The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast
The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

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Holistic Health | Real Food Nutrition | Functional Medicine | Mind-Body Honest and eye-opening conversations with functional nutritionist Erin Holt. Erin shares insight into hot topic nutrition, plus interviews with thought leaders in the functional medicine and wellness world. Get informed and empowered with this funky spin on mainstream health information.

Recent Episodes

The 5 Stages of Healing: From Hyper-Vigilance to Trusting Your Body | Ep 407
APR 28, 2026
The 5 Stages of Healing: From Hyper-Vigilance to Trusting Your Body | Ep 407
Transcending chronic symptoms, reclaiming your vitality, and no longer making your health your whole personality? That’s exactly what this episode is about. Erin is breaking down the five stages of healing, and the EXACT patterns her clients go through before they feel free in their bodies.Erin gets into the nocebo effect, health hyper-vigilance, the medicine spiral, and the kind of inner work that will move you into a new identity. She also connects the dots between how your brain processes labels, how fear and focus can reinforce symptoms, and why so many people stay stuck in loops even when they’re doing “all the right things.”P.S. The Manifest Your Health app is here! Get your $49/mo founding membership HERE.In this episode:Erin’s favorite stage of healing (Stage 4) and why the real work happens thereOur cultural obsession with labels, and why getting a diagnosis can feel like “sweet relief”How the medicine spiral creates deeper healing every time you move through itThe identity shift that allows you to stop constantly monitoring your body and finally feel free in itResources mentioned:Manifest Your Health is officially open! Join our neuroscience backed membership designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and finally break out of the symptom loop.Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.Apply to work with us 1:1 here.Episode 258: Using Manifestation to Heal Your BodyEpisode 404: From Symptom Obsession to Freedom In Your BodyFOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO:https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/407-stages-of-healingCheck out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | InstagramOrganifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK)OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)
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You Can’t Manifest Your Way Out of a Dysregulated Nervous System | Ep 406
APR 21, 2026
You Can’t Manifest Your Way Out of a Dysregulated Nervous System | Ep 406
Let’s talk about manifestation, but not in a vision boards and affirmations kinda way. In this episode, Erin is diving into three of her favorite topics: manifestation, the subconscious mind, and the nervous system, and how they’re ALL deeply connected when it comes to your health.Did you know that 90-95% of what you experience as “reality” is shaped by subconscious patterns? Your subconscious mind is constantly scanning for evidence of what you already believe, which influences how you think, feel, and respond on a daily basis. And all of this is the foundation behind the Manifest Your Health app, which launches on April 27th.In this episode:The moment Erin’s nervous system shut down before a mastermind and how she rewired it How your perception of safety directly impacts digestion, immune function, and emotional regulationWhy your body already knows how to heal and what might be blocking you from accessing itHow visceral hypersensitivity turns normal sensations into pain (and why that matters beyond IBS)How to expand what your brain allows you to see so you can access more opportunity and possibilityResources mentioned:The doors for Manifest Your Health open on April 27th. Join our neuroscience backed membership that blends systems biology with nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring and emotional release.Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.Apply to work with us 1:1 here.FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/406-manifestation Check out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | InstagramOrganifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK) LMNT Electrolyte Replenishing powder (Use code FUNK and get a free sample pack with any purchase!) OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)
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33 MIN
Why Anxiety Might Be the Message You Keep Missing - and What To Do About It | Ep 405
APR 14, 2026
Why Anxiety Might Be the Message You Keep Missing - and What To Do About It | Ep 405
