Welcome And Guest Setup

SPEAKER_01 0:03

Well, hello, friends and everybody at Dr.3938. So glad that you are here. They have a very special guest on the show. Her name is Julie Molin, and she is an integrative health practitioner. And she has gone on her own health journey and is now sharing it all with you. She knows all about peptide and GLP ones and all the things. I think we've all had a lot of questions and maybe a lot of hesitancy to use anything like this because we're afraid to put things in our body and we don't want to screw something else up, right? And we don't want to put anything poison or bad for us in our bodies. But let's face it, we want to feel better. We want to feel rejuvenated and energetic and sleep well and all the things. So Julie and I talk about this. I ask all the questions too. So you're going to learn so much in this episode. She is wonderful and kind and is literally just out to help people like us who want to optimize our health, especially during midlife. Now, let me say first of all that all of her information is down below. We've got her website, her Instagram, and her free peptide guide that she talks about in this episode because there's so many types of peptides. I didn't even realize how many there were. And she talks about it. So she's got a great free guide for you. So if you just click one of the links below, you'll see it down there and it'll take you to her website. You'll enter your email and boom, you'll get it on email and you can print it out and all that good stuff. So I'm so glad you're here. Also, too, if you are a first-time listener, welcome. I'm so thankful that you found this podcast because I have no doubt that it's going to motivate you, inspire you, and get you moving, whether you're trying to improve your health, like with this episode, or trying to turn your passion into a new business or career or whatever it may be. Y'all know I have been talking about, you know, turning your passion into a business for a very long time. But I want to open up this conversation to realize that so many of us walk around with that tug at our soul, knowing that there's something more for us. Again, whether it's with your health, with your business, with your career, whatever it may be, and that it's time to get moving. And it doesn't have to be as scary or hard as you think. So make sure you hit follow. If you are an Apple Podcast, Spotify, or whatever player you're in, because you don't want to miss out on any future episodes. I do offer help for building a business, doing what you love, and have all kinds of free guides and checklists myself on the website and offer one-on-one coaching. So make sure you check those out at Kimberleybrock.com. All the links are down below. Okay, that's it. On to the episode. Julie, I am so excited to have you on the show today. I've been waiting for this because I know we're gonna have so much fun. We're gonna laugh and we're gonna talk about peptides and DLP ones and all the stuff that we are confused about. So, Julie, I'm so happy that you're here. Welcome.

SPEAKER_02 2:59

My gosh, thank you so much for having me. It is a pleasure and an honor, and it's so good to see your face too.

SPEAKER_01 3:05

Being old friends from Colorado, this is amazing getting getting to catch up virtually. So, yes, I know so many women are struggling during midlife. I know you call it the midlife madness. Yes, that's what it is. It's a crazy time. And I just want you to share about what is this midlife madness that you talk about all the time.

SPEAKER_02 3:29

You know, I just basically talk about all the things that I went through. I went through it at a very early age because I had a hysterectomy due to endometriosis. So I have been dealing with the balancing of the hormones and the inflammation and endometriosis since I was probably 36, 38 years old, multiple surgeries, finally went in for a hysterectomy at the age of 43, which put me into medical menopause.

SPEAKER_01 3:55

I mean, it's just crazy, not to interrupt you, but my guess last week, this is what happened to her. She was, was she late in her 40s, but she had to go through medical menopause? I've never really heard that term. But it's like when you're just thrown into it from a surgery. I'm thrown into it.

SPEAKER_02 4:09

I mean, it's like, here you go. Like you wake up, you're sweaty. I would wake up with my pajamas soaking wet. I'm like, okay, I know what a hot flash is now. It was like amplified times a hundred. But then that slowly diminishes because, you know, until I started utilizing some HRT. And I've gone, I've done multiple methods of HRT. And I like to tell my clients now that you have to really be patient with it and give your body a chance to adapt to those new signals. Because a lot of people just want a quick fix. And sometimes it's not always a quick fix.

HRT, Peptides, And GLP-1 Basics

SPEAKER_01 4:48

Yeah. Yep. So you've got a story to share, and we're excited to hear about that and your journey of being thrust into this vortex of menopause at such a young age. For any of you listening, whether you've gone through menopause or not, this is fantastic information. And you're going to learn so much from Julie because she has dealt with it in her own experience and has so much knowledge to share. So I thought what we would do kind of at the very beginning is just like set the stage. You just mentioned HRT. Some people may not know what that is. What is that define that and peptides and GLP ones? If you could just do like a quick definition for those of us that may not know what that is. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 5:26

So I call it midlife madness. And when we are in the throes of midlife madness, there are several tools that we can utilize to help that transition be smoother. So HRT is hormone replacement therapy. And it can be scary for a lot of women because there was a lot of information out there back, say when our moms were given hormones, but it is different now. And they are bioidentical to what your body already makes. So these aren't synthetic hormones that you're putting inside. So there are different methods of it, whether it's troche, patch or estrogen, creams. Women do pellets. I have a story for that. That's a whole nother podcast. And then peptides are another tool that we can utilize to help with that stubborn weight that just doesn't seem to go away when you are going through all these changes. So it's just something that I like to tell people that, you know, our biology starts to shift when we're going through these changes. And the peptides just kind of help send signals to those cells that are inside of our body to help them start working again properly.

