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GLP-1s like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound are everywhere — but the conversation can be full of hype or shame. In this episode, I offer something different: a clear, honest look at what GLP-1s are and five reasons they can genuinely benefit the right person. We cover how GLP-1 works in your body, why it quiets food noise, how it removes shame from the weight conversation, the powerful window it opens for lifestyle change, and what it teaches us about our own biology. Plus the honest truth about muscle loss, what happens when you stop, and how lifestyle medicine can help you build a foundation that lasts. No judgment, just support.

This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always talk with your healthcare provider before making any medication changes.

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What if energy isn't just a woo-woo concept, but something you can actually understand, feel, and work with? In this episode of Your Wise Self with Sara, we sit down with Dr. Nichole Studd — certified yoga therapist, educator, doctor of natural and functional medicine, and founder of the Science and Spirit Playground at Yoga Studd Studio — to explore energy as vibration with information.

Nichole bridges neuroscience, medicine, mindfulness, and movement to help us understand how energy shapes our daily lives. We dive into:

• How to recognize when your energy is stuck, heavy, or off
• Practical tools to shift your energy — from breathing practices to movement and grounding techniques
• Working with both "heavy/foggy" energy and "wired/scattered" energy (hello, vata!)
• The role of labels like ADHD and human design in understanding your energy patterns
• How to hold two truths at once and embrace a patchwork of beliefs
• The koshas — the layers of our energy — and how exploring them can be empowering
• An impromptu oracle card reading with some beautifully timed messages

Plus, Nichole shares details about her upcoming masterclass on October 7th at 7 PM Central, part of the Your Wise Year series. If this conversation gives you language for something you've been feeling but couldn't name, the masterclass is where you'll learn to work with it more directly.

Find Nichole at yogastuddstudio.com and @nicholestudd on Instagram and Facebook.

Registration for the Your Wise Year masterclass series is at yourwiseselfwithsara.com.

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In this episode, Sara welcomes Fletcher Johnson, a certified yoga therapist, Reiki master, and founder of Elevate Your Health, to discuss how seasonal living and Ayurvedic wisdom can support nervous system regulation, especially for women in midlife.

Fletcher shares her journey from waiting tables to yoga therapy, how she noticed nervous system dysregulation as an "epidemic" in her classes and private practice, and how Ayurveda's elemental framework helps us understand why we feel different in different seasons. She introduces the Apana Mudra, a discreet hand gesture meaning "heart listening" that calms the nervous system in moments of anxiety, and explains why something as simple as eating meals at the same time every day can be a game-changer for regulation.

We also discuss resilience, a powerful client story of a young athlete overcoming debilitating anxiety through breath work, and why the biggest misconception about self-care might be that more is better - when sometimes, less is the answer.

Key Takeaways:

• Nervous system dysregulation often goes unnoticed until we hit a breaking point
• Ayurveda helps us understand seasonal patterns in our energy, emotions, and body
• Midlife is an ideal time to pause and reassess what's no longer working
• Apana Mudra is a free, accessible tool for grounding that you can do anywhere
• Eating meals at consistent times stabilizes blood sugar and supports regulation
• Resilience is about working with your body, not pushing harder
• Self-care isn't about adding more - sometimes it's about subtracting

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Website: elevate444.com

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