Let’s Talk Thyroid is all about bringing you a POSITIVE and PRACTICAL approach to help you thrive and not just survive.
Bringing together my experiences as a Hashimoto’s patient, interviews with real people thriving with thyroid issues and experts to give us the low down on different aspects of living a healthy thyroid lifestyle, Let’s Talk Thyroid!
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Ep 83. Adrenal Health Basics: Understanding & Improving Adrenal Health | Hope Pedraza
ADRENAL HEALTH BASICS: Understanding & Improving Adrenal Health Hope Pedraza In this podcast, we delve into the topic of adrenal health basics and explore ways to understand and improve it. What are the Adrenals? What & where the adrenals are their functions,...
Best essential oils for thyroid health | Scott A Johnson | Ep 82
BEST ESSENTIAL OILS FOR THYROID HEALTH SCOTT A JOHNSON In this podcast episode I'm talking with essential oil and natural solutions expert, Scott A Johnson all about essential oils for thyroid health. Here's what we cover. Intro to essential oils and natural solutions...
What is the best diet for Hashimoto’s? | Annabel Bateman | Ep 81
WHAT IS THE BEST DIET FOR HASHIMOTO'S? Making dietary changes for thyroid health is inevitable. What are the best options? Is there a 'best' diet? Where do you start? I tackle these questions by talking through a 'ladder' of common dietary approaches for Hashimoto's...
Ep 80. 2022 Podcast & Personal Reflections + Where to for 2023? | Annabel Bateman
2022 PODCAST & PERSONAL REFLECTIONS + WHERE TO FOR 2023? In this episode I take you on a behind the scenes reflection on 2022 - both with the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast, other thyroid related activities and my personal thyroid health throughout the year. I also go...
Ep 79. Graves Disease Triggers & Natural Solutions | Dr Eric Osansky
GRAVES DISEASE TRIGGERS & NATURAL SOLUTIONS WITH DR ERIC OSANSKY Dr Eric Osansky was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in 2008. He is a chiropractor and knew from the beginning he wanted to try to manage his hyperthyroidism naturally if he could. The core of his...
Ep 78. Hair Loss & Other Thyroid Hair Problems | Laura Sagen
HAIR LOSS & OTHER THYROID HAIR PROBLEMS WITH LAURA SAGEN Hair loss (whether in big clumps or thinning), dry & brittle hair are common symptoms of thyroid dysfunction. We all love to have thick, healthy & shiny hair, so what do you do when yours is falling...
Ep 77. How to Find Your Thyroid Root Causes | Whitney Morgan
HOW TO FIND YOUR THYROID ROOT CAUSES WITH WHITNEY MORGAN It's important to remember that thyroid medication is NOT a solution to the root cause of WHY you have a thyroid problem, even though it might be necessary for you. You need to become a self-detective 🕵️♀️ and...
Ep 76. Escaping the Diet Trap | Karen Martel
ESCAPING THE DIET TRAP WITH KAREN MARTEL If you've got Hashimoto's or hypothyroidism, odds are you've had some weight gain and weight loss challenges. You've probably spent years, if not decades on a diet. If you've been listening to the Let's Talk Thyroid podcast for...
Ep 75. Common Gut Health Questions Answered | Angela Busby, Naturopath
COMMON GUT HEALTH QUESTIONS, ANSWERED BY ANGELA BUSBY, NATUROPATH Gut health impacts your thyroid health, immune health, brain, mood and skin. It's important to overall health regardless of whether you have a thyroid-condition. It is also quite complex. Angela Busby...
Ep 74. Make a Baby with Hashimoto’s | Chelsea Gold & Morgan Laffleur
MAKE A BABY WITH HASHIMOTO'S CHELSEA GOLD & MORGAN LAFFLEUR So many of the aspects that go into making a baby are impacted by Hashimoto's. Having a regular cycle, fertility, ovulation, libido, body image, basal body temperature to name a few. Chelsea & Morgan...
Ep 73. The Health & Healing Coach | Tracey McBeath
THE HEALTH & HEALING COACH TRACEY MCBEATH SHARES HER STORY Like so many of my guests, Tracey McBeath (AKA The Health & Healing Coach) is motivated to help others heal as a result of her own health & healing journey. Whilst Tracey can look back and see a...
