Dr. Kaylee Confer, NMD and Samantha Galloway sit down to chat about the Naturopathic Health and wellness space to shine light on what they see in their clinic, chat about what is much needed in the health and wellness space and how you can better your own health too!
Hormones and the immune system are tangled together, and a lot of women get told their symptoms are normal.
This episode covers what hormones are, the signs that get missed (headaches around your period, irregular cycles, joint pain, brain fog, insomnia), and why lab ranges and timing matter.
It goes through what a full hormone panel includes, why the liver and gut need support before hormone therapy, how estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone interact with the immune system, and the difference between progesterone and synthetic progestin.
Also: the “second puberty” trend, the three life stages when autoimmunity tends to show up, how stress and under-eating affect fertility, and how food, alcohol, and your environment fit in. Kaylee and Sam end with where to start and what to try this week
30 Oct 2026
Skin, Brain Fog, Headaches: Signs Your Gut Is Struggling
Gut health isn’t a fad, but the three-day cleanse is. This episode covers what your gut does beyond digestion, why bloating is often the last symptom to show up, what intestinal permeability means, and how stress, alcohol, NSAIDs, caffeine on an empty stomach, and undereating wear down the gut lining. Also: the gut-brain connection, why slowing down and chewing matters, how SIBO works and why it keeps coming back, why variety in your diet matters, and a realistic timeline for healing. Kaylee and Sam share their favorite finds of the week, plus easy things to try right now.
23 Oct 2026
"Hashimoto's Is Not a Thyroid Problem”
Thyroid problems are common and often missed, and a TSH and T4 alone don't show the full picture.
This episode covers what the thyroid does, how T4 becomes active T3, why Hashimoto's is an immune system issue and not only a thyroid issue, and the labs worth asking for: free T3, reverse T3, and TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies.
Also: Graves' disease, what antibodies do and don't tell you, why teens and young adults get missed, the foods and nutrients that support thyroid health, and the cruciferous vegetable myth. Kaylee and Sam share how they each found out they have Hashimoto's.
16 Oct 2026
Stress Advice That Needs to Stop
Stress is the biggest issue in the clinic and the least managed. This episode covers why nobody can measure it cleanly, what chronic stress does to your gut, immune system, skin, and hormones, and why you can eat perfectly and still flare when life gets hard. Kaylee and Sam explain the vagus nerve and rest-and-digest, and share the free tools they use themselves. Then a round of stress myths: “just reduce your stress,” “it’s all in your head,” bubble baths, working out harder, and meditating for 30 minutes. They close with three free things to try this week.
9 Oct 2026
Why You Can’t Sleep (Even When You’re Doing Everything Right)
Sleep is one of the most common problems in the clinic, and good eating and exercise don’t always fix it.
This episode covers what poor sleep does to your immune system, hunger hormones, and blood sugar, how caffeine timing and its half-life work, why genetics and hormonal birth control change how long caffeine sticks around, and how perimenopause can disrupt sleep.
Also: Kaylee and Sam’s own worst sleep seasons (med school and a mold problem), a morning and evening routine that holds up, and a real-or-hype round on sleepy girl mocktails, mouth taping, melatonin gummies, magnesium, sleep divorce, and sleep maxing.
2 Oct 2026
Swap, Don't Stop: Making an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Actually Doable
Kaylee and Sam get practical this episode: what an anti-inflammatory diet actually looks like in your grocery cart, not just in theory. They walk through the exact swaps they use in their own kitchens for chips, cereal, sauces, sweets, and even alcohol, and why none of this requires an all-or-nothing approach. Five swaps is enough to start. Plus a full breakdown of their go-to breakfast, lunch, and dinner options for the days when cooking feels like the last thing you have time for.
25 Sept 2026
Everything Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Autoimmune Disease
Kaylee and Sam get specific this episode: what autoimmunity actually does to your body, why one autoimmune diagnosis often means a higher risk for more, and why "chasing symptoms" instead of "finding patterns" is where most patients get stuck. Then in a rapid-fire round, they trade their own go-to strategies for flare-ups, from a single IV push of glutathione to what they'd do with three full days to recover, plus the personal triggers (alcohol, fragrance, stress) that set each of them off.
18 Sept 2026
Everything That Had to Go Wrong to Get to Things Exactly Right
Welcome to Functional & Unfiltered.
Dr. Kaylee Confer (NMD, DC) and Samantha Galloway (MS, RD, LDN) kick off the show with the origin story: how a college friendship turned into a clinical partnership, why they both walked away from more traditional medical paths, and how Sam's own autoimmune diagnosis became part of the practice's DNA.
If you want to understand why this show exists and why these two trust each other in a treatment room, this one’s for you.
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