One of the most challenging things about life with chronic illness is brain fog. You have zero focus and motivation. You find yourself reading the same sentence over and over again but still can’t make sense of it or retain the information. Brain fog also creates lots of anxiety because it becomes so easy to …
Why it’s ok to stop.
Over the past few weeks I have been going through a really severe Celiac flare, probably the worst one I have ever experienced. My working theory is that I have been exposed to gluten because my son has been bringing fast food into the house that pretty much contains everything I am sensitive to. This …
Trauma and Chronic illness. Episode 5.
So many people ask me about the relationship between trauma and chronic illness, especially if the trauma was experienced in childhood. There are definitely links between experiencing trauma and going on to develop serious diseases like heart disease and chronic illness conditions including autoimmune disease from all of the data and research that was collected …
My biggest changes from a year on the carnivore diet.
Over a year ago, I embarked on my big, fat dietary experiment on the carnivore diet, because I was slipping back into my bad, old, carbohydrate and sugar addicted ways. My choices of AIP treats and baked goods, lots of cassava flat breads, tapioca puddings and root vegetable chips were creating more weight, more gut …
My biggest changes from a year on the carnivore diet.Read More