SPEAKER_01 6:45

Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 6:46

And then GLP1, we hear that. What is that? So it's a glucagon-like peptide. It's something your body already makes. And as we age, it isn't produced as much because we're exposed to environmental toxins. It's produced inside your gut. So if you are pr, you know, we feed our gut good and bad things, we're exposed to environmental toxins, multiple surgeries that women have to go through when you're taking antibiotics. I mean, all of that stuff affects your gut. And then when you have the hormones come in and that they're all off balance, that disrupts your microbiome as well. So the GLP one is helping women just at a like a microprotocol or we call it microdose. That can just help get rid of some of that inflammation and that stubborn weight that has that doesn't come off. And when you're trying all the things, like I was working out, eating all the healthy foods, doing every single diet imaginable. I mean, fasting. And I've always been in the fitness industry, like I was a CrossFit athlete. The exercise is not a problem for me. The food noise is another story. I've counted macros, but it was like it also helps to quiet that food noise and because it sends sends a sick, the peptide sends a signal to your brain to say, you know what, I'm full now. Because we lose a lot of those signals too as we're going through those changes.

SPEAKER_01 8:18

Wow. Wow. So you were doing all the things, like you said, counting macros, you were doing CrossFit and all the things, but it you still weren't feeling optimal. No. Is that is that fair to say, yeah, we're not feeling good? And so then when all of these have just like suddenly come to market. I mean, you know the phrase that there's no magic pill. And then I feel like in the last whatever year, two years, I feel like, is this a magic pill? Like, did this actually happen? And what's your take on that? Because there was never a great solution. I can't even believe that there's something that can help people like this.

SPEAKER_02 8:56

So peptides have been around for a very long time. Insulin was the first peptide. Okay. So and then the GLP1 or weight loss peptides have been around for over 20 years and have been studied. So do I think of it as a magic pill? No. I view it as another tool in my toolbox. Does it, is it, does it work and give good results? Yes. But there are caveats. Like you need to make sure your foundations are in check. You want to, you know, have good gut health. And sometimes it takes a GLP1 or like BPC157, which is body protection compound, to kind of help get that gut healing. But you also have to do the work along with them. So it's not like I think a lot of the misinformation out there with these, because you know, everyone's heard of the name brand peptides, which are the pharmaceutical ones, Ozympic, Wagobi, those start at a different dose than the microdose protocol. So you're getting it in a smaller amount. And they they're just given that and then not told anything else to do along with it. And so then they're having these side effects and you know, giving their dosed too much. Like they're the doctors need to be monitoring that more.

SPEAKER_01 10:23

Yeah, it's so true. I just it's crazy that it's been around so long and it's just now coming to light that it can help people. Like what I wonder what happened that all of a sudden this just became known and everywhere when it's been around for a long time. They opened up a little box of secrets or something. I know. I mean, what the heck? Like it's crazy to me.

SPEAKER_02 10:45

And I started researching peptides back in 2022. So I got Epstein Barr virus, which is mono. And as an adult, that's not fun because you know, when you get sick with something as an adult, like say, have you gotten strep throat before? Like, if you get it when you're older, it's like you feel like you can't fight it as well. My immune system was just tanking. I was going through a really hard time with the loss of my mom. We had moved, we built a house, getting kids off to college. And it was like crazy, and I got so sick. And so I was like, my gut was a mess and I would get heartburn really bad. And so my doctor had mentioned to me about the GLP one before. And I told him I wasn't ready for that because I can do, I can do this on my own. Like I know I need 20 pounds to lose, but I'm gonna do it on my own. I don't need that. Right. But then so when I was researching the GLP one, I started learning about BPC 157, which stands for body protection compound. And that is also something else we make inside our body. And I asked my doctor if he could get me a peptide for that. So he he got it from his a compounding pharmacy, and I took that for a good six weeks, six to eight weeks, and I'm telling you, it transformed like my gut had never felt better in my entire life. What? What? I know it's TMI, but I was like gassy, the gassy gal. My poor husband.

SPEAKER_01 12:26

And it literally, yeah, your poor husband and your family and everyone. But the like literally you could tell that immediately changing. What did what do you mean that it changed you? Like, what do you mean? What was the results like stop the gassiness and made you more regularly?

Going Low-Tox At Home

SPEAKER_02 12:41

Because what it does is it goes in and it helps heal and seal the lining of the gut. So it repairs the tissues in there to help with that microbiome. Of course, I was doing some other things with it, you know, like some of my supplements that I take and just trying to be mindful of what I was putting in my body. But, you know, we go like 30, 40 years of putting stuff in your body that probably you shouldn't, like in college days and all the things start catching up. I went like pretty low talks back in 2018, too, when I after I had my diagnosis of endometriosis, because I learned that a lot of the stuff that we use in our home every day can amplify that.

SPEAKER_01 13:27

And it affects And so you started just changing changing things in your home, like what kinds of things?

SPEAKER_02 13:32

My laundry detergent, my cleaners. I had those plug-ins everywhere in my house from bath and body work, sprays, just the word the fake fragrance that's in all of that can disrupt your hormones and your endocrine system. And I have a daughter with type 1 diabetes, and I had, you know, all teenage four teenagers at the time. And I was like, you know what? Their hormones are changing right now, and I don't want to be contributing to that. So I just overhauled my entire home. You did. I mean, literally, like, did you literally just get every single joke? Oh, Joe came home one day and I had every single cleaner laundry detergent plug-in on the island. And he was like, What are you doing? I go, I it's all bad. We're gonna die. I'm getting ripped. I went like all in, like something apocalypse. I yeah, I'm like all or nothing. I was like, I have to just get this out of the house because I'm I'm doing this essential oil thing now, and I'm gonna be like a witch doctor, you know, not so much. But that was the the start of my holistic journey. And I think it takes like something like not feeling good and wondering why is this happening to me for people to kind of start searching for that? Because I just was searching for answers.

