To follow is a story that transpired on our yoga retreat in Azores, Portugal. The kind of synchronistic story that I wish I could make up. A story that will expose me to illuminate the gifts within you.

This story starts by me asking, do your gifts, does your intuition, scare you??

I just want to say sorry to all the partners of intuitive men and women out there trying to plan a surprise engagement but your boo it’s just too dang tapped in that you’re running around trying to stay three steps ahead of her and she is still tuning into your plans. I promise you this gift she has will serve you all other times of your life together EXCEPT trying to plan your surprise engagement.

I wanted to be surprised… I really did! The truth of the matter is, my intuition showed me the whole engagement playing out before my third eye as I blow dried my hair Monday morning, about 36 hours before the proposal actually happened.

Except…what happens when the plans don’t go as your intuition has suggested to you? What happens when you are so sure of what your intuition has revealed to you yet the plan doesn’t play out in front of you like you had so assuredly felt and believed??

What is intuition?

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”

-Albert Einstein

Intuition or the ‘gut feeling’ is the ability to gain immediate understanding without the agency of conscious reasoning.

Or in common language, when you’re thinking about your friend and then she calls you at that instead, and when you feel like you shouldn’t go to that party and then you see it on the news, or when you know it’s time to leave your job and take the leap yet there is no logical part of this decision.

Highly sensitive people, empaths, anyone who has been deemed sensitive this is for you!

TRUTH: if you are sensitive, you have a gift!

What makes us sensitive enough to house chronic illness or autoimmune disease in our body also means we have a superpower.

No, I’m not necessarily talking about scaling skyscrapers and bending spoons. I’m talking about the untapped GIFT in your sensitivity.

We must learn to become more concerned with our healing than being comfortable/happy in our lives.

I personally have replaced many tuning out behaviors like drinking, TV, and gossip with introspective journaling, energy healing sessions, and long walks alone. I cannot begin to describe the incredible shift that has occurred as a result over time.

What are emotions?

They are energy in motion. What about the role they play in the body’s vital organ health? Think of your body like a six lane highway with the traffic being life force energy, chi, prana, spirit of life running up and down through every cell. Trapped emotions in the body lead to lane closures and stagnant traffic. What happens now? The low frequency energies are causing a traffic jam of energy bringing your highway down from six lanes to three, two, or even one.

Have you ever had a fearful thought that began to spiral then suddenly gripped you leaving you fear stricken or debilitated with anxiety?

…This is the most important point I want to make here. Our thoughts control the chemistry of our blood. The chemistry of our blood determines not only our physical health but our mental health as well. If we can reprogram our thinking, we can reprogram how our bodies ultimately function and feel.

Dear Jen,

This is your persistence writing you one year ago, in January 2019. I am here to tell you to keep going after your dreams, to do the work over this next year because you have no idea what is coming your way.

Do I believe I can heal? Do I believe I am worthy of abundant health? Ask yourself these questions. Really sit within your center and let yourself answer. You may be surprised with what you hear.

We all have healing to do, whether that is physical, emotional, mental or spiritual healing. Sometimes we are needing to restore our selves in all areas of health. That is okay too.

Abundance is a by product of who you really are. That means an amazing quality of life is your birthright! Healing yourself includes sitting in your center and viewing yourself the way our creator made us: blessed, loved, unique, and WORTHY!

Looking to lose weight, heal your thyroid, fix your digestion, improve your brain health, or reduce the levels of inflammation in your body? Are you not sure where to even start?

Start right here. With my top 5 FAVORITE healing foods, including ways to eat them in your diet..

Looking to lose weight, heal your thyroid, fix your digestion, improve your brain health, or reduce the levels of inflammation in your body? Are you not sure where to even start?

Start right here. With my top 5 FAVORITE healing foods, including ways to eat them in your diet..

Looking to lose weight, heal your thyroid, fix your digestion, improve your brain health, or reduce the levels of inflammation in your body? Are you not sure where to even start?

Start right here. With my top 5 FAVORITE healing foods, including ways to eat them in your diet..

The alarm clock goes off after 12 hours of sleep and you can barely remember what day it is and get out of bed. I get it. I’ve been there after years of struggle with chronic illness.

