05: Danielle Walker: Autoimmune Disease, Challenges of Childcare and the Healing Power of Food
Well To The Core
Robin Long
4.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Going against the grain can be uncomfortable, especially when it comes to food. Today’s guest, Danielle Walker, is a gluten-free chef, 3 time New York Times bestselling cookbook author, and blogger.
Danielle started her grain free journey in 2007 when she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and was forced to make a major lifestyle and diet shifts. She has found a way to live functionally and comfortably with her disease, all while juggling being a mom, and sharing her healing tips with the world.
In this interview, Danielle shares how she makes it all work by investing in reliable childcare, prioritizing her self-care, and utilizing her planner. Join Robin Long in this interview to learn more about how Danielle lives her balanced life.
Show Highlights:
- How Danielle’s diagnosis shifted her diet and daily life
- Using yoga and physical activity to treat autoimmune disease
- Experimenting with food to improve autoimmune disease
- Establishing priorities and utilizing a planner
- The benefits and challenges of working from home
- Shifting to a more sustainable child care arrangement
- Letting go of guilt and insecurities
- Tips for grocery shopping and meal planning
- What exercise looks like in Danielle’s life and how she fits it in her schedule
- Focal points for self-care and being in tune with personal needs
- Turning down the noise of people around you
Links:
https://thebalancedlifeonline.com
Contact Danielle:
Instagram: @daniellewalker
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode number five with Danielle Walker. |
| 0:03.6 | I was not present for my kids when I was with them because it was just this constant |
| 0:09.5 | like trying to do work and mom at the exact same time. |
| 0:12.9 | So it was like, oh, I just need to finish this or this. |
| 0:14.7 | And so that was for me, it was just like, I would rather when I'm with them be with them |
| 0:18.5 | 100% and, you know, have some child care so that I can really focus and get stuff done when I'm with them be with them 100% and, you know, have some child care so that I can really |
| 0:22.2 | focus and get stuff done when I'm with them, like work is done. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Robin Long, Pilates instructor and creator of the balanced life. |
| 0:38.5 | It's easy to believe that the women we follow online do it all. |
| 0:43.2 | But the truth is, they don't. |
| 0:45.6 | None of us do. |
| 0:47.2 | Here on the Balanced Life podcast, you'll find honest conversations with inspiring women, |
| 0:52.7 | sharing the real story of how they make their life work, |
| 0:55.9 | what they do, and perhaps more importantly, what they don't do, what they prioritize and what they |
| 1:01.5 | let go of. From food and exercise to work and family, we'll cover it all and provide practical |
| 1:08.0 | tips to help you create a beautiful, uniquely balanced life of your own. |
| 1:13.8 | This is the balanced life podcast. |
| 1:17.5 | Hi, beauties. |
| 1:18.6 | Welcome back to the show. |
| 1:20.0 | I hope you're having a good day so far. |
| 1:22.2 | I'm having one of those crazy rush around the house, have a lot to do, need to get out of the door mornings, |
| 1:29.2 | but, you know, one of those mornings, but you have to keep your cool. You have to stay calm, |
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