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Case study breakdown week 11. We're going to be chatting all about our protocols. So, we will bounce through these. All right, here we go. Uh, if you're catching the replay, uh oh, oh no. If you're catching the replay, welcome in. And if you're watching us live, all right, cool. So, hey Avenge, welcome in. Tap the screen. Join the live. All right. Let me get this camera. Let's see. Cool. Kind of keep them kind of close to each other. All right. Cool. So, here we go. So, we're going to So, this is week 11 of our our intro to holistic medicine 2. uh we are going to be kind of really expanding what a detox protocol is going to look like. We're going to look at clinical reasoning over memorization. So this isn't about just rope memorization. It's about really understanding what's going on. And again, we're going to follow and break down even further that therapeutic order. Uh looking at building your foundation, helping support the drainage pathways and then de deeptoxification.
So, um, what the final assignment is actually more of like a peer-reviewed assignment. And, um, the I actually going to, since this has kind of been self-guided and people are coming at all different times, uh, I actually am going to record a few um, CA like three case scenarios for you guys and you'll pick one for your final assignment and then, uh, we'll walk through that. So, all right. So, um, the CA case study is going to be verbal. So, I'll have them pre-recorded and I'll put them in your course shell for you. Remember, it's under the learnings tab. And so, um, once you get your case study and you, um, you listen to it, you, you know, you'll have three options. I'll put a summary in there. Uh, so a written summary and then also to um, we'll have, uh, the audio so you can listen to it as well.
It's important to begin to improve your listening, right? Because there there's a lot going on, right? And and the theme I want you to understand is we can only meet people as deep as we're willing to meet ourselves, right? So our brains may be going, especially when something's new, right? Our brains are going, then our emotions are going, then our physical body, like our nervous system is responding, reacting, doing all kinds of crazy things. And so it may we may not be congruent. So we we have to begin to practice listening and a motivational interviewing. We learned all about active listening. Uh and that was part of um intro to holistic medicine one. So we want to really practice that active listening. So definitely listen uh to kind of the the walkthroughs um and the case studies in your course shell. All right. So, we are going to jump in to some case studies so you can kind of get an idea of what we're talking about. So, a case study looks kind of like this. 52-year-old male works at a desk job. Minimal movement.
So, we know that foundational health piece of movement. Our 10,000 step marker is not being met. We don't know about the food, but our next thing is crave sugar and caffeine dependent. So, we know circadian rhythm is probably off. Definitely not sleeping because caffeine, caffeine in the morning, sugar crashes, blood sugar is probably going to be off there. Complaints of bloating, low b low libido, excuse me, skin congestion, and then high cholesterol, diet, diet, diet. We don't know stomach acid also to liver probably not getting enough nutrients, clogging itself up, uh creating a dispiosis or imbalance in intestinal flora in the digestive system, and then that lack of fiber with that high cholesterol.
Now we know that the hormones are you know um uh built off of our metabolic state. So that low libido hormonal uh all of our hormones are created within our GI tract. Constipated bowel movement every two to three days. So he's definitely contraindicated for detoxification because he's not having one to three bowel movements per day. Uh and we would know that with our bowel transit time test. So he has a low uh transit time, low stomach acid. So we would confirm that with that baking soda test. You take a quarter teaspoon, put it in some warm water, drink it in the morning. You want less than or close to uh as you know short of time to burp as possible. 5 minutes is the longest but I mean it can go on and on and on and that helps you know about your stomach acid. We'll look at the acidity, urinary pH to understand how the mouth is going, alkalinity as well as urinary pH for our antioxidants.
Uh and then in this case mild liver enzyme um elevation so stagnation right not moving liver colon lymph system metabolic overload we know there's probably some protein deficiency so we know there's amino acids that are not getting in there sedentary uh lifestyle and a lot of stress second case right so we are buzzing through our cases we have several of these to to this evening actually and wanting to present these to you so that you have um a really good um overview of what you're going to be experienc especially because we're not face to face uh and you know we're all doing it at different times different places around the world. It's important um to understand um just different experiences and the way that we think in holistic medicine versus, you know, what the world thinks we think, right? Um 41-year-old uh female full-time caretaker.
So, we probably know a lot of stress there. Presents with fatigue, brain fog, sugar cravings, skin eruptions before it mises. So, we know there's toxicity there. We know there's a lot of emotional stress. nervous system is definitely uh in probably more of a fight orflight state. So stagnation um crying spells obviously a lot of grief. So heart uh opening neck tension respon taking on the responsibility shallow breathing that stress response again when we're taking on that burden. PH levels fluctuate again because that fight orflight response bowel movement's normal but sometimes cortisol spikes happen and so urgency can happen at times. uh tra traumatic history a score which is adverse childhood experience score is a six. So um that scoring is from zero to 10.
So six is high. Um and so nervous system really needs to be toned in a case like this which is why it would be an emotional detox. Next case and if you have any questions feel free to drop them in as you guys kind of go in and out. Again, this is week 11 of intro to holistic medicine 2, detoxification and elimination. So, we're getting into case review and understanding case review uh and just the way of thinking and we'll break this down. So, I want you to kind of I know I'm going through a lot of these right now, but I I I'm starting out simple and then we'll break it down step by step how we get there. All right. So, uh, nutrient deficiency and overcleansing.
28-year-old really holistic enthusiast. They love to look at videos all online, YouTube, etc. And they're self-treating. So, they're doing, you know, a little bit of juice fasting, a little bit of enema, complaining of fatigue, dizziness, pale skin, hair thinning, and then frequent infection. So, we know the immune system is compromised. We know that the immune system is just not getting the nutrients that it absolutely needs. especially we're going on all these fad diets up and down with no clinical structure and understanding of how the body actually uh functions. So definitely makes sense that there would be fatigue, energy loss, dizziness a lot of times. Um again nervous system but hormonal think hormonal think adrenals. Um so definitely minerals uh could be an issue there. Uh the pale skin so that's a lack of circulation. Uh so we would definitely want to maybe do some breath work uh with this patient as well uh and hair thinning so we know the nutrients are lacking. Uh very clean eater probably very restrictive but really you know especially coming in like vegan vegetarian understanding the role of protein and amino acids and making sure you're not loading up with fat.
