of these patterns in myselfThe woman who waited 18 months to call back, and what she said at her three-month follow-up that has stayed with meReady is not how it starts. Starting is how it starts. One step taken before all the conditions are ideal, because the alternative is more of what has already not been working. Share this episode with one woman who knows something is off but has not been able to make herself begin. This one is for her. Your next steps are below: ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.drkaceywallace.com/newslettersignup ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ The Anchored Journey (application)  www.drkaceywallace.com ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com Support the show

  5. Aug 19

    When Foundational Work Is Not Enough | Episode 8 of the I'm Not Your Last Resort Series

    This episode is for the woman who has done the work. Not halfway. Not partially. She changed her food. She addressed her sleep. She did the nervous system work. She supported her gut, her adrenals, her hormones. She has been consistent and patient and willing to do what the clinical picture asked of her. And she got some better. But she did not get all the way there. This episode is for her. Because there is a category of clinical complexity beneath the foundational layer that most providers, even some functional medicine providers, are not consistently looking for. And the women in that category deserve someone willing to ask what is underneath all of this. Inside this episode, we cover: Why the population of women I am seeing is getting more complex and more depleted, and why the percentage hitting a ceiling after foundational work is climbingThe tree framework: leaves, trunk, roots, and what lives underneath the floor that standard functional medicine tools are not consistently reachingEpstein-Barr virus reactivation: what it looks like, what the lab constellation actually reveals, and why the landmark 2022 New England Journal of Medicine study changes how we should think about long-term EBV consequencesBiotoxin illness and chronic inflammatory response syndrome: the genetic susceptibility, the mold mechanism, the symptom picture that gets dismissed as anxiety and fibromyalgia, and why the building is sometimes the most important clinical variable in the roomThe visual contrast sensitivity test and what it screens forHeavy metals: mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium, where the exposure actually comes from, and why standard blood draws often miss the body burden entirelyPsychoneuroimmunology: the science of how trauma and chronic nervous system dysregulation produce measurable physiologic consequences in the immune system, the hormonal terrain, and the inflammatory environmentThe ACE Study and what a dose-response relationship between adverse childhood experiences and adult chronic disease should have changed about how medicine thinks about the origin of illnessA patient story: two years of committed functional medicine work, a ceiling that nothing could move, and the clinical variable no one had thought to ask aboutI am going to be honest with you in this episode about what I know, what I am still learning, and where the science is still being refined. A provider who pretends to have complete certainty in areas where certainty is not yet achievable is not serving the patient well. What I can tell you is this: I will keep looking, I will keep learning, and I will keep asking what is underneath all of this. Share this episode with one woman who has done everything right and still cannot fully arrive. She is not failing. She has not hit her ceiling. Someone just has not looked deep enough yet. Your next steps are below: ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (as talked about in this episode)  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ The Anchored Journey (one-on-one work)  www.drkaceywallace.com ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com Support the show

  6. Aug 5

    Why My Model Is Different And What It Actually Requires | Episode 7 of the I'm Not Your Last Resort Series

    One of the first questions I get almost every time someone calls the clinic is whether I take insurance. The answer is no. But that answer deserves the full context. Not just the logistics, but the structural reality behind why that question matters so much, what it reveals about how we have all been conditioned to think about healthcare, and what it actually takes to build a model that produces different outcomes. This is the episode where I am going to be completely honest with you about the model, the investment, and what this work actually requires. I am not going to try to sell you on anything. I am just going to tell you the truth and let you decide if this is the right fit for where you are right now. Inside this episode, we cover: The critical difference between direct primary care and functional medicine, and why conflating them creates expectations that do not match realityWhy the insurance model is structurally incompatible with root cause medicine, and why that is a design problem, not a values problemWhat prior authorizations are actually doing to clinical care, and why the administrative burden is consuming time that belongs in the room with patientsThe Medicare letter about civil penalties for ordering labs I consider clinically essential, and what that reveals about how the system is actually designedWhy the reference ranges are as broad as they are, and who benefits when everything stays in the normal rangeWhat this work actually requires from the patient: time, active participation, and financial investment, addressed honestly and without softeningWhy the women who see the most significant outcomes are almost never the ones with the simplest clinical picturesWhy operating outside the insurance model is not a workaround. It is what makes the depth of the clinical work possible.Why I left conventional medicine, and what fifteen years inside the system taught me about what it was and was not designed to doA transaction is when you pay someone to do something for you. A transformation is when you do the work together. That distinction is the whole difference between what the conventional model provides and what this one is built to produce. If you have been drawn to this work, consumed the content, resonated with the framework, and found yourself wondering what working within it actually looks like, this episode is the honest answer to that question. Share this episode with one woman who has been asking why root cause medicine is not covered by her plan. The answer is in here, and it is worth understanding clearly. Your next steps are below: ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ The Anchored Journey (application)  www.drkaceywallace.com ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com ✨ Sign up for Dr. Kacey's Corner (Newsletter) www.drkaceywallace.com/newslettersignup Support the show

