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The Coach Debbie Potts Show

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    The Hidden Bile Acid Signaling Network: Why High Performers Create Metabolic Chaos

    30/06/2026 | 39min
    The Hidden Bile Acid Signaling Network: Why High Performers Create Metabolic Chaos
    Most people think bile is simply responsible for digesting fat.
    But what if bile acids are actually one of the most important communication systems in the human body?
    In this Future You Blueprint™ Rabbit Hole episode, Coach Debbie Potts takes you on a deep dive into the hidden world of bile acid metabolism, metabolic signaling, the microbiome, mitochondrial health, and the nervous system.
    You'll learn why symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, poor recovery, blood sugar instability, weight loss resistance, digestive complaints, and inflammation may not be isolated problems at all—but clues pointing to a breakdown in communication throughout the body.
    This episode explores how bile acids act as signaling molecules between the brain, vagus nerve, liver, gallbladder, microbiome, immune system, and mitochondria, and why restoring these signals may be one of the missing links for healthy aging and metabolic resilience.
    In This Episode You'll Discover:
    ✔ Why digestion begins in the brain—not the stomach
    ✔ The connection between vagus nerve function, stomach acid, bile flow, and metabolic health
    ✔ How protein digestion impacts bile production
    ✔ Why glycine and taurine are essential for healthy bile metabolism
    ✔ The difference between primary and secondary bile acids
    ✔ Which gut bacteria help convert bile acids into powerful signaling molecules
    ✔ The role of FXR and TGR5 receptors in metabolism, energy production, inflammation, and blood sugar regulation
    ✔ How low secondary bile acids may contribute to metabolic dysfunction
    ✔ Why stool test findings are clues, not diagnoses
    ✔ How the FLOW Method™ and Terrain First™ approach help restore communication throughout the body
    The Bigger Question
    We've spent years focusing on symptoms.
    But what if symptoms are simply messages?
    What if your fatigue, bloating, poor recovery, hormone imbalances, or weight loss resistance are your body's way of telling you that communication has broken down?
    Join Debbie as she connects the dots between digestion, bile acid signaling, microbiome function, mitochondrial health, and the Future You you're creating today.
    Connect with Coach Debbie Potts
    Website: www.debbiepotts.net
    Book a Discovery Call: www.debbiepotts.net
    Learn About PNOĒ Metabolic Testing & The Future You Blueprint™
    Follow @coachdebbiepotts on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn
    #FutureYouBlueprint #TerrainFirst #FLOWMethod #MetabolicHealth #BileAcids #RootCauseInvestigation #FunctionalMedicine #GutHealth #HealthyAging #MetabolicChaos #Mitochondria #VagusNerve #Longevity #PNOE
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    Why High Performers Get Stuck in Survival Mode: The Missing Link to Healthy Aging

    28/06/2026 | 51min
    Why High Performers Create Metabolic Chaos | Safety vs. Survival & Your FutureYou Blueprint™
    Why do so many high-performing athletes, entrepreneurs, and Type A personalities hit a wall in midlife despite doing everything "right"?
    In this episode, Debbie Potts shares why your body isn't broken—it's adapting. You'll discover how chronic stress, overtraining, under-recovery, poor digestion, and hidden metabolic stressors can keep your body stuck in survival mode instead of building health.
    Learn why your body is constantly asking one question:
    "Am I safe enough to build...or do I need to survive?"
    You'll discover:
    Why symptoms are clues—not the problem

    The connection between your nervous system, mitochondria, digestion, bile acids, microbiome, and metabolism

    How chronic stress creates a cellular "low battery" state

    Why "less is more" is often the missing strategy for high performers

    Debbie's Terrain First philosophy, FLOW Method™, and personalized 5R Method™ for moving from survival to resilience

    If you're ready to stop chasing symptoms and start building your healthiest Future You from the inside out, this episode is for you.
    Ready to create your personalized FutureYou Blueprint™?
    Learn more about Debbie's signature 6-month advisory program and schedule your complimentary discovery call at:
    www.debbiepotts.net
    Life is not a race. It is a journey. Build your Future You today.
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    #646 How to Get Stronger After 50: Muscle, Recovery & Healthy Aging with Joe Friel

    25/06/2026 | 1h 1min
    Are you doing everything "right"—training consistently, eating healthy, staying active—but still feeling weaker, slower, or struggling to recover?
    You are not alone.
    In this episode of The Coach Debbie Potts Show, I sit down with endurance coach, author, and aging athlete expert Joe Friel to discuss what really changes after 50 and what athletes need to do differently to maintain strength, muscle, metabolism, and performance as they age.
    Because healthy aging is not simply about exercising more.
    It is about creating the right signals for adaptation.
    In this episode, we discuss:
    • Why muscle loss accelerates after 50
    • Why many endurance athletes accidentally train themselves into breakdown
    • How strength training should change as we age
    • The importance of recovery, sleep, and capacity building
    • Why maintaining muscle is critical for metabolism and longevity
    • How protein, fueling, and training need to evolve after 50
    • Why "normal aging" may not be the goal
    One of my favorite takeaways from this conversation:
    You are not normal. And maybe you should not want to be.
    Going to bed early.
    Protecting recovery.
    Prioritizing sleep.
    Saying no to late-night activities so you can wake up feeling strong and energized.
    These habits may not be normal—but they may help create an extraordinary future version of yourself.
    If your goal is to become stronger, healthier, and more resilient as you age, this episode is for you.
    Learn more about coaching, metabolic testing, and The FutureYou Blueprint at:
    www.debbiepotts.net
    Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with another athlete who wants to become their Future You.
    Educational only. Partner with a qualified practitioner—especially if you're on medications, have gallbladder disease, significant anemia, active IBD, are pregnant, or have complex conditions.
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    Why Your Body Isn't Broken: Understanding the Signals Behind Fatigue, Recovery & Aging

