April 22, 2025 • 39 mins
If you’re constantly tired no matter how many green juices or mindset hacks you try... this episode might be the missing link your business (and body) has been begging for.
What if the real reason you’re stuck in burnout isn’t your schedule—but your minerals? 👀
In this episode of Rebel CEO, we’re breaking down the science behind sustained energy, why traditional blood tests aren’t telling the full story, and how your physical health directly impacts your ability to scale, show up, and slay as a purpose-driven entrepreneur.
We talk about why burnout isn’t just a mindset issue, how minerals are the “spark plugs” of the body, and the underrated ways your physical health directly impacts your business decisions, creativity, and income.
This weeks guest, Hope Pedraza is a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, holistic nutritionist, Reiki healer, and human design guide. Hope’s mission? Helping high-performing women and entrepreneurs optimize their health so they can show up bigger, bolder, and more energized in life and business.
Through her signature blend of science, spirituality, and soul, Hope teaches ambitious women how to use their physical, emotional, and energetic health as a secret weapon for sustainable success.
This convo will legit change the way you think about energy, productivity, and success. Don’t skip it.
Inside This Episode:
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How mineral imbalances sneak up on high-achieving women (especially when stress is high)
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Why hair tissue mineral analysis might be the lab test your body’s been begging for
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The link between magnesium, sodium, potassium & your daily energy (and CEO brain power)
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Tips for managing your energy through your cycle
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Why a regulated nervous system and balanced body equals more productivity, not less rest
Notable Quotes
"Your business is only going to be as strong and as healthy as your body."
"Minerals are considered the spark plugs in the body, meaning every reaction involves them."
"If you're going through a stressful period, your body is going to work through that magnesium and sodium really fast."
"The strongest source of energy is the energy we find inside ourselves."
"It's all about finding ways to work smarter, not harder, by using our inherent energy gifts."
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Episode Transcript
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Bree) (00:00):
Welcome to Rebel CEO, the podcast where we ditch the rules and build businesses that don't just make money, but set your soul on fire. I'm Brianna K, your business coach, freedom advocate, and personal permission slip to dream bigger. I scaled my own business to six figures while breaking every mold that people told me to fit into. And now I'm here to help you do the same. I'll help you build a business and a life that's so deeply rooted in your purpose that you never feel like you missed out on the life that you were supposed to live.
(00:27):
This is your time to root down, rise up, Rebel, and manifest all of your wild goals. So grab your coffee, get cozy, and let's dive in. Hey, Rebels, and welcome back to Rebel CEO. Today we're diving into a topic related to entrepreneurship, but that is really a topic for every single human, which is how your energy levels impact not just your life, but also the success of your business. So today I'm talking to Hope Pedraza. She's a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, a certified holistic nutritionist, a Reiki practitioner, and human design guide.
(01:06):
So basically, she is a wellness powerhouse. Hope's passion is helping high performing women and entrepreneurs like you leverage their well being as their number one business asset. So in this episode, we're talking about the connection between energy, productivity and something that most people don't even think about, which is mineral balancing. So get ready to learn how optimizing your wellness can transform your business and. And help you show up as your most energized and your most productive self. Hey, Hope. How's it going?
Hope) (01:37):
Great. How are you?
Bree) (01:39):
I am amazing. And I know I already said this to you, but I'm so excited for this conversation and just to hear, like, what you have to say about the way that minerals can impact entrepreneurs. But before we get started, can you share who you are as a human?
Hope) (01:54):
Yes. Thank you for asking that question. I am so. I don't even know if I know how to answer that question. Like, I'm so used to, like, this is what I do and this is my job and this is my. Yeah, I am. I am a spiritual being. I think I just want to say that I am on. I've been on this spiritual path for the past. I mean, I guess we always are, right? But I feel like I've been on a really intentional spiritual journey in the past, like, five years, and I feel like I am learning so much about myself at a spiritual level, and that's kind of where my excitement is, like, learning more about myself and, like, who I am and who I'm meant to be and connecting with, you know, the spiritual side of things. And that's. That's what I'm doing right now.
Bree) (02:37):
Okay. I love that. And I'm sure anybody listening to this podcast also loves that because we love to bring in a spiritual flair. And I'm realizing lately that I've even been holding back from sharing about my spiritual journey for, like, fear of being seen as too weird or out there. And just lately, even though it's tied into my business and my branding, I've just lately been like, oh, I could probably go harder on that because that's who I am and what I feel like I'm being asked to do. So, yeah, I love that you're on that too.
(03:09):
Do you have any favorite spiritual practices, like meditating?
Hope) (03:13):
I like all the things I've. I've been. I've been really big into meditation. The. I mean, really, I guess since I kind of, like, really been more intentional about my spiritual journey. This year, this summer will be three years that I've gone every single day. I think I've missed, like, two days in three years, but I, like three years ago, I was like, I'm gonna do this every day. And I've just kept that going. So meditation is a big thing for me.
And then recently, I've picked up, picked up. I've started doing breath work and being really intentional about that. And I'm in this little mastermind cohort, and we do, like, the holotropic breath work, like, once a month together, which is really cool. So the breath work thing has been a really big, like, there's been some huge downloads coming down the pipe after my breath work session. So I found that that's been really supportive for me lately. So, yeah, that's kind of my favorite things at the moment.
Bree) (04:02):
Okay. That's fun. So I've been doing, like, a little bit of breath work lately, too, but I definitely feel like I could go harder in it. I heard somebody say they related breath work to our natural medicine, and I was like, oh, I like that. So I, yeah, I want to get more regular with the practice because I feel like there are probably tons of benefits and then you have a really diverse background. Can share a little bit about your business now.
Hope) (04:28):
Yeah, so I am a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, which essentially means I use functional labs to help people get to the root cause of chronic symptoms. And I combine that. My work is very. I always hesitate to use this word, but I, I, I don't know a better word to use. One day I'll figure out a better word. But my work is very holistic. And the fact that I'm putting together the functional. The labs. I do the functional work, the physical work, together with the emotional and the spiritual work, because I'm also a human design guide, and I'm an NLP practitioner and a clinical hypnotherapist and a Reiki practitioner. So I'm putting together all of these pieces.
(05:02):
So it's not just about getting to the, quote, root cause of, like, the physical symptoms, but it's really getting. I'm really of the belief that what's happening on the physical body is the actual root cause is happening in the emotional, energetic body. And so I want to put all of those pieces together and really make it a holistic healing rather than just kind of. I feel like it's somewhat of a futile search when we're only looking at the physical body. Because I've worked with so many clients where they've. They've been to other functional practitioners and they've gone the holistic route, but they. The symptoms still keep coming back or they show up maybe in a different way.
(05:40):
And it's that energetic, emotional, spiritual piece that's really been missing. So I really feel like that's the. Where the true healing comes from, is just putting all those pieces together.
Bree) (05:50):
Okay. That is such a unique value proposition that you have there to combine the two. And I haven't heard of anybody that combines them in that way before, so you already have me hooked. I'm so intrigued by what you do. And then for the human design girlies out there, what are your profile lines?
Hope) (06:06):
Yes. So I am a three Five. Sacral manifesting generator.
Bree) (06:11):
Okay. Three Five. So the Five is the heretic.
Hope) (06:14):
The Five is. Yes. The leader. Yeah. Are you a Five line too? I am.
Bree) (06:19):
So I'm a Five Two. So I'm a heretic hermit.
Hope) (06:23):
Nice. - (Bree)
And what's your. What type are you?
Bree) (06:25):
I'm a generator.
Hope) (06:27):
Okay. Okay.
Bree) (06:28):
Yeah. And then you said, would you say sacral manifest generator? So I have the sacral, But I'm an emotional authority.
Hope) (06:35):
Okay. - (Bree)
Both of them defined?
Bree) (06:39):
Yes. Yeah. Okay, so then back on topic now that. Now that we got a little bit off, I feel like when people say that they're into that kind of stuff, though, I'm always like, what are you? No, I know.
Hope) (06:49):
Same. I could go down the rabbit hole all day.
Bree) (06:51):
Yeah, for sure. Okay, so then why is it that you believe that Energy and well being in general are so critical specifically for entrepreneurs to focus on.
Hope) (07:00):
Yeah, I, you know what I tell my clients is your business is only as strong and will only be as strong as your body is. Like we have this vessel that's here to bring forth our gifts through our business or whatever it is. And our, in our conversation here. And we're talking to business owners, entrepreneurs, but we have this vessel that we've been given to carry forth and bring forth this message and this vision and this mission we have in our business.
(07:26):
And we get one. And so your business is only going to be as strong and as healthy as your body. And so I think so often we get so focused on the business, business strategy and all the business things which obviously are important. But if it's coming at the, if we're doing all of these things at the expense of our mental, emotional, physical health, then eventually it's not sustainable. Right. Eventually it's going to catch up and your body is going to start treat the effects of that and it's going to slow down your momentum and your progress and your creativity and your productivity.
