Go Help Yourself: A Comedy Self-Help Podcast to Make Life Suck Less · Misty Stinnett & Lisa Linke

The Building Blocks of Wellness: Your Essential Guide to Functional Health with Vicky DiSanto

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Chronic stress can cause insulin resistance even without overeating McDonald's fries.

Misty Stinnett opens by framing the show for both new and longtime listeners. She then brings in a special guest, functional health coach Vicki DeSanto. The episode leans into a topic the show says it has not covered much before: nutrition and physical well-being. The conversation keeps the usual Go Help Yourself mix of humor and skepticism. Vicki explains that the gut and brain are in constant feedback with each other. The hosts react to that idea with curiosity and disbelief. Vicki says poor gut health can contribute to anxiety, depression, low mood, mood swings, personality issues, and apathy. Misty notes that so much of this still feels underexplored. The discussion widens into modern medicine and its habit of splitting the body into separate systems. Vicki argues that the body does not work in a vacuum. The thyroid comes up as a kind of thermostat for metabolic function. She explains that stress can push the body into a survival state. In that state, the body may burn less fat and store more. The episode keeps returning to the idea that everything in the body is connected. Vicki does not pitch a miracle cure. Instead, she emphasizes small changes and a path of least resistance. The tone stays loose enough for jokes but serious enough to feel informative. By the end, the episode lands on encouragement instead of hype. The closing note is that one small change can matter a lot. That gives the episode a practical finish without pretending wellness is simple.

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A skeptical, grounded look at nutrition and physical well-being, with the jokes left intact.

Go Help Yourself shifts into nutrition and physical well-being, and it lands best when it stays skeptical and a little sharp. Misty Stinnett hosts solo while Lisa Linke is out, and Vicki DeSanto joins for a discussion that moves from the gut-brain connection to thyroid health,…

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