Ep 72. The Thyroid Debacle | Dr Eric Balcavage
THE THYROID DEBACLE WITH DR ERIC BALCAVAGE The way the mainstream medical system diagnoses and treats hypothyroidism is a debacle. In general terms doctors are taught to use 1 test (TSH - Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) to diagnose hypothyroidism. The problem is the TSH...
Ep 71. Approaching thyroid health as a kindergarten teacher | Becky’s Story
APPROACHING THYROID HEALTH AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER BECKY'S THYROID STORY Becky is a kindergarten teacher from northern California. She has only recently been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and has been brave enough to share the start of her journey with us. I love...
Ep 70. Understand Your Hypothyroid Blood Tests | Dr Anna Ord MD
UNDERSTAND YOUR HYPOTHYROID BLOOD TESTS DR ANNA ORD (GP WITH HASHIMOTO'S EXPLAINS) How to understand your hypothyroid blood tests is so important! TSH, T4, T3, Reverse T3, TPO ... what are these? What do they mean? What blood tests should you ask for? When you have...
Ep 69. From Graves Patient to ‘The Thyroid Expert’ | Jules Chandler
FROM GRAVES DISEASE PATIENT TO 'THE THYROID EXPERT' JULES CHANDLER SHARES HER JOURNEY Like so many working in thyroid health, Jules Chandler's passion to help thyroid patients comes from her own journey from Graves Disease patient to practitioner. 14 years ago Jules...
Ep 68. Let’s Talk Thyroid & Alcohol | Annabel Bateman
LET'S TALK ALCOHOL & THYROID Much like last episode on sleep, consider this an introduction to alcohol and thyroid as it's fairly complex. You will have a different relationship with alcohol, different experiences and different impacts on your thyroid health than...
Ep 67. An Introduction to Sleep & Thyroid Issues | Annabel Bateman
AN INTRODUCTION TO SLEEP & THYROID ISSUES Sleep is complicated. Thyroid health is complicated. Put them together and it's certainly not a simple problem to solve! Consider this podcast episode and the notes below as a basic introduction to the core elements of...
Ep 66. Stem Cell Therapy: The future of thyroid health support? | Joy Kong MD
STEM CELL THERAPY: The future for thyroid health support? WITH JOY KONG MD Stem cell therapy is still very new in the medical sphere. As you'll learn from this podcast discussion, it's still experimental and not yet widely available. Joy Kong MD says it's the future...
Ep 65. Kids, Teens & Thyroid Conditions | Tara Nelson
KIDS, TEENS & THYROID CONDITIONS WITH TARA NELSON, THYROID NATUROPATH Thyroid conditions can run in families, so how do you know if your kids or teens might have a thyroid condition? Does it look different for them? If they do have a thyroid condition, how can you...
Ep 64. Hormones & Thyroid Health | Sophie Shepherd
HORMONES & THYROID HEALTH WITH SOPHIE SHEPHERD You know the thyroid produces thyroid hormones, but how do other key hormones interact with or impact thyroid health? This is the focus of my conversation with Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Sophie...
Ep 63. The Thyroid System & the Impact of Stress | Marek Doyle
THE THYROID SYSTEM & THE IMPACT OF STRESS WITH MAREK DOYLE You're going to want to take notes as you listen to this episode (you could make them in the journal that's in My Thyroid Box 😀). This is a nice and meaty discussion about the thyroid SYSTEM and the...
Ep 62. Thyroid healing: It’s an inside job | Stacey Robbins
THYROID HEALING: IT'S AN INSIDE JOB WITH STACEY ROBBINS It would be so much easier if simply taking a pill would solve all of our thyroid woes. We ALL wish that were the answer. The hard reality is though that it's not. Yes, thyroid medication is helpful if you need...
Ep 61. Kiss & Make Up With Your Thyroid
Kiss & Make Up With Your Thyroid My new book is *almost* here! [EDIT: it's NOW available!] Kiss & Make Up With Your Thyroid is the culmination of 2 years of thinking, writing and talking and of 25+ years of living with Hashimoto's. In this short & sweet...
