You eat better than most people you know.
You take the supplements, you have worked on your sleep, you have tried the probiotics, and you may have cut half the grocery store out of your kitchen.
And you are still not where you thought you would be by now.
So why aren't you feeling better?
My name is Gail Cattoor.
I run Harmony Health and Education in Craig, Colorado, and I work with women over 40 who are doing all the right things.
That question is most of my working life.
[CLIENT: your own starting point here. The one specific moment this work began for you, in two or three sentences. Where you were, what you were doing, and what sent you looking for a different question. Keep it about your situation and your search, never a diagnosis and never a health outcome. What you say here changes the disclosure below, so read it again before you record.] > This is educational information and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before beginning any new supplement, diet, or wellness program. Individual results vary.
Before anything else, one thing.
You are not the problem in this story.
Here is what your week looks like, and tell me if I have it wrong.
Somewhere around three in the afternoon you go looking for something quick, because carbs and sugar are the fastest energy on offer and you have a second half of the day to get through.
Dinner is the meal you cooked properly, the one with the vegetables in it, and an hour later it is sitting in you like a paperweight.
The bathroom tells you the food is not being used the way it should be.
And there is a cabinet in your kitchen with eleven bottles in it that you cannot point at and say what any single one of them did for you.
None of that is laziness.
You have read more about this than most people ever will.
The trouble is that every expert you follow has one more thing to add, and every one of them sounds like something you should be doing, so the list grows and the answer does not arrive.
Then the fear underneath it starts talking, and the fear is not that you will fail.
It is that you are doing all of it in the wrong order and nobody is ever going to tell you.
Look.
I am not going to stand here and tell you the last three people you listened to were frauds.
Most of them were telling you something true.
They were telling it to a room, and you are not a room.
That is the whole of it, and it took me a long time to be able to say it that plainly.
One person's fuel can be another person's poison.
The vegetable that is the healthiest thing on the plate for the woman sitting next to you can be the hardest thing you ate all week, and no plan written for a room can know that about you.
So you did what anyone would do with a list of true things.
You started adding.
Probiotics, because someone said gut.
Sleep, because someone said cortisol.
Half the grocery store gone, because someone said inflammation.
Every one of those is a reasonable move.
In no particular order.
No order at all.
Does that mean everything you have been doing was wrong?
No.
It means you have been doing good work in an order nobody chose for you, and effort in the wrong order looks exactly like effort that failed.
[CLIENT: one or two specifics here of what you had already tried, yourself or with the women you work with, that did not land. Real examples only, never a competitor by name and never anyone's diagnosis.]
So here is the different question.
Not what should I add.
Where does my body need me to start.
I work with a client to find the missing link in a chronic health struggle by identifying what one particular body needs, instead of handing over a one-size-fits-all protocol.
The way in is your terrain type.
Five of them, and you land on one, with a runner-up underneath it.
Liver type, where the question is whether your body is asking for less burden before it asks for more intervention.
Microbiome type, where your gut ecosystem may deserve the first investigation.
Easy digestion type, where before obsessing over what you are eating, you look at how well you are digesting it.
Chill out type, where your digestive system may not be operating independently of your stress response.
And sleepy type, where your body is not asking you to push harder, it is asking you to investigate why the battery will not recharge.
Your terrain type is not a diagnosis and it is not a label you are stuck with.
It is a starting point.
It is where the conversation begins, so that the good food and the effort you are already putting in have somewhere to land.
And I would rather explain the reasoning to you than hand you a sheet of instructions.
That is the real difference between me and a protocol, and it is the one you can check in the first ten minutes of talking to me.
I teach rather than prescribe.
I want to be careful here, because this is the part of a video like this where people usually start promising things.
Nobody can tell you what your body will do, and anybody who does is selling you something.
So here is what I have, plainly.
A free first call, then a 60 minute consultation, which is the difference in its most concrete form: a conversation that starts with your terrain, not a protocol handed to everyone.
A practice built on functional medicine, functional nutrition and holistic health.