(07:57):
So our energy really is, I mean it really, it's all we have. It's all we have for anything in our relationships, our business, our families, whatever it is. And I think it just gets pushed to the back burner as entrepreneurs a lot of times because we want to focus on the really fun, exciting stuff we're doing in our business, which is great, but we have to have the energy to be able to bring that forward to the collective.
Bree) (08:18):
Yeah, that makes so much sense. So what is it specifically with mineral balancing that you feel like is so, is so essential or so important.
Hope) (08:26):
So I have three foundational labs that I use with my clients and the, my really it's my favorite one because I like to nerd out on it. And I've got hundreds of hours of training and all the things I love, I just love talking about minerals. But really it's the only lab that I offer as a standalone lab. Pretty much in any other scenario, it's like, well, I need all of these three labs to be able to collect enough data to kind of put pieces together. But with the hair analysis, which I know you've done it before, it's. It provides so much information that it is one that I will offer as a standalone because we can gather so much from it. And the reason I focus in on the minerals. Minerals. Minerals. And you or your listeners might have heard this before, but minerals are considered the spark plugs. In the body.
(09:09):
Meaning that everything that happens in the body, every reaction involves minerals, Whether they're the catalyst for that reaction or they're a co factor, they're involved in some way, shape or another, because it's what's happening at a cellular level. And so, so many women come to me and they're like, you know, just fix my hormones. I just, you know, I need energy in my business. I need this thing fixed. And that's just my hormones, which. I get it. Like, the hormones is how we're feeling the effects of what's going on in the body. But the hormones are never the problem. The hormones are always a side effect of something else that's going on deeper in the body.
(09:38):
And we really want to get at that foundational level. We want to start with the minerals, because the minerals are what are interacting at this cellular level. And so it's kind of the building block of everything else. So we really want to start at that ground floor and then kind of work up from there.
Bree) (09:54):
Okay. So that's so funny that you call minerals the spark plugs for the body. Actually, I was just looking over at the ground when you were speaking, too, and I have my mineral water just chilling.
Hope) (10:05):
I love it. Yes.
Bree) (10:07):
I mentioned to you before we got on the call that I've been on, like, a little bit of a functional health journey, too, for the last. I guess it's only been, like, six months. I said year, but six months. And my main thing that we found out on the labs was that my estrogen's really high. But my thing that I felt the most difference from is drinking the minerals and, like, reincorporating minerals. And every time I have mineral water or element, I'm, like, addicted to element now.
(10:37):
I just feel so good, and it just feels like everything's operating better. And I don't even know how to explain it, but it's like I started to drink the mineral water, and I was like, I just feel like I can take on the world now. It's weird because I didn't even realize I had a mineral thing before that.
Hope) (10:56):
Yeah, no, that makes total sense. And I think that's a really common conversation I have with my clients where it's like, I didn't even know I needed this. And so. So when I do the hair analysis, I create this really curated, customized mineral protocol with this company that basically I help form it formulates it exactly to their mineral analysis. And so it's customized, like, literally to your lab. And that I. I really do believe that that makes the biggest difference for people.
(11:22):
And like you said, and a lot of times I don't have clients that necessarily feel like trash all the time. Like, I do have some that feel horrible and some that are just like, you know, I just. I just want to be optimal. I just want to find optimal health. And. But then they, you know, they start incorporating the minerals and it's like, I didn't. I have this energy that I didn't even know I was desiring that. It's just like, things clear that you start to think clearly and see clearly and feel.
(11:43):
It really does make a difference. And like I said, it really does go back to that, like, at a foundational level, what's happening in your cells. And that's what it is. It's. It starts with the minerals.
Bree) (11:52):
Yeah. And I totally didn't feel like I was lacking energy or anything before that. Yeah. My eyes were open and I was.
Hope) (11:58):
Like, this is amazing.
Bree) (12:00):
Okay, so let's back up a little bit. Can you share what mineral balancing actually is and maybe like a little bit about the tests that you take to figure out where your mineral. Mineral levels are at?
Hope) (12:11):
Yeah. So I use a hair tissue and mineral analysis, or htma. So you're literally sending in some of your hair. And there's. There are multiple ways you can go about this. Right. You can go the conventional route and you can go to your doctor and ask for a blood lab. Right. To look at your minerals. But it's going to give you a much different look with any blood lab, no matter what you're measuring, whether it's minerals or hormones or whatever, a blood lab is just a picture of a blip in time. It's like right now, this is what's going on in my body. I could take the same test tomorrow and it would look different.
(12:42):
And with the hair tissue and mineral analysis, you're getting a better look at what's going on chronically in the body. So I'm looking at what's going on over a period of time. And not only that, because your hair is a tissue, tissue is just like a clump of cells. Right. You're actually seeing what's going on at a cellular level. Because the other thing I've found, and I've had. Had this experience multiple times, not to get too sciency here, but some minerals are intracellular, meaning they're supposed to be in your cells.
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And so if you're getting a blood lab and you're looking at what's going on in your blood lab, you're really not getting an accurate picture of what's going on in your cells. So, for example, potassium is one is intracellular. It's supposed to helping things in and out of your cells. I've had more than one client come to me and they've done the blood lab with their doctor and their doctor's like, oh, you know, your potassium is really high.
And I'm like, and then you look at an HTML, it's going to give you a different picture. And I'm like, no, it's high in your blood lab because it's not bioavailable. Like your body's not using it. Like it's deficient. So it's going to give you a totally different look and it's going to give you a different picture of what's going on in your body. And the hair analysis for me is just a more accurate, comprehensive look.
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And like I said, this chronic look, what's going on, so we get a better picture of where the imbalances are, where the deficiencies are, and we can address them from there.
Bree) (13:58):
So how can mineral imbalances show up in ways that impact business owners?
Hope) (14:04):
Yeah, I think that the biggest symptom or the most common symptom, I want to say the most common symptom that women come to me is the energy. And we were just talking about that. But like physical energy and this looks different for people. So it could be, you know, I had a. I slept, but then I woke up and I didn't feel rested. It could be I have these kind of energy highs and lows throughout the day. It could be I have these. This crazy slump at the end of the day. Or it could be like I'm literally feel like I'm dragging myself through the mud day in, day out. So the energy thing looks different, but energy is probably the most common.
(14:36):
The other thing is mental clarity and brain fog. That's another really common symptom that women come to me with. And, and we know that. I mean, if you think about times, even if it's just maybe when it's, you know, around your period and you feel a little fog in your brain, like we know how much that can impact how we're doing things, what we're doing in our business, like the ability to have creative ideas and be productive, like the brain fog is a real thing. And if you feel like you're swimming through brain fog day in, day out, it is going to affect how you're showing up in your business, who you're showing up as in your Business, your ability to get things done, be productive, et cetera. So the brain fog and the energy, for me, are the most common and probably the most detrimental to our ability to.
(15:17):
To. I don't want to say perform, because I don't like that word, but to show up in our business and do you know what we want to do and be able to carry out that mission that we have inside of us to put out? The other thing is, with mineral balancing, it's. And I think this is why it's so often misunderstood and maybe underestimated, undervalued is because so many symptoms of mineral imbalances are the same symptoms for, like, 58 other things. Because low energy could be anything. Right. It could literally be anything.
(15:46):
The same with brain fog. Or I've had women who, you know, they have stubborn weight. Like, I'm doing all the things. I'm eating clean and working out, doing all the stuff. And I, you know, I still have this extra weight I'm carrying here or there. Or it's just inflammation. Like, maybe it's like joint pain or muscle pain or just kind of feeling achy, just feeling inflammation of the body. It could be gut issues.
You know, if you're bloated all the time or you're constipated, those are really common symptoms of mineral imbalances. All of these things show up, and we can often just kind of dismiss them because we can get through the day. Like, we can get through the day for bloated. We can get through the day if we've got brain fog. But it is impacting you, and it's impacting your ability to really put the energy that you desire into your business and to really show up in the way you want to show up and as the version of yourself you want to show up as in your business.
Bree) (16:33):
You mentioned that we can get through the day with brain fog, and we can get through the day with bloating, and they just kind of become your normal. So for me, specifically, I feel like I had a lot of bloating and didn't even fully realize it was bloating. For years. I was just kind of like, this is the way I am. I just look like I'm pregnant and I'm not. And it just is who. It's my identity now.
Hope) (16:58):
Right, Right.
Bree) (16:59):
And, yeah, I didn't even realize until I started on this journey that that's not just how things have to be. And I think that I was living with some type of discomfort in my stomach because I have a bunch of Sensitivities. And there are just some things going on with, like, food for me, that had been causing that or at least adding to that. And when I eat something that I shouldn't be eating now, I notice, like, my stomach reacts and it's like, have.
