The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

There’s a version of functional medicine that works, and then there’s the version that leaves people with a stack of labs, a cabinet full of supplements, and a whole lot of confusion. In this conversation, Erin is joining holistic nutritionist Ali Shapiro on the Truce with Food podcast to get candid about the difference, what she’s seeing in her own practice, and why things have gotten a little “wonky” in the wellness space.
Erin gets into the trenches of how her work has shifted, why she’s no longer looking at the physical body in isolation, and what happens when you bring the nervous system, your patterns, and your lived experience into the room.
P.S. The special $49/month founder’s rate for the Manifest Your Health membership ends THIS week!

In this episode:
Erin’s definition of intuitive functional medicine, and why it’s not about choosing between the body, mind, or nervous system
How to self-source and trust your own body vs. outsourcing to experts
Why more data (labs, trackers, testing) isn’t always better, and how it can disconnect you from your body
The “and both” approach to health and why this is where real transformation happens
What it looks like to work with a practitioner who co-pilots with you

Resources mentioned:
Manifest Your Health is officially open! Join our neuroscience backed membership designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and finally break out of the symptom loop.
Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.
Apply to work with us 1:1 here.
Learn more about Ali Shapiro and Truce With Food.

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Transcending chronic symptoms, reclaiming your vitality, and no longer making your health your whole personality? That’s exactly what this episode is about. Erin is breaking down the five stages of healing, and the EXACT patterns her clients go through before they feel free in their bodies.
Erin gets into the nocebo effect, health hyper-vigilance, the medicine spiral, and the kind of inner work that will move you into a new identity. She also connects the dots between how your brain processes labels, how fear and focus can reinforce symptoms, and why so many people stay stuck in loops even when they’re doing “all the right things.”
P.S. The Manifest Your Health app is here! Get your $49/mo founding membership HERE.
In this episode:
Erin’s favorite stage of healing (Stage 4) and why the real work happens there
Our cultural obsession with labels, and why getting a diagnosis can feel like “sweet relief”
How the medicine spiral creates deeper healing every time you move through it
The identity shift that allows you to stop constantly monitoring your body and finally feel free in it

Resources mentioned:
Manifest Your Health is officially open! Join our neuroscience backed membership designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and finally break out of the symptom loop.
Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.
Apply to work with us 1:1 here.
Episode 258: Using Manifestation to Heal Your Body
Episode 404: From Symptom Obsession to Freedom In Your Body

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OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)

Let’s talk about manifestation, but not in a vision boards and affirmations kinda way. In this episode, Erin is diving into three of her favorite topics: manifestation, the subconscious mind, and the nervous system, and how they’re ALL deeply connected when it comes to your health.
Did you know that 90-95% of what you experience as “reality” is shaped by subconscious patterns? Your subconscious mind is constantly scanning for evidence of what you already believe, which influences how you think, feel, and respond on a daily basis. And all of this is the foundation behind the Manifest Your Health app, which launches on April 27th.

In this episode:
The moment Erin’s nervous system shut down before a mastermind and how she rewired it
How your perception of safety directly impacts digestion, immune function, and emotional regulation
Why your body already knows how to heal and what might be blocking you from accessing it
How visceral hypersensitivity turns normal sensations into pain (and why that matters beyond IBS)
How to expand what your brain allows you to see so you can access more opportunity and possibility

Resources mentioned:
The doors for Manifest Your Health open on April 27th. Join our neuroscience backed membership that blends systems biology with nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring and emotional release.
Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.
Apply to work with us 1:1 here.

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO:
https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/406-manifestation
Check out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | Instagram
Organifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK)
LMNT Electrolyte Replenishing powder (Use code FUNK and get a free sample pack with any purchase!)
OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)

If you’ve outgrown parts of your life, your identity, maybe even the way you used to cope, and the “what’s next” feels blurry, it can feel destabilizing as hell in your body.
Your body is not designed to live in a constant state of fear, panic, and anxiety. And yet, so many of us are stuck there in that in-between space.
Erin is sharing the exact tools she uses to de-escalate anxiety in real time, from breathwork, EFT tapping, and nervous system support, so you can move out of panic without abandoning yourself, and start responding to your body instead of fighting it.
In this episode:
What happened when Erin had her first panic attack in years, and how she de-escalated it
The simple shift of saying “this is anxiety” and how it interrupts the spiral before it takes over
The reframe that turns anxiety from a threat into an initiation (yes, really!)
How EFT tapping helps your body process and move emotional energy instead of holding onto it
Breathwork techniques, nervine herbs, and yoga poses that can drop you into parasympathetic faster

Resources mentioned:
The doors for Manifest Your Health officially open on April 27th. Join our neuroscience backed membership that blends systems biology with nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring and emotional release.
Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.
Apply to work with us 1:1 here.
Episode 384: The Top 7 Physiological Causes of Anxiety You Might Be Overlooking

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Organifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK)
OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)

Burned out, inflamed, doing all the “right” things, and still getting worse? Emily Markham was deep in that loop for years, managing digestive issues, acne, fatigue, and anxiety while trying to out-supplement a life that was running her into the ground.
In this Manifest Your Health client case study, Emily shares what actually changed, and the “secondary gains” and subconscious programming inside this work that helped her get there.
You’ll hear how Emily moved out of obsessive symptom-checking and into freedom in her body after being diagnosed with mold illness, and why healing finally clicked for her when she stopped trying to override her body.

In this episode:
Emily’s strict functional protocols during COVID, including not being able to eat the same food twice in 5 days
How spending 80–90% of your day thinking about symptoms can keep you stuck in a never-ending loop
What “secondary gains” are and why they can override even the most perfect protocol
Erin’s spicy take on nervous system healing, and how it’s about more than quick hacks and breathing exercises
The work inside Manifest Your Health that helped deepen Emily’s trust in her body and a connection to something bigger than herself

Resources mentioned:
The doors for Manifest Your Health officially open on April 27th. Join our neuroscience backed membership that blends systems biology with nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring and emotional release.
Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.
Apply to work with us 1:1 here.

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO:
https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/404-manifest-your-health-case-study
Check out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | Instagram
Organifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK)
LMNT Electrolyte Replenishing powder (Use code FUNK and get a free sample pack with any purchase!)
OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)