SHOW NOTES
Register for our upcoming Masterclass. 3 Overlooked Secrets to help Heal Your Thyroid
March 13th 2023, @ 10:30pm MST
Click here to reserve your spot.
.
.
.
SHOW NOTES AT
Get on the Hansen Method waitlist. Click here. We open up the Hansen Method 2-3x a year so that we can fully support our clients to the highest degree possible.
Thinking about using nutrition and holistic health for restoring thyroid function? Learn EVERYTHING you need to know by joining our Free Facebook Group. Thriving Thyroid Balance Community.
Are you interested in learning more about your thyroid and finding answers?
We got you!
We have several different opportunities to work with us at several different price points and opportunities.
Our signature 6-month program is called The Hansen Method, we offer this in a VIP setting with personalized plans and protocols, individual one on one coaching and incredible bonuses that change regularly. You can schedule a complimentary thyroid breakthrough call with one of our thyroid advisors. Click here. If you have questions about the Hansen Method and want to discuss your specific situation and make sure this is the right program for you you can schedule a complimentary thyroid breakthrough call with one of our team members. schedule here. Hurry, my schedule fills up quickly and we only work with limited amount of women at any given time.
Join hundreds of women who have improved their symptoms by 80% and lose on average 30lbs in the 4 months.
Not ready to schedule a call, no problem. Learn more about the Hansen Method to see if it’s a good fit for you. Click here to learn more.
We also offer The Hansen Method as a Self Guided option.
Option number 1 for self guide is where you are totally on your own to go through the program content, make the changes and execute them on your own. Click here to purchase.
Option number 2 includes group coaching and access to our members facebook group that will allow you access to our Thyroid Success Coaches and testing with personalized protocols. Click here to purchase.
But one of our favorite ways to work with us is our Thriving Thyroid Coaching Membership Opportunity. This is where many of clients first begin working with us. It allows you to get to know us, our system and start making changes before making a larger financial investment. Click here to learn more.
CONTACT LINKS
DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES
PAID RESOURCES
AFFILIATE LINKS
Xo,
Shannon Hansen
P.S. Make sure to schedule our Thyroid Breakthrough call with one of our thyroid advisors.
AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION
(00:00):
What happens when you can no longer push through? Today we're gonna be talking about burnout, which is very, very real with the women that we work with inside the Hampton Method. And I wanna give you guys some tips and strategies to help you avoid burnout.
(00:17):
Welcome back to the Thriving Thyroid Podcast, where we choose to become empowered patients and take our health into our own hands. Hi, I'm Shannon Hansen, a Christian entrepreneur, a mom of three. And after dealing with my own health mysteries, I made it my mission to learn everything I could about the thyroid. I soon became certified as a holistic wellness practitioner, a functional nutrition practitioner, and a functional diagnostic practitioner. And so much more after that, I founded the Revolutionary Thyroid Program, the Handsome Method. As a health professional and a mom, I fully understand the importance of having a fun, simple, and sustainable plan for achieving a responsive thyroid. So I share actionable and practical strategies for developing a responsive thyroid so that the ambitious moms and women can gain freedom from fatigue and lose the thyroid weight once and for all. Each week, I will be here for you, along with my guest expert. We will be sharing simple and tangible tips that work for not only your thyroid, your hormones, your family, and your mindset, so that you can get back to living the life that you envision for yourself. Welcome to the Thriving Thyroid Podcast.
(01:38):
Welcome to today's episode where we talk about what if you can't push through anymore, your willpower no longer allows you to do it, and you finally hit burnout and what that actually looks like. So before we dive into today's content, I wanna start with a story because I think this is relatable. At least I hope I can tell it in a way that is relatable. And this is a true story. This is based off of a client. Her name is Sarah. And I've worked with Sarah for a couple years now, and I feel honestly so blessed and honored to have the ability to have her trust me in such a deep way. And so before Sarah came to me she had gone to numerous doctors, specialists, functional medicine doctors naturopathic doctors, holistic doctors, and also conventional doctors to treat different, different things happening, whether it was fatigue or varicose veins or, or, or, or, right.
