371: Autumn Smith - Healing From IBS & Anxiety, Supporting Regenerative Agriculture, Organ Meats To Support Mental Health
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Autumn Smith (IG: @autumnfladmosmith) is the co-founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures. She holds a Masters in Holistic Nutrition, she's a Certified Eating Psychology Coach, and a Certified FDN Practitioner.
Autumn's passion for health began with her own struggles with IBS and anxiety: despite a career as a professional dancer and celebrity fitness trainer, her own health was in shambles. Desperate for a cure, Autumn and her husband Chas stumbled upon the paleo diet in 2011 and within a month of beginning it, her health was completely transformed.
Autumn then made it her mission to share the information she had learned with as many people as possible.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Transitioning Paleovalley from California to Colorado
- Supporting farmers using regenerative agriculture
- Sourcing 100% grass-fed and grass-finished meat
- Growing nutrient-dense produce
- Making regenerative organic certification (ROC) today’s standard
- Shifting our focus to the bigger picture
- How Autumn maintains balance as a mom, wife, and entrepreneur
- Daily life in The Kindergarten Pod
- The challenges of being a “yes person"
- What does it mean to be a highly sensitive person?
- Turn your weakness into a strength
- Autumn being diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder in her teens
- How Autumn overcame her drug and alcohol addictions
- Healing digestive issues with the paleo diet
- Brain issues can drive gut dysfunction
- How to avoid the blood sugar roller coaster
- Organ meats are great for our mental health
- Eating for utility
- Prioritize exercise into your daily routine
- Tracking your heart rate variability (HRV)
- Building a strong community in Colorado
- Autumn’s father raised her to be driven in life
- Being in touch with your intuition
- Apple cider vinegar helps improve blood sugar stability
- Taking turmeric with anti-depressants makes them more effective
- Lion’s mane mushroom can help reverse mild cognitive decline
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on the ultimate health podcast. |
| 0:02.4 | We don't only want it to be good for health, |
| 0:04.1 | we wanted to also be environmentally friendly, |
| 0:06.8 | and these farmers that we were working with kept teaching us about this new kind |
| 0:09.9 | of farming called regenerative farming that was defined by its ecological outcomes. |
| 0:14.4 | I was actually able to regenerate soil and sequester carbon. |
| 0:19.2 | The UN estimates we only have about six years of topsoil left. |
| 0:23.0 | So when I became a mother and I realized that my little maverick might see a day |
| 0:27.5 | but we don't have the topsoil for him to grow his own food, |
| 0:30.5 | it got really, really scary. Hello and welcome to the ultimate health |
| 0:35.0 | podcast episode 371. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Jesse Chappas and I'm here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:44.0 | Each week I'll bring you inspiring and informative conversations about health and wellness, |
| 0:48.0 | covering topics of nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, mindset, and so much more. |
| 0:54.0 | And this week I'm chatting with Autumn Smith. |
| 0:56.0 | She's the co-founder of Paleo Valley and Wild Pastures. |
| 0:59.0 | She holds a master's in holistic nutrition. |
| 1:02.0 | She's a certified eating psychology coach and a certified |
| 1:05.1 | FDN practitioner. Autumn's passion for health began with her own struggles with IBS and |
| 1:10.2 | anxiety. Despite a career as a professional dancer and celebrity fitness trainer, |
| 1:14.0 | her own health was in shambles. |
| 1:16.0 | Desperate for a cure, |
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