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New Leaf Holistic Health with Julie Six

Resolving metabolic chaos using Functional Lab Testing and CGMs to restore your health. Eating for nourishment is in your control but you may need to learn HOW.

My mission is to help people cultivate physical and mental resilience through the wisdom of nutrition and the art of counseling. My functional nutrition education includes in-depth knowledge of the full-body systems and how your body processes food and other inputs that impact your overall health. The biggest misconception about nutrition is often that it is just about what to eat and what not to

eat. While it may include that, on a much deeper level it is about optimizing the function of your body's organs and every cell in your body. Food, intentional movement, sleep, rest, play, connection, as well as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and enzymes all play key roles in feeling one’s best. I will apply the "art and science" of nutrition and will customize diet and lifestyle factors suitable for your individual needs and priorities. Even though we are living in the “age of wellness”, most people will admit there’s a disconnect between what we know and what we are doing. Confusing external messages from the food and diet industry, overwhelming on-line options, and decision fatigue leave us feeling empty, depleted, and defeated. You are not meant to feel weighed down, exhausted, hurried, harried, stressed, groggy, cranky, bloated, depleted, depressed, or like you are on the hot-mess express. You need and deserve answers as to why you are feeling the way you do and what you can do to course-correct and start feeling like YOU again. When it comes to your health, having an advocate on your side offering education, empathy, gentle leadership, and solutions you can trust is often the difference between success or being stuck, hitting a plateau or making progress, digressing into more and more dis-ease or learning tips and tools for taking back your health while having some fun and making your body functional again. I am committed to working with those who want to learn the hope they can have when their health is back in their hands. They are ready to do the work, while receiving individualized support on their wellness journey. If you have been looking for real solutions to the root of your health issues and are ready, with courage and commitment to change, you’ve come to the right place! I would be delighted and honored to help. VISIT: https://www.newleafnutrition.net/ to get started!

05/03/2026

⬇️ When energy feels low, our first instinct is often to push harder… more coffee, more willpower, more productivity.

But true, sustainable energy usually starts with supporting the nervous system, not forcing the body.

Simple practices like these send signals of safety and regulation. And when your nervous system feels supported, energy often follows.

Things like:
❇️ Breathwork
❇️ Prayer or meditation
❇️ Singing
❇️ Giving to others
❇️ Time outside
❇️ Tapping
❇️ Movement

All of these gently shift your body out of stress mode and back toward better balance.

And if I had to choose just one place to start,
I’d begin with your breath.

Your breath is one of the fastest, most accessible ways to calm the nervous system, support digestion, and help your body feel more steady — often within minutes.

🙋‍♀️ Have you checked out my workshop called
Breathe Better * Feel Better?

👉 Registration is now open. Follow 🔗 in bio > Services > Breathe Workshop. I’d love to have you join us! 💚

Because sometimes the path to better energy isn’t doing more — it’s helping your nervous system feel safe enough to do less.

04/30/2026

💛 When women first find my work, they often feel depleted and overwhelmed.

They’ve tried different diets, supplements, or advice, but they’re still not sure what their body actually needs.

That’s completely understandable. The body is complex, symptoms rarely exist in isolation, and most healthcare does look holistically at the body.

Here's how I help women reconnect with their body and rebuild their health. ➡️

Instead of chasing one symptom at a time, my work focuses on stepping back and looking at the bigger picture so we can start connecting the dots.

After a complimentary Discovery Call, that process usually begins with the Wellness Reset.

This is where we:
🔹 review your health story and genetics
🔹 construct your functional timeline
🔹 assess symptoms and patterns
🔹 connect the dots in your blood work
🔹 design your Initial Wellness Map with top recommendations you can begin right away

After we identify patterns that may be influencing how your body is functioning, from there, we rebuild strong foundations, and explore deeper testing when it makes sense.

The goal is always the same:
To help you better understand your body and create the conditions where it can move back toward balance.

🙋‍♀️ If you’re new here and wondering where to start, the Discovery Call is designed as a simple, no commitment first step to connect and explore your options.

And if you’re simply here to learn and understand your health more deeply, I’m glad you’re here. I invite you to join my New Leaf Gold Nuggets Newsletter where you'll get monthly tips and tricks to support your health journey. 💌

If you'd like stop guessing what might be going on and what you need to do. Reach out.

