Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess

About Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess

Welcome to Informed Choice, the podcast where holistic nutritionist, chef, and Functional Medicine doctoral candidate Ini Isangedighi, BCHN, The Naija Goddess helps you cut through confusion and discover how to heal naturally and live vibrantly. Each episode blends research-driven insights, plant-based strategies, and practical conversations with health experts and thought leaders. Topics include plant-based nutrition, herbal medicine, midlife vitality, stress recovery, and natural approaches to chronic conditions. You will gain science-backed tools, simple frameworks, and actionable guidance to make confident decisions for your health and your life. Whether you want to increase energy, support longevity, or find clarity in the overwhelming wellness space, this podcast offers reliable direction for lasting transformation, one informed choice at a time.

Publisher

The Naija Goddess

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Oct 2025

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Successful on Paper, Exhausted in Real Life Ep33

   Burnout is not a mood, it is a measurable physiological state, and most women never learn to recognize it until the body forces the issue. In this episode, self-preservation coach La Brown joins The Naija Goddess to break down what chronic stress actually does to the nervous system, and why so many high-achieving women cannot say no even when they know they should. La built her coaching practice after burning herself out trying to be available to everyone, all the time. She explains why apology habits start as early as childhood, how the body's stress response stops distinguishing between a real emergency and a decade of low-grade pressure, and why cortisol that never tapers off at night leads to non-restorative sleep, clenched jaws, and a gut that never fully calms down. The conversation goes further than boundaries as a buzzword. La and Ini talk through what she calls the bridge metaphor, how every woman has a weight limit on what she can carry before something breaks, and why burnout in caregivers can quietly spill over into how they treat the people depending on them most, including aging parents. They also cover a simple calendar audit that exposes the gap between what a woman thinks she is capable of and what her actual day allows, and the difference between a boundary set out of fear and one that is genuinely sustainable. Topics covered: - Why chronic stress keeps cortisol elevated long after the actual stressor is gone - Where people-pleasing and the habit of apologizing for existing actually start - The bridge metaphor: how to tell when your capacity is maxed out - How burnout in caregivers affects the people they are trying to protect - A realistic framework for auditing your calendar against your real capacity - The difference between a reactive boundary and a sustainable one - Reframing guilt as a signal of progress instead of wrongdoing This episode also features a herbal spotlight on skullcap, a nervine herb studied for calming an overactive nervous system without sedation, and a cooking segment for Naijatarian Efo Riro with Millet, built to replenish the magnesium, B vitamins, and Vitamin E chronic stress depletes fastest. Guest: La Brown, self-preservation coach Website: www.allisalabrown.com Instagram: @allisalabrown Host: The Naija Goddess www.TheNaijaGoddess.com InformedChoicePodcast@gmail.com (mailto:InformedChoicePodcast@gmail.com) Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links which means I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Naija Goddess does not take responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement, exercise or other lifestyle program. #CulinaryMedicine #HolisticNutrition #NaturalWellness

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Your Closet Is Keeping You Stuck. Here's Why. Ep32

   She had the title, the wardrobe, and the reputation. She also had a drinking problem nobody could see, a closet full of clothes from a woman she no longer was, and a growing disconnection from the person she was supposed to be. Donna Hundley is the Chief Presence Strategist and founder of The Designed Presence, a framework built to help highly achieved women over 40 align how they feel on the inside with how they show up in every room they walk into. In this episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess, Donna takes the mask of confidence completely off, sharing her journey through caregiving, functional alcoholism, sobriety, and the moment she realized her closet was not a storage problem. It was an identity problem. Dr. Naija, The Naija Goddess, Doctor of Functional Medicine and board-certified holistic nutritionist, brings the clinical layer: the stress identity loop, the neuroscience behind chronic high performance, why loneliness activates the same inflammatory pathways as physical injury, and how ashwagandha directly supports the HPA axis after years of sustained stress. This episode is for the woman who looks like she has it all together and is exhausted from keeping up the performance. It is for the woman who has not recognized herself in the mirror in years. And it is for anyone who has ever wondered whether the version of themselves they are presenting to the world is actually who they are. What you will take away from this episode: why your closet is a mirror of your current identity, what functional alcoholism actually looks like from the inside, the one free thing you can do this week to start closing the gap between how you feel and how you show up, the clinical reason why community is a biological necessity and not a luxury, and why presence is not something you either have or do not have. It can be built. Connect with Donna Hundley: The Designed Presence: www.thedesignedpresence.com (http://www.thedesignedpresence.com) Instagram: @thedesignedpresence The Presence Room: private curated dinners for women over 40 in the Charlotte metro area, thedesignedpresence.com (http://thedesignedpresence.com) Connect with Dr. Naija: Book Nourish by Naija: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP9SW1M7 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP9SW1M7) 8-Week Nourish by Naija Program: www.NourishByNaija.com (http://www.NourishByNaija.com) Subscribe to the Newsletter: www.TheNaijaGoddess.com (http://www.TheNaijaGoddess.com) Everything shared is for educational purposes. Please work with your own healthcare provider before making changes to your health routine.

3. 

   21 Sept 2026

   The Russian Martial Art That Resets Chronic Stress Ep31

   Your body has been trying to tell you something for years. The tension you stopped noticing. The sleep that never fully restores. The reactions that feel too big for the moment that triggered them. You are not broken. You are depleted. In this episode of Informed Choice, Dr. Ini, The Naija Goddess, DFM, PhD, board-certified holistic nutritionist, sits down with Roy Hatcher: Systema master, licensed massage and bodywork therapist, and one of the world's top body language experts. Roy has spent over 20 years teaching men, women, and children to regulate their nervous systems using the four pillars of Systema: breath, posture, movement, and calmness. In this episode you will learn: • Why the nervous system gets stuck in fight-or-flight and what it actually takes to reset it • The difference between having skill and having real control over your own body and nervous system • Why most people walk around as little bags of tension with pain receptors so adapted to the chronic load they cannot even feel it anymore • How Roy's wife breathed through cutting her late father's hair at the funeral home and what was happening in her body that made it possible • The cortisol-magnesium depletion loop that explains why chronically stressed people feel like they simply cannot recover • Why posture is not an aesthetic concern. It is a health intervention. • The mirror test that tells you exactly where your nervous system is right now • Why self-love is not a feeling. It is a measurable state in the body. • How to breathe through grief without suppressing what actually needs to be felt The herbal spotlight covers black seed (Nigella sativa) and its direct effect on the GABA-A receptor pathway, the same mechanism the nervous system uses to return to calm. Then we cook live in the studio: gochujang glazed super firm tofu with sesame bok choy over wild rice, a dish built specifically to replenish the nutrients chronic stress depletes. FIND ROY HATCHER • HatcherSystema.com • NuBeings.com • YouTube: @hatchershouseofsystema CONNECT WITH THE NAIJA GODDESS • Nourish by Naija (Book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP9SW1M7 • 8-Week Nourish by Naija Program: https://www.NourishByNaija.com • Wellness Essentials: https://www.thenaijagoddess.com/shop • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNaijaGoddess • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheNaijaGoddess • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNaijaGoddess • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenaijagoddess • Email: TheNaijaGoddess@gmail.com

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