Blossom Your Awesome Podcast Listen To Your Body With Brittany Cano

Blossom Your Awesome Podcast Listen To Your Body With Brittany Cano

Brittany Cano is a holistic wellbeing coach who uses her background as a registered nurse to help people find ways to heal and live their most optimal lives.

She specializes in holistic wellbeing programs and leads retreats guiding people to total wellness. She is a sought after speaker and retreat leader.

Brittany is also the founder of holisticnursecoaches.com

Brittany shares with us the power of listening to your body and why it's important to slow down for optimal wellness. 

• Learning to tune in to what our body is telling is
• Tapping into your intuitive awareness as a guide 
• the mind, body, spirit connection 

Greatest Takeaway - The body has to be in alignment with the mind and the mind and has to be in alignment with the soul. The Mind, Body, Spirit connection is absolutely necessary for optimal wellbeing.

I was truly so inspired after my conversation with Jenn.

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Transcript

Sue (00:01.014)
Hi there, today on the show, we have got Brittany Cano here with us. I am so honored and delighted to have you here. Welcome to the show.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (00:08.498)
Thank you Sue, glad to be here.

Sue (00:10.83)
Oh, I'm so excited to have you here. So Brittany, let's talk about the work you do. You are a holistic nurse coach. Give us, I know you're also a registered nurse, but you do some other stuff with that. Give us the backstory here on how and why you got into this line of.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (00:28.222)
Well, my background really is in ICU, so critical care nursing, and seeing a majority of the patients having preventable disease, pretty much almost every patient was, not every patient, but a majority of them were there from either abuse or neglect of themselves. I really saw the need for that prevention aspect. And then with my own personal history and really healing in mind, body, spirit, everything,

I knew that I had such a calling for that preventative side and helping people really live a healthy, happy, holistic lifestyle.

Sue (01:06.03)
Hmm. Okay. And now something I want to touch on you said, and so the abuse and neglect of oneself and abuse I'm going to gather is like drugs, alcohol, doing putting toxins in your body and all of that. Right?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (01:21.826)
And even like food, not managing disease processes. Let's say you are diagnosed with diabetes, but then you eat absolutely everything and then you come in and DKA, diabetes ketoacidosis from not eating whatever you want. So it doesn't even have to be drugs or alcohol. It can be diet, lack of movement. Sometimes we have patients that were morbidly obese and that was a result of how they, and the reason they ended up in the hospital.

Sue (01:52.558)
See, and this is interesting. So, because I would think, or one would think, that the neglect would fall into like the lack of movement or lack of self-care. Like, you know, if you have a diagnosis, you're not doing the right things. So you're kind of neglecting, but touch more on neglect for us than what that is exactly.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (02:15.514)
Well, I would say, yeah, that is neglect as well. Like not managing your disease processes, not taking care of yourself. And then abuse, I would say is that more harmful action, like blatantly harmful actions towards ourselves. But sometimes, you know, there's an overlap between that neglect and abuse. And sometimes it's subtle at first, and we don't even realize that that's what's happening until people end up in the.

ICU like with the blood clot in their lungs at 45 from smoking for the last 20 years and being on birth control for 15 years. So so many different things can go into that abuse and neglect aspect that potentially can result in ending up as a patient in the hospital. But don't get me wrong, there's people who have accidents, have congenital diseases, have things that are not as a result of that. But a lot of the...

hospitalizations that I would see in the ICU's that I worked in, especially because I did not work in trauma. So that's a different area. Those people have experienced some kind of accident. That's how they ended up in the hospital. A lot were from abuse and neglect of self.

Sue (03:26.05)
And now talk to us with the holistic approach. I mean, we're kind of, we're going deeper than the clinical, Western, medicinal approach. Taking that kind of holistic approach, many times you can ward off stuff before it even happens just by kind of really looking out for your well-being. Right? So can you speak to us about that?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (03:52.974)
Yeah, I like to say like, what is my body trying to tell me? You know, when we have anxiety or stomach aches or headaches or we're constantly tired, we can feel like our body is failing us when really our body's giving us signals. And if we can start to tune into those and inquire and play detective really, we can find out what's not working and what we need to do whether we're deficient in something, whether it's...

past traumas that we dealt with in our childhood that are showing up in physical symptoms or whether it's something we're eating or not eating, we're not moving, it can be environmental toxins, it can be so many things, but listening to these symptoms actually as a gift as opposed to my body's failing me because our body's just trying to signal to us, it's so intuitive, right? It's so smart, it's telling us, hey, something's off here.

please, please look, look at this, right? This is, this is not right. So our body's so wise and tells us so many things and we do have that innate ability to heal.

