Brianna Diorio

🚨🎙New Episode Alert Episode 29 of the podcast is a perfect and timely episode for the New Year resolution gang or really anyone looking to take advantage of the new year, new me mindset (if done correctly). I start the episode by discussing the benefits of focusing on behaviors and habits, as opposed to just results and goals and help you take a deeper look at HOW the goals you are setting can be impacting other areas of your life. 🧠 In the Knowledge Bites segment of the show I dive into 3 FREE things you can start doing right now to improve your health, how to improve your spiritual nutrition and emotional hygiene and why you should do an energy detox/audit! 🤓The Nerd Alert segment of the show gets into the benefits of CoQ10! #briannaapproved #detox #newyear #newyearnewme #coq10 #goals #intentions #stress #sleep #weightloss #vitamins #mitochondria #liver #recoveringsuperspaz #naturetherapy #dailyD #vitaminD #neuroscience #emotions #emotionalhealth #emotionalintelligence #spiritualgrowth #emotionalgrowth #growthmindset #growth (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYzzupXLimJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

PSA- Health doesn’t have a date on a calendar. Health doesn’t happen over night, but small changes certainly do add up over time! Slow fat loss, is still fat loss Twenty minutes of movement is better than zero. Getting to bed one hour earlier is an improvement. Hopefully you’re picking up what I’m putting down. Keep being boring with your health. Stop trying to biohack/ over complicate / quick fix / bro-science your way into health. It’s one of the most important relationships you have in your life, so court it, date it, romance it and work on it appropriately. Make foundational health cool again ✌️ #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #rootcause #functionalmedicine #herbalist #integrativemedicine #donotcomply (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYoyT-SrPKR/?utm_medium=tumblr

Suppressing symptoms only prolongs your healing. The degree to which you are able to listen to your body‘s symptoms is in direct proportion to your ability to begin creating a protocol. Symptoms are natures healing effort and change generally happens when you get super honest about them and your commitment level to wanting to understand their etiology. 📍When is the last time you honestly assessed the severity, duration and compounding effects of your symptoms ? 📍How long have you been ignoring them for? 📍How many times have you tried the same “protocol” over and and over again with no success? 📍How honest are you being with yourself about truly wanting to change your life and your health? Change doesn’t happen over night, but the process becomes a lot quicker when you can admit that you’ve been lying to yourself and your willingness to take responsibility for your consistent efforts is assessed honestly. #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #rootcause #functionalmedicine #herbalist #integrativemedicine #donotcomply (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/briannadiorio/p/CYY8ThNrACu/?utm_medium=tumblr

🚨New Episode Alert with @danamonsees_cns 🎙In this episode we discuss: -Neutral nutrition  -Explaining what food freedom means  -Underlying issues that can contribute to food issues and disordered eating (hint, it is rarely about food) -Red flags people should look for when working with a coach/nutritionist/dietitian  In episode 28 of the podcast I sit down with Dana Monsees, a Dietitian-Nutritionist (MS, CNS, LDN) and Body Image Coach who specializes in helping women with gut issues and burnout from a HAES, non-diet approach. Her philosophy combines neutral nutrition, weight-inclusive care, and her training in integrative and functional nutrition to help women heal their relationship with food and their bodies as a root cause of chronic health conditions. 🤓You can also watch the full video interview on my YouTube channel #briannaapproved #dailyD #stress #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #anxiety #anxious #rootcause #functionalmedicine #herbalist #integrativemedicine #donotcomply #mindbodyspirit #mindbodymedicine #macro #antidiet #paleo #bodypositivity #bodyimage #diet https://www.instagram.com/p/CYStkyJsaiz/?utm_medium=tumblr

Body language aka your body is always talking to you through symptoms. The body is actually really great at telling us what it needs more or less of. Mind Body Prompts to Ponder 🤔 -Are you good at listening ? -Do you communicate well with your body? -Is there some miscommunication between your mind and your body? -How am I physically feeling today? -Where do I quite literally feel out of alignment? (Aka where is your body holding onto stress/ pain etc.) -What am I / my body needing most right now? (Movement, rest, laughter, solitude etc.) #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #rootcause #functionalmedicine #herbalist #integrativemedicine #donotcomply #mindbodyspirit #mindbodymedicine #quantumphysics #alignment (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYMyswhJ_LI/?utm_medium=tumblr