Your body is always communicating. Sometimes it just needs a translator. Someone who can help you learn to nourish and nurture yourself back to health. 💚

04/28/2026

Anxiety is often described as a mental or emotional experience. But very often, it’s also a body signal — a nervous system that feels overloaded or on alert.

When the nervous system senses stress, uncertainty, or depletion, it shifts into protection mode.

👉 Heart rate rises.
👉 Breathing becomes faster and shallower.
👉 Muscles tense.

All of this is designed to help you respond to danger. But here’s something important to remember:

Not every anxious feeling starts with a thought.

Sometimes it starts with:
• nervous system overload
• poor sleep
• dehydration
• too much stimulation
• or blood sugar swings

When blood sugar drops or fluctuates quickly, the body releases stress hormones to stabilize it. And that can feel a lot like anxiety or you're just an "anxious type person."

Just know, you CAN help your body settle, often within minutes.
Try this simple sequence when you feel anxious or on edge:

🦋 Butterfly Hug —
Place your hands across your chest, gently tapping or holding your shoulders, like giving yourself a hug.

😌 Breathe —
Inhale gently through your nose.
Exhale slowly and fully.

🤔 Assess —
Notice what shifts.
Is your body a little calmer?
Is your mind a little clearer?

Sometimes greater clarity of what might be triggering you comes after the nervous system settles.

This is similar to one of the gentle techniques we’ll practice together in my upcoming workshop:

Breathe Better * Feel Better.
Reset Your Nervous System

🗓 Tuesday, May 19 - 6:30 pm (ET)
💻 Live on Zoom
🎟 $25

There's still time to register. Follow 🔗 in bio > Services > Breathe Workshop. I’d love to have you join us! 💚

Because sometimes relief begins
not with fixing your thoughts —
but with helping your body feel safe again.

04/26/2026

🦋 Ever feel butterflies in your stomach before a big decision…
or lose your appetite when you’re worried?

That’s the gut–brain connection in action!

Your brain and gut are constantly communicating through a network of nerves, hormones, and chemical messengers — especially the vagus nerve.

When your nervous system feels calm and supported, digestion tends to flow more smoothly.

⬆️ But when stress rises, the gut often reacts first.

You might notice:
• A sensitive stomach especially on stressful days
• Changes in appetite (more or less)
• Bloating or discomfort when you're overwhelmed
• Irritability alongside digestive symptoms
• Feeling “off” in your gut without a clear reason

📣 All of this is intelligent design. Your gut is actually listening to your nervous system.

And just like the rest of your body, your gut may slow down or become reactive as a way to protect you.

That’s why healing the gut often isn’t just about food. It’s also about helping the body feel safe enough to digest, absorb, and repair.

Sometimes the most powerful support for the gut begins with something simple: a slower breath, a calmer meal, a nervous system that feels supported.

➡️ If starting your wellness journey feels overwhelming right now, begin with small, steady steps.

Hi, I’m Julie — a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner.
I help women who feel stuck, reactive, or depleted understand what their body is trying to communicate, and gently support their system so digestion, metabolism, hormones, and energy can come back into balance. 💚

04/24/2026

1️⃣ Before You Eat, Try This First 👉

We often focus on what to eat to improve digestion. But sometimes the missing step is how your body FEELS before you eat.

Digestion works best when the nervous system senses safety.
In fact, your body can’t fully shift into “rest and digest” mode if it’s still in stress mode.

That’s why meals eaten in a hurry, in the car, or while multitasking can sometimes lead to:
• bloating
• discomfort
• feeling overly full
• sluggish digestion

But you CAN help your body prepare for digestion in less than a minute.

Try this simple practice before your next meal:
👉 Take 3 slow breaths
👉 Inhale gently through your nose
👉 Exhale slowly and fully, and just a bit longer than the inhale

That small pause and extended exhale helps signal to your nervous system:
🤗 “We’re safe. It’s time to digest.”

It takes less than a minute, but the benefits are long lasting! Just create a moment of calm before you eat.

