Making decisions amidst information overload

Do you feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information available to us today? Having answers and research available at our fingertips can be incredibly helpful, but it also brings the challenge of stress and overwhelm around deciding which voices to listen to and which changes to implement. Fallon Lee is joining me on the podcast again to tackle this complex topic, and I’m confident this conversation will be a blessing to you! We each share portions of our own journeys and our decision making criteria in hopes of helping you navigate this overwhelming information age with grace and sustainability.
In this episode, we cover:
- The problem with having access to so much information
- A few tangible criteria for evaluating new information
- Why it is important to acknowledge the specific season you are in
- Identifying when it may be time to pursue new knowledge
- Zooming out and taking on an intuitive and historical lens
- Discerning which voices and sources to trust
- Why our intuition is a valid piece of our decision making
- Laying a solid foundation for health through grace-based nutrition
- Prioritizing our goals and establishing habits around them
- Healthy habits to prioritize as a new mom
- Prioritizing a healthy diet while on a budget
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Fallon was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s after the birth of her second son, and within a few years of going the “cutting foods” & chasing symptoms route, she was down to eating only seven foods. When she came across the world of metabolic health, she was both amazed and a little offended that she realized she did not have to claim this identity of restrictive eating & autoimmunity for life. She could heal?! And that’s exactly what she did. Today she is walking in absolute food freedom (including dairy & gluten), she is off of all medication, & she is teaching other women that they can do the same while curating delicious recipes along the way. Aside from being a metabolic recipe queen, she is also a wife & homeschool mom of 3 boys in Texas.
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[@samanthahoos9827]

I’m baking zucchini bread, washing dishes and putting house plant cuttings in water while listening. We make decisions every day and don’t realize how much we really accomplish in a day with our limited time. I used to make a list to show myself because I thought I wasn’t accomplishing enough. My husband reminds me that I’ve done a lot and when I get into bed at night so does my body. But if the day goes by, everyone’s fed and happy I’ve still done enough. ❤

[@ezekielfenjavandehei3189]

My husband is a counselor and has been talking to me about the stress some of his clients have over food and health and how the stress that they have hinders the absorption of the foods and works against them so eating whatever with a grateful heart and not in fear and eating to satiation and not beyond is probably healthier than eating crunchy and working out a ton with high levels of cortisol. Also, I really appreciate this podcast and have been making more and more limits and boundaries in my life to counteract the firehouse feeling.

[@morningstarhomestead]

My guideline for feeding our family of nine is to go with tradition, pre-industrial tradition that ties in with our ancestry and God's laws, as well as some modern-day research and a pinch of common Sense.

[@gloriack7976]

Ooooh yes I love the way you put this.

[@luthiengs]

That's good but you also have to be really careful about who is telling you what that tradition was. Sometimes people have agendas and revise history to make their theories sound correct.

[@singthescripturesmusic7243]

For Christians, we are to be good stewards of every aspect of our life, including health and food. On the same note, through Christ all foods have been made clean... i see how if we become legalistic on either side, we start to lean on our own understanding, idol worshipping,.being consumed without leaving room for God. Good reminder on this podcast to pursue daily.faithfulness and consult God in every season. ❤️

[@sandrawilson6702]

I think the problem is everyone thinks they need to be like e everyone else. I am so thankful for the Lord showing me it's okay to be different. We raised 6 beautiful children doing everything different from what everyone else was doing, stay at home mom, breast feeding and cloth diapers then homeschooling. So many comments about how we did things, but we believed in what we were doing. God has truly blessed us for doing his will - ❤ we need to be us!

[@aloras405]

Agreed. I had someone tell me that I wouldn't actually cloth diaper. She literally told me, "You think you will, but you won't." My first inclination was to think, "You haven't seen me in 20 years, how TF do you think you know what I am going to do." I was lucky enough that my parents showed me how to be a strong willed person who was willing to learn new things and not be afraid of who I am. God gave me common sense and and intelligent mind. To not use them would be a shame.

