Is it too presumptuous to say we're the beacon of light that can lead you home when life gets a little foggy?!😂
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Listen, alongside my journey has been the journey of every single one of you. Our wagons are hitched so I hope you like where we're going 👍
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Trust is at the center of all exchanges, especially business.
Each week I hear stories about what it took/takes to get your body right.
We are helping you along that path in all the ways we can. Seriously, WE GOT YOU. We can only be this supportive because WE GET YOU.
I don't talk much about my illness. I don't like reliving those days. It was utter darkness. And madness. Death would have been gentler.
The downward spiral of a body desperately trying to find balance is a pain that only the initiated can know. On top of that, being part of a health care system that is constantly denying and pathologizing women's problems, a culture that idolizes thin above heathly, and the mistrust I had for what my body way saying, kept me sick for far too long. For years.
I can barely look at this picture of me from high school. I lost 40lbs over a 6 month stretch. No one asked if I was sick. There was so much positivity about how I LOOKED which went completely against how I FELT.
I was living with constant gut distress (cramping, gas, diarrhea), neurological issues (brain fog, anxiety, involuntary twitching, pain), sleep problems, skin problems, edema, and arthritis. I was a fucking mess. All before the age of 24.
Every single doctor claimed it was in my head. Two of them said I needed a psychiatrist. Blood work showed a b12 deficiency and iron anemia. They diagnosed a mild case of IBS 🤯
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It took losing insurance after dropping out of college to find my way to a Celiac diagnosis. From there I found a naturopathic dr/nutritionist (because that was all I could afford and I exhausted my options) to help guide me in putting the pieces together and "experimental" therapies.
3 weeks. Change started. 3 weeks versus 8 years. Light and dark.
Be your best advocate, find your balance, fucking fight to dig yourself out of whatever pit you're in, and step into your power.
Remember, we're here ✊ we see you ✊ and breathe ✊
