1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,800 Welcome to Peptides for Women. I'm Jennifer Woodward and this 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,560 is your podcast for smart, honest conversations about 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,000 peptide therapy and midlife Wellness. 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,440 We cover everything from GLP ones to BPC 157, plus the 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,560 foundations that still matter, sunlight, steps, strength 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,560 training, protein and minerals. So if you're ready to feel 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:29,480 better with science, back tools, and natural habits that actually 8 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,240 work, you're in the right place. Let's dive in. 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,960 I have to address the question I get more than almost any other 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,160 question, More than what do I do about my belly fat, more than is 11 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:43,960 this perimenopause, and honestly, probably more than 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,480 questions from my own family. Where do I get my peptides? 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,920 So here's the answer. I've been working with LEMD now 14 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,760 for about a year and I genuinely love them. 15 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,280 The physician oversight, the quality of the peptides, and the 16 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,240 business opportunity they've built for practitioners like me 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,360 is the real deal. If you want to order your own 18 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,319 peptides, the link is in the show notes. 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,880 It's super easy. And if you're a practitioner and 20 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,480 you want to talk about how LEMD can work in your own practice, 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,400 reach out to me directly. The conversation is free and 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,520 it's a good one. But a couple of quick 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,080 disclosures, because I'm a legally responsible adults, if 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,840 you purchase through my show notes link, I do earn an 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,400 affiliate income. Thank you. 26 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,520 I also want to be clear that I'm not a doctor and I don't 27 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,880 diagnose, treat, or prescribe anything. 28 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,160 I'm just a woman who did a lot of research, has a lot of 29 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,760 feelings about her hormones, and now has a podcast about it. 30 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:41,000 OK, now let's get into it. Welcome back to the Peptides for 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,120 Women podcast. I'm Jennifer Woodward and I'm so 32 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:49,000 excited Today I have a treat for you guys, the dynamic duo of 33 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,640 Colin and Aaliyah Decant. I am thrilled to get to welcome 34 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,160 them to the show. We've had a great time chatting 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,440 before we hit record. So let me tell you a little bit 36 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,400 about the Decants. Aleah is an FDNP that 37 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,920 specializes in working with midlife women so that they can 38 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,600 truly feel their best in this season of life. 39 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:13,840 And after a 25 year career in the RV industry, Colin and Aleah 40 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,960 and their family moved as a family to Arizona so they could 41 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,560 be closer to their own family. And Colin has now decided to 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,280 join his wife's business as a Wellness coach and will become 43 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,040 peptide certified. The Cans have actually been 44 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,880 using peptides in their own life for quite some time, so I cannot 45 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,280 wait to dig into their story with you today. 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:35,840 Welcome you guys. How's it going? 47 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,440 Good. Thank you for having us. 48 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:38,720 Doing great. Thank you. 49 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,720 Yes, I am thrilled to have you. We need to start with the fact 50 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:47,000 that there was a big event that led you guys to even consider 51 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,680 peptide. So Aaliyah, can you tell us a 52 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,760 little bit about where that started for you? 53 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,200 Sure, absolutely. So just under five years ago on 54 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,520 my 40th birthday, right after about 5 days later, I was 55 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,520 diagnosed with breast cancer and I ended up doing a blend of 56 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,160 traditional and holistic or integrative oncology in my 57 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,440 approach. I had a double mass decked me 58 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:13,280 back in our hometown and then decided that the the rest of the 59 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,400 tools in that tool shed were just not the ones that I felt 60 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,280 aligned with. And so I actually flew out to 61 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,200 California to Irvine and did the rest of my oncology treatment 62 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,880 with an integrative team out there. 63 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,520 And during that time I did low dose chemo, a whole bunch of 64 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,520 other alternative therapies. But one of the things they had 65 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,080 me do was peptides. So that was my very first 66 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,320 introduction to peptides was when I was going through 67 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,200 treatment and they had me doing GHKC. 68 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,040 So that was my very first introduction. 69 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,480 Had never even really heard of peptides at that point. 70 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:49,560 And it was amazing how I looked and felt while going through low 71 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,840 dose chemotherapy while I was undertaking peptides. 72 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,840 It was game changer for me for sure. 73 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,440 Definitely curious about Bethelia because GHKCU wouldn't 74 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,640 be the first peptide that would come to mind in a situation like 75 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,880 that for me, but I'm not educated in that way. 76 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,440 Can you explain to me the thought process and kind of what 77 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,120 that would be doing with regards to your cancer or your body at 78 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,280 the time? Sure. 79 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,840 So I think the thought behind it was more the the wound healing 80 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,360 aspect, the tissue healing because of having had a double 81 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,440 anastectomy. But then also low dose 82 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,720 chemotherapy is very targeted in the types of cells that it goes 83 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,480 after. So I think the regenerative 84 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:30,240 aspect of helping to regenerate healthy fresh new cells in place 85 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,360 of the damaged DNA cells that we were taking out of my body was 86 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,040 was the thought behind doing the peptides during that time. 87 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:38,560 How? That is fascinating. 88 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:41,040 And you were doing the rest of your integrative therapy as 89 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,040 well. How long did that process take 90 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,240 over time? Not long at all. 91 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,160 So I was in California for two weeks and I would go every day 92 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,480 and have different treatments and then I came back out another 93 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,320 time after that and I was done. So I did literally all of my 94 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,520 oncology treatment in like 6 weeks. 95 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,600 Six weeks, yes, I was completely done with everything and 96 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,080 released to the wild. I say released but they 97 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,600 continued to monitor me and still do to this day. 98 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,640 I have blood work done like every three months so. 99 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,160 And that must have been kind of a hard time for your family. 100 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,600 I know you guys have two boys. They were probably, I mean, they 101 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,280 were younger at the time. So Colin, were you at home with 102 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,720 the kids? Did you guys all go out as a 103 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:19,920 family? What did that look like? 104 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,760 Yeah. So it it certainly, I mean, you 105 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,440 know, when something like that happens, it affects the whole 106 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,040 family. And we took the approach that we 107 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,880 were going to be in it together. So, you know, instead of us 108 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,280 staying home, mom being out in California and, you know, 109 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,320 receiving these treatments, we all went out. 110 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,200 And so the boys and I, we got, you know, a place to stay. 111 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,960 And, you know, we would drop mom and wife off in the morning, 112 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,600 Aleah would be dropped off in the morning. 