
← Wellness By Design2 Sept · 43 min
272. Health Self-Advocacy: What Actually Works
Told your labs are "normal" but you still don't feel like yourself? You're not imagining it… women with chronic pain and perimenopause symptoms are dismissed every day.
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What if the most powerful thing you bring to your next appointment isn't a list of symptoms, but a completely different way of showing up in the room?
Join me and my guest, Katie Patel, PharmD, IFM-AFMCP, founder of Radiant Origins Wellness, to learn more about self-advocacy in a medical system that wasn't built for chronic conditions and the exact words, documentation, and nervous system shifts that change how your provider hears you.
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In this episode, you'll learn:
⏰ 00:00 - Introduction
⏰ 01:29 - Why Women's Pain Gets Dismissed
⏰ 11:00 - Food, Root Cause, and Nervous System Readiness
⏰ 18:30 - Intuition and "Normal" vs. Optimal Labs
⏰ 27:00 - Inner Guidance, Micro-Moments, and Building Your Support Team
⏰ 34:30 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing