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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 Hanon 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 experts. 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 cast.
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Welcome back to the Thriving Thyroid Podcast with myself, Shannon Hansen. I am your host of this podcast. It's been a while since I've introduced myself, and so I wanted to take a quick second to just say hello <laugh>, and I have just been feeling a great sense of like, I need to share pieces of my story that have led me to the things that I'm doing currently and why I have such strong beliefs in what I'm doing right and, and why I'm doing it and all of the things. And so in today's episode, I thought it would be really fun to talk to you guys about symptom mapping and one of the things that I use with my clients, and also draw some connections to my own personal story. So I have some really exciting news. I have been playing with a few things behind the scenes of like content and how I'm addressing it and how I'm planning things out and all of the things, not that that's probably super fun or exciting for you guys, but all May, we are going to be focusing on symptom mapping and how it pertains to what your body is telling you.
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And this is a tool that I use with my clients inside the handsome method for a thriving thyroid to help them, even if they haven't been diagnosed with thyroid, even if they're struggling with other things, to give them tools and resources that are actually beneficial and will actually move the needle forward. So this can be used, this is super beneficial for women with thyroid and or any kind of hormonal imbalance or simply if they are trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with me <laugh>. Because symptom mapping is designed to help you listen to your body and identify what is going on and what your body is trying to tell you. Our body doesn't have physical words. It can't say, Hey Shannon, you have a headache today because you haven't eaten all day and your blood sugar levels are way out of whack.
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And so I'm trying to tell you to go eat food. Or, Hey, that meal that you ate last night that was super inflammatory and full of junk food wasn't balanced out with nutrient dense food, and therefore I'm having an inflammatory response and it's showing up as a headache, or you're having a headache because you've been sitting in front of the screen for too long without any kind of blue blocker or whatever, and whatever, right? Like our body can't use language and words like that in order to help us figure stuff out. And so it's up to us to figure out what the heck is going on <laugh>. And so symptom mapping is this process that I use to help identify and track symptoms in order to better understand how to you can and should be managing it. And it involves keeping records of symptoms that you were experiencing along with the frequency severity and any triggers that could be associated with it.
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I wanna share just a quick little story. I was reviewing one of my clients like intake forms today, and I noticed that. So in in the intake form, there's like a, a question that says, you know, if, are there any foods that trigger negative side effects or whatever, something along those lines. It's written a little bit better than that. And because of symptom mapping with this specific client, we are going back and where we've had tons of gains, but in this one area we're still a little stuck, okay? And so I went back to her intake form, I went back to her journals, I went back to all of this information to figure out what is the next step that we need to take in order for her to get better, feel better, and continue to see the progress that she's been seeing. And I noticed that the, the foods that she's reacting to are high histamine foods.
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And so anyways, we don't have to go into what we're doing, but because of the, this process that of tracking the symptoms and this verity and the triggers and all of these different things, we can then make adjustments to her overall plan and her protocol and, and what she's doing and the foods that she's eating. And, and we have to, because of test results and because of the symptom mapping, we have to increase certain foods or foods that are high in potassium because right now, again, looking at her journal, she's eating about half the amount of potassium that she needs. Now, keep in mind, potassium is your body cellular sensitivity, which makes it easier for your body to uptake thyroid hormones. So because of this information, we are able to make adjustments and continue to move forward. Okay, so let's talk about who should be using symptom mapping.
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Actually, let me say this <laugh> first, we just kind of talked about what symptom mapping is. I'll summarize that really quickly. Once again, it is keeping record of the symptoms that you are experiencing, how long you're experiencing the severity, and any triggers that you notice being associated with him. Okay, so who should be symptom mapping? Symptom mapping can be useful for anyone, including kids who are experiencing chronic symptoms or conditions. This includes women with thyroid, women with hormones. This could be little kiddos, <laugh>, this could be for your husband. I noticed a few years ago that my husband was always getting headaches on Sunday. And so as we were kind of figuring out what the heck was going on and why it was always on Sunday and whatever, it's because pretty much every other day during the week at the time, he was going to circle K or qt or I don't even know, honestly, which gas station.
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He was going to a gas station and getting a 42 ounce soda with high caffeine. And on Sundays he wasn't doing that because he was trying to observe the Sabbath day and not, you know, go spend money and whatever. Well, his body was withdrawing every Sunday from the caffeine. So sometimes symptom mapping can be useful for other family members by paying attention to habits, patterns, routines, and so you can better understand your overall health and wellness and for your kids because your body speaks in a different language. So when to use symptom mapping, okay? So symptom mapping can be used on an ongoing basis to track your symptoms and identify patterns over time. It can also be used during specific times when you notice an increase in symptoms or you're having changes in your health. And or one of the things that I like, I like to do, or what I have done is if I know that I have a doctor's appointment coming up in a month or a couple weeks or whatever, I may keep a note on my phone in the note section and write down, I noticed I had a headache today.
