Running on Fumes: Why Your Body Is Shutting Down and How to Refill Your Tank
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Dr. Shivani Gupta discusses the dangers of running on empty and its impact on women's health, using personal stories and Ayurvedic concepts.
You know that feeling when you're at the end of your rope, but you push a little further anyway because you assume there's more fuel left in the tank? In this solo episode, Dr. Shivani breaks down why that instinct, so common in women, is quietly setting the stage for burnout, hair loss, and even autoimmune disease. Using the story of her friend Rima, whose autoimmune diagnosis showed up right after a devastating divorce, and her client Amy, who lost half her hair with no dermatology treatment able to reverse it, Dr. Shivani explains the Ayurvedic concept of ojas, your body's vital reserve, and why running on empty for years eventually forces the body to shut down non essential systems one by one. This episode also gets personal. Dr. Shivani shares what happened to her own body after a mold exposure, a book launch, and a TEDx talk collided in the same season, and what her acupuncturist told her that changed how she thinks about resilience. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why women wait until they hit empty to refuel, while men stop at a quarter tank, and what that pattern costs the body over decades What happens physiologically when you run on fumes for too long, using the exact mechanics of a…
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