In this episode, I'm speaking with Dr. Jill Carnahan, who is a functional medicine expert,

duly board certified in family medicine for 10 years and in integrative medicine since 2015.

As a survivor of breast cancer, Crohn's disease, and toxic mold illness,

she brings a unique perspective to treating patients in the midst of chronic and complex illness.

She's the medical director of flat iron functional medicine,

a widely sought after practice with a broad range of clinical services,

including functional

medical protocols, nutritional consultations, chiropractic therapy, naturopathic medicine, acupuncture

and massage therapy. She co-authored the personalized and precision integrative

cardiovascular medicine textbook with Dr. Mark Houston and her new book, which is what we're talking about in this interview,

just came out in March 2023, is called Unexpected Finding Resilience Through Functional Medicine, Science,

and Faith. So enjoy this episode. I think you're going to get a lot of value from it.

So welcome to the show, Dr. Carnahan, such a pleasure to have you. Thank you for having me. Excited to be here today.

So you have a new book coming out shortly. I don't know if it's going to be days before or days

after we release this podcast, but right around the release of this podcast. And the book is called Unexpected.

So, and this is kind of an unusual book. This is not a sort of run in the mill typical,

let's say diet book, how to lose 10 pounds in a month and blah, blah, blah. This is a different

thing and it's very much centered around your own personal

journey. So tell us what inspired this book and what it's all about. Yeah, I love that framework

because I've got wonderful, wonderful colleagues books here, you know, how to fix autoimmunity

in 30 days or whatever else. And I knew that those have been so helpful in my journey.

And again, I have a whole library full of them here. And there's a place for that. And what I wanted to do

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