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Join co-hosts Christie and Anna for insightful discussions ranging from mindfulness and spirituality, to nutrition and fitness, to skin health, healthy aging, biohacking and everything in between! Featuring conversations with world-leading experts and thought leaders to delve into the latest insights, groundbreaking research, and cutting-edge advancements in wellness, longevity and beauty. Expect to laugh, learn, and be inspired as they prove being in love with the skin you’re in is about so much more than what you see in the mirror.
Christiana Velis: “What’s Actually Causing Your Hormonal Imbalance (It’s Not What You Think)”
In Your Skin
54 minutes
7 months ago
Christiana Velis: “What’s Actually Causing Your Hormonal Imbalance (It’s Not What You Think)”
In this episode of In Your Skin, we chat with clinical nutritionist Christiana Velis, who opens up about her personal health journey—from losing her period for six years while working as a lawyer to becoming a gut health and hormone expert. Christiana shares the powerful connection between stress, gut health, and hormones, and how tuning into the body’s whispers can prevent them from turning into screams.
We cover everything from IBS, SIBO, rosacea, and leaky gut, to how the gut affects skin, mood, sleep, fertility, and ageing. Christiana also explains how the nervous system and mindset play a vital role in healing, and why nutrition isn't one-size-fits-all. Whether you're battling bloating, hormones or just want to feel energised and confident in your skin, this is the episode for you.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – Welcome and intro to Christiana
1:04 – Why she left law for wellness
2:24 – Losing her period and regaining it through lifestyle changes
4:12 – The link between gut health, mood, hormones, and skin
6:15 – Listening to your gut as a vital health indicator
8:23 – When to seek help (spoiler: don’t wait!)
10:31 – Journaling, food diaries, and tuning into body signals
12:03 – How gut health changes with stress and age
14:14 – Postpartum gut issues and hormone shifts
15:09 – Poor sleep and its effect on digestion
16:43 – PMS, periods, and the gut connection
18:18 – A day on a plate: macro and micronutrients women need
20:06 – Magnesium, supplements, and individualised care
22:24 – Rosacea, parasites, and skin as a gut health indicator
25:06 – Blood sugar, insulin resistance, and ageing
29:09 – Why she doesn’t stress about food order (and you shouldn’t either)
30:47 – 30+ plants a week: the magic number for gut diversity
32:00 – SIBO, chronic gut issues, and the nervous system connection
35:17 – Starting small and taking simple steps to heal
38:44 – Gut health, fertility, and lifestyle factors
50:06 – 1 in 5 Aussies with IBS—why that number’s so high
51:39 – Christiana’s two biggest takeaways for better gut health
52:16 – What it means to feel great in your skin
52:54 – Where to find Christiana’s work
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In Your Skin
Join co-hosts Christie and Anna for insightful discussions ranging from mindfulness and spirituality, to nutrition and fitness, to skin health, healthy aging, biohacking and everything in between! Featuring conversations with world-leading experts and thought leaders to delve into the latest insights, groundbreaking research, and cutting-edge advancements in wellness, longevity and beauty. Expect to laugh, learn, and be inspired as they prove being in love with the skin you’re in is about so much more than what you see in the mirror.