When can we start shifting the conversation to treatment and prevention? Or at minimum, just giving people some more options. When we can start emphasizing the importance of -Exercise/movement -Vitamins, plant compounds and herbs -Sleep -Modulation of inflammation and stress -Integrative medicine -Acupuncture -Mental health/ therapy -Moderate germ exposure so you have a robust gut microbiome and microbiome diversity I am pro doing whatever makes you feel safe, healthy and happy! #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #rootcause #functionalmedicine #herbalist #integrativemedicine #donotcomply (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHN0MjrqdS/?utm_medium=tumblr

There is a time and place for both options… If you are 5 miles from home it is going to take you a lot longer to return home as opposed to being only 2 miles from home, much like if you are five years down the path of being on becoming well it’s going to take you a lot longer to recover… The difficulty often lies in the advanced stages of the disease when it comes to healing, or when people experience the slow nature of getting back to a state of wellness .... sometimes you have to just keep driving. #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #rootcause #functionalmedicine #herbalist #integrativemedicine (at Belmar, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYE5-52JJWh/?utm_medium=tumblr

Becoming well and becoming unwell are both a process. A process means “a series of actions or steps taken”, therefore, if we think about disease and health as a series of actions, we can consciously chose which actions are most favorable for our desired health outcome. As the saying goes, “one step at a time is all it takes to get you there” 🤓What is the next best step I can take on my health journey today? #briannaapproved #dailyD #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #paleo #nutrition #phd #functionalmedicine #vitamins #minerals #stressmanagement #stress #root #rootcause (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/briannadiorio/p/CYAEEjNpuKd/?utm_medium=tumblr

The gift of health… it’s the gift that keeps on giving. 12 weeks of intensive wellness empowerment and lifestyle coaching. Ideal for anybody looking to level up their physical, emotional and mental health. To learn more and check out the link in my bio 🤓 #briannaapproved #dailyD #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #paleo #nutrition #phd #functionalmedicine #vitamins #minerals #stressmanagement #stress #root #rootcause (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX9IboTJgOg/?utm_medium=tumblr

New Episode alert 🚨 : Lung Health and Osha Root In this episode of the podcast I discuss the lung-gut axis, the role of the lungs in Chinese Medicine, why taking a deep breath is good for your emotions and why it’s important to pay attention to your large intestines when you are “eliminating” things/people/thoughts from your life. In the Botanical Bri section of the show I discuss the benefits of Osha Root and I also give you a homework assignment for the week, which will benefit your emotional and respiratory health! Fun Fact of the Day: Lung-Gut Axis Knowledge Bites: Lungs from a TCM Standpoint Botanical Bri: Osha Root Nerd Alert: Ferulic Acid Production Manager and Graphics @kylediorio #briannaapproved #dailyD #heart #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #brokenheart #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #healingjourney #phd #podcast #brain #neuroscience #fertility #tcm #herbs #herbalist #reiki #acupuncturist #acupuncture #chinesemedicine (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXy3Dzhpn7q/?utm_medium=tumblr

Team Root Cause … How is our body trying to regain homeostasis? I’ll tell you how, generally at our own metabolic, hormonal and cellular expense, which manifests as a decline in cellular/ mitochondrial function, a decline in overall health and increased expression of symptoms. 🤓We need to start asking: -What is happening at the cellular level? -Where are there system dysfunctions that need to be addressed? -Where do we see hyper or hypo activity in certain organs? -Where are their nutrient imbalances? -Where are there excessive amounts of inflammation, oxidative damage and stress relative to the body’s endogenous capabilities of restoring balance? #briannaapproved #dailyD #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #paleo #nutrition #phd #functionalmedicine #vitamins #minerals #stressmanagement #stress #root #rootcause (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXtaQ_Er6d3/?utm_medium=tumblr

How is our body trying to regain homeostasis? I’ll tell you how, generally at our own metabolic, hormonal and cellular expense, which manifests as a decline in cellular/ mitochondrial function, a decline in overall health and increased expression of symptoms. 🤓We need to start asking: -What is happening at the cellular level? -Where are there system dysfunctions that need to be addressed? -Where do we see hyper or hypo activity in certain organs? -Where are their nutrient imbalances? -Where are there excessive amounts of inflammation, oxidative damage and stress relative to the body’s endogenous capabilities of restoring balance? #briannaapproved #dailyD #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #paleo #nutrition #phd #functionalmedicine #vitamins #minerals #stressmanagement #stress (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXtZtKerwKr/?utm_medium=tumblr

