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S 911: Trauma, Cortisol, and the HPA Axis: The Physiological Layer Most Coaches Over…

6/5/2026 • 16 min

A dysregulated nervous system will stall body recomposition no matter how dialed the nutrition is or how consistent the training is. Inside today's episode, I dig into trauma as a physiological variable rather than a soft emotional topic, and why most coaching certifications skip this conversation entirely. I break down the autonomic nervous system and HPA axis … Play episode

S 910: Upgrading Your Lab Testing: The Blood Panel Markers That Actually M…
S 909: Improving IBS Symptoms Without Cutting Foods: What the Research Act…
S 908: The Metabolic-Mental Health Connection: Decoding Inflammation, Sero…
S 907: The Hidden Science of Caffeine and Sleep: How Genetics, Body Fat, a…
S 906: Red Light Therapy: How It Works, What It Does, and Why You Need It
S 905: PCOS Is Being Renamed: What PMOS Really Means For Your Clients’ Met…
S 904: The Truth About HRT and Breast Cancer: Menopause, Bioidentical Horm…
S 903: The Science of the Gluten-Free Diet: Separating Fact from Fiction
S 902: 5 Serum Lab Markers to Track for Optimal Muscle Growth: What Every …
S 901: The Sodium Myth: Separating Fact from Fiction in Salt, Blood Pressu…
S 900: The Hidden Science of Water Retention: How Hormones and Diet Drive …
S 899: Stress & Micronutrients: How Chronic Stress Depletes Your Essential…
S 898: How to Shop for a Mentor: A Checklist for Health Coaches to Avoid S…
S 897: How 11 Coaches Changed Their Business and Client Results with FNMS:…
S 896: Coaching in the Complex Landscape of 2026: Navigating GLP-1s, Hormo…
S 895: Health Coaches Are Getting AI Wrong: Learn the Risks, and the Right…
S 894: The Digestive Assembly Line: Optimizing Stomach Acid, Enzymes, and …
S 893: Gut Dysbiosis: Understanding Imbalance, Diversity, and Microbial Fu…
S 892: Defining Good Digestion: Separating Normal Gut Function from Real P…
S 891: The Truth About Leaky Gut: Intestinal Permeability, Root Causes, an…
S 890: From Fitness Coach to Women’s Health Expert: FNMS Student Annette’s…
S 889: Knowing Better vs. Doing Better: Understanding Your Brain’s Resista…
S 888: The Aftermath of Chronic Dieting on GLP-1: Metabolic Adaptation, Mu…
S 887: Where Evidence Based Coaching Goes Wrong: When “Science Based” Beco…
S 886: The Health Effects of Daylight Savings Time: Going Beyond Sleep Los…
S 885: What to Do When Motivation is Missing: Remembering Your Goals, Orig…
S 884: The Truth About Reverse Dieting: Avoiding the 5 Biggest Mistakes Th…
S 883: The Peptide Purity Problem: Unmasking the Dangers of Unregulated Re…
S 882: Rebuild Your Routines: When Old Habits Fail and How to Recalibrate …
S 881: Special Edition: The Science of Libido, Arousal, and More! Physiolo…
S 880: Easy Tools for Navigating Complex Health Cases: A Coaching Playbook…
S 879: Fitness Coach Survival Guide: Overcoming Pitfalls and Building a Cr…
S 878: The Science of Designing Better Choices and Habits
S 877: Trust & Transparency: Unpacking the Peter Attia Revelations and Ind…
S 876: The Ultimate Guide to Protein: The Upper Limit on Gains, Time-Restr…
S 875: The Truth About Genetics: Industry Lies, Testing Claims, Supplement…
S 874: ChatGPT Health: What It Gets Right, What It Gets Wrong, and Why It …
S 873: A1C Explained: When This Popular Marker Helps, and When It Misleads
S 872: The Gut–Sleep Connection: Why Digestion May Be Undermining Your Rec…
S 871: The New Food Pyramid Isn’t the Problem: What Everyone’s Missing
S 870: The Post-Holiday Momentum Dip: Why It Happens and the Systems That …
S 869: Why You Don’t Rise to Your Goals: How Physiology, Stress, and Condi…
S 868: Six Longevity Lessons That Improve Health-Span Without Extreme Prot…
S 867: Silencing Your Inner Critic: How Follow-Through Builds Real Confide…
S 866: The Resolution Blueprint: Five Principles That Separate Follow-Thro…
S 865: High Protein vs Mediterranean Diet for Fat Loss: What the Data Actu…
S 864: Understanding PCOS and Metabolism: Energy Expenditure, Insulin Resi…
S 863: The Nutritional Tradeoffs No One Talks About — Snacks, Meals, and M…
S 862: Functional Coaching Gone Wrong: How Misapplied Functional Medicine …

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