Poor mental health is not normal! - with Dana Chapman, Mindful Meets #68
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It was amazing to get Dana on the podcast to share her wisdom and expertise with you.  

Dana is a leading mental health and wellness expert, specialising in the gut brain axis. Dana believes that normalising poor mental health is not the correct objective because it is not normal! It’s the body’s way of telling us that something isn’t working as it should. She aims to inspire, motivate, and empower people with knowledge on how their bodies work and what we can do to support our bodies to work at their best. 

 When we understand the role that stress, genetics, poor nutrition and our lifestyles impact our mental health, and how we can make small, effective and achievable changes in each of these areas, then we can start to believe that poor mental health and poor resilience can be overcome. 

Before embarking on her Nutrition career Dana had a successful corporate career working as a consultant for PwC. During this career she saw the far-reaching impacts of stress and poor food choices on performance and health of those around her. Finally following her passion Dana started studying a BSc in Nutrition Science and completed her dissertation on the link between stress, gut health and mental health. 

 Today Dana works with individuals and companies throughout the UK running programmes and courses for reactive and preventative responses to stress and the impact on the gut. Dana has been featured in many publications, regularly speaks on podcasts and at conferences, notably at Food Matters Live this year.Dana Chapman BSc (Hons) Nutrition Science, mBANT, mCNHC 

You can find out more about Dana at her website – www.dc-nutrition.co.uk)

and here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-chapman-85b73316/) 

Website: https://www.dc-nutrition.co.uk/) 

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