In this episode, you explain how thoughts are not harmless but act as biochemical instructions that can either support healing or keep the body stuck in stress and illness. You connect mindset with physiology—stress hormones, sleep, inflammation, and even gene expression—and encourage listeners to consciously choose more supportive inner dialogue, explore epigenetics (e.g., Dr. Bruce Lipton's work), and consider coaching to rewire their neural networks.

Key Points

• Thoughts act as biochemical instructions in the body
• Chronic negative self-talk raises stress hormones (e.g., cortisol)
• High cortisol disrupts melatonin and healthy sleep
• Negative thinking keeps the body inflamed and blocks healing
• Inner dialogue is as important as nutrition and supplements
• Beliefs can shape physiological outcomes and health
• Thoughts and environment influence gene expression (epigenetics)
• The reticular activating system (RAS) filters reality to match beliefs
• Reframing with "What if that wasn't true?" opens new perspectives
• Choosing positive thoughts helps healing vs. staying sick and stuck
• Coaching can help rewire neural networks and shift mindset

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Email: annamarie@happywholeyou.com / info@HappyWholeYou.com

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In this episode, we explore why you can be eating clean, working out, and taking all the right supplements yet still not feel well. Anna explains how unresolved emotional stress keeps the body from feeling safe, which blocks physical healing. You'll learn why safety cues, breathwork, and coaching support are crucial for deeper, lasting healing beyond diet and exercise.

Key Points:

• Doing "all the right" health habits but still feel unwell
• Body won't heal when it doesn't feel emotionally safe
• Unresolved emotional stress suppresses immune function
• Stress slows tissue repair and workout recovery
• Brain prioritizes survival over healing and recovery
• Safety cues are essential for healing (trauma-informed view)
• Breathwork helps release stored emotional stress
• Coaching provides guidance, support, and accountability
• Visualization used to help the body feel safe to heal
• Anna shares personal journey of "perfect" habits but inner struggle
• Invitation to seek support and not do the inner work alone
• Healing is a journey; it's not instant but accelerates once you start

Connect with Anna:

Email: annamarie@happywholeyou.com / info@HappyWholeYou.com

Website: www.happywholeyou.com / https://linktr.ee/happywholeyou

Personal Website: www.DrAnnaMarie.com

Instagram: @happywholeyou

Personal Instagram: @Dr.Anna.Marie

Facebook: Happy Whole You

LinkedIn: Anna Marie Frank

Venmo: @happywholeyou

In this episode, we explore the powerful connection between your gut, stress, and emotions. Anna explains how anxiety and chronic stress can disrupt the gut-brain axis, damage immune function in the gut, and show up as bloating and digestive issues. You'll learn simple daily practices and supportive supplements that help calm the nervous system, restore gut lining, and address both the emotional and physical sides of gut healing.

Key Points

• Stress and anxiety strongly affect gut health
• Gut-brain axis communicates via the vagus nerve
• Fight-or-flight state disrupts digestion and heart rhythm
• Deep breathing, humming, and singing support vagus nerve
• Most anxious clients also have digestive/gut issues
• Gut often reflects emotional stress and life strain
• Simple daily practice: barefoot in grass + deep breathing
• Sunlight exposure (5–10 min) helps regulate the body
• Lemon balm (in Calm You) gently calms the nervous system
• Solar plexus chakra links digestion and emotional processing
• Emotional work must accompany supplements for true healing
• Bloat List You formula supports gut lining (with mastic gum)
• Stress can weaken gut lining over time
• Combining lifestyle tools + Calm You + Bloat List You is recommended

Connect with Anna:

Email: annamarie@happywholeyou.com / info@HappyWholeYou.com

Website: www.happywholeyou.com / https://linktr.ee/happywholeyou

Personal Website: www.DrAnnaMarie.com

Instagram: @happywholeyou

Personal Instagram: @Dr.Anna.Marie

Facebook: Happy Whole You

LinkedIn: Anna Marie Frank

Venmo: @happywholeyou