(17:27):
Was that how it always was or is it just because I cut it out and now it's reacting more? But a part of me is like, there had to have been some level of that reaction when I was consistently eating these things. And that just was what I thought was normal for my body.
Hope) (17:43):
Yeah. And that's so common is, you know, we, we use the word normal and we confuse the word normal with common. Right. These things are very common and we, we just chalk them up as normal, like you said, because it could get through the day and then it just becomes your new normal. Your body's really good at adapting and eventually your, your brain just kind of shuts off to it. It's like, no, I'm just numb to it. And yeah, sure, I'll look like I'm six months pregnant every day, whatever. You know, I can still function.
(18:08):
But we chalk it up as, as normal when it's just common, it's not normal. And that's something that, I mean, I want all women to know. Like, any symptom that you're feeling on your body doesn't have to be normal. And this is a rabbit hole we could go down another day. But the medical gaslighting thing is a real thing. And I've had, I would say 90% of the women who come to me, that's been their experience where they've been brushed off or because it's, it's nothing is quote too, you know, serious enough to get a diagnosis or dig in deeper to figure out what it actually is. And so they've been brushed off. It's either like, oh, you're just getting older or it's just your hormones or it's, you know, all your laps look normal. It's these things where they just brushed off as normal, but it's not normal. It's common because a lot of people deal with it. But it doesn't have to be your new. It doesn't have to be your normal.
Bree) (18:56):
Yeah, I went through the process of finding so many different doctors. Like, I would just keep switching because I didn't have a primary care for physician and I was trying to find one that actually helped me. They just kept saying, try the elimination diet. But if I asked you to share some common lifestyle practices or whatever, people Do. I'm just going to put this in more simple way. Whatever it is that people do that can lead to mineral imbalances.
(19:20):
What would you say those are?
Hope) (19:22):
Yeah, that's a good question. I think the, the biggest thing, and especially as, you know, high achieving women and entrepreneurs and the biggest thing is just pushing too hard. And I know that's like a very bland and general vague response, but really that's what it is. I mean, it's like the burnout, right? We hear about burnout all the time and I feel like we hear about it so much it kind of just becomes white noise. We're like, yeah, yeah, burnout, I'll be fine.
(19:46):
But I have hit burnout before and like, literally had to rebuild my body from the ground up. So I know what it feels like. And I work with so many women who just, we were talking about the body adapting a second ago. They're in burnout mode, but they're in denial or their body has adapted so much where it's like, well, this is just my normal now. I'm used to functioning every day with very little energy. I'm used to pushing through with my bloating or, you know, whatever the symptoms are.
(20:14):
And so for me, that's really one of the big reasons I brought in human design to my work. And looking at wellness through the lens of human design is so the women I'm working with can really understand their energy and understand how their energy is meant to move and flow through their centers and all of those pieces of human design so that they can, it's all, it's, you know, the whole working smarter, not harder thing, like how can I optimize how my energy is designed to function of flow? So I'm not pushing and forcing things to happen. That is going to end up, you know, I'm going to meet resistance in my body because I'm doing things in a way that's not aligned for me. So going back to answer your question, I think the, the pushing and forcing things really is probably the biggest thing. And going and going, going without listening to our bodies to know when to rest or when to stop or when to slow down or, you know, I, I just did a series on my podcast is all about tying your productivity and your output to your worth and how that impacts your health. And I think that big thing for a lot of women is we feel like if we're not being productive and we're not doing, then we're falling behind.
(21:19):
Right? I'm falling behind or I'm Not, I'm not proving, I need to do more to prove that I've earned this success or whatever. And it ends up running your body into the ground. Right. This is how we, we meet burnout. And also I think there's this perspective shift that needs to happen, especially with women, to see rest as a part of the creative process. Like it's not either I'm resting or I'm productive.
(21:45):
It's all part of the creative process. And so I got off track there. But going back, it's really pushing without listening to our body, I think is the biggest piece. And like I said, I know that's very vague, but I think really that's where the majority of our physical dis. Ease in the body comes from. As high achieving women is just, just either not listening to the signs and signals our body is sending us, like kind of pushing them aside, or just like turning off that communication system. We're like, I'll deal with it later.
(22:15):
And then you're pushing and forcing and then your body is going to end up screaming at you, yelling at you instead of whispering.
Bree) (22:21):
I think that it's so funny that you called it denial, like people being in denial of burnout. Because it's so relatable. Because you do you feel fine sometimes and you're like, no, I just, this is how my schedule is and this is just how I operate and this is fine. Okay. So if somebody's listening and they don't know anything about their minerals and they want to get started either doing something at home, if they're not quite ready to take the step to do a test yet, what are some things at home that they can do to help make their minerals more well balanced?
Hope) (22:55):
It's a good question. Yeah. Because there are things you can do on your own. Like you don't have to go straight to the labs. Obviously you'll get a more, you know, customized way of approaching things. But there are plenty of things you can do on your own. Just starting now. I mean, you mentioned before, you have your mineral water that you're drinking every day. So with the minerals, the four macro minerals are where I would say to start. Macro minerals, just like it sounds. It's the ones that we need the most of, the ones that we use the most of, and the ones that we deplete the quickest and that would be calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium.
(23:25):
And which are, you know, some of the electrolytes. And so magnesium is a big one. Getting started with magnesium, we. You've probably hear about magnesium all the time because it's so crucial for so many functions in the body. I think there are studies that show anywhere from 400 to 600 different reactions in the body require magnesium. So you can see why we need the most of it and why we, we use the most of it. Our adrenals use a lot of magnesium. Your adrenals will run through, especially when you're in, you were mentioning that fight or flight state. When you're running in that fight or flight state or you're in a stressful period, your body is going to work through that magnesium and sodium really fast. And so we really have intentional about replenishing that.
(24:04):
Magnesium is one of those studies say it's like 60 to 65% of us are deficient. I really think it's probably closer to like 90% of us because a, our, our soil is deficient in a lot of nutrients. And that's really where, you know, 50, 60 years ago when they did studies on our food quality and that the nutrient density of our food, magnesium was a lot more, the soil was a lot more magnesium rich. So our food is less dense in magnesium.
(24:29):
And then because of, you know, western society, hustle culture, whatever you want to it, we deplete ourselves more. Just again, like I said, your adrenals are going to pump through your stores of magnesium when you're in a stress state or if you're constantly working in a stressed state. So magnesium is a big one. You can get it from food. But I really, I think it's really, really, really hard to get all that you need from food. And especially because like I work with my clients and kind of playing with the dosage of the magnesium too. And sometimes you need more than others. Like I know when it's like around my period, I'm going to, I'm going to up my dosage a little bit. If I've been through going through like a period of like, you know, where I've been going really hard in work and I'm, you know, I know I've been stressed for a while. I'm gonna up my dose. So it's, there's recommendations, but it's also something that you can play with.
(25:16):
So leafy greens, nuts and seeds, those are gonna be the most nutrient rich or magnesium rich foods as far as food sources. And then supplementing. You wanna look for magnesium glycinate. It's the easiest on your body. Cause here's the other thing. With magnesium, people go get like just a cheap magnesium supplement this store and it's Magnesium citrate, which is really just a laxative. So like, if you need to poop, it's really helpful, but your body's not going to absorb much of that at all, so you really do.
(25:42):
The, the type does matter. And glycinate really is the easiest on your body. It's the most bioavailable, it's most absorbed. So that's magnesium, potassium and sodium are a couple others that I mentioned. And those are others like, like you, like you're saying you put your minerals in your water, like getting a good quality unrefined sea salt and you know, putting a dabble in true water a couple times a day, like really replenishing your source of sodium and those other trace minerals that are in unrefined sea salt.
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Potassium is a big one, especially for women, I find. I mean, I do labs on men every now and then as well, and I find that especially for women, potassium is a big one. Your adrenals use potassium, but your thyroid is the big, the big thing here. And we know that a lot of your listeners might know the thyroid is associated with your metabolism and your energy. And so when we're looking at energy, energy, we've been talking about that, your adrenals and your thyroid, they have a really close relationship and we want to focus on the health and the balance of both of those.
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And potassium is required to get your thyroid hormone in your cells. Like all of your cells have thyroid receptors. You need potassium in order to get that in there. So when we're deficient in potassium, our thyroid is going to be in balance. And now, of course, we're going to feel the effects on our metabolism and our energy. So potassium is a big one. And this is another one of those where I think they recommended. Daily allowance is like 4800mg, which is a lot. It's a whole lot. So food first, of course, bananas, avocados, coconut water, celery, those are all really good sources.
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But then if you're taking a good, like multivitamin or multi mineral, just making sure you have some in there as well.
Bree) (27:15):
Potassium is that also known for, if people have really bad period cramps, it.
