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My guest today is Dr. Catherine Clinton, she is a licensed naturopathic physician with a focus on gut health, autoimmunity and psychoneuroimmunology.  She is a respected author, speaker, & a pediatric health advocate, and has an established practice in Eugene, Oregon.

Episode Highlights:

• Dr. Clinton's daily intentional activity to work towards greater healthspan
• The body gives us both safety and danger signals, with a goal of homeostasis
• Looking at autoimmunity - The body responding to those danger signals; Dr. Catherine's experience with autoimmunity during med school; Psychoneuroimmunology; Finding the relationship with the world around us
• Whole Health Messaging - out body is a communication network
• Vagus Nerve - 70-90% of body signals flow TO the brain, as the brain acts as a sort of computer; 2 branches of nervous system: Sympathetic & Parasympathetic; Stress response; Vagal Tone and tips to toning, bring us into parasympathetic

Action points: 

1. AM sunlight combined with movement and grounding, taking in free electrons
2. PM - blue-lights off at sunset, warm or red lights will help with the release of melatonin. Getting in sync with the Sun/Moon cycle
3. Check out HeartMath Institute for free info on heart/brain/gratitude training

2-Minute Guided Meditation

Dr. Clinton's upcoming book: Inner Connected, A New Theory of Health and Disease. With a Spring Release, be watching Dr. Catherine's social media or Becoming Ageless's Insta for updates!

If you liked this episode, please rate and subscribe! A high rating helps in getting this podcast out to more people. Your love and support in helping me broadcast this message of creating a healthy lifespan (ie:healthspan) is so appreciated and means the world to me, as this is truly a passion project! A number should not dictate our health. Help me in changing this attitude so the world can live agelessly! Thank you! ~Robynn 💕

Connect with Becoming Ageless Podcast 

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Connect with Dr. Clinton: 

website: DrCatherineClinton.com, Instagram: @Dr.CatherineClinton, Facebook: @dr.catherineclintonnd

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website: RobynnLin.com, Social Media: @RobynnLin