Episode 12

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Published on:

5th Jun 2024

12: Practical Tips To Support Your Body In Times of Stress | Ashlee Rowland

In this episode of the Ever Be podcast, host Mari Wagner sits down with holistic nutritionist Ashley Rowland to discuss practical steps for supporting your body during stressful seasons. With today's hustle culture leading many to chronic stress, Ashley shares how simple lifestyle changes, such as increasing mineral intake, prioritizing outdoor time, and focusing on a nutrient-rich diet, can significantly improve well-being. The conversation also touches on the importance of eliminating environmental toxins and integrating spiritual practices like prayer to achieve a balanced, healthy life.

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Transcript
Speaker:

Hello.

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And welcome to another episode of ever

be this episode has so much valuable

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information in it that is applicable

to so many of us in today's society

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that glorifies hustle culture, being

as busy as possible and outdoing

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each other with long to do lists.

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Let's be real.

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We are so stressed and so

overworked and it's just not okay.

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And I know that a lot of us feel

like we are in really stressful

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seasons of life and then maybe just

don't know what to do with that.

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Don't know how to get out of it and think

that it's just the way life should be.

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Now I'm here to tell you

that that's not true.

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And today we are going to dive into how

to support your body in seasons of stress.

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Um, really easy practical steps

that you can take to start reducing

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it and really just bring your

body back to a good stable state.

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I brought on my friend, Ashley Rowland.

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She is a holistic nutritionist.

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A mother, wife, educator,

speaker, and more.

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She has so much knowledge to share,

and today we're going to be diving

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into specific ways that you can

support your body through stressful

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seasons and actively reduce it.

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Like I said, stress is correlated

to disease and mental illness

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and hormone imbalances.

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And so much more and if there's one thing

that I've learned is that I know that we

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all need to focus on reducing our stress

levels in our lives and truly leaning into

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a well ordered, balanced life where we can

have all the right priorities in order.

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God, our vocation, our family,

and then work or whatever

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it is that is next for you.

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I encourage you to listen all the way

through to the end to learn every tip

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plus get some discounts on some major

resources that are going to help you

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support your body in a more natural way.

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So without further ado, let's dive in.

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Speaker 2: Hey, I'm your host, Mari

Wagner, and you're listening to the ever

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be podcast where faith meets lifestyle.

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I'm so excited.

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You're here.

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Whether you're a new listener

or a long time follower, I know

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there's something here for you.

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Pull up a chair and listen in for

insightful real life conversations

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and actionable steps on how to claim

the full life God created you for.

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If you're a woman desiring to live

a Christ centered life in today's

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modern world, then this is for you.

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Welcome to Ever Be.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

All right.

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Well, Ashley, welcome to ever be.

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We are so excited to have you

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here.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

Thanks for having me.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: We're

excited to talk about stress today.

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Right?

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Just a very, um, common issue,

unfortunately, for some.

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So, so many of us and just different

ways that we can support our

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bodies through times of stress.

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Um, maybe even reduce it.

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If you know that you're in a time

where it's kind of unavoidable, um,

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just like ways that we can reduce it.

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Um, I think too, it's just going

to be so good to talk about.

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in general and how we've

become so accustomed to it.

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It's kind of like that thing.

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And we see in the wellness world, a

lot of like common, but not normal.

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Like, I think we all live

with levels of stress that we

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think are so normal and okay.

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When the reality is like, we should

all be living on way off, way

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less stress than we do right now.

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Um, so before we dive in, I know you

have so much amazing knowledge to share

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on this topic, but for the gals that

are listening, may not know you yet.

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Can you introduce yourself a little bit?

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Um, maybe give us a little bit of

your story and what you do now.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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So I'm Ashley.

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I'm a holistic nutritionist by trade.

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And it's funny though, because

most of what I learned in school,

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like I don't actually use now.

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And so I actually preface with that

because anybody can take You know, all

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of the knowledge and things we have

these days and, um, become well versed

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in all this information that I now get

to work with women like on a daily basis.

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And so I have a private nutrition practice

where we do things very differently.

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And if you go on my Instagram

or anything, you'll see that.

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We do things very differently and I have

my bare naked hormones course, which we'll

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talk about a few times in this podcast.

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I have a pretty crazy health story.

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Won't go too much into it, but

just a lot of autoimmunity and

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fertility, um, celiac PCOS, you know,

Hashimoto's, all of those things.

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And now if you're watching, you can

see there's a little one right here.

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So this is my second.

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After I was diagnosed with infertility

and I have, um, my other little boy is

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three and yeah, it's, it's just really

lovely to watch the bodies that God has

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designed, like, So wonderfully like to

be able to live in that design and to

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believe that we're designed to be well

And it's a whole new level of freedom

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And it's a huge stressor removed once

you actually do believe that your body

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is designed to be well and because then

that kind of quiets a lot of noise and it

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makes it to where Other people's opinions

or thoughts don't really matter because,

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you know, you're designed to be well.

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Um, my brain is very foggy right now.

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So we'll probably experience

that in this call.

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For those who don't know, my house

is full of toxic mold and we were

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living in it for seven months.

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Praise God it wasn't longer, but.

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all of my family, including this

little boy is we're pretty sick.

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So, um, we will talk a lot about

that specifically, like what we're

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doing, you know, in a time of

chronic, um, Almost like inescapable.

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Like there was nothing we didn't know.

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So we were like in like physical

stressor, environmental stressor.

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And, um, I'm really excited to just

equip and empower your audience with

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simple takeaways that don't cost extra

money and, um, anybody can do anywhere.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's what I love about you too, Ashley.

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I feel like the things that you share,

you, you know, prioritize sharing

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like simple cost effective things

that people can start doing tomorrow.

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And that's just what's most encouraging

about learning from you is that, you

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know, you get out onto Instagram or

all these blogs and start, you know,

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reading the list of supplements you

have to take the list of like all these

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different things that you have to like

buy or do and, and really reducing

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it to just some simple steps is.

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The best, most, um,

encouraging way to start.

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And so if maybe you're listening to

this and you're just starting out in

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your health journey, or just starting to

learn about how to live a more natural

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lifestyle, if you feel like, yeah, I have

been living in a time of like chaotic

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stress, like it's okay, we're going to

dive into like some really easy tangibles.

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Um, so hopefully that's encouraging.

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But before we really dive in, can

you start by sharing kind of how you

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approach a more natural lifestyle?

