Jill Crista, ND: A Conversation About PANDAS and PANS | The Healing Grove Podcast

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This week I would like you to meet Dr. Jill Crista.
Dr. Crista is a pioneering naturopathic doctor, best-selling author, devoted educator, and creative innovator. Her superpower is to make complex medical concepts simple and digestible for the average person, and having been on the other side of her talks and teaching for the past few years, I can personally attest to this superpower.
Dr. Jill’s passion is to elevate the well-being of the planet by elevating the well-being of her inhabitants. Her books, memberships, and online courses support folks looking for concrete steps to conquer their own health challenges, and in that regard, I really feel we are kindred spirits.
Dr. Jill focuses on conditions that cause injury to the brain and nervous system, including mold, vector borne infections such as Lyme, and the debilitating autoimmunity that can develop from these exposures, called PANDAS and PANS.
She has now turned her efforts to supporting children and teens struggling with PANDAS and PANS. As a mother of children affected by PANS, she has combined the knowledge gained through her clinical and personal experience into an indispensable book titled A Light In The Dark for PANDAS and PANS.
If you would like to learn more about Dr. Jill Crista, please visit: https://drcrista.com
Dr. Jill has generously offered to give my community 15% off any of her courses. Access your discount with the code, healinggrove.
Here is the link to Dr. Crista's Limbic Story cartoon that she shared during her talk: https://drcrista.com/limbic-story/

If you are interested in the medication compatibility chart that Dr. Crista mentions during this talk, you can get that here: https://drcrista.com/med-compatibility/
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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Kristin introduces Dr. Jill Crista (00:00:50)

3. A brief summary of how Dr. Jill became a mold and PANDAS/PANS expert (00:02:55)

4. An explanation of PANDAS and PANS (00:07:00)

5. It can often go under the radar and be misdiagnosed (00:11:03)

6. Many kids are born with a predisposition to these disorders (00:14:35)

7. Dr. Jill explains the “The Core Four” ; the roadmap that she uses to help heal those dealing with these disorders (00:19:36)

8. Many mental health issues are actually body issues that need treatment (00:24:19)

9. A conversation about the gut microbiome and the use of postbiotics (00:29:00)

10. The correlation between Autism and PANDAS/PANS (00:31:44)

11. The Chief and Warrior: A limbic Story; a fun doodle video to explain what is happening in the brain of those dealing with PANDAS and PANS (00:34:14)

12. Limbic retraining practices to help the brain start working as a team again (00:39:34)

13. How to get started using the book A Light in the Dark for PANDAS & PANS (00:40:54)

14. How to make black walnut tincture (00:48:49)

15. Dr Jill’s final words of wisdom for those who are just getting started on a PANDAS/PANS journey (00:56:21)