And then bowel movements are consistent but loose. So we're moving a little bit um slowly but we'll kind of work that up. Also too there's not enough protein. urinary pH is more in the alkaline state. So remember there was that infection, low muscle mass because of the amino acid deficiency and kind of variable mood. Remember amino acids really run the uh nervous system, the immune system, hormonal system, etc. So again, we want to address the foundational pieces first.
So uh address that depletion. uh we don't want to over detox the body like that's why we kind of are creating these structures and clinical understanding um of detoxification. So we want to build before we detox and then very gently we've got to balance this nervous system along with the metabolic system and so we're working on both aspects of the human being.
All right. So case one metabolic overload liver colon lymph we need to move movement fiber phase two focus elimination case two remember lots of emotional stress caregiver uh so liver nervous system we want to support that bagel nerve uh so cold uh on the face maybe on the chest a lot of deep breathing humming etc uh and I find like putting that cold pack on the chest right before bed really kind of helps uh to soothe. Doing a little journaling, maybe even some essential oils like the release a castor oil pack at the same time. So, because it's not going to necessarily impact if you put the cold on the chest and then the castor oil which is warm on the belly. Um we also want to encourage a lot of movement, right? is more so yoga and breathing just so that all the grief doesn't become stagnant especially in the lungs because remember we had a low low breath rate there we could even do some BOF feedback um on the um breath using heart rate variability so we looked at that in intro to holistic medicine one uh and I also teach a whole webinar on that as well um hey tapping so case three we reviewed was nutrient depleted a lot of gut immune remember That's our person that was chronically detoxing and self- treating and all the things.
Um, and so we want to add and do a lot of education around protein, the role of amino acids, minerals, and definitely we want to work on draining the system and building things up first before we start doing any other crazy detox programs. Before we get into kind of the meat and potatoes da da um I just want to reiterate um for the for you to have a certificate for this class of intro to holistic medicine 2 you're going to choose one of the three uh pre-recorded they'll be in the course shell um and you'll be able to outline your uh final project from that and then map it out and I'll give you a structure.
So, um I encourage you to really, you know, try to make this more visual but for yourself by, you know, maybe doing a symptom timeline. Um there will be a a template for you as well, but just something so you can visually see it. Use colors, that kind of thing. Really get creative. All right. So, now now we are going to go into where is it? All right. Now, we're really going to get into those deeper clinical pearls and nuances. Uh, so you know, so all right. So, how did we get to all of the things that you just said? Okay. All right. So, each case is structured as follows. We're going to look at the presenting symptoms. So, remember, we're going to use our senses. So, we're going to listen. We're going to take notes. uh we're going to you know really be mindful of what we're feeling in our bodies as well but not to use that um too too much and we'll talk about the role of transference and mirroring and all of that.
So each case has a structure and that's also too helpful when we have a container, a clinical container. It's outside of me, outside of you. That way we can keep things, you know, my side, your side away from each other. And so presenting symptoms, so we're listening for uh we're writing, you know, we're engaging with what the person is saying their symptoms are. But we also have our subjective data. Remember those questionnaires we did nutrient assessment questionnaire as well as detoxification. So we have the subjective data. So we have face toface what they're saying to us but then we also have the backend when they're just kind of sitting quiet with themselves. So we can look at those two uh perspectives. And then our objective data number of pH levels urinary salivary um all all sorts of um metrics that we can look at.
Primary detox pathways. We're looking at um your phase one, phase two, liver detoxification, and then those secondary considerations like your emotions, your hormones, your lymph, that sort of thing. Detox tools. We then worked on understanding which tools to use for detoxification. So, we went over different modalities and different herbal protocols for that. And then we began to structure our timeline. So, it's all starting to come together. week 11 um in our intro to holistic medicine 2 class. So again, we break this down. We're going to assess, we're going to identify those pathways, we're going to pick out the tools we're going to use, and then finally review the timeline.
So let's go into a more nuanced, deeper understanding of case review. All right. So in that same framework and in that template, we look at our presenting symptoms. So stagnant professional. So this is a professional that's not moving, that's not that feels kind of stuck in whatever role that they may be. So bloating, fatigue, skin congestion, high cholesterol, low libido, constipation, right? 52-year-old male male, sedentary, heavy coffee use. Remember we talked about this long work hours, um low movement. And then we had our objective data.
So we break down right low stomach acid, urinary, elevated liver enzymes. Then our primary detox pathways are activated liver as well as the colon. And then the secondary, the lymph, remember stagnation, blood sugar dysregulation as well. And then as we're looking even deeper, uh the detox tools, we're going to go for diet naturally bitters, but we're also going to make sure that we're nourishing the body with clean amino acids. We're giving some coping tools.
I know a lot with men, physical movement can help. So perhaps setting a goal uh in terms of, you know, using steps um on your phone or Apple Watch or um Fitbit, which you know syncs nicely with our holistic life app. And so from there, we're setting goals of maybe a thousand steps at first, maybe then 3,000, and then getting up to five and then even up to 10,000 steps per day. our proposed timeline. Remember, low and slow. We're going to be nice and relaxed. So, first um couple weeks is all about building our foundation. So, our hydration, fat, and our protein, as well as our movement of our bodies because we want to get that stagnation moving. And then week three to four, we focus on those drainage pathways. So, liver, gut, and lymph. And then week four, we go deeper with um herbs as well as different tinctures and binders and nutrients. Oh my. All right, so the overcleanser, remember her? She absolutely loves every single detox video she finds. Ah, no. Let me get my right slide there. No. Okay, there we go. Okay, so with the um overcleanse, remember we went over that initial and now we break it down even more.
