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The Balanced Blonde // Soul On Fire

241. Bethany Ugarte: All Things Digestion, IBS, Healing, Explant Surgery & Blogging with Lil Sipper

The Balanced Blonde // Soul On Fire

Dear Media

Health & Fitness, Balancedblondespiritualitywellness

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

You probably already know Bethany Ugarte from her incredibly inspiring and interactive Instagram (@lilsipper – her childhood nickname btw)! She’s one of the OG Instagrammers and bloggers who has built a hugely successful brand by exposing her vulnerabilities and sharing her health journey (that saw her heal from extreme IBS and gut issues) with the world. Sexy it isn’t, relatable and helpful it VERY much is! 

Bethany replays her health trajectory, which at its worst had her severely underweight, unable to digest solid foods, riddled with parasites, and comatose. After seeking holistic guidance, she managed to retrain her gut muscles to process food and is now healthy, happy, and thriving inside and out. Throughout her journey, she shared her story and has now released, “Digest This,” a book to help all those struggling with their gut health. Like Jordan, her following are her family, and they both love to connect and help their tribe. 

The girls go deep and also discuss Bethany’s explant surgery, blogging journey, building her career, and more! 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to the Balanced Bond podcast, Solon Fire. I'm your host Jordan Younger.

0:19.4

And today I am joined by my dear friend and fellow long time OG blogger Bethany Ugarte,

0:27.9

otherwise known as Lil Sipper on Instagram and her amazing blog is LilSipper.com. I told Bethany this

0:35.7

in our conversation so you guys will hear, but I remember following her way back in the very

0:40.9

early days of Instagram 2013-2014. And back then, there just were not that many of us blogging

0:47.3

about food, so it was very easy to notice someone else who's blogging about healthy recipes and

0:53.0

specifically from the lens of digestion. And Bethany has always been very open about her health

1:00.4

journey and her health crises that she has been with IBS. So she has not only had IBS you guys,

1:07.3

she has almost died from IBS. She was in a coma. She blogged about the whole thing. I highly

1:13.7

recommend reading about it. And she also lived at a dangerously low weight for a long time

1:20.0

because she could not absorb her food. So in this episode, she tells us all about what she did to

1:25.4

heal and gives tips for anybody else who is suffering from something similar. We also talk about her

1:31.6

new book Digest This, which is an amazing book full of recipes and protocols that she used to heal.

1:39.0

And you guys will love it. If you follow her on Instagram, then you already know she's such a warm

1:44.7

kindhearted person. And she shares so much of her day on Instagram. I know when I said she was

1:50.8

coming on the podcast, everybody got so excited because everyone who follows Bethany feels like

1:56.6

she is their friend from afar. And even before I met her in person, I felt that way too. So it was

2:02.2

such a joy to have her here. We've definitely met a handful of times over the years. And it was

2:06.9

just fun to hang out with her in person. So before we get into this episode, I would love to, first of all,

2:13.6

remind you guys that if you feel inspired to rate and review the podcast on iTunes, I have a free

2:19.9

gift for you that is my soul on fire yoga ebook. So send me a screenshot of your rating and review

2:26.5

to the balance font.com. And we also have an additional giveaway this week, which is with our

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