Integrative Mental Health Therapy with Dr. Tiffany

About Integrative Mental Health Therapy with Dr. Tiffany

A functional medicine, functional neurology and holistic psychology approach to healing the brain and mental health struggless

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Dr. Tiffany Brown-Bush

Category

education · health & fitness

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en

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No

First episode

17 Jul 2023

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

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   28 Sept 2026

   E43 - I wrote a book Running On Empty

   Dr. Tiffany announces her new book, Running on Empty, and explains how she uses wearable sleep data (HRV, oxygenation, interruptions) alongside trauma-informed psychotherapy to understand and treat autoimmune fatigue, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia, including her personal journey putting lupus into remission. The episode summarizes the book’s chapters: listening to your body, nervous system and ACEs, decoding ring data, sleep for healing, lifestyle and supplements, staying on track, and building a personalized plan, plus upcoming read-along sessions and downloadable tracking guides. Running On Empty by Dr. Tiffany Brown-Bush (https://www.authorsfolio.com/dr-tiffany-brown-bush-nd-lcmhc-afmc/running-on-empty) Transcript: 00:00:00.514 --> 00:00:06.319 Welcome to episode 43 of Integrative Mental Health Therapy with Dr. Tiffany. 00:00:06.824 --> 00:00:12.600 And I am excited to be here talking to you about how I wrote a book. 00:00:13.717 --> 00:00:20.934 Running on Empty, What Sleep Data Reveals About Autoimmune Fatigue and How to Recover is on Amazon. 00:00:21.375 --> 00:00:26.697 And as of today, as you're able to listen to this podcast, it is available not 00:00:26.697 --> 00:00:32.817 only as a Kindle, but it is available as a paperback, which I'm super excited 00:00:32.817 --> 00:00:35.806 about because it is an appropriate book for paperback. 00:00:36.276 --> 00:00:41.367 And it is going to be available over the next few months. 00:00:41.367 --> 00:00:44.777 It's going to take me a second as an Audible as well. 00:00:44.777 --> 00:00:52.177 So I am very, very excited about the fact that this book is now available to 00:00:52.177 --> 00:00:56.557 my clients, to the world, to my family. 00:00:56.957 --> 00:01:00.790 I'm also really pleased that I was able to get all of this out of my head. 00:01:01.241 --> 00:01:06.597 Many of you who use wearable technology with me and my practice and the work 00:01:06.597 --> 00:01:12.806 that we do know that I have strong feelings about utilizing HRV sleep data, 00:01:13.374 --> 00:01:20.347 you know, oxygenation, sleep interruptions, just overall sleep quality when 00:01:20.347 --> 00:01:22.967 it comes to applying the Dr. 00:01:22.967 --> 00:01:27.134 Grambush method. So looking at brain-body-mind relationships, 00:01:27.878 --> 00:01:33.527 Because, you know, that three-leg stool has transitioned to a four-leg stool over the past two years. 00:01:34.049 --> 00:01:40.935 And you know that I take seriously monitoring, you know, what's affecting your HRV. 00:01:41.683 --> 00:01:47.835 Where is it? What is the backdrop of, you know, your overnight heart rate? 00:01:48.287 --> 00:01:51.955 As you're telling me about how your stress management is, as you're talking 00:01:51.955 --> 00:01:55.309 to me about your autoimmune symptoms, as you're talking to me about 00:01:55.669 --> 00:01:59.994 feeling foggy and fatigued and all of those things and trying to heal, 00:02:00.342 --> 00:02:04.376 we have always talked about what those numbers look like. 00:02:04.806 --> 00:02:09.605 And so my last episode was a couple months ago, I think almost three months 00:02:09.605 --> 00:02:17.278 ago, as I was in the editing phase of the book and really kind of mired in just 00:02:17.528 --> 00:02:19.612 edit over edit after edit. 00:02:20.155 --> 00:02:25.185 It was a lot. And then trying to run the practice and take care of my health 00:02:25.185 --> 00:02:28.605 and drop into joy in my own personal life. 00:02:28.605 --> 00:02:35.315 So I've been juggling blogging, trying to keep the podcast going, and then focusing on. 00:02:35.315 --> 00:02:44.019 It has been an extremely busy year in the practice, unusually so throughout the year to be busy. 00:02:44.379 --> 00:02:52.275 And then I have participated in my own three-day psychological intensive, working on my own parts. 