So those presenting symptoms, right? And then the excessive cleansing, subjective data, 23 regular females, juices daily, afraid of toxins. And this we got again from our subjective and objective data. We have those numbers as well. We can break that down even more. We'll get more into that on Saturday's class. And then objective data. We look at her pH levels, her muscle mass, which can be tracked pretty easily with a scale. Um, and then loose stool, so we can track her bowel movements with the Bristol um, stool test. And then poor sleep. Remember, sleep is structured in terms of um, staying as go falling asleep, staying asleep, and then waking up rested. Um, also too with Apple Health, you can monitor your sleep. And then there's things like an aura ring um that you can also utilize too. All right, so secondary considerations, nervous system, obviously there's a lot of electrolyte balances as well and nutrient depletions. So we really want to make sure that we get lots of minerals. Remember detoxification takes out the good with the bad. And so we don't want to be overcleansing and over detoxifying.
Um digestive bitters to help soothe and even I would say some glutamine, some aloe vera also can be really helpful. Soups and stews because you can get a lot of nutrient dense in there and really building first. So, as we in our first couple weeks and our timeline, we are going to make sure all our nutrients um are getting back into the system. We're going to start our uh we're going to stop any additional cleansing practices because we need to build the body back up.
Really build the body's ability to digest and assimilate uh food and nutrients. And then we use some gentle binders, but nothing crazy uh for that. All right. So, our next case now we're kind of going deeper. These are some new cases that we're going to look at. Fight or flight chaos. So, these are patients that come in like a little tornado. And so, they have chronic overwhelm. They're really anxious, inconsistent uh with their eating, scattered thinking here, there, not following clear directions, sometimes poor hygiene just because of all the ups and downs. So, again, that fight orflight response. 3 uh 8-year-old entrepreneur, they're tired but wired. They're probably circadian rhythm is really off. So we know the veagal nerve is going to need some work. Doesn't follow through on tasks and kind of is more erratic. Um and so our objective data were skipping meals, not necessarily being um consistent with that.
Irregular heart rate. So the heart rates all over the place and then erratic sleep wake cycles all different times. And then chronic dehydration. So we need to bring everything relax everything and ground everything down. um some of our tools that we use three meals a day as we're building that up. We really want to also look at that nervous system as secondary considerations. We also want to make sure that the HPA axis, the hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenals. So, um we haven't talked extensively about this, but really focus when you hear um the hormones like that, you you know, adrenals, that sort of thing. Think minerals and electrolytes to really replenish. We also want to make sure that the blood sugar is stable. So no more skipping meals um because that can uh impact the blood sugar as being really erratic. Adaptogens. So holy basil um is a really good one. Ashwagandha uh can also be a good one as well.
And then parasympathetic reset practices, breath work, um you know uh energy work, all of those things can really help. yoga movement. Our proposed timeline, we build that structure, stabilize the nervous system, and then we start to build more of that mitochondrial support and then more of that hormone nourishing. And then we're going to eventually, right, when the nervous system is ready in that rest and digest, now we're going to introduce deeper detoxification protocols. All right. So now we're going to look at um all right this particular case again in our structure this patient is addicted to suffering. So the nervous system can become especially if we've had a lot of trauma and we've had a lot of unresolved trauma or we haven't looked at our trauma. We've just compartmentalized it, buried it, avoided it, repressed it, whatever we did with it but we did not face it. The nervous system definitely keeps the score as we know the body does. And so we we want to be sensitive but also aware of cases like this. Um they have severe complaints, pain, fatigue, gut issues. However, there's a lot of scatteredness, unwilling to follow advice or even take full responsibility.
There's kind of this um dichotomy there. Older female tried everything, overly focused on symptoms. So, it's always the symptom management and that anxiety. Very resistant to change though. So, again, there's that secondary gain that's happening. We know this because we do have some objective data, normal labs, but remember our nutritional assessment questionnaire that we did, it had several different areas that were affected, disorganized protocol history. So, we definitely know that this person may have um some, you know, challenges with following through stages of change. So readiness assessments are going to be important because they have a lot of chronic stress patterns. So um we want to uh have care when we're working with people like this. Primary detoxification pathways, gut and liver stagnation. Secondary considerations, again, they don't necessarily know they're resistant to change um and healing, but based off of um our stages of change, we can hear that. And so therefore we follow through in kind.
And so a lot of times with cases like this, the identity becomes attached to being unwell because we get sympathy or empathy for not being well. And that can be very again um it's avoidant because we don't want to look at self. We don't want to learn to self soo. Instead, we want to seek outside of self for self. So, casserole packs just I mean are so good for so many different reasons, but for soothing, you know, nice fluffy blankets, weighted blankets, all of those things can be really helpful there. Um, boundaries and education on readiness is absolutely key. So, we'll reinforce that a little bit later in the class. So, our proposed timeline, uh, we look at mindset and readiness. So, again, we we're going to look at stages of change a little bit later. We're going to review that. Remember that from our introduistic medicine one way way back. Now we're really going to focus in on listening for because remember we have these case studies to review you.
I will encourage you to listen to all of them and then pick one that you want to do your case study on. And so with this particular individual because they're resistant but they're not aware that they're resistant. We're really looking at our objective tools because a lot of the um communication sometime we it has to be filtered because there's so much that's not been unpacked, right? And so we don't know what is mental, emotional, physical, nervous system related, etc. So we really have to slow things down to make sure that you know we're not missing anything. So, our detoxification tools and patterns, lots of journal prompts, emotional journal prompts, reflective exercising, um you know, really sitting meditation can be helpful and really taking accountability. But again, this particular individual may not be ready for what's being asked of them. So, we really want to keep it easy and not force. All right. All right. So our next individual here is our self- neglect deniialist. This particular individual presents with obesity, diabetes. So a lot of the metabolic factors um simply because of self- neglect.
And so multiple medications may be compliant, maybe not compliant, but definitely avoids looking. And so this is a 59year-old male, very resistant to change. That's why we're going to review the stages of change a little bit later on. They expect a lot of handholding. But again, you're a provider. You have healthy boundaries. You are, you know, not um, you know, responsible for other people's uh, healing. Everyone has to take personal responsibility. You are a guide, a teacher, a messenger. That is all. Doesn't really want to do a diet change. A little bit more on the fad diet side. actually our objective measures. So they came from their PCP, elevated hemoglobin A1C, high uh HSC or P, so inflammation, chronic constipation, uh acidic urinary pH and no self-care. So naturally, this patient is not going to be good to detoxify. So that is contraindicated, but we want to really work slowly if that patient's ready. But again, we're going to review those stages of change so you can listen when you're listening to some of these cases as we um go deeper into case review.