SPEAKER_01 14:57

So, what were the things that you tried to do before you did the HRT and the peptides? What were you trying to do? Because this may be relatable to my listeners who are on a journey themselves and trying to figure out like they know they don't feel good, or maybe they're not having the results working out, or whatever it is. They feel kind of up and down with their emotions. What did you try first? What were you trying? And then when you found the peptides and all that, some of the problems were solved.

SPEAKER_02 15:25

But I just tried to replace anything in our home that was like a band-aid for an ailment with a natural and holistic remedy. And they worked. And I was like, oh my gosh, wow. And you know, sometimes it would take a couple days longer, but like, say for instance, if my kids, when they got sick or came down with a bug, instead of giving them Tylenol, I kind of just like let them sweat it out and gave them essential oils and then just pumped them full of like zinc, vitamin C, vitamin D, oregano oil, and it it worked. Now, I'm not saying to not ever give medicine because I think there is a time and place for it. Yes. But I just we kind of just we just went the natural route and I started doing castor oil packs, like to detox my liver, because a lot of stuff can get stored in your liver and then recirculate into the body. So that's another.

SPEAKER_01 16:25

So what were you though? Yeah. So what were you doing like for your workouts and for your eating when you were trying to feel better?

Training And Eating For Midlife

SPEAKER_02 16:31

At the time, I was still trying to go hard on my workouts, and it took me a long time to come to the realization that hormonally, until my body was in a safe spot to receive that, that I needed to slow it down. So I stopped doing a lot of the HIIT workouts. I stopped doing a lot of excessive cardio and I kind of just I did more hiking and weight lifting in my, you know, gym. I did a lot of sauna and some sauna workouts, but I tried to just stay in like a fat burning zone instead of just ramping the intensity up.

SPEAKER_01 17:13

Yeah, I think that's hard. I mean, I come from that school of thought too, where I wasn't doing CrossFit, but I was doing orange theory and all these things, and I was doing hit. Everyone was talking about HIT. That's how you can do it in less time. And you spend 20 minutes and you can burn all these calories and you can burn fat and, you know, in 2022, I got COVID and then my life drastically changed and I was forced to stop all of that. But it's been amazing because I actually lost some of the weight that I've gained since then when I could never lose weight and all I do is walk and have been trying to start weights again. But it's fascinating to me because the paradigm of the past is no longer, and like also two because of our age. It's like we can't do the same stuff. We don't realize it's hurting us. So you came from the crossfit mentality where it's like push and keep trying to, you know, do the max weights. And so you had to shift from that way of thinking to and you started seeing like this, this just isn't working and started something new.

SPEAKER_02 18:15

And I'm not saying it's bad for everybody because there are a lot of really good athletes out there in the in the master's division that feel great, look great. And I but every I tell people everyone's biology is different too. We all have different genes in a genetic makeup. I've actually done genetic testing and have found that some of my genes just are a little more sensitive to, you know, fragrance. I have histamine issues and just like intense exercise because of our bodies. But like you said, you kind of have to change that think that way of thinking because we're not the same right now as we were in our 30s, even though we like to think we are, you know? Right. Right all of that, that hormonal shift just can really affect your nervous system. And until you have like your diet in check and your nervous system under control, that's when you know, you know you're ready to maybe ramp it up again.

SPEAKER_01 19:16

Oh not so when you crazy. Yes, but not go too overboard. So when you say diet in check, what does that mean?

SPEAKER_02 19:24

For me, diet in check is just trying to eat more whole foods. Like if it has more than five ingredients in it, I turn away from it. I mean, not five, but I just try like Joe and I really enjoy just cooking at home now because I don't know what I'm gonna get out at a restaurant. And I am I gonna leave feeling sick? Am I gonna be stuffy nose? Am I gonna have gas? Like on the way home.

SPEAKER_04 19:50

And then Joe's like, nope, guess I'm not getting lucky tonight. She's got a stomach ache again. Used to be the headache. Now it's now it's the stomach. Yeah, that's the stomach ache and the bloating.

SPEAKER_02 20:02

You know, they're in that and I take digestive enzymes for that purpose when I go out to dinner because I know they help. And that's another tool in our toolbox that I give to women too. And I walk along with that when I'm doing, you know, the their protocols. Right, right, right, right.

SPEAKER_01 20:18

Okay. So you what do you believe right now about diet? Just whole whole foods as much as you can, least amount of added ingredients. What about the whole no carb, low carbs? Women need carbs. Yeah. Yep. This is what I'm hearing. As I said, my guest last time she was talking about the same thing. Carbs, not donuts.

unknown 20:40

Right.

SPEAKER_02 20:41

Like I'm talking sweet potatoes. You're good, healthy carbs that are going to sustain your blood sugar for a long period of time, not the quick carbs. Now, do I still enjoy quick carbs every now and again? Yes, I'm human and there are things that sound good and I will eat them. And then I reap the consequences.

SPEAKER_01 21:01

Yeah. I mean, it's so true. But it's hard. I mean, it's hard. Like our brain, like the manufacturers who make all the manufactured food, they they tweak it just so that we are addicted to it. And so it's so hard because people beat themselves up. Like, I don't have self-control. Right. I don't know how to stop eating when it's actually been made. I mean, they have a a satiety point or something. I've read I've read some things on that. And they tweak it literally perfectly so that we're ingredients so that it tricks your brain and you want more of it.

unknown 21:37

I know.