There are four reviews on the Harmony Health and Education listing in Craig, Colorado, and you can go and read them without me telling you what they say.
The quiz that gets you your terrain type was built from the way I already work, five terrain types, a starting point rather than a diagnosis, and a line on every single result telling you to talk to your healthcare provider about anything that has been going on.
I put that line on there on purpose.
Education is the mission here rather than a layer over the top of the selling, which is why I can send you to check with somebody else without it costing me anything.
[CLIENT: three client results go here once you have documented ones on file. What she came in with as a situation, what changed, roughly how long it took, in her own words, and never a diagnosis or a named condition. You need her written permission, and you need to say whether she received anything from you in exchange. Leave this part out of the recording entirely until you have them. The answer changes the disclosure below, so check it before you record.] > This is one individual's experience. Results are not typical and individual results will vary. If this person received compensation or free access in exchange for sharing their experience, that is disclosed here.
The first conversation costs nothing.
That is not a discount and it is not a trick, it is the only honest way I know to find out whether I am the right person to be looking at this with you.
After that, a consultation is 60 minutes and 75 dollars.
Sixty minutes is the offer.
It is enough time for the real question to come out, which is usually not the question you booked with, and it is the reason I do not do fifteen minute appointments.
For the women who want the longer piece of work, the full package is 2,700 dollars.
I am telling you the number now rather than at the end of a call, because you have paid for wellness advice before and could not tell anybody afterwards what it bought you.
[CLIENT: what the 2,700 dollar package actually includes. How many sessions, over what period, and what happens between them. Only what you deliver every time, not the best version of it.]
[CLIENT: your refund or cancellation policy, in your own exact words. If you do not have one written down, write it down first and then read it here.]
Two things get thought at this point and not said out loud.
The first one is that this is one more thing to add.
Fair.
Except the whole point of a starting point is that it takes things off the list rather than putting them on, and if you leave our first call with more to do than you came in with, I have done it wrong.
The second one is quieter, and it stops more women than the first.
Am I being taught something here, or am I being sold something.
I would rather you asked me that out loud than went away wondering about it.
You are being sold a conversation, and the first one is free specifically so you can work out which of the two it is before any money moves.
Then there is the question you are entitled to ask and most people are too polite to.
Who is this woman and what makes her qualified to be looking at my health.
[CLIENT: your training, your certifications and how long you have been doing this, in one or two sentences. State only what you hold and are entitled to call yourself. If a title needs a licence you do not hold, do not use it.]
And I am not your doctor.
I am not standing between you and your doctor either, and the healthcare provider line on every quiz result is not there for legal reasons.
It is there because some of what you are living with belongs in a room I am not in.
Here is what I would do if I were you, and it is small.
Take the quiz.
Three minutes, no charge, and it gives you your terrain type and the runner-up underneath it.
Then book a free call and start by finding your terrain type, the one place your body needs support first, instead of adding one more thing.
Bring the result with you, bring the health struggle you have not been able to solve, and we will start decoding what your body is signaling instead of guessing.
There is no link on this video yet, so the way to reach me is to message me and tell me you took the quiz and what you landed on.
[CLIENT: your booking link or phone number goes here, and the exact words you want said around it. Nothing was on file when this was written, so this line stays blank until you supply one.]
[CLIENT: one sentence on the person you most love watching get her answer. Who she was when she came to you, in situation terms rather than health terms.]
You already eat better than most people you know.
You do not need one more thing on the pile.
You need to know where to start.
> This is educational information and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before beginning any new supplement, diet, or wellness program. Individual results vary.
Why do women over 40 doing all the right things keep getting handed one more thing to add?
Nobody's short on things to add. What's missing is the order they go in. The order. There are 3 systems doing that job and they don't come with the advice, so steal them.
1. Order system.
2. One-change system.
Think of the order back at Thanksgiving when there's one oven and 6 dishes and the turkey's been in since 9 in the morning and somebody walks in at 3 holding a casserole that needs 40 minutes, and nobody's arguing about whether the casserole is good, everybody knows it's good, the argument is about a shelf that doesn't exist, and the rule in that kitchen is the same rule every year, longest cook goes in first… first
Because it's rarely about what somebody handed you and more so about what's in the oven and when it went in.