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I would rate it one through 10, or I had a migraine or my acne is popping up, or I don't know, like puffiness or inflammation or whatever it may be. Okay? And when I go into the doctor, I can share that information with them and ask for specific testing because sometimes <laugh> you may go to the doctor and say, Hey, I really feel like I need to have my hormones tested. And they're like, well, what do you have going on? And you're like, well, I don't know. I just feel like something's off and, you know, I can't lose weight. And, and they're like, okay. Like, no, I don't think you need that. So having these records essentially and saying, Hey, listen, I'm getting headaches five days a week. My cycle was five days late, I was super crampy. I had to take, you know, Motrin every two hours because my cramps were so bad or whatever it was.
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Then you ha like, it helps you remember that information. And so you can go in and say, this is why I would like to have my hormones tested. This is why I feel like I need X, Y, Z. Okay? So symptom mapping can be used, like I said, for a short period of time. It can be used for a longer period of time. I will be a hundred percent honest you guys. I freaking love the women who do a thyroid breakthrough call. And they come and they're like, here's all the, here's all the things that I've been experiencing this last week. And I'm like, oh my gosh, this is absolutely amazing. Or, and not like in a ranty story, like jump around place, but just like a, I have this, this, this is, you know, and I get headaches five days a week and you know, my last cycle was 52 days long and you know, whatever, just like high level bullet points because those symptoms of the shoulder pain and the knee pain and the neck pain and the calf pain or the calf tightness or whatever it is, helps me to gain a greater understanding of what is a possible avenue that this person is needing.
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Or if they come in, they're like, I'm not hungry in the morning. And I don't know, we could go <laugh>, we could, honestly, I could list off probably a million different symptoms. That's not really the point obviously for today's <laugh> conversation. We'll get into that a little bit later this week or not this week, this month. But those types of things are super beneficial for me because I like to treat, not even treat, that's probably not the right word. I like to work with people as a whole. I recognize that the body is mind, body, spirit and your physical body is giving us symptoms of what is happening, okay? It's an external sign of an internal issue. So, okay, so how do use symptom mapping? Start by identifying the symptoms that you're experiencing. Then create a log or a journal to keep record of these symptoms, including their frequency, their severity, and any triggers that you've had.
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I have, so my clients inside the Hanson method, they receive a weekly symptom assessment. This symptom assessment goes over all of the different areas from hair, skin, nails, bathroom trips, bowel movements, urination, trips aches, pains, weight, oh my goodness neurological things. So anxiety, depression headaches, mental clarity, focus. And they rate them on a scale from one to five. And what I do then on Monday morning, they have the weekend to fill it out and then Monday morning, if they haven't, they get a nice little note saying, Hey, here's your reminder <laugh>. And that is one of the ways that I ensure that my clients are getting results because every single week I'm reviewing those and I'm saying, wow, this person is progressing. Ooh, this person is not progressing, and then they actually went backwards and their symptoms are getting worse. And then I can reach out to that client and say, Hey Sarah, I noticed that this week these and these symptoms flared up.
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What changed? What happened? You know, or if we started a new protocol or something like that, I can reach out and be like, Hey, how are you feeling on this? And we can make adjustments, right? So this is super beneficial for all of the things. Now keep it, keep it simple and easy and something that you will be consistent with. So my clients use an app that I'm able to see. They're able to log everything I have access to it. It's a really great way for us to communicate back and forth. If you're an old fashioned pen and paper kind of person, <laugh>, you know, keep it in a place that you can keep track of things. Use, like I said earlier, a note on your phone, use your computer, whatever you need to do that you are going to be able to be consistent and at least do two weeks at a time because in those two weeks you should notice patterns starting to emerge.
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Okay? So a minimum of two weeks. So why is symptom mapping beneficial for women? So symptom mapping can be beneficial for women with thyroid because it helps identify, like I said, those patterns and the triggers. So if you're tracking your sleep, your stress, your aches and pains and menstrual cycles, it can help identify those patterns and, and how they may be associated with your thyroid with the changes in your, your cycle or whatever. And I wanna give you a quick example. I actually have two examples. So one of my clients <laugh>, I, we were, I don't even remember exactly what we were talking about on a coaching call. And I mentioned to them the day before you start your cycle, you typically have a surge in hormones, specifically like estrogen, estrogen peaks. And you will go into a quote unquote nesting kind of phase.