SPEAKER_02 21:38

I tell my kids that with fast food all the time. I'm like, you have to stop eating fast food.

SPEAKER_01 21:44

So hard. But then people often also get lazy and they don't want to cook their own food. Probably young people.

SPEAKER_02 21:50

And there is a convenience factor. And I also try to teach women how to order off of a fast food menu so that you know when you do have those times and you're out with With kids and you're at sporting events, or you know, you can make better choices when you're eating out. Right. Protein, you get in the protein always. And the fiber. I mean, if you prioritize those two things, you're golden. You're golden.

SPEAKER_01 22:15

Well, I want to hear. I'm interested to hear, like, kind of your before and after before you got on peptides and how this really changed you and helped helped you, like where you went from, like where you started at and the moment you then started these peptides and everything, and where you are today.

SPEAKER_02 22:31

Well, in 2022, like I said, my doctor suggested it, and I didn't listen to him because I was like, no, I don't need a weight loss drug. Your doctor suggested it. Interesting. My hormone doctor. He he introduced me to it. He just said, Well, you know, you could do these peptides and they help with weight loss. And I'm like, I don't need a weight loss drug. I mean, I just wanted to lose 20 pounds. I felt like a weight loss drug was for someone who needed to lose like a ton of weight, wasn't healthy. And and then I also was very mindful of what I was putting in my body. Like, yes, I didn't want to inject anything into my body that I didn't know what it was gonna do. Right. So I started listening to some podcasts on it, and I kept hearing about it more and more. And I just was like, why am I not looking more into this? And then I had a girlfriend of mine actually went to a doctor where she was monitored because the only thing I kept hearing was people were on it and they were getting like super thin. They had diarrhea, like the gastric stuff because they were just being overprescribed. But she goes, This lady's great, she walks you through it. My whole thing was I didn't want to lose a bunch of muscle or bone. Right. Because we need that. You know, I mean, I watched my mom get really, really frail. She had Parkinson's, and I know that if she would have been a little heavier before she got diagnosed and everything, you know, or had the muscle on her, it could have been I'm I'm thinking the longevity would have been, you know, she might have lived a little more. A little more time just to help her like utilize her body better because we need the muscles and the bone density. Right. So she had told me that, you know, you she was doing just a micro protocol and she was losing like a c you know, a pound or two every couple weeks. And I was like, wow, okay. And so I was like, okay, I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna tell and I told Joe, and but I kind of didn't really talk about it with a lot of people because I felt like there was a stigma on it because I was a health practitioner, like getting my certification for integrative health practitioner. I'm supposed to do everything holistic and but I feel like peptides are holistic and can be considered a holistic avenue because it's something that your body already makes. You're just putting that in to turn those signals on. So I did that for about a year. Yeah. Cause she wanted me to go off of it after a year. And I was getting ready to go on a a trip last summer, and I didn't want to have to be dealing with all of that. Right. And so I gave my body a break, and they you can do something called cycling on and off peptides. So I cycled off of it. I did gain a little bit of weight back, but it's normal once you go off to gain probably about five pounds back, is what my doctor told me. And then I sustained it for quite a bit. But then I came across this telehealth company, and they were talking about peptides and how I could utilize it with my clients. And so that was very exciting. And so I decided to start dabbling in different peptides, and then I started microdosing again just because it made me feel so good. The food noise is gone, the inflammation is gone. I feel better in my body, I feel better in my clothes. I mean, just all around. It gives you a confidence boost too.

Labs And Doctor Oversight

SPEAKER_01 26:16

Yeah, we definitely need that in midlife because it's just like us on camera. We've been like, oh my gosh, our wrinkles, and like you can just see, like, you know, our bodies are aging and it's real, and we have to face the fact. This is what it is, but we have to own it and be happy where we are. I'm happy. I'm the sage. It's better than the alternative of not being here, right? Right. But so you said, okay, wait, let me think what you said. You said you feel better in your clothes. Oh, your inflammation is down. How do you know your inflammation is down? How I do lab testing.

SPEAKER_02 26:43

So that's another reason why I went to this certain place, is they check all your markers. And another reason why I partnered with the telehealth company that I partnered with is because A, the peptides all come from a 503A compounding pharmacy that's FDA approved. So there's oversight there. The peptides are triple purified, and there's doctor oversight. So you go on and you fill out a health questionnaire to approve you for the peptide that you want that you order. Data from labs. Lab testing.

SPEAKER_01 27:22

Yes. So you can order labs for your clients and you can read the labs. Correct. Yes. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 27:29

They're at some labs.

SPEAKER_02 27:31

So it's a little different than like, say, going to Quest or Lab Corps. I can also request labs through la Quest, but the labs that I lab that I partner with has at home lab testing. So it's through blood spot test urine feces, believe it or not, for your like a stool test and um did I say urine already?

SPEAKER_01 27:58

And saliva. And saliva, okay. Gosh, that's so interesting. So you can get all that and not even have an actual blood test. Like you can do, or you can't do some of them and take your own blood.

SPEAKER_02 28:09

You can poke your finger, like a blood test for a food sensitivity test. And then we have a hormone panel that we'll do a finger prick on, but that's also saliva-based, too, because there's two different kinds of ways you can test your hormones via blood, via saliva. Oh, interesting.