00:02:52.615 --> 00:02:57.715 I flew to Nashville to do that and worked with three amazing therapists for 00:02:57.715 --> 00:02:59.901 24 hours to do my own work. 00:03:00.324 --> 00:03:05.183 And then in a method that I have been training in over the last past year as well. 00:03:05.710 --> 00:03:08.992 And then I had that puppy I told you all about. 00:03:08.992 --> 00:03:14.062 And the puppy, she is still very much, you know, trying to run our lives. 00:03:14.062 --> 00:03:18.522 And so that was a busy piece of things that has been very joyful. 00:03:18.522 --> 00:03:20.970 I absolutely adore her. She's bald rotten. 00:03:21.475 --> 00:03:26.801 And then, gosh, it's just trying to, oh, play a lot of tennis. 00:03:28.059 --> 00:03:34.622 So it has just been kind of a full experience here as I was completing the book. 00:03:34.622 --> 00:03:42.362 And so Running on Empty is available now on Amazon, and I'm just very excited 00:03:42.362 --> 00:03:44.430 to share this book with you. 00:03:44.842 --> 00:03:48.622 You know, I was blogging. I've kept the blogs going. That has been something 00:03:48.622 --> 00:03:50.313 that I've really leaned into. 00:03:50.702 --> 00:03:57.072 And a lot of what's in the blogs around personalities and then relationships 00:03:57.072 --> 00:03:59.583 and health is included in the book. 00:03:59.949 --> 00:04:05.835 Adverse Childhood Experiences, those scores and what they mean included in the book, 00:04:06.922 --> 00:04:11.971 as well as a lot of this intersection of, 00:04:13.742 --> 00:04:17.764 how your stress levels are, your trauma experiences have been, 00:04:18.088 --> 00:04:24.222 your inner critic, your inner people pleaser, how those parts intersect with your 00:04:24.582 --> 00:04:29.222 overall health and autoimmune disorders and chronic fatigue. 00:04:29.222 --> 00:04:31.938 Vegan fibromyalgia that is in the book. 00:04:32.692 --> 00:04:37.842 So I'm excited to share all of that with you. I'm sitting here with a copy of 00:04:37.842 --> 00:04:43.455 the book in front of me and I will be talking in the upcoming podcast about the book. 00:04:44.455 --> 00:04:49.174 There are nine chapters. The first chapter is listening to your body. 00:04:49.534 --> 00:04:53.698 So many of the women that I've worked with over the years aren't listening to 00:04:53.698 --> 00:04:56.668 their bodies until their body, and I was one of them. 00:04:56.668 --> 00:05:02.166 I mean, this book is part memoir. It's my journey with lupus and putting lupus in remission and 00:05:02.526 --> 00:05:08.830 how I used my Oura Ring data to do just that, to absolutely go from someone 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.772 who was having lupus flares and really afraid that, you know, 00:05:14.099 --> 00:05:17.528 I was not going to be okay to someone. 00:05:17.528 --> 00:05:21.019 I talk in the book about, you know, considering going out on disability, 00:05:21.396 --> 00:05:25.828 while many of you were actually working with me, and then going from that to 00:05:25.828 --> 00:05:30.359 finding a way, utilizing my sleep data to getting to a healthier me. 00:05:30.643 --> 00:05:36.554 So how do you listen to your body and how can this data do that? 00:05:36.857 --> 00:05:41.338 So it's nine chapters plus an intro chapter that kind of lays the foundation 00:05:41.338 --> 00:05:42.970 of what the book's going to be about. 00:05:43.208 --> 00:05:46.499 Chapter two is your nervous system trauma and ACE scores. 00:05:46.958 --> 00:05:49.968 Everything that I've been writing about, blog me about Dr. 00:05:49.968 --> 00:05:52.968 Gabor Mate's work, Bessel van der Kolk's work. 00:05:52.968 --> 00:05:57.428 I'm just obsessed with that intersection of. 00:05:57.988 --> 00:06:02.718 All of the systems working together and you don't get to think that the autoimmune 00:06:02.718 --> 00:06:07.578 disorder and the chronic fatigue and the fibromyalgia doesn't have something 00:06:07.578 --> 00:06:10.548 to do with your past and doesn't have something to do with the way that you 00:06:10.548 --> 00:06:11.618 interact with the world. 00:06:11.618 --> 00:06:17.714 I'm obsessed with those connections and how everything is interrelated and how 00:06:18.027 --> 00:06:24.069 so many women especially do not understand that there is a connection amongst all those things. 