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I think by us hearing a little bit more

of your philosophy on living naturally and

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holistically, we're going to get a better

understanding of kind of the foundation of

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this conversation where we're coming from.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

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So when it comes to my health, my

family's health, the health of,

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you know, my friends, whoever.

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You know, God puts in my path.

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I approached in the same way that I wish I

would have had someone to walk me through

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when I first began my health journey.

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And that was just like simplified because

my health journey was not simplified

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as many, and I was doing the most

ridiculous things in the name of health

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that were actually not helping me at all.

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And so now how I look at

everything kind of frustrates me.

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A lot of my clients sometimes

because they want me to give

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them a long list of supplements.

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They want me to give them a long

list of like, do this, this, this,

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this, um, because they would rather

get that list or those supplements

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than make a lifestyle change because

it's usually more difficult for them.

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And that's how I approach it

is from the ground up, or you

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could say from the cells out.

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And that means literally healing the

furthest down we can begin because.

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focusing on band aiding things is

not going to do anything for you.

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It might temporarily relieve symptoms

or whatever, um, but it's not going to

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actually fully help you to heal your

body because Even like healing a food

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allergy by eliminating all these things.

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And okay, but why do we develop the

food allergy in the first place?

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Like we're still not even focusing

on the root cause of what's going on.

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And so my protocols for my clients

or my course, or the way I speak to

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family is like very, very important.

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Simple and difficult to believe, because

I know when I finally discovered like,

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Oh, simplicity is what's healing me.

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Like I couldn't believe it because I

had done all this research and spent

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all this money and all this time and

all these things that didn't work.

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So how could the thing that's going

to heal me be something that's free

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and like right out my front door?

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

and less, it's almost that

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mindset of like less is more.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

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And that's a huge part of what we do.

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So clients are often like shocked when

they get a protocol back and they're like,

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There's only like two supplements on here.

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I'm like, yeah, the point.

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Um, because also like approaching a

body that is unwell and unbalanced

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and already like inundated with a

bunch of supplements and detoxes and

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protocols is, um, Very not a good idea.

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So then instead, when we say, all right,

we're going to focus from the ground up,

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we're going to put our feet on the earth.

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We're going to get sun in our eyes.

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We're going to clean up

what we have control over.

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And then, you know, we'll

work on the extra things.

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Then it becomes more

attainable and it actually.

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Works.

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So that's kind of my approach to wellness.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

I love it.

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Okay.

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So let's get into the stress conversation.

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Um, can you define stress for us?

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I think that a lot of us, when we think

of stress, we just kind of think of

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like, Oh, we have a lot of work going

on, you know, or just, there's just a

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busy time of life, but I think there's a

lot more different components to stress.

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There's regular stress, there's chronic

stress, different types of stress.

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Um, so can you just

touch a little bit about

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

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Hans seal, I don't actually know how

to say his last name, but basically

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his definition of stress is that stress

in terms of a body's physiological

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reaction to any demand placed on it.

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So that's stress.

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And then like our inability to

handle that then affects us.

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And so when I think of stress, I

think, okay, stress is something

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placed upon the body, whether it's

physical, mental, spiritual, emotional,

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relational, that is going to affect

our bodies and our, um, resiliency.

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Or like capability to handle that

stress is what is going to dictate

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the outcome of it on our bodies.

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And so if we're lacking minerals, we're

not eating enough, we're already running

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on stress hormones, and then stuff keeps

getting added into our stress bucket.

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That's when we become like, I just can't.

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People, I can't, I can't handle this.

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It's like, well, you can, but

it feels like you can't because

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you have no capacity within

your body, within yourselves.

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And so we have chronic stress,

acute stress, chronic stress.

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A good example would be.

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Um, me and my family living

in a toxic moldy home.

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That's a chronic, every second of the day

exposure while we were sleeping, while

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we were showering, while we were eating.

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And that was a stress that our bodies were

taking in and it was depleting minerals,

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depleting B vitamins, um, glutathione,

vitamin C, every single moment of the day.

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That's like a chronic stress.

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A chronic stress could be a,

um, illness or an infection,

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like an infected root canal.

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It's chronically always

depleting the body.

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And then you have an acute stressor, like

you're driving down the road and you have

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to slam your brakes really fast, or you

see your toddler on the counter about to

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fall off and you like run and grab them.

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Like those are acute stressors and both

of them can have a severe impact on us.

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If our bodies aren't.

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You know, built up well and don't

have the capacity to deal with them.

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Um, but both of them can also be managed.

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So the fact that like my

family, we're not perfect.

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We're obviously not perfect.

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We're on in a fallen world, but the

fact that we aren't more sick than

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we are based on like the levels of

fungus and bacteria and mold in our

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bodies is because our cells were

pretty resilient to the stress that

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Being presented, but then it's when stress

compiles, like, so the mold and then maybe

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the financial situation comes in and then

maybe now you're displaced from your home.

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Like I'm just using this cause it's

really close to home right now.

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That's when your body starts.

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To quote unquote tank, and you start

really feeling the stress and that's,

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that's your body's way of saying not,

this is too much because it's not too

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much if you're here but this is a lot

and we need to do something about it.

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You need to be extra

supportive in those times.

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And so that would be extra minerals,

extra getting outside, extra breath, and

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extra managing other stressors around

you that you do have control over.

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Yeah, totally.

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Um, 1 quick question about chronic stress.

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So, when you mentioned it, you mentioned

a few, like, physical stressors, right?

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Like illness or your toxic mold situation.

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Can chronic stress also be like, can

you be in a state of chronic stress?

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Also, like.

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Like you were saying like financially

or like work is really crazy or,

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you know, are, are there other

situations that aren't physical that

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can attribute to chronic stress or

would you say that's mostly just

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like physical, like illness related?

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Absolutely.

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So a poor work environment, like, I'm not

talking like toxic chemicals in a work

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environment, but like your boss sucks,

or Maybe your spouse doesn't support you.

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Maybe you have like family tension.

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Those things can all be

sources of chronic stress.

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And those are the things that, you

know, now you see people doing,

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um, story work or, you know,

healing generational traumas.

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And they're doing all this because

they're realizing that the impact

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of this chronic stress is deeply

affecting them at a cellular level.

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And it's causing mutations genetically.

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And, you know, we're not, you know, we're

not designed for this kind of stress.

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And so we have to do

what we can to manage it.

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And we have to notice That it is

stress and that it's not normal.

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So if you're on edge all the time or

you're feeling really shaky in between

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meals, like it's not always blood sugar.

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It could be stress.

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It could be something.

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That seems normal in your life.

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Oh, I just have a stressful life.

