In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter 12: Elimination Diets.

Elimination diets are often misunderstood as restrictive or overwhelming, but in this episode, Sharissa reframes them as a tool for awareness. Instead of focusing on what you can't eat, she explains how elimination diets can help you identify foods that may be contributing to inflammation, discomfort, or other symptoms.

Sharissa shares her personal experience navigating food sensitivities and how removing certain foods helped her better understand how her body responds. She emphasizes that elimination diets are not meant to be permanent, but instead are a temporary process used to gather information.

This episode encourages a slow, intentional approach — removing one category at a time, observing symptoms, and then reintroducing foods to see how the body reacts.

This episode reflects lived experience and personal research, not medical advice.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:12 Chapter 12: Elimination Diets
01:00 What elimination diets are
02:00 Why they are helpful
03:00 Common food sensitivities
04:00 Removing foods intentionally
05:00 Observing symptoms
06:00 Reintroducing foods
07:00 Personal experience
08:00 Action step
08:45 Closing

🔗 Resources

Free Journey Back to Health Workbook
https://sharissabradley.com/extras

Tea Time Podcast Community
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In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter 11: Clean Eating.

Clean eating is often misunderstood as simply eating unprocessed foods or sticking to the perimeter of the grocery store. While that can be one approach, Sharissa expands the definition to include three additional ways of eating clean: mindful eating, seasonal eating, and cultural eating.

She explains how mindful eating activates the body's digestive processes, beginning with smell and continuing through chewing and enzyme production. When we are distracted while eating, the body may not fully engage in digestion, even if the food itself is considered "healthy."

Sharissa also explores how eating seasonally can increase nutrient density by choosing foods that are grown locally and harvested at peak ripeness. She introduces simple ways to access seasonal foods, including visiting farmers markets or subscribing to a CSA produce box.

Finally, she discusses cultural eating as a meaningful and nourishing practice — reconnecting with family traditions and foods that the body may recognize and respond to on a deeper level.

This episode reflects lived experience and personal research, not medical advice.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:13 Chapter 11: Clean Eating
01:00 Grocery store "perimeter" idea
01:45 Expanding the definition of clean eating
02:00 Mindful eating explained
03:00 Distraction vs digestion
04:00 Eating seasonally
05:00 Nutrient density & farmers markets
06:00 CSA produce boxes
07:00 Cultural eating explained
08:00 Action step: reconnect with cultural foods
08:45 Closing

🔗 Resources

Free Journey Back to Health Workbook
https://sharissabradley.com/extras

Tea Time Podcast Community
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2034745363989749/

Instagram: @sharissabradley.author

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Ten: Gut Health.

Gut health is one of the most important starting points in a healing journey. The digestive system is responsible for breaking down food, extracting nutrients, and delivering them to the rest of the body. When that process is disrupted by inflammation, autoimmune issues, or bacterial imbalance, the entire body can feel the effects.

Sharissa shares her personal experience with celiac disease and explains how inflammation in the digestive system created symptoms like extreme fatigue and brain fog. When the gut isn't able to properly absorb nutrients, other organ systems suffer because they aren't receiving the support they need.

This episode also explains the digestive system as an "extraction system," responsible for both nutrient absorption and waste elimination. When digestion isn't functioning properly, bloating, pain, and gas can occur as the body struggles to process food.

Listeners are encouraged to begin simply by observing their digestion and noting how their bodies feel after meals. Instead of making immediate changes, the focus this week is awareness and tracking patterns through a simple food diary.

This episode reflects lived experience and personal research, not medical advice.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Podcast intro
00:13 – Welcome to Chapter 10: Gut Health
01:00 – How the digestive system extracts nutrients
01:45 – Personal experience with celiac disease
02:30 – Domino effects of gut inflammation
03:10 – What "gut" includes in the body
04:00 – Supporting digestive organs
04:45 – Reducing inflammation in the diet
05:15 – Probiotics, prebiotics, and healing support
05:45 – Gut health and mental health connection
06:15 – Bacterial imbalance and dysbiosis
06:50 – The domino effect of healing the gut
07:15 – Why healing starts with digestion
07:45 – Action step: observe digestion patterns
08:30 – Keeping a food diary
09:00 – Workbook resource
09:35 – Closing encouragement

Free Workbook
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