So, um because there's so much emotional denial and I I I said this on um the doctors when I was on that, you know, when we look at conscious communication and we look at the role of psychonurominology, the emotional manifestations of disease and we look at things related to your sugar, right? things related to your pancreas and being sweet to oneself, right? So, this is more of a deep intrinsic mental, emotional um self- neglect, right? Um and unfortunately, the the longer that these things go unadressed or unlooked at um or unpacked, they get worse um it's it's kind of like, you know, sweeping things under the rug. you know, eventually it's going to build up and build up and not be able to um, you know, be avoided any longer.
And so we want to again be in this framework of preventing things um and slowing things down before they become these big um problems. Now, of course, there are definitely nuances. Health care is not, you know, healthcare is very complicated. So uh there are many different people with many different health stories and different health experiences. So it's important to understand I'm giving a case uh study framework and these are good to kind of peel the layers back and look at a structure behind your case rather than uh looking at it from an emotional perspective. Okay. So definitely making sure that the blood sugar is stable. Remember the blood sugar and adrenals they really need that uh stability and that support. We are going to really focus on our motivational interviewing techniques. So a lot of active listening because we're going to listen for if there's any desire for even a group accountability.
They may maybe not be a candidate for one-on-one, but they may be willing to join a group. Um definitely getting some high fiber smoothies, especially if it's a summer time because they may want to eat that. And we want to really work on getting the stool, getting that uh cholesterol down, getting some of those other metabolic factors down. Um, foot soaks can also be really relaxing. Not necessarily relating to anything, but just trying to, you know, kind of calm everything down and soothe. Same thing with humor and, you know, going for walks and being in nature. All of these things can really have an impact. So again, our proposed timeline. We're on a four-week. We want to build that rapport. We want to clarify our expectations, listen for those stages of change. Um, and if we're going to move forward, focus in on the blood sugar and the bowels, getting those bowels moving, getting the blood sugar stable.
And then at that point we'll see you know because again we have to take these things one step at a time as we are looking and healing and all the good things. So again remember that this is all about your inner work. You can only meet people as deep as you're willing to meet yourself. So being comfortable with yourself and physician heal thyself knowing your body understanding your body is critical in these matters. You are really your own first patient. So before you can guide others, you must begin to guide yourself. And before you educate, you must embody like if you don't know what it feels like to do some of these at home tests, how can you guide people through, you know, when something happens or something feels a certain way? Now, we're not all going to feel the same things, but having um that personal experience um hands down is is the best medicine.
Before you inspire, you absolutely must practice. And remember, this is not about perfection. So, wherever you join the holistic health journey is perfect. But you're expected to be practiced, right? So, no matter how many times you keep falling down, you want to make sure that you get back up. And that way, you learn something about yourself, but then you're able to educate and share with your clients, patients, your family, and friends. So learning your own body is your true curriculum.
That's why I loved massage therapy so much because it really gets you very intimate with your body and you really get to start to feel your body and you know understand even more so how it works. It really comes to life off of a page. And so we want to track your patterns and your symptoms as you go along because holistic medicine is not an out there thing. It's really an in here thing. And so we want to live and embody what you're actually teaching other people. Um and that helps to create inner peace. So all right. So just to recap on that, right? Your body is your curriculum. So you know we're taking the what is on this paper into real life. Your symptoms are your case studies. So helping you to determine, oh, what is that? Oh, okay.
That's moving here. So really, you know, bringing this to life. And so as you begin to heal yourself, you become your own testimony and you really build on your cred your credibility um as a practitioner. So remember as well, our emotions although they may be uncomfortable, they really are a medicine and really helps us to unlock um our greater potential and purpose and higher self and spiritual connection. All right. All right. So remember in our current colonized health care system, knowledge is power. Knowledge is being pulled in into creating a more privatized health care system. Uh we know holistic medicine and healing is our birthright regardless of what socioeconomic standing that you're in. That's also why I like holistic medicine. A lot of times the answers are really simple and uh I think people it surprises people because I think people are conditioned to look for the big bangs but then they miss all the little subtle things along the way that have contributed to the big bang.
So remember I just want people to take away from this that remember who health is a state that is created right disease is a state that must be managed. So there's a big distinction between our practice um and holistic medicine is very much wisdom shared uh and so it's not designed to control, diagnose or manage but really be an exploration for both yourself as well as your patient. So I always like to say education, motivation and inspiration for you to live a holistic lifestyle. And so intro toistic medicine 1 and two is been designed for you to really reclaim your body and reclaim your health. And so intro toistic medicine one as we'll discuss a little bit later all about nutrient deficiencies and intro to holistic medicine 2 detoxification as well as elimination. And this is about bringing you back to your knowing your intuition understanding how your body functions so that you can prevent disease instead of diagnose and manage it.
Prevention, prevention, prevention, worth a pound of cure. So, you're learning how to be your own internal healer in and of itself outside of this colonized health care system. So, definitely it's about you taking your power back um and being realistic. So, when you don't heal yourself, your patients, clients, etc. are going to be reflections of unhealed wounds, right? We we talked a little bit about that um in the uh introdistic medicine one. So we want to be healed and show up healed. So we recognize right that patients will come in and they can trigger our emotional wounds right and we can also understand that if we overextend or overidentify with a person's pain.
We want to have a healthy level of um sympathy and empathy but we don't want it to turn into uh responsibility. Right? there's such this you know uh teeter totter balance of that. We want to make sure we don't blur our boundaries and blur our lines when we are providing a service and help because everyone has to put on their own oxygen mask. You know it may fall down but we all all have to put it on first. So we don't want to get into the savior and ego trap. you know, we're not here to rescue people and we're also not here to control people either, which a lot of times is in that diagnose and manage model. So, that is a practitioner that again, you know, has some wounding to work out. Again, it's not about being perfect, but really being more practiced and practiced means self-awareness. So, a healed practitioner holds on to their boundaries, holds on to their space and their agency. And so, they also can look at projection and transference.
