Dr. Ellen Vora returns to the podcast! You may remember her from our previous episode about anxiety, insomnia, and depression. You can think of this as part two of the conversation, where we talk a little bit more about anxiety and also dig deeper into hormone health and autoimmune disease.   Ellen Vora, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, yoga teacher, and author of The Anatomy of Anxiety. She takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root. Listen to gain practical strategies for your holistic health and well-being. In this episode, you’ll hear about: The landscape for healing your gut can be overwhelming - Dr. Ellen explains some steps to get started(12:23) Advice for taking action on causes that matter and balancing the anxiety that usually comes with it (17:35) Some ways to gently nudge yourself back toward better hormone balance (15:16) Dr. Ellen provides an overview of some of the endocrine disrupters we should stay away from - including some of the clothes we are wearing (25:45) Resources from this episode: 1:1 Coaching with Andrea Dr. Ellen’s website Dr. Ellen’s book Episode 478: Self-care series: Anxiety, Insomnia, and Depression with Dr. Ellen Vora Book recommendations: I love a good personal development book, and you do too, right? I’ve compiled a list of book recommendations, as mentioned in past episodes. Check out these amazing book recommendations here. Happy reading!   MSN is supported by: We love the sponsors that make our show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: andreaowen.com/sponsors/ Episode link: http://andreaowen.com/579 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices