Chronic Fatigue, Brain Fog, and Inflammation | Why Autoimmune Disease Is on the Rise in Women Over 40 with Dr. Leland Stillman
· 36 min · S1 E17
Episode Chronic Fatigue, Brain Fog, and Inflammation | Why Autoimmune Disease Is on the Rise in Women Over 40 with Dr. Leland Stillman
Chronic Fatigue, Brain Fog, and Inflammation | Why Autoimmune Disease Is on the Rise in Women Over 40 with Dr. Leland Stillman
You are exhausted, your brain is foggy, and your body feels like it is working against you — but nobody can tell you why. Your labs come back normal. Your doctor says you are fine. And yet you know something is deeply wrong.
Friend, you are not imagining it. You are not broken. And you are not alone. Research now shows that women are nearly three times more likely than men to develop an autoimmune condition and the numbers are rising every year. This episode is going to tell you why.
In this episode of the Cortisol Coach Podcast, Christine Marie sits down with Dr. Leland Stillman, a physician specializing in integrative and functional medicine who earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia and completed his residency at Maine Medical Center before walking away from conventional medicine entirely. Not because he gave up on medicine, but because he refused to give up on his patients. He built his entire practice around one question. What is actually causing this?
Today he works with patients around the world helping them reverse chronic fatigue, autoimmune disease, brain fog, and metabolic dysfunction — the kind of chronic illness that conventional medicine keeps calling normal. He is also the author of the brand new book The End of Autoimmunity, which explains why autoimmune disease is on the rise in our generation and gives women a real, practical framework for restoring their health naturally.
What makes this conversation so powerful is that Dr. Stillman connects the dots between chronic stress, cortisol, inflammation, environmental toxins, and nutrient deficiencies to explain why so many women over 40 are watching their health decline despite doing everything right. He also explains what happens when your body simply does not have the bandwidth to heal itself, when your brain fog is so severe that you cannot think clearly enough to even figure out what is wrong. He has a name for that, a reason for it, and most importantly a path out of it.
One of the most memorable moments in this episode is when Dr. Stillman describes a patient who used to make a to-do list and only ever finish the first item. After working with Dr. Stillman he started finishing everything. That is what healing bandwidth looks like in real life. And that is what is possible for you too.
Your symptoms are not in your head. They are signals. And this episode is going to help you finally listen to them.
In this episode you will hear:
Why autoimmune disease is on the rise and what is actually driving it in women over 40
How chronic stress and cortisol accelerate autoimmune disease, inflammation, and metabolic breakdown
Why conventional labs miss so much of what is actually happening in your body
What root cause medicine looks like and how Dr. Stillman approaches a new patient
How nutrient deficiencies, environmental toxins, and light exposure affect your immune system and hormones
Why brain fog and overwhelm may be a bandwidth problem and not a character flaw
How giving your body the right inputs restores your capacity to heal, think clearly, and solve problems
What The End of Autoimmunity covers and why Dr. Stillman wrote it for women like you
Get the Book — The End of Autoimmunity by Dr. Leland Stillman: Use code CORTISOLCOACH for 10% off your order.
Paperback: https://store.stillmanwellness.com/products/the-end-of-autoimmunity-paperback?ref=CORTISOLCOACH
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Connect with Dr. Leland Stillman: Website and Substack: https://drstillmanuncensored.com Instagram: @drlelandstillman
Connect with Christine: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cortisol_coach To be a guest on the Cortisol Coach Podcast:…
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- https://store.stillmanwellness.com/products/the-end-of-autoimmunity-paperback?ref=CORTISOLCOACH
- https://store.stillmanwellness.com/products/the-end-of-autoimmunity-hardback?ref=CORTISOLCOACH
- https://store.stillmanwellness.com/?ref=CORTISOLCOACH
- https://drstillmanuncensored.com
- https://www.instagram.com/cortisol_coach
- https://podcast.itschristinemarie.com/
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