Before I was sick, I trained myself to be a morning person. 5 AM workouts before heading to the hospital for a 7 AM shift.

Then chronic illness hit me. I was no longer the same person. Not my body nor my mind could get me out of bed before the sun. For those of you struggling with your health you may need to work up to early mornings. Even on the other side of healing early mornings will likely never be easy but guaranteed they will be transformative.

Whether you are a healed chronic illness warriors or feel decent but want to feel even better, this is for YOU.

If our genetic code really does determine our health then why am I here today having reversed all eight of my chronic disease conditions- all of which possessed a genetic link according to medical doctors?

I'll give you one word that is hardly ever taught in medicine and will potentially save your life. That word is epigenetics.

There’s no judgment or condemnation if you’ve received or want to receive the V or you haven’t received the V.

Allow me to give you an alternative medical perspective not widely portrayed by the media. This won’t be the last time we’re faced with a V decision.

C 19 is not a viral pandemic; this epidemic is rather magnifying an immune system collapse worldwide.

What have we done to ourselves, to our immune systems; poisoning our bodies, allowing a simple RNA infection to collapse our planet??

Our bodies are poisoned & our souls are misaligned. Enough so that a simple viral pandemic can completely throw our world off its axis.

I wanted to take the time to share with you some of my absolute favorite, tried and true, products, people & literature that I consume and follow every day!

Sometimes I just feel out of this world, kinda.

“Why can't I just eat like everyone else? Why am I so sensitive to everything around me? Why is my body so broken? I just want to be 'normal' was my rhetoric for years.

But then I thought..

Do you really want to be “normal” though Jen?

Do you really want to be like everyone else in a society that sets us up for anything but success in our health for body, mind, & spirit?

Are you on the fence about going keto?

Have you read some pretty convincing literature that this diet could be your golden ticket to healing?

Or maybe you’ve had personal experience losing a ton of weight with this diet?

If this way of eating is detrimental to your vital organ health long term then why do so many people see results immediately upon ditching the carbs? How does the keto diet reek havoc on the liver?

And finally, when is the keto diet even medically indicated?

Sure, the counter literature is out there bringing to light why keto isn’t so glorious after all. However, from my personal experience and research, the counter evidence is not the literature that is promoted nor highlighted.

“You’re allergic to nightshades.”

“Avoid tomatoes at all cost.”

“Don’t eat high FODMAP foods like watermelon and celery that will flare your SIBO.”

Sound familiar?

This was my reality for far too long. I was avoiding all the foods on my high dollar food sensitivity test yet I was not healing, in fact my symptoms were getting worse.

At some point my healing journey I started to get so frustrated with “listening to what the doctors said” and ignoring my own bodily urges for foods I was CRAVING that would heal me.

COVID-19 happened and now you’re left with more questions about where to have your baby than ever before.. You didn’t envision needing to consider even more safety and risk factors surrounding your birth, and now maybe you do not feel safe in your original intended place of birth. As a nurse and doula I have witnessed birth in all three of your optional locations and will share my insight with you.

Where a woman chooses to give birth should be without judgement, just like passing judgement upon a family who chooses to wait to find out the sex of the baby.

Above all know this mommas: where you choose to give birth is where you will find your power. Where you choose to give birth is entirely up to you with the help of your medical provider and unbiased research on your own. Where you feel most safe giving birth will ultimately be the best choice for you.

Looking to lose weight, heal your thyroid, fix your digestion, improve your brain health, or reduce the levels of inflammation in your body? Are you not sure where to even start?

Start right here. With my top 5 FAVORITE healing foods, including ways to eat them in your diet..

Looking to lose weight, heal your thyroid, fix your digestion, improve your brain health, or reduce the levels of inflammation in your body? Are you not sure where to even start?

Start right here. With my top 5 FAVORITE healing foods, including ways to eat them in your diet..

Looking to lose weight, heal your thyroid, fix your digestion, improve your brain health, or reduce the levels of inflammation in your body? Are you not sure where to even start?

Start right here. With my top 5 FAVORITE healing foods, including ways to eat them in your diet..

Are you on the fence about going keto?

Have you read some pretty convincing literature that this diet could be your golden ticket to healing?

