Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

October Slide: Why Fall Hits Your Hashimoto’s Harder ⎸ Ep. 220

Do you feel worse every fall and can't figure out why? It may be the "October slide." The October slide is not a diagnosis, but it's common enough in autoimmune groups t

Can a parasite cleanse help your Hashimoto's symptoms ⎸ Ep. 219

You grind your teeth at night. You bloat after a glass of water. You crave sugar and salt, you are wide awake at 2am, and your labs still come back fine. What if some of

How to manage Hashimoto's when life is busy ⎸ Ep. 218

Practices to drive to. A full workday. A to-do list that keeps growing. When your week fills up, are your healthy habits the first thing to go? "I'll start that when thi

How are you doing - Guest Post by Pastor Jason Lang

Someone asks how you are doing. You say fine. You both move on. Fine is not an emotion. And most of the time, it is not the truth either. This bonus episode is a little

Which one first when everything needs attention ⎸ Ep. 217

You finished the list. You sorted everything into thyroid or immune. And somehow that made it worse, because now you are looking at two full buckets and every single thin

How Serious is Hashimoto's Disease? ⎹ Ep. 216

How serious is Hashimoto's disease? Nobody answered that at your appointment. You got a prescription and a follow-up in six weeks. Or you got told your numbers are fine

What to do first once you have sorted your root causes ⎸ Ep 215

You did the sorting. Thyroid on one side, immune on the other. So why does it feel like nothing has actually changed? Here is the trap. Sorting feels like progress, and

Sorting Hashimoto's labs into thyroid or immune buckets ⎹ Ep. 214

You have the lab printout in front of you. You circled the flagged numbers, looked them up, and maybe compared them to somebody else's results in a group. So why do you s

Thyroid or Immune? Sorting the 6 Symptoms Every Woman with Hashimoto’s Knows ⎸ Ep 213

Six common Hashimoto’s symptoms: fatigue, weight resistance, brain fog, hair loss, constipation, and feeling cold all the time. You've been told they're all just your th

Hashimoto's thyroid or immune ⎸ Root Cause Series Ep 212

You started the summer with a question. Now you have a longer list of root causes and the exact same question you had in May. Which one am I supposed to do something abo

Using the Hashimoto's thyroid or immune framework for yourself ⎸ Ep. 211

You have all the information. So why are you still stuck? If you have spent years reading, researching, and following every account you can find, you already know a lot

What if your thyroid is a victim, not the cause, of Hashimoto's ⎸ Ep. 210 with Dr. Jess Armine

What if your thyroid is a victim, not the cause, of Hashimoto's Your thyroid isn't broken. It's overwhelmed. Esther talks with Dr. Jess Armine, a healthcare provider wi

Why you keep starting over with your Hashimoto's protocols ⎸ Root Cause Series Ep 209

Do you keep starting a new Hashimoto's protocol, only to abandon it a few weeks in when something newer shows up? If that cycle feels familiar, you are not lacking disci

Why do I have so many Hashimoto's symptoms at the same time ⎸ Root Cause Series Ep 208

Why does it seem like every Hashimoto's symptom shows up at once instead of one at a time? In this episode, Esther explains why your root causes never work alone. A sing

Why Hashimoto's self sabotage is not a willpower problem ⎸ Ep. 207 with Dr. Tabatha Barker

You did the gluten free diet. You healed your gut. You worked on your nervous system. So why do you keep quitting two weeks later? If you have ever done everything right

Why Knowing Your Hashimoto's Root Causes Is Not Enough ⎸ Root Cause Series Ep 206

You have done the research and probably already know your root causes, but what do you do next when new protocols, supplements, or advice pop up? In this episode I’ll hel

Bad Influence Got the Problems Right but the Solutions Wrong - A Book Review

The BMJ called Bad Influence "a timely and eye-opening investigation...essential reading," but spoiler: I don’t agree. I found the reporting solid, and she made good poin

Stress Is a Hashimoto's Trigger ⎸ Root Cause Series Ep 205

Stress is one of the most common Hashimoto's triggers. You already know you have stress. The question is, what do you actually do about it? In this episode of the Root C

The hair mineral test that shows what blood tests miss for Hashimoto's ⎸ Root Cause Series Ep 204

Did you know a small sample of hair can reveal what three months of blood tests might miss? In episode 204, I'm sitting down with Dee Davidson, board-certified functiona

Vitamin D as a Root Cause of Hashimoto's ⎸ Root Cause Series Ep 203

Are you still exhausted even though you're doing everything you can for your Hashimoto's? The problem might be something you literally cannot feel. Vitamin D is one of t