Thrive by Food

Thinking about opening up 5 FREE Natural Fertility Activation sessions to help you create your fertility plan. Interested? 👇

Celebrating my client Kara for eliminating her bloating just 2 weeks into Love Your Gut! Want in? Drop a gif below 👇

Just saw *another* fitness influencer recommend intermittent fasting for “anyone who wants to lose weight and get their health in order.”

And I had to say something.

Because here’s the thing.

Not everyone’s body responds well to intermittent fasting.

(yes, even though most people DO lose a few pounds in their first week, just like they would with any other major diet shift)

I’ve worked with dozens of women who’ve had their hormones, energy levels, and metabolism WRECKED by intermittent fasting.

Our bodies crave stability and consistency — and restricting calories for 16+ hours every day just doesn’t work for most women (especially if they’re already prone to hormonal issues, extreme PMS symptoms, or thyroid disorders).

Normally, I don’t post inflammatory stuff like this here on Instagram.

But I can’t bear to see another woman come to me in tears from fatigue, hair loss, weight gain, etc. because of this fad that was never meant for women’s bodies.

Who’s with me?

This is manifestation at its essence 🙏🏻

For the last two years I have attended the Natural Living Expo, an event that brings together over 3000 health-conscious individuals and practitioners.

Each year as I sat watching various talks and walking through the vendor hall I knew that one day I would be up on stage and I would be an exhibitor.

So I got into action!

Earlier this year I applied to speak and exhibit and I was accepted! 😍

I’m so so excited to bring my years of research and experience on the mind-body connection to this conference this year.

My heart and soul are so so full ❤️

If you are in the New England area and would like to attend this two day conference this weekend, I have several discounted passes left - let me know if you would like one of them!

And if you are already planning on coming let me know and I would absolutely love to see or meet you! ☺️ @ Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center

Loved getting to lead some of the best functional health coaches I know this weekend at an intimate mastermind lunch I hosted at a delicious farm-to-table restaurant.

Being in this moment was almost surreal.

3 years ago I put my marketing business on pause to go all in on health coaching and today I’ve come full circle now supporting the same practitioner I was to build multiple 6-figure businesses with joy.

One of the common themes from the women at my lunch this weekend was not knowing how to confidently get their brand out into the world...
..and put a price they know they deserve on a service built on so much passion and heart.

Every one of these women are so incredibly talented and devoted to their work but the business side of if can feel altogether debilitating, leading them to make make *maybe* $2k/mo.

It was my mentors and coaches I’ve hired over the years who guided me to gain the confidence I have today to run my business as a true CEO, price my programs confidently and to take courageous action every single day.... and I’m forever grateful for that advice.

It doesn’t mean that I don’t still feel scared hitting publish on some posts, announcing a launch for fear of no one joining or feel uncertain about how to prove things.

But I can move past those fears and blocks a lot faster, every single day.

That’s the power of masterminds like these and I’m SO excited to pre-announce that....

🎉 I will be launching a DEEPLY supportive mastermind for wellness practitioners frustrated with their income and impact...

🖊 To easily create magnetic content
🤩 Attract dream clients
💰 Uplevel their pricing
👩🏼‍💻 Create massively transformational programs that feel soooo good to sell
👯‍♀️ & be surrounded by a likeminded community they can collaborate with on business AND client challenges and questions

More to come in early December but PM me if you want the deets now 💃

I already have 10 ladies on the list and will cap it out at 20 for this first group. @ Cafe 21 Gaslamp

I’ve been doing a lot of traveling over the last two weeks, have been on over 10 flights ✈️ and multiple bus rides 🚎 , so I kicked my immune support into high gear. 🔮
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I take 1 teaspoon of elderberry syrup every day to support overall immune health...
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And then I use throat spray that is loaded with herbs that can kill off inhaled pathogens 🦠 and support the immune system.
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I put three sprays in my mouth prior to a flight and then again at the end of the day.⠀
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Back when my ulcerative colitis was at its worst I would get sick for weeks on end, but since I’ve been in remission and have learned how to support my immune system in ways like these, I rarely get sick at all, and if I do it is for a few short days.
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What are a few of your favorite immune boosting remedies? Share below! 👇🏻

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SWEATING 😅 💦
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I love to sweat 😍 It's one of the best ways to help your body release toxins 👻 and because of that, it can help with the health and healing of your liver, blood, brain, heart, and even the gut!
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This past winter I gifted myself 🎁 a Signature II sauna (it took me awhile to muster up spending that kinda money on myself but OMG has it been worth it 😍) and it's become my ultimate sanctuary 🙏🏻
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Infrared saunas help your body detox at a much deeper level by first heating your internal organs (i.e. your liver) so they can begin releasing toxins -- and with how toxic our world is today, pretty much every liver could use this kind of support 😜
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I use my Sunlighten Infrared Sauna for liver detox, skin health, relaxation and meditation, and I even do workouts in it!
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I have SO many tips I'll be sharing about infrared saunas over this next month. But first, I have a super special guest coming on 📺 Instagram Live 📺 tomorrow night (🌟Wednesday @6:30 EST🌟) -- the folks from Sunlighten themselves!!
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🌱 We'll be talking all about the benefits of infrared saunas, how they work, and we'll also have a Q&A at the end.
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👉🏻🔮 What questions do you have for us? Drop them in the comments below 👇🏻 and we'll mark them down to cover them! ⠀
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🌟 Be sure to join us at 6:30 EST tomorrow (Wednesday 9/25) for the live interview!