(02:55):
All of the things. So like many of us, she was a mom, she's a stay-at-home mom, very active in her church, volunteered and very active in her children's lives as well, where she was homeschooling then. And she was a goer, a doer, a mover, a shaker, a get her, get her, get her done ki kind of lady which is my kind of person. I love women who can just excuse my language, get done, right? Like that is you guys. And I try not to make this like episode with cuss words in this <laugh>, but I don't know how else to explain it. Like it is women who can just get stuff done in their life are incredible, but women who do that are more prone to burnout and willpower at some point is gonna run out okay, just like it did for Sarah.
(04:01):
So Sarah came to me, she's like, I've been to all of these doctors. I've tried all these supplements, I've done all these plans, I've taken all these medicines and testing and da, da, da, da, da, right? Like, she had spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to figure it out. And ultimately they just told her, you have chronic fatigue syndrome. There is nothing we can do for you. Or, you know, like it's all in your head. Here's some antidepressants. Like those were really the two solutions that they gave her. And one of them really wasn't a solution, it was just a diagnosis. And the second was, here's here's anti-anxiety and depression medicine. And that was really difficult for her. Like she was at a place in her life where she needed to have energy to homeschool her kids, and she needed to be engaged with them.
(05:00):
And one of my biggest motivations in my life is my children. To be able to be active, an active participant in their life is the like, most important thing in my life. And last year, I'll be honest, I failed <laugh>, at least my definition of failing at feeling fully immersed, emerge, whatever that word is, immersed <laugh> in their life. For a couple different reasons you guys know, I got super sick and the year before, right before, well, hold on. Okay, so 20, 21 at the end of the year, I got really, really sick. I was in bed for an entire month. It took me a month after that to recover while I was pregnant. And then I had the baby <laugh>, and then I was dealing with recovering from having a baby and just the late nights and the early mornings and the lack of sleep and, and on and on and on, right?
(06:09):
And trying to manage everything. And so my mental capacity, my brain capacity, not like I wasn't e i, I don't know what I'm trying to say. Like I was physically there, but my mental state, like I was on overload and I was having a really hard time being present with my kids. Anyways, I think we can all like, just because I was so worried about like baby and nap and diapers and do I have the snacks and do I have this and do I have that? And, you know, when's her next nap and do I, you know, all of those pieces that go into having a newborn. And so for this year, one of my goals is to get back into being that active participant in their life and mentally being there, not just physically being there and being present, but like mentally being checked in and checked on for my older kids.
(07:09):
And that was also one of Sarah's, you know, biggest complaints was that she didn't feel <laugh> as if she could do and be the person that she needed to be for her children. And so she basically came to me saying, I prayed about this. God told me I need to work with you. You're my dad, last ditch effort. Like, I don't, I don't know what I would do after this. And she is like, when I came across your Facebook ads and when I came across your group and everything, she's like, I had literally just got up for my knees, like saying a prayer pleading with God for an answer. Sorry, I'm getting a little emotional. Because I, like you guys are an empath. And so I very much feel what my clients feel. And so I, when I share their stories, I often refuel that <laugh>.
(08:13):
Anyways, so me and Sarah started working together. She was the one client out of all of my hundreds of clients that I've worked with, where I was heavily considering giving her her money back because I, we were like six weeks in, eight weeks in. And it was like she started to feel better, but then like totally regressed. And I knew she wasn't mine. I knew she was a hundred percent in, I knew she was doing everything that we had asked her to do. And I, I, I was like, I don't know what to do. So I had another success coach working with me, and we sat down with her and all of us are in this powwow meeting and you know, we're like, okay, let's try this. Let's do that. You know, and we kind of shifted some things to make it easier that would hopefully, you know, give her bigger results.
