Most women have spent years being told what to cut, what to avoid, and what to eliminate, yet despite following all the rules, they still feel confused, guilty, and exhausted by food. The problem is not willpower and it is not discipline. The problem is that the advice was never designed to be sustainable or to fit the real lives, cultures, and kitchens of actual women.

In this episode of The Whole and Complete Woman Podcast, Dr. Alicia Newsome sits down with Dr. Sabrina Falquier, a physician triple board certified in internal medicine, culinary medicine, and lifestyle medicine, and founder of Sensations Salud. Born and raised in Mexico City to Swiss and American parents, Dr. Falquier brings a deeply multicultural perspective to the intersection of food, culture, medicine, and health. After more than 15 years in primary care, she now works with universities, medical schools, teaching kitchens, and healthcare professionals around the world to help translate nutrition science into something people can actually use in their everyday lives.

This conversation goes deep on why 80% of chronic diseases are linked to food and lifestyle yet doctors receive almost no nutrition training in medical school, how to build a plate that is evidence based and genuinely enjoyable without turning every meal into a math equation, why cultural foods have been unfairly vilified and what that does to a person's identity and trust in the healthcare system, the 80/20 rule for eating that actually gives you permission to live, how batch cooking can transform your relationship with meal prep without eating the same sad leftovers all week, and why connection at the table, without screens, is one of the most underrated health interventions available to us right now. If you have ever felt guilty about enjoying food or overwhelmed by conflicting nutrition advice, this episode will change how you think about eating for good.

Chapters: 00:00 - Welcome and Introduction 04:00 - What Culinary Medicine Actually Is and Why It Changes Everything 07:26 - How to Build a Healthy Plate Without Counting a Single Calorie 14:15 - Batch Cooking, Spice Mixes, and the Art of Being Your Own Sous Chef 18:30 - Why Frozen and Canned Foods Deserve a Spot in Your Kitchen 23:13 - How to Stop Being a Perfectionist About What You Eat 28:40 - The Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine and How They Work Together 31:10 - Find the Physical Activity That Actually Brings You Joy 32:48 - The Truth About Protein and Why Eating It Is Not Enough on Its Own 37:00 - Why Cultural Foods Are Not the Problem and Vilifying Them Is 44:00 - Why Doctors Are Not Trained in Nutrition and What Is Changing 51:24 - Bringing Food, Connection, and Joy Back to the Table 53:02 - Rapid Fire and Giveaway Details

GIVEAWAY: Dr. Sabrina is giving away a gorgeous kitchen towel and bench scraper from Sensations Salud.

Resources and Links: Website: https://www.sensationssalud.com Instagram and Facebook: @SensationsSalud LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinafalquier/ Podcast (English): Culinary Medicine Recipe Podcast (Spanish): Medicina Culinaria Documentary: The Kitchenistas

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Keywords: culinary medicine, nutrition science, women's health, food and culture, lifestyle medicine, healthy eating, functional medicine, root cause care, batch cooking, 80/20 rule, chronic disease prevention, Dr. Sabrina Falquier, Sensations Salud, The Whole and Complete Woman Podcast

Most women have been told their thyroid labs are normal and left the appointment feeling confused, because normal is not the same thing as optimal, and that gap is where so many women get stuck for years without answers.

In this special episode of The Whole and Complete Woman Podcast, originally recorded live at the All Things Women Summit, Dr. Alicia Newsome brings you a teaching session from Amanda Montalvo, a women's health dietitian and host of the Hormone Healing RD Podcast. Amanda's own thyroid health became her biggest concern after coming off hormonal birth control, and after years of working through her own hypothyroidism and PCOS, she has spent the last decade helping thousands of women understand what is actually driving their thyroid dysfunction. This session breaks down exactly how to read your thyroid labs, what your minerals are telling you, and how to find the real root cause behind your symptoms.

