My journey to health started in the summer of 2017. I was weary. I was bone tired. And I was on a mission to start thriving again.
Looking back now I can see so very clearly what was going on in my body, but at the time I had absolutely no idea. All I knew was that I was tired of feeling like I was walking through life in a fog. I didn't feel like I was thriving. I wasn't passionate about the things I used to be passionate about. I was just apathetic about everything. I knew I had this beautiful life, I knew I had a million things to be bubbling over with gratitude for, but yet, the joy wouldn't come. I'd think about how I used to be this bubbly personality. I used to enjoy people. I used to travel the world and long to change the world in any and all ways I could. But sadly I had aged (or so I thought) into a person who had anxiety and struggled with more depressed days then I would've admitted. My sugar cravings were off the charts and despite my mostly healthy eating habits and working out consistently, I wasn't able to budge the baby weight I had gained with my second child. I felt frumpy and just blah. I didn't want to live that way, I knew there was something wrong. I went to the doctor and he told me it was a result of not enough sleep due to having a baby the previous summer. I knew that wasn't the case as I've always had great sleepers. I knew there was something deeper going on.
It seemed everywhere I looked, I kept running into this buzz word 'gut health' and so I started to do some research. As I began consuming everything I could get my hands on about gut health, I started to see how it really sounded like this was my issue. I eventually became convinced that this was my exact issue, but I had no idea what to do about it! At the same time I started to see a friend of mine, who I deeply respected, start to share about her gut healing journey. She had healed her body of many many health issues (ones far more substantially life-altering than what I was suffering from). She shared about how a line of supplementation changed everything for her.
I didn't believe I needed supplementation, and a few friends who I consulted told me they didn't believe in supplementation, so I held off. A few months later however, despite my best efforts to heal my body, nothing was changing. I decided to reach out to my friend and ask her some questions. It took me a while to fully jump in. I had a TON of questions and I wanted to do my own research. But through that time, I quickly realized that this could be my answer. I drew my line in the sand and decided enough is enough. I'm all in...because something desperately needs to change.
Not even six weeks in and I was a new woman! J (my husband) immediately noticed and told me I was never not going to take these products again. He made room in the budget and was fully on board with me using these products! It was life changing. Truly.
- I went from sitting on the couch to running and playing with my kids.
- I went from snapping at my people to being patient and gracious.
- My monthly cycles became normal. I didn't know what normal was, but I now realize I was NOT experiencing normal for most of my life!
- My efforts in exercise and nutrition started to show, my body was healing and my metabolism and muscles were responding as they should!
- My bathroom habits became normal and my libido increased.
- I can now eat gluten again - after 10 years of severe repercussions if I ate it- {although I choose to mostly not consume it}!
- My down and/or depressed days are so far and few between now - almost non-existent.
- My passions returned as I started feeling better, giving me focus and purpose and drive!
- My anxiety has almost completely disappeared (I'll always have an anxious bent) and I am extroverted again! I LOVE people again!
- My burning desire to go and do and see everything and everywhere is back! For years I just wanted to stay home, but not anymore.
- And most importantly...MY JOY IS BACK! I am back, my bubbly personality is back, my energy for life is back, my people have me back.
Healing my body with plant-based supplements...well, it changed pretty much almost everything. It is worth every single cent. And honestly, it just keeps getting better!
And see, here's the thing....I CANNOT even for one second imagine keeping this to myself. I would be selfish not to tell the world. Because honestly, once I was blind, but now I see. It doesn't have to be that way. You don't have to walk around in a fog. You don't have to fight sugar cravings and exhaustion slumps and depression and anxiety. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, and It's NOT your fault! Your body is in a war. A war to fight for your health and life. Our world and the things we consume slowly wreak havoc on our bodies, BUT there is HOPE! There is a way to get that life and health and energy and happiness back. It doesn't have to be that way.
If you're sick and tired of being sick and tired, let me help you. It would be my honor and privilege to link arms with you and help you walk out of the fog so you can more fully walk in your calling and purpose in life. I can't promise it'll solve all of your problems, but I can definitely promise it'll make things better.