Many people look at me today and think I’ve always been a person with a healthy lifestyle and zero medical issues. What they don’t know is how life looked in my youth: I suffered from chronic, debilitating migraines … endometriosis … PCOS … hypoglycemia … fibromyalgia… many surgeries leading to a full hysterectomy at age 26 and thrown

into menopause. 60+ lb weight gain. Depression.

Widowed at 29. I was overmedicated

and undereducated.

The same year I dove into personal development, I dove into how the foods we eat affect our health. Even though I was on a sports medicine track back in college, we didn’t talk about this correlation at all during nutrition class. By removing one highly inflammatory food, I completely eliminated my migraines, fibromyalgia, and hypoglycemia… all of which stem from inflammation.

WOW.

Fast forward a few years, and I started learning about the products we use every day from cleaning supplies to personal care like shampoo, soap and body lotion. One by one I started making swaps… and my hormones started self regulating.

My life and my health today looks completely different than it did a decade ago. I hardly recognize the person I was, and all the while grateful for her tenacity and willingness to continue to learn, make mistakes, correct and continue. I wouldn’t be here today without her!