This conversation goes deep on how the thyroid sets the metabolic pace for nearly every system in the body, why chronic stress quietly blunts thyroid hormone production even when bloodwork looks fine, the optimal ranges for a full thyroid panel and why those differ from what most doctors are trained to look for, how hair mineral testing reveals whether your body can actually use the thyroid hormone it is making, and the five different root causes of thyroid dysfunction along with real case studies that show how each one shows up in real women's lives. If you have ever felt exhausted, dismissed, or confused by normal labs that do not match how you actually feel, this episode is for you.

Chapters: 00:00 - Welcome back and why this episode comes from the summit stage 02:09 - Meet Amanda Montalvo and the health crisis that started her thyroid journey 08:05 - What your thyroid actually does and why it touches every system in your body 12:04 - The real relationship between stress and your thyroid 15:15 - Four simple daily habits that support your thyroid and lower stress 22:41 - Thyroid blood labs and what optimal actually looks like 27:29 - What hair mineral testing reveals that blood work misses 36:04 - The five root causes of thyroid dysfunction 49:20 - Real case studies of women who got their thyroid back on track 1:09:35 - Closing thoughts and your invitation to the next summit

Resources and Links: Podcast: Hormone Healing RD Podcast Instagram: @hormonehealingrd Free mineral quiz: https://hormonehealingrd.com/guides-support/mineral-quiz/#

Connect with Amanda Montalvo: Podcast: Hormone Healing RD Podcast Instagram: @hormonehealingrd

ALL THINGS WOMEN SUMMIT: This session was originally recorded live at the All Things Women Summit. If you would like to attend the next summit or apply to be considered as a speaker, visit www.allthingswomensummit.com. The speaker application and summit registration are both linked there.

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Most women navigating perimenopause and hormonal imbalance are told the same thing. Your labs look normal. This is just part of aging. There is not much we can do. And they leave that appointment feeling more dismissed than when they walked in.

In this episode of The Whole and Complete Woman Podcast, Dr. Alicia Newsome sits down with Dr. Erin Ellis, a naturopathic medical doctor specializing in women's hormone health and creator of the Rooted and Realigned method. Dr. Ellis works with women navigating fatigue, weight changes, mood shifts, irregular cycles, and the often confusing transitions of perimenopause and menopause. She is especially known for helping women who feel like they have tried everything but still do not feel like themselves.

This conversation covers what your hormones are actually trying to tell you, why mood changes, sleep disruption, and weight shifts are not personality flaws but biological signals, how conventional medicine is failing women in midlife, why normal labs do not mean optimal function, how to approach nervous system regulation as a tool not a root cause solution, and the foundational daily habits that support hormone health at every stage of life.

Chapters: 00:00 - Welcome and Introduction 03:27 - Hormones Are Messengers Not the Problem 04:50 - The Most Common Signals Women Ignore or Misinterpret 07:02 - Why Women Between 40 and 60 Are the Most Dismissed by Medicine 09:04 - Normal Labs Do Not Mean Optimal and Here Is the Difference 17:10 - What Foundational Hormone Testing Should Actually Include 20:35 - Rest Is Not Just Sleep. The Different Types of Rest Women Need 29:16 - Boundaries, Saying No, and Why High Achieving Women Struggle With Both 38:43 - Foundational Daily Habits That Support Hormone Health 41:03 - Rapid Fire: Hormone Myths, Lab Markers, and Encouragement

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• Instagram: dr.erinellis
• Podcast: Hope Natural Health Podcast

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Most high achieving women are not struggling because they are weak. They are struggling because the patterns driving their behavior were never theirs to begin with. In this episode of The Whole and Complete Woman Podcast, Dr. Alicia Newsome sits down with Dr. Robyn Graham, anxiety breakthrough strategist, certified neuroscience coach, pharmacist, and bestselling author of You, Me, and Anxiety. Dr. Robyn is the creator of the CCC Method and the Dual Leadership Loop Model, a transformative framework that helps leaders replace fear-based responses with calm, confident, and consistent leadership. She integrates neuroscience and Scripture to help high achieving women recognize what is really behind their anxiety driven patterns and how to rewire them from the root. This conversation covers the difference between the brain and the mind and why it matters, how the brain's fear center and brilliant center work and what switches between them, the role of epigenetics and generational trauma in your nervous system, what neuroplasticity actually means and how to use it to move forward, and the practical tools that help you shift out of sympathetic overdrive for good.

