It’s time to uncover what's ACTUALLY going on in your gut! Are you stuck in the cycle of treating SIBO over and over, only to have your symptoms return? Today, Erin and Rachel Heintz, MS, RDN, are revealing the most common reasons that keep people stuck in the SIBO loop, including why standard protocols and restrictive diets often miss the mark, and the deeper, more nuanced reasons SIBO recurs.

You'll learn what your stool test might be trying to tell you, how stress and low stomach acid sabotage gut healing, and the critical roles bile flow, mineral status, and even meal timing play in your recovery.

Whether you're dealing with persistent bloating, IBS-like symptoms, or have been told you just need “another round of antibiotics”, this conversation will help you finally move forward.

In this episode:

• Why low stomach acid and bile flow are two of the biggest root causes of recurring SIBO
• Grazing all day might be sabotaging your gut's natural cleaning system (the Migrating Motor Complex)
• The surprising role of serotonin and mineral imbalances in gut motility and chronic constipation
• What your breath test and stool test can and can’t reveal about your gut health
• Why SIBO won't truly resolve unless you address large intestine dysbiosis, immune function, and structural issues like valve dysfunction or surgical adhesions

Join Erin’s Masterclass on August 14th for just $77! How to Turn 1:1 Client Wins into a Scalable Group Program

Applications are now open for the fall 2025 cohort of Funk’tional Nutrition Academy.

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Is AI coming for your job? Erin tackles this pressing question head-on in a thought-provoking episode designed to help you navigate the rise of AI with clarity and confidence. Instead of reacting from fear, you'll learn how to lean into what makes your work truly irreplaceable (like your presence, intuition, clinical insight, and the ability to facilitate real transformation!)

Erin breaks down how buyer behavior has evolved, why information alone no longer sells, and what this means for those building programs, writing content, or delivering client services. Surface-level strategies just won’t cut it anymore.

Whether you’re just starting your practice or leading a growing team, this episode will re-ground you in the skills and mindset needed to thrive and stand out in an increasingly noisy and AI-influenced space.

• How consumer behavior has shifted toward craving transformation over info-packed courses
• The 4 essential focus areas you must make to futureproof your business and stay relevant in the age of AI
• How overreliance on AI can damage the reputation of functional medicine if misused for lab analysis and protocols
• Erin’s tips and tricks on designing experiences that are rooted in your own voice, values, and client success stories
• Why presence, intuition, and clinical mentorship are irreplaceable in delivering care that changes lives

Join Erin’s Masterclass on August 14th for just $77! How to Turn 1:1 Client Wins into a Scalable Group Program

Applications are now open for the fall 2025 cohort of Funk’tional Nutrition Academy.

What if your burnout is not because you're doing too much, but because you're not doing enough of the stuff that lights you up and makes you feel alive?

In this energizing solo episode, Erin is reframing burnout through the lens of disconnection: from your creativity, your joy, and your unique voltage.

If you’re a high-achieving practitioner feeling the weight of 1:1 work and wondering how to scale your impact without losing the soul of what you do, this episode introduces the power of group programs. There’s no better way to give more people access to you and your inner genius.

And Erin is hosting a special 90 minute masterclass on August 14th to help you package up your protocols, insights, and client wins into your next creation, with no fluff. This is a jam-packed session for anyone ready to teach, lead, and create from a place of alignment. Sign up here!

In this episode:

• Why traditional burnout advice misses the mark, and what your energy body has to do with healing
• The critical difference between empathy and compassion (one quietly leads to emotional depletion!)
• How Erin scaled her business by following her inner voltage rather than just tactics
• The signs that you’re running on someone else’s power source instead of your own
• Why group programs should NEVER be created using AI tools like ChatGPT, and how your energy impacts the experience
• PLUS, thoughtful journal prompts to reconnect to yourself

When you ignore your own boundaries, your body will set them FOR you – through burnout, hormonal dysfunction, autoimmune flare-ups, and chronic fatigue. So if you’ve ever pushed your needs aside “just for now,” consider this your compassionate wake-up call.

In this live call from the Your Hormone Revival program, Erin delivers a tough-love, no-shame framework for your health journey so you can reclaim your vitality, learn how to say no, prioritize yourself, and heal at the root level.

Erin highlights the powerful (and often overlooked) mindset shifts that create lasting results, like the difference between intention and commitment, and how subconscious stressors sneak into your system.

You’ll also get access to a game-changing visualization exercise to anchor your goals.

