140: the eye story details
The Fitnessista Podcast: Healthy In Real Life
Gina Harney
4.9 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Talking about my eye story from red, inflamed eyes, finding a dry eye specialist, and autoimmune findings, + what I'm doing in the meantime.
Hi friends! I hope you've having a wonderful day! I have a new podcast episode up with the full eye story details. I put the call out on IG for topic requests, and so many of you asked to hear more about what's been going on. I shared some in this post with the best products for dry eyes and MGD, but I'm breaking everything down in this podcast episode. Thank you so much for those of you who have checked in and have been so caring on this wild journey.
*Friendly reminder that this is not medical advice; just sharing my experience.
Here's what I talk about in this episode:
- My eye saga, from red, inflamed eyes to figuring out what the heck was actually going on
- Bloodwork and test results
- Finding a dry eye specialist
- What functional labs I've been doing
- Why you aren't your diagnosis, and so much more.
Just like with many medical situations in my life, I'm fusing more Western style treatments (like MiBoFlo) with functional and holistic options (lab testing, protocols). It doesn't have to be one or the other, and I'm grateful to have lots of options and for amazing care providers. <3
Notes from the episode:
- HigherDOSE Labor Day sale starts TODAY! If you've been wanting a sauna blanket, red light face mask, PEMF Go Mat, or neck enhancer, now is the chance. Check out everything here and use the code FITNESSISA20 for 20% off! I use multiple HigherDOSE products each week and the Go Mat and sauna blanket are two of my favorite things in the whole world.
If any of my fellow health professional friends are looking for another way to help their clients, I highly recommend IHP. You can also use this information to heal yourself and then go one to heal others, which I think is a beautiful mission. You can absolutely join if you don't currently work in the health or fitness industry; many IHPs don't begin on this path. They're friends who are passionate to learn more about health and wellness, and want to share this information with those they love. You can do this as a passion, or start an entirely new career.
You can use my referral link here and the code FITNESSISTA for up to $250 off the Integrative Health Practitioner program. I highly recommend it! You can check out my review IHP Level 1 here! I just finished IHP2 and will share a review of my experience, too.
- Join us for our giant community detox starting on September 11! Use the code FITNESSISTA10 for 10% off sitewide at EquiLife, including supplements and labs. If you join the detox, you can also join our private Facebook group here for group support and accountability.
- The best products for dry eye, meibomian gland dysfunction and blepharitis
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Healthy and Real Life podcast episode number 140. |
| 0:04.8 | Welcome to the Healthy in Real Life podcast, bite-sized tips for healthy living that you can implement right now. |
| 0:12.0 | Join us weekly for interviews and real life advice for creating the happiest and healthiest version of yourself. |
| 0:19.0 | Here's your host, fitness expert, author, and mom of two, |
| 0:22.8 | Gina Harney. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the show. This is Gina, creator of the Fitnessista blog |
| 0:28.5 | and brand. I'm so thrilled that you're here today. Thank you so much for tuning in. Exciting news for |
| 0:34.1 | today, the higher dose Labor Day sale has started. So if you've had your eye |
| 0:38.4 | on a sauna blanket, a PMF go mat, a red light face mask, a neck enhancer, now is the time to snag |
| 0:45.2 | one up. It's through the weekend. They made a code for me and it's Fitnessista 20. So head to |
| 0:50.9 | higher dose.com. And you'll add in the code at Fitnessista, so F-i-n-n-es-s-s-I-S-T-A and the number 20 and you'll get |
| 1:00.0 | 20% off site wide it does not include the full-sized saunas or the bundles but everything else they have |
| 1:06.7 | so many products that I use and love on a regular basis. The son of blanket is one of my all-time |
| 1:12.0 | favorite things. I use it three to four times a week. It gives me an amazing sweat. I love that |
| 1:17.3 | it's portable and I sleep so well on the nights that I use it. And then I also use the PEMF GOMAT |
| 1:23.1 | every single day. I'll sit and I'll meditate. I do my eye mask. And then I do some prayer and devotional. And it's such a great way to start the day. I also love their red light face mask. I've talked about that before. I just got the neck enhancer. So I'm so pumped to try that. So check out their site. They have a ton of amazing products. Got a link in the show notes. And you can use the code Fitnessista 20 for 20% off. And if you're listening to this episode after Labor Day, no worries. You can use my regular code. It's Fitnessista 15. And that will get you 15% off once this promo is over. So for today's podcast episode, I have a solo episode today. I just put the call |
| 2:04.6 | out on Instagram to see what you guys wanted to hear. And so many of you asked me to go into my |
| 2:10.9 | eye story. So I've alluded to it on the podcast a few times. I did do a blog post about all of the |
| 2:17.0 | products that I tried because I did not |
| 2:19.3 | want someone else to go through. What I went through, I literally bought most of the I section at |
| 2:25.6 | Walgreens and that was my bathroom counter because I was like, I'm going to try all of these |
| 2:29.7 | and find the best and figure of us out. So I did a full breakdown on the blog. I hope you're not in the |
| 2:35.2 | same position. But from what I've heard, it has actually helped a few people. I just got an email |
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