Hypothyroidism and Functional Medicine

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10/18/23 • 60 min

Rae Thompson is a certified functional medicine health coach based in Louisville, Kentucky. Her battles with hypothyroidism and osteoporosis led her to search out the underlying causes of her health issues, rather than just medicating her symptoms. She believes that our bodies were meant to heal themselves given the right environment to do so, and I use my unique experience and skills to assist clients in setting realistic goals, providing educational and emotional support, while promoting self-management, accountability and compliance. In this episode, she shares about her thyroid issues, and how they eventually led her to functional medicine, which has improved her quality of life and has even become a second career at Indwelling Health. I really appreciate her reflections on the ways in which functional medicine practitioners can come alongside mainstream western medicine to enhance the level of healthcare that patients receive.

She shares these resources:

Rae's practice is Indwelling Health: https://www.indwellinghealth.com/

Dr. Mark Hyman: https://drhyman.com/

Bobby Approved App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bobby-approved-food-scanner/id1571725006

Function Health Platform: https://www.functionhealth.com/

Abundant Health Family Care: https://www.abundanthealthfc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0qed53qCAqPCN8rbzKM2FAmGbkIA8HtddbWNXwrO889IntMwKM7MkHWYQ

Radiant Integrative Health: https://www.healthbyradiant.com/

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She shares these resources:

Rae's practice is Indwelling Health: https://www.indwellinghealth.com/

Dr. Mark Hyman: https://drhyman.com/

Bobby Approved App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bobby-approved-food-scanner/id1571725006

Function Health Platform: https://www.functionhealth.com/

Abundant Health Family Care: https://www.abundanthealthfc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0qed53qCAqPCN8rbzKM2FAmGbkIA8HtddbWNXwrO889IntMwKM7MkHWYQ

Radiant Integrative Health: https://www.healthbyradiant.com/

Contact Femammal:

Email [email protected]
Follow the podcast on Facebook at Femammal Podcast

If you have feedback or want to be a future guest, please get in touch!
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She shares this resource from Norton Healthcare:

https://nortonhealthcare.com/services-and-conditions/neurosciences/patient-resources/parkinsons-disease-support/#:~:text=The%20Norton%20Neuroscience%20Institute%20Cressman,disease%20and%20related%20movement%20disorders.

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Jessie would like to share these resources:

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Transcript

[00:17] Greer:
Hi, this is Greer, your host for Femammal, the podcast that holds space for women to explore what it means to live well in our bodies and celebrates moving through this world as female mammals. Today's guest is Rae Thompson. Rae is a certified functional medicine health coach based in Louisville, Kentucky. Her battles with hypothyroidism and osteoporosis led her to search out the underlying causes of her health issues rather than just medicating her symptoms. She believes th