• Why symptoms like fatigue, burnout, and autoimmune flare-ups are your body’s way of enforcing boundaries you haven’t set for yourself
• The 7 hidden, subconscious stressors (like hyper-responsibility and the inability to say no), that silently drive hormonal chaos
• A guided visualization exercise designed to uncover your deepest blocks and clarify your future vision
• The critical difference between “setting an intention” and “making a commitment”
• Actionable tools for setting energetic and time boundaries so you can prioritize your healing - even when life feels too full or chaotic!

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be a powerful tool, but it’s just one piece of the perimenopause puzzle.

In this episode, Erin is talking to renowned nutrition scientist and functional medicine expert Dr. Deanna Minich to challenge the “HRT or bust” narrative, diving into the deeper systems involved (like your gut, liver, and brain!) and how they shape your hormonal experience.

Dr. Minich introduces a root-cause framework that prioritizes the health of the entire endocrine system, not just hormone levels in isolation. You’ll learn about the five pillars of hormone processing (synthesis, transport, activation, metabolism, and excretion), the emerging role of endocrine disruptors, and why starting with gut health and detox pathways is essential before jumping into hormone therapy.

If you’re hormone-curious, this conversation will expand your understanding, AND your options.

In this episode:

• Why jumping straight into hormone replacement therapy might bypass the real issues, like a dysfunctional endocrine system
• The critical role of the HPTA-GLOA Axis and how it regulates your mood, your metabolism, detoxification, and inflammation
• How to support the full hormone cascade (not just estrogen/progesterone)
• A bold parallel between today’s HRT marketing and the diet fads of the '90s
• How maca supports hormonal balance, especially when symptoms don’t require or respond to HRT

Imagine eating food that not only nourishes your body, but also heals the planet. In this episode, Erin is exploring the transformative power of regenerative farming with Stan and Eileen from Ramstead Ranch.

Together, they break down how regenerative agriculture goes FAR beyond the “organic” label and why it matters for your immune system, gut health, and chronic inflammation. There’s an often-overlooked connection between soil health, animal welfare, and your body’s nutrient absorption!

You’ll learn what makes food truly nutrient-dense, how industrial farming practices have stripped our food of bioavailable minerals, and simple questions you should ask your local farmers if you want to navigate your food choices with curiosity and care.

• The differences between “organic,” “pasture-raised,” and truly regenerative food practices
• How modern farming depletes soil and why that matters for your nutrient intake
• What “grass-fed AND grass-finished” actually means (and why it’s crucial)
• The surprising role of soil microbes in your immune system and gut health
• How to ask the right questions when sourcing food - even if you’re not a farmer!

If you've ever been told that endometriosis is “just a hormonal issue”, this episode will challenge everything you thought you knew. Endo is not a simple diagnosis - it’s a whole body inflammatory disease, and conventional approaches often miss key contributors like gut dysbiosis, immune dysfunction, and histamine intolerance. Through powerful client case studies, Erin highlights how a root cause lens can bring real relief where protocols alone fall short.

You’ll learn how functional testing like stool analysis, SIBO breath tests, and even mold and toxin panels can uncover what's really going on beneath your symptoms. Whether you’ve been living with endo symptoms for years or are just starting your healing journey, this episode will help you reclaim your health.

• Why up to 90% of people with endo ALSO struggle with irritable bowel symptoms
• How LPS-producing bacteria and gut imbalances can drive immune dysfunction in endometriosis
• The connection between estrogen, histamine, and mast cell activation (and why it matters for symptom relief)
• What high beta-glucuronidase on a stool test could tell you about hormone detox pathways
• When it’s time to look beyond gut and hormone tests and look to mold, toxins, and deeper functional markers

Are you navigating mysterious gut issues, only to be told everything looks “normal”? Erin walks us through a real client case that sheds light on what standard GI testing often misses. After 20 years of stomach pain, bloating, rosacea, and food reactions, a functional stool analysis finally gave this woman answers.

Erin breaks down the six major findings from the client’s GI Map stool test, including H. pylori, low commensal bacteria, opportunistic overgrowths, low digestive enzymes, sky-high immune markers, and gluten reactivity. You’ll hear how each result connects to her symptoms and how traditional medicine overlooked all of it.

Erin also speaks candidly about why physical healing must be addressed alongside emotional and energetic work and what realistic healing timelines really look like when you're working with a functional provider.

• The GI test that uncovered H. Pylori, low beneficial bacteria, and inflammation, even after years of “normal” endoscopies
• Why symptoms like rosacea, joint pain, and food reactions may be rooted in gut dysfunction (and what to do about it)
• Opportunistic bacteria like Pseudomonas and Staph aureus can drive food sensitivities, especially to gluten
• What elevated secretory IgA and anti-gliadin IgA REALLY say about your gut’s immune response
• Erin’s take on realistic healing timelines and why your gut protocol might need constant evolution to truly work