Hope) (27:21):
Can help with that. So, so the, the muscle cramping, magnesium and potassium both can help with that. So like magnesium, I mentioned before that a lot of times, if it' up here, it'll up my dose. Magnesium is the, the calming mineral and so it's the relaxing mineral. And so it can help with things like muscle cramps, muscle aching, and so that's why, like, around. If you're used to getting, like, menstrual cramps around your period, it can be helpful.
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Potassium can help, too, because potassium is one of the hydrating minerals. So potassium and sodium work together to hydrate your cells, and both of them help things in and out of your cells to keep your cells hydrated. And so if you're feeling things like muscle cramps, lumps and aching, that kind of thing, it's typically, if it's a potassium issue, it's a hydration issue. And so that's also going to help just keeping your cells hydrated and keeping your, your, your muscles functioning well.
Bree) (28:10):
Okay, awesome. And then you might have heard this before, be familiar with it. But growing up, we were always told, salt is bad. And then all of a sudden, it's like the element says, more salt, not less. That's one of their marketing messages. And everyone's like, add Sal. But I want to clarify, you said unrefined sea salt, which is that different than table salt? Yeah.
Hope) (28:35):
No, that's a good distinction. And yeah, a good question. So I have. I did this whole episode, if you go to my podcast, it's a while back, it was sometime in the last couple years, I did a whole episode on this, and I just went off on my soapbox because it's like, it's like, you know, car was being demonized. There's always something that's being demonized. And yes, sodium was demonized for a long time. And, you know, the late 90s and early 2000s, it's like, you know, oh, high blood pressure and sodium and blah, blah. The problem isn't the sodium because we need sodium. The problem is where it's coming from. And so table salt, like you mentioned, table salt is basically the equivalent of white sugar, right? It's been stripped of every nutritional value, every other trace mineral, and what's left is just the sodium chloride. It's just the table salt.
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If you look at an unrefined sea salt salt, you're going to have anywhere from 80 to 90 other trace minerals in that grain of salt. So when you're eating something with the unrefined sea salt, or you're putting the unrefined sea salt in your water, you're getting all those other trace minerals in your body. So now that's helping usher the sodium where it needs to go. Otherwise, if it's the sodium chloride, your. Your cells just soak it up. And so, you know, yeah, you're going to feel puffy because Your cells are like, I don't know what to do with this. When you've got the other trace minerals, it's basically helping all the minerals go where they need to go.
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So that's true hydration. So it does make a difference where you're getting it from. A good electrolyte mix, like you talked about, element. A good electrolyte mix that has other minerals in it. Right. You've got the magnesium and the chloride and the potassium and all the other things that are in it. I use the brand Redmond, and it's the same. It's like this ancient salt that comes from the Great Salt Lake. So it's like you just want a good quality unrefined sea salt that has those other trace minerals. And it.
Bree) (30:19):
Okay, I'm so glad that you answered that for me. I assumed that there was a difference between the two, but I never actually had asked anybody.
Hope) (30:26):
So it makes a difference. Yeah.
Bree) (30:29):
And then what are some of your favorite practices beyond mineral balancing that could help with energy?
Hope) (30:35):
Okay, so meditation is a big one. I mentioned that earlier. I'm. I'm big on meditation. And. And really, you know, I don't like to make meditation a prescriptive thing, because not everybody. I think meditation is great for everybody, but it's not for great. It's not great for everybody at every stage. Like, for example, if you are used to operating in a fight or flight state, like, that is your normal state, day in, day out, sitting down to meditating is like, I want to scratch my eyeballs out. Like, it's just not. It's just not practical. Like telling somebody who's used to being like.
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Like going everywhere to, like, sit down, be still, and then don't talk or think. Like, it's. It's like, it's terrible. So I do think that there are, like, yes, it can benefit everybody, but I think sometimes you have to be kind of at a certain state to be able to, like, be receptive to that. So my point in saying that is it's really about mindfulness practices. And I also feel like that's kind of a buzzword, like saying holistic and talking about detoxing. But mindfulness practices really do help you get out of your head, get into your body, quiet, the mind noise, the brain noise, the head noise.
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And, you know, get the creative downloads, get the intuitive hits, like, listen to what's alive in your body. Listening to the sun's your signals. Your body is sending you and just taking space. So whether that's sitting in silence or if it's, you know, going for a walk or it's. I've had a client who, she was big, like gardening was her mindfulness. She like being in the dirt and garden, like whatever it is that really gets you out of your head and gets you into your body and helps you connect with yourself at that kind of energetic spiritual level. That, that for me is the most powerful. And that is where I feel like that's like the recharge zone to recharge your energy. It's tapping back into you, tapping back into yourself at that soul level to really listen to what's there.
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And I think this is also a mistake that a lot of us high achieving women make is we don't take the space for that. We don't make the space or take the space, take the time to do that. And this is why so much dis. Ease in the body goes without us ever addressing it. Because we don't take the time to listen to what our body is telling us. And, and if we were to be intentional about that time, we'd be able to recognize, oh, my body's telling me that this feels out of balance or this feels, you know, this doesn't feel right or this doesn't feel good.
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And I think that's just a really crucial way to tap back into your energy, is taking that, that mindfulness space, whatever that looks like for you.
Bree) (33:10):
I like the way that you answered that. I feel like that's so true because when, when you're doing something that you're lit up by, you like have that rush of energy. And I noticed that if I'm doing something in my business and it's like this is like dragging on, I just want to be done with this, to do something that I actually like, which is like, I should just outsource that realistically. But when you're doing something that you genuinely love, you naturally get that energy.
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So you have a Tune in workshop series. Do you want to share more about that with listeners?
Hope) (33:41):
Yeah, sure. So this series is all about connecting your human design and your menstrual cycle to your energy and your productivity. And I am, yes, just like you said, like, supplements are great. And I will, you know, tell you recommendations on supplements, but if you, your greatest source of energy comes from inside. And so if we can tap into the superpowers that we're already equipped with, like our human design, understanding our energetic blueprint, our menstrual cycle, like understanding our hormonal rhythms and how that affects our energy, that for me is like untapped wellspring of life, like right there. Like using your cycle and your human design as your superpower.
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And I know for a lot of women I worked with, I have worked with is, it's their, their periods like the bane of their existence. Right. It's like, I dread it, I hate it, I feel terrible. And it's, it's, there's a lot of reasons for that. Like, yes, I know some people do have painful periods for different reasons. Whether it's, you know, endometriosis or PCOS or things that, you know, imbalances there to happen. But also I think that in western society we, we're kind of taught that like it's like this hush, hush, hush, hush thing we learn about our periods and it's like, you know, we're all embarrassed in school to ask for a tamp go like where it's like this natural thing where every female on the planet has this for lots of years.
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There's a lot of shame and guilt around our period. And so we don't understand it and we don't understand the opportunities that it brings us when we understand how our energy flows through each phase of our cycle. So the Tune in series really combines that. Your cycle, understanding your cycle, the phases of your cycle, how to optimize productivity and creativity in your business throughout each phase of your cycle, and then putting that together with your human design, it's just like the ultimate energy optimization equation.
Bree) (35:34):
Awesome. So yeah, I will link that in the show notes for listeners and that sounds like such a cool combination of the two. So I actually just recently started cycle syncing my podcast recordings because I would notice sometimes I would be much more conversation, conversational. And I've been loving it so far.
Hope) (35:50):
Love that. Yeah, it's so. It really does make so much of a difference. I posted something on Instagram, I think it was. Well, I guess it was a couple weeks ago and I had two. I had like a week. It was like a nine day span where I had like 14 podcast interviews each, which was insane. Like 14 podest interviews in 90s. But I was posting in my stores, I'm like, this is how you work your ovulation cycle, y'all. Like ovulation phase. Like I'm getting all of it done.
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And then when my luteal phase hits, I could be like, okay, I'm not going to do any podcast episodes this week. So it's like it really does make a difference. And it's again going back to that smarter, not harder thing. Like, like how do we use our energy to work smarter, not harder? It's knowing when to optimize when, like you were saying. Right. I'm feeling conversational and I'm feeling more outgoing instead of trying to force it to happen when your body is like, no, I don't want to do that.
Bree) (36:37):
Yeah. And honestly, it's been really nice to even just batch them beyond the energy levels, because then it's like, oh, okay. Today's a podcast recording day, and this week might be a podcast recording week. So I have a lot of time devoted to recording this week. But it last week, I didn't have to worry about recording at all because when you stop and you're breaking up your day into different sections, then you have to switch what you're doing and your mindset gets, like, switched into a different mode, and it takes a while to get on track and to get in the flow with it.
Hope) (37:06):
Yep. - (Bree)
That's awesome. I love that.
Bree) (37:10):
Yeah. So then if anyone's listening and they want to just either follow along with you and get to know you a little bit more, or if they're ready to take that step with you and start with a mineral test, where can they find you?
