My Health Story

God has been nudging me to share my health story for some time now. When I was walking through the thick of it, stories like this gave me hope that healing was possible. I pray this can do the same for all of you ❤️‍🩹. 

When I was two years old I fell out of a high chair and suffered a skull fracture and severe concussion. At age 4, I fell off a horse and got concussion #2. At 5 years old I was diagnosed with Asthma and suffered another concussion after falling down the stairs. By 6 I was doing breathing treatments daily. By 12 I was overweight, underdeveloped, and depressed.  By 16, I was angry. At this point, I started dealing with severe acne that led to a deeper depression and a broken spirit. At 17, I found Jesus at cowboy church. I became hungry for his word, I spent every waking moment learning about who he is, listening to message after message about freedom, forgiveness, and hope. In 2013 I threw up my hands and submitted my life to Christ. Jehova Shalom, he became my peace.  

My skin was at its worst, and despite the peace, I gained in Christ, I was eager to clear up my completion. I started learning about health and wellness, exercise, and nutrition. I cut out gluten and dairy and began supplementing with little that I knew back then. I went to a dermatologist who prescribed spironolactone, birth control, and antibiotics. When those didn’t do it he put me on 5 months of Accutane. 

My skin cleared up just in time for me to head to college. (At the time this was an answered prayer, but just the beginning of my health problems). 

I remember the first time I passed out I was making dinner for my college friends and it hit me like a wave. Without much warning, I blacked out cold. Waves would come and go throughout the next few years. In the gym,  in the shower. There was never a clear picture as to why. Then things started to correlate with my cycle. I would get cramps so intense I passed out from the pain. The first time I went to the ER because of my pain, they prescribed me morphine and told me I most likely had endometriosis. Later a doctor found cysts on my ovaries and confirmed I was dealing with PCOS. They prescribed birth control and suggested ibuprofen 🙃 

I graduated with a degree in nutrition and spent the next few years managing my symptoms. My whole family was pretty aware that on day one of my period, I couldn’t be alone. I remember passing out in the shower and hitting my head. Concussion #.... I just stopped counting at this point. 

Rock bottom was probably when I passed out behind the wheel. See usually when these episodes come on I could quickly sit down and keep myself from blacking out. This time I was sitting down when the spins came on. By the grace of God, I pulled off the road before I went black. Another ER visit, some more morphine. A million tests, x-rays, bloodwork, and ultrasounds. Nothing was conclusive. 

“ Another ER visit, some more morphine. A million tests, x-rays, bloodwork, and ultrasounds. Nothing was conclusive. ”

I started studying holistic medicine and became certified as an integrative health practitioner. I followed the functional medicine approach to healing, “detoxing” and “cleansing”. I ate healthier than almost everyone I know, and exercise daily (might I say excessively). Despite a lot of work, my acne came back … this time with a vengeance. 

I was low. I felt weak and feared my future. Second guessed my body and got angry at God.  Suffered emotional hardships that affected me deeply. 

So I went back to square one. Although my relationship with the lord was always pretty solid, I went back to that 17-year-old girl who was hungry for Jesus. I got back into the word daily, started a prayer journal, and spoke to him every second. In turn, He spoke life into my heart. I remember praying deeply for mentors, people who could show me what true healing would look like. How to navigate this health space and actually start helping people. Although I had so much knowledge, it felt like I was getting nowhere. In 2019 I found a girl on Instagram who was evaluating blood work and talking about some magic coffee (😭🥺) She also happened to love Jesus, which brought me to tears a time or two.  I remember sending her team a big long email about how I was so interested in her work, eager to know more about how to read blood work. We set up a phone call and the rest is basically history. 

My mentor soon became one of my closest friends, and through her hands, the lord walked me through FOR REAL healing. 

Parasites (soooo many parasites)

Metals

Bartonella

Mold 

Mycotoxins 

Genetics snips 

BRAIN Repair 🧠 

Chemicals 

LIVER repair

I cut out gluten, dairy, corn, eggs, soy, tomatoes, potatoes, and bell pepper for close to 8 months 

Followed a strict supplement regimen for over a year (still going strong on this) 

Had to stop exercising completely for 4 months 

Gained some extra fluff on my poor depleted body. (Mentally difficult, but oh so necessary) 

Cut out coffee and replaced it with reishi coffee (the ONLY thing I ever had to specially addressed my blood sugar BTW, PCOS got nothing on the power of 🍄) 

In April 2021 I had my first pain-free cycle. It was many months of work and hours of tears, but I couldn’t explain to you what that meant to me. My skin slowly cleared up in what seemed like perfect timing (que my wedding in June) 

Today, April 23, 2022. I can barely believe that sick person was me. My skin breaks out sometimes and I have some scars from all the trauma. But my period comes and goes without much notice and I haven’t felt lightheaded in what feels like ages. 

It wasn’t a supplement, a diet, or a person, but the hands of the lord that taught me healing is more than physical. It’s more than cutting out a food group and following a protocol. Healing is mind, soul, and body. By the blood of Jesus, my soul was saved, and physical healing on earth became a bonus. 

He used my pain, suffering, worry, fear, anxiety, doubt, and anger…to teach me about how his love is freedom, compassion, patients, gentleness, and forgiveness. 

I now serve over 150 clients who deal with symptoms that they haven’t been able to navigate, insomnia, chronic fatigue, acne, digestive issues, migraines, PCOS, endo, POTS, hashimotos, anxiety, depression and many others. Through each of my clients, I see the pain, and the hardships they face and can genuinely tell them, I get it. But the greatest gift of all, I know what to do about it ♥️