[@lisashafer7616]

Yes! And I think contentment plays into it too.

[@Rosericaso6729]

Lisa, this is probably the most important episode you've ever made. It's not only informative- it's very formative and helps establish boundaries around something as vast as the internet, especially for a new mom! Fallon Lee is a wonferful articulator. Thanks for hosting a podcast- it is the best one out there.

[@aloras405]

The digital age is both a blessing and a curse. We have access to so much good information at the tips of our fingers and at the same time, we have so much bad information as well. I think part of the problem is we aren't taught how to filter through all the information and check that with our own experiences. There's a complete lack of learning that there are multiple correct ways of doing something. Honestly, I have started cutting my time on social media and I am starting to collect print books.

[@cristinaturcin]

Do podcast with Amy Fritz. She is so chill and went through a health journey. She can talk about how she managed her health journey being on KZbin

[@swisschalet1658]

When technology becomes your master instead of your servant, it's time to unplug. Buy a big, traditional, classic cookbook. That's all you ever needed.

[@bluewind1811]

True, you don't have to eat apples out of season :). . . but if you want to, like we do, we harvest tons in the fall and make applesauce and dehydrated apple chips to last us the rest of the year. I love how homemakers each find a particular thing to focus in on. In the early years, I focused on one food that we harvest every season and preserve it two different ways for the rest of the year: winter; maple syrup and maple sugar; summer; tomato sauce and whole tomatoes; fall; applesauce and apple chips; spring cabbage; saurkraut and dehydrated. I've built off of this beginning plan so much over the years. I just always thought, if we love a certain food, let's keep it around all year in different ways without compromising the nutrients.

[@lindsaym2547]

I'm halfway through & when Fallon said we've lost our natural intuition,,,,,it really hit me!! Amen ❤

[@marychristensen4254]

People who obsess on all these food restrictions and health “issues” will have the same life expectancy of those who just eat healthy. I saw the same thing in the 70s. Except back then there wasn’t social media to guilt trip you constantly.

[@tamarahid9713]

This is one of your best conversations Lisa, down to earth and very encouraging, thank you for posting this❤

[@juliannefarrey2957]

This is a great video. I have thought on my wellness journey if it's beneficial to cut foods out if I'm going to feel stressed if I *do eat them . Going back to that belief idea. What's better? Eating foods and feeling stressed or the opposite. I have my own personal reasons for eating a certain way and I think the more deeper a need the more you have to pursue knowledge too

[@Simplefarmhouselife]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@Gloria-ze5mb]

This was really good! And it applies to us older women as well...maybe even more. WAY too much information about everything and that causes confusion and not knowing who or what to believe.

[@jessicahelene23]

I resonate with this statement so much. 15:20 I have no idea what I’m doing so I’m a glutton for information but then suffer from analysis paralysis because there are SO many “right” ways to do something that I’m afraid to choose the wrong one. 🙈

[@elizabethbrink476]

Meat! 😅 majority meat. I still eat sourdough and rice but I’ve simplified my meals by making mostly meat. Plus, it’s delicious! And an occasional sourdough waffle/pancake from your recipe pdf. 🙌🏼

[@lauraperkins4862]

Thank you so much, Lisa and Fallon! It was such a treat to listen to you both! Fallon has made a big difference in my health journey as I have struggled with adrenal fatigue for many years and continue to work on correcting thyroid function. Thank you again!😊

[@andreacare4470]

I love these hour long podcast ❤ I can literally get so much done while listening 😊

[@dianequist835]

This was GREAT! Applicable for all age groups and all seasons of life. Thank you!

[@nolagirlhomestead]

Like the conversation!👍🏽 This one and Boy Mom were so relevant for all seasons of life. Thanks!

[@hillaryjohnson6055]

“There’s not really anything to fix” This convo is so good!!

[@teresaschwarz1243]

I really needed this today! Thank you for sharing!!!!