Hope) (37:21):
Yeah, you can find me. I'm most active on instagram. I'm @thehopeadraza. I also have. You can visit my website. It's hopefulandwholesome.com. but I also have a podcast if you want to just get to know more about me and learn more. It's hopeful and wholesome, and it's all like, health, wellness, spirituality, like, all the fun stuff we talked about today.
Bree) (37:41):
Awesome. Thank you so much for sharing. So, everybody, go ahead, give her a follow. Reach out if you want to do the mineral test and you just want to plug your, like, mineral test really quick, too, in case somebody is like, no, I want to know what my levels are.
Hope) (37:53):
Yeah, yeah, just shoot me a message on Instagram. And I have, like I said, that's. It's really the only one I have as a standalone lab. So if you only want to do mineral testing, I have a hair tissue. I have an htm, a test package that's just that you get the testing, the console, your customized protocol, and it's. I mean, that alone is game changer. So, yeah, just shoot me a message.
Bree) (38:11):
Awesome. So, yeah, thank you so much for being on the call and everybody. Go give her a follow.
Hope) (38:16):
Thanks so much.
Bree) (38:18):
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This is your time to root down, rise up, Rebel, and manifest all of your wild goals. So grab your coffee, get cozy, and let's dive in. Hey, Rebels, and welcome back to Rebel CEO. Today we're diving into a topic related to entrepreneurship, but that is really a topic for every single human, which is how your energy levels impact not just your life, but also the success of your business. So today I'm talking to Hope Pedraza. She's a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, a certified holistic nutritionist, a Reiki practitioner, and human design guide.
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So basically, she is a wellness powerhouse. Hope's passion is helping high performing women and entrepreneurs like you leverage their well being as their number one business asset. So in this episode, we're talking about the connection between energy, productivity and something that most people don't even think about, which is mineral balancing. So get ready to learn how optimizing your wellness can transform your business and. And help you show up as your most energized and your most productive self. Hey, Hope. How's it going?
Hope) (01:37):
Great. How are you?
Bree) (01:39):
I am amazing. And I know I already said this to you, but I'm so excited for this conversation and just to hear, like, what you have to say about the way that minerals can impact entrepreneurs. But before we get started, can you share who you are as a human?
Hope) (01:54):
Yes. Thank you for asking that question. I am so. I don't even know if I know how to answer that question. Like, I'm so used to, like, this is what I do and this is my job and this is my. Yeah, I am. I am a spiritual being. I think I just want to say that I am on. I've been on this spiritual path for the past. I mean, I guess we always are, right? But I feel like I've been on a really intentional spiritual journey in the past, like, five years, and I feel like I am learning so much about myself at a spiritual level, and that's kind of where my excitement is, like, learning more about myself and, like, who I am and who I'm meant to be and connecting with, you know, the spiritual side of things. And that's. That's what I'm doing right now.
Bree) (02:37):
Okay. I love that. And I'm sure anybody listening to this podcast also loves that because we love to bring in a spiritual flair. And I'm realizing lately that I've even been holding back from sharing about my spiritual journey for, like, fear of being seen as too weird or out there. And just lately, even though it's tied into my business and my branding, I've just lately been like, oh, I could probably go harder on that because that's who I am and what I feel like I'm being asked to do. So, yeah, I love that you're on that too.
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Do you have any favorite spiritual practices, like meditating?
Hope) (03:13):
I like all the things I've. I've been. I've been really big into meditation. The. I mean, really, I guess since I kind of, like, really been more intentional about my spiritual journey. This year, this summer will be three years that I've gone every single day. I think I've missed, like, two days in three years, but I, like three years ago, I was like, I'm gonna do this every day. And I've just kept that going. So meditation is a big thing for me.
And then recently, I've picked up, picked up. I've started doing breath work and being really intentional about that. And I'm in this little mastermind cohort, and we do, like, the holotropic breath work, like, once a month together, which is really cool. So the breath work thing has been a really big, like, there's been some huge downloads coming down the pipe after my breath work session. So I found that that's been really supportive for me lately. So, yeah, that's kind of my favorite things at the moment.
Bree) (04:02):
Okay. That's fun. So I've been doing, like, a little bit of breath work lately, too, but I definitely feel like I could go harder in it. I heard somebody say they related breath work to our natural medicine, and I was like, oh, I like that. So I, yeah, I want to get more regular with the practice because I feel like there are probably tons of benefits and then you have a really diverse background. Can share a little bit about your business now.
Hope) (04:28):
Yeah, so I am a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, which essentially means I use functional labs to help people get to the root cause of chronic symptoms. And I combine that. My work is very. I always hesitate to use this word, but I, I, I don't know a better word to use. One day I'll figure out a better word. But my work is very holistic. And the fact that I'm putting together the functional. The labs. I do the functional work, the physical work, together with the emotional and the spiritual work, because I'm also a human design guide, and I'm an NLP practitioner and a clinical hypnotherapist and a Reiki practitioner. So I'm putting together all of these pieces.
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So it's not just about getting to the, quote, root cause of, like, the physical symptoms, but it's really getting. I'm really of the belief that what's happening on the physical body is the actual root cause is happening in the emotional, energetic body. And so I want to put all of those pieces together and really make it a holistic healing rather than just kind of. I feel like it's somewhat of a futile search when we're only looking at the physical body. Because I've worked with so many clients where they've. They've been to other functional practitioners and they've gone the holistic route, but they. The symptoms still keep coming back or they show up maybe in a different way.
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And it's that energetic, emotional, spiritual piece that's really been missing. So I really feel like that's the. Where the true healing comes from, is just putting all those pieces together.
Bree) (05:50):
Okay. That is such a unique value proposition that you have there to combine the two. And I haven't heard of anybody that combines them in that way before, so you already have me hooked. I'm so intrigued by what you do. And then for the human design girlies out there, what are your profile lines?
Hope) (06:06):
Yes. So I am a three Five. Sacral manifesting generator.
Bree) (06:11):
Okay. Three Five. So the Five is the heretic.
Hope) (06:14):
The Five is. Yes. The leader. Yeah. Are you a Five line too? I am.
Bree) (06:19):
So I'm a Five Two. So I'm a heretic hermit.
Hope) (06:23):
Nice. - (Bree)
And what's your. What type are you?
Bree) (06:25):
I'm a generator.
Hope) (06:27):
Okay. Okay.
Bree) (06:28):
Yeah. And then you said, would you say sacral manifest generator? So I have the sacral, But I'm an emotional authority.
Hope) (06:35):
Okay. - (Bree)
Both of them defined?
Bree) (06:39):
Yes. Yeah. Okay, so then back on topic now that. Now that we got a little bit off, I feel like when people say that they're into that kind of stuff, though, I'm always like, what are you? No, I know.
Hope) (06:49):
Same. I could go down the rabbit hole all day.
Bree) (06:51):
Yeah, for sure. Okay, so then why is it that you believe that Energy and well being in general are so critical specifically for entrepreneurs to focus on.
Hope) (07:00):
Yeah, I, you know what I tell my clients is your business is only as strong and will only be as strong as your body is. Like we have this vessel that's here to bring forth our gifts through our business or whatever it is. And our, in our conversation here. And we're talking to business owners, entrepreneurs, but we have this vessel that we've been given to carry forth and bring forth this message and this vision and this mission we have in our business.
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And we get one. And so your business is only going to be as strong and as healthy as your body. And so I think so often we get so focused on the business, business strategy and all the business things which obviously are important. But if it's coming at the, if we're doing all of these things at the expense of our mental, emotional, physical health, then eventually it's not sustainable. Right. Eventually it's going to catch up and your body is going to start treat the effects of that and it's going to slow down your momentum and your progress and your creativity and your productivity.
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So our energy really is, I mean it really, it's all we have. It's all we have for anything in our relationships, our business, our families, whatever it is. And I think it just gets pushed to the back burner as entrepreneurs a lot of times because we want to focus on the really fun, exciting stuff we're doing in our business, which is great, but we have to have the energy to be able to bring that forward to the collective.
Bree) (08:18):
Yeah, that makes so much sense. So what is it specifically with mineral balancing that you feel like is so, is so essential or so important.
Hope) (08:26):
So I have three foundational labs that I use with my clients and the, my really it's my favorite one because I like to nerd out on it. And I've got hundreds of hours of training and all the things I love, I just love talking about minerals. But really it's the only lab that I offer as a standalone lab. Pretty much in any other scenario, it's like, well, I need all of these three labs to be able to collect enough data to kind of put pieces together. But with the hair analysis, which I know you've done it before, it's. It provides so much information that it is one that I will offer as a standalone because we can gather so much from it. And the reason I focus in on the minerals. Minerals. Minerals. And you or your listeners might have heard this before, but minerals are considered the spark plugs. In the body.
