The Evolving Wellness Podcast with Sarah Kleiner Wellness

Host Sarah Kleiner welcomes naturopath and educator Sheila Kennealy, an American living in France who teaches functional blood chemistry and runs The Practitioner Blueprint course. Sheila shares how early health challenges—Roaccutane, rapid weight loss, heavy antibiotic use, liver and biliary issues, mold exposure, and family trauma—shaped her focus on biochemistry, meditation, and the link between psychological and physiological freedom. They discuss environmental contributors to modern illness (non-native EMFs, food, water, air, mold, viral reactivation), the importance of nervous system regulation, and why dogmatic diets and chronic macronutrient restriction can backfire, especially for women. They emphasize pattern recognition in labs over single markers, seasonality in interventions, supplement fatigue, and nuanced approaches to GLP-1s, HRT, and MCAS/POTS, including the viral Pepcid/Allegra PMDD trend.
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Connect with Shelia

Website - https://healthymomentumclinic.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/holistichealthbysheila/ 
Courses - https://thepractitionersblueprint.com/ 

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Timestamp:
00:00 Meeting Yourself Daily
00:44 Podcast Welcome and Guest Intro
01:25 Show Disclaimer and Resources
02:39 Sheila Origin Story
06:06 80s Health Culture and Antibiotics
09:41 Travel and Leaving Chicago
11:02 EMF and US Health Debate
12:08 Sponsor Break VivaRays Glasses
13:22 Weight Journey and Food Freedom
16:01 City Living Mitigation Tips
17:37 Bloodwork Patterns and Flux
19:58 Carbs Stress and Insulin Resistance
22:24 GLP1 Drugs Tradeoffs
23:36 Sponsor Break Red Light Panel
25:15 Beyond Supplements Meditation
30:30 Back to Balanced Eating
31:35 Seasons in Functional Medicine
32:00 Seasonal Biohacking Mindset
33:11 Online Nutrition Dogma
34:22 Supplement Fatigue Reset
37:08 Complexity and Bioindividuality
40:51 Labs Genetics Context
45:53 MCAS POTS Rising
50:50 Hormones Histamine Link
58:37 Pepcid Allegra Trend
01:02:57 Where to Find Sheila
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This video is not medical advice & as a supporter to you and your health journey - I encourage you to monitor your labs and work with a professional!
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On the Evolving Wellness Podcast, host Sarah interviews Larry, a former football player and PhD in exercise physiology, about his worsening anxiety, depression, and cognitive symptoms after years of collision sports and a 2010 diagnosis of significant brain damage. After meeting CTE researcher Ann McKee in Boston and learning of near-infrared light research at the VA, Larry entered a study using a near-infrared headset and reports major improvements in mood, PTSD measures, cognition, and MRI functional connectivity, with symptoms returning when he stopped and improving again on a home device. He describes subsequent research in first responders and a season-long BYU football study comparing sham vs active headsets, reporting broad gains in performance measures and MRI indicators showing inflammation increases in controls but a net loss of inflammation and better axon health in treated players. Larry discusses practical use (20 minutes, typically mornings, three to five days weekly) and argues the approach is disease-modifying and relevant for athletes, veterans, and others.

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Timestamp:
00:00 Breakthrough Results Teaser
00:58 Podcast Return and Why This Matters
04:32 Guest Intro and Football Background
06:40 Symptoms and CTE Reality Check
10:42 Near Infrared Light Turning Point
16:03 From Personal Win to Research Mission
22:14 BYU Study Shocking Brain Findings
32:19 Choosing Real Devices
33:39 How To Use Vielight
34:54 Evidence And Research
36:22 Office Light Mitigation
38:03 Timing And Mechanisms
41:18 CTE Risks And Prevention
50:43 Adoption And Closing Thoughts
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This video is not medical advice & as a supporter to you and your health journey - I encourage you to monitor your labs and work with a professional!
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Get all my free guides and product recommendations to get started on your journey!
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Check out all my courses to understand how to improve your mitochondrial health & experience long lasting health! (Use code PODCAST to save 10%) -  https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/courses

My free product guide with all product recommendations and discount codes:
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Free Webinar on Light & Health (includes free light bulb guide) - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/mycircadianapp-free-webinar

Get Early Access to Podcast Episodes & my Seasonal Food Course + UVB+Red Light Therapy course for free -  https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahkleinerwellness/p/uvbred-light-protocol?r=5eztl9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Low ferritin can leave you exhausted, shedding hair, and wired at night even when your bloodwork looks "normal." In this episode I break down what "ferritin face" really means, the ferritin numbers that actually matter, and the exact labs to bring to your provider.

