Gut Feelings: Life Unfiltered

About Gut Feelings: Life Unfiltered

Welcome to Gut Feelings: Life Unfiltered Are you a high-functioning woman who looks like you have it all together—but inside, you’re exhausted, bloated, anxious, and wondering, “Why do I feel this way?” You’ve done the labs, changed your diet, pushed through the workouts… and you’re still not getting the answers (or the results) you need. You’re not crazy—and you’re definitely not alone. Hosted by functional medicine doctors and lifelong besties Dr. Jenette Auchter and Dr. Melissa Weiss, Gut Feelings: Life Unfiltered is the podcast where real-life struggles meet real root-cause healing. We’re talking hormones, gut health, the stress response, and the emotional patterns so many women silently carry: perfectionism, people-pleasing, and codependency. This isn’t surface-level advice or symptom suppression. This is where you reclaim your energy, your intuition, and your peace—while laughing, crying, and healing right alongside us. Two docs. One mission. Zero sugarcoating. The information provided in this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. The hosts and guests of this podcast are not liable for any actions taken based on the information discussed

Publisher

Dr. Jen & Dr. Mel

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

20 May 2025

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   BONUS SERIES: PRT: Part 2 - How Do We Know Pain Might Be Neuroplastic?

   Part 2: How Do We Know Pain Might Be Neuroplastic? In Part 2 of Pain, Reprocessed, Dr. Mel breaks down the patterns that can suggest pain may be neuroplastic. We look at clues like pain that continues beyond healing, symptoms that began during a stressful time, inconsistent pain patterns, symptoms that do not fully match a structural explanation, and conditioned triggers. The biggest takeaway: we do not identify neuroplastic pain from one clue — we look at the whole pattern. This episode is about getting curious about what your pain may be telling you, and whether ongoing damage is really the only explanation. In Part 2 of Pain, Reprocessed, Dr. Mel breaks down the patterns that can suggest pain may be neuroplastic. We look at clues like pain that continues beyond healing, symptoms that began during a stressful time, inconsistent pain patterns, symptoms that do not fully match a structural explanation, and conditioned triggers. The biggest takeaway: we do not identify neuroplastic pain from one clue — we look at the whole pattern. This episode is about getting curious about what your pain may be telling you, and whether ongoing damage is really the only explanation.

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Oh, Bloody Normal! When Your Labs Don’t Match How You Feel

   Episode 71: Oh, Bloody Normal! When Your Labs Don’t Match How You Feel In this episode, Dr. Jen and Dr. Mel unpack why standard blood work can miss important patterns, especially for people who still feel exhausted, gain weight, lose hair, or have trouble sleeping despite being told everything looks normal. They explain how their functional medicine approach uses a broader lab view to find clues earlier and build a more complete picture of what is driving symptoms. We discuss how their practice approaches blood work differently from primary care and emergency medicine, why ferritin, thyroid markers, blood sugar, and cardiovascular risk labs matter, and how lab results fit into the bigger picture alongside the nervous system, symptoms, and next-step care. Key topics In this episode, Dr. Jen and Dr. Mel explain why “normal labs” can still leave patients without answers when symptoms clearly persist. They contrast conventional care, which is geared toward emergencies and clear abnormalities, with functional medicine, which looks for patterns and earlier warning signs. They highlight the value of comprehensive testing in their practice, including when previous labs are reviewed and when additional markers are added based on symptoms and history. Ferritin comes up as a major marker for energy, hair loss, shortness of breath, insomnia, heavy periods, and possible iron deficiency patterns that basic panels can miss. They explain why a full thyroid panel can be more revealing than TSH alone, especially when thyroid antibodies point to early autoimmune thyroid disease or subclinical hypothyroid patterns. Dr. Mel shares her own Graves disease story as an example of how full thyroid testing can reveal what a limited workup may overlook. Blood sugar and metabolic health are discussed beyond glucose alone, including A1C, fasting insulin, and sometimes C peptide to catch insulin resistance earlier. They cover cardiovascular risk markers like lipoprotein(a), ApoB, LDL, and triglycerides, noting that some risks are genetic while others are modifiable. They stress that testing is individualized, not “order everything on everyone,” and that the right labs should match the person’s symptoms, history, and goals. The conversation ends with the reminder that labs are only one part of healing, and nervous system regulation, nutrition, sleep, movement, and follow-up care all matter too. Timestamps 00:00 - Why “normal blood work” can still miss the real problem 00:49 - Feeling dismissed after minimal lab work 01:25 - What primary care and hospital testing are designed to do 03:08 - Functional medicine looks for patterns, not just out-of-range values 04:01 - Why insurance-driven testing often limits deeper evaluation 05:22 - What basic CBC, metabolic panel, glucose, and TSH can tell you 06:45 - Why influencer advice can be misleading and dangerous 07:13 - Adding markers based on the patient’s history and symptoms 07:41 - The problem with needing to “prove” lab requests to insurance 08:33 - Why longer visits and follow-up questions matter 09:03 - Ferritin as a key marker for fatigue, hair loss, and heavy periods 10:20 - Why ferritin reflects iron storage and overall energy 10:20 - Full thyroid panels and thyroid antibodies beyond TSH 11:20 - Catching autoimmune thyroid issues earlier 11:24 - Dr. Melissa’s Graves disease was found through functional testing 12:43 - Blood sugar and metabolic health beyond glucose alone 13:40 - Lipoprotein(a), inherited cardiovascular risk, and what it means 14:39 - ApoB, LDL, and triglycerides as part of the full cholesterol picture 15:09 - Why testing should match the patient, not a one-size-fits-all panel 15:38 - What to do after finding something early: lifestyle, treatment, referral 16:30 - Reviewing prior labs and identifying what is still missing 17:33 - Why the practice feels like peeling back an onion 18:30 - There is no single supplement or silver bullet 19:13 - Why digging deeper matters inst

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   BONUS SERIES: Pain Reprocessing Therapy: Part 1

   Pain Reprocessing Therapy with Dr. MelUnderstand the pain. Change the story. Teach the brain safety. Pain, Reprocessed is a 9-part Gut Feelings: Life Unfiltered bonus series exploring how the brain and nervous system can contribute to chronic pain. Dr. Mel breaks down neuroplastic pain, the pain-fear cycle, the thoughts and stories we attach to symptoms, somatic tracking, safety reappraisal, emotions, and behavioral exposure in short, practical episodes. You’ll learn how pain can be very real without always signaling ongoing damage and how changing the way the brain interprets sensations can help create a greater sense of safety in the body. Understand the pain. Change the story. Teach the brain safety. This series is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for individualized medical evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

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Quality

6

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

51

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