Peptide Stacks And Delivery Methods

SPEAKER_01 28:27

Okay. Well, that's awesome. So when you're talking about the peptides, what kind of peptide? You mentioned the BPC 157. And then I know how many more are there, or how many do you deal with? There's a lot. There is. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 28:45

I think a lot of the popular ones are the GLP1 GIP, and then so the BPC 157 TB500, and then a lot of women are loving the GHKCU. That's the glow peptide. So that's gonna do all things skin, hair, nails, collagen. So a lot of midlife ladies like that. And they like to pair it with the BPC 157 TB500, and they call it the glow stack. So they're called stacks. They're called your stack stack of I got my stack of peptides.

SPEAKER_01 29:21

Well, I know it's funny because like in business, a lot of entrepreneurs say, What's your tech stack? And it's like, oh, I use this software, I use that. Oh my god, I use that. And you have your whole stack of software and apps that you use. So, but this is now, I'm thinking, oh my gosh, now this is your like peptide stack. So you have to actually self-inject these. Some are some are sublingual drops.

SPEAKER_02 29:43

What does that mean? Uh okay. It just means it's like a drop that you can put under your tongue and some are in oral form, a pill. I know our company has the pill form of BPC 157, TB500. And those two paired together work incredible. A lot of people can just will just take the BPC 157, but what they don't realize is the TB500 is going to be your immune modulator. And when your gut is trying to repair, it needs the immune modulator to have work on your immune system as well.

SPEAKER_01 30:17

Okay, and side question. So I have a daughter that's an older teen. Can they take any of these? Maybe not the GLP ones, but the ones for your gut that you're talking about. And these are not.

SPEAKER_02 30:30

You know, I haven't really gone down that avenue yet because they're young and they still have those peptides running through their body. Like their body's making them. But I think how how old are we talking? Like over 18? Like 17.

SPEAKER_01 30:53

Yeah, 17.

SPEAKER_02 30:54

Yeah, I would probably wait until they're a little bit older. But that's just my personal preference.

SPEAKER_01 31:01

Okay. Okay. So just wait. So this is more for adults, obviously, but really helping us. For those of us. Yeah. And those of us in our in our midlife, especially. So you're saying there's so many, and actually, you do offer a free guide. Is that correct? That helps you kind of navigate which these are.

SPEAKER_02 31:20

It's called a peptide playbook. Because I know it can be so overwhelming learning about all of them. And so it just goes in and explains the different types of peptides, what they do for the body, how they work, what you can do along with it to, you know, be more successful on your journey. And that's where I come in too, is I kind of help guide people along with that. I have guides that I send people to once they are on the peptides. Right. And that's another thing that I offer my clients.

SPEAKER_01 31:55

That's awesome. So I'm going to put the link down below so y'all can get it. It's a free guide. I would totally take advantage of this. Yeah. I need to get it because I would love to hear about these peptides. I think it's they sound amazing. Now, I haven't known a ton about it, but I will say for anyone that's on certain medications, you do need to check with your doctor, obviously. Yes. Yeah. Because I actually asked about the BPC 157 and my rheumatologist was like, oh, I think it'd be, I mean, you can try it. I don't know that much about it. But then when the provider wanted to like get an official note that my rheumatologist said it was okay, then she wasn't, she wasn't willing to give a letter saying I totally clear her that she's going to be fine if she takes it because she didn't know. And I don't know if that's an issue with some of the traditional buy the book doctors. And I love mine, but and I understand where she's coming from. She doesn't want to be liable. But I guess there can be interactions because this is new. So if you are on some type of medication, everyone make sure with your doctor as well, your official doctor on that. Yeah. So, but you can get the free playbook down below, read about the peptides. I think they've helped so many. I know a lot of people that are on different variations of these. I don't know about the stack, though. The stack sounds really cool. I don't know why that just sounds like fun. You're like, oh, okay, I want to do this. I want better skin.

Self-Monitoring And Avoiding Overdosing

SPEAKER_02 33:13

I want but you can get carried away and it can be overwhelming. I always tell the people that I work with to try one at a time so that you know if you're gonna be reactive to it. Oh, that's smart. Um and then I also say, you know what? The thing about these peptides and then and injecting it yourself, this is what I love about the peptides versus conventional medication, is I'm in charge of how much I'm allowing my body to get it. Yes. Yes. And, you know, I've had a couple of episodes where I'm like, oh gosh, I think I put way too much in. And I just have to do like a full body scan when I wake up in the morning. How did I sleep? You know, that is my first reference point. Like, how was my sleep on this new peptide? And how do I feel? Do I have any new anxiety? How does my gut feel? Like I just kind of have to read all of that. And then it helps me dictate, okay, you know, if I wasn't feeling great, I'll be like, hmm, maybe I need to pull back a little bit. But it doesn't mean that the peptides don't work and they're not bad. It's just you have to find that right little range that's good for you.

SPEAKER_03 34:29

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 34:31

Wow. I know there's just so much information out there. And you do see, like, I will say, as far as the G GLP ones are concerned, you see people around that have the quote a Zymphic face, and it breaks my heart. It literally, I'm not even kidding. It makes me sad because I'm like, they don't even see that they've gotten way too skinny. They don't look good, they lost their faced plumpness. You know what I'm saying? Like, you look actually look older sometimes when you're when you're faced 100%. Yeah, don't you think you let And I'm like, how did they not see it?