Sue (05:01.542)
And so give us some insight here. Where does one start? Like if somebody comes to you for, oh, they just don't feel right, or they're feeling something, or they want more energy, where is the first place you kind of start with someone who's just kind of wanting to get their feet wet with taking a more holistic approach?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (05:21.582)
I do a holistic wellness intake because sometimes it's not so clear, let's say, why don't I have energy? And as I ask them questions about what's going on in your mental health, what's going on in your family and job and friends, what's going on with your physical health, what's going on spiritually for you, then it starts to paint a picture and some themes are extracted from there. And so then we have a focus point of like, ah, okay, this is it.

This is a good starting point. It's really clear once I do this holistic intake process because it just stands out. For some people it's, oh my gosh, they're dealing with so much stress. They don't have any time to themselves. They're constantly on the go. They don't have any healthy outlets to deal with the stress and it's been accumulating like this for years. For other people, they don't move at all. Their diet's really crappy.

in other areas of their life are going well. So there's themes that end up presenting themselves. So it depends on the individual and what's going on with them.

Sue (06:27.226)
And what is some guidance you can offer just to take, live in a more holistic way? What are some of the best tips you can offer that people can just start with right at home today?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (06:39.674)
I love that question. So I'm really big on nervous system regulation. So being able to control our inner workings, creating that sense of inner calm, it really is a superpower when we know how to create that internal and external safety. So some of the ways we can do that is through mindful breathing, connecting with our breath and breathe.

up to 60,000 breaths a day in so much of the time we're not even in tune or present to the breath. It sounds too simple to be true, but we can really connect with the present moment, can create that awareness of the present and connects us with ourselves. Plus there's the physiological benefits of mindful breathing, really deep breathing.

allowing the breath to travel down into the belly so much of the time we're shallow breathing, we're doing that chest breathing, we're like wearing our shoulders as earrings and so relaxing the shoulders, softening and breathing down into the belly, letting the out breath be longer is a really great place to start. Also moving more, that is really true that a body in motion stays in motion. So adding more physical activity, you know, our lifestyles.

can really not require a whole lot of us these days. It can be easy to stay behind a computer on a tablet or a phone. So making sure you're moving every single day. And if people aren't moving at all, start with walking. We are designed as humans to walk. We need to walk. And then we say community. Look at who you're spending most of your time with and really look for that positive community. Look for a community that is living in a way that

you want to live your life. Studies show that loneliness takes like up to 15 years off of our life. Like it's a true, you know, true aspect of quality of life. You look at the blue zones, those people all have a strong sense of community. And as humans, we really need to, we're interconnected. It's such a healing thing to be part of a loving, positive community. I preface that because you could also have toxic communities.

Sue (08:51.515)
Right. And now, you know, I mean, what if somebody just doesn't have community or access to that? It's some person who's in some remote area by themselves. They don't have a large community. How do they substitute? What can they put in place of that to give them that, you know, sense of

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (09:10.19)
Yeah, that's a great question. I know that online community is not the same as in person and chances are if someone is listening to your amazing awesome podcast, then they have access to connect with people virtually. And so that can be a great substitute which we saw during the pandemic, right? It's not the same as in person and there's a community for anything. Whatever hardship you're going through, whatever it is that you're wanting to create in your life, you can find.

online formats to connect with people who are up to the same thing that you're up to or that you want to create in your life. And then not being afraid to talk to people in the store. Let's say you live in a town of like 300 people. Well, you start getting real friendly. You probably know everybody, but even those small gestures of saying, hello, how are you today, putting your electronics down, making eye contact, can start to form that sense of community.

Sue (10:09.27)
that. That's such great insight because I know, you know, like you say, with technology today, people always have like a reason they can't do something or can't, you know, get this or get that or access this or that or help. But there's just so many places to access help and resources and online communities and forums and book clubs and you name it, you know.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (10:33.95)
There really is, and I think with that, as far as if it comes to, I know we're talking about community, but when it comes to receiving support, let's say you're receiving support on nutrition, there's a million different aspects of nutrition that you're gonna hear, depending on who you talk to. So making sure that whoever it is that you seek for advice, who you seek for mentorship,

is a trusted resource because there are so many different resources available out there and it can be hard to sort through and decide who is going to be somebody who really has my best interest in mine. So that's something to consider when seeking a mentorship or guidance.