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Meaning that everything that happens in the body, every reaction involves minerals, Whether they're the catalyst for that reaction or they're a co factor, they're involved in some way, shape or another, because it's what's happening at a cellular level. And so, so many women come to me and they're like, you know, just fix my hormones. I just, you know, I need energy in my business. I need this thing fixed. And that's just my hormones, which. I get it. Like, the hormones is how we're feeling the effects of what's going on in the body. But the hormones are never the problem. The hormones are always a side effect of something else that's going on deeper in the body.
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And we really want to get at that foundational level. We want to start with the minerals, because the minerals are what are interacting at this cellular level. And so it's kind of the building block of everything else. So we really want to start at that ground floor and then kind of work up from there.
Bree) (09:54):
Okay. So that's so funny that you call minerals the spark plugs for the body. Actually, I was just looking over at the ground when you were speaking, too, and I have my mineral water just chilling.
Hope) (10:05):
I love it. Yes.
Bree) (10:07):
I mentioned to you before we got on the call that I've been on, like, a little bit of a functional health journey, too, for the last. I guess it's only been, like, six months. I said year, but six months. And my main thing that we found out on the labs was that my estrogen's really high. But my thing that I felt the most difference from is drinking the minerals and, like, reincorporating minerals. And every time I have mineral water or element, I'm, like, addicted to element now.
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I just feel so good, and it just feels like everything's operating better. And I don't even know how to explain it, but it's like I started to drink the mineral water, and I was like, I just feel like I can take on the world now. It's weird because I didn't even realize I had a mineral thing before that.
Hope) (10:56):
Yeah, no, that makes total sense. And I think that's a really common conversation I have with my clients where it's like, I didn't even know I needed this. And so. So when I do the hair analysis, I create this really curated, customized mineral protocol with this company that basically I help form it formulates it exactly to their mineral analysis. And so it's customized, like, literally to your lab. And that I. I really do believe that that makes the biggest difference for people.
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And like you said, and a lot of times I don't have clients that necessarily feel like trash all the time. Like, I do have some that feel horrible and some that are just like, you know, I just. I just want to be optimal. I just want to find optimal health. And. But then they, you know, they start incorporating the minerals and it's like, I didn't. I have this energy that I didn't even know I was desiring that. It's just like, things clear that you start to think clearly and see clearly and feel.
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It really does make a difference. And like I said, it really does go back to that, like, at a foundational level, what's happening in your cells. And that's what it is. It's. It starts with the minerals.
Bree) (11:52):
Yeah. And I totally didn't feel like I was lacking energy or anything before that. Yeah. My eyes were open and I was.
Hope) (11:58):
Like, this is amazing.
Bree) (12:00):
Okay, so let's back up a little bit. Can you share what mineral balancing actually is and maybe like a little bit about the tests that you take to figure out where your mineral. Mineral levels are at?
Hope) (12:11):
Yeah. So I use a hair tissue and mineral analysis, or htma. So you're literally sending in some of your hair. And there's. There are multiple ways you can go about this. Right. You can go the conventional route and you can go to your doctor and ask for a blood lab. Right. To look at your minerals. But it's going to give you a much different look with any blood lab, no matter what you're measuring, whether it's minerals or hormones or whatever, a blood lab is just a picture of a blip in time. It's like right now, this is what's going on in my body. I could take the same test tomorrow and it would look different.
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And with the hair tissue and mineral analysis, you're getting a better look at what's going on chronically in the body. So I'm looking at what's going on over a period of time. And not only that, because your hair is a tissue, tissue is just like a clump of cells. Right. You're actually seeing what's going on at a cellular level. Because the other thing I've found, and I've had. Had this experience multiple times, not to get too sciency here, but some minerals are intracellular, meaning they're supposed to be in your cells.
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And so if you're getting a blood lab and you're looking at what's going on in your blood lab, you're really not getting an accurate picture of what's going on in your cells. So, for example, potassium is one is intracellular. It's supposed to helping things in and out of your cells. I've had more than one client come to me and they've done the blood lab with their doctor and their doctor's like, oh, you know, your potassium is really high.
And I'm like, and then you look at an HTML, it's going to give you a different picture. And I'm like, no, it's high in your blood lab because it's not bioavailable. Like your body's not using it. Like it's deficient. So it's going to give you a totally different look and it's going to give you a different picture of what's going on in your body. And the hair analysis for me is just a more accurate, comprehensive look.
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And like I said, this chronic look, what's going on, so we get a better picture of where the imbalances are, where the deficiencies are, and we can address them from there.
Bree) (13:58):
So how can mineral imbalances show up in ways that impact business owners?
Hope) (14:04):
Yeah, I think that the biggest symptom or the most common symptom, I want to say the most common symptom that women come to me is the energy. And we were just talking about that. But like physical energy and this looks different for people. So it could be, you know, I had a. I slept, but then I woke up and I didn't feel rested. It could be I have these kind of energy highs and lows throughout the day. It could be I have these. This crazy slump at the end of the day. Or it could be like I'm literally feel like I'm dragging myself through the mud day in, day out. So the energy thing looks different, but energy is probably the most common.
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The other thing is mental clarity and brain fog. That's another really common symptom that women come to me with. And, and we know that. I mean, if you think about times, even if it's just maybe when it's, you know, around your period and you feel a little fog in your brain, like we know how much that can impact how we're doing things, what we're doing in our business, like the ability to have creative ideas and be productive, like the brain fog is a real thing. And if you feel like you're swimming through brain fog day in, day out, it is going to affect how you're showing up in your business, who you're showing up as in your Business, your ability to get things done, be productive, et cetera. So the brain fog and the energy, for me, are the most common and probably the most detrimental to our ability to.
(15:17):
To. I don't want to say perform, because I don't like that word, but to show up in our business and do you know what we want to do and be able to carry out that mission that we have inside of us to put out? The other thing is, with mineral balancing, it's. And I think this is why it's so often misunderstood and maybe underestimated, undervalued is because so many symptoms of mineral imbalances are the same symptoms for, like, 58 other things. Because low energy could be anything. Right. It could literally be anything.
(15:46):
The same with brain fog. Or I've had women who, you know, they have stubborn weight. Like, I'm doing all the things. I'm eating clean and working out, doing all the stuff. And I, you know, I still have this extra weight I'm carrying here or there. Or it's just inflammation. Like, maybe it's like joint pain or muscle pain or just kind of feeling achy, just feeling inflammation of the body. It could be gut issues.
You know, if you're bloated all the time or you're constipated, those are really common symptoms of mineral imbalances. All of these things show up, and we can often just kind of dismiss them because we can get through the day. Like, we can get through the day for bloated. We can get through the day if we've got brain fog. But it is impacting you, and it's impacting your ability to really put the energy that you desire into your business and to really show up in the way you want to show up and as the version of yourself you want to show up as in your business.
Bree) (16:33):
You mentioned that we can get through the day with brain fog, and we can get through the day with bloating, and they just kind of become your normal. So for me, specifically, I feel like I had a lot of bloating and didn't even fully realize it was bloating. For years. I was just kind of like, this is the way I am. I just look like I'm pregnant and I'm not. And it just is who. It's my identity now.
Hope) (16:58):
Right, Right.
Bree) (16:59):
And, yeah, I didn't even realize until I started on this journey that that's not just how things have to be. And I think that I was living with some type of discomfort in my stomach because I have a bunch of Sensitivities. And there are just some things going on with, like, food for me, that had been causing that or at least adding to that. And when I eat something that I shouldn't be eating now, I notice, like, my stomach reacts and it's like, have.
(17:27):
Was that how it always was or is it just because I cut it out and now it's reacting more? But a part of me is like, there had to have been some level of that reaction when I was consistently eating these things. And that just was what I thought was normal for my body.
Hope) (17:43):
Yeah. And that's so common is, you know, we, we use the word normal and we confuse the word normal with common. Right. These things are very common and we, we just chalk them up as normal, like you said, because it could get through the day and then it just becomes your new normal. Your body's really good at adapting and eventually your, your brain just kind of shuts off to it. It's like, no, I'm just numb to it. And yeah, sure, I'll look like I'm six months pregnant every day, whatever. You know, I can still function.
(18:08):
But we chalk it up as, as normal when it's just common, it's not normal. And that's something that, I mean, I want all women to know. Like, any symptom that you're feeling on your body doesn't have to be normal. And this is a rabbit hole we could go down another day. But the medical gaslighting thing is a real thing. And I've had, I would say 90% of the women who come to me, that's been their experience where they've been brushed off or because it's, it's nothing is quote too, you know, serious enough to get a diagnosis or dig in deeper to figure out what it actually is. And so they've been brushed off. It's either like, oh, you're just getting older or it's just your hormones or it's, you know, all your laps look normal. It's these things where they just brushed off as normal, but it's not normal. It's common because a lot of people deal with it. But it doesn't have to be your new. It doesn't have to be your normal.