Chapters: 00:00 - Welcome and Introduction 01:33 - Meet Dr. Robyn Graham and the SEEK Method 02:15 - Anxiety Driven Patterns in High Achieving Women 08:57 - The Prefrontal Cortex and Breaking Out of Fight or Flight 13:12 - Generational Trauma and How It Gets Wired Into Your Body 14:35 - How to Begin Unwinding What Is So Deeply Wired 23:36 - The Pause, the Ferris Wheel, and Why High Achievers Fear Stillness 29:16 - What Is Neuroplasticity and How Do You Actually Use It 34:08 - Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic and What Is Really Driving Your Behavior 38:39 - Tools and Strategies to Rewire Your Brain and Regulate Your Nervous System 41:40 - How to Find Dr. Robyn Graham and Connect

CONNECT WITH DR. ROBYN GRAHAM: Website: therobyngraham.com Podcast: The Robin Graham Show Speaking and Workshops: therobyngraham.com

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Keywords: anxiety, neuroscience, perfectionism, people pleasing, nervous system, neuroplasticity, generational trauma, epigenetics, faith and science, high achieving women, burnout, sympathetic nervous system, CCC method, Dr. Robyn Graham, The Whole and Complete Woman Podcast

One in six couples struggles with infertility. Yet most of them leave their doctor's office with two words and no answers. Unexplained infertility. In this episode, Dr. Alicia Newsome sits down with Dr. Kela Smith, PhD, Doctor of Natural Medicine and founder of the Hormone Puzzle Society, to uncover what conventional medicine keeps missing about fertility, hormones, and women's health at every stage of life. Dr. Kela was told at 36 that IVF was her only option. She did not accept that. She identified the root causes, conceived naturally, and had her last baby at 40. Now she trains and certifies fertility and hormone coaches around the world. This conversation goes deep. Hormones, peptides, HRT, genetics, cycle tracking, the truth about popular biohacking trends, and the one thing Dr. Kela wants every woman struggling with fertility to hear right now. If you have ever felt dismissed, confused, or like your body is failing you, this episode is for you. Chapters: 00:00 - Welcome and Introduction 03:10 - What Conventional Medicine Gets Wrong About Fertility 06:05 - The Truth About HRT and Peptides 15:25 - The Shame and Mental Load of Infertility 16:42 - The H.O.R.M.O.N.E. Puzzle Framework 21:50 - How to Track Your Cycle and Ovulation Like a Pro 27:14 - Why Cold Plunging and Long Fasting May Be Hurting Women

CONNECT WITH DR. KELA SMITH: Website: https://hormonepuzzlesociety.com For Practitioners: https://fertilitycoachingmastery.com/certification-course Instagram: @kela_healthcoach | @becomeafertilitycoach TikTok: @drkelasmith Book: Solving Your Infertility Puzzle (available on Amazon)

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Keywords: fertility, infertility, hormone health, women's health, functional medicine, root cause care, perimenopause, menopause, HRT, peptides, menstrual cycle, ovulation, seed cycling, biohacking, Dr. Kela Smith, Hormone Puzzle Society, The Whole and Complete Woman Podcast

In this essential episode on personalized medicine and comprehensive hormone testing, Dr. Alicia Newsome reveals why the "test, don't guess" philosophy is critical for diagnosing hormonal imbalances and achieving optimal health. She exposes the major limitations of traditional lab work, standard blood tests, and insurance-covered testing, explaining why most women are told their thyroid labs, hormone panels, and routine bloodwork are "normal" despite experiencing debilitating symptoms including chronic fatigue, unexplained weight gain, painful heavy periods, brain fog, anxiety, depression, and severe mood swings.

