The Wildly Overlooked Connection between the Nervous System, Digestion + Hormones with Megan Gerber RD

Nourishing Women Podcast

This week on the podcast, I sat down with gut health dietitian Megan from Grounded Nourishment to unpack this wildly overlooked connection between your nervous system, digestion, and hormones.

Because if you’re on the path to period recovery or trying to get pregnant naturally—healing your gut and regulating your stress response isn’t optional. It’s essential.

Here’s what we got into:

🧠 Why women with hypothalamic amenorrhea often deal with chronic constipation, bloating, and food sensitivities 💥 How nervous system dysregulation (aka always being “on”) shuts down digestion and hormone production 🫀 The exact reason stress, undereating, and overexercising lead to poor gut motility and missing periods 🌬 Breathwork, bitters, and simple vagus nerve practices to get your gut—and your cycle—back online 💫 The trauma-gut-fertility link no one talks about enough

Megan Gerber, RD, LD, IFNCP, CGN is a Functional Medicine Dietitian, Breathwork Teacher, and the founder of Grounded Nourishment. She's also the co-founder of JÜJ Digestive Bitters. Meg specializes in helping women heal from chronic digestive issues by addressing the root cause — not just through nutrition, functional testing, and supplements, but by naming what often gets overlooked: stress. In her practice, stress isn’t just a buzzword — it’s the elephant in the room that can wreak havoc on gut health and stall healing. While the wellness world often says “we are what we eat,” Meg takes it a step deeper: “We are what we digest and absorb.” This truth anchors her approach — one that integrates nervous system regulation as a non-negotiable part of gut healing. Whether it’s through mindful eating, parasympathetic breathwork, or EFT tapping, Meg helps her clients reconnect with their bodies, calm their systems, and finally experience relief. Learn more from Meg: www.groundednourish.com www.livewithjuj.com breath work for gut health @groundednourish @jujbitters

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Please note that this podcast is not meant to be used for nutritional, medical or individualized advice and should be used for education only.