Bree) (18:56):
Yeah, I went through the process of finding so many different doctors. Like, I would just keep switching because I didn't have a primary care for physician and I was trying to find one that actually helped me. They just kept saying, try the elimination diet. But if I asked you to share some common lifestyle practices or whatever, people Do. I'm just going to put this in more simple way. Whatever it is that people do that can lead to mineral imbalances.
(19:20):
What would you say those are?
Hope) (19:22):
Yeah, that's a good question. I think the, the biggest thing, and especially as, you know, high achieving women and entrepreneurs and the biggest thing is just pushing too hard. And I know that's like a very bland and general vague response, but really that's what it is. I mean, it's like the burnout, right? We hear about burnout all the time and I feel like we hear about it so much it kind of just becomes white noise. We're like, yeah, yeah, burnout, I'll be fine.
(19:46):
But I have hit burnout before and like, literally had to rebuild my body from the ground up. So I know what it feels like. And I work with so many women who just, we were talking about the body adapting a second ago. They're in burnout mode, but they're in denial or their body has adapted so much where it's like, well, this is just my normal now. I'm used to functioning every day with very little energy. I'm used to pushing through with my bloating or, you know, whatever the symptoms are.
(20:14):
And so for me, that's really one of the big reasons I brought in human design to my work. And looking at wellness through the lens of human design is so the women I'm working with can really understand their energy and understand how their energy is meant to move and flow through their centers and all of those pieces of human design so that they can, it's all, it's, you know, the whole working smarter, not harder thing, like how can I optimize how my energy is designed to function of flow? So I'm not pushing and forcing things to happen. That is going to end up, you know, I'm going to meet resistance in my body because I'm doing things in a way that's not aligned for me. So going back to answer your question, I think the, the pushing and forcing things really is probably the biggest thing. And going and going, going without listening to our bodies to know when to rest or when to stop or when to slow down or, you know, I, I just did a series on my podcast is all about tying your productivity and your output to your worth and how that impacts your health. And I think that big thing for a lot of women is we feel like if we're not being productive and we're not doing, then we're falling behind.
(21:19):
Right? I'm falling behind or I'm Not, I'm not proving, I need to do more to prove that I've earned this success or whatever. And it ends up running your body into the ground. Right. This is how we, we meet burnout. And also I think there's this perspective shift that needs to happen, especially with women, to see rest as a part of the creative process. Like it's not either I'm resting or I'm productive.
(21:45):
It's all part of the creative process. And so I got off track there. But going back, it's really pushing without listening to our body, I think is the biggest piece. And like I said, I know that's very vague, but I think really that's where the majority of our physical dis. Ease in the body comes from. As high achieving women is just, just either not listening to the signs and signals our body is sending us, like kind of pushing them aside, or just like turning off that communication system. We're like, I'll deal with it later.
(22:15):
And then you're pushing and forcing and then your body is going to end up screaming at you, yelling at you instead of whispering.
Bree) (22:21):
I think that it's so funny that you called it denial, like people being in denial of burnout. Because it's so relatable. Because you do you feel fine sometimes and you're like, no, I just, this is how my schedule is and this is just how I operate and this is fine. Okay. So if somebody's listening and they don't know anything about their minerals and they want to get started either doing something at home, if they're not quite ready to take the step to do a test yet, what are some things at home that they can do to help make their minerals more well balanced?
Hope) (22:55):
It's a good question. Yeah. Because there are things you can do on your own. Like you don't have to go straight to the labs. Obviously you'll get a more, you know, customized way of approaching things. But there are plenty of things you can do on your own. Just starting now. I mean, you mentioned before, you have your mineral water that you're drinking every day. So with the minerals, the four macro minerals are where I would say to start. Macro minerals, just like it sounds. It's the ones that we need the most of, the ones that we use the most of, and the ones that we deplete the quickest and that would be calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium.
(23:25):
And which are, you know, some of the electrolytes. And so magnesium is a big one. Getting started with magnesium, we. You've probably hear about magnesium all the time because it's so crucial for so many functions in the body. I think there are studies that show anywhere from 400 to 600 different reactions in the body require magnesium. So you can see why we need the most of it and why we, we use the most of it. Our adrenals use a lot of magnesium. Your adrenals will run through, especially when you're in, you were mentioning that fight or flight state. When you're running in that fight or flight state or you're in a stressful period, your body is going to work through that magnesium and sodium really fast. And so we really have intentional about replenishing that.
(24:04):
Magnesium is one of those studies say it's like 60 to 65% of us are deficient. I really think it's probably closer to like 90% of us because a, our, our soil is deficient in a lot of nutrients. And that's really where, you know, 50, 60 years ago when they did studies on our food quality and that the nutrient density of our food, magnesium was a lot more, the soil was a lot more magnesium rich. So our food is less dense in magnesium.
(24:29):
And then because of, you know, western society, hustle culture, whatever you want to it, we deplete ourselves more. Just again, like I said, your adrenals are going to pump through your stores of magnesium when you're in a stress state or if you're constantly working in a stressed state. So magnesium is a big one. You can get it from food. But I really, I think it's really, really, really hard to get all that you need from food. And especially because like I work with my clients and kind of playing with the dosage of the magnesium too. And sometimes you need more than others. Like I know when it's like around my period, I'm going to, I'm going to up my dosage a little bit. If I've been through going through like a period of like, you know, where I've been going really hard in work and I'm, you know, I know I've been stressed for a while. I'm gonna up my dose. So it's, there's recommendations, but it's also something that you can play with.
(25:16):
So leafy greens, nuts and seeds, those are gonna be the most nutrient rich or magnesium rich foods as far as food sources. And then supplementing. You wanna look for magnesium glycinate. It's the easiest on your body. Cause here's the other thing. With magnesium, people go get like just a cheap magnesium supplement this store and it's Magnesium citrate, which is really just a laxative. So like, if you need to poop, it's really helpful, but your body's not going to absorb much of that at all, so you really do.
(25:42):
The, the type does matter. And glycinate really is the easiest on your body. It's the most bioavailable, it's most absorbed. So that's magnesium, potassium and sodium are a couple others that I mentioned. And those are others like, like you, like you're saying you put your minerals in your water, like getting a good quality unrefined sea salt and you know, putting a dabble in true water a couple times a day, like really replenishing your source of sodium and those other trace minerals that are in unrefined sea salt.
(26:07):
Potassium is a big one, especially for women, I find. I mean, I do labs on men every now and then as well, and I find that especially for women, potassium is a big one. Your adrenals use potassium, but your thyroid is the big, the big thing here. And we know that a lot of your listeners might know the thyroid is associated with your metabolism and your energy. And so when we're looking at energy, energy, we've been talking about that, your adrenals and your thyroid, they have a really close relationship and we want to focus on the health and the balance of both of those.
(26:40):
And potassium is required to get your thyroid hormone in your cells. Like all of your cells have thyroid receptors. You need potassium in order to get that in there. So when we're deficient in potassium, our thyroid is going to be in balance. And now, of course, we're going to feel the effects on our metabolism and our energy. So potassium is a big one. And this is another one of those where I think they recommended. Daily allowance is like 4800mg, which is a lot. It's a whole lot. So food first, of course, bananas, avocados, coconut water, celery, those are all really good sources.
(27:10):
But then if you're taking a good, like multivitamin or multi mineral, just making sure you have some in there as well.
Bree) (27:15):
Potassium is that also known for, if people have really bad period cramps, it.
Hope) (27:21):
Can help with that. So, so the, the muscle cramping, magnesium and potassium both can help with that. So like magnesium, I mentioned before that a lot of times, if it' up here, it'll up my dose. Magnesium is the, the calming mineral and so it's the relaxing mineral. And so it can help with things like muscle cramps, muscle aching, and so that's why, like, around. If you're used to getting, like, menstrual cramps around your period, it can be helpful.
(27:43):
Potassium can help, too, because potassium is one of the hydrating minerals. So potassium and sodium work together to hydrate your cells, and both of them help things in and out of your cells to keep your cells hydrated. And so if you're feeling things like muscle cramps, lumps and aching, that kind of thing, it's typically, if it's a potassium issue, it's a hydration issue. And so that's also going to help just keeping your cells hydrated and keeping your, your, your muscles functioning well.
Bree) (28:10):
Okay, awesome. And then you might have heard this before, be familiar with it. But growing up, we were always told, salt is bad. And then all of a sudden, it's like the element says, more salt, not less. That's one of their marketing messages. And everyone's like, add Sal. But I want to clarify, you said unrefined sea salt, which is that different than table salt? Yeah.
