The Role of Narrative Medicine in Understanding Your Body's Story with Andrea Nakayama

Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Something I've been noticing is how much we're taught to see any symptom as a sign that something is "wrong" and that we have to embark on a "healing journey" to "fix" the symptom. 

For a moment, try this out on your body. Tell it that there is something wrong that you need to fix. What do you notice? How does your body respond to that?

Striving to “heal” your body sends the message to your body that you are in danger. Your body activates your sympathetic nervous system and takes all your internal resources away from repair toward survival. You cannot heal in a fight or flight state. To decrease any bodily symptom or food coping mechanism, you have to stop thinking of yourself as broken and needing to be fixed. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Andrea Nakayama, Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator, and founder of Functional Nutrition Alliance about: 

• The gaps in traditional healthcare
• Shifting perspective of a "healing journey"
• Misconceptions of nutrition
• The basics of a health foundation
• Understanding the body's signals
• The three tiers of nutritional mastery
• Role of Narrative Medicine in recovery
• Supporting the body's natural healing

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/narrative-medicine-in-understanding-your-body

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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