(09:16):
And we got off the call, everybody was like, okay, you know, let's give this another like week or two, I think we said two weeks. And, you know, we'll reevaluate. And I remember getting off the call, we let Sarah go and me and this other practitioner were sitting there looking at each other like, holy crap, like, this is, this is pretty big <laugh>. And we were both like, we don't know if we can help her. And you guys, oh, it was like the sweetest thing. Not even a week, maybe a week later, whatever the, it was like between the timeframe that we had set, she came back and was like, I have had the biggest shifts this week. This is what's happened. This is how I'm feeling. And I just, I was like, hallelujah. Like <laugh>, this is the best news of my entire life because I wanted so desperately for her to feel better.
(10:14):
Okay, so let me fast forward in the story. Well not fast forward, let me go back to the beginning of the story and share with you guys about burnout and, and her piece of this story. So like I said before, Sarah was a goer, a doer, a shaker. Like she was the everything person. She coordinated all of the family events. She homeschooled her kids, she X, y, z, right? Like you, you say it, she did it like <laugh>. She was that kind of person. And she told me a story about this one day in particular where she planned her husband's like, I don't know, 40th birthday party or something along those lines. It was a big birthday. She invited all the friends and family and, you know, made this extravagant birthday and was so excited for everything. And she is setting up for the party and she's like, I physically felt this massive shift in my body.
(11:20):
She was like, all of a sudden I could no longer go any further. She's like, the party started in like 20 minutes and she's like, I had to go lay down like I physically could not do anymore. And she went and she laid down and she took, you know, a little power nap and she got up and she said her life was essentially not the same after that. And the reason I tell you guys this is because I, I was having a conversation with someone earlier this week and she said to me, I just, I just power through. I just keep going. I just, you know, like I, yeah, I'm tired. Yeah, my hair is falling out. Yeah, I'm puffing in flame, but like, I just, I just gotta keep going. And immediately I was concerned for her, especially hearing Sarah's story. And I know for me, as I look back, I can pinpoint some dramatic changes in my life that altered my health and a lot of them had to do around stressful events that took everything from me physically and emotionally because I was not allowing myself to rest in those moments of stress and overwhelm.
(12:53):
I would do, you know what most of us women, I think are kind of trained to do, whether consciously or subconsciously, is to just keep going, to just keep pushing through, to just keep fighting to just, you know, well this is just what it's like being a mom. I just gotta keep going, you know? And what I have learned, I would say in the last six to seven years has, and I'm not, I will not even pretend that I'm <laugh> even perfect at this, but I prioritize my sleep and my rest and I prioritize downtime because running a business, being a mom of four kids, being active in my church, and I work in the youth group. So I now work with kids that are girls that are between the ages of like seven and 11, which is perfect. I get to be with one of my daughters and one of my other daughters tags along <laugh>. And we get to do activities down at the church and, you know, just fun things. And I am so grateful that I have that opportunity to do that.
(14:11):
But I couldn't do that and I couldn't do it. Well if I just continued to push through. So I prioritize resting, I prioritize, you know good sleep. I prioritize having time to just sit down and just be, and there's times over the last, I would say three years that I have finally like told my husband at least one to two times a year. I'm like, I have to go camping. I have to physically leave that. Like, I, I have to take vacations you guys, and not just like the vacations to like go do more things. I have to do the vacations where I sit on the beach and do nothing or where we go camping and I do nothing. I have friends that, you know, they're like, we're going to Disneyland and we're doing all these fun things and they just love to like go, go, go.
(15:15):
And I'm like, I can't. Like, I just <laugh>. I just need to be. And I, so anyways, that is what I want you guys to think of this year in 2023 is where are you at in that burnout state? Okay? Because when we are, so, okay, let me back up too. When we are stressed out, we're gonna, a couple things are gonna happen. One, our sleep is gonna be poor. We're not gonna be able to get in a good restful sleep. I don't know, I'm sure everybody can relate to this. When you're stressed out and you're worried about something, you're waking up in the middle of the night thinking about that thing or you're dreaming about that thing. And I'll be honest, the last <laugh>, the last, I don't know, month, I had something really, really big weighing on my mind and I was doing that.
