The Rejuvenating Health Podcast

Share Your Thoughts! *Warning - This episode includes sensitive material relating to domestic abuse.* If you need confidential support, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788. If the phrase “but it’s not that bad” has ever crossed your mind, this conversation may land hard. We’re talking about domestic abuse and abusive relationship dynamics in a way that’s clear, trauma-informed, and grounded in what we actually see with women in real life: p...

Share Your Thoughts! Your metabolism is not a guess, and it definitely is not whatever your smartwatch says after a workout. We’re back in the lab with Lindsay as our very willing “test subject,” walking through her PNOE metabolic testing results and what they actually mean for real women trying to feel better, perform better, and stay healthy for the long haul. We get into the basics of indirect calorimetry, why measuring oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production can reveal what’s hap...

Share Your Thoughts! A pile of lab results can feel like certainty, until you realize you still do not feel like yourself. Coach Laken and Dr. Lindsey get real about the question we hear constantly: “Can you just run my labs?” Even as two people who genuinely love data, we explain why labs without context are not healthcare and why we will not sell you an expensive PDF of numbers with no plan for real change. We break down what “normal” actually means, how lab reference ranges are built, and...

Share Your Thoughts! Your labs can look “fine” or even impressive while a major risk hides in plain sight. Today we do something different: we walk through Dr. Lindsey’s own blood work and show why symptoms and body composition are not a real risk assessment, especially for busy, high-performing women who train, eat well, and still want to protect their long-term health. We start with the good news: excellent metabolic health markers like fasting glucose, insulin, A1C, triglycerides, HDL, an...

Share Your Thoughts! Your brain can swear you’re fine while your body keeps bracing for impact, and that gap is where so many women get stuck. We’re talking about the vagus nerve: what it is, why it’s trending, and why it matters for everyday health markers like digestion, sleep, cravings, inflammation, recovery, and heart rate variability (HRV). Think of it as a communication highway between your brain and body that helps decide whether you’re safe enough to “rest and digest” or stuck in sur...