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I have a stressful job.

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Um, then you need to either one, get

out of the situation or two, if you

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can't reevaluate how you're going

to have an outlook on it because the

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stress will impact you at some point.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Totally.

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And I think that we live in

such a hustle culture now too.

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It's like we are praised on

how long our to do list is.

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We are like congratulated

on how busy we are.

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It's almost like, yeah, we

like pride ourselves like,

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Oh my gosh, I'm, I'm so busy.

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You know, I have so, so many

things to, I'm getting through

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so much, I'm being so productive.

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And I mean, I fell into this

for the longest time too.

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Like I remember it started in college.

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I was just, I'm kind of like that yes

girl, you know, like I said yes to

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like, you know, This extracurricular

and leading this thing and starting

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this venture and, you know, starting

my business and all this stuff.

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And it was like, I felt so proud that

I could pack a whole schedule and like

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get through the day and like be okay.

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You know?

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And then that led into kind of

like our lifestyle, the first few

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years after college too, of like

having our business and starting

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a full time job and traveling.

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And it was like, we got into this

cycle of like almost being addicted

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to stress and almost thriving on like.

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A busy schedule.

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And like, if I'm not having a

busy schedule that I'm like, Oh

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man, like something's missing.

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And then, yeah, like we're now we're

on our own health journey, dealing

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with our own health things too.

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And there's been a lot of, uh, reflection

that we've had on like, okay, like,

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well, her lifestyle needs to change.

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And it really does come down to lifestyle

changes, not just like medicine or

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supplements or like things that you

can just like quickly add to car,

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you know, consume and then be done.

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And so.

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I think it is, um, easier said than

done, but I'm glad that we're talking

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about, yeah, just like the different

ways that this can look like.

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Cause I think a lot more people

will relate to this and then you'd

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think, I think a lot more people

are probably living in chronic

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stress than we would think.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: So what

are some practical tips that you have that

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we can share with women for how to support

their body during stressful seasons?

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: when you're

in a stressful period, there are specific

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things that I think are important to

be implementing in your lifestyle.

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Obviously, above that is that your

lifestyle outside of the times

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of stress are supportive because

that's your preparation time.

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And so when you're not stressed,

Which maybe some people are like, I'm

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literally always stressed, but when

stress is less, it's really important

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that you're seeing that as an opportunity

to build resiliency because you can

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see stress almost as like a hole in

a tire, a small pinhole in a tire.

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Air is slowly letting out in

the air in this analogy would be

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like the minerals in your body.

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And so the minerals are just slowly

being depleted over time, over

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time, over time, and eventually

the tire starts getting floppy.

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And then eventually the tire

is like completely deflated.

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And then that's usually you when

you're like at rock bottom or like

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unable to handle anymore, or that's

when symptoms begin to appear.

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And so I actually created a little guide.

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We can share the link or not, but

it's just a freebie that's like

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what I do in times of stress, active

stress, what I do after stress.

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And then like in the lull,

like I said, the preparation.

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And so when I'm actively

stressed, like right now would

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be a season of active stress.

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And this isn't like active acute stress.

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This is like active chronic stress.

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And so my normal mineral intake wouldn't

be enough to sustain me right now because

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I have more pulls on my body and With

like the physical things, like from the

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mold or whatever, like there's physical

things happening within me as well.

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And so the number one thing I do is

notice my body and I'll notice, Oh,

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like I'm getting like an eye twitch

or, you know, my hands falling asleep

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when I have it laid under things.

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laid under things and that

doesn't normally happen.

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So there might be some circulation.

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And so taking note of like what, what you

notice in yourself, because when you do

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stop, you will notice things in yourself.

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And so my number one recommendation

is normally to up mineral intake.

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And that doesn't mean like

taking a bunch more supplements.

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That means maybe drinking more herbal

teas, drinking more broths, adding like.

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mineral nectars into water, just

really making sure that every single

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dietary, like drink food is going

to be rich in minerals because

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that makes a huge difference.

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Um, vitamin E is something that I really

recommend in times of stress just because

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of its, you know, help with oxidation in

the body and stress just causes oxidation.

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And you can imagine that as like,

Oh, Your cells are beginning to rust

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basically because of the stress.

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And when things kind of fall apart, so the

vitamin E, the minerals and the minerals

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can be like from an Epsom salt bath.

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And in that you're also relaxing.

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And that's where we come into

the next thing is your relaxation

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really needs to be ramped up.

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And I know it kind of seems impossible.

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Like there'll be times where I'm like,

I can't even brush my teeth because my

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kids are being so fussy right now because

they don't feel good because of the mold

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that, how am I supposed to take a bath?

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But it's like.

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You can, and I'm reminded quickly

that I can when I go and look

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at my screen time on my phone

and I'm like, okay, yeah, I can.

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And even if I'm holding my baby while

my feet are in a tub of salt, like

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soaking, that's going to be helpful.

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Um, two other things I highly recommend,

like in times of active stress is like

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the non negotiable of feet on the earth.

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And eyes in the light, doesn't matter

if it's raining, doesn't matter if it's

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snowing, doesn't matter if it's cloudy

or if it's sunny, getting that light in

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your naked eye contacts, glasses off,

and then double it up if it's warm enough

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for whatever for you, putting your feet

on the earth, that's just free medicine.

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That's helping our nervous system to

regulate because anything we can do to.

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Generally down regulate our nervous

system in times of active stress is

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going to be, um, extremely impactful.

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And.

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And it doesn't have to be expensive.

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We don't have to be taking

like all these things.

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People say we need to like do all

these, you know, crazy things.

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Like you just need to believe

it or not, like simplify.

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And instead of drinking water, like

I said, drink herbal tea and put some

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like calming herbs in it, some chamomile

and maybe some like Nervine herbs, um,

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adding salt, just really focusing on.

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Food is medicine in those times

is really, really important.

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And then avoidance I would

avoid extra stressors.

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So if you know that hosting people

stresses you out, like I wouldn't host

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people while you're, you know, in a

really active state of stress or over

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committing to things, if you know that,

Oh, my schedule's already full or.

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Um, I'm like looking around at things

that would maybe stress me out.

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Like, it like Kim, like,

obviously we don't.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

travel maybe?

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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Travel and, um, like EMFs even

like from your phone, those.

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those deplete further.

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So avoiding any additional

stressors that you can control.

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And I, I really believe that if

someone were to sit down right now

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and be like, I'm an active stress,

but I can't control any stressors.

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I can be like, actually I could control

the fact that there's like a glade plugin

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in my house, or I could control the fact

that, um, You know, so and so is supposed

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to come over for dinner on Wednesday, and

I'm just going to have to rain check it

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because I need to take care of myself.

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So we all, we always have ways

that we can help our bodies.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

Yeah, totally.

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One thing I would add too, and I know

that You know, this is like all Christian

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based for both of our lifestyles, but

even just like time for prayer and

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meditation, I think is so important.

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I think that like, we're like, I said,

we're so used to like the busy day to

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day that we forget the most basic things

that our mind, body, and soul need.

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And you mentioned some of them,

like, we've been hearing this

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since we were little, but it's

like, we don't believe it.

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Like get outside, move your body.

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Fresh air, sunlight on your skin.

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Like these are such simple things that

I feel like I even heard my parents

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say here and there growing up or

like that you just kind of learn, but

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you don't actually believe is true.

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So one, remembering that like these

simple things that our body needs

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is true, but same with like our

soul, like the Lord, like doesn't

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separate like our body and our soul.

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And like, it's so intertwined and

if our body's unrest, our soul

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might be on unrest and our soul's

unrest, our body might be at unrest.

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So taking time.

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To be with the Lord, taking time for

silence, peace, solitude, prayer, um,

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every day, I think is so, so important.

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I mean, I just noticed it in my own

life too, and like in busy seasons,

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that's the easiest thing to say no to.

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The easiest thing to say

no to is like time for like

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rest, relaxation, and prayer.

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Because you're like, I

don't have time for that.

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Like I don't, I don't have time

to sit down and like pray for 20

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minutes or journal or like go on

a walk or something like that.

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But that's when your

body needs it the most.

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Um, And so, yeah, just having

this mindset of like mind, body,

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soul, all interconnected, like the

Lord wants me to be well as well.

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So like invite him into that process,

invite him into those stressful times

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in your life where you can just be like,

okay, Lord, I feel like I have no control.

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Help bring me clarity.

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Help bring me peace.

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Help bring me stability so that I

can see things clearly and see what

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I can control and what I can't.

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And if there's something that I can't,

like allow me to surrender it to

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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I mean, even the fact that you just

asked me what to do, and I didn't

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mention that, like, duh, but it's

like, still, all the things that I

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just shared are things that I'm doing

when I know at the end of the day, I'm

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like, I didn't want to read the Bible

today, or I like didn't even breathe.

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Like I'm like laying in

my bed, like tight chest.

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And I'm like, if I would've just like.

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Taking five minutes to breathe, to pray,

like it really does change the trajectory

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of the entire day, but we just forget it.

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And that's what the enemy wants, so

we have to like fight against that.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

Yes, totally.

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Okay.

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I think throughout our conversation

so far, you've mentioned, you

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know, toxins here and there.

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So can you talk a little

bit more about that?

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I think that's getting more and more

popular in like the mainstream world.

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People are kind of finally opening

their eyes up to all the toxins in our

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environment and in like just our day to

day products that we put in our body.

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So how are those actually

contributing to stress?

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Mm

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: So when it

comes to environmental toxins, I guess

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I would call it, I'm not just talking

like, Chemicals and chlorine and things.

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I'm talking like things in our home,

like our dish soap and, um, our

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air quality and EMF and blue light.

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Those are actually environmental toxins.

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And so when we first, I guess,

understand what environmental toxins are.

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So we can like address them and then

we know that environmental toxins

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have an impact on our bodies at a

cellular level and this disrupts our

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hormones, our thyroid metabolism,

like this is not, um, new information.

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So this isn't like some crazy,

like, oh my gosh, this is like like

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they impact our bodies and like.

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This is known as like a carcinogen, like

it just is, but nobody wants to, yeah,

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my phone, nobody wants to hear that.

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And so when we have all of the stress

that we've been talking about, you

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know, maybe the inescapable work

relationship, um, maybe we have

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physical stress from a sickness.

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Maybe we have, you know, like a

family member that's just really.

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Really not, you know, vibing with us.

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And then now we take all those things

that maybe seem out of control.

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And we now are inviting all of these

environmental toxins into our life.

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That's when I say, all right, these

are the things you have control over.

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There's always a situation.

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There's always going to be someone that's

like, Oh, well, I, I don't actually

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have control over that, but like, you'll

figure it out if it's important to you.

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And so this could look like tap water.

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This could look like and that means

like even what you're bathing in like

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not just what you're drinking what

you're bathing in because your skin,

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you know See, like brain fog, fog.

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I can't even think of the word absorb.

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Um, you have like, you can go deeper,

like the cookware, you know, in your

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kitchen and then the fragrance in

your home and your products that

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are technically green and whatever.

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Cause there's all the greenwashing now.

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And then you have your

clothes and your mattress.

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I mean, like you can

really get overwhelmed.

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Um, but the fact of it is, is that

the things That usually people

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are talking about most normally.

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I wouldn't agree with this, but just

like they've got to go, like you

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don't need fragrance in the home.

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You don't need like the

bath and body works lotion.

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I know a lot of us are past that,

but like even these now like

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greenwash brands that are using

these lotions and these hair things.

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And like, we don't need

this fragrance in our body.

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Fragrance is a huge one that if you

eliminate a lot of the products in

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your home will be gone because a lot

of Stuff has fragrance in it like

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

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So for just a quick, quick note, for

those of you who are listening, you're

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like, what does she mean by fragrance?

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Like literally like turn the product

over to the ingredients list.

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If it says fragrance, that's actually.

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Pretty like a pretty red flag

because it's not outlining

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like what is in the fragrance.

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And so while brands can put fragrance,

they're actually not required to disclose

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all the different chemicals and toxins

that were used to make up that fragrance.

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So even like natural fragrances,

like what does that mean?

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You know, like, so that's a really

easy way to just eliminate some things.

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Turn, turn the product over.

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If it says fragrance, it's,

it's probably not great.

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah,

it's like:

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ingredients for fragrance.

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And I think like 95 percent of them

are toxic, like known carcinogens.

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Um, so that would be like, if I could

just say two things right now, it

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would be like, get rid of the tap

water, get rid of the fragrance.

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And you're going to be

like, leveling up a lot.

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If you're more advanced in your

wellness journey or whatever, yeah.

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Um, then you can say, oh, okay, well, you

know, I've, I've cleaned up the kitchen.

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I've done this.

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So now maybe you look at your

furniture, you look at your mattress.

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I mean, there's like, Um, things you

can do, then you can start looking

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at your paint and whatever, but

it's not things we need to do all

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at once, unless you're into that.

