Podcasts

The Gut-Brain Connection with Kari Natwick, RD – The Fed and Fearless Podcast Episode 49

kari natwick gut brain
I'm Laura

I help nutrition entrepreneurs grow their income and their impact by packaging their brilliance into transformative coaching and consulting programs, and get crystal clear on their marketing strategy.

hey there!

TOp categories

Learn more

This post may contain affiliate links.

What if tending to your gut’s needs could improve the way your brain works? People with anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction often blame their brains. Today, I talk with Kari Natwick, RD, who has seen that the gut and the brain are more closely linked than many realize. By fixing their gut issues, her clients have been able to fix their brain issues too.

 

LISTEN TO EPISODE 49 OF THE FED AND FEARLESS PODCAST

Or listen and subscribe for free on your favorite app: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Android | TuneIn

 

About Kari Natwick, RD

Kari Natwick is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner. She uses an integrative and functional nutrition model in working with patients and specializes in gastrointestinal related disorders and eating disorders. Kari is trained in intuitive eating, is trauma-informed, and incorporates mindfulness-based approaches into her patients care.

 

The Gut-Brain Connection

So much of every aspect of our health stems from the gut. This even includes issues that are normally associated with the brain. Kari has seen the undeniable link between the health of the gut and the health of the brain. By helping her patients tend to the needs of their gut, she has seen massive improvements with conditions ranging from anxiety to cognitive decline.

 

Physical Solutions for Mental Health

Stress is likely one of the most common places that people experience issues related to the gut-brain axis. Kari suggests a number of tools to address this. In fact, certain breathing techniques to engage the parasympathetic nervous system to promote better gut health as well as mental wellbeing.

Kari has also studied the body’s response to trauma. During a traumatic experience, the body will go to a fight, flight, or freeze response. Kari has seen that there are numerous ways to help people move on from this. This can involve movement, breathing, and diet to help realign the gut-brain axis. 

Have you experienced the gut-brain connection yourself? Tell me about it in the comments below! 

Got a question you’d love to hear me answer on the show? Leave me a voice message here!

 

IN THIS EPISODE

  • What led Kari to explore her passion for the gut-brain connection [5:03]
  • Why fixing the gut can help fix cognitive issues as well [8:05]
  • What the gut-brain axis is and how it affects many parts of your wellbeing [10:00]
  • What to look for to see you your gut is having problems [13:28]
  • The role of diet in healing chronic health issues [18:10]
  • Beating stress through breathing [22:28]
  • The connection between gut health and trauma and strategies to help with it [30:40]
  • Interventions to help support people with eating disorders [38:00]
  • The five Rs for approaching gut issues [41:34]

 

QUOTES

“The gut is connected to so much. It’s really the seat of our health. It’s the most important component that really dictates who we are as a healthy person.” [6:49]

“We’re not only going to heal and repair the gut, but we’re also going to be making gains in terms of addressing some of the issues that coincide with chronic disease. [17:20]

“When you experience trauma, your body goes into a state of flight, fight, or freeze. Sometimes your body can get kind of stuck in that state.” [32:10]

 

 

LINKS

The Five Mistakes You’re Making with IBS – FREE GUIDE

Find Kari Natwick online

Follow Kari on Instagram

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Join the Nutrition Business Accelerator waitlist

Review Fed and Fearless on Apple Podcasts! Send a screenshot of your review to hello@lauraschoenfeldrd.com or send me a DM on Instagram and I’ll send you my Overcoming Undereating eBook. If you post your favorite episode in your Insta stories and tag me @LauraShoenfeldRD, I’ll also send you my 14-Day Calorie Challenge Recipe Guide!

Learn more about business coaching with me

Got a question you’d love to hear me answer on the show? Leave me a voice message here!

Follow me on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest

Podcast production & marketing support by the team at Counterweight Creative 

+ show Comments

- Hide Comments

add a comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Protected by Spam Master


Your Friend and Business Mentor

I'm a women's health expert and a registered dietitian (RD) with a passion for helping goal-oriented people fuel their purpose.

I help nutrition entrepreneurs grow their income and their impact by packaging their brilliance into transformative coaching and consulting programs, and get crystal clear on their marketing strategy.

I'm on a mission to help nutrition business owners drop the hustle and come into alignment with their ideal business goals, so they can work from a sense of ease and abundance, and build the online business of their dreams. 

Let's get to work!

Hi, I'm Laura.

meet your mentor

Grab this!

50+ Tech Tools To Help You Run Your Online Nutrition Business

Not sure what tech to use to get your business off the ground? Still trying to ducktape your business together after months (or years) of running it?

Get my list of the best free and paid tech tools to help you run your online nutrition business smoothly and efficiently, so you can focus on what you really love to do... helping your clients get healthier!

First Name

Email Address

download

Get the clarity and confidence you need to turn your expertise and passion for coaching into a wildly successful online business.

@LAURASCHOENFELDRD

© 2023 Laura Schoenfeld Coaching
All rights reserved. | Terms and Conditions 

Meet me on the 'Gram