So they can they they know themselves and to the point where they can really see that um and you know make the necessary shifts in their boundaries to prevent that. We want to uh model energetic safety, right? So I want to keep my stuff on my side of the street, your stuff on your side of the street. We're coming in the center to collaborate uh because we want to um mirror the possibility um for their own healing and their own um res resurrection if you will or their own uh agency um and sovereignty.
So why do we want to keep this container healthy? Right? Our core values are always going to be our compass. When we're working with patients, we will talk about core values in future programming. And so our inner environment is our sacred space. That's where we come back to no matter what. You know, you are born into this world in your body and you will leave out of this world in your body. And so coming home to your internal environment where you can really channel your healing instead of operating from fear and lack and disorganization and trauma and all of the the craziness but actually be more regulated. So when we're looking at, you know, healing on a mental, emotional, spiritual level, we're looking at emotional regulation, nervous system regulation, and that builds mental clarity.
Um, and as we begin to allow ourselves to mentally and emotionally connect, so we're looking at our thoughts, we're looking at our conscious mind, subconscious mind, we're looking at our experiences, perceptions, those experiences, beliefs, and core beliefs. We're looking at our defense mechanisms. We're looking how um our defense mechanisms create these fight-or-flight responses. We look at fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. We look at all of that dynamic, and we're willing to do the work.
We're willing to face our emotional wounding, whatever that may be, happy, sad, mad, glad, etc. I used to have emotion cards in my practice um in in a holistic practice. And you know, just teaching people and children especially, you know, about their emotions and giving them that language and giving people permission. Most most people were never given permission to feel. I know that sounds crazy. Um and so uh having that validation because once you unlock that emotional state, it really helps open open up your spirituality, your connection, your purpose. So we want to connect with your purpose and so you can again have that safe internal environment that you come back to. All right? So less ego, more channels. So, ego uh is our defense mechanisms. Logic, voice, reason, decision-m gets its marching orders from our subconscious mind, which has all kinds of storage stuff in there. And we're going to slowly begin to unpack that. Best thing is to stay present, right? So, if we're in the past, we are depressed.
If we're in the future, we're anxious. If we're in the present, we are zen. So it's about a practice of being engaged in meditation can really help with that. Also being re receptive to the world around you looking at the world almost from this mirror lens. What is this world teaching me? What is it mirroring back to me? And being humble but not in the way that you think. It's not about shrinking yourself as much as it's about not needing to prove, not needing to you getting to choose when you go big and when you go small and you know how you show up. You get to choose that, right? There's no external expectation because you detach and eliminate any sort of need for that. So, uh, emotionally clearing is when you become that channel, not the savior, not the fixer, not the know-it-all, not all those other defense mechanisms that you may pick up, but you truly come from a space of knowing, right, and clarity. So, just some gentle reminders before we finish on up. The way you show up for yourself every single day is how you're going to show up for others.
And the way you treat your body, of course, sets the tone for how others treat theirs, especially as a role of a provider. So, you want to do the work. You want to live your truth, be the example, and teach from that inside out perspective. So, it's not it's not what's going on out here, it's what's going on in here. All right. So, we're going to finish up here with scientific method just to bring it all home. Six steps of the scientific method. Remember, we're not diagnosing and managing. Instead, we're looking for the root cause. So, we're putting our detective caps on. So, we're looking at from observation perspective. What are we seeing? What's showing up? What are we, you know, what symptoms, what behaviors, what patternings? And then our hypothesis, why do we think this is happening? Or why do we think this has happened? Right? Um, and so, is the person out of balance, trauma, toxic overload, etc. Right? Hey, Magga Naga.
Hey, little Sassy. Right? And then we've collected all of this data. So, what are we looking at? What are our baselines? How is it changed? How is it not changed? Etc. Is it is it different, vastly different from what I was told? So, was I told this, but it's showing up this, right? Um in congruence. Are we questioning, right? Questioning ourselves even, right? Like we don't know all the answers. And so, we want to look at from this perspective of what's happening right now. I want to be curious. H what is my body trying to tell me? And then experience experimenting. I almost said experiencing experimenting, right? So what happens if I if I add water, right? You know, and I get if I just focus on drinking a gallon of water a day, what happens then? What happens if I start adding minerals to that water? Or what happens if I start adding electrolytes to that water? It's the building, right? And the healing. And so we want to look at our case from that scientific perspective, that scientific process that our container.
So just to bring that to the forefront, especially as we uh finish out our week 11. All right, so stages of change. Just a little recap. I'll work through these relatively quickly. Um I probably should have put them on one slide. Um and so this is our trans theoretical model. The psychological model explains how people change. So, and why they change. So, pre-contemplation, these people in our listening, they don't have a problem. They don't need to do anything about it. What are you talking about? Etc. They're typically avoiding, repressing, and denying, not willing to change. Very, very stubborn. So, with these, you can plant seeds, you can ask questions, model some possibilities, but you're not going to put a whole bunch of effort into this pre-contemplative stage. So our second which is our contemplative I'm thinking about things are you know maybe maybe there is something to this kind of thing you know may maybe maybe it's not all you know in your head sort of sort of business.
Let me see this. Okay. Yeah. So contemplation. So something's a little bit off. Uh they may not be aware of what it is. They may be ambivalent. Um, and so your role is to validate, acknowledge, support, um, give clarity, and then simple education, make it accessible, and then small wins. Small wins if they're ready to even take take those wins in. Oh my gosh. Okay, let's see. I My slides on here are like all out of all out of whack.
