Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

Your doctor says you have Hashimoto’s, but your TSH is “fine.” So what now?

If you left with a follow-up appointment 12 months away, or a “we’ll keep an eye on it,” you’re not alone. A normal TSH only tells part of the story. Hashimoto’s is two things: a thyroid that can’t keep up and an immune system that’s attacking it. TSH shows the first. It doesn’t show the second.

In episode 224, Esther explains the treatment for Hashimoto’s with normal TSH, and why you don’t have to wait for your labs to change before you start supporting your body.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why a normal TSH doesn’t tell you what your immune system is doing
• How to tell if your TSH is normal for a sick population or actually normal
• One simple breathing habit that helps your nervous system shift from fight and flight into rest and digest

Hit play and find your next step today.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Free 10 Questions to Ask Your Provider (PDF): https://healthwithhashimotos.com/questions-for-your-doctor/
A printable guide to bring to your next appointment.

Hashimoto’s Decoded ($27): https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/
A mini-course that helps you sort your Hashimoto’s into thyroid or immune.

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY

Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto’s community! Join a supportive community that’s here for you every step of the way.

The Health with Hashimoto’s community is on Skool:https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all links on my resource page:https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto’s warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

You switched your deodorant and felt no different. So did the swap even matter?

Environmental toxins are one of the top eight Hashimoto's triggers, so lowering your exposure is one place to start on the immune side.

In episode 223, Esther talks with Amy Enos, the low tox pharmacist, about personal care product swaps you can make without replacing everything in your house.

In this episode, you’ll learn where to start when it all feels like too much.

Press play and take your first step at your own pace.

ABOUT YOUR GUEST
Amy Enos is a pharmacist who raises awareness of the harmful ingredients hiding in personal care, beauty, and cleaning products. She helps you see through greenwashing and false claims so you can make healthier choices for yourself and your family.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowtoxpharmacist/
• Amy’s website: https://www.lowtoxpharmacist.com/
• 30 Toxins to Avoid (Amy’s free guide): https://lowtoxpharmacist.myflodesk.com/30toxins
• Easy shopping for people who feel overwhelmed (Amy’s Pure Haven link, code LOWTOX15 for 15% off): https://purehaven.com/?share=amyenos
• Amy’s podcast: https://www.thecleanishcorner.com/

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO’S?
Hashimoto’s Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto’s community on Skool. It’s a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto’s, and it’s free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto’s into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what’s happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

T2 thyroid hormone is being promoted for weight loss, metabolism, and energy. But does the science support the claims? And is T2 something women with Hashimoto's should consider?

You've heard of T4 and T3. Maybe even reverse T3. But T2?

After seeing two ads promoting T2 supplements, I started digging into the research.

In this episode, I'm talking about what T2 actually does, what the research says, and how to evaluate T2 creams and pills before spending your money.

Because you're the CEO of your own health. You need more than an exciting sales pitch to make a good decision.

Resources mentioned

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Read the full T2 thyroid hormone blog post

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Episode 22: Evaluating supplement claims

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Episode 83: How to Choose Supplements for Hashimoto's

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Research on T2 and metabolism

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Research on potential heart effects

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Research on T2 and TSH suppression

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RestartMed shop: Save $10 on your first order with code esther-yunkin-434010.

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Research on Nrf2 activation and glutathione

Affiliate disclosure: I'm a RestartMed affiliate and may earn a commission when you purchase through my link, at no additional cost to you.

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY

Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto's community! Join a supportive community that's here for you every step of the way.

The Health with Hashimoto’s community is on Skool: https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Is this the winter you finally stay well?

Cold, flu, and COVID season is here, and the news is already full of rumors, including talk of a Russian plague. No one knows what's coming, but every winter brings sniffles, GI bugs, and lost days. If you have Hashimoto's, staying well matters even more, because infections of any kind can be one of the triggers for your immune system.

Winter wellness with Hashimoto's does not have to be complicated. This episode is a replay of Esther's free Winter Wellness masterclass. It gives you three simple layers to stack, so sick season is not for you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Simple ways to reduce the threats, from sugar to stress to what you scroll
• How sleep, laughter, movement, and your gut support your immune system every day
• What to add to strengthen your defenses, plus your rapid response plan for the day you feel something coming on

Get the free PDF guide here: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/winter-immunity/ The video is also on this page if you'd rather watch.

