Less is More: 5 Transformative Functional Wellness Habits That Actually Work
Wellness Her Way with Gracie Norton
Dear Media
4.6 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Episode 83: In this episode, we’re going back to the basics. I’m sharing 5 functional wellness habits that have supported my hormones, energy, blood sugar, digestion, and nervous system.
These are habits that are effective for everyone—whether you’re deep in a healing journey or just trying to feel better in your day-to-day life. If you’re ready to simplify your wellness and actually see results, this episode is for you.
In this episode I’ll cover:
- Why protein in the morning is non-negotiable.
- How walking affects digestion, hormones, and blood sugar
- Nervous system reset habits
- The benefits of strength training
- The underrated power of a consistent sleep schedule
This episode is your reminder: You don’t need to do more—you just need to do what actually works. Let’s get into it!
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| 0:00.0 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co. |
| 0:05.5 | That's audible.co.uk slash wondery. |
| 0:11.5 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:17.7 | You're listening to the Wellness Herway podcast. I'm your host, Gracie Norton, and I'm so excited to provide you with the space where you get to shape what wellness feels like to you. |
| 0:27.0 | Wellness Her Way is where we make a home of our body, mind, and soul, instead of jumping on trends for short-term results. |
| 0:33.2 | We've got one body. |
| 0:34.5 | We're going to nourish it, love it, respect it, and embrace it through all its forms. |
| 0:46.5 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of Wellness Her Way. I am in my era of locking in, |
| 0:53.1 | which means you guys get to hear about it. I feel like for the most |
| 0:56.4 | part, I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to wellness and just like being open to new things, |
| 1:03.6 | try new things. But I would be lying if I said that I didn't think a majority of these habits |
| 1:10.2 | and things that I see online are just not effective |
| 1:13.6 | long term or short term for that matter. I will say the beautiful part about wellness in general |
| 1:19.9 | and, you know, all the things that we talk about on the show is that we're going to cover a lot of |
| 1:26.1 | different habits and topics and wellness practices. |
| 1:29.6 | And that's the cool thing about talking to, you know, so many different guests is that |
| 1:33.0 | everybody's going to have something different that works for them. And you guys get to listen |
| 1:37.9 | and kind of choose what you think may work for you and add into your routine. Also, I think |
| 1:44.0 | sometimes our definition of a |
| 1:45.5 | habit, you know, or a wellness practice being effective is going to depend on what our goal is or |
| 1:52.1 | like what that effective feels like for you. So that's also important to note. But with that being said, |
| 1:58.2 | I think there are more and more distractions, whether it be gimmicky |
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