My health journey started in 2004 when I would get recurring sinus infections. I have never had sinus issues before and the doctors kept putting me on an antibiotic. After realizing this wasn’t getting to the root cause, I did some research. I learned that too much dairy can cause sinus infections.

I was eating LOTS of dairy.

Think cheese daily, ice cream every night, coffee drinks loaded with dairy. You get the idea! Anyway, I eliminated dairy and sinuses cleared up in 48 hours! That was my first Aha moment with health and nutrition. I didn’t change my lifestyle at this point, but it brought awareness. In 2007 we got pregnant with our first child. We decided to hire a midwife and have a homebirth.

This is when my eyes were opened to the health world and the importance of food and nutrition. Our nutrition shifted some, but still not completely on board with all things healthy. In 2010, I birthed our second child after being diagnosed with preeclampsia. It left me with severe postpartum anxiety. This is when I hit rock bottom with my personal health and knew I had to make some big changes.

I found a holistic nutritionist who began this major shift in my life and left me wanting to continue to educate myself and my family.

By 2013, pregnant with my third child, I became certified as a nutrition coach. As a busy mom with 3 kids, five and under, I used all my knowledge to improve my family’s health. After my fourth kid in 2016, I had a superficial blood clot and then a deep vein blood clot developed a year later. This was a new health challenge and something that took some time to find a holistic minded practitioner to be willing to help me.

God provided an awesome functional medicine nutritionist who knew how to navigate me through this fourth postpartum and blood clot issue. I would love to say everything was great after that, but it wasn’t. I physically was better overall than I had been in years, until I got COVID. It left me very ill and worried for my health.

As I slowly began to recover, I knew this wasn’t just physical, but I had mental work to do. I had already done therapy with healing and breakthroughs. I was having new symptoms like intrusive thoughts, insomnia, and a low appetite. After much prayer and consideration, I began more research on long haul COVID and women.

For me, COVID seemed to have thrown me into perimenopause with a change in my cycles and the intrusive thoughts! I began to learn about bio identical hormones and other ways to support perimenopause. This is also when I found IASIS MCN and it improved my sleep immediately!

I was so thankful after a year and a half of insomnia. I also began to notice I was less anxious and able to engage in difficult conversations without having big emotions. I was more steady and calm. Between nutrition and IASIS MCN, I am so grateful at where I am today with my health. It has been a journey and it is not over!

I praise God for my journey and how He guides us along the way. I’m grateful for each season of suffering that revealed something new with Jesus. I have not arrived and I am not oblivious to our fallen world.

I do not believe in perfect health, but I believe in a perfect savior who leads us and brings whatever we need into our lives in each season of our life. Praise be to God!