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto's community! Join a supportive community that's here for you every step of the way: https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto's thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Do you feel worse every fall and can't figure out why? It may be the "October slide."

The October slide is not a diagnosis, but it's common enough in autoimmune groups to have a name. If you feel worse every fall, you're not imagining it, and you get to look at why.

In episode 220, Esther recaps episode 120 and goes back through the research on seasons and autoimmune conditions.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What SLIDE stands for
• What a 2021 study found about TSH and the seasons
• Which parts of the October slide you can control

Hit play and build your fall game plan.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Blog post: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/220-october-slide/
• Episode 14, winter wellness: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/14-winter-wellness-with-hashimotos/
• Episode 9, low vitamin D and Hashimoto's: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/low-vitamin-d-and-hashimotos/
• Episode 62, how to pick a vitamin D supplement: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/choosing-a-vitamin-d/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY

Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto's community! Join a supportive community that's here for you every step of the way.

The Health with Hashimoto’s community is on Skool: https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

You grind your teeth at night. You bloat after a glass of water. You crave sugar and salt, you are wide awake at 2am, and your labs still come back fine.

What if some of that is not your thyroid?

Hashimoto's is two things and not one. Medication helps the thyroid side. The immune side is the part that is yours to work on, and part of that work is looking at what else your body is carrying.

In episode 219, Kim Rogers (the Worm Queen) teaches you all about parasites and Hashimoto's. If you’re curious but nervous (or grossed out,) this episode breaks down symptoms to watch for, how the kit works, and easy steps to get started.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Rogers Hood (the Parify cleanse kit and the lymph kit)
I'm an affiliate for Rogers Hood, which means I earn a commission if you buy through my link. My listeners get 10% off with the code below.
Code: HWH
https://rogershood.com/ref/3790/

Beautifully Balanced Wellness castor oil
The organic, cold pressed castor oil Kim uses, including her thyroid castor oil pack.
https://beautifullybalancedwellness.store/collections/all

Thyro Light red light device
Kim mentioned using red light with castor oil. The red light I use and recommend has four wavelengths.
Use my affiliate code to save $10: esther-yunkin-434010
https://www.restartmed.com/shop-thyroid-devices/?sld=hwh

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Practices to drive to. A full workday. A to-do list that keeps growing. When your week fills up, are your healthy habits the first thing to go?

"I'll start that when things calm down." But a busy week doesn't pause the stress on your body. It adds to the load. Your thyroid and your immune system still need daily, consistent action, even when your plate is full.

You don't need a whole life overhaul. In episode 218, you'll find out how to manage Hashimoto's when life is busy, so your habits keep going in your hardest weeks.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why skipping today's walk or water can't be made up tomorrow
• Three simple moves to keep your habits going on hard weeks (shrink it, hold it, and come back without restarting)
• How to get back on track after a missed week, without starting over or feeling like you failed

Hit play and find the version of your habits that fits the week you're in right now.

Resources mentioned

• Simple Habits Program: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/simple-habits-program/
• Spoon theory and Hashimoto's fatigue: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/spoon-theory/
• Episode 217, what to focus on first with Hashimoto's: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/217-what-to-focus-on-first-hashimotos/

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Someone asks how you are doing. You say fine. You both move on.

Fine is not an emotion. And most of the time, it is not the truth either.

This bonus episode is a little different. Instead of a book review, I am sharing a sermon from my church, because this message applies to everyone. It is the full meaning of "how are you doing?"

Pastor Jason Lang walks through the five questions hiding inside that one simple question. If you have gotten good at saying fine while you are running on empty, this one is worth your time.

How are you doing? (five questions in one)

• Physically: eating, sleeping, moving, fighting off illness
• Mentally: healthy thoughts about yourself, godly thoughts, kind thoughts about others
• Emotionally: stuffing or exploding, using feeling words
• Spiritually: how God sees you in Christ, and living in Christ
• Relationally: relationship with God first, then others (anger, strife, kindness, openness)

This will be an ongoing series at Word of Life Church in southern Minnesota. Get the rest of the series on YouTube or Podcast or join us live in person.