00:06:24.533 --> 00:06:30.808 How to decode your ring data. I'm always so surprised by how when I ask a patient 00:06:30.808 --> 00:06:34.328 or client to show me their data, just hold your phone up to the, 00:06:34.808 --> 00:06:40.149 you know, camera, or if we're in office, give me your phone and talk to me about what's going on, how... 00:06:40.856 --> 00:06:46.719 The connections that I see are not obvious to my clients and to the women in 00:06:46.719 --> 00:06:50.339 my practice. And some of the women I work with have the luxury of seeing me 00:06:50.339 --> 00:06:54.755 90 minutes every week, sometimes a couple of times a week. 00:06:55.120 --> 00:07:01.169 But there are a lot of people who cannot afford time-wise, resource-wise to 00:07:01.169 --> 00:07:07.639 see me at that frequency and are not getting the benefit of my expertise when 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:09.960 it comes to how to decode their wing data. 00:07:10.618 --> 00:07:15.802 If I see someone once a month, you know, which is the furthest I'd like to go 00:07:15.802 --> 00:07:21.841 out between visits at this point, just because of the way that my brain works and the practice works. 00:07:22.201 --> 00:07:28.272 But let's say I see someone once a month, that appointment, that may be 75 minutes 00:07:28.272 --> 00:07:32.932 if I'm lucky, is not going to be focused on the ring data. It's probably going 00:07:32.932 --> 00:07:35.117 to be focused on addressing something else. 00:07:35.424 --> 00:07:42.408 So I partly put all this in the book to help women have me when I'm not around. 00:07:42.675 --> 00:07:48.242 I would not be surprised if at some point my, you know, programmer husband doesn't 00:07:48.242 --> 00:07:50.322 take this information and make it an app. 00:07:50.662 --> 00:07:54.582 I anticipate we're going to have a workbook first and then I will somehow, 00:07:54.582 --> 00:07:59.032 you know, get this, he will get this into an app because I just feel like the 00:07:59.032 --> 00:08:04.226 work that I do with people when I'm able to really drop into this is pretty, 00:08:04.824 --> 00:08:06.647 tactical and pretty targeted. 00:08:06.966 --> 00:08:14.122 And I just don't get to this kind of decoding ring data with people I see infrequently and. 00:08:14.902 --> 00:08:20.102 I can't train people on how to make the connections that my brain makes when 00:08:20.102 --> 00:08:25.175 I look at their data in those shorter sessions or those infrequent sessions. 00:08:25.691 --> 00:08:31.172 Chapter four, the sleep of a healing body, what it looks like when a body is 00:08:31.172 --> 00:08:34.954 able to heal and not be flaring and not be in pain. 00:08:35.215 --> 00:08:39.476 The lifestyle interventions that I prioritize and think are very important, 00:08:40.105 --> 00:08:45.432 especially supplements, this chapter talks about that. So over the next few 00:08:45.432 --> 00:08:48.708 podcasts, I'll be going into some of the chapters a little bit more. 00:08:49.579 --> 00:08:53.445 Chapter six is when healing is harder and what to do. 00:08:53.799 --> 00:09:00.045 I think this kind of gets into motivation and quote-unquote discipline and how 00:09:00.045 --> 00:09:02.965 to know how to stay on track. 00:09:03.325 --> 00:09:07.592 I find that a lot of women struggle with staying on track when it gets harder 00:09:07.975 --> 00:09:11.008 and don't know what to tell themselves or what to prioritize. 00:09:11.328 --> 00:09:13.115 Building your personal plan. 00:09:13.535 --> 00:09:17.575 The thing about having an Oura Ring or a Whoop or, you know, 00:09:17.575 --> 00:09:25.885 the Apple Watch or any of these biometric tracking devices is that it should be personalized. 00:09:26.138 --> 00:09:30.055 I know my journey with lupus, this was highly personal. When I look at each 00:09:30.055 --> 00:09:33.475 of, you know, the people that come into my practice, the clients, 00:09:33.475 --> 00:09:38.892 the patients, it's highly personalized. My husband, when I look at his data, it's personalized. 00:09:39.229 --> 00:09:44.476 His recommendations are very different than mine. And his struggles are very different than mine. 00:09:45.463 --> 00:09:53.535 Life on the other side of getting that good sleep, having that high HRV score of healing. 00:09:53.535 --> 00:10:01.401 Life on the other side of lupus and remission has meant playing tennis outdoors all summer long. 00:10:01.656 --> 00:10:09.945 And if you know how lupus works, you know that UV clothing and 100 SPF sunscreen 00:10:09.945 --> 00:10:16.582 and, you know, So hats and sunglasses and umbrellas are the thing to prevent a flare. 