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{🌟Your body is not broken🌟}
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It may be a beautiful mess right now, but it is not broken, my love 🙏🏻
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Here's what it IS...
👂 Feeling unheard (symptoms are its way of telling you how it feels and where)
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⚖️Temporarily unbalanced (due to a lack of certain nutrients, love, or attention)
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⏰ Neglected due to 'higher priority' things in life like work, kids, or busyness
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I hear a lot of women say "I feel like I'm a prisoner to my body"...⠀🙅🏼‍♀️
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or "I feel like I'm living in a stranger's body"...⠀🤷‍♀️
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or "I hate my body, I wish I just had a new one!"...⠀🤦🏼‍♀️
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And I experienced this too, feeling like my body betrayed me and I hated being in it.
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UNTIL...I realized that I was...
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💆🏼‍♀️ Suppressing feelings and emotions deep in my body which was CAUSING so many of my symptoms (so I started to explore and release them)
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🥪 Not eating a nutrient-rich diet to give my body the fuel it needed to heal and thrive
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🧬 Not working on the root cause of the issues causing my symptoms, I was only taking medications to cover them up
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💝 So, my loves, know this: your body is NOT broken. It is just misunderstood and imbalanced.
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👉🏻Here are a few things you can start to do:
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🙌🏻Get honest with yourself about how you treat your mind and body: do you suppress and deny things or do you accept and then release them? < the latter is how you actually move past them
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🥬🍒 Ensure you're eating a wide variety of fruits and veggies to get a rich nutrient profile (the more colorful your plate the more nutrients...and organic is a super plus!)
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🧖‍♀️Show your body that you are prioritizing it by taking care of it, meditating, moving, and nourishing it
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Do you think your mindset towards your body could change by realizing what it actually needs? When I did, everythingggg softened. Share below!

Its (one of the) most wonderful times of the year! Aka re-testing time! 👩🏼‍⚕️Anyone else get excited about data like I do?!
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A lot of people ask me how often I test and my answer is: it depends.
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If I'm actively working on something, it's every 3-6 months. For other things that I'm simply maintaining, it's once a year.
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I approach my health (and my clients) with this mentality: test, DON'T guess! Without accurate data, how will you know what to work on or what is improving? You're playing a guessing game, which is a big no-no to me and not something my clients are willing to mess around with either.
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With the level of data we get back from labs like these ones pictured we can understand things like:
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💕Your entire hormone metabolic pathways (not just single hormone markers)
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💀 Detox markers that affect not just the liver, but the gut and endocrine system, too
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🦠A comprehensive microbiome analysis to see what good and bad guys you have
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🥬What foods are your superfoods (and which are causing inflammation and toxicity in your body) so you FINALLY know what to eat
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⚗️What the ROOT CAUSE of a chronic imbalance could be (is it a mineral or vitamin deficiency? A food issue? An infection? Genetics?)
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So, what tests am I currently running?⠀
1️⃣The Vibrant America Mycotoxins test to see if the mold we found in our house took up residence in my body!
2️⃣The new Ixcela gut health test to look at a bunch of metabolites (super excited to run this one for the first time!)
3️⃣The DUTCH Hormone and Adrenal panel to check in on my hormones
4️⃣An HTMA (hair tissue mineral analysis) to see what my body's spark plugs are doing
⠀..and once I get the results in, I'm going to be an open book and share with you what I find!
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I know a lot of you are curious what the results actually look like and how these tests differ from ones you run with your doctor that don't tell you anything (I used to feel the same way!) so I'm excited to give you a sneak peak into the actual results and some things that can be done based on them.
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Stay tuned in the next 3-4 weeks as the results come in & I begin to share them.
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Have questions about lab testing? DM me or comment below!

Just like you wouldn't put crappy gas or oil in your car and expect it to run smoothly, you can't drink bad (unfiltered) water 💦 and expect your health to be pristine. Even if you eat the perfect diet, meditate everyday, and never use plastics, if your water is loaded with heavy metals and even toxins, you could be keeping yourself sick 😷
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I once had a client with DOZENS of gut infections who was SO frustrated when she came to me because she felt like she had done everything to change her diet yet she still felt sick. Come to find out the water in her home was DISGUSTING and was likely loaded with metals, chemicals and toxins. BINGO!
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We got her filtering her water and her health instantly started to improve ☀️👏🏻
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I love Aquasana, Pure Effects and Berkey as high-quality water filtration brands. Install it in your sinks, in your showers, in your tubs, even filter your on-the-go water (they have waterbottles). You can also get an Aquasana whole-home water filter.
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I'm not affiliated with either brand, I just use them personally and love them, so if you're not filtering your water or are still drinking water out of plastic bottles (introducing more chemicals and endocrine disruptors) it's time to make the switch.
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This is one of the many layers I explore with my 1:1 clients, and is part of the overall picture. Input = output.
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Curious if your water quality is behind some of your chronic or recurring health challenges? Start filtering your water with one of these filters (the best on the market in my opinion) and then see how you feel in the days and weeks to come!