{"id":18216,"date":"2017-12-05T09:45:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T04:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/functionalnutritionlab.com\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:05:44","slug":"what-is-going-on-in-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/blog\/what-is-going-on-in-there","title":{"rendered":"what IS going on in there?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I\u2019ve built Functional Nutrition Lab and the Functional Nutrition Alliance with a lot of love and passion, and with one core principle \u2014 a principle I like to call\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>what\u2019s going on in there?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I quickly realized, as I started down this path of functional nutrition\u2014first personally, with my own efforts to get pregnant, then in slowing the progression of my husband\u2019s brain tumor, and ultimately with my own Hashimoto\u2019s diagnosis after he passed away, and then, even more so on the professional front, with the thousands of individualized clients and course participants that I\u2019ve supported\u2014that the concept of <strong>what\u2019s going on in there<\/strong> merits attention no matter our age or circumstance.<\/p>\n<p>To put it simply, no matter how many cutting edge tricks we know, we cannot help someone unless we know what\u2019s going on in their body and, understand the body\u2019s core functions.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not only talking about what\u2019s <em>supposed<\/em> to be going on, or what the textbooks or scientific studies say <em>should<\/em> be going on, but what\u2019s <em>actually<\/em> going on.<\/p>\n<p>So how do we figure out what\u2019s really going on in there?<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Going on in There Principle #1<\/h2>\n<p>Slow down.<\/p>\n<p>Breathe.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to know the answers <em>yet.<\/em> You haven\u2019t even asked any questions!<\/p>\n<p>When a complex client arrives at your door (like my husband\u2019s cancer diagnosis or the myriad digestive, autoimmune and hormonal issues we see in our clinic), having the insight to <em>pause,<\/em> to ponder what\u2019s going on in there, and to ask a few critical questions, is key to making sense of it all.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s how you figure out your first step and each step that follows.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s how you gain confidence that you can indeed help your clients step into their healing potential.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s how your examination becomes not just a place to find answers, but a true act of leadership!<\/p>\n<p>To look at that first step from a slightly different angle, it\u2019s:<br \/>\nPause<br \/>\nLook at what you DO know<br \/>\nGet curious<br \/>\nAsk a question about what you DON\u2019T know<\/p>\n<p>So I ask you\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s going on in there with your clients or patients?<\/h3>\n<p>As I discuss in my ebook, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/functionalnutrition101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Functional Nutrition 101<\/a>, the key to uncovering the truths of what\u2019s going on in there lies in your abilities, session after session, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/how-to-be-the-expert-clients-are-seeking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ask the right questions<\/a>\u2014questions that will lead to <u>more questions<\/u> as well as to the answers that will reveal your evolving protocol.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Going on in There Principle #2<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s another important element of being an investigator who can uncover <strong>what\u2019s going on in there:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sitting in the seat of calm, confident and assured command.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let me explain:<\/p>\n<p>I remember when I first started practicing as a functional nutritionist. I\u2019d get caught up in the flurry of my clients\u2019 symptoms, trying to \u201cfix them\u201d or make them go away.<\/p>\n<p>I thought it was my responsibility to provide, as quickly as possible, the \u201ccure-all\u201d for what brought them in to see me. If I didn\u2019t, I considered myself a failure (in their eyes and my own)!<\/p>\n<p>I repeatedly fell into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/empathy-trap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empathy Trap<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>One day\u2014I can actually remember it quite clearly\u2014I realized that my own energy was completely wrapped up in theirs. I recognized that I had taken on the urgent frenzy of a client and that I was in the back seat of their vehicle of alarm and confusion, letting their emotions drive the therapeutic relationship.<\/p>\n<p>My heart was pounding and I was feeling the panic of finding <em><u>the<\/u> answer.<\/em> (Not a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/therapeutic-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">therapeutic partnership<\/a> at all!)<\/p>\n<p>At that moment of awareness, I was faced with a fork in the road\u2014as we are many times as practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>I could continue to grasp for the quick-fix, feeling responsible for resolution <u>now<\/u>, or I could step back and take a deep breath.<\/p>\n<p>And, in stepping back, I had a choice.<\/p>\n<p>I could block off the overwhelm by disconnecting from my client\u2019s pain completely, or I could slip into the shoes of the expert and employ the act of <em>supportive inquiry<\/em> as I kept my eye on the real prize\u2026root cause resolution.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s interesting to think of this choice through the lens of mirror neurons\u2014which essentially speak to the ways we respond to actions we see in others. Mirror neurons were only discovered in the early 1990\u2019s. They\u2019re a type of brain cell that reacts equally to an action performed and an action witnessed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When I was in panic-mode, I was mirroring my client\u2019s distress.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What I vowed to myself in that moment of awareness was to turn the table\u2014to take responsibility for holding the space for calm inquiry, infused with hope, determination, and even love, instead of attempting to be the short-term hero with a quick-fix.<\/p>\n<p>(Don\u2019t get me wrong here\u2014if a healthy quick-fix exists to deliver some relief, I\u2019m all for it, but I never lose sight of <em>what\u2019s going on in there<\/em> so I can aim for the sustainable resolution.)<\/p>\n<p>My promise to myself in that moment was to be the mirror, not to do the mirroring.<\/p>\n<h3>Be the Mirror, Don\u2019t do the Mirroring<\/h3>\n<p>When done well, this is where empathy and leadership start to merge.<\/p>\n<p>And together they become even more powerful than either can be on its own.<\/p>\n<p>Empathy and leadership are such powerful concepts in the therapeutic partnership that they are part of the first 2 frameworks in my 8-pillared signature system\u2014the Practitioner Mastery Paradigm. This paradigm has been the foundation upon which I have created both Functional Nutrition Lab and the Functional Nutrition Alliance (which includes our clinic where we see clients from all over the globe who\u2019ve <em>been everywhere and tried everything.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on in there<\/strong> is the core principle around which I created one of the most successful nutrition practices in the world.<\/p>\n<p>You can do the same\u2014you can use this principle to create <em>your<\/em> dream practice.<\/p>\n<p>So I invite you now to hold the principles of <em>what\u2019s going on in there<\/em> as a complex tool\u2014a tool of inquiry, connection and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019d like to dive deeper with this concept, grab a copy of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/functionalnutrition101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Functional Nutrition 101<\/a> ebook.<\/p>\n<p>I give you all the best questions to ask your clients so you really can uncover <em>what\u2019s going on in there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Once you know that, you\u2019ll be able to help <em>all<\/em> the people you want to help.<\/p>\n<p>Start <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/functionalnutrition101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related blog posts<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/whats-functional-and-whats-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 1: What\u2019s Functional and what\u2019s not<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/part-2-whats-functional-and-whats-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 2: What\u2019s Functional and what\u2019s NOT?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/part-3-whats-functional-and-whats-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 3: What&#8217;s Functional and what\u2019s not<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/functional-nutrition-tip-the-truth-about-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Functional Nutrition Tip &#8211; The truth about compliance<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/functional-nutrition-tip-the-web-of-interconnections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Functional Nutrition Tip \u2013 The web of interconnections<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/the-biggest-mistakes-to-practicing-functionally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The biggest mistakes to practicing functionally<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I\u2019ve built Functional Nutrition Lab and the Functional Nutrition Alliance with a lot of love and passion, and with one core principle \u2014 a principle I like to call\u2026 what\u2019s going on in there? 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