00:10:17.238 --> 00:10:22.395 Life on the other side of utilizing this data has meant lupus and remission, 00:10:22.995 --> 00:10:30.035 and being outside with 50 SPF sunblock and wearing my tennis skirt and my tank top, 00:10:30.575 --> 00:10:35.615 and sweating and having a blast and not flaring and not experiencing exercise 00:10:35.615 --> 00:10:44.066 intolerance and getting quality sleep and experiencing energy and focus and mental clarity. 00:10:44.883 --> 00:10:47.762 So we talk about that. We talk about what it's going to look like. 00:10:48.296 --> 00:10:53.039 And what your body was saying, a summary, action plans, takeaways. 00:10:53.404 --> 00:11:00.066 There's also a great deal of information. The citations are captured in this 00:11:00.066 --> 00:11:01.957 book. I cite a lot of sources. 00:11:02.450 --> 00:11:06.915 And then just, I think, some people. So it's a typical kind of experience here 00:11:07.333 --> 00:11:12.836 with the book, but in intro plus nine chapters and in tactical. 00:11:12.836 --> 00:11:18.086 There's not a lot of fluff. I give a few case studies so people who don't know 00:11:18.086 --> 00:11:25.084 me personally kind of understand the women that I have worked with and the struggles that they present. 00:11:25.403 --> 00:11:29.006 Some women have children. Some women don't. Some women are, you know, 00:11:29.006 --> 00:11:35.483 in a career and struggling with that and fatigued and some women aren't. It just runs the gamut. 00:11:35.921 --> 00:11:41.866 But I'll tell you what, the personality types and the way of taking care of 00:11:41.866 --> 00:11:45.128 themselves oftentimes is quite similar. 00:11:45.469 --> 00:11:49.576 The people who struggle with these issues of chronic fatigue, 00:11:49.576 --> 00:11:54.574 autoimmune disorders, chronic pain, just exhaustion. 00:11:55.996 --> 00:11:58.696 And then struggling with some of the things that I've said, you know, 00:11:58.696 --> 00:12:04.130 the inner critic, relationships that aren't always as satisfying and resenting their partners. 00:12:04.876 --> 00:12:10.386 There's some personality patterns and choices that are occurring that we want 00:12:10.386 --> 00:12:15.879 to shift as you get through this book. So it is very much the Doc Brown Bush method. 00:12:16.603 --> 00:12:20.163 Holistically there for you, all four legs. 00:12:20.163 --> 00:12:24.623 And so I hope you'll come back. I hope you will read along. I hope you will 00:12:24.623 --> 00:12:29.373 grab a paper book copy because I think it's a good way to kind of mark things 00:12:29.373 --> 00:12:32.013 up and come back to the podcast. 00:12:32.313 --> 00:12:35.634 There will be a read-along that I'll be doing towards the end of the year. 00:12:35.947 --> 00:12:41.264 That will be a six-session read-along where we will work on it together, all of us. 00:12:41.670 --> 00:12:46.893 I hope you will engage. I'm excited about this journey of being able to get 00:12:46.893 --> 00:12:51.673 these processes that I've had in the practice and in my head for so long down 00:12:51.673 --> 00:12:55.814 on paper. And I just hope that you will join me on this journey. 00:12:56.232 --> 00:13:01.313 And please, I would love a review. If you are able to provide a review, 00:13:01.673 --> 00:13:07.566 I have some lovely little freebies and handouts that are available to go with the book. 00:13:07.984 --> 00:13:15.233 And you can just reply to, gosh, an email or you can, I guess if you're only 00:13:15.233 --> 00:13:20.568 getting the podcast, we will make sure in the show notes there is a way to. 00:13:21.201 --> 00:13:26.513 Go on and either email directly or there is an information list and then you 00:13:26.513 --> 00:13:29.633 can go ahead and receive the freebies for the review. 00:13:29.633 --> 00:13:32.793 You just gotta let us know, hey, I bought the book because you have to buy the 00:13:32.793 --> 00:13:34.558 book to be able to provide a review. 00:13:34.999 --> 00:13:40.733 And I did review and I would like my tracking freebies. I have two really useful 00:13:40.733 --> 00:13:43.213 guides that go with the book that kind of just help you. 00:13:43.573 --> 00:13:46.034 So, okay, that is long enough. 00:13:46.406 --> 00:13:50.463 I will hop off. I cannot wait to jump into this with you and use this as our 00:13:50.463 --> 00:13:54.283 guide for the next handful of podcast episodes. 00:13:54.666 --> 00:13:57.511 And until next time, be well. https://www.docbrownbush.com (https://www.docbrownbush.com/anxiety)

