What if improving your health involves more than food, exercise, and supplements? In this episode, Dr. Tabatha Barber explores women’s health, hormones, chronic stress, gut health, fasting, and the gut-brain connection—and how faith can support the healing journey.
Dr. Tabatha Barber shares her powerful journey from teenage motherhood and high school dropout to becoming a triple board-certified physician. Along the way, her own health challenges led her to look beyond conventional approaches and explore functional medicine, nervous system health, fasting, and the connection between physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness.
Chapter
[00:00] Podcast Preview
[01:30] Topic and Guest Introduction
[03:08] Dr. Tabatha Barber’s Story
[08:25] OBGYNs: Not Women’s Health Experts
[10:35] What Women Need to Know About Birth Controls
[12:00] From Surgeon to Functional Medicine
[13:35] Chronic Stress & the Nervous System
[15:00] Living in Fight-or-Flight
[16:20] Wired, Tired & Nervous System Recovery
[17:48] Faith as Part of the Healing Journey
[19:35] Generational Differences in Women’s Health
[24:44] Hormone Replacement Therapy & Women’s Choices
[27:08] What Is the Fast 2 Faith Program?
[28:37] Fasting From Food & Nourishing the Soul
[30:40] The Gut Microbiome & Whole-Body Health
[34:00] The Nervous System-Gut Connection
[36:00] Gut Health, Cravings & Hormones
[37:35] Emotional Eating & Healthy Alternatives
[38:02] Upcoming Events & How to Connect with Dr. Barber
[40:47] Finding Joy, Legos & Pickleball
Resources mentioned:
Dr. Tabatha Barber Website: drtabatha.com
Fast to Faith Program: fasttofaith.com
Candace Cameron Bure Live on Tour: https://candacecbure.com/tour
Connect with today’s guest:
IG: @gutsydrtabatha
Facebook: @DrTabatha
Dr. Tabatha Barber is a triple board-certified physician, two-time best-selling author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Fast to Faith® movement, a global mission helping women heal their bodies, renew their minds, and deepen their relationship with God. After overcoming adversity as a teenage mother and high school dropout, she built a successful medical career and discovered that true healing requires transformation of the body, mind, and spirit.
Through her Fast to Faith® 40-Day Program, Dr. Tabatha has helped thousands of women address weight struggles, hormone imbalance, gut dysfunction, chronic inflammation, food addiction, and emotional burdens by combining functional medicine, fasting, neuroscience, and biblical principles. She is also the founder of the Fast to Faith Coaching Academy® and the Fast to Faith® supplement line.
Driven by a vision to help one million women heal—and equip them to help another million—Dr. Tabatha is leading a movement of women toward greater health, strength, confidence, and purpose while giving back through charitable partnerships that support women, children, families, and communities in need.
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