Healing with Herbs, Interview with Herbalist Amy McKelvey of Her Vital Way | Ep 25

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I'm interviewing with herbalist Amy KcKelvey. As an integrative herbalist, natural products consultant and marketing professional, Amy has a passion for living with purpose and vitality, coupled with a deep respect for the human body and nature. A graduate of the California School of Herbal Studies, she is now the CEO of Her Vital Way, a wellness brand for women. Tune in to hear: -Healing with herbs -History of herbs -Can you overdo supplements -Essentials oil safety -Where to start with supplements -How to make tea infusions -Zinc and copper balance -Herbs for skin -Hormonal acne -Herbs for constipation -Dosing for herbs -Herbs for sleep and anxiety -Adaptogens -Schisandra -How to energize your life -How to maximize benefits from supplements -Menstrual cramps Visit Her Vital Way: https://www.hervitalway.com/ How to learn more about herbs: https://www.hervitalway.com/Become-your-own-health-advocate_b_11.html "We have been healers throughout history. Groups of women gathered together to heal each other and heal their community with plants and foods. We all need to go back to that place of trusting ourselves."

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast.
0:05.3	I'm your host, Aaron Holt.
0:07.0	I'm a functional medicine nutritionist with a feisty attitude in over a decade of clinical experience.
0:13.0	I work with women all over the world through my online programs,
0:16.8	and I'm also the founder of the Functional Nutrition Academy,
0:20.4	a 12-month practitioner mentorship
0:22.5	where I help other nutrition pros level up with functional medicine methodologies.
0:28.1	I've got a bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional healthcare model that are both
0:32.8	systematically failing so many of us. Creating a new model is my life's work, and this is what the show's
0:39.4	all about. Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should
0:45.5	never be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. If you like what you hear today,
0:51.2	I'd love for you to subscribe, leave a review in iTunes, share
0:54.8	with a friend, and keep coming back for more. Thanks for joining me. Now let's dive deep.
1:03.2	Hey guys, we are back and we've got an interview lined up for you today, which we're very,
1:09.1	very excited about. We're interviewing
1:11.0	Amy McKelvey. She is the CEO of a supplement company called Her Vital Way, which I'll
1:16.6	introduce in a second. But I first want to explain how I met, how I met Amy. I was doing
1:23.0	like some creepy, weird late-night deep dive on Instagram. And I stumbled across this brand and I really
1:31.0	liked their branding and I like, you know, went down the rabbit hole and went to the website.
1:35.4	And it was a supplement company specifically catered toward women. And I just loved reading about
1:40.6	the mission statement. And I was like totally hooked on just everything they did and then
1:44.6	Amy and I developed a little bit of a back and forth email relationship and I was like we need to
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