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Your body will give you a little boost of energy, you'll do laundry and you'll do dishes and you'll kind of clean and tidy up your house. You might organize a pantry or a drawer or a closet or I don't know, something <laugh>, right? And then the next day you'll start your cycle. And when we're on our cycle, our energy levels drop. And it's really interesting to see, now that you guys know <laugh>, many of you're gonna be like, oh my gosh. Like especially next time you like start your cycle or whatever, you'll be like, oh my gosh, yesterday I did all these things and then today I'm tired and I need a nap. We need to understand those, those cycles and know that that is totally normal when it comes to our menstrual cycle. Instead of beating ourself up and saying, oh my gosh, I'm a failure and I'm such a bad person and I don't have the energy and I just can't get anything done.
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No, you can, but we also have to learn to work with our body. And once I started you guys, this is so bad, <laugh>, before I start my cycle, I try to have everything done. So the, the three, four days that I'm on my cycle now I can kind of chill out and I can do minimal amounts of things and I can plan to have a nap if I need to, right? Because I know that my body needs that extra sleep. And I will prioritize going to bed early and eating nutrient dense food and eating foods that are lightly cooked and not raw and all, you know, all of these things in order to better support my body. But I know this now because I've tracked my symptoms and I've tracked other symptoms, <laugh> of my clients and then, you know, we get to put it all together.
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So that's why we symptom map. So I wanna share a couple stories. So, oh, that's funny. I just shared a story of Sarah, and this is a different Sarah <laugh>. So Sarah is a different, Sarah <laugh> is 35 year old woman with hypothyroidism, and she was experiencing chronic pain, chronic fatigue, joint pain, brain fog for several months. She started implementing the symptom mapping and was able to identify her symptoms when they were worse on those days. Like her symptoms seemed to flare up when she didn't get enough s sleep and sh when she was consuming a high amount of gluten foods. And so because she identified she's eating more carbs, she's eating, you know, more gluten inflammatory type foods and the lack of sleep, that's when her brain fog and her chronic pain and all these things began to flare up and she was able to make changes to her eating and get some specific enzymes to help with the gluten and just avoid it or whatever, right?
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Like we, we talked about a lot of different strategies to help her with that. And then magically things started to clear up <laugh>, right? Or things got better and she developed the skills necessary to not have the symptoms pop up. So the next one Emily, so Emily is, was, was, is <laugh> 28? She might have had a birthdate spending a little, a little bit of time. She was 20, she was is 28 with hyper thyroidism, okay? And she had been experiencing that increased heart rate, the anxiety for several weeks. And by using the symptom mapping, she was able to identify that her symptoms were worse when she was under a lot of stress and when she was working in her office, like in her, yeah, I guess in her office and not in her home office. So when she was working in the office going into work, there we go, <laugh> going into work versus when she was staying home, because several years ago, like some of this came out a little bit later, but several years ago that building had a lot of water damage and there was mold and things in there.
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So the anxiety, the heart rate flared up when she was at work and we were able to identify that because, because of symptom mapping, right? She was able to say, oh, I might need to like work from home a little bit more. And she's actually last I heard she was talking to the boss and the owner of the, the building to talk about like a mold mitigation kind of process and get things cleaned up and or get some air purifiers for her, her office. So not only did it help her <laugh>, but it was helping her other colleagues because last, again, last I heard they were starting to make adjustments for what was going on. So in conclusion for today, symptom mapping is a really powerful tool that we can use to better understand and manage our symptoms by tracking things related to poop, stress, aches, pains, menstrual cycles and you guys are able to identify those triggers that could be associated with that and help with overall health and wellness and improve the quality of life and all of the things.
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So like I said before, or like I mentioned before, may we are going to be focusing on what is symptom mapping, who should be using it? But then we're gonna be going into the nitty gritty of poop, bowel movements, <laugh>, sleep, your menstrual cycle, body aches and pains, stress management. Like what, what are these signs and symptoms that are happening trying to tell you, trying to help you learn about, and I wanna give you those skills, right? So I wanted you guys for this week and maybe <laugh> you can start doing this, so that as these trainings come out, you can begin to make your own connections. You can say, oh my gosh, my headache, or oh my gosh, my menstrual cycle or, you know, my bowel movements, this is what it means. And then, and then you can start making positive changes. Okay?
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Super exciting. I am am currently working on a workbook for you guys that is going to go along with what we are talking about this month. And so that should be coming out on the next podcast where we're starting to break down poop and sleep and all of those other things. And so for this month, you guys can do your workbook alongside us and hopefully you'll have some really good big aha moments. And I would love for you guys to share this episode with someone else who you know is struggling with their health and maybe they can also listen along and have their own aha moments and start conversations and start learning to advocate for themselves because you guys, this is really, really one of the most powerful tools that I have that I could share with anybody. So with that being said, I will see you guys on the next and hopefully you'll have your workbook and you will have your symptom assessments all done and we can start having some really good podcast episode conversations. All right you guys, I'll see you on the next
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