Week 10: First Week Without Gluten, Dairy, Soy, Egg, Corn and Nightshades

Goes to show how the type of foods we eat can make a HUGE difference to how our body functions and ultimately affect how we feel! I did not eat less calories than previous weeks, or burn more calories through exercise and still lost 2 lbs, likely from inflammation reduction. Click to Week 10 Food...

Blood Results: HASHIMOTO’S

I've said it before, but our own intuition really is our greatest guide and it continues to amaze me. Normally I try to post Fridays, but I needed to take the past few days to process the news. I was emotional, relieved, angry and also overwhelmed at what this meant going forward. It's been a...

Healing C-PTSD: Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)

After the initial meeting and assessment with the Dr who I'll be working closely with for EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), it was also recommended that I do SSP - Safe and Sound Protocol alongside the EMDR sessions. A couple days ago, I had an appointment by phone with the person who will be...

EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS: Identifying the root cause for impulsive or overeating

I remember a day well over a year ago that was incredibly stressful and while eating a dark chocolate bar my oldest son asked, “Are you stress eating, Mom!?” I couldn’t help but laugh. He was 11 at the time and I had no idea he knew what that was, nor had I ever labeled...

Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationships

Today I'm sharing a couple visuals to easily show the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships. There have been many news articles recently sharing how Covid-19 has caused an increase in violence and abuse incidences, which is devastating to think about on top of everything else, but feel it's important we keep talking about it....

Managing a Deep Purge

While managing a very deep purge the past 5 days, I thought it’d be a good time to share the tactics I use to manage the symptoms and bring myself back to the present moment. For many of us when we’re in this particular state within our healing journey, our minds can play tricks on...