    23/06/2026 | 29min
    Welcome back to The Coach Debbie Potts Show!
    In this episode of the SIGNALS Series, we dive deeper into the hidden communication systems that drive energy, recovery, metabolism, digestion, performance, and healthy aging.
    Your body is constantly responding to the signals you send through nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress, and lifestyle habits. But what if your symptoms are actually signals your body is sending back?
    In this episode, we explore:
    • The language of physiology
    • Why symptoms are often clues, not problems
    • Bile and butyrate signaling
    • Metabolism and mitochondrial communication
    • Nervous system regulation and resilience
    • Why high performers often miss the warning signs
    • How PNOĒ testing, GI MAP, blood chemistry, genetics, and health history help uncover the root causes behind your symptoms
    If you're an active adult, aging athlete, or high performer looking to improve energy, recovery, body composition, and long-term health, this episode is for you.
    Learn more about creating your personalized Future You Blueprint:
    www.debbiepotts.net
    Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it!
    #HealthyAging #Metabolism #FutureYouBlueprint #CoachDebbiePotts #PNOE #FunctionalMedicine #GutHealth #Longevity #Resilience #Performance
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    #645 Brain Health, Longevity & Nutrition with Dr. John Lewis

    18/06/2026 | 46min
    What if your nutrition habits today are determining your brain health, immune resilience, and how well you age decades from now?
    In this episode of The Coach Debbie Potts Show, I sit down with Dr. John E. Lewis, Ph.D.—Founder and President of Dr Lewis Nutrition®, researcher, TEDx speaker, and clinical nutrition expert—to explore how nutrition, supplementation, exercise, and lifestyle habits influence healthy aging.
    With over 30 clinical studies and more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Lewis has spent decades researching how nutrition impacts human health, cognitive function, immune resilience, and chronic disease prevention.
    We dive into one of the most overlooked areas of nutrition science—polysaccharides—and discuss why these compounds may play an important role in brain health, immune function, cellular communication, and healthy aging.
    In This Episode We Discuss:
    • Why nutrition may be the most important behavior influencing long-term health outcomes
    • The connection between nutrition, chronic disease, inflammation, and healthy aging
    • What polysaccharides are and why they matter for brain health and immune resilience
    • The basics of dietary supplementation and how to know what you actually need
    • Why the Standard American Diet contributes to poor metabolic health and chronic disease
    • The role of exercise, movement, and lifestyle habits for longevity and healthspan
    • Dr. Lewis' personal strategies for maintaining health through nutrition, supplements, and exercise
    If you are interested in improving metabolism, protecting cognitive health, supporting immune function, and building your Future You, this episode is for you.
    Connect with Dr. John Lewis: Website: https://drlewisnutrition.com/
    Connect with Coach Debbie Potts: Website: www.debbiepotts.net and YouTube: @coachdebbiepotts
    Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who wants to improve their health from the inside out.
    Because healthy aging isn't accidental.  It's built through the signals we create every day.
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Sobre The Coach Debbie Potts Show
Debbie Potts is the host of 'The Low Athlete Podcast', author, speaker and coach. Transform the WHOLE you from the inside out with The WHOLESTIC Method elements. In this podcast, you will gain the knowledge how to burn fat, optimize health (mitochondria!) and improve athletic performance. If you want to be a peak performer in LIFE and SPORTS, then listen in each week to our conversations on all topics to optimize your health and longevity. Do you want to improve your athletic performance AND the aging process at the same time? Debbie will discuss the elements of with "The WHOLESTIC Method" program: 1. Nutrition 2. Exercise 3. Sleep 4. Stress 5. Movement & Mobility 6. Digestion & Gut Health (Immunity!) 7. Hydration 8. Happiness, Play & Gratitude Life is not a Race… it is a journey. Learn from Debbie's mistakes in over training and being addicted to busyness for too many years. Now she is on a mission to help others living life as a race to avoid burn out and break down at a cellular level. You will learn how to become metabolically flexible fat burner, optimize your health, and improve your performance for athletics- or just the challenges of daily life! More is not better... The GOLDILOCKS Effect is real! Learn from Debbie's mistakes, experiences and education. Stop over training, under recovering and living each day as a race. You will learn when you should slow down to push the 'pause-reset' button to re-calibrate daily! We discuss external stressors and hidden internal stressors that are impacting your ability to burn fat, performance gains and longevity. Men and women are different but also that we are all bio-individuals with different genetic make up, stressors and lifestyles- so there is NOT once size fits all approach to anything! Join the journey and transform the WHOLE you from the inside out with "The WHOLESTIC Method' elements and Coach Debbie Potts. Debbie is committed to following her purpose, passion and mission to helping transform the WHOLE you from the inside out with "The WHOLESTIC Method". Read all about Debbie's journey in her book 'LIFE IS NOT A RACE' and in her 'The WHOLESTIC Method Manual" on Amazon. Contact Debbie to learn about her "health detective" services on www.debbiepotts.net Debbie is a certified Kion Coach, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP) and certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P) - as well as much more! Learn more about Debbie on www.debbiepotts.net. Debbie Potts Health Coach, Author, Speaker & Podcaster Host of The Low Carb Athlete Podcast The WHOLESTIC Method Coaching Program FNTP, FDN-P, NASM CPT, CHEK HLC, Kion Coach BURN FAT. OPTIMIZE HEALTH. IMPROVE PERFORMANCE.
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