The Mind-Gut Connection w/ Lauren LC Wells

Do you have regular heart palpitations, but not necessarily heart disease?

How does your body respond to different food items, even ones considered healthy?

Lauren LC Wells is the CEO of Hervival, a Holistic Wellness and Self-Care expert. Lauren's mission is helping her clients cultivate mental wellness to help burnout, stressed executives & entrepreneurs achieve lasting productivity and profits through mindfulness. She is also a FemTech Founder of a Wellness Accountability App & Community for Women of the Black Diaspora. She has always seen herself as a healer and her journey started in mainstream health care, where she continues to be involved in varied capacities.

Hervival's motto is to Revive Your Mind, Body & Spirit, and they are dedicated to helping women transform from mundane beliefs to just SURVIVE and support them on their wellness journey to THRIVE!

The Hervival team aims to help their clients navigate mindfulness and wellness resources that they can easily adopt in day-to-day lifestyle to help with stress management and live a more holistically healthy and happy life! They advocate for transformation on a soul level from the inside out with sustainable healing modalities and intuitive guidance to support you on your wellness and self-care journey.

Lauren is an avid believer in having a work-life balance to live a fulfilling life. She regularly hosts Mindfulness and Grounding Workshops!

Listen as Lauren explains the mind-gut connection and how each of us should take time to understand our bodies, before jumping into trendy healthy habits.

Key Points and Time Stamps:

[00:04:58] - Leaky gut syndrome and what it means

[00:06:29] - Mindfulness and its impact on your gut health

[00:07:38] - How hormones communicate to your body

[00:08:12] - What is the vagus nerve and its function?

[00:11:50] - What is a leaky gut?

[00:13:25] - What does inflammation in the body feel like?

[00:14:26] - What it means to detox your body

[00:15:28] - Is healthy eating the same for each and every person?

[00:17:26] - The pros and cons of the vegan diet

[00:18:48] - Gut health and mental health

[00:20;41] - How mental health affects productivity in the workplace

[00:22:52] - Vagus nerve, nervous system and mindfulness connection

Connect with Lauren:
Website: https://www.hervival.co
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-lc-wells-01769a57/

Additional Resources:
"How To Heal Yourself" w/ Dr. Victor Manzo
"How To Get Rid Of Stress And Anxiety" w/ Maja Miller
"Transcendental Meditation Techniques And Benefits" w/ Tom Cronin
"The Brain In Your Belly" by Stefanie Malan-Muller, TEDxStellenbosch

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