Let me see. All right. So, this is our maintenance slide. That's our action slide. Okay. I'll leave it at action. We're on preparation, though. So, I'm thinking about doing something. I haven't quite done it yet, but I'm thinking about it. I'm preparing it. Maybe I should look it up. Maybe I should read a book. Maybe I should They may begin researching, but that energy is not quite there yet. So your role is really to give them resources, right? Um and not go crazy, but just give them access, realistic goals, support, you know, what are you you know, maybe it's an ebook, maybe it's, you know, a lab review, maybe it's, you know, just something right that they are able to look at a YouTube video, etc.
And then our action mode. So now they've really they've collected enough data, they're ready to go. What do I need to do? what are my steps? You know, and they're actively making those changes. So, they're not just saying it. They don't have a just have a plan because that's more contemplative. Now, they have moved from the thinking about it to the doing it. So, they're really moving that and trying new routines. So, what we want to do with these individuals is provide structure, accountability, and like I was saying, those quick wins um so that you know they get inspiration and continue to move forward.
So then that wraps it down to our maintenancing phase um before our relapse. I'll just leave the relapse up on uh Tik Tok. So maintenancing, they're sticking through it. They're cruising. Everything's going good. They're interview they're um integrating new habits, stabilizing. And so um you want to prevent relapse by providing that structure for them and refining their symptoms systems, right? So many words that sound the same. And celebrate growth. So, we want to make sure that we give a lot of encouragement feedback.
That's why we do uh readiness assessments uh in our practice as well. Um and so we may do a little bit of that on Saturday. We'll see. All right. So, naturally, there's going to be a relapse. It says optional, but a lot of times there is some level of relapse, whether it's, you know, I oh, I just am too exhausted tonight. I'm going to order food out or um it could be simple of oh I said I'm going to drink a gallon of water and I didn't follow through.
Right? So we want to look at and reframe out failure. Failure is just a breakdown of performance. It's feedback for us letting us know that the system of execution didn't really work. So we want to normalize it. It's just data. It's no big deal. It's not a character indictment. uh we don't want to go into deep levels of shame and sadness and disappointment.
If if that happens, you know, it's it's natural for that to happen, but not necessary. So, uh we want to be, you know, just mindful of of making it easier on ourselves. I think so often we we want to make it, you know, more difficult on ourselves based off of our conditioning, but it doesn't have to be difficult. It can actually be uh really joy. Let me see. These um slides are so out of alignment. I cannot even believe how out of out of sorts these are. All right, we'll we'll just I'll just leave that up.
Okay. So, when we put it all together, right, the science is where we're tracking the symptoms. We're forming our hypothesis and our scientific method. We're looking at our interventions and we're adjusting our protocols. And then behaviorally, we're understanding our motivation, looking at our readiness, uh meeting people where they're at and providing them that little bit of resource. You never know what small thing you do can have a big impact. And and always you want to guide with compassion, with understanding, you know, with love, with support. And so make sure that as you are a provider, you're observing without judgment. You're detaching, right? You're offering choices, informed consent. You're not controlling and my way is the only way, etc. You're you're able to move within the compounds and and structure of the scientific method. Now, you're not willing to abandon that or abandon your scope of practice. that's a different conversation. And it's all about giving people the information.
I'm going to lead them to water. I'm not going to drink for them. And so, we want to guide them and give them lots of opportunity. Um, but again, if they're resistant, um, they're not necessarily So, if they're in pre-contemplated phase, you're not going to get anywhere. So, it's all in the listening, especially in the consultation. So, we do not diagnose or need a diagnosis to heal. I'm going to say that one more time. We do not need a diagnosis to heal. Um I know a lot of times people think that oh what I'm going to do is I'm going to go to the medical doctor alipathic doctor first get a diagnosis from them and then take it to a holistic provider. So why this doesn't work? Because these are two different systems, right? So we look at the alipathic health care system was built by Rockefeller who had a hand both in education as well as um health care and also um was really big into oil petroleum and that's what started the pharmaceutical industry.
So lots of depth there. So a diagnosis is just a product of that. It's a um labeling system. oftentimes patients have imbalances way before. People don't just wake up, you know, with certain conditions. Sometimes they do, but most of the time it's it's really based off of unconscious neglect, conscious or unconscious neglect. So, um, we want to start right um the sooner rather than later. Um, holistic medicine, we know that symptoms are not something to fear, but really it's information for our body telling us what's going on. So, our discomfort really becomes our data, and it's learning how to structure it and how to um identify what our bodies are trying to tell us. Healing begins long before a diagnosis.
So, you don't need a diagnosis to start healing. You can start healing pretty much today. So diagnosises, I don't want to discredit them completely, but they are typically more geared towards insurance and insurance billing and medical coding, it's not required to be able to actually transform the body. So, um, we put a lot of stock and a lot of emphasis on that that framework. And while that framework may be important, it's only this much, like 10% of the actual story.
So, you don't need permission to hydrate your body, right? Um, but if you do, I'm giving you permission. Half your body weight in ounces and water. Make sure that you're getting restful sleep. Remember, sleep is in three parts. Falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up up refreshed, nourishing your cells, think minerals, think electrolytes, think essential fatty acids, all of those things, reducing your toxic load. So that's why we go through all this work for detoxification. And remember movement, all those secondary drainage pathways, movement, emotions, breath, uh lymph system, we want to get all of that stuff. So remember, we don't need a diagnosis for uh beginning to see the power of just these really subtle things. Um I think again, we're so conditioned to look for the big things that we're always missing these very important subtle subtle aspects of healing.
So uh primary cares and holistic health care. So I love primary cares. They do serve a role in the health care system, but I just want to define uh primary care, primary care treatment. And alopathy is not the enemy. They're a tool, a structure, a discipline. It's just I want to make sure that you understand the distinction because the lines get so blurred. In alipathy, the education and the system and the training, all of it is a diagnose and manage model. So they're looking at pathology. They're looking to identify and diagnose a condition using a set of metrics that's been predetermined. And so typically protocols will include medications, surgical interventions. And so if a primary care is using um naturally occurring substances just they need to make sure that they have that additional training to understand how because terrain theory is like so different from um the diagnose and manage model. So it's not about oh instead of taking a statin I'm going to switch a patient to red yeast rice right it's not alternative medicine and so I that sometimes gets lost.