You finished the list. You sorted everything into thyroid or immune. And somehow that made it worse, because now you are looking at two full buckets and every single thing in them looks like it should be the thing you do today.

So you did nothing. Or you picked five things, went hard, and lasted about eleven days.

That is not a discipline problem.

Sorting is triage, not treatment. It tells you what to work on first. But nobody ever explains the "first" part, and that gap is where most women get stuck. In this episode I walk through the three rules I use to decide what actually comes next, why the most important thing is almost never the right place to start, and what six winters of working on one single trigger taught me about doing less at a time.

What you'll learn

• Why "address everything at once" sounds responsible and still falls apart in eleven days
• Why the thyroid bucket comes first (fatigue, brain fog, cold, and weight resistance show up in both buckets, and you cannot tell them apart through the static)
• How to pick your first immune bucket step by choosing the cheapest repeatable thing instead of the most dramatic one
• Why changing five things at once teaches you nothing, even when you feel better
• The question that replaces "which one is most important" and actually gets you moving

Resources mentioned

10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor (free guide)
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

Episode 214, Sorting Hashimoto's labs into thyroid or immune buckets
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/214-sorting-hashimotos-labs/

The Simple Habits Program. Twelve weeks of structure, not intensity. One small habit each week. This is a text message based program. Enrollment opens Sunday, September 13 and closes Saturday, September 26 at 10pm Central. The cohort runs September 27 through December 19. This is the last time it runs as a cohort.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/simple-habits-program/

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

How serious is Hashimoto's disease? Nobody answered that at your appointment.

You got a prescription and a follow-up in six weeks. Or you got told your numbers are fine for now and we are just going to keep an eye on things. Either way, you walked out not knowing whether to brush this off or worry about it every day.

The answer sits in between those two. Hashimoto's is two things and not one. It is a thyroid that cannot keep up, and it is an immune system attacking that thyroid. Medication can help handle the first one. The second one is all yours to work on.

In episode 216, Esther gives you the facts without the fear, including what she reads in her own thyroid books about what happens when hypothyroidism goes unwatched, and why she gets most serious about this with women who are pregnant or trying to be.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why the immune attack is not the life-threatening part, and what actually is
• How long your antibodies can be elevated before symptoms or your TSH ever reflect it
• The five labs to look at so you know which side is asking for your attention right now

Hit play and get the answer you did not get at your appointment.

Resources mentioned:

Esther's first episode, where she shares her own diagnosis story: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/my-journey/

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

You did the sorting. Thyroid on one side, immune on the other. So why does it feel like nothing has actually changed?

Here is the trap. Sorting feels like progress, and it is, but so far it is all in your head. The buckets are full and nothing in either one has moved. Sorting feels safe. Starting feels like a risk.

In this final episode of the summer sorting series, Esther walks you through what to do after sorting Hashimoto's into thyroid and immune. Not twelve things to do tomorrow. One thing, chosen on purpose, small enough that you will still be doing it next month.

Hit play and pick your one next thing.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune, inside the classroom in the Skool community
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

Jumpstart to Refreshing Sleep and Rest, also in theSkool classroom

Single coaching sessions. You do not have to book the full six sessions of Hashimoto's Discernment Coaching. If you have sorted your two buckets and just need help with one thing, a single session is built for that.

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

You have the lab printout in front of you. You circled the flagged numbers, looked them up, and maybe compared them to somebody else's results in a group. So why do you still not know what they mean?

In episode 214, Esther walks through the full panel and sorts every lab into thyroid or immune, so you can do the same thing with your own results in about five minutes. Sorting Hashimoto's labs is simpler than it looks once you know which list each one belongs on.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Which labs report on your thyroid gland and which ones report on your immune system
• Why reverse T3 is the lab that goes missing most often, and what a high number is asking you to look at
• Why vitamin D and C-reactive protein are helpful even though they are not on the standard thyroid panel

Hit play, then pull out your most recent results and start sorting.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Episode 1, my diagnosis story: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/my-journey/

Episode 3, What Do My Thyroid Labs Mean: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/thyroid-labs/

Episode 39, Beyond TSH: How to Get the Thyroid Labs You Actually Need Using an Independent Lab: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/039-labs/

Episode 78, Success at the Doctor's Office: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/thyroid-questions-for-your-doctor/

Episode 80, Labs: T4 vs Free T4: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/t4-not-converting-to-t3/

Episode 94, Labs: T3, Free T3, Reverse T3: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/t3/

Episode 103, Thyroid Labs to Check: [link needed, page not live yet]

Episode 190, Why Your TSH Looks Normal but You Still Feel Tired with Hashimoto's: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/190-tsh-normal-but-still-tired/

10 Thyroid Questions to Ask Your Doctor (free guide): https://healthwithhashimotos.com/questions-for-your-doctor/

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Six common Hashimoto’s symptoms: fatigue, weight resistance, brain fog, hair loss, constipation, and feeling cold all the time.

