The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. On today’s episode, we are joined by Stephanie Center, licensed clinician and founder of The Holistic House. Stephanie discusses taking a root-cause approach to healing and how she helps her patients listen to their bodies and the way bodies communicate. Jenn and Stephanie discuss the difference between traditional medicine and functional medicine. Stephanie also talks about how people no longer know what it feels like to feel good and how we as a society have started accepting pain and ailments because that’s what is normal. Tune in today to learn more about the whispers our body is telling us and how to move towards a mental, emotional, and spiritual way of healing.IN THIS EPISODE:●   [1:33] Introduction to Stephanie Center and her bio.●   [7:27] What made Stephanie shift into the functional health field?●   [9:30] Who sets the standards and decides the standards for health? ●   [13:50] How does Stephanie help someone understand what feeling good feels like?●   [18:28] Stephanie talks about what body whispers are with acne, Hashimoto's, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. ●   [27:30] How do we reclaim the whispers? How do we advocate for ourselves? ●   [31:30] A new definition for health.KEY TAKEAWAYS:●   A lot of women just don't feel worthy of healing. Many women, especially moms, are guilty of putting other people first every day. It's okay to take care of yourself. You can be a better spouse, parent, and friend by putting yourself first. You are worthy of feeling good! ●   Some people don't know what feeling good feels like. We adapt and deal with whatever pain we are feeling or lack of energy. Common is not normal. It's common to have a 3 pm crash; that's not how it's supposed to be. ●   We have more control over our health than we realize. Take the baby steps to change your life for the better. We get toxins through food and items we put on our skin. Don’t feel like you have to change everything at once; when you run out of something, replace it with something healthier. Continue making those changes and see a payoff.QUOTES: “The medical model would define health as an absence of symptoms. And I say this all the time to the people I work with: I believe that a symptom is the last thing to occur in a disease process.” - Stephanie Center“How can you support your body? There are lots of things that you can do. I would look at your lifestyle because that's the easiest thing to change. You have control over your lifestyle, so look at the types of food you are eating. Are you eating fast food? I'm a big fan of organic food,...are you prioritizing organic food, can you get local food, what is your stress level like? Just looking for those areas of your life that you could be just a little bit better at.” - Stephanie Center“We’re taught to accept all these things. I always think and talk to people about ‘do you have energy all day long, are you tired at an appropriate time in the evening, do you need coffee to function in the morning or at 3 pm pick me up to get through the day?’” - Jenn TrepeckRESOURCES:Become A Member of Salad with a Side of FriesJenn’s Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad With a Side of Fries InstagramGUEST RESOURCES:Free Detox GuideHolistic House WebsiteRevolutionary Health Podcast Stephanie’s InstagramBIO:Stephanie Center is a licensed clinician and founder of The Holistic House, a clinic that offers functional ab testing and a root-cause approach to healing.  She hosts a podcast called Revolutionary Health, where she challenges both traditional and functional medicine ideologies in search of truth and wisdom on how to live a long, healt