So sometimes alipathic providers getting into this field, what they'll just do is they'll replace the pharmaceutical for an herb or something like that, not really understanding that that's not how terrain theory works. Alipathy is really good for acute and emergency care and it uses that germ theory model which we talked about in um intro to holistic medicine one. Remember holistic medicine is all about prevention, optimization, terrain support, root cause resolution. So that's why it's so indepth and it really helps with prevention of chronic disease and also reversing chronic disease uh as a lifestyle correction. So again when we talk about lifestyle related diseases which is a driver in our health care system we look at our modifiable factors things that we have control for. Now it doesn't take into consideration access and systemic issues. It's just looking at, you know, what can I do just a little bit more, maybe 10% um from yesterday.
Now, everybody's breathing hopefully and so you can always do 10 10% more breathing than you did uh yesterday. So, we use the terrain theory model in um uh naturopathy. Hey, hello. How are you? That's in. Good to see you. Thank you for coming in. Please uh feel free to ask any questions that you have. I'm finishing up on our class intro to holistic medicine. Um, oh, thank you. All right, cool. So, just as a recap of germ theory and terrain theory, remember germ theory is in conventional medicine founded by Louis Pastor. Um, and suggests that oh, thank you for the heart me that suggests that illness is caused by an external pathogen, a bacteria, a virus, etc. uh the body's just helpless and all of these evil germs around us are uh invading us and so the solution is to kill the germs.
So antibiotics, antivirals, inoculations etc. But that's only one piece of the puzzle. Remember terrain theory which was founded by Antoine Bachamp was around the same time a little less popular and very and a lot less political so didn't get uh as much uh airtime and so he suggested that illness occurs when that internal terrain begins to break down. So as the body breaks down in nutrients, begins to accumulate more toxins, the body comes off of balance and then disease develops. So the solution as he determined and many many others, you know, Bruce Slipton and several different other people in epigenetics even on that level understand that it's about your system and the terrain.
So how you're taking care of your body is going to determine what you get out of your body. So clean food, water, rest, emotional clarity. So the germ is nothing. The terrain is everything. So uh the body and that was from Bachamp. So the body uh if the immune system is strong when it's exposed to these things, what is it going to do? It's going to fight back. So public health, public health, public health is public safety, public hygiene, etc. So germ theory isn't wrong. It's just incomplete. These work together as a team. So it's not us against them. It's looking at who how can we strengthen the immune system and then in certain instances what do we need to do from there um if other things occur. So um I wanted to just kind of reference in space and time because you know history is upon us uh and wanted to close out with um some final thoughts about about this.
Ah hold on one second. Yeah, these are like so out of so out of line here. I'll Oh, that one's not. Okay, I will leave that one up there. So what's happening right now are cuts in um vaccination funding and really healthc care access and tons of studies like uh studies and people are being laid off and just a lot of instability around public health. Public health thrives off of stability. So having plans ahead of time being more proactive instead of reactive. And so when you have people at the helm that don't know what they're doing, have no experience, and it's really just more for financial um factors and especially on that level, it's really difficult and um it it really leaves a lot of people and a lot of nuance off. So, just want to bring this to your attention that not only their vac there um cuts to the vaccination program, there's also going to be closures of many rural hospitals just because of budgetary constraints. You know, a lot of these rural hospitals um are not self-funded.
They are funded by Medicare, Medicaid, etc. So, when those budget cuts happen, the the patient population in the area just cannot afford um to keep the uh place operating. So these are definitely public health crisis issues in the making. Um and so while we know that vaccines were built on the germ theory model, without them the burden is going to shift back to our basics. And so what are our basics? Clean water, sanitation, nutrition, your daily habits, and again building your immune system up. So we'll do a lot more immune system education, especially as we get closer to the season changes. So um public health is an infrastructure and so if there is a loss of access personal accountability is really going to need to take hold.
So making sure that um you are you know beginning to take more personal accountability and responsibility with your health. Um especially with chronic conditions uh diabetes, hypertension that have a lot of modifiable risk factors. Those are things that you can do lifestyle related. Um also to take care of infections. So any kind of coughing, rattling, mucus, don't let that just go. Please address it.
Vitamin C, um you know, zinc, uh lots of rest, hydration, etc. Um also being mindful of uh skin or urination, urinary tract infections. Also being mindful during perinatal, prenatal care. Um I have a conversation coming up on Friday with um uh the Ruth Collective and really doing some great work with female uh health, maternal mortality is obviously going to be skyhigh and just access issues in general for people to have access to health health care especially with um complications.
So pain, fatigue and autoimmune flares um those require ongoing symptom management. So anything that we can do to reduce um toxicity within the body which of course is going to reduce inflammation uh as well. So make sure that we understand that holistic health care isn't just a luxury anymore. It's becoming actually you know more prevalent than ever before we had this health care system.
We somehow managed to heal ourselves. So it is possible. uh we just really need to begin to believe in ourselves more and and again take our power back. So uh how we do that is that we begin to learn our body. We begin to track our data instead of avoid our data. How many grams of protein have you eaten today? How many ounces of water? We begin to nourish those terrains. So getting those drainage pathways working better, whether it's through minerals, electrolytes, yummy B complexes. And then we want to take all the stress and the shame and the fear and all that out of it and become more of a practice and a daily act of self-love and self-acceptance and self- appreciation. So as you begin to build every single day on your health, it's going to pay you back in dividends. You really are the healer that you've been waiting for. I know we're always seeking outside of our self for answers. But I can definitely assure you that all the answers you need are within yourself.
Whether you're going to be guided, led to the right provider, the right treatment, the right understanding, etc. Just know when all else fails, you will be led. So knowing how your body works is important part of that. Recognizing early warning signs, not ignoring it. Oh, it's no big deal. Not understanding it. Not disassociating, not disconnecting, but really being present so that you can support your terrain daily. Understanding what things you need to do. Oh, I need to build up my stomach acid, so I'm going to take some apple cider vinegar before my meals. Oh, I really need to um you know, I've been eating too much fat lately, so I need to lower my uh fat intake, and I need to take some lipase enzymes in order to digest the fats better.