3. Reading system.
The reason the one friend you trust with a question like this never hands you a list is she asks what you changed and when you changed it. And then she waits.
#wheretostart #onethingatatime
Nobody's short on things to add. What's missing is the order they go in.
This is for the woman who is already eating better than most people she knows, already takes the supplements, and still can't say which part was supposed to come first.
Three systems do that job: the order, the one change, and reading the result. None of them is another thing to buy. They just don't come attached to the advice.
One oven, 6 dishes, and the turkey went in at 9. Nobody in that kitchen argues about whether the casserole is good. Longest cook goes in first.
The first call is free and it starts with your terrain type.
#wheretostart #onethingatatime
Why do women over 40 doing all the right things keep getting handed one more thing to add?
Nobody's short on things to add. What's missing is the order they go in.
There are 3 systems doing that job and they don't come with the advice, so steal them.
It's rarely about what somebody handed you and more so about what's in the oven and when it went in.
The reason the one friend you trust with a question like this never hands you a list is she asks what you changed and when you changed it. And then she waits.
The reason why you can't say what the last plan did isn't your memory.
(Small relief. It was never a memory problem. Never was.)
If you want an easy place to start:
• write the date on it and the one thing you changed (a sticky note on the cupboard door does the job, so does the back of a receipt)
• change one thing and leave the rest of the list where it is for 3 weeks (3 weeks is boring, and boring is what makes it readable)
• decide what you'd be watching for before you start watching (something you could point at on a WEDNESDAY afternoon)
That's what actually works and gives you something you can read back by the end of the month 📓
Follow along for the where-to-start conversation nobody's been having with you 🤍
And if you'd rather not sort the order on your own, the first call is free and it starts with your terrain type. Questions go below either way. I'd rather you asked than guessed…
It was never a memory problem.
If you can't say what the last plan did, that isn't something you failed to remember. There was nothing written down to remember.
An easy place to start: write the date and the one thing you changed. Change one thing and leave the rest of the list where it is for 3 weeks. Decide what you'd be watching for before you start watching.
3 weeks is boring, and boring is what makes it readable. By the end of the month you have something you can read back.
If you'd rather not sort the order on your own, the first call is free and it starts with your terrain type. Questions go below either way.
#terraintype #onethingatatime
The reason why you can't say what the last plan did isn't your memory.
Small relief. It was never a memory problem. Never was.
That's what actually works and gives you something you can read back by the end of the month.
Women over 40: eating better than most people you know, taking the supplements, cutting things out, and nobody's told you which part comes first.
Here's the part nobody says out loud. Doing all of it at the same time is what makes it impossible to read. There are 3 systems that sort that. Yours if you want them.
1. Shortlist system.
2. Spacing system.
You know how it goes when you're packing for a trip and every single thing laid out on the bed is a reasonable thing to bring, the boots are reasonable, the second coat is reasonable, you could defend any one of them out loud to another adult and win the argument, and none of that was ever the question, the bag is the question, the bag has been the question the whole time… bag
Turns out it's rarely about which item you pull off the bed and more so about how much you're carrying at once.
3. Naming system.
Ask the woman behind the counter at the feed store why she wants to know what you're growing and what your dirt is like before she'll sell you anything. She'll tell you she isn't willing to guess on your behalf. And she'd rather you came back.
#whichpartfirst #supportbeforeyoustack
Everything laid out on the bed is reasonable. That was never the question.
The boots are reasonable. The second coat is reasonable. You could defend any one of them to another adult and win the argument. The bag is the question, and the bag has been the question the whole time.
Doing all of it at the same time is what makes it impossible to read. Three systems sort that: what makes the list at all, how far apart the changes sit, and what each one was for.
Ask the woman behind the counter at the feed store why she wants to know what you're growing and what your dirt is like before she'll sell you anything. She isn't willing to guess on your behalf.
