In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the *Journey Back to Health* series with **Chapter 13: Detox**.

Detox is often viewed as something that should make us feel instantly better — more energy, clearer thinking, and improved stamina. But Sharissa explains that detox doesn't always feel good in the beginning. In fact, it can feel uncomfortable and discouraging because the body is releasing stored toxins that were previously held inside cells.

Sharissa shares how the body naturally detoxifies through sweat, breathing, bowel movements, and urination. She cautions against fast cleanses that overwhelm the system and instead encourages a slow, supportive approach that removes offending foods and reduces toxin exposure.

This episode also introduces **Herring's Law of the Cure**, explaining how healing may involve temporarily re-experiencing symptoms before improvement occurs. Sharissa offers powerful reflection prompts designed to help listeners stay motivated when detox feels difficult.

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

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⏱ Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:13 Chapter 13: Detox

01:00 Why detox can feel worse first

02:00 How toxins leave cells

03:00 Natural detox pathways

04:00 Risks of fast cleanses

05:00 Supporting the body naturally

06:00 Herring's Law of the Cure

07:00 Healing in reverse

08:00 Action step: Write your "why" lists

10:00 Staying motivated through discomfort

11:30 Encouragement to keep going

12:23 Closing

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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

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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

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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

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In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Nine: Systems and Organs

This chapter explains why the body cannot be treated as isolated parts. Sharissa shares her experience visiting multiple specialists who focused narrowly on one organ at a time — particularly the thyroid — without considering how interconnected the body truly is. She reflects on receiving conflicting advice, the financial and emotional toll of specialist care, and how fragmented medical perspectives can leave patients exhausted and confused.

Sharissa breaks down why understanding the body as a series of communicating systems matters. From the digestive system's role in nutrient absorption to the liver's 500+ functions, and from adrenal support to endocrine balance, this episode reframes healing through a holistic lens.

The action step for this chapter encourages listeners to identify one organ system that may need extra support and intentionally nourish it this week.

***This episode reflects lived experience, not medical advice.

Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome & Chapter 9 introduction

01:00 – Specialist experiences & fragmented care

02:00 – Conflicting advice & health exhaustion

03:00 – Losing the holistic model

04:00 – Endocrine system as interconnected pieces

05:00 – Gut inflammation & systemic effects

06:00 – The liver's 500+ functions

07:00 – Supporting smaller systems to benefit the whole

08:00 – Taking your power back

09:00 – Action steps & elimination diets preview

09:46 – Closing

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In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Eight: Knowing Is Not Enough

Drawing from her graduate research in psychology, Sharissa reflects on a central question: why do we know what's good for us — yet still struggle to take action? From studying children sorting "good for me" foods to testing adults on health knowledge, she observed the same pattern across ages: awareness does not automatically lead to behavior change.

Despite unlimited access to health information today, rates of chronic illness continue rising. The issue isn't knowledge — it's implementation. This episode connects back to earlier chapters on brain resistance and energy conservation, explaining why large, sweeping goals often fail.

Sharissa shares practical examples, including breaking down exercise habits into small, manageable steps (like 20-minute YouTube workouts between clients), wearing flexible clothing, and using visible reminders to reduce friction.

The core takeaway: massive Monday overhauls don't work. Tiny, achievable action steps do.

The action step for this chapter is simple — share what you're learning with someone. Accountability and community help bridge the gap between knowing and doing.

This episode reflects lived experience, not medical advice.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome & Chapter 8 introduction
01:00 – Graduate research on health knowledge
02:00 – Rising chronic illness despite access to information
03:00 – Brain resistance & energy conservation
04:00 – Lofty goals vs. achievable habits
05:00 – The "Monday overhaul" trap
06:00 – Breaking exercise into tiny steps
07:00 – Reducing friction & setting reminders
08:00 – Baby steps toward habits
09:00 – The accountability action step
10:00 – Closing encouragement

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

This short but powerful chapter explores the tendency to "wear the superhero cape" — trying to do everything, be everything, and meet everyone's needs while personal health quietly suffers. Sharissa reflects on how overextending herself often leads to neglecting sleep, hydration, nourishment, exercise, and rest.

Using the familiar oxygen mask analogy, she emphasizes the importance of meeting your own basic needs first. While certain life seasons (like caring for a newborn) may temporarily require self-sacrifice, consistently ignoring your own well-being creates long-term consequences.

This episode introduces the concept of a "Joy List" — a simple, physical list of small and big activities that bring personal joy. From freezer meal prep and reading to gardening, watching Netflix, or enjoying a favorite meal, Sharissa encourages listeners to identify what fills their cup.

The action step is simple: remove the cape and do one small thing this week that brings you joy.

This episode reflects lived experience, not medical advice.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome & Chapter 7 introduction
01:00 – What is the Superhero Complex?
02:00 – When health suffers
02:30 – Oxygen mask analogy
03:30 – People pleasing vs. true necessity
04:00 – Identifying neglected basic needs
04:30 – Introducing the Joy List
05:00 – Examples of joyful activities
06:00 – Small moments of joy
07:00 – Making joy visible & habitual
07:45 – Personal joy commitment
08:00 – Action steps & encouragement

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

This chapter explores the powerful emotional ties we build around food — especially comfort foods connected to memory, safety, and love. Sharissa shares a personal story about cookies and tea with her grandmother, and how that ritual created a deep emotional pathway tied to warmth, belonging, and connection.

After being diagnosed with celiac disease and eliminating gluten, she lost the ability to access that comfort in spontaneous ways. This episode unpacks the emotional deficit that can occur when healing protocols, elimination diets, or food restrictions remove not just ingredients — but emotional anchors.

Sharissa encourages listeners to examine their own comfort foods and find ways to make nourishing swaps that preserve emotional connection without creating deprivation. From gluten-free baking to creative substitutions like sweet potato chips or vegetable-packed nachos, this episode focuses on reclaiming comfort safely.

This episode reflects lived experience, not medical advice.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome & Chapter 6 introduction
01:00 – Cookies, tea & grandmother memories
02:00 – Celiac diagnosis & losing comfort
03:00 – Emotional deprivation during healing
04:00 – Recipe swaps & nourishment
05:00 – High nutrient dense substitutions
06:00 – Nostalgia & grandmother's birthday
07:00 – Recreating comfort through scent & taste
08:00 – Encouragement & closing

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