Welcome to the Peak

Revival Podcast.

My name is Vesna Hrsto Today,

I want to speak to you if

you're feeling overworked and

overtired, and I want to show

you what's really going on

and how it may have nothing

to do with your workload.

When I run workshops, the

first thing I ask is, do

you feel like your workload

is draining your energy?

And so I work with a lot

of women who are driven and

ambitious and work very hard

either running their own

businesses or in their careers

or juggling both like family

and career and business.

And they feel tired and

exhausted, they can't sleep

through the night, they have

high levels of stress, and

it starts to affect their

mood and mental well being.

And they would put it down

to their schedule, right?

They put it down

to their workload.

And before you do that,

I really want to explain

how it may have nothing

to do with your workload

and I'll explain why.

So, The truth is the more

you do the more you can do

when you're vital and what

I mean by that is that we

have women coming to our

programs completely exhausted,

burnt out, struggling to

do their normal day to day

responsibilities and when we

repair internal imbalances,

what they find is that

they're like waking up at

5am to exercise, they're

working a full day, they're

coming home to their kids.

Some women are like,

I have to stop myself

from doing too much.

I want to clean the

windows in my house, which

is so unusual for me.

there are women who come

in burnt out and they leave

without changing anything

about their schedule.

And they feel like

completely transformed women.

So what is going on there?

So

it's not your workload that's

causing you exhaustion.

It's how your body is managing

energy production and stress

we have cells in

our body that.

create an enormous

amount of energy for us.

And if we were looking at

energy production in the

body, we would be looking

at the mitochondria.

So they're tiny little,

cells, organisms within

ourselves that, really

are like batteries, right?

They produce so much energy.

And we have quadrillions

of them, which means it's

almost like a superpower.

And I was reading that in

the Star Wars series, which

I haven't watched, but I

understand the idea behind

the force and the force,

which gives you superpowers

the director said was

the idea behind that was

based on human beings.

And we have mitochondria,

which produce an enormous

amount of energy, which

is like our superpower.

And so.

When we do more, what

should actually happen?

It's a process in

the body called

mitochondrial biogenesis

and what that means is that

the more that we do, the

more mitochondria we create,

which creates more energy.

Which means we do more, okay?

And so this idea that we're

burning off so much energy

that can't be replenished and

that's why we're so tired is

actually not true Okay Our

body should be always creating

and generating more energy

due to the rebuilding or

the creation of mitochondria

our batteries, our energy

powerhouse Also, within

the mitochondria, we have

our metabolic flexibility.

So inside the mitochondria

is where glucose and fat are

burned, and it's where our

metabolism switches between

those two energy sources.

So that's called

metabolic flexibility.

So whether you burn,

carbohydrates or,

glucose, or you burn fat.

And so when you have excess

fat on the body, so excess

fuel that your body can't

tap into, you're also looking

at mitochondrial health

for that because it's kind

of like the ground zero

for our metabolic health.

And that's why, again, people

come into our program, our

buh bye burnout program.

We're really focusing on

energy, mood, and metabolism.

It's not a weight loss

program, but people lose a

lot of weight because of this

impact on the mitochondria.

So how do you know if you

have an issue with your

mitochondria, if that's

what's causing your tiredness?

And it's really simple.

You experience

constant tiredness.

That is your symptom,

your sign, your

signal that you have

mitochondrial dysfunction.

It doesn't get any more

complicated than that.

Because they are the main

energy powerhouses, if

your energy is low, there's

something wrong with energy

production, so we need to

look at the mitochondria.

So what causes this?

So this was discovered back

in 2013, a groundbreaking

piece of research

by, Dr. Robert Navio.

He found that there

are three things.

That deplete our batteries

is always these three

things, which then

creates inflammation.

And he said, these

three things make us

tired and make us sick.

Okay.

And the first one was chemical

like pollution in our air,

food and water, GMO, air

pollution, toxicity, all

of that builds up, but we

should have healthy detox

pathways that deal with that.

The second one was microbial

infections or infestations.

So any kind of bugs or gut

bugs or infections, which

creates a lot of inflammation,

but we should have a robust

immune system and microbiome

to be able to deal with

that effectively without

it getting out of control.

And the third one, and he

said, this is the linchpin,

which means this one affected,

you know, our detox systems,

our immune system, right?

So it actually was a linchpin

taking the others offline.

And the number one reason

why our batteries or our

mitochondria becomes depleted

and we feel tired is due

to psychological stress.

So we're looking at mental

and emotional stress is the

number one driver for fatigue.

And so when our cells go

into this, what he called

the cell danger response.

So instead of the mitochondria

producing an enormous amount

of energy, it actually

goes into hibernation mode.

Right, and it focuses

on resting and defending

itself, and it even releases

substances to neighboring

cells to tell them, hey,

we're in danger, it's

time to hibernate, right?

And so it's not a wonder

that when we have this

going on in the body that

we feel tired, right?

So even maybe we have the

right number of mitochondria,

but actually they're not

performing as well and

they're not healthy and

they're not clean, right?

And so therefore we're

feeling very, very tired.

Quite often, I will have

women say to me on social

media, because I talk a

lot about cortisol and we

know cortisol is associated

with chronic stress and

therefore that affects

mitochondria and causes

mitochondrial dysfunction.

And often they'll say

to me, well, I don't

have high cortisol.

I've been tested and my

cortisol is not high.

And the reason being it's

a great thing, okay, that

means that there's no

cortisol dysregulation yet.

That kind of happens later

if nothing is addressed.

But in the early stages, what

you have is mitochondrial

dysfunction, okay?