113 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,720 We would go and. Have a beach day? 114 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,600 Have a beach day, enjoy our day. And then we'd go pick Aleah up 115 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,560 in the afternoon. And to her point, the treatment 116 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,640 she was receiving and how she was reacting to it differently. 117 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,000 It was a normal evening for us. We would go to dinner, we would 118 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,920 get her her rest, and then rinse and repeat the next day. 119 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,240 So we did that for two weeks and we just did it together. 120 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,920 And I think it helped us understand what Aleah was going 121 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,640 through. But also Saul, she still had 122 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,560 energy about her. She's still vibrant. 123 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,520 She was still mom. She was still wife. 124 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,520 She was there. And instead of being home and 125 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,880 not knowing, right, and having that that, you know, wonder of 126 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,640 what's going on with with her health. 127 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,080 So, yeah, we were there for the entire part of the journey and, 128 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,000 yeah, candidly having a little fun during the during the middle 129 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,760 of the day. We're going and doing our beach 130 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,280 day and time with my career that I didn't, you know, normally get 131 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:39,800 afforded to with the boys. I took advantage of that and we 132 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:43,160 we just did it all together as a family, which was super nice. 133 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,280 Yeah. Definitely. 134 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,280 Best case scenario, yeah. And then after that time, you 135 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,360 said six weeks. So then you were given a clean 136 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,320 bill of health. You'd had your surgery, you were 137 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:52,560 recovered. What? 138 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:53,920 What is? What did that look like? 139 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,480 After the six weeks, yeah. Yeah. 140 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:01,040 So, you know, going through that really opened my eyes to the 141 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,960 world of functional testing. And so I pretty much immediately 142 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,680 started going to school for to become an FDN because it had 143 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,720 opened my eyes so much. Because I had spent so many 144 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,600 years trying to get answers to the questions as to why I was 145 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,200 tired, why things were shifting and changing, and no one really 146 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,240 had answers for me. But learning that you could 147 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,960 actually get those answers was, you know, a game changer. 148 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,200 And so I pretty much went right back into school, still 149 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,480 continued to do alternative therapies that we could do from 150 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,200 home. We bought different devices. 151 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,640 I, you know, partnered with local clinics that did the 152 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,160 different things that California did. 153 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,600 And so I still was doing some things from home to maintain my 154 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,040 health and keep it moving in the right direction. 155 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,840 But, you know, going back to school, I had actually been at a 156 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,640 different school when I was diagnosed. 157 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,240 I was going back to become a nutritionist. 158 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,040 And so when I was diagnosed, put that on hold, they were nice and 159 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,040 refunded my tuition. And then at that point it was 160 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,520 like, OK, no, I need to be in the functional space. 161 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,520 I need to have access to these testing because this is like 162 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,760 game changer for me. So I ended up going through 163 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,120 school focused on that, really focused on my health. 164 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,920 I mean, it was your whole life gets put on hold for a year, 165 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,160 even though treatment, you know, was a short period of time. 166 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,040 You're still having blood draws every three months. 167 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,280 You're still having imaging done every, you know, few months. 168 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,760 It's still very much a part of your everyday life. 169 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,960 And once treatment actually stops, that's when the anxiety 170 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,640 creeps in because all of a sudden, you don't feel like 171 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,720 you're doing enough to keep everything at Bay. 172 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,760 And what if it, you know, another blindsiding event 173 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,720 happens. But being able to focus on 174 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,280 helping other people actually relieved a lot of that anxiety 175 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,919 for me. And so I just dove into school, 176 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:42,760 you know, feet first and yeah, kind of came out on the other 177 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,800 side of of that and then opened my own practice and have been 178 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,440 working with clients ever since. So. 179 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,720 Incredible. So I have to ask, have you 180 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,920 always been kind of crunchy then if you were already in school 181 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,440 for nutrition and then decided to need to go into functional 182 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,480 nutrition and you chose integrative care for cancer 183 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,240 treatment, what was the genesis of that? 184 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,360 So yeah, definitely I would say it's always been a part of me. 185 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,000 So my, my way back in the day background, we're talking like, 186 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,800 you know, 2015 to 20 years ago is I worked in the market 187 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,600 department for our healthcare system that was local to where 188 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,320 we used to live at the time. And so I would sit in on 189 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,600 meetings with the surgeons from the Cancer Center, all the 190 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,800 different oncologists, but I always tended to align more with 191 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,240 the natural paths. And so I loved learning about 192 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:27,920 that stuff. I, you know, at that point in 193 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,880 time in my life, I didn't read any fiction. 194 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,360 It was all literally nutrition, fitness, health, Wellness. 195 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,080 I geeked out over it. And it was actually my husband 196 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,480 that brought that to my attention when I was like, OK, 197 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,880 the kids are getting older. They're, you know, going into 198 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,520 high school. What should I do with my time 199 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,000 now? And he was like, you need to go 200 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,600 back to school for this. Do this. 201 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,200 You're literally always in a book. 202 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,960 Yeah. And you have this wealth of 203 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,320 knowledge. Friends already reach out to you 204 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,880 and ask questions to you. And I'm like, this is this is 205 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,960 your path. This is what you you're. 206 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,440 You're meant to do so. And so, yeah, so the first 207 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:04,200 thought was nutrition because I I didn't even quite have a lot 208 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,520 of exposure to the functional world at that point. 209 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,000 So really what boils down to is me. 210 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:14,920 It was me that made it was just awareness is really what it was. 211 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,320 It was like, hey, I'm just aware that you love this. 212 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,480 And I think I always said it, you know, the with those first 213 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,760 clients that she would get in, it was like Christmas morning 214 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,960 for her for their labs to come in because she was just so 215 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,920 excited to see, let's just see what's going on. 216 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,960 Like, And I'm just like, you're so giddy about this, like this, 217 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,680 like you're enjoying your work, which is the best thing you can 218 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,840 you can ask for is, is to love what you do. 219 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,000 So it was fun to see her kind of grow and get excited about it. 220 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,120 Yeah. So. 221 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:48,160 He was right. It's so giddy, like it was just 222 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,760 awesome, yeah. It's funny you say that calling 223 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,280 because that's the exact phrase I use with my own clients. 