Sue (11:15.778)
God, I mean, it just, you know, this makes me think of something, Brittany, here, because like you say, you know, and sometimes it's like who you think is a trusted resource. You almost really just have to be doing your research because you'll have one trusted, I've got air quotes going here, resource who is saying, you know, all veggies and no meat, no processed anything. And then you might have somebody else saying,

hey, it's okay to eat like the fake meat as long as you're not eating veggies, right? Like you have the kind of fake, you know, hot dog or whatever that's supposed to taste like meat. And I've heard, yeah, right? I mean, trusted resources saying, yeah, you want to cut down on the meat, but it's okay to have one of those little pretend hot dogs. And I don't know. I mean, I've heard, you know, otherwise. So I think it's really so important for us to kind of be always learning

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (11:55.53)
Exactly. Yeah, there's so much information. Where do you start?

Sue (12:14.742)
just actively researching and getting as much information as possible. And like part of what you do is taking the individual on their own individual journey, because everything, something that's going to work for somebody isn't going to work for someone else.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (12:28.326)
That's really a big theme of the work that I do with my clients is like, you know, right? Like you might not know in this moment, but like you know best, right? We know ourselves better than anyone else and it's supporting people and remembering that they have that inner power. They have that inner light. They are their own healer. And what works for one person, like you said, Sue, may not work for the other. And being able to figure that out for yourself and be...

grounded and feel okay in that journey of not Not knowing what what's the best thing to eat or what's the best practices to help me deal with the stress of my life? so I think that that's important for people to remember is that we really are Best teacher and we do know ourselves better than anyone else because yes I'm all about mentorship and coaches had a friend told me the other day you coaches just love coaches because I was asking her about another coaching program

And remembering that we have so much innate wisdom and the person that we go to for advice, finding somebody who also knows that you know yourself better than anybody else knows you.

Sue (13:39.538)
Mm-hmm. Oh, I love that. And now touching on nutrition. So, I'm, you know, I know this is a huge part of it, you know, along with the movement and exercise and all of that. So give us some guidance here. Like, I'm sure this is like one of your biggest challenges with people where they don't even realize that maybe they're eating things that they thought were healthy that are not.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (14:04.158)
Right. Yeah. So my background, like you said, is in nursing. I'm also a health coach. So within that scope, I really need to be mindful of what kind of advice I give. So I give, as a nurse, we can educate, as a health coach, you can educate. So I do always provide people with education based on whatever their goals are. And if it's anything really specific, then I refer them to a nutritionist. And I also work with that mindset piece. I find generally speaking,

most people that I work with, they have a good idea of what healthy eating looks like, right? Most of us have an idea of what it looks like. And it's one of the areas that, like you said, so many people struggle with. It's probably the thing that people's, one of the top things people struggle with in their health is nutrition. So it's really also pulling back and looking at what are the belief systems here, right? Whether it's clean your plate or

you can't eat too much, you'll get fat, or these are bad foods. All of these thoughts that became beliefs from our upbringings, from society. So a big part of my work with women is having them bring to light what are their thoughts there and then look at why am I hungry right now? Because so many times we're not actually physically hungry, we're bored, we're sad, we're lonely. We want some enjoyment, some fulfillment.

and we're going to food for it. So I find that when we can look at that emotional aspect of what's driving if it's unhealthy eating patterns, that's where things really start to shift.

Sue (15:39.742)
Mm-hmm. And then talk to us about that emotional aspect. What is some guidance you can offer around that? Because I know, you know, like you say, that's such a huge component to our wellness, and so often that gets neglected. You know, people aren't correlating how our psychological, emotional wellness, you know, is affecting our physical health.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (16:03.918)
Yeah, I mean, our emotions affect everything, right? And if we don't process them in healthy ways, they have the ability to show up physically if we haven't been able to process, let's say some toxic emotions, or we haven't let the emotion run its course. I like to say like emotions are indicators, not dictators. So they give us information. So rather than being like, oh, I'm sad, I shouldn't be sad, or this is bad to be angry.

It's like bringing that again, like we do with our body, bringing that curiosity, that mindfulness of like, what is this sadness about? What's going on here? And then that self compassionate question of what do I really need right now? So much of the time we're disconnected that from the fact that we can tune in and actually discover what it is that we really need. We're so

taught, at least majority of us and myself included, that the answers are all outside of us ourselves. Right? Like I need the food to feel better. Sometimes you do need the food, right? We can take care of our basic needs and food is enjoyable, but I need that extra row of Oreos or whatever it is, right? Or I need to go shopping or I need to drink that bottle of wine or I need that relationship, whatever it is. So that self compassionate question of like, what do I really need? And starting to...

learn how we can meet our own needs. Because I think we forget that sometimes, like, oh, I can also give myself what I need.