Because sometimes better digestion starts
not with a new or different diet —
but with a calmer nervous system. 🌿

This is one of the simple techniques available to you and we’ll practice so much more together in my upcoming workshop:

Breathe Better * Feel Better
Reset Your Nervous System

🗓 Tuesday, May 19 - 6:30 pm (ET)
💻 Live on Zoom
🎟 $25

Registration is now open. Follow 🔗 in bio > Services > Breathe Workshop. I’d love to have you join us! 💚

Stay tuned — we’ll be exploring how breathwork can support sleep, anxiety, and energy in the days ahead. 🌿

04/22/2026

Ever notice how digestion seems to fall apart during stressful seasons?

➡️ Bloating.
➡️ Heaviness after meals.
➡️ Food sensitivities that don't make sense.

It’s easy to assume something is wrong with the food —
but often, the body is simply trying to protect you.

Digestion is one of the first systems to slow down when the nervous system feels overwhelmed.

Why? -- It’s prioritizing survival.

When stress is high, the body shifts resources toward staying alert and away from resting and digesting.

⬇️ Stomach acid can drop.
⬇️ Gut motility can slow.
⬇️ Nutrients may not be absorbed as efficiently.

And over time, this can show up as:
• Bloating or gas after meals
• Feeling overly full or sluggish
• Constipation or irregular digestion
• Food sensitivities/intolerances
• Low energy after eating

These symptoms are signs, clues that your body is asking for more safety and support.

That’s why nervous system support is often a required starting point for better digestion — before restrictive diets, complicated protocols, or even supplements.

Sometimes the most powerful digestive support is simply slowing down so your body can do what it already knows how to do.

➡️ If starting your wellness journey feels overwhelming right now, start here.

Hi, I'm Julie, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, and I help women whose bodies feel stuck, reactive, and depleted understand why their system is overwhelmed — and gently guide it back toward stability so metabolism, gut health, hormones, and energy can come back online again. 💚

04/20/2026

😫 If falling asleep feels harder than it should, it’s not always about willpower or even fatigue.

Often, the nervous system simply needs help shifting from active to calm.

Two key hormones guide this transition:
Cortisol helps you feel alert and active during the day.
Melatonin helps prepare the body for sleep at night.

They work in rhythm — like a teeter-totter.
As cortisol settles, melatonin can rise.

But when the nervous system stays on high alert, that shift can feel delayed or uneven.

The reality is that your breath can help nudge the system in the right direction.

✨ Try this simple practice before bed:
👉 Inhale gently through your nose
👉 Then exhale slowly — a little longer than your inhale
👉 Repeat for 1–2 minutes

That longer exhale helps signal to the body:
🤗 “It’s safe to rest now.”

When I help clients with better sleep, it doesn’t always start with a supplement. Sometimes it starts with a calmer nervous system. 🌙

This is just one example of a gentle breathwork technique. We’ll cover and practice more techniques together in the upcoming breathwork workshop:

Breathe Better * Feel Better
Reset Your Nervous System

🗓 Tuesday, May 19 - 6:30 pm (ET)
💻 Live on Zoom
🎟 $25

If your body has been feeling tired, tense, reactive, or overwhelmed, this may be one of the simplest places to start.

Registration is now open. Follow 🔗 in bio > Services > Breathe Workshop. I’d love to have you join us! 💚

04/19/2026

🙊 You Can’t Balance Hormones Without Addressing the Environment That’s Disrupting Them

Hormone symptoms aren’t just about what’s happening inside you…they’re also about what’s happening on & around you.

Every day, your body is absorbing endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) from:
🚩 Plastic containers
🚩 Perfumes
🚩 Scented laundry + hand soaps
🚩 Nonstick cookware
🚩 Pesticides + flame retardants
🚩 Beauty products with hidden fillers

These compounds can mimic or block your natural hormones, sending confusing messages to your cells and contributing to:

→ Irregular cycles
→ Thyroid slowdown
→ Estrogen dominance
→ Infertility
→ Anxiety + fatigue

Balancing hormones isn’t just about supplements. It’s about assessing and taking control of your environment, reducing your chemical load where you can.

Small swaps over time add up to BIG WINS for your body.

It's also about having clear markers that tell you how your body is detoxing and how your hormones are functioning and how guide your steps when they aren't. Testing is more efficient and effective in the long run!

✨ Empower yourself with functional testing.

Or, even now at home, start noticing what’s around you and begin shifting one toxic habit at a time. If you aren't noticing changes, that's when its time to look deeper.

📌 Save and contact me when you’re ready to test and assess your environment, detox load, and reclaim your hormone health! 💚

04/18/2026

Most people think hydration is just about drinking more water.

