Kaely McDevitt is a licensed dietician and fellow perfectionist, type-A high achiever. Upon experiencing her own health issues after years of education in diet & nutrition, she realized there a significant gender gap in healthcare research. We discuss the alarmingly small amount of nutrition and medical research that has been done to date on women's health specifically, the long term risks of birth control that are rarely shared with young females, the health impacts of burnout from constantly hustling, and the growing number of women facing thyroid issues.

Based on extensive research and many years working with female patients, Kaely shares why she believes the high achieving, type A, deriving-our-worth-from what-we-do personality type ends in health issues (particularly hormone and fertility issues). It is because this mentality and the actions derived from it are a complete mismatch with our biological need for safety in order to manufacture hormones and be fertile. Our brain is filtering how we're eating, thinking, breathing, and moving through the lens of am I safe or not. Our bodies are very smart and always look out for number one. If we don't have enough energy or enough safety our body will shut "unnecessary" functions down. Kaely stresses that if we want to start to recover from burnout, we should begin with what is within our control to create that safety.

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