On MTHFR, COMT, and Building a Resilient Terrain I have a habit of reading food labels like I’m trying to crack some hidden code. To be fair, modern nutrition and ingredient labels do contain quite a lot of enigmatic information. Years ago, when my husband and I were coworkers, he watched me in a grocery
For years, I sat with clients as a health coach and later as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner whose lab work didn’t match their lived experience. They were exhausted, inflamed, perimenopausal, autoimmune, or simply “not themselves,” yet their reports came back stamped with the most unhelpful word in modern healthcare: “Normal.” I knew that heartbreak personally.
When I was 19, sitting at a collegiate football game, I suddenly swelled up like a balloon. My rings got stuck, my jeans felt like a vice, and I had to leave the stadium to walk, find shade, and guzzle water. I ended up unzipping my pants just to breathe. At the time I had
Why hormonal changes can make autoimmune symptoms flare — and what to do first. Recently, I shared about our camping trip — the dust, the chaos, and the reminder that sometimes resilience means making things work with less-than-ideal tools. Midlife can feel a lot like that. You think you know your body — what foods
Back in 2017, I didn’t know I was running on fumes—because I was drinking so much coffee. By afternoon, I’d switch to fizzy homemade water kefir or ginger beer I brewed in my kitchen and handed out to friends like some kind of Middle Ages alewife. I didn’t know the words “adrenal fatigue” yet. I
Originally published January 2021 · Updated for 2026 Update Note This post has been updated to reflect newer research, clinical experience, and changes in product recommendations. My approach to detox support has evolved toward gentler, more foundational strategies that prioritize hydration, mineral balance, nervous system regulation, and elimination support. Castor oil packs have been used
Originally published October 2020 · Fully rebuilt and updated 2026 For years, “gut cleansing” has been framed as a war: kill the bugs, nuke the microbes, power through die-off. I followed that narrative once — out of desperation — and while pieces of it helped, it also taught me an important lesson: you cannot clear