(16:14):
I was waking up in the middle of the night dreaming about the thing, or I was waking up in the middle of the night thinking about the thing, and I was not getting good sleep. I was <laugh> it, it was not a good place for me to be in. And I had to make a very serious decision that was gonna cost me a lot of money. And I did. Thankfully I did. I had to say no, I had to say no to that thing that I thought I wanted. And I had to buy out the contract because it was causing too much stress in my life. And so during that time, my body, that, that state of stress, my body was burning minerals and nutrients at a fast rate. This is why when you're stressed out, you're craving salt, you're craving sugar, you're craving greasy fatty foods because you body is trying to find that nutrients that you're burning at a faster rate, specifically things like calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and chromium.
(17:22):
You guys, those are the minerals that your body is using when you're under stress and you can get to the place where you are not absorbing that from your food. Because in addition to that, what else is happening is stomach acid is going down and you're not able to break down and absorb your food. So it, you kind of end up in this really terrible cycle. So let's give you guys some more strategies and more tips. So number one, I, I hope at this point you guys realize that sleep and rest are super important in balancing the minerals. Number two, taking eat, prioritize, eating good nutrient dense foods, getting good water right after she said I could this morning. I would also, one of the things that I have all of my clients do, not all of them, a good portion of them do is use adrenal cocktails to support their body during, during high amounts of stress.
(18:32):
So one of the ways that I do this is through, I use lemon juice, I squeeze it, the lemon juice has vitamin C in it. You need vitamin C to make sodium and potassium bioavailable to the body so that you can absorb it. And so I squeeze a little bit of lemon juice in there. There are some like vitamin C powders and stuff, but honestly you guys, like, you don't need to buy more supplements. <Laugh> there are some people who use like orange juice and stuff. I'm not a big fan of orange juice or using juices in this way because it can spike blood sugar levels and I want to keep blood sugar levels stable for you guys. So the like aary vitamin C powder is a good one. I mean I feel like I need to spell ace cuz somebody's gonna be like, what?
(19:28):
A C oh shoot, ia, A c e r o l a, something close to that. Anyways, it has tens and tons of vitamin C so that I just, like I said, use lemon juice. And then you're going to use about a quarter of a teaspoon of cream of tartar and about a quarter of a teaspoon or an eight, you can, depending on the size of your cup of sea salt. So that's gonna give you the sodium and potassium and the vitamin C to help support the adrenal glams and help you feel more relaxed during your day. The other thing, if I were to say one supplement, it would be magnesium. Magnesium glycinate is one of my favorites. It is a really good bioavailable form. You can head over to the show notes and set up an account with Wellevate or Fullscript. I would recommend using pure encapsulation for the brand and taking that every night before bed. It's gonna help you get a better sleep. It's gonna help you relax, it's gonna help you feel more calm and it's gonna help support those adrenals inside of your body so that you can help avoid the burnout. All right, you guys, I'll see you on the
(20:48):
Next. Before you go, I want to give you a special invite to an upcoming, an upcoming masterclass on three overlooked hormonal shifts that are helping you to heal your thyroid function. This class is incredible, you guys. We are diving in depth on so many different things. First and foremost, we're gonna be talking about healthy food that is blocking thyroid function. We're gonna learn how to combine foods to help maximize your nutritional intake. I'm also going to be teaching you about metabolic typing and how to eat according to your metabolic type so that you don't have to quote unquote diet again. Your body will easily be able to get the nutrient needs, reduce inflammation and slough off the excess weight. We're gonna talk about how the current medical model is failing you and keeping you stuck when it comes to your thyroid. We're gonna be talking about thyroid blockers and how they're coming into your life and keeping your medication from not working optimally, keeping you tired, fatigued, puffy, inflamed with brain fog.
(21:57):
We're gonna also dive into medication and supplements that is blocking thyroid function and one of my most favorite topics, how your body is speaking to you and what you need to know in order to know how to listen to it. Last but not least, we're gonna teach you and walk you through the steps to help you understand symptom mapping and how you can take your health into your own hands. Head over to the show notes, register for our upcoming class and get all of the details on the dates and times. I will see you on the next
(22:32):
Way before, before you you go. Please subscribe if you found value in today's episode. Leave us a review and share on Instagram and please tag us. We love your please.
