024: Making The Most Of a Life With Crohn's Disease + Alleviating Bathroom Anxiety with Megan Marsiglio

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Megan Marsiglio, Founder and Editor of The Gut Gazette is on a mission to normalize something everyone experiences – pooping (!) – in addition to the digestive issues thousands of people experience today. In this episode, we take a look at how you can start getting to the root of your digestive issues to help you live a life free of worry, fear and discomfort that comes with digestive issues. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • Megan’s battle with Crohn's disease and how it motivated her to start The Gut Gazette

  • Navigating intuitive eating with an autoimmune disease

  • The power of healing foods

  • Why gut health has gone mainstream

  • The gut-brain connection

  • How having an unhappy gut affects your life

  • Having a healthy relationship with food when you’re navigating Crohn's Disease, Colitis and IBS

  • What it’s like to be the patient lead representative on the Canadian research study IMAGINE and what the research is all about

  • Poop slang and poop stories

  • Rachel's most embarrassing and hilarious poop stories

Key Takeaways:

  • Even healthy food can cause digestive upset.

  • The microbiome is made up of trillions of strains of bacteria which has an impact on your overall health

  • Gut issues equal mood issues, and mood issues equal gut issues.

  • If you have good solid poop, it's a good sign that you have a happy, healthy gut.

  • You have to be your own advocate for your body and your health.

Action Steps:

  • When you have digestive issues, focus on what you can eat and not so much on what you can’t eat.

Megan said:

“If I can’t eat something, I’m not going to dwell over it… I’ll just focus on what I can treat myself with.”

“You’re the doctor of your own body. You are your own advocate, which is so important in everything.”

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