You've been told they're all just your thyroid. Some of them are. And some of them were never going to be fully fixed by your thyroid.

In episode 213, Esther sorts the six most common Hashimoto's symptoms into thyroid or immune. Two landed in the thyroid bucket. Four landed in both. That isn't bad news. Two buckets is not two problems. It's two places to look instead of one dead end.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why feeling cold all the time is the cleanest thyroid bucket symptom, and what to ask about if you're still cold on medication
• How constipation, hair loss, brain fog, and weight resistance end up in both buckets for two different reasons
• Why weight gain when you're eating the same and moving the same is physiology, not willpower

Hit play and start sorting.

Resources mentioned in this episode

Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune ($27, about an hour, self-paced)
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

One-time coaching call with Esther

Hashimoto's Discernment Coaching, six one-on-one sessions

Episode 80, Labs: T4 vs free T4
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/t4-not-converting-to-t3/

Episode 94, Labs: T3, Free T3, Reverse T3
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/t3/

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

You started the summer with a question. Now you have a longer list of root causes and the exact same question you had in May.

Which one am I supposed to do something about first?

That is not an information problem. It is a sorting problem.

In this episode, Esther goes back through the summer root cause series and sorts every topic covered into one of two buckets using the Hashimoto's thyroid or immune framework. Each one gets sorted out loud so you can see how the filter actually works when you apply it to real information, including the one topic that landed in both buckets and changed how she thinks about minerals.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why vitamin D belongs in the immune bucket even though it matters for every cell in your body
• Why the hair mineral test lands in both buckets, and what changed Esther's mind about it
• How to take 25 saved screenshots and sort them down to one next step

Hit play and get a filter for everything you already know.

Resources mentioned

10 Thyroid Questions to Ask Your Doctor

Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune

Episode 204, the hair mineral test with Dee

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

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ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

You have all the information. So why are you still stuck?

If you have spent years reading, researching, and following every account you can find, you already know a lot about Hashimoto's. The problem is not information. The problem is knowing what to do with it.

In this episode, Esther walks through the Hashimoto's thyroid or immune framework and shows you exactly how she used it on herself, back when she was first diagnosed. She shares which bucket she focused on first, why she skipped over diet even though she knew it mattered, and how she figured out her very next step instead of trying to do everything at once.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How to sort your own symptoms, labs, and next steps into the thyroid bucket or the immune bucket
• Why Esther focused on sleep and stress first, even though she knew diet was important too
• How to figure out your one next step instead of feeling like you have to fix everything at once

Hit play to hear the whole story, including the moment her teenage son asked her a question that says everything about why she does this work.

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New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

What if your thyroid is a victim, not the cause, of Hashimoto's

Your thyroid isn't broken. It's overwhelmed.

Esther talks with Dr. Jess Armine, a healthcare provider with almost 50 years of clinical experience. His take on Hashimoto's: the thyroid is a victim, not the cause. It's a downstream effect of something else happening in your body.

If your fatigue has ever been written off as laziness, this one will shift how you see it.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why your thyroid isn't the real problem in Hashimoto's
• Why your fatigue is a cellular energy crisis, not laziness
• The one simple starting point Dr. Armine recommends before chasing every root cause

Guest bio:

Dr. Jess Armine has spent nearly 50 years in healthcare as an EMT, RN, and chiropractor. After his son's schizophrenia diagnosis, he dove into genetics, endocrinology, and mitochondrial function, developing what he calls bio-individualized medicine. He now specializes in complex illnesses that haven't found success elsewhere.