SPEAKER_02 35:05

That just trying to be thin. That's just going overboard on it, in my opinion. And I don't think that that's a great example for this younger generation either. I want to teach these women to be strong. Like it, you know, strong is the new skinny. I'm sorry, but I think being too skinny is way out.

SPEAKER_01 35:26

So it's way out of skin. And I'm all about the trends. I'm kidding. I am so not trendy. I know. I'm like, I'm always, you know, my kids joke, you're a boomer. And I'm like, well, I'm not actually a boomer, but you know what? We are starting to not get be in tune with everything going on. Yeah. But when you talk about microdosing, what actually does that mean? Like, what would be you said it's just a fraction or something. I would love to hear, like, what is this actually?

SPEAKER_02 35:56

So microdosing is anything under like the 2.5 milligram range. So that would be for the GLP1 GIP. So, I mean, there's people that start out at just like one milligram or even half of a milligram. Some women don't even have weight to lose, and they will just do a tiny bit, and they are it's helping them with things like hot flashes and just, you know, some of the nuances that come along with going through perimenopause and menopause. Wow. They're finding that they're doing studies that it's helping with PCOS, endometriosis, because what it does is it brings down inflammation in your body. Inflammation leads to chronic disease, inflammation and leaky gut leads to autoimmune diseases. And so it's just a way of helping to repair repair that.

SPEAKER_01 36:53

Okay. So you said for someone that's getting prescribed GLP1, like for for someone who's, is it for diabetics or people type? Why are those it's prescribed? Type 2 diabetic. Okay. Okay. So they would start out at what'd you say, 0.25, 2.5? I can't remember what you said.

SPEAKER_02 37:10

I think it's 2.5, if I am correct. 2.5 is the starting dose for the pharmaceutical ones. And the reason Okay. And and that's because, you know, when you have a pharmaceutical drug, they've done all the studies. And so that's and then they have a protocol and they increase it. And it's in a pen where you can't inject it from a bile yourself. So you're getting so you have a okay.

SPEAKER_01 37:37

So you have a mount, you have a pen that's injected for the people that have type 2 diabetes, they would start at that. But you're saying the the women that you've worked with and for yourself, you can take, like, if it was too, if it was 2.5, you're saying you can take how little to have it be effective? Half of that.

SPEAKER_02 37:56

One milligram. Or so like, okay, okay, or less than that. Teeny tiny doses. There's women that don't even that are super lean and they just keep doing it at a microdose just to help with the food noise. And then prioritizing all of their macronutrients, getting that in and feeding their muscles, and they look great. They look great and they feel great.

SPEAKER_01 38:20

Wow. So that's interesting. So people that are already at a weight that they are happy with can just fine-tune things by this. That's what it sounds like you're saying. Like fine-tune it with a very small dose, but then still be mindful of, like you said, eating the protein and the carbs and still working out. And how important is it that we lift weights and that we keep up our strength?

Lift Heavy To Protect Muscle

SPEAKER_02 38:43

Like, I will die on that hill. Do it three to four days a week. Women should be lifting weights. And what do you mean by weights? Like I mean like dumbbells.

SPEAKER_01 38:53

Like, go heavy. Go heavier than you think you can go. Like, what do you mean? Like 15 pound, 20, 30?

SPEAKER_02 39:01

Yeah, girl. Whatever. Yeah, whatever that booty can squat and just keep going up. I think women have this fear that they're gonna get bulky. Girl, I like I'm trying to build muscle right now, and I'm like, I'm lifting heavy in my eyes right now, trying to get, you know, heavier. And I'm not bulking by any means. So they need to get that out of their head. You know, Pilates is great for leaning out, like lengthening the muscles, but you still need to do the the weight lifting for your bone density and plus all the muscle helps burn the fat faster too.

SPEAKER_01 39:43

Now I'd heard that the GLP ones, the reason why people got the zympit face and all that, number one, they're losing fat too fast. And that's why they're their face. Well, they're losing muscle too. But they're losing muscle because they're not eating enough. So you're saying there is a way to do it where you do it in a very small controlled amount that you can inject yourself and you can kind of feel where this is going instead of taking that standard pharmaceutical dose, and you're saying it can help us feel better, stop the food noise, and then other peptides as well on top of it that help with inflammation and all this stuff. Am I hearing this?

SPEAKER_02 40:19

Yes. And in fact, I just started a new one last week that came out. Um, it came out with our company. It's called Motts C. And it just it helps your mitochondria and it helps burn fat and turn that into energy. Interesting.

SPEAKER_01 40:33

So you're like a guinea pig?

SPEAKER_02 40:34

You're your own guinea pig. I am my own guinea pig. But it's only a three-day-a-week injection. So it's not like I'm poking my belt on it. Three-day-a-week injections. Three times. So Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

SPEAKER_01 40:47

You have to inject. You have to like get out your how many are okay. Is it all mixed in what is your stock?

SPEAKER_02 40:55

No. They're different. So I've got different vials. I'm on different ones at different times. Oh like I said, I'd like to introduce them one at a time. So I got I get used to that one peptide and then I'll introduce another one, you know, within like a month or so. Okay. But yeah, it can get overwhelming. But I mean, it's a lot. I'm here for it. I'm here for the the I want to feel optimal. I want to feel good, and I do feel good. Like I was telling Joe, I feel better now than I did in my 30s. What? Yes. What a testament. That's that's amazing.