That sort of thing. So um as you avoid unnecessary diseases through prevention. So prevention, prevention, prevention. Uh we get out of the reactivity and more in the proactivity. And so this requires systemic changes across the board. Consciousness changes. This is really your foundational health. Like I was saying to you before, um we often neglect our foundational health and then we look to um all sorts of places to save us, rescue us, etc. and that's not going to work. So that concludes our intro to holistic medicine week 11 Wednesday. We are scrolling down. And so if you are not familiar with our class or you're just joining in or popping in or whatever, this is week 11 of intro to holistic medicine 2.
This is a self-guided class. You can go back and listen to it as many times as you need. Uh click the link in the bio, scroll down and you can register. And in intradolistic medicine 1, which is 12 weeks, and then introdalistic medicine 2, which is 12 weeks, we're in week 11 of interdalistic medicine 2, we go over how to build the body up. We understand the foundations of healing. We understand how the body was designed to heal and we build from there. And so I even if you just dropped in, you're like, what is she talking about? We've been on a long journey together and one that you can also go on as well. Uh we also have our communities which I'll talk about shortly. So our intro to holistic medicine one and two is a package that we um present to you. It's our foundational training a prerequisite to go into holistic health coaching. It's definitely rigorous. There's a lot of science involved with it.
But we we it's important to me to have a clinical structure and build a legacy that I have learned uh from healing because let's face it, if I don't pass this on to the next generation of holistic healers, uh it it may not go forward. And so looking forward into the future, especially as public health changes, etc. So definitely consider these courses. They're great for uh people that are just beginning that want to learn how to heal themselves naturally.
Uh future coaches, uh health care professionals, we we kind of see them all. Um we also have a supportive community where you'll get your discussion topics in there and different resources. I'm building out a whole digital library right now that I'm really excited about launching. That's kind of also why um I've I've not lost momentum, but definitely winding down on this part and trying to toggle two two different aspects. We do have free communities. There's three of them. holistic lifestyle community which is for healing you and your family. You know, things resources around healthy eating, recipe guides, natural remedies, etc. Access to our life app, which we'll talk about shortly, as well as um any sort of neutrauticals, which are um pharmaceutical grade supplements if you need that. Access issues can uh be challenging. And so also new course releases, any of my weekly discussions, group coaching announcements, tools for mindset, emotion, lifestyle, and more.
Again, click the link in the bio bio and then scroll down to the button that says holistic lifestyle community. Great way to stay connected. And then, as I alluded to before, the holistic life app where you can again put the power of your health back in your hands. It's a free app. You can track your data, sync it up to your Apple health, etc. And it will track your steps, your water, your heart rate, your uh BP, all sorts of things. I can track over 350 data points. Uh you can shoot me a message and ask if you want to, you know, have an interpretation of them. We also put labs and any kind of wellness protocols that you may be on. So, we do everything customdesigned. Um nothing is this cookie cutter approach for anybody. I've been doing this for a long, long time. taking massive amounts of data and organizing it into organized pretty beautiful functional uh structured execution.
So lots of checklists and and pretty pretty pictures. So um we look at all of your data so that we can monitor them. And then you also have downloadable things too that you can just check off and some sometimes people are tangible, they're more tactile, they need the paper. So we have a little bit of both. We have the digital to help with that because it's better for just the the the collection of it all, right? But then also we still have those hard copies for the people that are holding on for dear life. So, all right. Wonderful. Well, that concludes our class today in uh intro to holistic medicine um uh 2. And we are had to think about it. We are in week 11. So uh this is Wednesday's class. We are concluding on Saturday at 11:00 am uh Eastern Standard Time. I will be teaching again a little bit deeper class.
Uh so building upon what we learned about that. I'll be streaming it live on all the platforms. Unfortunately, LinkedIn uh was having a little bit of issues tonight. So sorry guys, I'll have to post it afterwards on LinkedIn. But uh we're going to get deeper into case study integration looking at boundaries this relationship between boundaries which is outside of yourself and also being the inner healer taking care of yourself and what that looks like. Remember we can only help people as deep as we're willing to heal ourselves.
So we want to be a deep sea diver. We want to really be in the business of looking and practicing. Remember not perfection practicing and then being able to expand and go from there. So, thank you guys so much for coming in this evening and I know people were kind of in and out and in and out and in and out and all is well. Uh, if you were in this course, it is a self-guided class and so you'll get the replay afterwards. Um, and so if you're interested in this class, welcome in. Thank you. I'm Dr. Steel. I always like to say that I went to school so that you don't have to.
I'm a board-certified naturopathic doctor. I have seven degrees in my field all in the natural healthc care space. Uh and I had a family practice for 15 years and treated over 40,000 patients all in general family practice. So lot of fun and helping people heal. And now my work is so much bigger than Virginia. It's more global to educate people about the health care system because it's not a matter of if it's when. And so it is collapsing. access issues are going to, you know, prevail. Destabilization's going to happen in the health care system. So, we want to get prepared now. Remember, prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Not necessarily being reactive, but proactive and doing the things that you need to do every single day to manage your health state. Remember, health is a state that we create, right? A diagnosis is just a sophisticated labeling system, and we don't have to wait until we get a diagnosis to heal. We can start with our foundational health pieces such as drinking half our body weight ounces in water. Making sure we're eating adequate amounts of protein for those rich amino acids. Make sure we're breaking down those proteins. Making sure that we're digesting and assimilating to get all the nutrients and energy that our liver needs, that our small intestines need, that really all of our uh organs need in order to keep going. And we keep our gut microbiology, which is an incredible instrument for our nervous system chemicals and our hormones, uh, the chemicals for that, uh, as well as, uh, our immune system.
And so that digestive system really is so important for us to be able to fully heal ourselves, uh, and so in a holistic and natural way. So, all right. Well, that concludes our Wednesday's class. If I see you on the replay, uh, I hope you enjoyed the class and if you have any questions, feel free to drop them in the comments, like, share, and subscribe and do all the great things. Thank you and have a good evening..