“There’s Money to be Made in Women Hating Ourselves!” The Funk’tional Nutritionist Erin Holt on Medical Gaslighting & Building a 7-Figure Business

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains references to eating disorders. Listener discretion is advised.

Erin Holt wanted to fix herself.

After years of battling eating disorders, she dreamt of learning how to diet better. So when she went to school for dietetics, she did so solely to help herself.

Flash forward 20 years later, and now she's one of the foremost voices in the world of functional nutrition, helping thousands of people around the world every year to develop better relationships with their bodies and minds.

The creator of the multimillion dollar company, The Funk'tional Nutritionist, Erin is also the host of the very popular long-running show, "The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast." Her Instagram account, @the.funktional.nutritionist, has 120,000 followers.

From her home in Nottingham, N.H., host Troy Farkas sits down with Erin to discuss her battles with eating disorders, how yoga and meditation helped her develop a better relationship to herself, the mystifying condition she developed after having a child, why she credits said condition for helping her find her authentic voice, the "medical gaslighting" women experience, how she stumbled upon functional medicine, telling fact from fiction in the online health-and-wellness world, hormone replacement therapy, what it's like running a 7-figure business, and SO much more.

CHAPTERS:

• Erin's eating disorder story (00:00)
• Pursuing a career in nutrition and dietetics (08:38)
• How yoga and meditation opened Erin's eyes (11:07)

• The medical gaslighting women experience (19:11)
• SPONSOR: Sarah Oleson Yoga (27:11)
• The early days of her functional medicine biz (28:55)

• Are men intimidated by you? (42:22)
• The very successful Funk'tional Nutritionist business (45:45)
• Why we've lost the trust in ourselves (55:18)
• Knowing where to get your medical info from (57:37)
• SPONSOR: Samonas Realty (59:12)
• Running a 7-figure business (01:00:55)
• Health-and-wellness questions (01:07:55)
• How do you want to be remembered? (01:25:44)

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