Hope) (28:35):
No, that's a good distinction. And yeah, a good question. So I have. I did this whole episode, if you go to my podcast, it's a while back, it was sometime in the last couple years, I did a whole episode on this, and I just went off on my soapbox because it's like, it's like, you know, car was being demonized. There's always something that's being demonized. And yes, sodium was demonized for a long time. And, you know, the late 90s and early 2000s, it's like, you know, oh, high blood pressure and sodium and blah, blah. The problem isn't the sodium because we need sodium. The problem is where it's coming from. And so table salt, like you mentioned, table salt is basically the equivalent of white sugar, right? It's been stripped of every nutritional value, every other trace mineral, and what's left is just the sodium chloride. It's just the table salt.
(29:22):
If you look at an unrefined sea salt salt, you're going to have anywhere from 80 to 90 other trace minerals in that grain of salt. So when you're eating something with the unrefined sea salt, or you're putting the unrefined sea salt in your water, you're getting all those other trace minerals in your body. So now that's helping usher the sodium where it needs to go. Otherwise, if it's the sodium chloride, your. Your cells just soak it up. And so, you know, yeah, you're going to feel puffy because Your cells are like, I don't know what to do with this. When you've got the other trace minerals, it's basically helping all the minerals go where they need to go.
(29:54):
So that's true hydration. So it does make a difference where you're getting it from. A good electrolyte mix, like you talked about, element. A good electrolyte mix that has other minerals in it. Right. You've got the magnesium and the chloride and the potassium and all the other things that are in it. I use the brand Redmond, and it's the same. It's like this ancient salt that comes from the Great Salt Lake. So it's like you just want a good quality unrefined sea salt that has those other trace minerals. And it.
Bree) (30:19):
Okay, I'm so glad that you answered that for me. I assumed that there was a difference between the two, but I never actually had asked anybody.
Hope) (30:26):
So it makes a difference. Yeah.
Bree) (30:29):
And then what are some of your favorite practices beyond mineral balancing that could help with energy?
Hope) (30:35):
Okay, so meditation is a big one. I mentioned that earlier. I'm. I'm big on meditation. And. And really, you know, I don't like to make meditation a prescriptive thing, because not everybody. I think meditation is great for everybody, but it's not for great. It's not great for everybody at every stage. Like, for example, if you are used to operating in a fight or flight state, like, that is your normal state, day in, day out, sitting down to meditating is like, I want to scratch my eyeballs out. Like, it's just not. It's just not practical. Like telling somebody who's used to being like.
(31:11):
Like going everywhere to, like, sit down, be still, and then don't talk or think. Like, it's. It's like, it's terrible. So I do think that there are, like, yes, it can benefit everybody, but I think sometimes you have to be kind of at a certain state to be able to, like, be receptive to that. So my point in saying that is it's really about mindfulness practices. And I also feel like that's kind of a buzzword, like saying holistic and talking about detoxing. But mindfulness practices really do help you get out of your head, get into your body, quiet, the mind noise, the brain noise, the head noise.
(31:46):
And, you know, get the creative downloads, get the intuitive hits, like, listen to what's alive in your body. Listening to the sun's your signals. Your body is sending you and just taking space. So whether that's sitting in silence or if it's, you know, going for a walk or it's. I've had a client who, she was big, like gardening was her mindfulness. She like being in the dirt and garden, like whatever it is that really gets you out of your head and gets you into your body and helps you connect with yourself at that kind of energetic spiritual level. That, that for me is the most powerful. And that is where I feel like that's like the recharge zone to recharge your energy. It's tapping back into you, tapping back into yourself at that soul level to really listen to what's there.
(32:27):
And I think this is also a mistake that a lot of us high achieving women make is we don't take the space for that. We don't make the space or take the space, take the time to do that. And this is why so much dis. Ease in the body goes without us ever addressing it. Because we don't take the time to listen to what our body is telling us. And, and if we were to be intentional about that time, we'd be able to recognize, oh, my body's telling me that this feels out of balance or this feels, you know, this doesn't feel right or this doesn't feel good.
(33:01):
And I think that's just a really crucial way to tap back into your energy, is taking that, that mindfulness space, whatever that looks like for you.
Bree) (33:10):
I like the way that you answered that. I feel like that's so true because when, when you're doing something that you're lit up by, you like have that rush of energy. And I noticed that if I'm doing something in my business and it's like this is like dragging on, I just want to be done with this, to do something that I actually like, which is like, I should just outsource that realistically. But when you're doing something that you genuinely love, you naturally get that energy.
(33:36):
So you have a Tune in workshop series. Do you want to share more about that with listeners?
Hope) (33:41):
Yeah, sure. So this series is all about connecting your human design and your menstrual cycle to your energy and your productivity. And I am, yes, just like you said, like, supplements are great. And I will, you know, tell you recommendations on supplements, but if you, your greatest source of energy comes from inside. And so if we can tap into the superpowers that we're already equipped with, like our human design, understanding our energetic blueprint, our menstrual cycle, like understanding our hormonal rhythms and how that affects our energy, that for me is like untapped wellspring of life, like right there. Like using your cycle and your human design as your superpower.
(34:23):
And I know for a lot of women I worked with, I have worked with is, it's their, their periods like the bane of their existence. Right. It's like, I dread it, I hate it, I feel terrible. And it's, it's, there's a lot of reasons for that. Like, yes, I know some people do have painful periods for different reasons. Whether it's, you know, endometriosis or PCOS or things that, you know, imbalances there to happen. But also I think that in western society we, we're kind of taught that like it's like this hush, hush, hush, hush thing we learn about our periods and it's like, you know, we're all embarrassed in school to ask for a tamp go like where it's like this natural thing where every female on the planet has this for lots of years.
(35:03):
There's a lot of shame and guilt around our period. And so we don't understand it and we don't understand the opportunities that it brings us when we understand how our energy flows through each phase of our cycle. So the Tune in series really combines that. Your cycle, understanding your cycle, the phases of your cycle, how to optimize productivity and creativity in your business throughout each phase of your cycle, and then putting that together with your human design, it's just like the ultimate energy optimization equation.
Bree) (35:34):
Awesome. So yeah, I will link that in the show notes for listeners and that sounds like such a cool combination of the two. So I actually just recently started cycle syncing my podcast recordings because I would notice sometimes I would be much more conversation, conversational. And I've been loving it so far.
Hope) (35:50):
Love that. Yeah, it's so. It really does make so much of a difference. I posted something on Instagram, I think it was. Well, I guess it was a couple weeks ago and I had two. I had like a week. It was like a nine day span where I had like 14 podcast interviews each, which was insane. Like 14 podest interviews in 90s. But I was posting in my stores, I'm like, this is how you work your ovulation cycle, y'all. Like ovulation phase. Like I'm getting all of it done.
(36:12):
And then when my luteal phase hits, I could be like, okay, I'm not going to do any podcast episodes this week. So it's like it really does make a difference. And it's again going back to that smarter, not harder thing. Like, like how do we use our energy to work smarter, not harder? It's knowing when to optimize when, like you were saying. Right. I'm feeling conversational and I'm feeling more outgoing instead of trying to force it to happen when your body is like, no, I don't want to do that.
Bree) (36:37):
Yeah. And honestly, it's been really nice to even just batch them beyond the energy levels, because then it's like, oh, okay. Today's a podcast recording day, and this week might be a podcast recording week. So I have a lot of time devoted to recording this week. But it last week, I didn't have to worry about recording at all because when you stop and you're breaking up your day into different sections, then you have to switch what you're doing and your mindset gets, like, switched into a different mode, and it takes a while to get on track and to get in the flow with it.
Hope) (37:06):
Yep. - (Bree)
That's awesome. I love that.
Bree) (37:10):
Yeah. So then if anyone's listening and they want to just either follow along with you and get to know you a little bit more, or if they're ready to take that step with you and start with a mineral test, where can they find you?
Hope) (37:21):
Yeah, you can find me. I'm most active on instagram. I'm @thehopeadraza. I also have. You can visit my website. It's hopefulandwholesome.com. but I also have a podcast if you want to just get to know more about me and learn more. It's hopeful and wholesome, and it's all like, health, wellness, spirituality, like, all the fun stuff we talked about today.
Bree) (37:41):
Awesome. Thank you so much for sharing. So, everybody, go ahead, give her a follow. Reach out if you want to do the mineral test and you just want to plug your, like, mineral test really quick, too, in case somebody is like, no, I want to know what my levels are.
Hope) (37:53):
Yeah, yeah, just shoot me a message on Instagram. And I have, like I said, that's. It's really the only one I have as a standalone lab. So if you only want to do mineral testing, I have a hair tissue. I have an htm, a test package that's just that you get the testing, the console, your customized protocol, and it's. I mean, that alone is game changer. So, yeah, just shoot me a message.
Bree) (38:11):
Awesome. So, yeah, thank you so much for being on the call and everybody. Go give her a follow.
Hope) (38:16):
Thanks so much.
Bree) (38:18):
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