Why some gut issues persist — even when you've done everything right.
A 50-minute live teaching session on the gut–brain axis, subconscious patterning, and the cases that don't follow the rules.
The gut–brain axis is the bidirectional communication system connecting the digestive tract, nervous system, immune system, hormones, and microbiome. While we often focus on food, supplements, and pathogens when addressing gut issues, research increasingly shows that stress physiology, perception, and subconscious patterning play a major role in how the gut functions — and dysfunctions.
Originally taught live by Erin Holt
Why some gut issues persist despite "doing everything right"
How chronic stress, immune activation, and vagal tone influence digestion, motility, and inflammation
The role of subconscious patterning in conditions like IBS, bloating, and food sensitivity
How to integrate nervous system regulation and subconscious awareness into your gut protocols for more complete, sustainable results
In this class, Erin explores how chronic stress, immune activation, vagal tone, and the subconscious mind influence digestion, inflammation, motility, and symptoms like IBS, bloating, and food sensitivity. You'll learn why some gut issues persist despite "doing everything right," and how integrating nervous system regulation and subconscious awareness can support more complete and sustainable healing.
What you'll learn
About Erin
Erin Holt is the founder of Funk'tional Nutrition Academy and host of The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast. With 15+ years in integrative practice and Stanford-trained compassion teaching credentials, she's trained hundreds of practitioners through FNA. Erin teaches with a direct, funny, grounded style — and a clinical lens that doesn't flatten complexity. She's the creator of Intuitive Functional Medicine™, FNA's signature framework for whole-human clinical care.
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This is one teaching moment out of hundreds inside FNA. Every month, for 14 months, has this kind of depth — clinical case work, live mentorship, and real-time feedback from seasoned practitioners.
If you're an applicant for our Fall 2026 cohort and want to talk this through with Rachel Heintz, MS, RDN, IFMCP, FHP-C, our Lead Clinical Mentor, add your name to her September Discovery Call waitlist now.