Or maybe you’ve had personal experience losing a ton of weight with this diet?

If this way of eating is detrimental to your vital organ health long term then why do so many people see results immediately upon ditching the carbs? How does the keto diet reek havoc on the liver?

And finally, when is the keto diet even medically indicated?

Sure, the counter literature is out there bringing to light why keto isn’t so glorious after all. However, from my personal experience and research, the counter evidence is not the literature that is promoted nor highlighted.

“You’re allergic to nightshades.”

“Avoid tomatoes at all cost.”

“Don’t eat high FODMAP foods like watermelon and celery that will flare your SIBO.”

Sound familiar?

This was my reality for far too long. I was avoiding all the foods on my high dollar food sensitivity test yet I was not healing, in fact my symptoms were getting worse.

At some point my healing journey I started to get so frustrated with “listening to what the doctors said” and ignoring my own bodily urges for foods I was CRAVING that would heal me.

What if I told you to pay me ten dollars and I would give you back one hundred? Would you do it? The same concept applies to investing in your nutrition by means of food preparation weekly or daily in your kitchen.

Why should you invest your time or money in food prep?

We think by eating convenience foods we're really saving time.

How do you look at time? As an even exchange rate? I beg to differ. Sure, ordering take out saves time cooking, but is the food you are eating making you a more energetic & productive human being? Subway sure is quick but does it really matter when you could spend thirty minutes preparing a meal in exchange for premium fuel in your body that will allow you to work three times faster, have a ten times longer attention span, decrease your anxiety levels 90%, oh, and allow your body to require less sleep? This is the highest return on investment in healthcare!

Will I ever heal from autoimmune disease? What are truly my barriers to healing? How can I breakthrough these barriers and achieve my most optimal health and wellbeing?

Think of the gastrointestinal tract like a river.

When the GI microbiome is out of balance the river becomes toxic, seeping with bad bacteria and unable to sweep food through at an effective rate.

When our digestion falters the body becomes sick and the liver grows weak from being overburdened.

Digestion further slows due to reduced bile production from a weakened liver and more bacteria breeds along the lines of the intestines. This is when disease and disorder begins to ensue within the digestive tract. Gas, pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhea are common symptoms from bacterial overgrowth. If you’re struggling with autoimmune GI disorders like colitis there is viral infection in your gut to be eradicated through various nutritional and herbal therapies.

My name is Jen and I am a recovering food intolerance sufferer. 

But for real. I have had such intense food allergies in the past that eating gluten would keep me in bed the entire next day. I am happy to report that my reactions can be much less extreme, however, they still happen and I am incredibly grateful for my food allergies! Why on earth do you ask? Keep reading..

First, let’s address what is the difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance? Technically speaking, you can really use these two terms interchangeably as food allergy operates on a scale, the most extreme being I just ate a peanut and now my airway is swelling shut “PLEASE GET ME AN EPI PEN STAT.” On the contrary, maybe certain foods just make your eczema a little extra flaky or your joints a bit more stiff. In all actuality, your body is reacting to what is taking place within after you consume this food. The response may be an IgE immune mediated response (think anaphylaxis, can’t breath, and epipen) or an IgG immune mediated response which will give you cold/flu like or other unpleasant symptoms from eating your body’s forbidden foods. Either way, your body is having a reaction so the term you use doesn’t really matter. When you’re ordering at a restaurant just call it an allergy to avoid feeling lousy either way!

If you look deeper into most food allergies, what is happening is..

Eczema, acne, dermatitis, psoriasis, dark circles, rosacea, urticaria, itchy skin these are all skin conditions we may view as disruptions to our external body requiring topical treatment. To truly heal your skin, we must look within the body. Our skin is really just our largest organ, an accurate depiction of our internal health. It is possible to have clear skin, poor internal health, and a great deal of inflammation. However, it is impossible that an eczema flare, cystic acne breakout, or fungal infection of the skin is not a result of an internal infection, inflammation or overall disruption of the body’s homeostasis. You can achieve that clear, youthful glow of your skin you desire at any age! The path to get there begins with examining your internal health, with the vehicle being nutrition.

Looking to lose weight, heal your thyroid, fix your digestion, improve your brain health, or reduce the levels of inflammation in your body? Are you not sure where to even start?