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   7 Jul 2026

   Episode 42 - Why Am I Stuck.mp3

   https://www.docbrownbush.com (https://www.docbrownbush.com/anxiety)

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   22 May 2026

   E41 - Grief.mp3

   For many people, pets are far more than companions; they become part of the nervous system’s sense of safety. For individuals with a history of childhood trauma, the human–animal bond can provide a form of connection that feels emotionally consistent, nonjudgmental, and regulating. Trauma often leaves the brain and body in states of hypervigilance, chronic stress, or emotional shutdown. The calming presence of an animal can help shift the nervous system out of survival mode and into greater regulation through touch, routine, attunement, and emotional connection. One biological reason for this is the release of oxytocin, often called the “bonding hormone,” which supports feelings of safety, connection, and calm while also helping reduce stress hormones like cortisol. This connection can become especially important for individuals living with chronic illness, autoimmune conditions, or long-term stress-related health symptoms. Chronic activation of the stress response impacts not only emotional well-being, but also inflammation, immune function, sleep, digestion, hormones, and pain sensitivity. For many people, animals provide grounding, emotional co-regulation, and a reason to remain engaged in daily life during difficult seasons of physical or emotional struggle. During menopause, when hormonal fluctuations can contribute to anxiety, mood changes, sleep disruption, and nervous system sensitivity, the comfort and predictability of a pet can offer profound emotional stabilization. The simple acts of petting an animal, hearing a familiar sound, or engaging in caregiving routines can create moments of regulation that support both mental and physical health. Because these bonds are so neurologically and emotionally significant, the grief associated with losing a beloved pet can be profound. Pet loss is not “just losing an animal”; for many people, it is the loss of safety, companionship, emotional attunement, routine, and unconditional connection. Trauma survivors, especially, may have found a pet to be one of the safest relationships they have ever experienced. The nervous system does not measure grief based on social status; it responds to attachment, love, and loss. Honoring the depth of that bond and allowing space for genuine grief is an important part of healing. The human–animal connection is deeply therapeutic, biologically regulating, and often profoundly protective across the lifespan. This was a personal perspective on loss and attachment, that I thought relevant to my work and the people whose lives I touch. I hope this podcast speaks to you and resonates with your nervous system. #grief #attachment #autoimnunity #healing #love #Lupus #neuropsychiatriclupus #Lupusawarenessmonth #pets #dogmom #loss https://www.docbrownbush.com (https://www.docbrownbush.com/anxiety)

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