Sue (17:32.351)
And what kind of self-compassion do you practice? Is there a ritual or a routine that you do for yourself and that you recommend?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (17:40.11)
Yes. Oh yes, I love self-compassion. So I study Kristin Neff's work. So it's a combination of that tender self-compassion, right? That gentle, nurturing self-compassion. And then also this has been so supportive for me. There's the fierce side of self-compassion, which is what do I need right now to protect myself, to provide for myself, and to motivate myself. So that piece of self-compassion has been huge for me, like especially with

people pleasing or speaking up, being able to even just have that in my awareness that, oh, this is a way that I can advocate for myself and be compassionate for myself. And as far as like actual practices, I go through a process of like, what am I judging myself for right now? Like, what am I judging myself for? Like, what am I feeling bad about? And then remember like...

Observing it mindfully. So not identifying myself with whatever I'm judging myself for, because we can become that judgment, right? Like I am bad, I am sad. But mindfully noticing it without falling into it. Or totally just, I don't wanna deal with this, totally disconnecting. And then remembering that this is, reminding myself that this is common across all humanity.

All human beings suffer, all human beings worry about stuff, all human beings feel insecure at times, right? This is very normal. And that's a huge piece of self-compassion. And then the kindness piece. So I'll either do this in my mind or I'll do this journaling. Like, what do I need to hear right now? Or what, how do I, can I affirm myself or support myself with this struggle that I'm having, this criticism, inner criticism?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (19:23.562)
like tender touch, right? Or if I need to access that fierceness, it's like standing up tall, maybe put my hands on my solar plexus, or just like taking up some space, like, okay. Even if you don't feel powerful in this moment, like changing your physical state and taking up space and like, all right, I got this, it makes a difference.

Sue (19:44.374)
I love that. That is beautiful. That is such great information there. Now, Brittany, talk to us about EFT because I know that's one of the things you do, right? And is that something? Now is this something that works for everybody or does it only work for some people? This is kind of a silly questionnaire. I mean, do you have to be open?

to believing that it'll work for it to work, give us some insight there on and how you incorporate that with you.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (20:17.434)
Yeah, so in my experience, it's worked with all my clients and does it work for everyone? I would say exactly what you just asked the question of. I think it's important that people are open to it, right? If you're like, this is absolutely not going to work. I'm totally shut down. You'll receive the body's response lowering to stress, right? With the tapping, because it lowers cortisol and you probably won't.

received the full benefit because you're resistant to it and against it. That being said, I have people who are a little skeptical and they do the EFT emotional freedom technique, also known as tapping solution. They do that and they notice a difference, even if they're not a hundred percent sold on it, because it can be weird to tap on your acupressure points, you know, and that, you know, I have people rate their stress or their resistance beforehand. Let's say they're like in it eight.

with a stressful situation. And then by the time we're done tapping, they're like, oh, that issue's like a two now. Or I don't even, I'm not even stressed about that issue anymore. It doesn't even bother me anymore. So it's such a powerful tool and I love to, it's super easy for people to learn. It's a really forgiving practice and that if you miss the acupressure point or forget what you're supposed to say where, like you're still gonna receive benefits of the practice. So it's one of the tools I use a lot with my clients.

Sue (21:42.594)
And you know, the reason I asked this, because touching again on something, this whole idea of wellness, so often disease and all of these things are born of stress and anxiety and people don't correlate those, right? So this sort of these kind of mindfulness tools and practices are going to help ultimately to kind of keep us more in.

more grounded, more in alignment and less.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (22:13.782)
Healthier yeah definitely healthier 90% up to 90% of diseases are originated in stress like it has such a biochemical response in the body the stress hormones that are released and what happens in the nervous system when we're under you know extra stress for you know given amount of time.

Like small amounts of stress are fine. They're normal. We're able to handle that. Like all stress isn't bad. We need stress, right? It keeps us alive. It's just when we're in that chronic stress and it's unmanaged that it becomes a problem. But like you mentioned Sue, so many people are under chronic stress and that's their normal. And so it's not even recognized that I'm under stress. I know for myself personally, I would have told you I wasn't stressed and then I end up in a gastroenterologist office.