Start right here. With my top 5 FAVORITE healing foods, including ways to eat them in your diet..

Disordered Eating

Restrictive diets, cheat meals, and binging were a common pattern of my past that quickly led to a struggle with disordered eating, a struggle that would go beyond the desire to control my food intake and body size. This pattern in my life fueled the fire of my autoimmune disease and made healing nearly impossible for a very long time. Not only were my physical eating habits alarming, but my mental health and thought patterns concerning food were in a desperate need of a paradigm shift.

A small word of encouragement for someone looking from the outside in to the window of making a change for their health: 

Healing isn’t ALL or NOTHING! 

Change can come from small steps starting where you’re at, then working towards YOUR greatest potential! What it takes for one person to feel better may not be what it takes for you. Extremes are not apart of a healthy lifestyle. 

That means abiding to a way of healing + living that is causing you more stress than before is not conducive to your goals!

Yes, making change means sacrifice, but it shouldn’t feel like a struggle every single day. The only plan that will work for you, is one that is sustainable and fits your lifestyle.

ANY little (imperfect) step you take today will result in tremendous benefits in your body and feeling better tomorrow!

That doesn’t mean you have to climb up the entire staircase.  

Just up one step at a time, at your comfort level, at your pace, until you see the results you’ve been looking for. 

One gram per pound, animal protein or a shake at every meal, and protein first thing in the morning! Does this sound like you? That is not your fault! This is how we are taught to nourish our bodies! This way of eating is what I did for years thinking it was my body that was broken and not the countless diets I had put myself through. It took me 27 years of living to find what would heal my body and give me a body I love to live in, one that feels good and looks good. For real change to occur I had to abandon the protein trap that was misleading me for years and keeping me sick.

Do you ever feel just kind of, puffy? You can’t say that you’re “fat” because you move your body well and still encompass a healthy body shape. You eat better than 90% of people you know, yet you still find yourself struggling with your target waist size. What gives??

Sometimes I just feel out of this world, kinda.

“Why can't I just eat like everyone else? Why am I so sensitive to everything around me? Why is my body so broken? I just want to be 'normal' was my rhetoric for years.

But then I thought..

Do you really want to be “normal” though Jen?

Do you really want to be like everyone else in a society that sets us up for anything but success in our health for body, mind, & spirit?

What if I told you to pay me ten dollars and I would give you back one hundred? Would you do it? The same concept applies to investing in your nutrition by means of food preparation weekly or daily in your kitchen.

Why should you invest your time or money in food prep?

We think by eating convenience foods we're really saving time.

How do you look at time? As an even exchange rate? I beg to differ. Sure, ordering take out saves time cooking, but is the food you are eating making you a more energetic & productive human being? Subway sure is quick but does it really matter when you could spend thirty minutes preparing a meal in exchange for premium fuel in your body that will allow you to work three times faster, have a ten times longer attention span, decrease your anxiety levels 90%, oh, and allow your body to require less sleep? This is the highest return on investment in healthcare!

Have you ever had a fearful thought that began to spiral then suddenly gripped you leaving you fear stricken or debilitated with anxiety?

…This is the most important point I want to make here. Our thoughts control the chemistry of our blood. The chemistry of our blood determines not only our physical health but our mental health as well. If we can reprogram our thinking, we can reprogram how our bodies ultimately function and feel.

Autoimmune disease..is it really in your genes? Does having such a condition really mean your body is attacking itself?

How many of us have been led to believe that one day your body woke up and just magically decided to start attacking itself? How many of us have beat ourselves up thinking our genes are faulty, we’re just a less than specimen of the human race, and we must come to accept our life with chronic illness?

HEAR ME OUT: this is absolutely untrue. Your body is NOT attacking itself and your genes are not out of control.

Dear Jen,

This is your persistence writing you one year ago, in January 2019. I am here to tell you to keep going after your dreams, to do the work over this next year because you have no idea what is coming your way.

Do you ever just hate your body and wonder why your body can’t keep up with what you’re asking it to do?

I can get soo mad at my body when she doesn’t keep up with the breakneck pace I’m running at or especially around the holidays when I want to ingest poison then ask my body “would you just deal & carry on normally okay?”!?

