Mindful Healthy Balanced Health Coaching

09/04/2026

Mindful.Healthy.Balanced.

09/03/2026

Any of us living with a neurological disorder knows the game.

The symptoms are insidious. You go years without a proper diagnosis. You finally get a diagnosis, and then you start playing the insurance game with prescription medications.

You try the drugs. You fail the drugs. You try more. You try different combinations.

You get worse.

You develop more health problems. You see more specialists. You end up on more prescription medications.

As time goes on—months, years, sometimes even decades—your world feels like it's spinning out of control, and you have more questions than answers.

Then one day, you go on social media and your algorithm starts showing you firsthand accounts from people struggling just. like. you. who are using ketogenic or carnivore dietary strategies to help regain control of their health and quality of life.

This was me.

This is how I discovered that dietary strategies might actually be a missing piece of my puzzle.

And they might be a missing piece of yours, too.

Processed foods, refined sugars and carbohydrates, industrially produced oils and many of the ingredients now commonplace in our food supply are relatively new additions to the human diet.

Once you start looking at our modern food environment through that lens, it becomes easier to understand why changing what you eat can have such a profound impact on how you feel.

Millions of people have decided to question what they were eating and choose differently.

I was one of them.

And I'm very glad I did.

09/02/2026

I have been on both sides of the aisle…struggling with chronic health conditions and a poorly controlled neurological condition.

I completely understand the frustration of reading a success story when you feel like you have tried EVERYTHING and nothing has worked. I also know the feeling of taking a chance on something that seemed too easy to be the answer—and finding success.

So let’s put this out on the table…

Your diet has a direct impact on your health, particularly when you are already ill. When your body is already struggling, what you feed it matters.

This isn’t a miracle cure or a scam product. This is nutrition, and there is research behind the role diet can play in health and disease.

Now, I am looking at this from a 30,000-foot view, not at the specific nuances of any one person’s experience.

So rather than getting angry at someone’s shared experience of improving their health using dietary strategies, get curious. Ask questions. Maybe even give it a try.

Dietary changes do not have to be drastic. In fact, I advise against that.

Instead, make one small change, then add another, then another…until you find that the changes are helping you feel better, be more alert, have more energy, think more clearly, or see the world as a brighter place.

It’s so easy to rage-bait and mock when you don’t feel well…but those of us who are feeling better often share our stories because we want to encourage those who are struggling.

Because we’ve been there, too.

And we want you to join us in living life to the fullest.

If you’re interested in exploring how small, sustainable dietary and lifestyle changes might support your health, I’d love to work with you.

You can learn more about my health coaching options or schedule a free consultation through the Linktree in my bio.

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

I want to share some thoughts this morning.

Narcolepsy is a difficult disorder to navigate. Symptoms can begin insidiously, and it can take years—even decades—before they become significant enough for a healthcare provider to consider testing.

Then comes treatment, often dictated by insurance, with patients spending years “failing” medications before being offered a sodium oxybate product.

And then there are family, friends and employers who minimize what narcolepsy actually means:

“Just try harder.”
“Just take your medication.”
“Just get more sleep.”

Most of us have been on the receiving end of this foolishness.

I often say having Type 1 narcolepsy is like waking up to feed a newborn every 2–2½ hours—for DECADES. Most parents remember what a few weeks of fragmented newborn sleep does to you.

Now imagine years and years of it.

Medication can help. But with chronic illness, sometimes it helps until it doesn’t. Conventional medicine is very good at masking symptoms, but it often fails to explore what dietary and lifestyle strategies might do to support the body alongside medication.

Eleven years ago, desperation pushed me to look beyond polypharmacy for additional ways to support my body.

That search led me to research discussing nutritional ketosis and daytime wakefulness. Ketosis has been part of my treatment strategy ever since.

Narcolepsy doesn’t give me an easy marker to measure inflammation, but Hashimoto’s does. When I began keto, my thyroid antibodies were extremely elevated. Over the years, my TPO antibodies returned to the normal range, while thyroglobulin antibodies have trended downward.

For me, that was tangible evidence that what I was doing nutritionally was affecting far more than my weight.

Five years ago, that journey led me to pursue health coaching certification and eventually work with others looking for additional ways to support their health.

Medication can be a tool.
Nutrition can be a tool.
Lifestyle can be a tool.

We don't have to choose only one.

If you're looking for support finding dietary and lifestyle strategies that work for your body, my coaching services are in my Linktree.

08/31/2026

Why do some people with chronic health conditions become so viscerally angry when someone else with the same health condition shares their story of success using dietary strategies?

I saw this today in a group of people with the same chronic health conditions. Rather than scrolling past the post, or complimenting the poster on their success, or thanking the poster for sharing their story, members replied with demands that person be removed from the group, called the poster a names, told the poster they must have never had that diagnosis in the first place...and some members even mocked the poster. Disgusting behavior for adults if you ask me. Thankfully a group moderator piped in to quail the angry posts....but still...

How as a society have we gotten to a place still where when someone suggests dietary strategies to improve health, people lose their minds?

I was a doubter once too..until I reached the end of the medication road..and desperation forced me to look more holistically. What I learned completely changed how I look at health care. I still use medication but far, far less than I have in the past, and most importantly the medication supports my dietary strategies, not the other way around

Nutritionally dense food is not ALWAYS a cure for chronic disease and autoimmune illness but sometimes...s.o.m.e.t.i.m.e.s it actually is. For the times it's not the cure, it's undoubtedly a superior first line treatment than any medication could ever be.

08/26/2026

This patio is my little slice of Heaven . A place to sit outside in the morning to eat breakfast , listen to birds chrip and watch the sun rise or relax in the hammock in the evening while watching the sun set.

08/26/2026

A diagnosis can explain symptoms and help guide treatment, but a diagnosis isn't the end of the road.

It's the beginning of understanding what additional support your body needs.

Medication may be part of that support. But for many chronic conditions, medication isn't a cure. It may manage symptoms, slow disease progression, replace something the body isn't producing, prevent complications, or simply make living with the condition more manageable.

So what else does your body need?

Supporting your body means looking at nutrition, prioritizing quality sleep, moving in ways your body can tolerate, and paying attention to the patterns that make your symptoms better or worse.

It also means looking at your environment, lifestyle, and daily routines and recognizing what may be working for you — and what may be working against you.

A diagnosis doesn't mean every symptom should automatically be attributed to that diagnosis. And it doesn't mean we stop asking questions or looking for ways to feel and function better.

You may not be able to control the fact that you have a chronic illness.

But you can continue learning about your body, asking questions, and looking for ways to support it alongside the medical treatment you receive.

This is also where working with a health coach can help you explore what additional support might look like for you.

Your doctor has a role.
Your medication has a role.
But the primary role in your health belongs to you

08/25/2026

Whether we are talking nutritional information, the latest news story or social media hot topic...discernment is important now more than ever.

Follow the facts. Not the crowd.