Sacred & Sovereign

Minerals, Motherhood & the Missing Link to Your Energy with Amanda Montalvo

Elizabeth Brett

After spending years exploring hormone health on my own journey through postpartum exhaustion and burnout, I thought I had heard it all. But when a friend introduced me to Amanda Montalvo’s podcast, I realized there was a whole world I hadn’t explored—minerals.

I’d never even considered how mineral depletion might be impacting my energy, hormones, and health… and once I started learning from Amanda, I was hooked. I knew I had to bring her on to share this powerful missing link with you.

In this conversation, Amanda shares her journey from college athlete and nutrition student to hormone expert, and how discovering mineral testing changed the game for her (and her clients). We talk about why so many women feel unseen and dismissed by doctors, how common protocols often skip the root cause, and why your symptoms are not something to suppress—but signals to decode.

If you’ve ever walked out of a doctor’s office feeling unheard, or you’ve been doing “all the right things” and still not feeling better, this episode will be a breath of fresh air.

 In This Episode, We Explore:

  • Why minerals are the foundational piece most hormone protocols overlook
  • The truth about thyroid health, adrenal fatigue, and why bloodwork doesn’t always tell the full story
  • What hair mineral testing is and how it can reveal your body’s unique stress response
  • How Amanda's own struggle with post-pill symptoms led her to uncover deeper truths about healing
  • Why honoring your body’s signals—rather than overriding them—is the path to sustainable wellness
  • How to approach motherhood and healing without overwhelm, urgency, or one-size-fits-all plans

Episode Takeaways:

  • Your symptoms are communication, not something to fear or ignore.
  • Mineral balance impacts every system in the body—hormones, digestion, thyroid, and even mood.
  • Hair testing can offer simple, affordable insights to help you get to the root faster.
  • True sovereignty means knowing how to advocate for yourself, decode your body’s needs, and create a wellness plan that actually works for you.

Learn more about Amanda’s work at:

www.hormonehealingrd.com

Podcast links: 

https://hormonehealingrd.com/podcast-episode/s7-e05-iodine-series-part-1-iodine-b

About the Host
Elizabeth Brett is a former NBC reporter turned modern-day priestess, mama, activator & guide. She’s been interviewed on The Today Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Shape Magazine, and Cosmo Radio, has changed countless diapers along with her career multiple times, and now guides women to remember who they were before the world told them who to be. She believes this is the key to wild abundance & soul-level fulfillment.

Her work is an invitation—one that challenges the rules of womanhood and motherhood as we know them, offering a new paradigm where success isn’t just measured by achievement but by the depth of one's aliveness.

Elizabeth lives in Austin, TX, with her beloved husband and two magical kids. She's known to show up in the school pick-up line wearing a unicorn horn, and loves a spontaneous dance party.

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