224 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,160 And like, I think your Dutch test comes in next week. 225 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,840 It's going to be like Christmas. Yeah. 226 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,360 Yeah, that's exactly what I want, yeah. 227 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,040 Oh, that's so great. OK, so, so the support was 228 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,760 there. You went back to school, but you 229 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,120 still have your boys at home. You're recovering, you're trying 230 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,160 to rebuild after, you know, a pretty big health issue. 231 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,280 And you guys start kind of doing this together as a family. 232 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,400 And I mean, I'm also in midlife and we talked a little bit 233 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,120 before we started recording. And it sounds like Colin had a a 234 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,240 midlife moment. So Colin, let's let's hear about 235 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,840 that midlife moment for you when everything changed. 236 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,200 So I started peptides, you know, I think, you know, when you, we 237 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,960 talk about the traumatic family events, you know, your personal 238 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,880 health and those types of things kind of get set aside so many 239 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,480 times in, in our lives. And so prior to me, you know, 240 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,360 retiring, retiring from my, my previous profession, I kind of 241 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,160 taken the approach that, OK, it's time to self reflect and 242 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,840 get focused on that. So I had a couple buddies that 243 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,440 were kind of going down that path and they kind of gave me 244 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,040 that look like, what's your excuse? 245 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,280 Like, hey, you can do this too. So starting to dial in my 246 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:03,080 nutrition, looking at peptides to help support my lifestyle 247 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,120 changes and it made this vast difference for me. 248 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,640 However, it's still, you know, I think from the energy depletion 249 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,760 that I was going through, Aleah really helped me recognize that, 250 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,280 hey, you're doing this great job with your personal health, but 251 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,840 you're really kind of burnout of what your career path is is 252 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,160 taking you after 25 years and being fortunate enough to extend 253 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,920 to management positions and carrying a lot of weight and 254 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,320 stress in that. She's like, I think you're just 255 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,720 burned out. And it was really one of those 256 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,640 kind of scenarios we see, you know, on TV or in, in, you know, 257 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,080 news articles or on social media where it was like on Monday 258 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,240 night, we had that conversation. I agreed with her. 259 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,360 And Tuesday morning I walked in and resigned from, you know, a 260 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,160 25 year career in the RV industry of where, you know, 261 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,960 only worked for two different companies. 262 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,560 And I think in, in our community, it was really small. 263 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,480 A lot of people are in that space. 264 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,960 It was kind of like all shocked that it was like, wow. 265 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,440 But then we didn't rest. We started talking about what 266 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,200 that next step was. And then literally 2 weeks 267 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,400 later, we're preparing to move to Arizona where we have family 268 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:14,320 and we made the move. So that turned into a huge role 269 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,240 reversal of where Aleah put me on the front burner for my 270 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,160 career for 25 years. When we got out here, it was 271 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,440 kind of the direct opposite. It's like, OK, now we're going 272 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,200 to put your career on the front burner and, and we're going to 273 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,440 support you and, and your endeavours. 274 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:34,040 And it's been, it's been really, really great and a lot of 275 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,000 learning lessons in the last year, but ones we've we've 276 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,600 embraced. And so and thankfully we have 277 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,840 two teenagers that still enjoy hanging out with us. 278 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,800 So our time at home and being here has been wonderful with 279 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:47,800 them as well because we're connecting on a different level 280 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,640 with them that certainly I didn't have the opportunity to 281 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,440 do for for work reasons for so long. 282 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,160 So it's good all the way around on that aspect. 283 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:57,920 I think it's such a beautiful thing. 284 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,640 You brought up the fact that you guys traveled as a family out to 285 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,080 California. The boys were part of the 286 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,200 decision. You told me that the boys were 287 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,440 part of the decision to move to Arizona. 288 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,400 So you guys really sat down and it's a big discussion. 289 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,520 You did it quickly, but everybody seemed like like they 290 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,280 were on board. Yeah, I we actually sat down and 291 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,840 were like, OK, we want you guys to take a week to think about 292 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,000 what we're going to talk to you about. 293 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,400 Just process it in your friend groups. 294 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,600 But we're thinking of moving to Arizona now. 295 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,800 But take a week. Give yourself that time to 296 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,160 process it. I kid you not, the very next 297 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,160 morning at breakfast, it's like, OK, so when we move to Arizona 298 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,360 and I'm like, I finally look over to Leah and I'm like, oh, 299 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,200 this is happening. Like right now it's happening. 300 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,720 So they didn't take a week. No, I think, you know, it's a 301 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,680 testament to how close they are to their family, but more 302 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,680 importantly, how close we are as a family. 303 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,200 And, and taking the approach we did with Aleah's health when we 304 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,680 had cancer, that it was kind of like, hey, we're, we're in this 305 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,760 together. And I think they kind of take 306 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,600 that mindset. As long as the four of us are 307 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,440 together, we're good, right? So hey, if we're in Arizona, 308 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,720 we're good. So yeah, always, they're always 309 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,040 involved for sure. Yeah, we love that. 310 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,000 Amen. Amen. 311 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,160 If your family's together, there is really not much else that 312 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,600 could go that could go wrong. You're pretty happy and 313 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,240 insulated. Yes, yes. 314 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,440 So OK, you alluded to Colin that you were kind of looking at 315 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,800 peptides, maybe making some changes to your lifestyle even 316 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,760 before, you know, you went in and resigned from your position. 317 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,960 So can you give some specifics? What were maybe some of the 318 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,720 lifestyle habits that you were doing and what were some of the 319 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,560 peptides that you started with and why? 320 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:36,000 So really was taking a deep dive into my normal daily routines. 321 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,720 And so it really came down to the fact that I was under 322 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,760 eating. I was, you know, I was not 323 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,800 taking and nourishing myself. I've always been someone who 324 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,640 likes to go to the gym the end of the day, helps me relieve my 325 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,400 stress, gets me kind of in the right mindset to walk into the 326 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,840 house and and be dad and and husband. 