Ep 60. Lifestyle change is hard! How to do it anyway | Matty Lansdown
LIFESTYLE CHANGE IS HARD! HOW TO DO IT ANYWAY. WITH MATTY LANSDOWN Let's be real, none of us like to change. Change sounds sexy, but when push comes to shove, it's hard work. Let's also be real, living with a thyroid issue requires change. SO, how do we do it in a way...
Ep 59. Strength training to become ‘Thyroid Strong’ | Dr Emily Kiberd
STRENGTH TRAINING TO BECOME THYROID STRONG WITH DR EMILY KIBERD Strength training can be daunting for someone with Hashimoto's or hypothyroidism and yet it's a really important form of exercise. In this show I talk with Dr Emily Kiberd, Chiropractor and movement...
Ep 58. Cellular Hypothyroidism| with Dr Eric Balcavage
CELLULAR HYPOTHYROIDISM WITH DR ERIC BALCAVAGE This podcast episode covers a number of different topics including: how to get the best value from your thyroid support team The Cell Danger Response Chronic cell stress Antibodies and how they don't cause actual damage...
Ep 57. Reversing Hashimoto’s | with Dr Anshul Gupta
REVERSING HASHIMOTO'S WITH DR ANSHUL GUPTA MD When you're diagnosed with Hashimoto's a common question is 'can I reverse Hashimoto's?' or 'is there a cure?'. As Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease and autoimmune diseases aren't usually considered 'curable' this can...
Ep 56. Lynne’s Thyroid Story
LYNNE'S THYROID STORY Lynne was diagnosed with Hashimoto's about 12 years ago. It was feeling depressed despite it being a very happy time of her life, unexplained weight gain and exhaustion that were her main symptoms. Fortunately she was diagnosed fairly easily and...
Ep 55. Merry Christmas + 2022 News
MERRY CHRISTMAS + 2022 NEWS With Christmas only 5 days away, I want to thank YOU for being part of my community throughout 2021. I've got a short Christmas message for you to wrap up 2021 together with some exciting news for 2022, take a listen, or if you want to see...
Ep 54. Graves disease Q&A | Bronte May
GRAVES DISEASE Q&A WITH BRONTE MAY, NATUROPATH Graves disease is autoimmune hyperthyroidism. Hashimoto's is the most common thyroid autoimmune disease and so there is much more information available about it. I get many questions about Graves disease and I'm...
Ep 53. Thyroid Thanksgiving
THYROID THANKSGIVING Whilst here in Australia, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving as a holiday, I thought it would be a good idea to think about 'thyroid thanksgiving' and gratitude in the context of our thyroid health, particularly given this podcast will launch on...
Ep 52. Food, glorious (thyroid-friendly) food! | Ginny Mahar
FOOD, GLORIOUS (THYROID-FRIENDLY) FOOD! WITH GINNY MAHAR THE HYPOTHYROID CHEF A major component of living a thyroid-friendly lifestyle is diet. When you consider making changes to your diet for your health it can feel completely overwhelming. What on earth will I eat?...
Ep 51. The Gut-Thyroid Connection | Unfunc Your Gut with Dr Peter Kozlowski
THE GUT-THYROID CONNECTION UNFUNC YOUR GUT! WITH DR PETER KOZLOWSKI MD Looking after my gut health has been a really important part of my thyroid health approach for many years now. I always enjoy learning more about the gut-thyroid and gut-brain connection and learnt...
Ep 50. Is there a thyroid personality?
IS THERE A THYROID PERSONALITY? This is a question that I’ve been pondering for a long time. It’s something that often comes up for me personally in my appointments with my health practitioners and is a topic I’ve discussed with many of my guests on the podcast. See...
Ep 49. How to lose weight with Hashimoto’s/Hypothyroidism | Karen Martel
HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT WITH HASHIMOTO'S/HYPOTHYROIDISM. KAREN MARTEL SHARES HER PROTOCOL This really is the million-dollar question isn't it? How do I lose weight? When you have Hashimoto's and/or hypothyroidism, weight gain and then the difficulty losing weight...
Ep 48. Alyce Garth’s Thyroid Story
ALYCE GARTH SHARES HER THYROID STORY Alyce Garth is an amazing, energetic, inspiring woman who happens to be, all at once - a mum, a business owner (health and life coach), has a degree in Health Sciences majoring in nutrition and food, a triathlete (represented...