And really it was related to stress. My body told me, nah, you think you're good. You think you're fine, but we're not fine, right? And I know for myself that it was stress related.

Sue (23:14.171)
Mm-hmm.

Sue (23:22.018)
And now talk to us about our own ability, like our body's intelligence and ability to heal.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (23:31.246)
Yeah, I mean our body, that's what our body is created to do is to survive. So it will do absolutely anything to survive. It will do anything to heal all of these miraculous millions of processes, billions of cells are designed to live right until it's our time to leave the earth. But even in ICU, I can't tell you how many times a patient I would not think.

could actually make it, given their current state of disease and sickness and situation, and they would walk out of the ICU. So it's just, it's really our bodies want to heal, they want to survive, and when we give them that environment to do so, it becomes so much more accessible. It's just like if we keep our sickness or ourselves in an environment that's ill,

in an ill environment, especially over time, it does become harder and harder to survive and to heal in that space. So that's why our environment is so important. Our habits.

Sue (24:36.406)
Mm-hmm. And right. And then I'm sure you've seen with those who end up healing, like irrespective of, okay, they've got disease or whatever it is, but then you have these certain people who end up healing miraculously almost, it seems. But what part of that is mindset, right? Talk to us about the mindset of wellness.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (25:01.678)
Yeah, I think this is something that I want to be careful of, mindful of how I talk about it because there's people who have a positive mindset.

throughout their whole disease process, and then they pass away. Or we never get over our illness. That is the case too, and I wanna be sensitive to people who are like, I'm doing all the things. I'm doing all the natural things, all the things other doctors says, and I'm doing everything mindset wise, and I'm still sick, because sometimes that is the reality. And there are things that we don't understand. There are things that are out of our control. And again, that's why the spiritual aspect.

Sue (25:40.119)
Mm-hmm.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (25:40.234)
and how our mind engages even with that, affects our overall wellbeing. And also mindset is huge. Like we have patients who are failure to thrive, right? People who are failure to thrive. And they could have lived and they die. Like my own grandma, right? She had a stroke and she was in a place where had she wanted to live, like I honestly believe that my grandma could have lived probably at least a few more years. You know, I know.

I saw her, I like have seen you know, I don't know thousands, tens of thousands of patients kind of semi similar situations, but it was her time to go. She'd suffered a lot on earth mentally. She was done She was like I don't want to suffer anymore Then I had another client of mine around the same age as my grandma had a stroke lives by herself and this lady was like

coming to me for fitness training, mindset training. She was so dedicated that I gotta get back to exactly how I was before this stroke. I gotta live, she was baking, she was helping her neighbors. She had that drive and that will to live. So it does definitely, mindset does play a huge proponent in our healing as well. And everything's energy, right? Our high vibrational thinking, joy, you know.

gratitude versus shame, guilt, anger. Anger's in the middle, anger's not totally at the bottom. But they have a different vibration which aids in healing or works against healing.

Sue (27:07.476)
Mm-hmm.

Sue (27:16.15)
Mm-hmm. And what practical tips for those who are listening, if like, what are the, where does one start? Like if someone's just at home, like, hey, okay, I want to start taking my health more seriously. I want to get into shape. I want to feel better. I want to have more energy. What is your guidance to that person?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (27:40.762)
was I make the commitment and make it so that it happens. Cause it's one thing to talk about, it's one thing to want it. And again, we need to set our environment up so that it happens, whether that's like personal accountability, blasting it on social media, I'm going to do it. Um, do whatever you can write in your situation to make your set yourself up for success. And then also just starting, like you don't have to have the whole thing figured out. Like, how am I gonna?

Get mind control or be a positive thinker. And how am I gonna get fit? How am I gonna improve my nutrition? And how am I gonna, all these things. That analysis paralysis can be real, right? Like I don't even know where to start, so I'm not gonna start. So just get started, right? And then the next step, follow those breadcrumbs. The next thing we'll start to reveal to you, because we have to lay a foundation. Nobody started off like being super zen and.

grounded and clear on their mission in life and energized and Able to manage their stress and exercising every day, right? There's a process and remembering that there's a journey and just getting started whether it's like I said earlier with walking With I'm gonna start with a healthy breakfast. I'm gonna get rid of these toxic girls I'm gonna limit myself from this toxic relationship Like just start

and stay committed because it's a lifestyle, it's a lifelong journey.

