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Error in the Extremes: Practitioner Pitfalls in Black-and-White Thinking

Hi,

An inability to keep an attitude of “Beginner’s Mind” can dramatically impair a practitioner’s capability – and outcomes.

Are you aware of the common errors in judgment that practitioners make by staying in the trap of “Black and White Thinking”?

Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video. You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away.

Here are some of the things we’ll be discussing:

  • Cholesterol, especially LDL, causes cardiovascular disease. Less is better!
  • The more significant the blood sugar lowering in Type 2 diabetes, the lower the risk of downstream disease.
  • You Are What you Eat!
  • Exercise is always a part of a healthy lifestyle.
  • Acid reflux is an indication of excessive stomach acid.
  • Cortisol is a potent stress hormone, so lower levels are best!
  • Boost that Vitamin D: the more, the better.
  • If TSH is well within the normal reference range, we know the thyroid is doing just fine.
  • Now that you have genetics data (SNPs), you know what supplements your patient needs.
  • If you run the right labs, your patient can learn all they need to turn their health around.
  • And much more!

Thank you very much for joining in the fun and learning!

With warmth and gratitude to you for sharing your gifts with so many –

 

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Valerie O’Donnell
Valerie O’Donnell

The main pearl I took away from Tracy’s talk today was the effects of intracellular oxidative damage.
I loved the analogy of putting your kitchen trash in a closet. That analogy really puts things into perspective.
As a Nurse I’m always looking to dive deeper. I love how she breaks everything down so anyone can understand. I look forward to Tracy’s monthly lives on FB.

Mireille
Mireille

Always picking up new details: like even more magnesium is not better, and ALP is made in the gut and I forgot that estrogen dominance and high stress causes copper dominance and therefore require more zinc to balance. Thank you!

Amber Dopita-Todd
Amber Dopita-Todd

My biggest takeaway was learning that magnesium levels must be good before adding in Vit D. Very interesting! Also, that increased urination depletes electrolytes. Thanks Tracy!

Angela
Angela

Wow – so much goodness in the information today. I found it most enlightening how adding more of anything can lead issues. Finding the sweet spot is key. The example with magnesium is one that I’ve run into in the past. More is not always better and Tracy stated examples very clearly. I will listen to this again just to reinforce these great nuggets of wisdom. It is a great reminder to have that openness to see things in the variety of shades of gray that allows us to honor the uniqueness of each client.

Linda Delmore
Linda Delmore

I love learning from your FB lives, they help to keep me on my toes.
They help me think outside the box and to really listen to what the client is saying or not saying, seeing them as an individual, not symptoms or tests.
Thank you, Tracy, for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated out here.

DEBS WALKER
DEBS WALKER

A really comprehensive live today, thanks, and it was a good reminder to get the magnesium right before vitamin D for me. Thanks.

Jennifer Moore
Jennifer Moore

Everything inspired me in this presentation, you are so knowledgeable. I think the exercise is a key point, the cortisol, the more is not more message. Thank you so much for the opportunity.

Marie Harrison
Marie Harrison

Vitamin D as an immunosuppressant was the most eye-opening pearl for me :oO

Suzanne Johnson
Suzanne Johnson

Thank you Tracy once again for another great video and for taking the time to share your immense wisdom! I enjoyed your reminder that “more and more and more” is not always better when we are looking at remedies for disease, especially since it is seldom one thing that is causing any particular disease. Low and slow is often the name of the game. Seems like everyone today is looking for one magic bullet and a quick fix for their disease and more often than not, just one thing is not going to solve the issue. I also really enjoyed your information you shared re alkaline phosphatase and zinc and how they relate. Just learned about this in the Core 101 courses and was good to have this pearl revisited in this video.

Lily Yee
Lily Yee

You can cause magnesium depletion with too much magnesium! Did not know that!! Increased urination will cause depletion in other electrolytes too. We use supplements to treat deficiencies often and need to be careful of how much we supplement.

Adrienne Markus
Adrienne Markus

Loved it all but always great to be reminded about the importance of cholesterol as we get older. Slightly over 200 as we age is good to know!

Velislava Angelova
Velislava Angelova

Thank you, Tracy! I definitely feel inspired, educated and motivated after your talk tonight! I loved your explanation about the importance of the stomach acid for the absorption of vit B12, minerals, amino acids and for triggering the pancreas to release bicarbonate and digestive enzymes to break down further the food we have ingested. As you rightly said: “we are not what we eat”, rather how we digest and absorb it for further cellular utilisation.

Maryam Taqi
Maryam Taqi

Considering that you need to keep electrolytes balanced.

Michele Duffy
Michele Duffy

Love these FB lives!! My pearl for today is that over supplementation can lead to depletion. I need to keep this in mind not only as a prescriber of supplements but also as a possible root cause for a patient’s symptoms.

Shawna Peters
Shawna Peters

As always there was so much valuable information. I feel the most important take away was about connecting with your patients so that they truly feel seen and heard. Easy to get wrapped up in the details as we focus on each unique patients need, but we can never forget that first and foremost we need to be truly connecting building rapport.

Jodi edwards
Jodi edwards

I’ve been told my entire life to boost my immune system take VItD. To think of it as immunosuppressive is a whole new paradigm. Also using that word as akin to anti inflammatory…..

Laurean Millonzi
Laurean Millonzi

Symptom relief is not the same as remission. They seek more testing when they don’t want to change their lives
Thank you for this opportunity.

Amanda Ruppel
Amanda Ruppel

Something that i was reminded of today – low zinc r/t low ALP and also that estrogen dominance and high stress compete for the Cu, which can inturn cause low zinc –

Annette Falconett
Annette Falconett

The biggest pearl for me today what Tracy said about vitamin D and Magnesium. When you are low in vitamin D you need to look at Magnesium levels. If magnesium is low you need to bring it’s level up. After Magnesium has increased you can begin vitamin D supplement – going low, slow and steady.

thanks!

Amanda Ruppel
Amanda Ruppel

Loved the connection r/t continually getting labs and someone just procrastinating about making changes – the changes that need to be made in their life. Very profound. Why spend the $$ on the labs when you could spend it on the better food choices –