My Story
My story is similar to millions of other women out there, even though my pages, the cover, and the words might look a little different, the theme is the same. To some I may look fit and healthy on the outside but on the inside, there was a struggle going on and changes happening daily. As I have gotten older, I have tried to become more regimented in my health and wellness. I eat healthy most of the time, I was getting enough sleep, I exercise 5 to 6 sometimes 7 times per week. Nothing has changed so why is my body changing? Why is the scale going up and why is my midsection getting fluffy? Why am I still tired when I wake up? Why do I have less energy? Why do I have bouts of depression or brain fog? Why does it take me three days to recover from a fun night out? Why am I losing muscle even though I’m lifting weights. Why am I bloated all the time?
You see the theme here? Then some bad words came into my head. F - for frustrated, I’m doing what I’ve always done, I’m eating healthy and working out, so why isn’t it working now? Why is the scale stuck or going in the wrong direction? Why am I working out twice as hard with less results? H - for hormones, I thought by eating a well- balanced diet and exercising I could skirt around menopause, not as easy as I thought. What on earth is this crazy rash on my face? I’ve always had nice skin. S - for slump, am I broken? Is there something really wrong with me? Am I cursed? I wanted answers, results, and to understand why my body was resisting more and more as I worked harder and harder? WHY? D is for diet, we are surrounded by so much social media trying to sell us the next fad diet, the new super powder and or wonder food. It’s confusing, two sided and just plain dumb! Why doesn’t anyone prepare us for this journey and help guide us through it?
So, I started doing my own research, investigating more into what was really going on inside this body of mine. I had labs done, sought out a fabulous provider that could help me better understand them and then kept digging. I decided that since I was an empty nester with extra time on my hands that I should go back to school to better understand a holistic approach to wellness. I want to embrace being a woman, to create a long healthy life without medications or relying on someone to take care of me. I want to live this next chapter of my life as a blessing of abundance, discovery, and FUN! I don’t just want to be ALIVE, I want to LIVE! That’s when my calling came, I LOVE to learn, listen to podcasts, ask the questions, and read about all things health and wellness related. In doing so, I took courses and became an integrative health coach! Not only to help myself figure out the WHY, but also to help others who are asking the same questions. Women just like me who are wanting to use holistic ways to heal and not medications.
I’ve learned so much and continue to learn, we are all bio-individual. It’s not just food and exercise that we need to pay attention to, it’s all of the other areas of our life that play a role. What works for me might not work for you but if we start with our GUT and understand what other factors are going on, from our past to the present, we can find the answers to our why.