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238/ The Shift Work Tax: What It's Really Costing Your Hormones, Energy & Life [ Dr. Aaron Chapa ]

238/ The Shift Work Tax: What It's Really Costing Your Hormones, Energy & Life [ Dr. Aaron Chapa ]

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HI Nurse friend, Have you ever wondered why you're doing "everything right" but still feel exhausted, inflamed, and hormonally off? The answer might not be what you're eating — it might be when you're working.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Aaron Chapa, Doctor of Chiropractic and functional health expert, to have the conversation nurses desperately need to hear. Dr. Chapa specializes in hormones, metabolism, and whole-body wellness, and as the founder of Living Well Clinical Nutrition, he has helped hundreds of people find real answers to fatigue, hormone imbalance, and chronic inflammation.

He made one statement early in our conversation that set the tone for everything: nurses are his best and worst clients. And once you hear why, you won't be able to unhear it.

We get into the real, practical, science-based strategies that work even with a nurse's unpredictable schedule — and why your days off might be the most powerful health tool you're not using.

In This Episode We Cover:

  • Why nurses are uniquely positioned — and uniquely at risk — when it comes to holistic health
  • The true tax that shift work places on your hormones, metabolism, and inflammatory load
  • How to break your fast in a way that supports your body instead of working against it
  • How to structure the start of your day for holistic success even on a chaotic schedule
  • The 70/30 rule and why it might be the most realistic and sustainable approach to wellness for nurses
  • How intentional rest and recovery on your days off can prevent and reverse burnout
  • Why lasting transformation requires getting to the root — not just managing symptoms

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This isn't a group program. This isn't a course you'll never finish. This is you, getting focused, faith-grounded support to start moving from depletion to wholeness.

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Connect with Dr. Aaron Chapa:

  • Website & Masterclass: portal.drchapawellness.com/designed-to-thrive-masterclass
  • Living Well Clinical Nutrition — practical, science-based support for hormones, metabolism, and lasting wellness

Connect with Shan:

  • Instagram: @theshanwright
  • Website: theshanwright.com
  • DM the word WHOLLY to learn more about the Wholly Well Intensive
  • DM the word STRESS to get your free burnout resources

If this conversation gave you language for what you've been feeling in your body, share it with a nurse who needs to hear it. Leave a review, subscribe, and come find me on Instagram .... I'd love to hear what landed for you.

Shalom Shalom,

Xx, Shan

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Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.

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