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Um, but just knowing that they are

impacting us and all of it comes

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down to God's design and like, we

weren't designed to live like this.

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We aren't designed to be

inundated with these toxins.

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We're not designed to, um,

mess with the earth so much.

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Use science to create these fake

ingredients to put, to make plastic

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soft, to put it on our, on our

skin, to our skin, to absorb it.

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Like the further we get away

from nature and God's design,

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I mean, the sicker we get.

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And so if we can live as close

to his design as possible,

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we really do see healing.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Totally.

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Talk to us a little bit

more about minerals.

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You've mentioned that a couple of

times as kind of like your go to,

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especially in times of stress of like

replenishing the minerals in your body.

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And I know that when I, you mentioned

your course earlier, I took it last

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year and learned so much from it.

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And you mentioned that the importance

of minerals a lot in there as well.

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So can, in a nutshell, can you just kind

of share like, why are they so important?

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Um, how do they support our body?

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

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So minerals are my obsession because

they're what finally changed, like I had

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been eating like 100 percent organic, uh,

even like seasonal only from my farms,

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like organic mattress, organic clothes.

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I mean really going through it and

people are like, how are you still sick?

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And I'm like, I do not know.

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And then I, I never been, no one ever

told me about minerals, no naturopath,

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functional chiropractor, anyone,

no one ever told me about minerals.

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And so I was introduced to the

RCP, which I talk a little bit

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about in the course as well.

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And then that's all about minerals.

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And within two months of, you know,

incorporating some of the changes

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that I talk about in the course I got

pregnant after four years of infertility.

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And so now I just like, cannot

stop with the minerals because they

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really are the foundation of all

life, like our cells, which are.

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The foundation of our life

are dependent upon minerals.

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And so if my cells need minerals,

then why wouldn't I need minerals?

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You know, and we have, we have minerals.

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We know a lot about like magnesium

and calcium and potassium, and then

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there's some less known ones like

boron and silica and phosphorus, you

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know, but all of these minerals play.

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a crucial role in our health and

they all work synergistically.

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Um, maybe some antagonize the others,

but that's not the point here.

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The point is that we need

minerals to live and to be well.

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And when people start focusing on

remineralizing their bodies the way that

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I approach it, which is very simple, not

like a bunch of supplements, their bodies

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begin to heal because if we don't have

enough potassium, if we don't have enough

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magnesium, if we don't have the right

ratios of these things in our bodies.

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All of the other things we're doing

are futile because we're literally

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not absorbing the food we're eating.

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We're not able to digest properly.

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We're not able to use the restroom,

eliminate, detox properly.

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Our pathways are closed.

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And so basic things like incorporating

a half a gallon of herbal tea a

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day, which is like super easy.

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You don't even have to go as far

as I do with like Loose leaf herbs.

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You can go buy some tea bags

from the store, put them in

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water and put them outside.

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And that's it.

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People are like, how long,

how much this, how much water?

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Just like fill a jar up with water, good

water, not tap water and put your tea

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bags in it and let the sun infuse it.

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The sun is healing and

drink that every single day.

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And like, you will notice differences.

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My nails and my hair and like

throughout all this mold and the

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doctors are literally like, They're

like, this is a medical miracle that

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you guys aren't hospitalized because

of what was found in your home.

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And I'm like, it's because of minerals,

the minerals that God gave us, that we

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have been so adamant about incorporating

into our lifestyle and just like eating

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for minerals, drinking for minerals,

living for minerals, like my bath.

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I'm like, what can I put in this bath?

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I'm like putting milk and, and

roses and like breast milk.

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I mean, like whatever,

whatever I dandelion.

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all in the bathtub.

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Um, and then like the teas,

it's like, Oh, what's outside.

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Like most people can walk out in their

yard as long as it's not sprayed,

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grab some dandelion greens, grab

some cleavers, grab some pine tips.

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I mean like it's all medicine that

God gave us and it all blooms at

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certain times for certain reasons.

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So if you're using that, like,

God knows your body needs that.

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And so the tea is one that we do a lot,

like Oregon meats are so high in minerals

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and so I really not just liver, you know,

like all of them are really important.

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And so when we kind of get

out of like the space of.

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Oh, I'm not an herbalist or

I'm not going to eat liver.

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That's disgusting.

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It's a, it filters toxins.

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Like once we just reconnect again

with nature and with God's design, we

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begin to heal and it's super cheap.

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Like my, my like 5, 700

milligrams of potassium a day.

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I don't pay a cent for essentially,

like I'm not taking a supplement.

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I'm just drinking bone

broth that the bones are.

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are basically free because

they just come with the animal.

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And then the herbs I've picked

from outside and I've dried them.

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And if not, you buy tea,

which is really inexpensive.

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And it's like these simple

changes that are profound.

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They are so impactful for our health.

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Um, that when I started focusing on

those kinds of things, I saw results.

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Whereas when I was doing paleo

keto fasting, cold dunking sauna.

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I mean, like I didn't see the

results that I'm seeing by.

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Simply breathing, being in

prayer, getting my feet on the

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earth and drinking herbal tea.

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Like, obviously there's a little

more to it than that, but that's,

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you know, that's the basics.

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

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I love that you, yeah, the, and

this is a goal to strive for.

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I know a lot of us listening

are probably like, oh my gosh,

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I'm such a long way from there.

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So it's a goal to strive for.

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But can you, so I, I'm very

interested about this tea thing.

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I've seen you post about it on

your stories a lot, and I feel like

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I haven't heard a ton of people

talk about just all the benefits

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of that K that can come from tea.

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And this is coming from a

girl, I'm like, I love tea.

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Like, I love having tea.

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Yeah.

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And I, I feel like it's so soothing.

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Um, and I like it much more than coffee.

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So for someone who's just going to go

to the store and buy a couple of teas

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and kind of start introducing this more

into their day to day, do you recommend

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specific like kinds of tea or any tea?

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Like which ones do you

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

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So number one, like with everything,

when it comes to what you're putting

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in your body, quality matters.

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So like, I don't recommend going

and buying like Tazo tea, like

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they're just really high in

pesticides and things like that.

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Um, so traditional medicines or

medicinals or whatever, they're

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like a, they're a great brand.

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Um,

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mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

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I think it's traditional

medicinals or something like that.

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We have

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ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

So they're lovely.

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And like, if you're buying

teabags, it's going to be more

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expensive than buying loose leaf.

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But if that's where you start, whatever.

