Episode 184: Building a Business Around Your Body: My Autoimmune Journey

Summary

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on my personal history with autoimmune and chronic inflammation symptoms, and how that journey has shaped the way I run my business. I share how years of grinding through survival mode, taking calls at 5:30 AM, working multiple jobs, and building businesses while navigating huge life transitions, kept my body in a suppressed state for over a decade. Once my nervous system finally settled and I felt emotionally safe and calm, my body started speaking up. I've spent the last couple of years learning to actually listen. I walk through what managing a flare looks like for me, the specific habits and supplements I rely on, and why I've built my schedule and client relationships around protecting my capacity. The business lesson: design your work to support your body, not the other way around, and never throw your past self under the bus, because that version of you got you here.

What I Talked About

• My history with chronic autoimmune symptoms (gut, skin, joints, rosacea) and family history of Crohn's

• How survival mode suppressed my symptoms for over a decade and what happened when my nervous system finally settled

• The grind era of my business (2018–2023) and how a major life transition changed everything

• The "threat bucket" concept and how compounding triggers add up

• How I manage a flare: liver rolling, lifting, supplements, diet modifications, and nervous system regulation

• How I've redesigned my schedule, client work, and communication habits to protect my capacity

• Why honoring your past self matters because the grind version of you made the current version possible

Links I Mentioned

• Lextromind Waitlist

• Betsy Foster / Foster Strong on Instagram

• Shanté (The Movement Maestro) on the complete comparison concept 

• The Facility Denver (functional medicine) on Instagram

• Missy Bunch (threat bucket concept)

• Emma Jack (business conversation)

• Anna Hartman / Movement Rev (liver rolling with Yoga Tune Up ball)

• The Brick device

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