Sue (29:05.462)
Mm-hmm. And I love that last tidbit there because so often we set these goals and then it's kind of like there's some destination, right? We think, okay, in 30 days, I'm going to be here and I'm going to be done. Right. Yeah. So that's awesome. Now, are there some myths around holistic wellness things?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (29:17.965)
Be there, oh I know. Then you get there and you're like, wait, where is this?

Sue (29:34.038)
that people get wrong about it, that you want to kind of, we should demystify.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (29:39.426)
I think that people don't quite understand what it is. And so when I teach holistic, I like to teach them like the biopsychosocial spiritual model, which is really that all aspects of our life are connected. That's really one of the basis of holistic living. I think sometimes people...

I hear people say this word like it's woo or it's like, I don't know. What are the other words? What do you hear Sue that people say about holistic? Like it's not backed in science. It's like just made up. Like it doesn't really have grounds. It's a bunch of like, it's not real. Like just an idea.

Sue (30:18.13)
Yeah, yeah, it's just kind of an airy, very hippie dippy, you know, like thing. So

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (30:25.378)
And it's really not, like it's based, if you think about it, right? If we were to look at our lives, we can tell that like, what's going on in our physical health, if it has an influence on our mental health, what's going on in our most intimate relationships, it has some effect on our...

Spiritual life or on our physical health like everything is connected. There's nothing in life. That's really in isolation That goes against science like everything is connected if you look at quantum physics Everything has like some kind of connection. So to think that us or that as humans were just like a body We already know we have a mind right and in our culture we tend to Separate the two like the mind and the body are two different things

Well, in other cultures, they're interchangeable. They're really the same. And I do think that there is truth to that, right? That they are different, but they're also the same, our mind and our body. They work together and they influence each other. When you think about how many people are like overly stressed about something and they get a headache or a stomach ache or they can't sleep or they just have to go lay down. That's a pure sign of how our mind and our body are connected. So...

With holistic, I just think that everything is connected. And also there's that aspect of holistic, trying to do things that are in alignment or more natural to health and wellbeing. So like looking at what's a healing thing for ourselves versus a toxic thing. And I think sometimes some of the things that we automatically might be sold as a healing remedy might actually be toxic to us.

And so in Holistic, we're like looking at things that are really, truly promoting life and wellbeing.

Sue (32:20.682)
Mm-hmm. And when you say this, like in terms of, you know, things that are toxic, so an example of that could be, okay, I have stress or I'm depressed and I can go get this depression pill over here that may end up having side effects and isn't really treating the root of my depression. It's just a bandaid versus, okay, let me take this holistic approach.

and treat it at the root without any side effects.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (32:52.994)
Right, it's like exploring what could be contributing to my depression? Have I explored other, you know, have I explored other venues, right? Other avenues, is it a bunch of stuff that like happened and I haven't dealt with? Have I done therapy? Am I exercising? Am I getting sunlight? What am I eating? How's my gut health, right? We look at all of those. And yes, of course there's times where that's the option that people go to, right?

I know I've heard people say that they saved their lives and in a case of mild depression have we have you explored these other ways of handling because again to go back to what we talked about just a little bit ago.

Our body wants to heal, right? Our body wants to heal, our mind wants to heal. So these things, I mean, they've done studies, American Psychology Association with a placebo, an antidepressant, and exercise. And the antidepressant and exercise group were like pretty equal in the positive effects, right? So exercise, you get all that endorphin release, you get all the feel-good hormones. So there's so many other ways to

Look at how can I take care of my health aside from just a pill. It really needs to be that holistic approach.

Sue (34:10.094)
Mm-hmm.

Sue (34:13.902)
Right, wow. Oh my goodness, Brittany. Okay, so I just, I have loved this conversation. First and foremost, I just wanna say thank you so much for all of your insights, everything you've shared here today, I think it's just so much food for thought and people are gonna have so many takeaways and I just loved having this conversation and having you here, thank you so much.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (34:37.638)
Thank you so much and I love all the questions that you ask. It really gets my mind going and I appreciate you and everything that you're up to.

Sue (34:45.566)
Oh, that is so awesome. Thank you so much. That means so much. Now, in closing, if there were just one message, your hope for everybody, what is that closing message you want to leave us with?

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (34:58.11)
to really empower yourself through the ability to like create that inner safety and calm. You know, we're not defined by our past unless we say so. And we do have that ability to manage our state, manage our moods. So to really empower ourselves through that is we're powerful creators and remembering that.

Sue (35:25.259)
Oh, I love it. That is such a powerful closing message. You've been so wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Brittany Cano Holistic Nurse Coaches (35:31.982)
Thank you, Sue.