  7. Jul 29

    Why the Right Testing Matters | Episode 6 of the I'm Not Your Last Resort Series

    Here are the show notes for this episode: How many times have you been told your labs are normal while your body was telling you something completely different? That disconnect is not in your head. It is in the test. Specifically, it is in the difference between what those tests were designed to measure and what your body actually needs someone to ask about. There are two standards operating in medicine right now that most patients have no idea are different. One is normal. One is optimal. The gap between them is where most of the women I work with have been living for years. Below their potential. Above the disease threshold. Invisible to the system. Today I am walking through exactly what is being missed, why it is being missed, and what it actually takes to close that gap. Inside this episode, we cover: Why standard lab reference ranges were built from population averages that include a lot of sick, depleted, and metabolically compromised peopleWhy TSH alone is not a thyroid evaluation, and what a complete thyroid panel actually requiresFerritin: the storage iron marker almost never ordered, what the functional optimal actually is, and why a woman at eleven will be told her iron is fineFasting insulin: why this inexpensive, widely available test catches insulin resistance a decade before fasting glucose rises, and why it is almost never orderedWhy a single morning cortisol value tells you almost nothing about the rhythm that governs your energy, sleep, hormonal health, and metabolic functionVitamin D, HSCRP, and homocysteine: what the conventional thresholds are missing and what the research actually supportsThe functional tests that fill the gaps: four-point cortisol curve with DHEA, hair tissue mineral analysis, comprehensive stool analysis, functional blood panel interpretation, and genomicsWhy functional testing is not supplement selling. It is pattern recognition.The story of a patient who came in with five years of normal labs and a folder full of happy faces on markers that were anything but optimal, and what the data revealed when someone finally asked the right questionsThe data was always there. The question just needed to change. You deserve to know what is actually happening in your physiology. Not just whether you have crossed the disease threshold. That information is more accessible than most people realize, and it is the foundation of every meaningful intervention. Share this episode with one woman who has been told her labs are normal and still does not feel fine. This is the episode that might finally explain why. Your next steps are below: ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ The Anchored Journey (application)  www.drkaceywallace.com ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com Support the show

  8. Jul 21

    What 'Evidence Based' Actually Means | Episode 5 of the I'm Not Your Last Resort Series

    There is a narrative circulating loudly in certain corners of social media and conventional medicine that what I do is not evidence-based. That functional medicine is supplement selling. That the testing is not validated. That providers like me are operating outside the bounds of legitimate medicine. I want to address that directly. Not because I am interested in a fight. But because the women listening to this deserve to feel certain about the care they are choosing. They deserve not to be destabilized by a confident-sounding voice that has not done the research. This episode is for you. And I am coming with receipts. Inside this episode, we cover: What evidence-based medicine actually means by definition, and why most people using it as a weapon are working with an incomplete version of itWhy the randomized controlled trial is the right tool for certain questions and the wrong tool for others, and what that distinction actually means for root cause medicineWhere the peer-reviewed research supporting functional medicine actually lives: the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, The Lancet, Frontiers in EndocrinologyThe documented blind spots in conventional medical training: four hours or less of nutritional education across an entire medical school curriculumWhy the Women's Health Initiative may be the single greatest tragedy in women's healthcare, and what has changed in the decades sinceThe supplement accusation: what is true, what is misleading, and what the foundation of functional medicine is actually built onWhy the tests I use are not invented by functional medicine, and what the science actually says about cortisol curves, fasting insulin, comprehensive stool analysis, and full thyroid panelsThe story of a patient who came to me skeptical, and what the data said six months laterWhy the patient getting better is evidence, and why dismissing reproducible clinical outcomes as anecdote is a rhetorical position, not a scientific oneConventional medicine saves lives. Functional medicine restores them. Both of these things are true. And the women who need the second one deserve to pursue it without apology. You are not required to defend your healthcare choices to people who have not examined the research, have not sat with the patients, and have not followed the outcomes. The evidence exists. The research is in the journals. And the medicine that is actually restoring function in women who spent years being managed without being healed deserves to be chosen with confidence. Share this episode with one woman who has been made to second-guess the care that is actually working for her. She deserves the language to stand in it. Your next steps are below: ✨ Free Guide: 9 Hidden Signs Your Metabolism Is Stuck in Survival Mode  www.drkaceywallace.com/hiddenmetabolicmess ✨ Adrenal Optimization Test (see your cortisol rhythm + DHEA clearly)  www.drkaceywallace.com/innercalm ✨ Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis  www.drkaceywallace.com/htma ✨ The Anchored Journey (application)  www.drkaceywallace.com ✨ Get the book: You Are Not Fine www.youarenotfine.com ✨ Get our weekly newsletter: Dr. Kacey's Corner www.drkaceywallace.com/newslettersignup Support the show

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Hi, I'm Kacey Wallace, and welcome to "Anchored to Wellness," where we will dive deep into holistic health and functional medicine. As a board certified family physician turned holistic health consultant, my mission is to guide you on a journey towards optimal health and well-being. In each episode, we will explore the intricate connections between gut health, micronutrient balance, nervous system support, hormone health, brain vitality, and more.Join me as we address root causes behind brain fog, memory loss, chronic fatigue, autoimmunity, and just being chronically ill. This podcast isn't just information, it is to empower you! We will navigate functional testing approaches and holistic principles to help you reclaim vitality of both body and brain. Let's challenge the conventional norms of healthcare and embark on a journey toward a healthier, more anchored life. I am your passionate companion in your pursuit of wellness. Let's elevate our health together!

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  • Creator
    Kacey Wallace
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Anchored to Wellness
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