No One’s Coming to Save You—Why You Must Own Your Health Journey | Lisa Bilyeu (Fan Fav)

Women of Impact

Impact Theory

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This is a fan fav episode. On this very personal episode of Heath Theory, Tom Bilyeu interviews the co-founder of Impact Theory (and his wife), Lisa Bilyeu. For years Lisa has suffered from catastrophic dysbiosis, and her battle with illness is actually the inspiration for Health Theory. Now that her health is manageable, she is sharing the most important lessons she has learned. In this episode, she explains why she needed to take total ownership of her health, how she dealt with shame and fear, why she has learned to use controlled experiments, and why it is so important to challenge accepted beliefs on health. Original air date: 4-17-2023 Follow Lisa Bilyeu: Website: https://www.radicalconfidence.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisabilyeu Sponsors: Women of Impact Podcast is sponsored by Growthday Network:⁠ https://growthday.com/podcasts⁠ LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at ⁠https://bit.ly/LinkedinWOI⁠. Get FREE GROUND BEEF FOR LIFE plus $20 off your first box at ⁠https://bit.ly/ButcherBoxWOI⁠. Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact? Calling all Badasses!! If you really want to level up your confidence game, check out the WOMEN OF IMPACT SUBSCRIPTION, specially designed to turn you into the badass you were born to be! Women of EXTRA Impact Subscription Benefits: New episodes delivered ad-free Exclusive access to listen to Women of Impact round table discussions, weekly motivation, previously unreleased episodes, and more! Subscriber-only access to an additional 4 podcasts with hundreds of archived Women of Impact episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists, and updated weekly. Looking to boost your confidence? Check out the ⁠Get Confident⁠ playlist. Want to repair and heal your relationships? Start with ⁠Love Lab. ⁠ Curious about your health? We’ve got you covered in ⁠Health Hub.⁠ And of course, weekly boosts of mini-motivation from Lisa herself that'll have you strutting through life with your head held high on the ⁠Badass Boosts⁠ playlist Don't settle for mediocrity when you can be extraordinary! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://apple.co/457ebrP⁠ Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : ⁠https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?
0:04.2	Not much to it, is there?
0:06.2	Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.
0:10.9	Mmm, that is good.
0:12.9	Now that's what Asani should sound like.
0:15.8	Go all crisp in with walkers.
0:19.0	Delicious.
0:20.2	What out, my homies?
0:21.3	This episode is probably one of my most personal episodes that I've ever released.
0:26.6	So you may or may not know, I've had agonoising gut health issues.
0:33.1	Now, maybe you're in this situation, or maybe you just suffer from bloating, or maybe you suffer
0:37.3	from an intolerance, or maybe you go suffer from bloating or maybe you suffer from
0:37.7	an intolerance or maybe you go to the doctor and they just tell you oh no no you're fine you
0:42.5	just have ibs guys freaking ibs is literally telling you you have something wrong with your body
0:48.7	it wasn't until i was able to stare at myself nakedly in the mirror and be honest about what i had done to my gut and to my health that i was able to stare at myself nakedly in the mirror and be honest about what I had done to my gut
0:56.0	and to my health, that I was able to actually make a change. And so today, guys, I do share
1:02.1	this episode with me and my husband where I go really deep. I'm so open. I'm so vulnerable.
1:06.6	And I'm just damn honest about what the hell it takes to actually take ownership over your health.
1:12.9	I became my best biohacker. I actually stopped just blindly listening to doctors and took it upon myself.
1:20.9	So I go down into exactly what and how I did. And guys, if you've been following me for a while, you know my whole thing is about
1:27.8	how do you show up? How do you build the confidence? If you are neglecting your health, if you
1:33.0	are neglecting your gut, then this is one of the superpowers you are giving up. And so guys,
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