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And if money is not an

issue, then whatever.

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Um, I would recommend like right away you

get nettle, you get, um, like rose hip and

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you get, I'm trying to think if they have

like oat straw in a teabag, um, nettle,

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oat straw, rose hip, You can do like dried

flowers, like calendula, um, rose petals.

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These things are all like fill full

of minerals, like so full of minerals.

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And then, so I mix them all.

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So like right now I have some hibiscus

calendula, a bunch of dandelions that I

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had the kids pick, like just the flowers,

the weeds, um, dried dandelion green.

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So like the leaves of the dandelion, I

have oat straw, nettle and orange peels.

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I just shoved orange peels in there

and they're just, they've been soaking

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overnight and we put them outside in

the sun and you can do it that way.

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Or you can steep it normally

like hot if you want it.

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And you can add some raw honey to it.

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And it's medicine.

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Like I wish there was like a

meter I could put in and like

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read how much minerals is in this.

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half a gallon of basically, I don't know,

maybe it costs like 30 cents or 50 cents

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to make this whole half a gallon of tea.

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And so I normally will make up

like two to three half gallons at a

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time, and that will be three days.

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So I drink half a gallon every single day.

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That's like my non negotiable.

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And I have my kids and my

husband participate as well.

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And it.

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Yeah, I use it as the base for smoothies.

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If we're making smoothies or, um, you

know, if you're going to have like a

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mocktail, I'll use that instead of water.

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Like I'll put it in like a soda stream

and sparkle it instead of water.

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Yeah.

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It's just like, Oh, instead of having

water that has, I think like 0.

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001 percent of minerals in it, usually.

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This has like full minerals in

it, um, because most water people

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are drinking like RO water, we

can just quickly say like RO water

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does not have minerals in it.

700

:

So if you're drinking RO water, you

need to be adding minerals back in and

701

:

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

What is, what is RO

702

:

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

reverse osmosis.

703

:

So it's one of the filtration

processes for water and it's removing.

704

:

everything, including the good.

705

:

So yes, you're getting all the

contaminants, birth control,

706

:

pesticides, fecal waste, whatever,

out of your water, but you're also

707

:

getting all of your minerals taken out.

708

:

And so people are trying to do the

right thing by drinking Berkey water

709

:

by drinking RO water from the store.

710

:

Um, but it's actually depleting

them further because it's

711

:

taking out the minerals.

712

:

So you're drinking water that's

thirsty water or empty water.

713

:

That's going into your body,

pulling minerals from your

714

:

cells to try to rehydrate it.

715

:

And so it further dehydrates you.

716

:

Um, so if you are drinking RO water,

Berkey, RO system, whatever, which

717

:

is the most common type of water,

um, you need to be definitely adding

718

:

minerals back into it or herbs.

719

:

Herbs are putting the minerals

back into it, which is really cool.

720

:

And it's, there's so

many different healing.

721

:

Constituents in it.

722

:

So, you know, some herbs are

going to be, um, supporting you

723

:

against allergies in the season.

724

:

And if you're collecting them

from outside, they're going to

725

:

have a little pine pollen, like

up here in the north where I am,

726

:

and that's really good for now.

727

:

So you can build up an

immunity to pine pollen.

728

:

So you're not reacting

so poorly in the spring.

729

:

And, um, the rose hips

are like the highest.

730

:

In vitamin C, nobody ever talks about

roses, but they're like way higher in

731

:

vitamin C than oranges or other fruit.

732

:

Um, the dandelions, the greens are

gonna be helpful in the spring for

733

:

combating like lymphatic stagnation

and, and they're all very purposely

734

:

intentionally designed like me and.

735

:

I'm staying at my friend Natalie's.

736

:

I'm like, she has this

huge spruce tip in yard.

737

:

We're like outside picking spruce

tips off of it, putting it in the

738

:

tee and it just tastes so delicious.

739

:

So it's, it's a fun thing.

740

:

And it's part of my July

wellness challenge that I do

741

:

the free challenge in July.

742

:

Um, is make, have people just like go.

743

:

Pick stuff from their yard and

they're like, freaked out and iPhones.

744

:

Luckily now you can take pictures

and it'll like identify the plan.

745

:

Like, so be careful.

746

:

Um, but don't be freaked out.

747

:

Most, most of what's growing

around you is edible.

748

:

And if it's not, you probably

know, like you probably know.

749

:

I

750

:

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Um, okay.

751

:

So you mentioned T is part of

your non negotiables right now.

752

:

Share kind of like, what are

your other non negotiables?

753

:

Like, what is your wellness routine

look like during this state of stress?

754

:

And maybe we can draw some inspiration

if, you know, you're listening and

755

:

you You feel like you're also in

kind of a season of craziness, utter

756

:

chaos that you can't get out of.

757

:

Um, yeah.

758

:

Can you just kind of share what your

wellness routine looks like right

759

:

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: can.

760

:

Um, so my.

761

:

I have like a baseline for myself

and we eat food from around us.

762

:

We don't eat 100 percent seasonally.

763

:

Like I make sourdough and actually

that's not a good example.

764

:

The flour is from here, but if the

flour wasn't from here, I would eat it.

765

:

The salt is not from here.

766

:

You know, like we don't eat a hundred

percent seasonally, um, or locally.

767

:

And so, but we have a baseline for

the food that we bring into our home.

768

:

And, and that, you know, goes

basically like, I don't believe

769

:

that God intends for us to eat, um,

conventionally factory grown foods.

770

:

I just don't, some people

don't have that conviction.

771

:

I do.

772

:

So all of our food is the highest quality.

773

:

It can be essentially, we

do like full nose to tail.

774

:

We're really getting all of it

because we want to have the full I

775

:

mean, God gave us the whole animal.

776

:

He didn't just give us ground beef.

777

:

He gave us the bones.

778

:

He gave us the cartilaginous pieces.

779

:

He gave us the gelatin, all of that.

780

:

So we, that's how we eat as our baseline.

781

:

Um, we don't have toxins in

our home, like in regards to

782

:

cleaners or, uh, things like that.

783

:

And then we, are very cautious

about the things we bring into

784

:

our ears and see with our eyes.

785

:

So those are kind of our basics.

786

:

And then my non negotiables on top

of those things are, like I said,

787

:

the half gallon of tea every day.

788

:

Um, my vitamin E.

789

:

Is something that I do every day and

magnesium, whether it's from like

790

:

master mineral drink or magnesium,

bicarbonate, or Epsom salt, like getting

791

:

magnesium in some way or another, because

that's one of the, that's one of the

792

:

things that I generally have everyone

supplement because it's so depleted

793

:

in soils and it's, and it's the first

to go with stress, um, any kind of.

