Health with Hashimoto’s - Root Cause Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

You started the summer with a question. Now you have a longer list of root causes and the exact same question you had in May.

Which one am I supposed to do something about first?

That is not an information problem. It is a sorting problem.

In this episode, Esther goes back through the summer root cause series and sorts every topic covered into one of two buckets using the Hashimoto's thyroid or immune framework. Each one gets sorted out loud so you can see how the filter actually works when you apply it to real information, including the one topic that landed in both buckets and changed how she thinks about minerals.

In this episode, you'll learn:

Why vitamin D belongs in the immune bucket even though it matters for every cell in your body

Why the hair mineral test lands in both buckets, and what changed Esther's mind about it

How to take 25 saved screenshots and sort them down to one next step

Hit play and get a filter for everything you already know.

 

Resources mentioned

10 Thyroid Questions to Ask Your Doctor

Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune

Episode 204, the hair mineral test with Dee 

 

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

 

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

 

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

 

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

 

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

You have all the information. So why are you still stuck?

If you have spent years reading, researching, and following every account you can find, you already know a lot about Hashimoto's. The problem is not information. The problem is knowing what to do with it.

In this episode, Esther walks through the Hashimoto's thyroid or immune framework and shows you exactly how she used it on herself, back when she was first diagnosed. She shares which bucket she focused on first, why she skipped over diet even though she knew it mattered, and how she figured out her very next step instead of trying to do everything at once.

In this episode, you'll learn:

How to sort your own symptoms, labs, and next steps into the thyroid bucket or the immune bucket

Why Esther focused on sleep and stress first, even though she knew diet was important too

How to figure out your one next step instead of feeling like you have to fix everything at once

Hit play to hear the whole story, including the moment her teenage son asked her a question that says everything about why she does this work.

 

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

 

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

 

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

 

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

 

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

What if your thyroid is a victim, not the cause, of Hashimoto's

Your thyroid isn't broken. It's overwhelmed.

Esther talks with Dr. Jess Armine, a healthcare provider with almost 50 years of clinical experience. His take on Hashimoto's: the thyroid is a victim, not the cause. It's a downstream effect of something else happening in your body.

If your fatigue has ever been written off as laziness, this one will shift how you see it.

In this episode, you'll learn:

Why your thyroid isn't the real problem in Hashimoto's

Why your fatigue is a cellular energy crisis, not laziness

The one simple starting point Dr. Armine recommends before chasing every root cause

Guest bio:

Dr. Jess Armine has spent nearly 50 years in healthcare as an EMT, RN, and chiropractor. After his son's schizophrenia diagnosis, he dove into genetics, endocrinology, and mitochondrial function, developing what he calls bio-individualized medicine. He now specializes in complex illnesses that haven't found success elsewhere.

Make a free 30 min "Get Acquainted" consultation with Dr. Jess. Click here:  Get Acquainted

 

Resources mentioned:

Codeage Beyond Vitamins Platinum Women's Multivitamin (liposomal), on Fullscript: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/eyunkin

Full blog post: https://healthwithhashimotos.com

 

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

 

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

 

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

 

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

 

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Do you keep starting a new Hashimoto's protocol, only to abandon it a few weeks in when something newer shows up?

If that cycle feels familiar, you are not lacking discipline. You are missing a filter. In this episode, Esther explains why do I keep starting over with Hashimoto's protocols, and it is not the reason you think. The real issue is that every new supplement or protocol lands with equal weight because there is no way to sort it against what you are already doing.

In this episode, you'll learn:

The real reason starting over feels like progress, even when it isn't
The two bucket filter (thyroid or immune) for sorting anything new that crosses your feed
Four questions to ask before you try another supplement or protocol

Hit play to get the filter that stops the cycle for good.

 

Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune

Finally understand what's actually happening in your body.

https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

 

Hashimoto's Discernment Coaching

Not more information. A way to think about all of it.

https://healthwithhashimotos.com/book-now/ 

 

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

 

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Why does it seem like every Hashimoto's symptom shows up at once instead of one at a time?

In this episode, Esther explains why your root causes never work alone. A single stressor, like a poor night of sleep, can affect your blood sugar, your gut, and your immune system all at the same time. That is why you have so many Hashimoto's symptoms stacking on top of each other, and it is not because nothing you are doing is working.

In this episode, you'll learn:

Why a single bad night of sleep can throw off your blood sugar and your willpower the next day

How stress affects more than your mood, including your immune function and your gut lining

Why small positive changes ripple across your whole body the same way stressors do

Just as you are not a simple skeleton, you are not just a thyroid. Hit play to see how it all connects, and what to do about it without trying to fix everything at once.

 

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY

Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto's community! Join a supportive community that's here for you every step of the way.

The Health with Hashimoto’s community is on Skool: https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

 

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

 

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

 

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Hashimoto's Discernment Coaching

episode 205 with the stress diagram