Good luck developing a series of shots (that you need to take every six months) to deal with psychological stress and the human Immune System. Living in fear for almost 2 years now has added nothing positive to the immune conversation. Chronic stressors (including experiencing chronic emotions such as fear, being worried all the time, not sleeping enough etc.) were associated with suppression of both cellular and humoral measures. As a quick refresher, there are two main mechanisms of immunity within the adaptive immune system – humoral and cellular immunity. 🤓Humoral Immunity (also called antibody mediated immunity) refers to the bodily fluids and generally protects against extracellular virus and bacteria. When a humoral immunity based response occurs B Cells produce antibodies after being activated by specific antigens present in body fluids. Antibodies produced by the B cells will bind to antigens, neutralize them and or cause lysis (destruction of cells by a lysin) or phagocytosis. 🤓Cellular Immunity occurs inside infected cells, it is mediated by T lymphocytes and is an immune response that does NOT involve antibodies; it involves the activation of phagocytes, antigen-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, and the release of various cytokines in response to an antigen. These Helper T cells are released by cytokines, which help activated T cells bind to infected cells; the infected cell then undergoes lysis. 📍As a quick reminder we actually do want some stress in our lives!! We have to stop with the anti-everything mindset. “Acute stressors (lasting minutes) were associated with potentially adaptive upregulation of some parameters of natural immunity and downregulation of some functions of specific immunity.” #briannaapproved #dailyD #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #paleo #nutrition #phd #functionalmedicine #vitamins #minerals (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/briannadiorio/p/CXoH3Vcr0zQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Where can you add more ANDs!? Integrated means “to combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole” Believe it or not you can practice “holistic living” and integrate “western medicine.” Diet AND lifestyle, Herbs AND occasional meds (you might an antibiotic from time to time, that doesn’t make you a bad person), Movement AND rest, Stress (it keeps you alive) AND chill mode, Acupuncture AND Chiropractic, Germs AND basic hygiene principles. Make integrative medicine integrative again. #briannaapproved #dailyD #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #PhDBri #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #anxiety #anxious #paleo #nutrition #phd #macros #keto #functionalmedicine #integrativemedicine #integrativehealth (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXdxczJL0EQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sunday Night Reminder … I know so many of us are always looking for ways to “biohack” our biology and our health, but the truth of the matter is no matter how many cold baths, sauna or even acupuncture sessions you have, you simply have to do the boring and basic work on your health .... every single day. You can’t out supplement / vax/ botanical or bio-hack your way out of the foundational pieces of your health house: -sleep -rest -movement / play -hydration -mitigation of stress / inflammation bucket -mental/ emotional health -nutrient diversity -gut health (although this entire term and entire field has become completely oversimplified) -core nutrients, vitamins, minerals -pro inflammatory people/ thoughts/ energy **extra credit for actually having balance and enjoying life as well! Keep being boring with your health ! Recognize it takes more than a “pill” (insert whatever health thing you want there) to improve and support wellness and health. #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #biochemicalindividuality #functionalmedicine #herbalist #nutrition #nutritionist #holistichealth #phd #herb #herbalist (at Bay Head, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXZ2k_CMeLM/?utm_medium=tumblr

Health is dynamic and individual! The concept of biochemical individuality (as proposed by Roger J. Williams in 1956) was based on evidence that the variations in chemical composition and enzymatic activities between humans is so vast, that it is nearly impossible to define a “normal” or “healthy” human. “This observation has profound and still under appreciated implications for both medicine and nutrition, emphasizing that interventions should be tailored to the individual to ensure optimal efficacy and to minimize side effects.” Lastly, it is important to note that what once worked for you in the past might not work for you now. 🤓Can you identify some areas of your health you might to upgrade and evolve!? #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 #biochemicalindividuality #functionalmedicine #herbalist #nutrition #nutritionist #holistichealth #phd (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXObIVogybe/?utm_medium=tumblr

Weekend Reminder: it’s tough on these health food streets This goes for supplements, “natural” beauty products and marketing puffery around “health foods” Be aware that Vegan, keto, paleo (or whatever is trending) cookies are still cookies (insert whatever health craze/ trend/ buzzword applies here). Don’t get caught up in the hype, really work on becoming label literate and doing some more research. #briannaapproved #dailyD #psychoneuroimmunology #stress #immunehealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #recoveringsuperspaz #inflammation #PNI #phdbri #emotions #botanicalBri #vitaminD #sleep #inflammation #neuroscience #omega3 (at Point Pleasant, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXBYefQLuhE/?utm_medium=tumblr