Ep 39: Deep Dive with Helena: What is Clinical and Functional Nutrition?

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Helena is a clinical functional nutritionist. But, what exactly does that mean? How did she come to be on this path? And what does she actually help clients with?
Last week, we took a tour through mental performance with Helena grilling Mike about everything he does as a mental performance coach. This week, the tables have turned, and Mike asks Helena the tough questions.
In this episode:
🎙️What exactly is a nutritionist?
🎙️The difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist?
🎙️How Helena came to practice nutrition and why hormonal health holds a special place for her
🎙️Her desire to help make a positive impact through food, nutrition, and women’s health—from the micro (working 1:1 in private practice) to the macro (working as a fractional C-suite to food, healthtech, femtech and sustainability startups; sharing learnings through this podcast).
🎙️Why she chose to work with stressed out, high-performing people
🎙️Tapping into good stress (yes, it is a thing!)
🎙️Stress encompasses physiological stress in addition to mental/emotional stress 🎙️Why she sees the intersection of stress as gut health, hormonal health, and sleep
🎙️What a consultation with her is like (HINT: When was the last time you sat down with a provider of any kind for 60-90 minutes to talk about your health journey?)

Dr. Helena Fowler, DCN is a Clinical Functional Nutritionist who believes food IS function. She specializes in using nutrition and mind-body practices to address stress at the intersections of gut health, hormonal equilibrium, chronic inflammation, and sleep. Helena empowers high-performing individuals, especially women, to find and maintain their personal sense of balance, flow and optimal health; she helps them navigate the stress continuum—harnessing the good stress and reducing chronic stress (and its related challenges).

Helena is the creator of the INSIGHT Method℠ nutritional approach to stress and whole-self health and The Framework℠ strategy for accomplishing goals and navigating behavior change. Her nutrition services are evidence-based and use a foundation of Functional Medicine and Ayurveda to meet each client's distinct needs and health objectives. She firmly believes when we properly nourish ourselves, we can cultivate the things that help us thrive.

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