Ep 47. Answers to common thyroid questions
ANSWERS TO COMMON THYROID QUESTIONS Here are some answers to common thyroid questions that are asked by people joining my Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook. For more detailed answers, take a listen to the podcast! How do I lose weight? The largest number of...
Ep 46. Haley’s Thyroid Story
HALEY'S THYROID STORY Haley first noticed problems with her thyroid when she was pregnant with her now 21 yo, although it took about 4-5 years to be diagnosed and another 2-3 years to have more than just her TSH tested and get to the bottom of her thyroid issues....
Ep 45. Monolaurin and thyroid health
MONOLAURIN & THYROID HEALTH You may not have heard of monolaurin, but you've probably heard of lauric acid which is found in coconut oil. Monolaurin is a medium chain fatty acid dietary supplement that is synthesised from lauric acid. According to the research...
Ep 44. Tracey Fry’s Thyroid Story
TRACEY'S THYROID STORY Tracey Fry from Additive Free Lifestyle shares her personal thyroid story. When Tracey was 16 she was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid but later was diagnosed with Graves and had radio active iodine treatment. Fortunately not all of her...
Ep 43. I’ve just been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, what’s next? | Annabel Bateman
Just been diagnosed with Hashimoto's or another thyroid condition? So, you've just been diagnosed with Hashimoto's or Graves disease, hypo or hyperthyroidism, or another thyroid condition ... what do you do next? I get it, you head to Google and start researching....
Ep 42. Having a chemical free body | Tim James
having a chemical free body tim james ep42 Click to listen to this episode on your fav platform.how to have a chemical free body Gosh we cover a lot of topics in this conversation! Reducing our chemical exposure and toxic load is something I talk about a lot...
Ep 41. Going back to basics with your thyroid health. Tara Nelson.
Going back to thyroid basics. Tara Nelson, Thyroid Naturopath Ep 41 Click to listen to this episode on your fav platform.Understanding the basics of thyroid health is really helpful in managing your personal thyroid health This podcast episode is airing on the...
Ep 40. What’s the big deal with gluten & thyroid health? Whitney Morgan
What's the big deal with gluten & thyroid health? Whitney Morgan, functional nutritionist Ep 40 Click to listen to this episode on your fav platform.You might have heard to go gluten free for your thyroid health, but why, what's the big deal? My guest on...
Ep 39. Tine’s (my Mum) Thyroid Story
Tine's (my mum) thyroid story. Ep 39. Click to listen to this episode on your fav platform.Mindset is the most important thing. getting it in your head that the changes will be good for you. This is my Mum, Tine (short for Christine). She's a pretty amazing...
Ep 38. Learning to Rest Well with Dafne Wiswell, The Chronic Illness Coach
Learn to rest well with dafne wiswell, the chronic illness coach Ep. 38. Click to listen to this episode on your fav platform.resting well is so important for those of us with chronic illness My guest on today's podcast, Dafne Wiswell is no stranger to chronic...
Ep 37. Hypothyroidism: Management, Minerals & Mindset with Angela Brown
hypothyroidism: management, minerals & mindset with angela brown Ep. 37. Click to listen to this episode on your fav platform.Management, minerals and mindset for hypothyroidism There is so much GOLD in this episode, so make sure you listen to the whole...
Ep 36. Tapping as a tool to reduce stress with Brad Yates
tapping as a tool to reduce stress with brad yates EPISODE 36Click to listen to this episode on your fav platform.What is 'tapping' and how can it be used to reduce stress? Tapping, also known as Emotional Freedom Technique is a tool where you use your fingers to...
Ep 35. Leanne’s Thyroid Story
Leanne's Thyroid Story EPISODE 35Listen Now!"It's ok to give yourself permission to rest and not feel lazy" Leanne's Thyroid Story, like so many is long and windy and reveals a deeply personal struggle and commitment to her own health. Perhaps one of the reasons I...
Ep 34. Stress, Trauma & Thyroid with Justin Janoska
stress, trauma & thyroid with justin janoska EPISODE 34Listen Now!Is stress and/or past trauma blocking your thyroid healing? The short answer, is yes. Unresolved stress or past trauma (big or small) may be getting in the way of your thyroid healing. In this...