327 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,360 But there was so many other things I was failing on, you 328 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,240 know, from my diet to my protein intake to my movement, not 329 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,760 getting enough movement, you know, walks and those types of 330 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,440 things. So I really transitioned those. 331 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,280 I started tracking those and figuring out how I can dial 332 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,760 those in. And you know, I kind of think 333 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,640 about peptides of 2 1/2 three years ago. 334 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,360 It's kind of like the iPhone one, right? 335 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Like there's, there was only so much in this space. 336 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,000 You know, now it's the iPhone 17 or whatever it is. 337 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,200 So it's like, it was kind of like here's the core peptides 338 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,400 that you could kind of help dial in. 339 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,240 So it was L carnitine, you know, glutathione, those types of 340 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,280 things to just get some kickstart and rejuvenation. 341 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:39,640 And that and accompanied with the lifestyle changes, I mean, 342 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:45,320 dropping 25 lbs, changing, you know, body composition, energy, 343 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,520 getting higher, sleep getting better, just all around feeling 344 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,600 much better. And, and I think when I saw that 345 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,280 transition, it motivates you to maintain it. 346 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,600 And then also, you know, what little more can I do to just, 347 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,360 you know, improve and help help myself? 348 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,240 And so then that's you start to do your research and studying, 349 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:09,280 you know, when aches and pains are happening, how does BPC 157 350 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,880 help? And you kind of start, you know, 351 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,400 spiraling into a little bit more. 352 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,800 And then you realize this whole world's out there to help you 353 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,680 feel better. And the way you feel doesn't 354 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,960 mean the way way you have to be, right? 355 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,880 Like and I think that was that was the discovery for me and 356 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,920 it's been wonderful. I mean, it's been great. 357 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,960 I mean, just the body composition change the energy, 358 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,920 the sleep, the mood and mindset is really is really been 359 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,120 helpful. But yeah, so kind of 360 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:39,720 transitioning from those earlier days, you know, now there's a 361 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,880 wealth of peptides that have, you know, came to the forefront 362 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,280 and then continue to develop. That is just exciting for us and 363 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:47,760 the health of our family for sure. 364 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,040 Absolutely. I can almost picture it in my 365 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,880 head just like a meme of, you know, a successful administrator 366 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,680 management, you know, sitting in his desk and just not happy, 367 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,280 right? You're you, you've done 368 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:00,680 everything you can do in business. 369 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,440 You've made it, but you're just not feeling good and you don't 370 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,160 know how to feel better. And so I think it will be 371 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,840 encouraging to a lot of people to see that you don't have to be 372 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,040 stuck there. But now I'm looking at, you 373 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,320 know, this meme of this really happy, healthy couple who's 374 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,560 doing great things together to help other people feel the same 375 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,040 way. I think it's really encouraging. 376 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:20,600 Yeah, for sure. Thank you. 377 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,560 Yeah, Thanks, Aaliyah. I know you have your own 378 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,400 journey. So we're similar in age. 379 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,640 We're, you know, both FDNS. I know there's a lot of 380 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,200 correlation with our story, just not feeling good, not knowing 381 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,800 where to turn, not getting answers from doctors. 382 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,280 But I would love to hear a little bit more about what 383 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,040 brought you specifically to the FDN space and what started 384 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,680 changing as you started running lab tests on yourself and 385 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,360 implementing some of the DRESS protocol. 386 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,000 Sure, absolutely. So obviously when I started 387 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,600 working with the integrative oncologist in California, she 388 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,560 was running functional lab testing on me. 389 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,720 And all of a sudden I had all of this information at my 390 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,720 fingertips that were the answers I had been looking for for a 391 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,800 decade prior to being diagnosed. Like, why do I feel this way? 392 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,680 Why is this going on? Why is this going on? 393 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,320 All these answers and I know how to plan of how to actually get 394 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,440 my body back to optimal health and get things functioning and 395 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:15,240 working again the way they hadn't been for quite a while. 396 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,320 So then going through FDN school and running my own labs on 397 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,720 myself in addition to those, which was nice because I could 398 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,640 share them with my oncologist as well. 399 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,880 But even more answers were coming through like the ones 400 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,560 that we we run are slightly different than the ones that she 401 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,760 ran. And there were things coming up 402 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,320 that pointed to like, oh, more likely and more susceptible to 403 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,080 have breast cancer, more like, you know, oxidative stress, 404 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,600 inflammatory pathway that your hormones are going down, all of 405 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,520 these things that it was like, Oh my gosh, like just mind 406 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,680 blowing, right. And I have to say, it took me a 407 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,320 while to rebuild my health post treatment because even though I 408 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,640 did low dose chemotherapy, it is still intense on the body. 409 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,600 All the, all of the different things that you're put through. 410 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,840 I did have to do a stint of hormone blockers and completely 411 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,480 go into like chemical menopause for a while. 412 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,520 All of. Those types of things, I did it 413 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,000 for a short time and then I'm like, Nope, that's, that's not 414 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,480 for me. And so I went a holistic route 415 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,080 with that too for a while where I just did more supplements that 416 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,680 could actually help lower my estrogen and did it that way. 417 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,880 But it was hard on the body. It felt like it took me a good 418 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:25,480 two years to truly get to a place where I felt like not only 419 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,960 am I back to where I was prior to treatment, but night and day 420 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,680 my health is a million times stronger, better. 421 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,480 I'm in better shape, you know, faster, stronger, healthier 422 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,320 immune system strong than I was prior to being diagnosed. 423 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,000 Like even that ever really like I'm in the best shape of my life 424 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:47,680 and best health of my knife at 44 after having had cancer five 425 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,760 years ago. Like then I was in my 20s. 426 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,920 So it just shows like if you can do those foundations, which like 427 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,640 our dress protocol. So working on my sleep, dialing 428 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:02,400 in my stress for sure, high energy type A woman over here. 429 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,520 Go, go, go. Like do all the things until you 430 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,120 drop like learning to ask for help. 431 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,480 That was an I wouldn't have touched that with a 10 foot pole 432 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,480 prior to diagnosis. So that was like a blessing. 