Dr. Newsome breaks down what comprehensive functional medicine testing actually includes—complete thyroid panels beyond TSH, adrenal function testing, sex hormone metabolism, nutrient deficiency screening, inflammation markers, and gut health assessment—and why insurance companies refuse to cover the advanced diagnostic tests that reveal the true root causes of estrogen dominance, progesterone deficiency, thyroid dysfunction, and adrenal fatigue. She introduces her Hormone Compass program, a personalized functional medicine approach offering one-on-one support, comprehensive hormone testing protocols, DUTCH hormone testing, functional blood chemistry analysis, and individualized treatment strategies that address each woman's unique hormonal imbalances through nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle modifications without relying on birth control pills, antidepressants, or symptom management.

This episode empowers listeners to become their own health advocates, demand better testing from their healthcare providers, and take control of their wellness through proper diagnostic testing, personalized treatment protocols, and root-cause healing. Perfect for women who have been dismissed by doctors, told their symptoms are "all in their head," given "normal" lab results while feeling terrible, or prescribed birth control and antidepressants without addressing underlying hormone imbalances.

Chapters: 00:02 - Introduction: Becoming Your Own Health Advocate in Modern Medicine 02:30 - Understanding Hormonal Imbalances Through Comprehensive Testing 05:16 - The Hormone Compass Program: Personalized Functional Medicine Approach 07:04 - Traditional Lab Work Limitations and Insurance Coverage Problems 09:23 - Functional Blood Work: Advanced Tests Conventional Doctors Won't Order 13:13 - Comprehensive Testing Protocols for Root Cause Diagnosis 15:32 - Hormones and Overall Health: The Connection Doctors Miss 17:44 - Conclusion: Taking Control Through Testing and Personalized Medicine

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Keywords: personalized medicine, hormonal imbalances, comprehensive testing, Hormone Compass program, traditional lab work, insurance limitations, health control, hormone role, Alicia Newsome, test don't guess

In this essential episode on stress and hormone imbalance, Dr. Alicia Newsome reveals the third major root cause of hormonal dysfunction that most doctors overlook—chronic stress and adrenal fatigue. She explains how stress affects hormones beyond just emotional pressure, breaking down the impact of relational stress, environmental toxins, physical demands, and constant overwhelm. Dr. Newsome demonstrates the critical cortisol-hormone connection, explaining how chronic stress triggers adrenal dysfunction and forces the body to prioritize cortisol production for survival over sex hormone balance. When women remain stuck in fight-or-flight mode (or fight-flight-freeze response), their bodies deprioritize reproductive hormones, leading to estrogen dominance, progesterone deficiency, irregular periods, weight gain, and chronic fatigue.

Dr. Newsome breaks down the sympathetic nervous system vs. parasympathetic nervous system, revealing why modern women stay trapped in survival mode and how this affects thyroid function, insulin sensitivity, and sex hormone production. She explains why traditional treatments like birth control pills fail to address adrenal fatigue and cortisol imbalance at the root level. The episode introduces Dr. Newsome's Hormone Compass program, a personalized functional medicine approach using comprehensive hormone testing to identify each woman's unique stressors and create sustainable strategies for hormone balance without pharmaceutical drugs or surgery.

Perfect for women experiencing chronic fatigue, adrenal exhaustion, anxiety, insomnia, unexplained weight gain, irregular or painful periods, PMS, mood swings, brain fog, low libido, or complete burnout.

Chapters: • 00:00:01 - Introduction: How Stress Destroys Hormone Balance • 00:01:37 - Cortisol Explained: The Master Stress Hormone • 00:03:38 - Adrenal Dysfunction and Sex Hormone Imbalance • 00:05:51 - Personalized Functional Medicine for Stress Management • 00:10:39 - The Hormone Compass Program: Comprehensive Testing and Treatment • 00:14:09 - Real Patient Experiences with Adrenal Recovery • 00:15:35 - Conclusion: Reclaiming Hormone Health Through Stress Management

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Keywords: stress, hormones, cortisol, hormone balance, adrenal dysfunction, personalized medicine, hormone compass program, emotional stress, environmental toxins, cortisol patterns