Ep. 8: Using Nutrition to Regulate Your Nervous System with Martina Pezzino

In this episode of the Sensitive podcast with Martina Pezzino of Luia Wellness, we discuss how to use nutrition to regulate your nervous system.

Martina helps us learn more about:

-the connection between food and our nervous system state

-how food impacts our stress and overwhelm -the top ways to support your nervous system when you're in a season where you can't get 8 hours of sleep or do lots of meal prep

-why she doesn't believe in willpower (and what she believes in to make real, sustainable change instead)

-specific nutrition strategies to help you show up more focused and creative in your business

-how you can connect your nutrition to your menstrual or lunar cycles if you are someone with a womb

-how she intentionally structures her days in her business to align with her menstrual cycles to avoid burnout

Martina Pezzino is a certified nutrition consultant, holistic health coach, and ritual facilitator. Martina specializes in women's health and hormones, and weaves together holistic nutrition and nervous system healing so that you can unlock your life-force energy and shift out of survival mode to finally thrive in your life.

You can learn more about her here: https://www.luiawellness.com/

MARTINA'S LINKS:

High Protein Breakfast Guide

Daily Energy Tracker

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