Episode 138: Holiday Cravings

Holiday Cravings Hey friends, the holidays are coming, and so are the holiday cravings. Am I right? So many clients and listeners find this time of year to be incredibly challenging for their human suits, their hearts, and even their spirits. Despite the joyful season, often we are overindulging in food and alcohol, overindulging in expectations and what others demand of us, overstressed and just plain worn out. This serves to significantly increase our inflammation and decrease our health and wellness. It’s the same for all but scales up when you are living with a chronic illness. So in today’s episode, we are going to talk about the holidays and food and cravings. About indulging in those things you wait all year long for in the least health-damaging way. (Next week we will talk about the energetic and emotional stress too.) RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN Nutrient Deficiency an Autoimmune Trigger: Transcript: http://audreychristie.com/136 Join the private group Wellness Circle: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Audreychristie/ Join Fit & Festive Holiday Challenge http://audreychristie.com/festive Download Autoimmune Revolution Kickstart http://audreychristie.com/autoimmune  ________________________________ Say HI and join the conversation on social: Instagram: https://instagram.com/audrey_christie Facebook: https://facebook.com/audreychristiemsn ________________________________ Wondering if Functional and Integrative Help is right for you and your condition? Schedule a  case review here. Holiday Cravings Rough Transcript (listening is best) Holiday Cravings Introduction Hey friends, the holidays are coming, and so are the holiday cravings. Am I right? So many clients and listeners find this time of year to be incredibly challenging for their human suits, their hearts, and even their spirits. Despite the joyful season, often we are overindulging in food and alcohol, overindulging in expectations and what others demand of us, overstressed and just plain worn out. This serves to significantly increase our inflammation and decrease our health and wellness. It’s the same for all but scales up when you are living with a chronic illness. So in today’s episode, we are going to talk about the holidays and food and cravings. About indulging in those things you wait all year long for in the least health-damaging way. (Next week we will talk about the energetic and emotional stress too.)   Intro Welcome if this is your first time listening  - I’m Audrey Christie - I’m a functional and integrative nurse nutritionist and energy medicine practitioner. I help women start their very own Autoimmune Revolution so you can stop chasing symptoms and learn how to heal your body from autoimmune disease. Okay - so here’s the thing - I don’t care how good the book is or how phenomenal the supplement is - there is no quick fix for your health. There is quick symptom masking - what I like to refer to as band-aid medicine. And now there is quick symptom masking and bandaids with natural remedies too. If it's true healing, from the root cause of your issue, that you are looking for, if you are looking to create health, I’m sorry to say - there just isn’t a short cut. What there definitely is though, is a foundation that you can build to help make healing faster and easier, to help to create health, no matter where you are on your journey. The Typical Holiday Cycle If you are inundated with food and drinks from Mid-November through New Years and maybe on into the Superbowl and you combine it with stress, anxiety, emotional ties to the food AND then the family stuffs and budget stuffs that happens - you have a big recipe for big inflammation and effects that last long after the holiday joys wear off. As I mentioned, I hear from many more of my clients and listeners this time of year who find the holiday season to be extremely challenging, and I completely get it. I hear from my friends and connections a lot of “I wish my h...