Let me share with you what happened this Thanksgiving & then all the insight that followed.

The holidays, especially Thanksgiving, have always evoked shame for me in my body as I cannot just eat and drink what everyone else does. But this year was much worse.

Do I believe I can heal? Do I believe I am worthy of abundant health? Ask yourself these questions. Really sit within your center and let yourself answer. You may be surprised with what you hear.

We all have healing to do, whether that is physical, emotional, mental or spiritual healing. Sometimes we are needing to restore our selves in all areas of health. That is okay too.

Abundance is a by product of who you really are. That means an amazing quality of life is your birthright! Healing yourself includes sitting in your center and viewing yourself the way our creator made us: blessed, loved, unique, and WORTHY!

Do you ever feel just kind of, puffy? You can’t say that you’re “fat” because you move your body well and still encompass a healthy body shape. You eat better than 90% of people you know, yet you still find yourself struggling with your target waist size. What gives??

I just want to say sorry to all the partners of intuitive men and women out there trying to plan a surprise engagement but your boo it’s just too dang tapped in that you’re running around trying to stay three steps ahead of her and she is still tuning into your plans. I promise you this gift she has will serve you all other times of your life together EXCEPT trying to plan your surprise engagement.

I wanted to be surprised… I really did! The truth of the matter is, my intuition showed me the whole engagement playing out before my third eye as I blow dried my hair Monday morning, about 36 hours before the proposal actually happened.

Except…what happens when the plans don’t go as your intuition has suggested to you? What happens when you are so sure of what your intuition has revealed to you yet the plan doesn’t play out in front of you like you had so assuredly felt and believed??

You probably clicked on this title because when you read the words “toxic relationships” and someone from your past or present came to mind. You thought, “oh no, could this relationship be toxic?!”

When you first met this person, it felt like a match lit, instant chemistry, your dream person right here in front of you. Then before you knew what happened that burning match turned into a forest fire ablaze. Instant chemistry that soon engulfed you in uncontrollable flames. Now all you know is that you feel like you’re on fire and you’re getting burned.

How did this happen? Where did the relationship go wrong? We can find ourselves playing out the past repeatedly in our mind unable to find resolution.

Have you ever had a fearful thought that began to spiral then suddenly gripped you leaving you fear stricken or debilitated with anxiety?

…This is the most important point I want to make here. Our thoughts control the chemistry of our blood. The chemistry of our blood determines not only our physical health but our mental health as well. If we can reprogram our thinking, we can reprogram how our bodies ultimately function and feel.

Are you on the fence about going keto?

Have you read some pretty convincing literature that this diet could be your golden ticket to healing?

Or maybe you’ve had personal experience losing a ton of weight with this diet?

If this way of eating is detrimental to your vital organ health long term then why do so many people see results immediately upon ditching the carbs? How does the keto diet reek havoc on the liver?

And finally, when is the keto diet even medically indicated?

Sure, the counter literature is out there bringing to light why keto isn’t so glorious after all. However, from my personal experience and research, the counter evidence is not the literature that is promoted nor highlighted.

COVID-19 happened and now you’re left with more questions about where to have your baby than ever before.. You didn’t envision needing to consider even more safety and risk factors surrounding your birth, and now maybe you do not feel safe in your original intended place of birth. As a nurse and doula I have witnessed birth in all three of your optional locations and will share my insight with you.

Where a woman chooses to give birth should be without judgement, just like passing judgement upon a family who chooses to wait to find out the sex of the baby.

Above all know this mommas: where you choose to give birth is where you will find your power. Where you choose to give birth is entirely up to you with the help of your medical provider and unbiased research on your own. Where you feel most safe giving birth will ultimately be the best choice for you.

Will I ever heal from autoimmune disease? What are truly my barriers to healing? How can I breakthrough these barriers and achieve my most optimal health and wellbeing?

Think of the gastrointestinal tract like a river.

When the GI microbiome is out of balance the river becomes toxic, seeping with bad bacteria and unable to sweep food through at an effective rate.

When our digestion falters the body becomes sick and the liver grows weak from being overburdened.