SPEAKER_01 41:30

I mean, the new knee is on high. Sorry, my headphones flipped out. But I think about like when we were young. I mean, I'm a little older than you, but just like our parents, like when they hit like 50. Wait, how old are you? You're I'm 50, girl. I just a little bit older. Not we're basically the same age. So I'm just thinking we're the same. But I'm thinking about our parents like when they turned 50. Oh my gosh, they were so old. They were over the hill at 40. Wasn't it 40 was over the hill?

SPEAKER_03 42:04

The golden girls were in their 50s. I'm like, I do not know. No, they weren't golden girls. I thought they were. Were they?

SPEAKER_01 42:12

Yeah. I think you're right. Wait, what? And they looked like what people look in their 80s now.

SPEAKER_02 42:19

Oh my gosh. I went, I have a funny story. I went to order a birthday, like you know, the big bulk 50 birthday package on Amazon. And when I was looking on there, the the lady that was turning 50 had short gray hair and looked like she was in her 70s. I'm like, that is not 50. I wanted to write Amazon.

SPEAKER_04 42:42

That is not. Yeah, I think you should write Amazon. I think I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_01 42:45

Like you have a picture on there.

SPEAKER_04 42:48

But wait, like get rid of that.

Botox Concerns And Smarter Supplements

SPEAKER_01 42:50

Because I don't do Botox anymore. Yeah. Speaking of Botox, what do you think of that?

SPEAKER_02 42:56

It's not for me. I I did try it in my 40s, like probably around 38 or something, because I was like, oh my gosh, I'm getting wrinkles. I'm not supposed to have wrinkles. No one's supposed to have wrinkles. You know, and then after all of my health stuff and I just decided it I didn't want to get it anymore. Because Botox is not a peptide. Botox is a neurotoxin. So I don't need anything disrupting my brain health because life's scary. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 43:26

Yeah. I've gotten it a few times, like after I had, let's see, after I started having all these problems after COVID, which my A was always positive, which is like you have some kind of autoimmune process going on. Right. And I got it a few times, and I kept trying to then I would not feel good. And I'm like, is this correlated? Because it wasn't directly after I got it, but maybe like a week or two, I started, but I didn't know if that was the natural like waning. Like there's this whole cycle when you have an autoimmune, you'll feel good, then you'll not feel good. Then you'll and I was like, is this directed to that? But I haven't gotten it in a while and I haven't had any major lows. And I just keep wondering now if that was bad. I haven't that's why I'm like, I don't know that I want to get it anymore ever.

SPEAKER_02 44:12

Yeah, and we're and we all are different. Some women feel fine on it and they probably won't ever have problems, right? Because we're all bio individuals. That's what I tell my clients. Um my autoimmune history, it's not a good fit for me. My mom having Parkinson's, so neurological brain health. I don't want to be, you know, putting something in my body that might affect that. Right. I will say that HRT helps with your brain health. So that's another reason why I recommend that for women. You know, based on their symptoms and their labs, of course. Right. Because we need the estrogen for in our brain. You have estrogen receptors all throughout your entire body. Right.

SPEAKER_01 45:00

So when we when we hear HRT, I know it's like hormone replacement therapy. Yep. What hormones are those? Estrogen, progesterone, what else? What is involved in that?

SPEAKER_02 45:10

DHEA, testosterone, um, pregnolone. I know my DHEA is thyroid. That's adrenal, but it's all connected. Adrenaline all connected. Like your cortisol, your vitamin D is a hormone. A lot of women will just have low vitamin D levels and you tweak that and they feel so much better. Yes. Already.

SPEAKER_01 45:35

Yes, yes. I agree. And magnesium too. Sometimes people feel better on those. And then omega, omega-3s. Omega 3s, which I need to take because you do, girl. And you said for me to get a high quality one. What do you where do I get a high quality?

SPEAKER_02 45:48

I think any orthomolecular type of supplement is good. You want to make sure your supplements are third-party tested, non-GMO. There's a lot of talk right now about getting supplements from Amazon and because they can kind of switch out the labels and it's too hard to man if you're really getting that from that company. Yeah. They're ban tricksters. So I always refer people to my full scripts account. Like I'll put a little supplement stack in there for them. Or I also have a supplement company that I've partnered with that has really good clean supplements. Because you want to make sure your body's absorbing the supplement. And it depends on it depends on what type of form you're given.

SPEAKER_04 46:39

Speaking of tech stack for your business, I would love for you just to share quick, quickly. You don't have to like, I know people are like, oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01 46:47

But I want to just hear, like, you know, uh this podcast has existed to encourage everyone who is turning a passion or a calling that they have, something they feel they need to be doing into a business or even a career. I have people that follow me that are just in careers or they're thinking about starting, but it's whatever it is, like you are going to pursue it. And that that's what that's why this podcast has existed for so long. We're six years in now and it's still long strong. I know it's awesome. It's such a blessing. But what I want to know from you is like, what did you do? Because I think there's a lot of people listening that may have a passion, say it's for health or whatever it is in their life, but they've been too scared to get started. They felt too old, they don't know what to do. Yeah, I know. We all are. We all are at times. Like, I mean, we just we do. But like, what did you do in the very beginning? Like, where did you have a moment where you were like, I'm doing this? I did.

SPEAKER_02 47:41

I I had a moment that I, and I don't want to get emotional here, but I was like, my last one is leaving the house. Yeah. What am I gonna do? Yes, you know, adulthood raising children. And my husband's been working his tail off, leading leading a company and people, and I'm like, I wanna do something where I'm serving other people because I love to serve, but I am so passionate about health, and I just was so passionate about getting to root cause of things, so that after I because after I the light bulb really went off after I saw my mom's journey. And so I was like, okay, I'm going in now. Like I'm gonna get my integrative health practitioner and I'm gonna do it and it's gonna be easy and fun. And then I was like, Okay, you have to have this portal, this portal, this portal.

