Functional Medicine as a parent, neighbour and practitioner, why conversations encompass a lot!

This episode I am speaking with another functional medicine practitioner as the lockdown continues.

I am joined by Corrina Van Der Erden from Germany, where she is creating one of the biggest networks of functional medicine/health practitioners in Europe! Corrina takes us through her story of noticing when she was 15 that she had an autoimmune disease, and how this has impacted her life, and yet through the process of functional medicine she has created a life of health for herself and others, including her children.

Given the lockdown has impacted so many people in so many ways this is an episode for you to really get to grips with how you can take care of your health, for you and your children, and your children's children.

01:30 Corrina's journey into School of Applied Functional Medicine

03:30 Why helping others and altruism drive the health movement

08:00 Noticing Hashimotos

13::00 When help is local

28:00 What you eat is often related to your symptoms

34:00 Health advice "I read it in a book" why books and advice evolve over time

38:00 Power to local people to make a change

43:00 How Functional health in Germany can mean needing to speak German about your poop. When the translation isn't quite enough

49:00 Micro movements and the daily use of your body

54: 00 Women's health, straight-talking, and poop conversations, why Functional Health has to include your digestive motions