Welcome to the Learn True Health Podcast. I'm your host Ashley James. This is

episode 190. I am thrilled today to have with us Holly Bertone who's going to share with us all about

auto-immune conditions and thriving and getting yourself to a place where you can

thrive in the face of an autoimmune condition. Welcome Holly to the show I'm very happy to have you here today.

Thank you so much Ashley for having me here and I really look forward to connecting with all of your

listeners.

Yeah, I know you have an incredible story.

Your website is pink fortitude.com,

and I'm sure we'll get to why it is called that.

There is a story behind it.

And your

rights,

rights, resolve conflict, reduce stress.

And I just think that is a perfect title to a book that sounds like it's really going to

empower a lot of people. I'd love for you to start by sharing your story because I

know you have a beautiful story that a lot of people who are suffering

with autoimmune conditions can relate to.

Oh, sure. So I actually like to back up just for about 30 seconds and in my teens and 20s,

you know, I was active, but I was also a bit of a

junkaholic. I enjoyed my sweets, probably a little bit too much. But, you know, it

was one of those. I was young and could get away with it. So didn't think too much about it in my 30s. I made a transition and really got into fitness.

I started racing Ex-Tera races and mountain bike races

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