Always Exhausted? It’s Not Just Because You're a Mom

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Always Exhausted: Summary

Always Exhausted features Christina Boylston, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner with extensive experience in preventative and regenerative medicine. Host Evan Transue, aka Detective Ev, introduces Christina’s background and how her personal health journey through postpartum complications, undiagnosed Hashimoto’s, and chronic fatigue led her to specialize in helping exhausted moms reclaim their health. Christina discusses the limited care and information available for postpartum moms and shares her story of overcoming serious health issues by discovering Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN) and its holistic approach to wellness through functional lab testing and personalized health protocols.

Through her virtual practice, Layers to Wellness, Christina helps ambitious, exhausted moms identify the root causes of their burnout by utilizing foundational lab tests like the food sensitivity test, stool test, hormone test, and full blood panel. She emphasizes the importance of validating symptoms and designing personalized wellness protocols to restore energy and balance hormones. Christina also highlights the mental and emotional aspects of healing, such as self-compassion and managing stress effectively. She shares compelling client success stories, including her sister who resolved lifelong GI issues and a nurse practitioner who transitioned to the functional medicine field herself after experiencing significant health improvements.

Christina advises busy moms to introduce practical and manageable changes, such as eating meals without distractions, incorporating breathing exercises, and finding ways to genuinely rest and nourish themselves amidst their demanding schedules. Her ultimate goal is to raise awareness and provide actionable steps for moms who feel overwhelmed and exhausted, offering them hope and a structured plan to reclaim their health and well-being.