433 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,040 I mean, I had no choice but to ask for help. 434 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,560 So learning some of these foundational things of being 435 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:24,000 able to embrace community around you and lean on them for support 436 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,120 and, you know, starting to put your health as a priority again 437 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,800 just built me in a way where I was able to get to the point 438 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,200 that I am now where I'm, like I said, healthier, happier, 439 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,920 stronger than ever. And that feels amazing. 440 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,840 And that feels like such a testament to what, you know, the 441 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,040 work that we do can do for others because if you can go 442 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,360 through cancer treatment and feel in better health, like 443 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,800 that's such a novel like thing, right? 444 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:52,160 Most people don't absolutely that so. 445 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:56,320 Yeah, I love it too, because on the podcast we've had a couple 446 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,280 discussions of genetics, what you're born with versus 447 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,600 epigenetics, how that expresses itself after you go in and you 448 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,160 adjust lifestyle and nutrition and stress. 449 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,320 And so if we could geek out on the Dutch test for a minute, 450 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,000 were you elevated with all your estrogen markers? 451 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,280 And was your 16 hydroxy really high? 452 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:14,880 So give me a little bit of that background. 453 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,800 Yes, you, you named it. So estrogen was high, 454 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,040 progesterone was low, testosterone was like a zero, 455 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:26,600 DHEA was a complete 0. Definitely had the 16 oh being 456 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,160 high. So I was shuttling everything 457 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,680 down that inflammatory pathway. My liver enzymes were not 458 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:32,800 functioning the way they needed to. 459 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,200 I definitely had sluggish liver. So I wasn't actually 460 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,920 metabolizing my hormones in the way that I needed to. 461 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,600 So things were recirculating and accumulating in my tissue. 462 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,920 I mean, case in point, and maybe this is TMI, but let's see, it 463 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,800 would now be 14, almost 15 years ago, I had a breast reduction. 464 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,640 They grew back like big time. So big time. 465 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,040 We're talking like 3 cup sizes after having had a reduction. 466 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,880 Yes. And it just shows what my 467 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,800 hormones were doing in my system and accumulating and not being 468 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,200 able to come out of my body, not be able to be metabolized. 469 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,200 My gut health was a mess. So you're talking about, you 470 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,360 know, how we breakdown hormones and eliminate them? 471 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,520 Every piece of the process was not functioning at the level it 472 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,840 needed to be in my body. And it accumulated to this just 473 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,640 hormonal chaos overload in my system, which was one, just one 474 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,240 component of what led to that diagnosis. 475 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,800 Right, it's going to be really hard for me to not think of you 476 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,280 as super boobs from now on. Go for it, go for it. 477 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,560 My girl. It's it's crazy. 478 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,640 So I had met with two plastic surgeons obviously when they 479 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,640 were going to do my double mastectomy and the one said, oh, 480 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,280 that's not possible. And my husband was like, no, I'm 481 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,120 here to tell you it's totally possible. 482 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,840 And the other one's like, no, I've seen it. 483 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,520 I've seen it happen. And and hence now you know what 484 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,040 I know after learning functional labs, it's like, yeah, of course 485 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,520 it's possible. It's tissue growth stemmed from 486 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,600 hormonal situations, so. Yeah, right. 487 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,760 OK. So lots, lots of good 488 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,560 information that you were able to get. 489 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,320 And this is also, I think what we all appreciate about, you 490 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,000 know, functional medicine, functional nutrition is these 491 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,080 things aren't necessarily diagnostic, right? 492 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,280 But they definitely point to deeper dysfunction in the body. 493 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,240 And then, you know, as as practitioners, we're able to go 494 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,040 and address some of those pathways, like you have more 495 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,240 information than the average person who suffered from breast 496 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,640 cancer because you you have the why. 497 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,240 And I think that's really exciting. 498 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:32,400 Yeah. Definitely. 499 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,720 And it's, you know, I continue to do these tests to make sure 500 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,520 that I'm keeping things functioning at an optimal level 501 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,520 the way they're supposed to versus the way they did, you 502 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,000 know, 10 years ago. Yeah. 503 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,440 And to me that it feels like an important part part of my 504 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,200 preventing reoccurrence journey. Yeah, absolutely. 505 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,560 I, I'm curious for both of you then. 506 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,080 So of course, once you get into functional nutrition, if you're, 507 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,160 you know, in this world at all, you started hearing more about 508 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,000 peptides. You guys both had your own 509 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,280 peptide experiences for different reasons, but it kind 510 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,440 of naturally started swelling that way anyway, So what did 511 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,560 that evolution look like for both of you with regards to 512 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,200 peptides over the last couple of years? 513 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,640 Yeah, I think for me kind of alluding back to getting into 514 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,680 the fitness routine, lifting a little heavier to challenge my 515 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,040 body, things start to hurt, right? 516 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:26,440 Like I'm 49. So you realize, hey, the joints 517 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,560 hurt a little bit more. There's some aching, you know, 518 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:34,120 not wouldn't say injuries, but just nagging new things when you 519 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:35,600 hit the gym and do those types of things. 520 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:40,040 So certainly looking at OK, what can I do to try to help 521 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:44,000 rejuvenate and get back to optimum, optimum workouts and 522 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,960 those types of things. So that was really the course 523 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,600 for me is, is OK in order to keep this routine to be able to 524 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,520 stay on the journey. What, what is out there to help 525 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,200 me. And so like the BPC 157, like I 526 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,840 mentioned earlier, it's just exploring those those things for 527 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,200 me and I have used them. They're very successful and I 528 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:09,640 feel so much better like when I'm just to know that I joints, 529 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,560 knees, shoulders, elbows, those types of things when I'm using 530 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,840 them, you know, when I use it. So that was really for me kind 531 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,720 of staying the course of just maintaining what I've been able 532 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,720 to do through lifestyle changes and some introduction of 533 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,360 peptides very. Cool. 534 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,840 So I had obviously started with my oncologist doing the GHKCU 535 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,920 and then when we kind of Fast forward, like what my body went 536 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,320 through and how it started to respond to stimulus post 537 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,280 treatment, I was starting to feel better, starting to get 538 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,920 stronger. But I, I put on about 20 lbs 539 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:47,160 post treatment because it is so hard on the body and definitely 540 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,600 was dealing with a lot of inflammation. 