794

:

Toxic, physical, mental, relational,

any kind of, any kind of stress it goes.

795

:

Um, we do sunrise in the morning right

away and then feet on the earth, even

796

:

if it's cold and snowy and sucks.

797

:

Uh, we just go put our feet on the

earth because God made the cold too.

798

:

So if we're up in the

north, that's for us.

799

:

And I'm trying to think of what

my, Oh, my other one is 120

800

:

to 150 grams of protein a day.

801

:

And so if I keep it that with all of

those things, it keeps me alive and

802

:

like feeling pretty good generally.

803

:

And if I don't like, if I don't eat

at least 120 grams of protein a day,

804

:

it doesn't matter if I ate like 6,

000 calories, I would still be hungry.

805

:

It's like the protein personally

for me is what is satiating.

806

:

I don't know if that's for everyone.

807

:

Um, but when I meet that, like half

gallon tea, the protein, the feet

808

:

on the earth, the sun in the eyes.

809

:

I notice that I'm at a pretty

good baseline and I'm able to keep

810

:

all of those things up anywhere,

anywhere I am, wherever I go.

811

:

Like if we travel, I used to travel

with a suitcase full of supplements.

812

:

Now I travel with a stasher

bag full of herbs, like leaves.

813

:

Basically it always gets taken

by today and they, you know, swab

814

:

it or whatever, but that's like,

yeah, so that's my supplement.

815

:

And, and.

816

:

And, it's light, it's easy to travel with.

817

:

And I know I have that.

818

:

And I know that wherever

I am, I'll have that.

819

:

And I know that once I am traveling or

displaced, whatever, I can always have

820

:

meat, variety of meat, eggs, dairy,

whatever, to get in that protein.

821

:

And that keeps me.

822

:

grounded enough to be able to function

when, like I said, these doctors are

823

:

saying, Oh, you should be hospitalized.

824

:

You should this.

825

:

I'm like, I don't believe that to be

true because I believe that God is good.

826

:

And even though this, I don't think is

part of his, um, Design for us to be

827

:

like living in like moldy houses and

living with by toxic plants and like

828

:

all these, you know, chemical exposures.

829

:

I believe that our bodies have resiliency.

830

:

If we give them, you know, some

basic things that they need

831

:

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

Yeah, totally.

832

:

No, that's great.

833

:

Um, out of all the things you shared,

if you were to recommend like one to

834

:

three of just like, if you are just

starting, if you're listening and

835

:

this is like your first step, what are

the top things you would recommend?

836

:

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734:

in regards to stress.

837

:

Um, I would non negotiable get outside

first thing in the morning, feet

838

:

on the earth, light in the eyes.

839

:

So glasses off contacts off.

840

:

Um, You know, people will ask,

what if I'm a night shift worker?

841

:

What if I'm with this?

842

:

What if I'm with that?

843

:

There's always like, what

ifs, but get outside.

844

:

If, if you're only going to get your eyes

in the light or to like outside, even

845

:

the moonlight, whatever, get your eyes,

roll your window down on the way to work.

846

:

Like the point is, is you're

getting close to nature and do

847

:

that for at least five minutes.

848

:

Every single morning.

849

:

Um, normally when people are stressed,

their sleep becomes a problem.

850

:

And this keeps that from happening because

it helps with your circadian rhythm.

851

:

The second thing would be the

nutritious liquids, like the mineral

852

:

liquids like I'm talking about.

853

:

So having at least half a gallon of

like a mixture of like herbal tea,

854

:

raw milk, bone broth, not water.

855

:

Don't put water in that.

856

:

If you want water, drink that after, like

if you're still hungry or still thirsty.

857

:

But having these nutritious liquids.

858

:

Um, even mocktails, like with fresh,

free, fresh squeezed fruit juice and salt,

859

:

things like that, like half a gallon of a

mix of those a day in your cells are going

860

:

to begin to hold on to the minerals you're

taking because it needs the solvent.

861

:

in order to uptake them.

862

:

Like your skin will start to feel better.

863

:

Your hair will start to feel better.

864

:

You'll begin to be hydrated

because you need those minerals.

865

:

And the third thing would be

maintaining blood sugar, which

866

:

is where that protein comes in.

867

:

And so you don't have to aim for

like the one 50 that takes time.

868

:

Like I used to eat like 30 grams

of protein a day and that makes

869

:

sense why I was like disintegrating.

870

:

Um, but I would, I would say like

non negotiable a hundred grams

871

:

of protein a day is like a good.

872

:

Place that I require it of my clients,

because if you're not eating a

873

:

hundred grams of protein a day, I

don't really know what you're eating.

874

:

You're eating a bunch of carbs and a

bunch of fat maybe, um, which is normally

875

:

where people experience the weight gain.

876

:

And so this is mixed protein.

877

:

This can be from dairy.

878

:

If you can handle it

like high quality dairy.

879

:

Um, the broths, like bone broths, the

gelatin, the collagen, I'm not talking

880

:

like all the powders, I'm talking the

meats, you know, the oxtail cuts, this can

881

:

be red meat, this can be fish, this can

be eggs, it can be, um, chicken, you know,

882

:

just a mixed variety, a hundred grams of

protein a day, those would be my three.

883

:

So the nutritious liquids, the

simple morning sunrise with

884

:

the feet on the earth, and then

the hundred grams of protein.

885

:

And that's.

886

:

That's a huge, that's a huge

accomplishment and it's going to

887

:

make a huge change in your life.

888

:

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734:

absolutely.

889

:

Yes.

890

:

I feel like we're all walking away with

encouragement and some good practical

891

:

things that we can start implementing.

892

:

I know that I have some new things

that I can start implementing.

893

:

So this has been so, so good.

894

:

I think before we kind of wrap up.

895

:

Is there any sort of encouragement

that you have to share with people who

896

:

maybe just feel really overwhelmed?

897

:

Um, I know that you're like in a state

like this right now, just like dealing

898

:

with a lot with, um, your home and

this time of transition where you guys

899

:

are trying to figure out what to do

next and how to solve this problem.

900

:

So any words of encouragement

that you have to someone who

901

:

might relate to that state?

902

:

Mm

903

:

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yes.

904

:

My number, like my first part would

be like to just go through it.

905

:

It's really healthy to feel your

emotions, like to experience the

906

:

emotions that we've been given.

