Episode 24 - What is the root cause of chronic illness?

Are you tired of not getting answers about your health? Are all of the tests, blood work and scans coming back normal? Then this episode is for you!

Dr. Arista Ip, who works with us at ResilientRx in Austin, Texas, joined us for this episode. She is an orthopedic and pelvic floor physical therapist. We will be talking about what is the root cause of chronic illness and understanding how to get to that root cause. 

We want to talk about this as well as the other things that can impact your health without you being aware of them because this is not a topic that’s commonly talked about in our current healthcare system. We will also dive into intuition versus anxiety, the importance of allowing yourself to slow down, how the societal expectations affect your health, alignment, cognitive dissonance, spiritual misalignment, and so much more! 

We hope that this episode will help you and your nervous system so you can achieve the best results for your health!  

Let’s talk about:  

• 0:35 – Introduction to today’s guest
• 1:16 – Introduction to today’s topic 
• 2:00 – The common thing about chronic illnesses and how your body is telling something’s wrong through your symptoms 
• 3:44 – How intuition affects chronic illnesses and the importance of advocating for yourself 
• 4:54 – How to listen to your intuition and learn to differentiate if it’s intuition or anxiety talking to you 
• 9:22 – How the society is set in success, business, and finance and how it affects us and our health 
• 11:30 – The importance of allowing yourself to slow down 
• 14:39 – Alignment: what it means, how will you know you are in alignment with yourself and with what you are doing, and what happens when you are not 
• 23:05 – The concept of cognitive dissonance and the importance of knowing yourself 
• 34:52 – Spiritual misalignment and nervous system regulation being tied 
• 37:37 – The piece that’s missing most of the time for people with chronic illnesses 
• 39:23 – Dr. Arista on why you don’t need to always listen to other people’s advice 
• 45:45 – What Dr. Arista practices when a negative emotion comes up and how she manages her anxiety  
• 48:11 – How to know who your authentic self is and getting over your biggest fear 
• 51:57 – What happens when you’re always in an agitated state or doing something that doesn’t align with your values
• 52:55 – What are chakras and how it affects chronic illnesses 
• 56:16 – How it feels when you know you’re doing things that you value 
• 58:44 – Conclusion: This episode’s takeaway per Dr. Arista

If you want to know more about Dr. Arista and the work she does, follow her on Instagram.

Workshop:

The “Woo Woo” Explained: How Energetics, Fascia, Lymph, and the Nervous System Impact Movement for Rehab Professionals

Dont worry, it will be recorded and sent to you if you can't make it live.

📅 May 6th, 2025

⏰ 6PM CST/ 4PM PST / 7PM EST

📍On zoom (will be recorded)

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