E + E Podcast Episode 34: Integrative Health And The Small Things You Can Do To Improve Your Well-Being With @kate.eskuri
Listen to Episode 34
“Women, as opposed to a 24 hour cycle, operate on an approximately 28 day cycle. So over that 28 days we are ebbing and flowing, there are peaks and valleys, our hormones are changing. And along with those changes, changes with how we feel, our mood, our bloating, our energy, our creativity, our desire to socialize. Hormones have such an impact and it would be naive to think that all these changes are going on in our body and that we are going to be the same person day after day after day.”
— KATE ESKURI
ABOUT THE EPISODE
This week’s guest is Kate Eskuri; a mom, fellow Midwesterner, and registered nurse with her doctorate in integrative and holistic health. Kate has a really approachable way of talking about health and wellness including inside motherhood. She speaks on how to slow down and how we can implement a more clean lifestyle into our homes.
You might be wondering what the term integrative health even means. Kate explains how the definition is going to be different for every individual. She shares her top three tips for us busy moms on how to incorporate wellness into our lives, her favorite hacks on how to fit movement in, and her realistic ways to slowly decrease the number of toxins in our lives.
Implementing an integrative healthy lifestyle can seem overwhelming. If you don’t even know where to start, tune in! We love Kate’s approach to this topic and know that after listening you will walk away with snackable tricks that you can start today!
3 tips to optimize your health:
Have at least 20 grams of protein with breakfast
Ideally you want to have this much protein with every meal but it is especially important at breakfast to help you start your day nourished, adjust blood sugar levels, and regulate your metabolism.
Some high protein breakfast ideas: Cottage cheese, 3 eggs, avocado, flax seeds, chia seeds, smoothie and greek yogurt bowl.
Stay hydrated
Divide your body weight by 2 and that is the number of ounces of water you want to drink every day.
Plus try adding in electrolytes - you can just add lemon and a sprinkle of sea salt to your water for this.
Add in movement to your day
Try adding in little bits of movement to your day, you can even just add it into things you are already doing.
Ex. Walk around the field during your child's soccer practice instead of just sitting.