541 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,320 Like you could just see it in my face, in my skin. 542 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,400 I worked with my oncology team trying to get things down. 543 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,000 My blood sugar was running a little bit high. 544 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,040 It didn't matter how I was eating, it was not responding, 545 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,200 but we could not get the inflammation to come down. 546 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,800 So I worked with my oncologist team for about a year on that. 547 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:08,640 I hired, I'm a big proponent of if you want results, a coach 548 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,560 that's an expert in that area is the best way to get them. 549 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,960 I mean, that's why we do what we do, right? 550 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,600 And so I always invest in in myself with coaching for 551 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,760 different things as well. And so had hired A specialized 552 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,520 nutritionist. I hired a personal trainer to 553 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,800 help like with the lifting component to try to get that 554 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,720 body composition back. So starting to feel good on the 555 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,640 inside, but the outside was not reflecting that inside for me. 556 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,920 Not only that, anytime you see inflammation in the body, that's 557 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,880 kind of like a red flag for cancer. 558 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,600 So it's like I don't want to be dealing with inflammation 559 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,440 knowing that that could be, you know, just a potential landmine 560 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,200 for me. So I actually had started 561 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,400 looking at tirzepatide. So I had done a bunch of 562 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:51,800 research. I had done an earlier 563 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,480 certification 2 years ago on different peptides. 564 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,800 Love the fact that it was dual agonist, could go after the 565 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,760 inflammatory pathways. And so I started microdosing 566 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,760 tirzepatide using the research lab peptides because that was 567 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,360 kind of what you could get at that point if you wanted to 568 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:10,560 microdose. I didn't really see a lot from 569 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,000 it. I did it for several months. 570 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,440 I think I lost 4 lbs. The 4 lbs came back on. 571 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,480 It was like it, it didn't do a lot for me. 572 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,080 But then, you know, prior to us moving out here, you know, I had 573 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,680 had like my movement dialed in, my food was dialed in. 574 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,920 I was feeling really good but still was carrying that weight. 575 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,800 And actually once again, my husband, he's like, what if you 576 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,640 looked at like micro dosing again? 577 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,200 Like there's more options out there now. 578 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,280 And so I had kind of been keeping my eyes on Ellie for a 579 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,760 while and decided to go with a telehealth company that 580 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,240 actually, you know, reconstituted on their own. 581 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,480 It came from the pharmacy. So I started those, started 582 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,280 micro dosing those and did about 6 full months of every week. 583 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,400 I dropped 14 lbs in that six months. 584 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,720 It was the inflammation within 8 weeks was gone. 585 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,760 Yeah, it was like the. Biggest thing right there. 586 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:01,360 I all of a sudden I was like whoa. 587 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,480 I see myself in my arms, look like my arms. 588 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,360 My face looks like my face. And then since then I've been 589 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,280 able to like actually pull the support back and I've lost 590 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,880 another 6. So it's like my body is now 591 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,360 responding to the stimulus the way it would have when I was 592 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,600 younger. That wasn't working before. 593 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,640 So it truly went in and actually changed my metabolic health so 594 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,520 that it now responds to the lifestyle pieces that I've had 595 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,440 going on for years. And it's actually worked, right. 596 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,800 So I mean, huge blessing for sure. 597 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,280 It was It's funny how many people have totally have from 598 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,760 the friend grew back in Indiana that it says Arizona looks so 599 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:44,280 good on you like right and it's kind of her to her point she's 600 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,080 getting back to. I look like myself. 601 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,280 But she looks like herself again. 602 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:48,960 And it's like, Arizona looks so good on you. 603 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,400 I'm like, Yep, OK. Yep, and I have an open book 604 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,120 like I'll share. I think peptides are amazing. 605 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,160 They're an amazing tool. If you're doing all of the other 606 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,760 things, the foundational pieces are in place, they can be the 607 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,320 most beautiful supportive tool that you can add especially for 608 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,440 and like for women and men, yeah, it can be amazing. 609 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,080 Amen, sister. I love that you brought up to 610 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,920 just the, the discrepancy you had with results with research 611 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,360 and then compounded peptides at the, the telehealth pharmacy. 612 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,840 I know we're both, we're both using the same company. 613 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,640 The peptides are really good. I was having this discussion 614 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,200 yesterday with one of my girlfriends and she said, well, 615 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,080 one of my clients comes in, she's an esthetician. 616 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,880 She's like one of my clients comes in and her her son sells 617 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,080 peptides. So she was going to get me some 618 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,520 peptides from her son. And I was like, you know, you 619 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,360 know, I totally understand that. That's like, I'm 43 years old 620 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,240 and I really don't want to, like, assemble my own IKEA 621 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,640 furniture anymore. I don't really want to drink 622 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,640 $2.00, Chuck, you know, Like, I don't even know if that exists 623 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,080 anymore, but it did when I was like, 21 when we were first 624 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,520 married, you know. Yeah. 625 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,240 Because like there, there really is a time and a place for, for, 626 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,160 you know, people who are ready to use tools at work and to not 627 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,600 have to experiment with things that are just kind of, you know, 628 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,360 rigged together. So I, I do appreciate that. 629 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,880 I know you do and our clients appreciate that too. 630 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,960 Do you have some some client stories or any information you 631 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,560 can share with with women like like you who went on? 632 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,720 Peptides. So absolutely I actually have 633 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,680 quite a few that are micro dosing tirzepatide specifically 634 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,760 and I would say on average the weight loss is about 15 lbs. 635 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:29,920 I have one beautiful woman that lost 27 in four months and feels 636 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,680 amazing. Like it's it's been that like 637 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,440 final piece, right? That final piece of the puzzle 638 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,960 that got them the result, every result they were looking for. 639 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,520 They were already feeling great. Their energy was amazing, mood 640 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,720 was now stabilized and now their bodies are reflecting on the 641 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,360 outside, what they're feeling on the inside and they feel like 642 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,320 themselves again. And that is game changer for 643 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,640 midlife women. If you get to feel like yourself 644 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:56,240 again and not feel blah and have the energy, because this season 645 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,160 of life, you know, we start to lose that filter where we play 646 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,040 small and we we start living a little bit larger. 