Raging Hormones Part 4 Coaches Guide
Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four This guide can easily be adapted to work with a group or one-on-one coaching clients. The questions are only suggestions. As the coach, you are the best judge as to how the discussion should progress.
Audio #4: Your Tricky Thyroid and Tricks of the Trade Description: In this part of the series we’ll discuss the sex hormones and how our choices contribute to many symptoms we experience. Online downloadable notes are available.
Personal Reflection We have talked about a lot this series including cortisol, adrenaline, our people pleasing complex, estrogen, progesterone, liver loaders, sleep, alcohol, coffee, taking timeouts and deep breathing just to name a few. We are going to end this series, briefly touching on thyroid issues. Thyroid function can be affected or influenced by many topics already discussed including estrogen dominance, elevated cortisol brought on by stress, poor liver detoxification, poor management of stress and other factors OVERACTIVE THYROID The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland that sits in your throat area and it makes hormones that play a huge role in your metabolic rate, temperature regulation and energy levels. The thyroid gland can become overactive, known as hyperthyroidism and include symptoms such as: Heat intolerance or easily overheating Heart palpitations Nervousness
Insomnia
Breathlessness
Increased bowel movements
Light or absent menstrual periods
Fatigue
Trembling hands
Fast heart rate
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four Weight loss
Muscle Weakness
Warm, moist skin
Hair loss
Staring gaze
Bulging eyes
UNDERACTIVE THYROID An underactive thyroid is what is known as hypothyroidism. These types of people may feel coffee makes them happy and chocolate helps them because of the dopamine enhancing actions of chocolate. What are the classic symptoms of hypothyroidism? Gradual weight increase over months for
Often feeling cold, feeling you can’t get warms
no apparent reason Tendency to constipation
Tendency to depressed mood, forgetfulness, and a sense of being easily confused
Hair loss or hair drier than previously
Dry, brittle nails
Menstrual problems
Difficult conceiving
Beyond tired, fatigued
Headaches
What is most likely connected with poor liver detox, mineral deficiencies (such as iodine and selenium), estrogen dominance and elevated cortisol brought on by stress? Hypothyroidism
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four The
pituitary gland
stimulating hormones
(located in the brain) releases something called TSH which is Thyroid . TSH signals the thyroid to make one of its hormones called T4 or thyroxin.
T4 must then be converted into T3, which is you’re
active thyroid hormone that drives your
metabolic rate and capacity to burn body fat. How are you giving yourself permission to make changes in your life to slow down the pace…smell the roses…remember the precious moments that are passing you by and can never be recaptured? What are you committed to doing to make sure this happens?
What are some things you can do to create a gratitude tradition for yourself and family? Keep a journal of the people, memories and things you are grateful for, share all the things you are grateful for with someone special. When you wake up in the morning, try smiling and welcoming another new and wonderful day full of opportunities. Breathe deeply from your belly in the morning, throughout the day and before you go to bed. Drink lots of clean, pure water and enjoy a ritual of sipping tea instead of a cup of joe... you really can survive without it. Eat real foods that show your body you are listening to it and you care. Make eating a ritual that you do without the distractions of a computer, phone or while you are driving and chew slowly and graciously…it will do wonders for your bowels and bloating.
Challenge For The Week: Personal Challenge #1: Create little time outs throughout your day (schedule them in) for you to relax and unplug. It is also suggested to choose one day during the week that you are unplugged from your phone, email, work, and any other obligations you would consider stressful or work related. Personal Challenge #2: Show your Thyroid gland some love by getting adequate selenium, iodine and iron. A great source of selenium includes Brazil nuts, tuna, eggs, rice. Celtic sea salt and seaweeds can provide iodine. For iron, good food sources include beef, lamb, eggs, mussels, sardine, lentils, green leafy vegetables and dates. Iron absorption is also enhanced by Vitamin C.
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four Try a 4-week trial of no dairy or gluten. Support liver and gall bladder function to assist in having frequent bowel movements by following the suggestions for supporting your liver covered in this series. Personal Challenge #3: Listen to your body. What is your body telling you that you need to pay more attention to, or eliminate, or begin doing?
Focus for the Week: (Wellness Trackers are HIGHLY recommended for this series to best support your client(s). Visit amberthiel.com/store and login to purchase these at a discount or refer your clients to this site.) 1. Commit to The Wellness Tracker. Use to track your stress hormone symptoms and progress. 2. Begin/continue living The Five Healthy Edge Daily Goals. Review the goals and answer questions. 1. Eat healthy and low-glycemic every 2-3 hours 2. Eat 6 or more whole foods. 3. Drink 80 oz. or more of water.
After Group Session
4. Exercise 45 minutes or walk 10,000 steps. 5. Take a high quality supplement as directed.
After One-on-One Session
Evaluate: What went well? What would you do differently? What feedback did you receive? What ideas would you like to implement next time?
Evaluate: What breakthroughs occurred? What powerful questions did you or could you have asked? Where are they still stuck? What do they need from you this week?
Follow‐up 24 hours before next sessions: Contact client or group (email, FB, text) within 24 hours of session. o Acknowledgement/breakthrough. o Review of focus items for the week. o Inspiration. o Where they can go for support. (email, text, FB group, FB Healthy Edge Community, etc.) ©BY THE HEALTHY EDGE, LLC
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four
Within 24 hours of next session. Communicate the following: o Date, time, location/phone number o Bring Wellness Tracker. o Listen to Audio 2 of Body Shock Challenge and complete personal guide. o A statement about showing up NO MATTER what was been completed or not completed.