907

:

Um, that's really important.

908

:

So it's important to cry.

909

:

It's important to feel stressed.

910

:

It's important to feel overwhelmed.

911

:

Um, but it's also important to notice

those things and then to say, like,

912

:

I'm going to cry and I'm going to be

stressed and I'm going to whatever, but

913

:

then I'm going to do something about it.

914

:

Not like as like a, I am in control kind

of way, but like, okay, if I'm feeling so

915

:

stressed and so overwhelmed and so this,

and I can't change the circumstances.

916

:

I can't change the fact

that my house is moldy.

917

:

I can't change the fact that I've moved

eight times in the last three months.

918

:

Um, I can't change like the toxic

levels of things in my body, but.

919

:

I can get outside more.

920

:

I can, you know, drink more tea

or take a bath or read the word or

921

:

sit and play with my kids when I

feel like I need to be making calls

922

:

around to like remediation companies.

923

:

So like feeling it, going

through it, taking ownership and

924

:

then making conscious choices.

925

:

Um, and then knowing truly knowing

and resting in the fact that God

926

:

designed your body to be well.

927

:

And if you give it what it needs, which

people are like, well, what do I need?

928

:

We just talked a lot about that in here.

929

:

Um, What it needs is to be as

close to God's design as possible,

930

:

which means it needs to be as

close to his creation as possible.

931

:

And if you rest in that and believe that

your body will begin to heal, because

932

:

a lot of people don't heal because

they do not believe that they can heal.

933

:

And, um, I was stuck in

that for a long time.

934

:

I literally was like, Maybe I'm just

supposed to be sick like forever.

935

:

I'm never gonna have kids.

936

:

I'm always gonna have Hashimoto's

I'm always gonna only eat seven

937

:

foods and and that's not true.

938

:

So just Trusting and knowing that

God has created you to be well and

939

:

like really letting that sink in

and say, okay what does that mean

940

:

and And then like acting from there.

941

:

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: hmm.

942

:

Yeah, that's so good.

943

:

I think mindset is, is more

important than we think.

944

:

And I think when we're stuck, we get

stuck in a rut, honestly, that's just

945

:

like the most simplest ways to put it.

946

:

Like we get stuck in a rut in our

health journeys because it gets tiring.

947

:

And if it's something that's drawn

out for a long time, it's easy to just

948

:

kind of be like, well, I guess, you

know, this is where I'm supposed to be.

949

:

I guess I can't really get out of

this and I just have to deal with it.

950

:

And I think mindset.

951

:

Yeah.

952

:

And I think that combined with

prayer, like we talked about earlier

953

:

in the letting the Lord, like bring

you that clarity and that healing,

954

:

even in your heart and your mindset

can be really, really helpful

955

:

and more impactful than we think.

956

:

So

957

:

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah,

and I would be here for this

958

:

Episode is that this is like

people's like, get out of the rut.

959

:

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yes.

960

:

Yes.

961

:

Hopefully this has been a source of

encouragement for anybody listening.

962

:

Um, so where can people find you if

they want to learn more from you?

963

:

Um, I know we've mentioned

the course a couple of times.

964

:

Can you just tell us a little

bit more about all that?

965

:

ashlee_1_05-31-2024_110734: Yeah.

966

:

So simplistic is my business.

967

:

It's the word simple, no E

holistic that's Instagram.

968

:

That's my website.

969

:

Um, and then bare naked hormones

is my course where it's like.

970

:

Stress, sleep, exercise, diet, nature,

everything in relation to hormones.

971

:

And, you know, we're

women, we have hormones.

972

:

And so it's for everyone.

973

:

People say like, Oh, is

it for post menopause?

974

:

Is it for teenagers?

975

:

Is it for, it's like for anybody?

976

:

I mean, even men and like kids.

977

:

Um, so yeah, the, the course is like the

foundational, everything I did to become

978

:

well, and now I've watched like a thousand

women do as well because it's nothing

979

:

that I've created or, you know, like made,

it's all just things I've rediscovered

980

:

that have always been, and that I've kind

of like simplified and made kind of a

981

:

path for people to, um, simply go through

it that makes sense and is attainable.

982

:

mari-wagner_1_05-31-2024_120734: Yeah.

983

:

And I'll just speak a little bit

to my own experience there too.

984

:

I think that when, you know, we started

our wellness, really, when it comes

985

:

to infertility and kind of starting

to dig into like, what are the reasons

986

:

why we're not getting pregnant?

987

:

You know, what's going on?

988

:

And I found your course.

989

:

Uh, one of the things that I loved

was that you not only talked about

990

:

Like explain what are good practices

to have, but the impact and like the

991

:

science behind them, like the, why,

why, this practice is, you know,

992

:

supports , your metabolism, why this

practice supports yourselves, why this,

993

:

you know, why these minerals to do this.

994

:

And so that was helpful for me because

it's easy to hear a bunch of information

995

:

and just kind of be like, Well, how do

I know this is going to work for me?

996

:

What's true?

997

:

What's not?

998

:

Why does it work?

999

:

Um, and so that just gave

me a lot of confidence.

:

00:52:47,746 --> 00:52:51,776

Like it was just a source of knowledge

all in one single resource, which

:

00:52:51,776 --> 00:52:56,366

is so much easier to stick to, to

actually learn things from instead of

:

00:52:56,366 --> 00:52:59,246

like following a bunch of different

accounts on Instagram and trying to

:

00:52:59,256 --> 00:53:00,496

take a little bit from everybody.

:

00:53:00,496 --> 00:53:05,086

So actually learning the behind the

why of things and the science behind

:

00:53:05,096 --> 00:53:07,266

things was super just like empowering.

:

00:53:07,326 --> 00:53:12,081

And, um, Yeah, I just walked away

learning a lot and I thought that was

:

00:53:12,151 --> 00:53:12,311

great.

:

00:53:12,691 --> 00:53:13,371

Great resource.

:

00:53:13,441 --> 00:53:13,861

-:

you for sharing.

:

00:53:14,786 --> 00:53:17,556

-:

much, uh, Ashley for being with us today.

:

00:53:17,556 --> 00:53:20,476

This has been a wonderful

conversation and we hope to

:

00:53:20,486 --> 00:53:21,696

have you on again in the future.

:

00:53:21,696 --> 00:53:23,516

I know you have so much to

share, so I'm sure this won't

:

00:53:23,516 --> 00:53:24,436

be the last time we have you.

:

00:53:25,246 --> 00:53:26,206

-:

Thank you for having me.

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