But your nervous system needs more than water alone. It also relies on key minerals to stay calm, steady, and responsive.

Minerals like sodium, potassium, and magnesium help regulate:
• nerve signaling
• muscle relaxation
• fluid balance
• your body’s stress response

When minerals run low, the nervous system can feel more reactive — showing up as fatigue, headaches, brain fog, tension, or feeling “wired but tired.”

So yes, drink your purified water. And when needed, consider adding a pinch of mineralized sea salt to help your body actually use that water well. A twist of lemon or lime is also divine! 🍋

Sometimes the most supportive thing you can do for your nervous system is simply hydrate and replenish. 🌿

If you’d like a few easy, food-first ways to do this, my Mineral Mocktail Guide is a great place to start.

👉 Follow link in bio to: Resources > Gold Nuggets Guides

04/16/2026

A simple habit that can make mornings feel much better is to hydrate before you caffeinate.

After a full night of sleep, your body wakes up a little dehydrated. Starting the day with a glass of water — with a squeeze of lemon or a pinch of sea salt — helps gently wake up digestion, circulation, and energy.

Then enjoy your coffee. ☕

If you want to take this a step further, my Mineral Mocktail Guide has a few easy ways to make your morning hydration even more supportive and fun! 💚

👉 Follow link in bio to: Resources > Gold Nuggets Guides

04/14/2026

An Overlooked Piece of You Health Puzzle

We often focus on food, supplements, and exercise when energy or digestion feels off. And those things matter.

But one of the most overlooked pieces of health is something we do about 20,000–25,000 times a day — our breath.

Your breath is one of the primary ways your nervous system decides: Are we safe… or under stress?

When breathing becomes shallow or rushed, the body can stay in a low-grade state of tension — like pressing the gas and brake at the same time.

The encouraging part is that your breath is one of the fastest ways to signal safety to the body.

That’s why this month I'll be talking more about breathwork —
and why I’m excited to be offering a breathwork workshop called:

Breathe Better * Feel Better.
Reset Your Nervous System

n this gentle, beginner-friendly session, you’ll learn simple breathing techniques you can use in everyday moments — before meals, during stressful situations, or when sleep gets disrupted.

No experience needed.
Just a willingness to slow down and give your nervous system a little support.

🗓 Tuesday, May 19 - 6:30 pm (ET)
💻 Live on Zoom
🎟 $25

If your body has been feeling tired, tense, reactive, or overwhelmed, this may be one of the simplest places to start.

Registration is now open. Follow 🔗 in bio > Services > Breathe Workshop. I’d love to have you join us! 💚

Stay tuned — we’ll be exploring how breathwork can support digestion, sleep, anxiety, and energy in the days ahead. 🌿

04/12/2026

💛 Many strong, smart women come to me with a similar story.

They’ve been told their labs look “normal.” Yet they still feel fatigued, foggy, inflamed, hormonally out of sync, or like their metabolism has changed overnight.

Over time, many start to wonder:
🔹 Is this just part of getting older?
🔹 Is this just stress?
🔹 Is this just how my body is now?

But in many cases, something else is likely happening.

The body often sends early signals long before disease shows up on standard lab work. These signals can reflect patterns such as nutrient depletion, blood sugar instability, digestive stress, inflammation, or strain hormones or on detox organs.

Why this happens? Traditional testing is designed primarily to look for diagnosis. Functional testing and interpretation ask a different question:

➡️ What PATTERNS might be influencing how the body is functioning as a whole? ⬅️

When we begin identifying those patterns, we can start supporting the body through personalized nutrition, targeted lifestyle strategies, and deeper testing when appropriate.

In functional health we often talk about uncovering root causes and changing the terrain — creating conditions where the body has the support it needs to rebalance and function the way it was designed to.

And that process almost always begins with connecting the dots through advanced testing designed to evaluate how your body systems are functioning.

⬇️ If this post resonated with you, you may want to save it so you can revisit these ideas the next time your health feels confusing or discouraging.

And if you’re ready to begin exploring your own patterns more deeply, a FREE Discovery Call is where we start that conversation together. Follow link in bio. 👉

Your body is always communicating. Sometimes it just needs a translator. Someone who can help you learn to nourish and nurture yourself back to health. 💚

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