[@tammymarple5347]

Thank you Lisa!! As always great information. So true that there is too much information for us and depending on where we look, we can find opposite info for any subject. My husband is constantly searching to see what he should and should not eat as a diabetic with chronic kidney disease. One day he can eat something and the next day he says he can’t. lol I told him just the other day to watch the source of the information because that will determine the direction they are steering you. Especially with foods and medications and health in general. We do need to go back to tried and true basics that sustained our grandparents for many years before all the information was available. I will add that going back to whole foods and eating without any additives he has been able to go off most medications . He has gone from 7 different medications a day to one and I love to cook from scratch so it’s a win win for us!! Have a blessed week 🙏😊

[@gunnikr]

What do you make that has him stop his medication?

[@tammymarple5347]

@@gunnikr my husband eats nothing with any kind of additives, he eats almost no sweetener except a drop or two of stevia. He eats fresh fruits and vegetables, lots of cranberries, buckwheat groats, homemade bread , really just no processed foods. He has been able to keep his diabetes under control without medication for over we a year now, but unfortunately not before the medication damages his kidneys. He constantly reads so he knows what foods ate good for kidney health and what isn’t. It was a real balancing act in the beginning but he seems to have found the right formula now.

[@Jen-zz7nv]

Love this interview! Such common sense advice. Im thankful that i grew up/married / raised children before social media...well mostly. I just did things intuitively and didnt have to worry about researching any topics unless an issue arose or worry about what the internet had to say about the latest trends,etc. My grandma was super "intuitive" about everything and im grateful to have inherited that trait from her.

[@tarriehofman3431]

It was the same for information when I had kids and they are your age, so yes the frustration was the same as now.

[@gloriack7976]

Thank you for having this talk!! I could have asked that opening question. I appreciate the frank open conversation around all of it.

[@judgmentaltoast]

This couldn’t have come at a better time !!! Thank you ladies so much for this! I have adhd so I tend to hyper focus on things and lately it’s been total chaos with all the different sources of information (along with scare tactics if you “don’t follow this exact diet, ect)” 😅 God bless you guys ❤️

[@aloras405]

I am ADHD as well. If you find a way to slow down the sources and information, it helps. I find that instead of getting online, find books. Just take one article or site at a time and step back and think about it critically. I can think of one particular diet influencer. He uses those "IF YOU EAT THIS YOURE GOING TO DIE!" kinds of tactics. If you step back and look into what he's selling, its all his supplements. So his credibility is goes down significantly. Not that selling things is a bad thing, even Lisa wants to sell you her courses, but Lisa wants you to succeed and thrive where as that diet guy only wants to scare you into buying his stuff. I have to remember that not one single person is 100% correct in what they say.

[@judgmentaltoast]

Thank you for sharing ! ❤️ Glad you were able to find a way to slow down the info intake 😬 it’s a battle out there 😅

[@paulawilliams7030]

I’m not all the way thru this conversation, but I remember stuff like butter was bad use marjoram, don’t eat eggs and stuff like that. I was very confused back then so I stopped listening and used what I wanted. Since then and now Butter is better then marjoram and eggs are ok etc. Point is things change.

[@laurarivett5931]

What an important conversation. And very timely. As a new mom, this has been a weight on me this past year. Thank you for this!

[@Simplefarmhouselife]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Goldiloxandthe3bears]

This is such a great podcast! My doctor told me to do intermittent fasting and it was great (at first) I was able to lose 22 pound easily and my appetite was put into control but then I hit a point where I stopped losing weight and then my hormones changed. Watching this reminded me of so much I have been missing. My dad says that he has been sent to so many different nutritionist and dietitians for his diabetes and they all have given contradictory advice. It is all way too much information! I also have a friend that hardly eats because she is afraid of everything hurting her.

[@Simplefarmhouselife]

Yes, it can be difficult to navigate with all the voices on this subject!

[@meve531]

You should do a podcast with @ReallyVeryCrunchy 😂

[@culturallydifferent]

It's what I thought 🤣

[@meve531]

I feel like I spoke this into existence 😅😂😂😂😂 so excited to see this upcoming podcast!!

