Exploring What's Possible
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๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐.
I had zero energy.
My joints hurt.
My skin hurt.
I was dealing with a three-month migraine.
My gut was constantly bloated, crampy and my IBS was out of control.
I was exhausted but I couldnโt sleep.
It was extremely difficult to think and process information.
My weight had ballooned up.
My emotional and mental health was terrible.
I had lost the ability to deal with even minor stressors.
I was impatient with my kids and my husband.
It was difficult for me to even climb in and out of the top bunk to tuck my oldest into bed.
I woke each morning with a sense of impending doom that never left.
I just wanted to run away and disappear and never have to talk to anyone again.
Every. Little. Thing. Made me angry.
I was like a ticking time bomb.
Burning the candle at both ends for years created serious health consequences for me.
Last week I awoke at 6 am to go to the river to mow and weed eat.
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
I mowed for three hours on flat areas and hill sides and felt amazing.
I came home to the chaos and noise of three kids and didnโt want to just crumble.
Iโve found joy and peace again.
My chronic pain has greatly diminished.
I sleep better.
The weight is starting to fall off.
My relationship with my family and friends has improved immensely.
๐ ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ, โ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ.โ
So what changed in the past nine months?
I started practicing extravagant self-care.
No, not spa trips and vacations.
I started taking my health seriously.
I decided to not keep putting my health issues off for another day and began to truly make needed foundational lifestyle changes in my diet, rest, exercise and stress reduction categories.
I slowed down and gave myself grace.
Purposeful rest and relaxation were worked into every day.
I invested in my health with functional labs and assessments and found areas of deep dysfunction and healing opportunities.
I consistently worked my health rebuilding protocol.
I replaced โtoo stressed and busy to have fun and enjoy lifeโ with โfun is not a luxury and when I take the time to slow down and step back, Iโm more productive during work timeโ.
To put it simply, I stopped prioritizing money and busyness over my health.
And the funny thing is that once I started getting my health back, I started making so much more money!
Health=wealth.
How long have you been putting off major decisions for your health for later?
What if you could your health complaints handled?
What would your schedule look like?
How much more productive/efficient would you be?
Would this free up time in your schedule?
How would your relationships change?
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต?
Whatโs stopping you from going after that vision?
Schedule your free initial consult today to start implementing your ideal heal vision.
๐ ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ.
No, not from monsters or creepy people.
My IBS had gotten so bad over the years that not having access to a bathroom (especially between waking and lunch) would make me panic.
Would I ever again be able to feel safe if I wasnโt in close proximity to a bathroom?
(Disclaimerโฆdo not read further if poop talk makes you uncomfortable. Itโs gonna get real.)
My near accidents driving to find the closest bathroom and โpit stopsโ in the middle of a public park behind a tree were extremely stressful and embarrassing.
Even at home sometimes Iโd be in the bathroom six or seven times before lunch.
My happy place is the river and we lost our family home there in 2015 during a flood.
I used to spend full days, weekends and weeks there during the summer absorbing the peace and solitude.
It was the place I would go to mentally and physically recharge.
Family time was especially precious there.
All that changed once there was no longer a bathroom available.
Even though the house was no longer there, my kids still wanted to go swim.
For someone without IBS, being somewhere without a bathroom for a couple of hours would not be a big deal.
But for me, it was a constant stress and struggle, not knowing when I would have a gut attack.
I even got one of those camping toilet seats that fit on top of a bucket, and at the very least always packed toilet paper and plastic bags.
My happy place had turned into a stressful place.
Over the last four months Iโve made great strides in my gut health through functional lab work, pathogen eradication, gut healing, liver support and gallbladder support.
This morning I got up at 6 am to go to the river for the morning and had a lovely โregularโ bowel movement before I left.
I spent three hours mowing the bottom and mid-levels of the property and then went for a swim.
I got back into the car to come home and came across my roll of toilet paper and plastic bags.
And it hit me like a ton of bricks.
I had a glorious 3 hours of morning time (was always the worse symptom wise) without issue, and most importantly without panic.
I didnโt think about the possibility of needing a bathroom once.
And that my friends is HUGE.
The obvious physical improvements Iโve made in my gut health have been incredible.
But the mental health aspect of living with IBS is just as big.
You guys.
I got my happy place back.
My peace, my relaxation, my solitude.
My kids asking to go swim and me saying yes without hesitation or angst.
Iโve made some kick butt improvements with other aspects of my health that I realized this morning after mowing for three hours without fatigue or pain, but thatโs for another post.
It didnโt happen overnight, and I still have work to do, but this morning meant everything to me.
Hereโs to many more mornings at the river, or a park, or driving, or anywhere without a bathroom close by.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ.