If you’ve outgrown parts of your life, your identity, maybe even the way you used to cope, and the “what’s next” feels blurry, it can feel destabilizing as hell in your body.Your body is not designed to live in a constant state of fear, panic, and anxiety. And yet, so many of us are stuck there in that in-between space.Erin is sharing the exact tools she uses to de-escalate anxiety in real time, from breathwork, EFT tapping, and nervous system support, so you can move out of panic without abandoning yourself, and start responding to your body instead of fighting it.In this episode:What happened when Erin had her first panic attack in years, and how she de-escalated it The simple shift of saying “this is anxiety” and how it interrupts the spiral before it takes overThe reframe that turns anxiety from a threat into an initiation (yes, really!)How EFT tapping helps your body process and move emotional energy instead of holding onto itBreathwork techniques, nervine herbs, and yoga poses that can drop you into parasympathetic fasterResources mentioned:The doors for Manifest Your Health officially open on April 27th. Join our neuroscience backed membership that blends systems biology with nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring and emotional release.Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.Apply to work with us 1:1 here.Episode 384: The Top 7 Physiological Causes of Anxiety You Might Be OverlookingFOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/405-anxiety Check out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | InstagramOrganifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK) OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)
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From Symptom Obsession to Freedom in Your Body: A Manifest Your Health Case Study| Ep 404
APR 7, 2026
From Symptom Obsession to Freedom in Your Body: A Manifest Your Health Case Study| Ep 404
Burned out, inflamed, doing all the “right” things, and still getting worse? Emily Markham was deep in that loop for years, managing digestive issues, acne, fatigue, and anxiety while trying to out-supplement a life that was running her into the ground.In this Manifest Your Health client case study, Emily shares what actually changed, and the “secondary gains” and subconscious programming inside this work that helped her get there.You’ll hear how Emily moved out of obsessive symptom-checking and into freedom in her body after being diagnosed with mold illness, and why healing finally clicked for her when she stopped trying to override her body.In this episode:Emily’s strict functional protocols during COVID, including not being able to eat the same food twice in 5 daysHow spending 80–90% of your day thinking about symptoms can keep you stuck in a never-ending loopWhat “secondary gains” are and why they can override even the most perfect protocolErin’s spicy take on nervous system healing, and how it’s about more than quick hacks and breathing exercisesThe work inside Manifest Your Health that helped deepen Emily’s trust in her body and a connection to something bigger than herselfResources mentioned:The doors for Manifest Your Health officially open on April 27th. Join our neuroscience backed membership that blends systems biology with nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring and emotional release.Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.Apply to work with us 1:1 here.FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/404-manifest-your-health-case-study Check out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | InstagramOrganifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK) LMNT Electrolyte Replenishing powder (Use code FUNK and get a free sample pack with any purchase!) OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)
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58 MIN
The Gut-Brain Axis: How Stress, Perception & the Subconscious Shape Digestive Health | Ep 403
MAR 24, 2026
The Gut-Brain Axis: How Stress, Perception & the Subconscious Shape Digestive Health | Ep 403
What if your gut-brain axis isn’t just a “cute concept”… but the thing running the show?Erin is giving you the FULL class from last week’s Funk’tional Nutrition Academy Open House, breaking down how stress, subconscious patterns, and nervous system signaling directly shape digestion. This one’s for my practitioners, but honestly, if your gut isn’t improving, you’re going to want to hear this too.You’ll understand how perception shapes digestion, why healing requires both gut work and nervous system work, and how to start interrupting the loop that keeps symptoms stuck.In this episode:The role of subconscious patterning in shaping your symptom experience, and how those patterns can be changedHow neuroplasticity becomes a tool for gut healing, and why your brain is not stuck in old patternsHow shifting out of a constant “on guard” state can restore motility, enzyme output, and real digestive functionThe “prediction loop” your brain runs after repeated gut symptoms, and how it primes your body to reactHow your brain can misinterpret normal gut sensations as “dangerous”, through visceral hypersensitivityResources mentioned:The Funk’tional Nutrition Academy Open House ends March 24th. Join us for FREE live classes.Applications are now open for Funk’tional Nutrition Academy, our 14 month clinical mentorship + training program.Join the waitlist for Manifest Your Health. Doors open in the spring!Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.Apply to work with us 1:1 here.FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/403-gut-brain-axis Check out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | InstagramOrganifi supplement powder (save 20% on your order with code FUNK) OneSkin (Use code FUNK for 15% off your first purchase)
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58 MIN