©BY THE HEALTHY EDGE, LLC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Audio #4: Your Tricky Thyroid and Tricks of the Trade Description: In this part of the series we’ll discuss the sex hormones and how our choices contribute to many symptoms we experience. Online downloadable notes are available.
Personal Reflection We have talked about a lot this series including cortisol, adrenaline, our people pleasing complex, estrogen, progesterone, liver loaders, sleep, alcohol, coffee, taking timeouts and deep breathing just to name a few. We are going to end this series, briefly touching on thyroid issues. Thyroid function can be affected or influenced by many topics already discussed including estrogen dominance, elevated cortisol brought on by stress, poor liver detoxification, poor management of stress and other factors OVERACTIVE THYROID The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland that sits in your throat area and it makes hormones that play a huge role in your metabolic rate, temperature regulation and energy levels. The thyroid gland can become overactive, known as hyperthyroidism and include symptoms such as: Heat intolerance or easily overheating Heart palpitations Nervousness
Insomnia
Breathlessness
Increased bowel movements
Light or absent menstrual periods
Fatigue
Trembling hands
Fast heart rate
©BY THE HEALTHY EDGE, LLC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four Weight loss
Muscle Weakness
Warm, moist skin
Hair loss
Staring gaze
Bulging eyes
UNDERACTIVE THYROID An underactive thyroid is what is known as hypothyroidism. These types of people may feel coffee makes them happy and chocolate helps them because of the dopamine enhancing actions of chocolate. What are the classic symptoms of hypothyroidism? Gradual weight increase over months for
Often feeling cold, feeling you can’t get warms
no apparent reason Tendency to constipation
Tendency to depressed mood, forgetfulness, and a sense of being easily confused
Hair loss or hair drier than previously
Dry, brittle nails
Menstrual problems
Difficult conceiving
Beyond tired, fatigued
Headaches
What is most likely connected with poor liver detox, mineral deficiencies (such as iodine and selenium), estrogen dominance and elevated cortisol brought on by stress? Hypothyroidism
©BY THE HEALTHY EDGE, LLC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four The
pituitary gland
stimulating hormones
(located in the brain) releases something called TSH which is Thyroid . TSH signals the thyroid to make one of its hormones called T4 or thyroxin.
T4 must then be converted into T3, which is you’re
active thyroid hormone that drives your
metabolic rate and capacity to burn body fat. How are you giving yourself permission to make changes in your life to slow down the pace…smell the roses…remember the precious moments that are passing you by and can never be recaptured? What are you committed to doing to make sure this happens?
What are some things you can do to create a gratitude tradition for yourself and family? Keep a journal of the people, memories and things you are grateful for, share all the things you are grateful for with someone special. When you wake up in the morning, try smiling and welcoming another new and wonderful day full of opportunities. Breathe deeply from your belly in the morning, throughout the day and before you go to bed. Drink lots of clean, pure water and enjoy a ritual of sipping tea instead of a cup of joe... you really can survive without it. Eat real foods that show your body you are listening to it and you care. Make eating a ritual that you do without the distractions of a computer, phone or while you are driving and chew slowly and graciously…it will do wonders for your bowels and bloating.
Challenge For The Week: Personal Challenge #1: Create little time outs throughout your day (schedule them in) for you to relax and unplug. It is also suggested to choose one day during the week that you are unplugged from your phone, email, work, and any other obligations you would consider stressful or work related. Personal Challenge #2: Show your Thyroid gland some love by getting adequate selenium, iodine and iron. A great source of selenium includes Brazil nuts, tuna, eggs, rice. Celtic sea salt and seaweeds can provide iodine. For iron, good food sources include beef, lamb, eggs, mussels, sardine, lentils, green leafy vegetables and dates. Iron absorption is also enhanced by Vitamin C.
©BY THE HEALTHY EDGE, LLC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four Try a 4-week trial of no dairy or gluten. Support liver and gall bladder function to assist in having frequent bowel movements by following the suggestions for supporting your liver covered in this series. Personal Challenge #3: Listen to your body. What is your body telling you that you need to pay more attention to, or eliminate, or begin doing?
Focus for the Week: (Wellness Trackers are HIGHLY recommended for this series to best support your client(s). Visit amberthiel.com/store and login to purchase these at a discount or refer your clients to this site.) 1. Commit to The Wellness Tracker. Use to track your stress hormone symptoms and progress. 2. Begin/continue living The Five Healthy Edge Daily Goals. Review the goals and answer questions. 1. Eat healthy and low-glycemic every 2-3 hours 2. Eat 6 or more whole foods. 3. Drink 80 oz. or more of water.
After Group Session
4. Exercise 45 minutes or walk 10,000 steps. 5. Take a high quality supplement as directed.
After One-on-One Session
Evaluate: What went well? What would you do differently? What feedback did you receive? What ideas would you like to implement next time?
Evaluate: What breakthroughs occurred? What powerful questions did you or could you have asked? Where are they still stuck? What do they need from you this week?
Follow‐up 24 hours before next sessions: Contact client or group (email, FB, text) within 24 hours of session. o Acknowledgement/breakthrough. o Review of focus items for the week. o Inspiration. o Where they can go for support. (email, text, FB group, FB Healthy Edge Community, etc.) ©BY THE HEALTHY EDGE, LLC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Coaches Guide: Raging Hormones - Part Four
Within 24 hours of next session. Communicate the following: o Date, time, location/phone number o Bring Wellness Tracker. o Listen to Audio 2 of Body Shock Challenge and complete personal guide. o A statement about showing up NO MATTER what was been completed or not completed.
©BY THE HEALTHY EDGE, LLC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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