Ep 2: Rewire your brain to improve your bloat with Lindsay Mitchell

May 3, 2022

Lindsay Mitchell, a former physician assistant and founder of VitalSide, specializes in brain retraining and neuroplasticity techniques to help those with chronic illness. In this enlightening discussion, she shares her personal battle with Lyme disease and how it influenced her journey. Lindsay dives into neuroplasticity, explaining how chronic illness can rewire the brain, and the critical link between the nervous system and gut health. She offers practical tools for breaking chronic stress cycles and reframing food associations to foster healthier digestion.

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ANECDOTE

Lyme Recovery Sparked A New Path

Lindsay Mitchell recovered from Lyme disease after conventional treatments left her symptomatic and hypervigilant.
Her personal healing led her to study neuroplasticity and build VitalSide to help others retrain their brains and nervous systems.

INSIGHT

Chronic Illness Rewires Danger Signals

Chronic illness can rewire the brain to constantly signal danger, sustaining inflammation and symptoms.
Changing that brain-body communication is necessary to break the negative feedback loop and allow healing.

INSIGHT

Brain And Gut Constantly Communicate

The brain constantly communicates with the gut and influences neurotransmitters like serotonin produced in the gut.
Treating the gut in isolation misses crucial brain-gut interactions that sustain symptoms.

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On today's episode of the love your gut podcast, we are joined by Lindsay Mitchell, who works as an NLP practitioner in her company Vital-Side. She joins us this week to discuss her work, her journey with Lyme disease, Neuroplasticity, and how the brain changes when we have a chronic illness. Lindsay discusses the necessity of learning how to regulate our nervous system as well as other fascinating stories such as other people's healing journeys. Enjoy this amazing episode by tuning in.

In this Episode You’ll Learn:

[01:43] What Lindsay Mitchell does and a quick overview of Vital- Side

[03:05] Mitchel’s own journey with Lyme disease and her healing process

[04:50] About Neuroplasticity, and how the brain changes when you have a chronic illness

[09:45] How the nervous system is intertwined with the gut where neuroplasticity lands.

[ 12:11] Why food is a huge limitation because you have sensitivities

[12:55] About chronic stress response

[14:37] What happens when we have a leaky gut

[16:26] How can we break chronic stress response, that negative feedback loop and tools to use

[19:10] How to identify the stress response, and then what you can do in the moment to get out of it

[21:43] First step to change your association with food and setting up your body for success

[25:50] Situational gut issues, specific triggers and how to react

[ 31:15] How would someone know if they should neuroplasticity and brain retraining when they have no anxiety

[39:01] The importance of learning how to regulate our nervous systems

[43:21] Lindsay Mitchell’s favorite way to love her gut

Quotes:

· “And that is how humans were designed is to have healing properties that allows us to not just survive, but thrive.” [08:26]

· “The brain is constantly communicating to the body, including the gut, and through so many different ways. You know, most of our serotonin is produced in the gut.” [11:15]

· “It doesn't matter where the trauma stems from, our bodies respond in the same way,” [12:48]

Links Mentioned:

Connect with Lindsay Mitchell:

o LinkedIn: Lindsay Mitchell

o Twitter: @myvitalside

o Facebook: Vital-Side

o YouTube: Lindsay Mitchell

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