I share my own story (my ferritin dropped to a 9), the three ferritin patterns to know, why "normal" is not the same as optimal, and the root causes most people miss like estrogen clearance, gut absorption, and blood loss. None of this is medical advice, it's here to help you ask better questions and advocate for yourself.

Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. I only share things I actually use and trust.

Substack ferritin/iron article with my full personal protocol, estrogen clearance protocol, HCL protocol, and the extended lab lists - https://sarahkleinerwellness.substack.com/p/two-things-everyone-with-a-ferritin?r=5eztl9&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

Previous episode: "5 diet trends that can increase estrogen dominance" - https://youtu.be/60U3Fuk340U

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Lab list: Low ferritin is never just one marker. Bring these to your provider (not medical advice): ferritin, serum iron, transferrin saturation (TSAT), transferrin, TIBC, CBC (hemoglobin, RBC count, MCV), hs-CRP, ESR, copper, ceruloplasmin, B12, folate, full thyroid panel (TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, thyroid antibodies), liver markers, kidney markers, plus your symptoms and bleeding history. Cofactors to check: copper, retinol (vitamin A), B12, B2, B6, folate

This video is not medical advice & as a supporter to you and your health journey - I encourage you to monitor your labs and work with a professional!

________________________________________Get all my free guides and product recommendations to get started on your journey!https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/all-free-resourcesCheck out all my courses to understand how to improve your mitochondrial health & experience long lasting health! (Use code PODCAST to save 10%) - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/coursesMy free product guide with all product recommendations and discount codes:https://www.canva.com/design/DAF7mlgZpJI/xVyE4tiQFEWJmh_Xwx8Kbw/view?utm_content=DAF7mlgZpJI

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Quick note, some of the links in my description are affiliate links, so I may earn a small commission if you use them, and it doesn't cost you anything extra. I only ever share stuff I actually use.

Estrogen Cheat Sheet - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/opt-in-poor-estrogen-clearance-cheatsheet

Article - https://sarahkleinerwellness.substack.com/p/two-things-everyone-with-a-ferritin?r=5eztl9

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00:00 Estrogen Dominance Overview

00:49 Resources and Coaching Info

03:22 Light and Hormone Basics

03:49 Blueprint Testimonials

05:42 Trend One High Protein

10:34 Trend Two Chronic Low Carb

15:23 Trend Three Carnivore No Fiber

17:58 More Testimonials

19:00 Trend Four Undereating Fasting

21:50 Trend Five Nuts Seeds Grains

24:47 Foundational Fixes Light Sleep

27:33 Wrap Up and Next Steps

This video is not medical advice & as a supporter to you and your health journey - I encourage you to monitor your labs and work with a professional!

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_Get all my free guides and product recommendations to get started on your journey!https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/all-free-resources

Check out all my courses to understand how to improve your mitochondrial health & experience long lasting health! (Use code PODCAST to save 10%) - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/courses

My free product guide with all product recommendations and discount codes:https://www.canva.com/design/DAF7mlgZpJI/xVyE4tiQFEWJmh_Xwx8Kbw/view?utm_content=DAF7mlgZpJI

Free Webinar on Light & Health (includes free light bulb guide) - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/mycircadianapp-free-webinar

Early Access to Podcast Episodes & my Seasonal Food Course + UVB+Red Light Therapy course for free -  https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahkleinerwellness/p/uvbred-light-protocol?r=5eztl9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

CARBS ebook - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/offers/B8z53ZXr?coupon_code=SUMMER50

Free Cheat Sheet - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/opt-in-carbs

COACHING WAITLIST - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/the-bio-individual-blueprint-waitlist

This video is not medical advice & as a supporter to you and your health journey - I encourage you to monitor your labs and work with a professional!

00:00 Five Carb Mistakes
00:19 Carnivore Backstory
02:32 Carbs Ebook Offer
03:39 Mistake One Fat Swap
06:12 Mistake Two Scale Obsession
09:19 Mistake Three Light Timing
13:36 Mistake Four Too Fast
14:57 Mistake Five Context Protein
16:47 Patience Wrap Up