[@karenpage9383]

Alright, I need to know WHERE she is getting primal blend ground beef for $5.99 per lb?!?!? Local and online, I can't find it for less than $10 per lb, and much of it is more like $15.

[@hannahsvoxx]

I'm not sure but I pay $5.50/lb when I buy the whole cow. I highly recommend buying a half or whole cow if you can. I can find some really healthy, well raised ones here where I live

[@karenpage9383]

@@hannahsvoxxI buy half a cow from a 100% grass fed, pasture raised farm. Works out to be $7 per lb, and getting them to grind in organ meat drives up the cost because its more labor. I have 3 cattle farms to choose from that tick all the boxes, and that is the rate for all of them. Maybe its a regional thing. I'm an hour NW of ATL.

[@Simplefarmhouselife]

I have found over the years that prices for all food vary greatly from region to region and country to country...it really depends on where you live

[@joygrabiner5659]

If I followed the intuition of my kids....we eat dirt all day long :)

[@luthiengs]

Right?! I laughed when I heard that too...kids are notorious for having bad ideas about how the world works. We shouldn't be getting health advice from them, although to be fair this guest had a lot of good advice about other things.

[@cindyflinchbaugh7155]

Oil pulling, I have never heard of such a thing. ??? lots of questions,

[@Simplefarmhouselife]

You can find lots of info about it online!

[@denadavis5216]

Sunshine is needed for Vitamin D but red light therapy is different.

[@JamieClements1982]

What is this new term “crunchy” mean? I hear it but I guess I’m too old to know. 😂 Maybe it’s a new word people use but I’m clueless. 😂

[@judgmentaltoast]

In my understanding it’s like someone who tries to eat organic, and all that it implies haha

[@JamieClements1982]

@@judgmentaltoastgot ya’…. I hear the word crunchy and think of carrots or something. You know like something that implies the original meaning of the word. 😆😊Thanks!

[@cass3561]

Crunchy is a new term for people that try to do all natural. Organic, homemade food, breastfeeding, baby carrying, all that stuff. It also comes with some assumptions that people naturally make when they think you are crunchy, for example, a huge amount of crunchy moms don't vaccinate, drink raw milk, etc etc.

[@ciaralewis968]

It is basically women who stick to old fashioned ways that my great grand parents (I’m 32) had to live - make food and medicines from scratch, cloth diaper, home birth, homemaker, home school, raw dairy and everything else that’s from farm to plate, cooking in cast iron, gosh I could go on. It was everyday living for women decades ago, but now it’s a fad term but helpful term linked to minded younger women on this modern age just doing it how it was.

[@JamieC444]

@@ciaralewis968 got it, I’m not down with all the fads that like you say really have been around for ages. Such as the trad wife trend… it’s not a trend, women have lived that lifestyle for years. 😆

[@user-qr2hb4ll2n]

In regard to healthier eating, why are you not including information about being aware of bioengineered food ingredients now found in a majority of processed foods, especially ALL of the major brands that people have trusted for literally years?

[@Simplefarmhouselife]

The subject of what is happening in our food system could not possibly be covered in an hour long podcast. It is a subject that could have its own podcast. I hope to just get people thinking critically about their food and to know where it comes from and hopefully it will spur people on to educating themselves.

[@cbenji2]

I found the microphone in front of her face very distracting. I am sure it was just me but she might want to move the camera up or lower the mic. I loved the content very reliable and informative and grace filled advice and shared with the young women I know.

[@carolkothmann6074]

This talk was interesting, but Fallon Lee's extremely frequent use of the word 'like' was very distracting and irritating for me. Lisa falls into the 'like' pattern occasionally, too, but not nearly as often as Fallon. Being aware of repetitive, unnecessary words or phrases would really be helpful.

[@user-nz3zk1mc7x]

Do not take a shot every time you hear the word “season”, you will not survive! Why or why have we landed on this word so hard in social media? 🫠