647 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:06,080 If you can feel good and look good while you're doing it, Oof, 648 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,240 I mean, come on. Right, like unstoppable. 649 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,480 It's it's amazing what how good you can feel and what you can 650 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,520 accomplish in midlife if you know how to support your body in 651 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,320 the right way. So well said. 652 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,120 Yeah, take the leash off the tiger. 653 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,160 She is ready to come out and play. 654 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,800 Exactly. But men too, right? 655 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,840 I think, you know, it's cool having two teenage boys that, 656 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,160 you know, when you know, we're on vacation, you're hanging out 657 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,680 and you know, they, they kind of classify me as Wolverine. 658 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,160 You know, like they feel they're like there's Wolverine dad over 659 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:37,960 there. I mean, what a great feeling 660 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,840 that it's not just like there's dad, there's dad that, you know, 661 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,400 they're super proud of, not just from the family aspect of it, 662 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,080 but also your physical appearance and how do you look 663 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,640 And, and honestly, it motivates them to really dial in and focus 664 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,640 on their health too. You know, Hey, dad, I want to 665 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,560 get into the gym and I want to be, I want to be fit and, and 666 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,240 have that vibrant energy that you have at your age. 667 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,160 So I think yes, for both parties, it's been massively 668 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,800 beneficial. And I mean, it feels good to 669 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,640 have your, your boys, you know, it's in your kids tell you that 670 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:09,760 like that. That's a. 671 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,200 And your wife? He looks better at 49 than he 672 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,400 did at 25 when I met him. So so. 673 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,040 It it, it works in all kinds of different favors. 674 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,840 That's good, yeah. It's so great yes, peptides 675 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,200 making happier marriages. Very true. 676 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,760 I I think it's interesting too. I mean, this is something my 677 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,440 husband and I talk about. I probably internalize it a 678 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,320 little bit more than I talk about, but I've been in this 679 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,640 space for a really long time and you know, I think that women are 680 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,480 very comfortable talking about energy. 681 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,560 They're very comfortable talking about sleep and mood and, you 682 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,080 know, they're really not that comfortable talking about 683 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,640 weight. And it's almost that they feel 684 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,040 bad for wanting to look good. You know, I don't know if it's 685 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,280 the same for you calling. I think my husband's a little 686 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,160 less like existentially tied to how he feels about weight. 687 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,440 But I think that women are they they they feel like they're 688 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,200 going to be persecuted. They say, you know, I kind of 689 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,040 want to wear a two piece and look hot this summer. 690 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,760 Like people are going to say things that are not so 691 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,000 flattering about them. But I do think it's, you know, 692 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:11,639 our our natural birthright to to look as good as we feel on the 693 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:13,520 inside. That's just how humans have 694 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:14,880 looked. If you, you know, look at, look 695 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,400 at any pictures from like the 80's, the 70's, the 60s, like 696 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:22,000 people just looked healthier and their bodies looked fitter. 697 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,080 And I think we can do that now even in midlife with peptides, 698 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:26,400 which is really exciting. Yeah. 699 00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:28,760 Definitely. I think you, you hit a good 700 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,080 point and I was thinking about the other day as I was doing 701 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,199 some study and it is, it's like from from the male's 702 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:37,199 perspective, I think especially if they, you know, were athletic 703 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,760 and athletes back in high school or possibly college, it's the 704 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,800 remembrance of the, how strong they felt, you know, from a 705 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,400 confidence standpoint and energy standpoint. 706 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,280 So it's not about like I want to look great in the swimsuit this 707 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,320 summer. It's more or less man. 708 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:57,240 I want to feel like I did then like with the knowledge that I 709 00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:01,160 have now, right? Like I want to feel like 18 to 710 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,520 20 with the knowledge of what I have today, because then that's 711 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,360 a, that's a superpower in itself. 712 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:11,160 So I think, you know, knowing that with lifestyle changes as 713 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,600 we continually talk about and then the compliments, you know, 714 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:19,840 of, of peptides, it is possible like to feel that strong, that 715 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,240 energy. And you know that when you write 716 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:27,000 in your mind that peak moment, you know, of being when you're 717 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,880 on the, you know, in the athletics and in the sporting 718 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:30,920 events and those types of things. 719 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,280 So I think from for men, it's a little different. 720 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,080 It's like, how do I feel that way with this type of knowledge 721 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,680 that I have today? OK. 722 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,360 I really appreciate you saying that. 723 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,720 And it's funny because my husband as AD 1 swimmer for USC, 724 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:45,280 so he was peak athlete for a really long time. 725 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,320 And even in our, you know, 20s and our 30s, he still he, you 726 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,640 know, a lot of a lot of testosterone, a lot of energy. 727 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:53,360 He did take very good care of himself. 728 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,360 He's always liked to eat well and work out. 729 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,040 Me, you know, I, I probably looked better, you know, in my 730 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,280 20s, but I was consistently undernourishing. 731 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,640 I, you know, was exercising too much. 732 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,960 So I just never felt good, you know what I mean? 733 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,560 And now we're to the place where we're both like very balanced in 734 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,520 how we're kind of taking care of ourself nutritionally and with 735 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,040 regards to exercise and lifestyle and stress management 736 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,640 and peptides. And I'm starting to see the 737 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,880 potential, you know, of actually a feeling really, really good 738 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,800 energy and sleep and mood and stability on most days. 739 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:27,960 Today I'm about to start my period. 740 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,680 So mood's a little bit off today, but most days feeling 741 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:35,280 pretty darn good, which I think is just kind of a new thing for 742 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,360 me, really. Yeah, it's amazing. 743 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,760 And you're exactly right. I think so many women and even 744 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,640 now, I mean, I see that a lot and clients definitely 745 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:47,040 undernourished, underfed because it was move more, eat less and 746 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,880 now we don't have to do that, right. 747 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,520 It doesn't work for us anymore at this age anyway. 