So the chronic stress and

the increases of hormones,

even though they're not

dysregulated, meaning though

there's still a natural

curve, it's still higher

than what it should be, but

it's within the normal range

in terms of the cortisol.

And the stress damages

the mitochondria and

making them less efficient

in producing energy.

And the longer that

continues, obviously the

longer the stress continues,

we get high cortisol.

And then we can start

getting tested for that

and we start to see it.

So a lot of people say

to me, well, I don't

have the high cortisol.

Great, you're not in cortisol

dysregulation, but if you're

tired and you're feeling

those symptoms, you do have

mitochondrial dysfunction.

So the mitochondria,

because it produces so

much energy, it has a huge

impact on our hormones,

our neurotransmitters, the

chemicals in our brain.

It helps with,

longevity and health.

Mitochondrial dysfunction is

linked to chronic disease.

And in fact, Dr. Robert Navio

said this is It's at the heart

of every symptom and condition

known to mankind, right?

And so if we can restore

mitochondrial health, you'll

get your energy back and

your body will be in a much

healthier state to fight off

infections, to do the tidy up

work that needs to happen in

the body to keep you healthy

for many years to come.

So the important thing to

note is that stress doesn't

just drain our energy.

It disrupts the system

responsible for creating it.

Okay.

So by improving how your

body handles stress.

And energy production, you'll

have more energy even with

your current responsibilities.

And that's really key.

And that's why women come,

like again, they come into

our program, they don't

change anything about their

schedule, but they have so

much more energy and they find

themselves doing even more

than what they did before.

Okay.

So it's really important for

you to see that because you

know, I see women who end

up shrinking their life and.

And becoming antisocial

because they're too tired

and I think if they go out,

there'll be more tired.

Um, they say no to

opportunities cause they

feel like they don't have

the capacity to take more on.

Right.

And it's really your

internal capacity because of

these internal imbalances.

And the number one area,

like I said, that we want

to look at is restoring

mitochondrial function.

So you feel back at

your peak energy.

So how are you going

to address this?

Okay.

So I'm going to use some

tips and I've talked about

this in other podcasts.

So number one, we want to

reduce stress hormones

. So even if you don't have

cortisol dysregulation, but

if you're feeling stressed and

rushed and anxious during the

day and overwhelmed, right?

Like the sense of urgency,

like you feel almost the

adrenaline or you just

go, go, go, go, go, right.

Then you're going to have

to address the stress

hormones that are being

released all day long.

Okay.

And some very simple things

that you can do is making

some changes to your diet.

Which will have the

quickest impact, right?

Like honestly, if you were

to wake up in the morning

and do breakfast, mid morning

and lunch differently,

you would already feel

better for that day.

That's how fast food can

affect our mitochondria

and affect our energy.

And so some of the things

that I always recommend is

make sure you don't go too

long before having breakfast.

I always recommend a window of

20 minutes, eating breakfast

within 20 minutes of rising.

So getting up and

starting your day.

Don't do things like

caffeine on an empty stomach.

That's just going to

increase cortisol secretion.

You want to get some

morning sunlight and you

also want to get to bed

at a good time, right?

So you're making sure that

you get deep sleep, right?

So all of these things help

to regulate cortisol, reduce

elevator cortisol, reduce

stress, even though everything

is the same in your lifestyle.

Okay.

I don't want you

to think that.

Your life has to dramatically

change in order for

you to feel better.

It's really the

other way around.

As you start to feel better,

then you make different

choices and changes in

your life to align with

the way that you feel.

The second thing that

you want to do is correct

internal imbalances because

as mitochondrial dysfunction

sets in high cortisol,

then we get gut breakdown,

disrupts the microbiome, we

get bloating, gut bugs, we

get inflammation, and then it

has a kick on effect to like

the thyroid and the adrenals.

And so we get a lot of other

hormonal imbalances, we

get glucose dysregulation.

And so there is an element

of restoring or repairing

those internal imbalances.

So repairing the gut,

repairing the liver

detox pathways and

supporting the thyroid.

And the third part, which

is just as important as

food I talked about in my

last podcast is your mental

health or a mind reset

because a lot of the time.

when I look at people's

stress levels and their

schedule, it's not so much

to do with their schedule,

it's everything that they're

carrying around in their head.

They've got a very noisy,

tannery mind, lots of

negative thinking, lots

of catastrophizing,

lots of replaying events

or dwelling on things,

finding it hard to let go.

All of that stuff.

is activating the fight

or flight response and is

activating cortisol all

day long, which is causing

further mitochondrial

disruption, which is going

to make you more tired.

If anything, you think back

to the times that you've

achieved so much in a day.

And you actually feel

energized at the end

of the day, right?

You look at your list

and you're like, wow, I

just did so much today.

It's amazing.

And there's other days where

you don't do as much, but

you feel extremely tired.

And those will be the days

that your mind has just gone

at a million miles an hour.

And it's just drained your

energy through those hormones,

through the cortisol, through

the mitochondrial dysfunction,

making you very, very tired.

So just remember.

If your energy is low, you

want to look at improving

mitochondrial health.

If stress is a big factor,

you want to look at

reducing stress hormones.

And there's many

things that you can do.

And there's some very simple

things, as I mentioned

earlier, that you could do

to your day to day routine,

which don't take long,

which could start to help

reverse those symptoms.

And so you feel your

energy is back up.

You can do more, you

can take more on.

That's not going to be

a factor in determining,

you know, where your

energy is going to be.

So let me know in the

comments below does this

sound like you do you think

yes, I think this is me I

probably have mitochondria

dysfunction because I'm

tired and maybe I've also

got the high cortisol or

the high stress Let me

know in the comments below