SPEAKER_01 48:40

You need to have asked, you need to have a you need to have a business account. I was like, Yes, yes. I know it's a lot, it's a lot of things. It's a lot that you have to do.

SPEAKER_02 48:50

But you just go to your mom.

SPEAKER_01 48:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 48:54

I think it was my mom. And just knowing that I was gonna be an empty nester and I wanted to I I I told myself one of these days, I want to take my husband on a vacation and I want to pay for it.

SPEAKER_01 49:08

Right, right. Oh, I know, it's the best feeling in the world. It really is the best feeling. He goes, Why don't you just start by taking me off to dinner? I was like, okay. Or not being gassy, one of the two.

SPEAKER_02 49:21

Or why don't you start by just paying for your peptides?

SPEAKER_04 49:25

Yeah, can you just pay for your peptide sack and your supplement sack?

SPEAKER_02 49:30

Well, and that's the other thing, like all of these tech things cost money. And I think that I was listening to your podcast about the pricing, and I was like, you have to take that into account when you are listing your pricing because I don't think a lot of people know what it takes on the back end to get that up and going. You know, at least I didn't. I have no idea.

SPEAKER_01 49:59

I didn't. No, we have no idea. We have no we don't know what other businesses go through. And even if it's a service business like you, you think, oh, it's just her in front of me helping me. No, no, no, no, no. There's so much, especially if you're gonna be online, right? I mean, like you said, it's you know, just all the things, all the apps you have to pay for.

SPEAKER_02 50:17

Everything.

SPEAKER_01 50:18

Yeah, that was fun doing my taxes too this year. That was fun. Yeah, yeah. It's a lot to like keep up. That's why I keep everything on one business credit card. So I know every expense is on that makes it super easy. I know some people like fail to do that. They just like integrate it with a regular credit card. I'm like, you didn't oh you were that? Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02 50:39

Girl, I didn't know what I was doing. I went in messy and I went in messy and I'm still messy, but you know what? You just you learn as you go and you just do it. And you it I think God really guides you through it too. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 50:56

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 50:57

And I don't think he would have he wouldn't have nudged me to do this if I wasn't meant to do it.

SPEAKER_01 51:03

I totally agree. I do. And what I think is beautiful about that is just when people tell me they feel a tug at their soul, that's what I'm always like, oh, I believe that's God telling you to tug at your soul. And then when you actually take steps in obedience of that, like I think sometimes we have to look at it as an obedience too, where God gave you a gift and he gave you this gift of being so open and like fun and real with your clients and like sharing your personal experience from your own health journey and your mom passing away. And like that's real. And I think that is just a way of being obedient to that and this life that that God gave you and the gifts that he gave you to go forth with it. So I encourage everyone here, if you've been thinking about starting something, whether it be on the side, you have you have a full-time job and you want to start on the side. That's how I started many years ago, 26 years ago, started on the side with a friend. Or it can be like in this stage of life that Julie and I are in, where our kids are about to be leaving the house and we're sitting here going, you know, what are we doing with our life? That happened to me when my oldest daughter, I sat at my kitchen table bawling, going, What am I doing with my life? I had my gift boutiques, but I was ready for something else. And it's it's a very pivotal moment in everyone's life when this happens. It is and that's why you owe it to yourself and to God to take these steps. He's given you gifts and you need to go for it.

SPEAKER_02 52:26

I think it really helps with the grieving process of being an empty nester. And I say grieving because it is like you are losing a little bit of yourself. And so people keep saying, Oh my gosh, Maddie's graduating this year. What are you gonna do? And I was like, oh my gosh, I'm gonna get all my portals in order and all of my wife's business together. And that's the beauty also of having your own business, is I want to still be able to go and visit my kids. And what I'm doing right now allows for that because I can do it anywhere I go. I I thought of I thought about going back to school and getting my nursing degree because that's I wanted to go into functional medicine originally. And you know, you have to go to nursing school and you got to do all the things. And I was like, I I don't want to be stuck at a place, like I just I wanted a little more freedom and I was blessed enough to have that opportunity to have the freedom.

How To Work With Julie

SPEAKER_01 53:24

Yes, yes, yes, yes, what a blessing. Well, this has been an awesome conversation, Julie. How can people get in touch with you if they're interested in optimizing their health and feeling better and looking better and all that? What can they do?

SPEAKER_02 53:38

Well, I've got a website and I am on Instagram daily, so they can follow me at BeWell with Julie.

SPEAKER_01 53:47

Um I'll have all the links below, by the way. Yes. And so you've got the free peptides playbook that everyone can sign up for below. And you can also book a discovery call with Julie for free. Is that right, Julie? They can chat with you.

SPEAKER_02 54:01

I have a I have two different discovery calls. I have one for peptides and then one for my functional health coaching. Okay. Okay, that's awesome. A good one is the organic acid test. It's a nutrient test to test for like yeast overgrowth and bacterial overgrowth in the gut if you're having issues with gut health. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 54:21

That's amazing. Well, this is awesome. This has been so much fun, Julie. You're such an inspiration. I know you're gonna help so many on their health journeys, and I'm just so in awe of you and all that you've done. And I wish you'd very fast.

SPEAKER_00 54:59

Thank you so much. And have a great day.