That my friends is absolutely priceless.
๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ง๐-๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐.
Are you chasing health or simply treating symptoms?
Something my clients all have in common is that they have tried, often for years, to simply manage their symptoms.
Most people don't do anything about their health until they get a symptom.
Perhaps it starts with needing an extra cup of coffee to get through the day.
Maybe you give into sugar cravings to feel a temporary boost (and inevitable crash).
Do you find yourself popping ibuprofen to help with weekly headaches?
Or maybe you need something nightly to help you sleep.
It could even be constant meds for indigestion, reflux or heartburn.
Do you try to numb anxiety or depression with alcohol, shopping or food?
Is this something that sounds familiar in your own health journey?
You might shrug it off or attempt to treat the symptom.
You might get back to state of no symptoms, but they often come back with a vengeance.
You might even go back and forth between having symptoms and treating them over and over until something chronic and degenerative happens.
You may seek and try many methods for symptom relief, but eventually symptoms come back and new ones may also appear if thatโs all youโre doing.
Eventually you can end up with a diagnosed condition, possibly severe disease, and even death.
That's what sickness care leads to.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is good health and not just chasing symptoms.
This includes high energy, a strong immune system and cell protection.
My goal for myself and my clients is 100% function in every cell, tissue and organ.
This happens with the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition opt-in model of self-care.
I work at the underlying causal level versus just caring about symptoms.
To be honest, symptoms donโt really matter because they arenโt the problem.
They are simply the result of the problem.
Connecting health dots of underlying dysfunction within the hormone, immune, digestive, detoxification, energy and nervous systems enables me to create an extremely personalized health rebuilding protocol for each individual client.
Itโs time to ask yourself an important question.
๐ผ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐จ?
Comment with the word โsymptomsโ if youโre ready to make a change.
Letโs chat about what chasing health looks like for you.
If I had a dime for every time a client asked,โ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐จ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฏ?โ, Iโd be living on a private island by now.
This is what I always say.
โI donโt recommend a supplement unless I see lab work that warrants it.
Targeted self-treatment may be necessary to jump start the body back into function and provide intelligent relief while modifying lifestyle choices.
Nutritional supplements have their place and can ๐จ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ for missing elements, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ function and ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ weak organs and tissues.
But hereโs the deal.
You canโt supplement your way out of an unhealthy lifestyle.
If youโre not willing to change the behaviors that got you into your current health situation, youโre never going to get long-term, consistent results no matter what supplements you take.
Anyone who tries to sell you on a supplement that takes the work out of making lifestyle changes is actually selling you a line of BS.
Diet, rest, exercise, and stress reduction all come into play when creating health rebuilding protocols for my clients.
Long-term, positive results come from an opt-in model of self-care, not popping supplements.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐.โ
Do you currently take a supplement? Iโd love to know what your experience has been.
Confession time.
Even health coaches have bad habits.
I vividly remember staring up at the ceiling awake for hours in the middle of the night.
I wondered if I would ever get a decent night's sleep again.
It was that same night I declared that I was done.
Done with the same lifestyle choices that kept me trapped in a cycle of exhaustion, anxiety and insomnia.
See, even though I had the training and education to know what I needed to do, I was still holding onto the last few bad habits I hadn't been ready to change.
Negative coping mechanisms. Easy, but unhealthy stress relief.
That next day, I made a list of lifestyle changes I had been putting off making.
If I was going to finally make the health strides I wanted, I had to be honest with myself.
And I knew that if I was going to ask a client to do something to better his or her health, I had to be willing to do it myself.
It was soooooo much easier to help other people with their health problems, than to admit that I still had changes to make.
The funny thing is that when I 100% committed to kicking those bad habits to the curb, I found freedom in that choice.
No more feeling like a failure.
My energy levels skyrocketed, mental clarity boosted, and anxiety dropped.
My work hours became more productive.
And most importantly my relationships with my kids and husband greatly improved.
My biggest unhealthy coping mechanism was alcohol.
I enjoyed it when I was happy and wanted to have fun.
I also frequently used it to numb myself when stressed.
Sometimes daily.
But all my old friend booze was making me chubby and anxious, ruining my sleep, adding tension to my relationships, and keeping me in a cycle of regret, guilt and shame.
I'm not saying I won't have a glass of wine with a friend every now and then or on a special occasion out and about, but I don't keep it in the house anymore.
I feel FREE without the temptation.
I'm happier and healthier because of it.
Do you have a bad habit you'd like to kick to the curb?
I'd love to hear about your struggles and victories.
I want you to know that I've been there.
You aren't alone in your struggles.
Just focus on making the next right choice.
I believe in you.
And now I believe in myself too.
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