Why Holistic Health?

It’s Friday, guys! Welcome to the weekend!

Before I get in to discussing different health and wellness topics in depth, I thought I would begin by sharing with you why I have turned to holistic health and why I think it is so important. I’ll give you some of my backstory and tell you why holistic health just makes sense to me.

In 2016, I came down with what I thought was a virus of some kind. Nothing was making it better, and I was getting fed up of being sick after a few weeks. Doctors gave me medications and nothing was helping. They were never able to diagnose me. Weeks turned to months, and months turned to years. The virus-like symptoms were long gone and it turned into more serious symptoms such as neuropathy, chronic pain, chronic migraines, vertigo, rashes, light sensitivity, and sleep disturbances. This was just the start of the list! I was sick nearly every day and unable to enjoy my life. I was 26 years old and felt like my life was over. I truly believed I would live the rest of my life slowly deteriorating, and my hope for a good life was dwindling. The state of my mental health was just as bad as my physical health. Month after month, no doctor or specialist could tell me what was wrong with me. I was tested for everything under the sun with no answers. They told me it was in my head and that I needed a psychiatrist, they couldn’t help me. When I saw a psychiatrist, he told me to see my doctor and that he couldn’t help me. Who could?!

It was at this point that I was so desperate for change that I began looking into holistic health. I wasn’t completely sold, but began thinking it was worth a shot. I always liked the idea of mind, body, and spirit being connected anyway, so it did appeal to me there. I heard a holistic practitioner speak on autoimmune diseases and how doctors don’t seem to ever know what’s truly going on and just throw medications at you that contribute to the problems, and that resonated with me so well. I had reactions to every medication I tried basically, and nothing helped.

The final turning point for me was after I had been experiencing severe lightheadedness almost constantly. I would get dizzy, extremely tired, and almost black out. I didn’t know what was causing it until I was eating a cookie one night and I started going through a bad dizzy spell again! I knew instantly what it was… sugar. I was having blood sugar crashes. I was never diabetic, but I realized I am very sensitive to sugar, carbs, and basically anything that turns into sugar. That moment was when I completely changed my diet and finally made the step to see a holistic, naturopathic doctor for myself!

I was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease there and was set up on a treatment plan with homeopathic remedies and supplements. I was treated for an underactive thyroid. I was given kidney, liver, and gallbladder support. My mood completely changed and my body completely changed. No more dizzy spells, no more chronic pain, no more of ANYTHING I had been experiencing within about a month of changing my lifestyle. I slowly introduced exercise and I’ve lost 50 pounds since November. I mean it when I say that my life completely changed for the better, and I am finally able to live again!

Thanks to holistic health, I got my life back. I learned the importance of eating to live and how food is medicine. I learned the importance of getting to the root cause of issues and fixing it rather than masking it with medications. I learned that my body was designed to heal itself, and that it WILL heal itself if I provide it what it needs to do so. I know that each lifestyle choice I make will either help me heal or put me a step backwards, and the choice is always up to me.

I have learned so much throughout the last 10 months, and I can’t wait to keep learning. While I know many people are still skeptical of holistic health, I will forever be an advocate because I know it works. As I mentioned, it has saved me and given me hope where I previously had none. I’m blessed to work in this field where I can share my passion with others on a similar journey every single day, and I’m blessed to have this blog as an outlet to share with you all!

I will continue to share some of the many things I have learned, and of course feel free to let me know if you have any questions or want to talk about holistic health!

Have an amazing weekend, everyone! ❤️