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

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

Kicking the BS thoughts out of our mind and food off our plate that makes us sick, one episode at a time. A podcast for overachievers who want to heal their autoimmune issues holistically and naturally, but coming up short. Autoimmune issues are rarely caused by a single source, often it’s a combination of factors. The BS We Feed Ourselves explores the gut-brain connection, how stress, trauma, and our broken food system are all intertwined and contributing to a global escalation of autoimmune issues. Host Shawna Bigby Davis shares expert interviews, mini-action plans, and no-BS mind expanders to start feeding ourselves better. A former creative agency owner, Shawna sold her business in 2018 to heal her multiple autoimmune issues (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hashimoto’s, Celiac, and Lupus) and is on a mission to help 50 million Americans do the same. Shawna is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and health-tech founder of Your Daily®, an AI-based coach for daily autoimmune wellness.

  1. EPISODE 1

    Why Staying Single Is A Form of Healthcare I V Capaldi

    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. How to Listen:  Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes. You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.   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   What Did You Think? I’d love to hear from you! After you’ve listened to this episode, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite takeaway is and why.

    1h 9m

  2. EPISODE 2

    The Dangers of the "Keto High" | Grace McCalmon

    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.  How to Listen:  Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes.  You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.   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 What Did You Think? I’d love to hear from you! After you’ve listened to this episode, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite takeaway is and why.

    56 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Sick & Alone: The Truth About Autoimmune Disease | Dr. Sarah Ballantyne

    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.    How to Listen:  Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes.  You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.   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   What Did You Think? I’d love to hear from you! After you’ve listened to this episode, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite takeaway is and why.

    51 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Is your shame making you SICK? | Philip Folsom

    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!    How to Listen:  Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes.  You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more. 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/ What Did You Think? I’d love to hear from you! After you’ve listened to this episode, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite takeaway is and why.

    1h 23m

  5. EPISODE 5

    How To: stop bad energy from messing with your success

    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.    How to Listen:  Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes.  You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.   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.  What Did You Think? I’d love to hear from you! After you’ve listened to this episode, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite takeaway is and why.

    1h 7m

  6. EPISODE 6

    NBA Life Coach: "HACK Your Mental Health"

    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.    How to Listen:  Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes.  You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.   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 What Did You Think? I’d love to hear from you! After you’ve listened to this episode, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite takeaway is and why.

    41 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    How To Keep from Burning Out 

    Summary:  Shawna Bigby Davis, a creative director, and advertising executive shares how she overcomes burnout out when she needs to be “on.” If you’re ever on stage or have a big presentation in front of your office or have to meet people during a networking event. This podcast will help you overcome work through the fight or flight response that’s triggered anytime we’re in a stressful situation.    How to Listen:  Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes.  You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.   What We Talked About:  00:01:15:23 - How do we keep from burning out?  00:01:28:16 - Before, during and after.  You’re setting yourself up for success all along the way.  00:01:41:14 - I can’t extend energy and hope to gain it back somewhere. It’s not how energy exchange works  00:01:59:15 - How to not feel like you need a nap.  00:02:26:20 - A-types like to be backed into deadlines because it forces us to make decisions.  00:03:55:22 - The importance of minerals like magnesium and calcium.  00:13:33:03 - These snacks are great on the go. Links from this Episode:  Shawn Bigby Davis’ Website Shawna’s Instagram Vital Proteins Collagen   Email Shawna:  hello@thebswefeedourselves.com Coming Up:  Dr. Terry Wahls Emily McDowell  Dr. Keesha Ewers   If you liked this episode: Check out this episode Clairvoyant for Fortune 500 CEOs Shares Wellness Secrets What Did You Think? I’d love to hear from you! After you’ve listened to this episode, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite takeaway is and why.

    18 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    Eating your emotions? There’s a GENE for that (Part 1)

    Summary: Dr. Hailey Heard and Dr. Megan Arnold are cofounders at MaxGen Labs. In this episode, they share how their genetic testing kits are helping women with autoimmune disease live and eat better. “We can literally look at your genes and pinpoint specifically how you function as a whole and how we can personalize and prioritize your health journey.”  These tests can really give you the upper hand when it comes to diet, lifestyle, fitness. Whatever you need to do, to be a happy healthy human.  How to Listen: Stay up-to-date on the latest episodes by subscribing on iTunes. You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more. What We Discuss:  00:00:56:03 - Autoimmune hot messes 00:01:29:22 - Can I change my lifestyle, instead of taking a drug and feel better?  00:04:12:09 - Why they decided to take on the "Goliaths" in genetic testing and build their own lab.  00:04:40:23 - If you asked us 10-years-ago if we were going to be running a genetic company we would have laughed at you. It came out of frustration. it came out of knowing that there were better options for practitioners than we even knew about.   00:06:03:01 - Why privacy is important in genetic testing: who should you trust?  00:07:04:13 - What kind of diet is perfect for you? Your genes truly control all the protein metabolism, all the enzyme function of your body to essentially make all the chemistry happen as it ought to.  00:07:23:01 - People who have anxiety, maybe they can't eat certain kinds of cheese. People who are prone to insomnia, maybe they need more B12.  We can literally look at your genes and pinpoint specifically how you function as a whole and how we can personalize and prioritize your health journey.  00:09:36:00 - 15-years-old and misdiagnosed 00:15:11:11 - The world is sick and there's a lot of negative stuff going on, and if you can make it better someway somehow, You should do it! Because that's going to have a ripple effect - Dr. Hailey 00:15:49:13 - So many people are held back from their life goals because fo their health 00:17:33:22 - The BS they're feeding themselves is that "medicine has all the answers" because it doesn't.  00:19:58:06 - I was extremely active as a child...I can look at a piece of lettuce and gain ten lbs, something was going on and we couldn't figure it out.  00:23:55:21 - There's a gene for eating your emotions? There is a gene for addictive and emotional eating... so if you get bad news and want to get chip faced with that ice cream, then that can be blamed on your blueprint 00:27:17:17 - 27:16 a huge part of our weight loss programs for our patients is just getting inflammation under control. we don't even talk about the scale until we have inflammation under control, hormones under control, sleep under control. you're not going to be an ideal weight unless all the other factors are ideal.    For more of Shawna's interview with MaxGen Labs Doctors: Hailey Heard and Megan Arnold. Tune in for next week’s episode.   Links Mentioned:  maxgenlabs.com

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Kicking the BS thoughts out of our mind and food off our plate that makes us sick, one episode at a time. A podcast for overachievers who want to heal their autoimmune issues holistically and naturally, but coming up short. Autoimmune issues are rarely caused by a single source, often it’s a combination of factors. The BS We Feed Ourselves explores the gut-brain connection, how stress, trauma, and our broken food system are all intertwined and contributing to a global escalation of autoimmune issues. Host Shawna Bigby Davis shares expert interviews, mini-action plans, and no-BS mind expanders to start feeding ourselves better. A former creative agency owner, Shawna sold her business in 2018 to heal her multiple autoimmune issues (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hashimoto’s, Celiac, and Lupus) and is on a mission to help 50 million Americans do the same. Shawna is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and health-tech founder of Your Daily®, an AI-based coach for daily autoimmune wellness.

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