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Plenty with Kate Northrup

115. Fueling Your Life Force: Dr. Erika Siegel on Hormones, Mitochondria & Midlife Energy

Plenty with Kate Northrup

Kate Northrup

Personalfinance, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Nervoussystemhealing, Education, Womensempowerment, Wellness, Pleasure, Metaphysics, Spirituality, Abundance, Embodiment, Productivity, Timemanagement, Business

4.8697 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered why you’re feeling tired even though you’re “doing all the right things”?

In this powerful two-part episode of Plenty, I sit down with Dr. Erika Siegel—naturopathic doctor, licensed acupuncturist, and author of The Nourish Me Kitchen—to explore how to truly fuel your life force in midlife and beyond.

We dive deep into what it really takes to generate sustainable, vibrant energy—not just the kind that gets you through the day, but the kind that allows you to thrive. Dr. Siegel shares wisdom from her decades of clinical practice and personal experience, including how her mother’s bold approach to healing saved her father’s life and inspired Erika’s own journey into functional medicine.

We cover:

  • The surprising reasons you’re feeling drained—and what to do about it
  • How to listen to your body’s cues and stop outsourcing your inner wisdom
  • Mitochondrial health, hormone balance, and how to support your adrenals
  • Simple, practical upgrades to your food, sleep, light, and movement habits
  • Why rest (yes, even two quiet minutes in your car!) can be as powerful as exercise
  • The truth about plant-based vs. animal-based nutrition—and how to tailor your approach

You’ll walk away from this conversation with tangible steps to nourish your body on a cellular level, reduce overwhelm, and feel more in sync with yourself than ever before.

Dr. Siegel’s integrative approach and deeply human perspective will leave you feeling inspired, empowered, and ready to make small, powerful changes that restore your energy from the inside out.

✨ Grab her book, The Nourish Me Kitchen, and get ready to feel more at home in your body.

“We’ve been outsourcing our own wisdom for a long time. Your body knows. The key is to listen—and trust what it’s telling you.” –Dr. Erika Siegel

🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤

(00:26) Guest Introduction: Dr. Erica Siegel
(01:55) Integrative Medicine Approach
(02:53) Family Health Journey
(03:59) Challenges with Traditional Medicine
(05:05) Educating Others on Health Choices
(07:56) Energy Drains for Women
(09:16) Stress and Energy Management
(27:32) Mitochondrial Health Discussion
(35:56) Nutrition and Mitochondrial Health
(41:06) Light Exposure and Mitochondria
(46:48) Adrenal Health and Nutrition
(52:32) Movement and Cellular Health
(41:06) Light Exposure and Mitochondria
(57:37) Infused Waters and Hydration
(1:04:21) Health and Abundance Connection
(1:06:54) Creating Healthy Momentum

Links and Resources:

Daring to Rest
Radiant Rest by Tracey Stanley


Connect with Dr. Erika Siegel:

Facebook
Instagram
The Nourish Me Kitchen
Youtube


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The more beneficial things you add in, it just starts to crowd out the things that, you know, the improper living things.

0:06.0

It just, they feel good and they start to create their own momentum.

0:11.0

So grab just one thing.

0:13.0

Drink a glass of water tomorrow morning, right when you wake up before coffee, before anything else.

0:18.0

Hi, welcome to Plenty. If you are watching this on YouTube, you'll see that

0:22.6

we are on location today at an incredible summit in Palm Beach called Eudamonia. And my first

0:30.0

guest is Dr. Erica Siegel, who is the author of The Nourish Me Kitchen, which is an incredible

0:36.2

two-part book series. One is a functional

0:39.3

medicine guide at home. You can look up anything. It is the first of its kind to be able to go

0:44.1

and figure out what you need to do. And two is incredible recipes. The foreword was written by

0:48.9

Dr. Zach Bush. If you know me, you know I love him. So in this episode, we talk about how to bolster your

0:56.0

energy reserves, how to fine tune your intuition so that you can listen to your body as your

1:02.9

best medical provider and also some incredible tips on breast health and more. So enjoy the episode with the incredible Dr. Erica

1:13.6

Siegel. Welcome to Plenty. I'm your host, Kate Northrop, and together we are going on a journey

1:21.4

to help you have an incredible relationship with money, time, and energy, and to have abundance on every possible

1:31.6

level. Every week, we're going to dive in with experts and insights to help you unlock a life

1:39.2

of Plenty. Let's go fill our cups. Please note that the opinions and perspectives of the guests on the Plenty podcast are not necessarily reflective of the opinions and perspectives of Kate Northrup or anyone who works within the Kate Northrop brand.

1:55.1

Hey, Erica.

1:56.1

Hi, Kate.

1:56.7

I'm so happy you're here.

1:57.9

Thank you so much for having me.

1:59.4

Thank you.

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