Digestion further slows due to reduced bile production from a weakened liver and more bacteria breeds along the lines of the intestines. This is when disease and disorder begins to ensue within the digestive tract. Gas, pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhea are common symptoms from bacterial overgrowth. If you’re struggling with autoimmune GI disorders like colitis there is viral infection in your gut to be eradicated through various nutritional and herbal therapies.

Autoimmune disease..is it really in your genes? Does having such a condition really mean your body is attacking itself?

How many of us have been led to believe that one day your body woke up and just magically decided to start attacking itself? How many of us have beat ourselves up thinking our genes are faulty, we’re just a less than specimen of the human race, and we must come to accept our life with chronic illness?

HEAR ME OUT: this is absolutely untrue. Your body is NOT attacking itself and your genes are not out of control.

Do you ever just hate your body and wonder why your body can’t keep up with what you’re asking it to do?

I can get soo mad at my body when she doesn’t keep up with the breakneck pace I’m running at or especially around the holidays when I want to ingest poison then ask my body “would you just deal & carry on normally okay?”!?

Let me share with you what happened this Thanksgiving & then all the insight that followed.

The holidays, especially Thanksgiving, have always evoked shame for me in my body as I cannot just eat and drink what everyone else does. But this year was much worse.

Eczema, acne, dermatitis, psoriasis, dark circles, rosacea, urticaria, itchy skin these are all skin conditions we may view as disruptions to our external body requiring topical treatment. To truly heal your skin, we must look within the body. Our skin is really just our largest organ, an accurate depiction of our internal health. It is possible to have clear skin, poor internal health, and a great deal of inflammation. However, it is impossible that an eczema flare, cystic acne breakout, or fungal infection of the skin is not a result of an internal infection, inflammation or overall disruption of the body’s homeostasis. You can achieve that clear, youthful glow of your skin you desire at any age! The path to get there begins with examining your internal health, with the vehicle being nutrition.

Disordered Eating

Restrictive diets, cheat meals, and binging were a common pattern of my past that quickly led to a struggle with disordered eating, a struggle that would go beyond the desire to control my food intake and body size. This pattern in my life fueled the fire of my autoimmune disease and made healing nearly impossible for a very long time. Not only were my physical eating habits alarming, but my mental health and thought patterns concerning food were in a desperate need of a paradigm shift.

A small word of encouragement for someone looking from the outside in to the window of making a change for their health: 

Healing isn’t ALL or NOTHING! 

Change can come from small steps starting where you’re at, then working towards YOUR greatest potential! What it takes for one person to feel better may not be what it takes for you. Extremes are not apart of a healthy lifestyle. 

That means abiding to a way of healing + living that is causing you more stress than before is not conducive to your goals!

Yes, making change means sacrifice, but it shouldn’t feel like a struggle every single day. The only plan that will work for you, is one that is sustainable and fits your lifestyle.

ANY little (imperfect) step you take today will result in tremendous benefits in your body and feeling better tomorrow!

That doesn’t mean you have to climb up the entire staircase.  

Just up one step at a time, at your comfort level, at your pace, until you see the results you’ve been looking for. 

Do you ever feel just kind of, puffy? You can’t say that you’re “fat” because you move your body well and still encompass a healthy body shape. You eat better than 90% of people you know, yet you still find yourself struggling with your target waist size. What gives??

Lichen Sclerosus Complete Healing

“For every physical ailment there is a spiritual root cause.”

I remember hearing this quote several years ago, knowing it rung true to me, but not quite sure how.

What if there was a way to heal our physical bodies through accessing our spiritual selves?

Over the last two years working with clients I have found myself embodying this approach to functional medicine care at the core of my practice.

This 25 year old female’s particular case study illustrates this very quote. We began our journey together in hopes that possibly her perineal and labial tissues would one day be intact. Within 6 weeks this became her reality. However, what she soon noticed was even though the physical symptoms were healed, her emotions created acute flares and spiritually she felt adrift. Through our work she began to draw parallels between her physical health and the relationship between her emotional and spiritual health.

To follow is a story that transpired on our yoga retreat in Azores, Portugal. The kind of synchronistic story that I wish I could make up. A story that will expose me to illuminate the gifts within you.

This story starts by me asking, do your gifts, does your intuition, scare you??