Make a free 30 min "Get Acquainted" consultation with Dr. Jess. Click here: Get Acquainted

Resources mentioned:

• Codeage Beyond Vitamins Platinum Women's Multivitamin (liposomal), on Fullscript: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/eyunkin
• Full blog post: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/

NEW HERE? START HERE.
New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor.
https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S?
Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step.
https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY
Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join.
https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER
The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Do you keep starting a new Hashimoto's protocol, only to abandon it a few weeks in when something newer shows up?

If that cycle feels familiar, you are not lacking discipline. You are missing a filter. In this episode, Esther explains why do I keep starting over with Hashimoto's protocols, and it is not the reason you think. The real issue is that every new supplement or protocol lands with equal weight because there is no way to sort it against what you are already doing.

In this episode, you'll learn:

The real reason starting over feels like progress, even when it isn't
The two bucket filter (thyroid or immune) for sorting anything new that crosses your feed
Four questions to ask before you try another supplement or protocol

Hit play to get the filter that stops the cycle for good.

Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune

Finally understand what's actually happening in your body.

https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

Hashimoto's Discernment Coaching

Not more information. A way to think about all of it.

https://healthwithhashimotos.com/book-now/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Why does it seem like every Hashimoto's symptom shows up at once instead of one at a time?

In this episode, Esther explains why your root causes never work alone. A single stressor, like a poor night of sleep, can affect your blood sugar, your gut, and your immune system all at the same time. That is why you have so many Hashimoto's symptoms stacking on top of each other, and it is not because nothing you are doing is working.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why a single bad night of sleep can throw off your blood sugar and your willpower the next day
• How stress affects more than your mood, including your immune function and your gut lining
• Why small positive changes ripple across your whole body the same way stressors do

Just as you are not a simple skeleton, you are not just a thyroid. Hit play to see how it all connects, and what to do about it without trying to fix everything at once.

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY

Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto's community! Join a supportive community that's here for you every step of the way.

The Health with Hashimoto’s community is on Skool: https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Hashimoto's Discernment Coaching

episode 205 with the stress diagram

You did the gluten free diet. You healed your gut. You worked on your nervous system. So why do you keep quitting two weeks later?

If you have ever done everything right and still found yourself back at the donut, skipping your supplements, or abandoning your protocol without a clear reason why, this episode is for you. Dr. Tabatha, a board certified OBGYN who has lived with Hashimoto's since she was 17, says Hashimoto's self sabotage is rarely a discipline problem. It is a belief problem.

In this episode, Dr. Tabatha shares the story behind her own diagnosis, her years as a Western medicine surgeon, and the shift that changed how she sees the body, faith, and healing. You will hear why she believes the deepest root cause she ever found was not a missing supplement, but a belief about what she deserved.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why Hashimoto's self sabotage often has nothing to do with willpower
• Why your thyroid is not malfunctioning, but protecting you
• Why fasting can backfire for a body that already feels like it is in survival mode

Hit play to hear Dr. Tabatha's full story and the belief she says is holding so many women back from lasting change.

Listen to Dr. Tabatha's podcast Fast to Faith where she interviews Esther

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY

Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto's community! Join a supportive community that's here for you every step of the way.

The Health with Hashimoto’s community is on Skool: https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

You have done the research and probably already know your root causes, but what do you do next when new protocols, supplements, or advice pop up? In this episode I’ll help you build a personal filter — discernment — so you can decide what’s worth trying and what to skip.

We’ll walk through real-life examples (social media supplements, new diets, and flare-ups) to show how discernment helps you ask the right questions, run a checklist, and avoid all-or-nothing thinking. Think of this as your practical, everyday tool for applying what you already know.

If you’re just starting, hit the show notes for Hashimoto’s Decoded to learn your root causes. If you already know them, let’s build your discernment framework together so you can confidently choose what’s actually for you.

HASHIMOTO'S DECODED:

https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

HASHIMOTO'S DISCERNMENT COACHING: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/book-now/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO’S COMMUNITY

Unlock your wellness journey with the free Health with Hashimoto's community! Join a supportive community that's here for you every step of the way.

The Health with Hashimoto’s community is on Skool: https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all links on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER:

The Health with Hashimoto’s podcast will help you explore the root causes of your autoimmune condition and discover holistic solutions to address your Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It is hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse, holistic health educator, and Hashimoto's warrior.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.