Common Health Advice to Avoid

To be honest, I received a lot of unhelpful advice from many naturopaths- all super well-intentioned, but COMPLETELY missing the boat. Here’s some of the worst:
“Just remove your food sensitivities and you’ll heal” - those tests are extremely inaccurate and removing food sensitivities does NOT heal the gut or anything else; you have to address the source of reactivity.
“Let’s replace your thyroid hormones to help your adrenals” - this may be the worst. I was overmedicated for years, which shut down my body‘s natural production, and I still have to take thyroid medication.
“Just get on hormones for depleted hormones” - avoidable and a waste of money when you’re not addressing the source of depletion.
“Take these supplements and do this protocol and it will fix everything” - expensive pee with no results.
“Just eat keto, it will cure you” - destroyed my hormones and adrenals.
“Just take another expensive test, this will reveal what’s wrong” - diagnosing abnormalities with expensive labs does not uncover the cause.
“Just do another gut healing protocol” - healing the gut when you’re stuck in fight or flight does not work.
This list goes on and on! I could write a book about it all, honestly, but I’ll spare you!
To those currently consulting with a naturopath or functional medicine doctor, I hope to offer some insights gained from my own challenging journey. My aim is to share my experience in the hopes of preventing you from making the same frustrating and costly mistake I did, which amounted to spending over $300,000 attempting to address symptoms without any resolution.
Let's get clear! Leaky gut, candida overgrowth, parasites, etc. - these are symptoms (not root causes). Low energy is a symptom (not a cause). Depleted hormones are symptoms (not root causes).
Do you know how much money Americans are spending seeing these doctors and, like myself, not getting anywhere? An insanely large amount!
Here's the thing: save yourself the time and frustration and understand that those protocols most likely won't work UNTIL you've addressed the ROOT: chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation.
If genuine healing is your goal, focusing on healing the nervous system is the key to unlocking lasting wellness. While addressing symptoms may be helpful, it's crucial to understand that if the underlying cause, such as chronic stress, remains unaddressed, even the most elaborate treatment regimens will prove ineffective. This realization has been true for me personally and for countless others I've encountered throughout my journey.
Please don't twist my sharing of my experience into drawing the conclusion that all naturopaths and functional medicine doctors are "bad." They're not. But I can tell you that most of what they suggest does not work for most people until chronic stress is addressed in the body. Only then can the body actually respond to the healing modalities they suggest.
YOU CAN HEAL - and you can do it much faster if you seek healing where you'll actually find it! If you want my help in this healing journey, the most cost-effective way to seek my guidance is by joining my Inner Circle.
This month were kicking off a six part nervous system healing series that will teach you exactly how to address the ROOT CAUSE and heal your gut issues, Lyme, mold, fatigue, hormone imbalances, weight-loss resistance, autoimmune, chronic pain, etc!