The first call is free and it starts with your terrain type.
#whichpartfirst #supportbeforeyoustack
Women over 40: eating better than most people you know, taking the supplements, cutting things out, and nobody's told you which part comes first.
Here's the part nobody says out loud. Doing all of it at the same time is what makes it impossible to read.
Turns out it's rarely about which item you pull off the bed and more so about how much you're carrying at once.
Ask the woman behind the counter at the feed store why she wants to know what you're growing and what your dirt is like before she'll sell you anything.
She'll tell you she isn't willing to guess on your behalf. And she'd rather you came back.
If you're among the women over 40 who paid, followed the plan, and still can't say what it did, that isn't a verdict.
(It didn't grade you. Nothing about it graded you.)
Here's a small place to begin:
• ask who the plan in front of you was built for (a magazine's readership, somebody's podcast audience, a conference room, or you specifically)
• find out what it assumes you've got sorted (the ones that assume you sleep 8 hours and eat at the same time every day never say so out loud)
• notice what the person recommending it wants to know about you first (if the answer is NOTHING, you've learned something)
That's what actually works and it changes what you say yes to this week 🌾
Follow along for the questions worth asking before the next thing goes on the list 💛
And if you can't answer that first one about the last thing you paid for, that's a fair thing to say out loud. The first call is free and it starts with your terrain type. Put the question below and I'll take it there.
Ask who the plan in front of you was built for.
A magazine's readership. Somebody's podcast audience. A conference room. Or you, specifically. Most of the time it's one of the first three and nobody says so.
Then find out what it assumes you've got sorted. The ones that assume you sleep 8 hours and eat at the same time every day never say that out loud. And notice what the person recommending it wants to know about you first. If the answer is nothing, you've learned something.
It didn't grade you. Nothing about it graded you.
If you can't answer that first question about the last thing you paid for, that's a fair thing to say out loud. The first call is free and it starts with your terrain type.
#askfirst #terraintype
If you're among the women over 40 who paid, followed the plan, and still can't say what it did, that isn't a verdict.
It didn't grade you. Nothing about it graded you.
It changes what you say yes to this week.
You cut half the grocery store out of your kitchen. You added the supplements. Still nothing's landed.
So take the 3 systems that make that sentence answerable. None of them is another thing to do, which is the whole reason they never get handed out.
1. Baseline system.
2. Subtraction system.
Picture the baseline back in February when the house won't get warm and you crank the thermostat to 78 and hang a blanket over the front window and shove a towel under the back door and then somebody at the hardware store tells you to buy a space heater, and by March the house is fine and you could not tell that person which of those 4 things did it, you'd be guessing, and the reason you'd be guessing is nobody wrote down the number on the thermostat on day 1… number
And it's rarely about how much you took out and more so about whether anybody wrote down where you started.
3. Signal system.
Every woman you know who can tell you exactly what worked for her did one thing at a time and put the date next to it. A notebook and a bit of patience. That's the part that gets left out of every list.
#writeitdown #wheretobegin
By March the house was fine and you couldn't say which of the 4 things did it.
Thermostat to 78. Blanket over the front window. Towel under the back door. And somebody at the hardware store telling you to buy a space heater.
Nobody wrote down the number on the thermostat on day 1, so there was nothing to read back. Three systems sort that: where you started, what came out, and what you were watching for.
Every woman you know who can tell you exactly what worked for her did one thing at a time and put the date next to it. A notebook and a bit of patience. That's the part that gets left out of every list.
The first call is free and it starts with your terrain type.
#writeitdown #wheretobegin
You cut half the grocery store out of your kitchen. You added the supplements. Still nothing's landed.
So take the 3 systems that make that sentence answerable. None of them is another thing to do, which is the whole reason they never get handed out.
And it's rarely about how much you took out and more so about whether anybody wrote down where you started.
Every woman you know who can tell you exactly what worked for her did one thing at a time and put the date next to it.
A notebook and a bit of patience. That's the part that gets left out of every list.