748 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,880 But but now we have a tool that helps support being able to 749 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,920 metabolically handle these things while we're improving our 750 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,400 relationship with food and actually nourishing ourselves 751 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,520 for sometimes the first time. Yeah, Amen. 752 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,080 And now you guys are taking this all your knowledge, your 753 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,440 experience, your training, your certifications, all these tools 754 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,000 and you're building a practice together, which I think is 755 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,920 really exciting. So can you guys finish up by 756 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,640 telling us a little bit about the practice that you guys are 757 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,600 are building together? I know we've been in business 758 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:23,080 for three or four years already. And now Colin, you're getting 759 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,640 your certification, peptide certification, nutrition 760 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,720 certification. I think you guys are going to be 761 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:28,920 unstoppable. Thank you. 762 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,520 We're really excited. So yeah, right now I specialize 763 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:36,280 in midlife women and very, very shortly, like maybe within a 764 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,320 week, Colin is going to be spearheading our men's division. 765 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,880 Yeah, so I think watching Aleah's success is, is certainly 766 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,560 motivated me. And as as I was searching for 767 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,480 the next chapter in my my career, I would get calls from 768 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,200 people in my past life that would hey, I need a little 769 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,480 advice. Hey, I have some questions. 770 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,040 And here again, her holistic little more woo woo approach. 771 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,840 She's like, hey, I think someone's telling you something 772 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,320 that maybe this is kind of your direction. 773 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:09,680 And I think there's so many men that were like, what I was 774 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:12,680 right, You just to your point, sitting at the desk trying to 775 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,000 figure out how I can feel better, how I can have more 776 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,480 energy, change my body composition, all those types of 777 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,920 things and just be better, right? 778 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,800 Like better with life, better with being a father and a 779 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,120 husband. And it's like, if I can help one 780 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,680 person do that, that's awesome. Like that. 781 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,160 It feels great and I'd like to think, you know, in my past 782 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,040 career, I always took the approach of teach, not tell. 783 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,320 So it's kind of empowering people on how they can sustain 784 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:44,240 this type of lifestyle for a long for the rest of their life. 785 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,120 Well, that's by teaching them what they need to know and 786 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,800 teaching those thing instead of telling them do this, this, 787 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,000 this, this and this. I feel like in that scenario, 788 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,400 you know, it might fizzle out, but if you teach them the whole 789 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,920 principles of why they can have a long, sustainable, healthy 790 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,560 lifestyle. And for me, you know, I've 791 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,960 always, I've been surrounded by great, great coaches through all 792 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:07,560 my life. So it's kind of like all right 793 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,960 now it's I guess maybe my turn to to pass along some of that 794 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,720 knowledge and help with health. So. 795 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,680 Very, very cool. I cannot wait to see what you 796 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,800 guys continue to develop together. 797 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,200 It's a really exciting. I I do have one question before 798 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,760 we close out. Can you share with me both your 799 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,960 current peptide stacks and maybe the next peptide you want to 800 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:27,320 try? OK. 801 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,480 Go ahead. Sure, stacks bigger. 802 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:30,920 So. I'm a. 803 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:35,960 Glutathione right now, Lipos C right now, and just because my 804 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:40,960 knees bother me a little bit, I'm a BPC 157 stacked with BP 805 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,600 500, so our TP 500. I'm sorry. 806 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,760 So yes, that's where I'm at right now. 807 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,480 So I still have the my micro dose of tirzepatide that I'll do 808 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,520 like once a month. Just trying to like make sure 809 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,080 I'm maintaining. Next up, I want to get into the 810 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,760 glutathione. And then I'm really interested 811 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:02,160 in the new Klow. So KLOW from LA Yeah, that's 812 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,240 that's next on my arsenal. I just ordered mine, so I've 813 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,000 been taking it for about two weeks. 814 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,760 I had a really fun story that somebody shared with me 815 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:13,080 yesterday about a woman who's been a lifelong smoker. 816 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,680 She's like 65 years old and her skin's always been super 817 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,560 dehydrated. One on the glow stack. 818 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,880 Also my esthetician friend. So both these stories come from 819 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,920 my esthetician because she had this client come in and she she 820 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,160 said what are you doing? Your skin looks amazing and she 821 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,720 said I thought you'd notice last time but you didn't. 822 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,640 I've now been on the clothes stack for about 8 or 9 weeks and 823 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,920 the esthetician said your skin is hydrated, it looks healthy 824 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,800 and I thought oh great I can't wait to keep taking this. 825 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,600 Yeah, exactly. Oh yeah, yeah, I haven't really 826 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,400 smoked a lot of cigarettes, but I'm sure that nicotine patches 827 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,080 or pouches aren't doing a ton of things for my skin. 828 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:56,080 So I'm going to get my, my, my glow on with my clothes stack 829 00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:00,400 and continue my glutathione, my microtose threw Zapati. 830 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,560 I'm also doing BPC 157 TV 500 right now. 831 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,520 So the the slippery slope of peptides is real. 832 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,600 And a lot of our a lot of our disposable income between the 833 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,960 two of us goes to peptides. We're like, who's buying this 834 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,600 round this month? You're it tag. 835 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:16,920 Yeah. Sure. 836 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,280 Yes, you guys what? Enjoy what enjoy to get to touch 837 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,880 base with you today and hear about your story and what you're 838 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:26,880 building together. I very much appreciate you 839 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,240 coming on to share with the audience today. 840 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,160 Where can people find out more about you? 841 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:33,440 Sure. So probably Instagram's the 842 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,960 easiest. So for me, it's at Functional 843 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,000 Health with Aaliyah and for Colin. 844 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:44,520 It's YWY 2B coaching, so it's where you want to be coaching. 845 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,760 So that's where you can find me. Not all. 846 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,440 I'm still new, right? So not a lot of stuff up there. 847 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,320 Aleah and I are, you know she's. Working on it. 848 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,440 She's she's pushed me to get some stuff up there, but it's 849 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,920 still new and in the process just because, I mean, we're just 850 00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:01,040 diving into this. But yeah, it's Y2 WYW 2B where 851 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,840 you want to be. Perfect. 852 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,760 Thank you for sharing it here. I kind of feel like this was an 853 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,280 announcement we got to. I got to hear that these are 854 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:10,840 like the new men's division of the business. 855 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,840 Now I have the whole afternoon, I have to do stuff like I'm just 856 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,520 gonna be going crazy, right? Yeah. 857 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:17,200 You heard it first here. It's an. 858 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,160 Exclusive release, yeah. So exciting. 859 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,400 All right, Aleah and Colin Dickey, thank you again for your 860 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,680 guys's time. We cannot wait to see what 861 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,040 happens here in the near future. Thank you so much for having us 862 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:29,240 see. You. 863 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:29,920 Appreciate it.