Three Sprouts Holistic

09/10/2026

Last year, my son officially outgrew me. At over 6 feet tall, his strength became unmatched. During moments of rage and aggression, that strength could be terrifying.

I realized I didn’t really have a choice: I needed to get stronger.

I needed a body strong enough to be his caregiver. To protect myself, my daughters, him and those around us when things became difficult. So I started lifting.

And if I’m being transparent, sometimes I walk into the gym, see women with sculpted bodies and feel a little envious. I think, I wish I could train just for that.

But right now, I’m building the body I need. And I’m learning to celebrate that body too.

These arms are stronger when my son needs me. These legs can hold their ground. This body is becoming more capable of caring for someone I love who will likely always need me. There’s something beautiful about that kind of strength.

Over the past year, a close friend started helping me train, several friends joined the same gym, and I found myself surrounded by people who encouraged me to keep showing up. God knows I needed that.

My schedule is crazy. I’m navigating my own health issues. I could give myself 100 reasons not to go. But skipping would ultimately mean cheating myself…and most importantly, my son.

Today my trainer challenged me to make the leaderboard.

I didn’t just make it. I took FIRST PLACE in several categories. 🥹💪 And I’m not done yet…the other machines were occupied. 😂

Seeing my name up there hit differently. A year ago, my goal wasn’t a leaderboard. It was simply: become strong enough.

I’m proud of myself for continuing to show up, especially when it’s hard. But I also know I didn’t do this alone.

This year reminded me that you become the company you keep.

Surround yourself with people who challenge you. Who celebrate your growth. Who remind you what you’re capable of. Who genuinely want to see you become your best.

Stop giving your energy to people who drain you, discourage you or bring out the worst in you.

Life is too short. Choose people who make you stronger. ❤️

09/09/2026

Extracted directly from the CDC website. Almost feels like it’s a witches brew, huh? 🧙☠️👹

09/08/2026

Yeah, I said it. I see it. And it’s weird to me because I will hype up any of my friends, anytime, anywhere.

If you can double-tap a stranger’s thirst trap, business, vacation, new outfit, inspirational quote, and freaking avocado toast… you can hit the damn like button when your friend puts themselves out there.

👏 SUPPORT 👏 YOUR 👏 FRIENDS 👏 PUBLICLY.

It’s actually wild how many people will hype up a complete stranger on the internet while silently scrolling past the business, art, accomplishments, or content of someone they actually KNOW.

And there’s some psychology behind this. I had to understand *why* people are like this.

Sometimes watching someone close to us put themselves out there creates comparison. It can make us subconsciously evaluate where WE are in life. Comparison makes us minimize someone’s accomplishments. We still see them as the girl we went to school with, our cousin, our neighbor, our old coworker… while strangers see the person they’ve worked hard to become.

Sometimes people feel awkward supporting someone publicly because vulnerability is contagious. Watching someone confidently take up space can make us painfully aware of the places where we’re still afraid to.

But here’s the thing…

Your friend notices.
That small business owner notices.
That person nervously putting their work into the world notices.
And your support costs you ****NOTHING****

Like the post.
Leave the comment.
Share their business.
Congratulate them publicly.
Tell people about them.
Hype your damn friends up.

Because if you can spend 45 minutes liking content from people who don’t even know your name, you can take 3 seconds to support someone you supposedly care about. If you don’t, are they really even your friend?

Be the friend who claps LOUD when your people win. 👏

And if this made you immediately think of someone whose content you’ve been silently stalking…Go like their s**t. 😂

09/07/2026

You can be incredibly knowledgeable about health and still benefit from someone looking at YOU through a different lens. 👁️

That’s one of the things I love most about Iridology and Sclerology.

Whether you’re just beginning your health journey or you’re a practitioner who has spent years studying the body, your eyes can offer a uniquely individualized perspective on how you may navigate stress, protocols and different seasons of life - physically, mentally and emotionally.

I was so grateful to connect with Bry, a fellow like-minded and brilliant practitioner to look at her eyes. And honestly, I could see signs that reflected just how much work she has already put into her health. She has navigated motherhood, hormones, stress, moving, mold exposure and so much more - and she’s doing an incredible job. But sometimes an outside look is the best way to figure out the next best steps.

But even when you’re doing ALL the right things, there can still be pieces you haven’t quite connected. That’s where *eye* come in!

Looking at her eyes gave us another lens through which to explore some of those pieces - including areas of stress and resilience, her history of mold exposure, and how we could build a plan that felt appropriate for HER rather than simply adding another aggressive protocol.

Because health isn’t one size fits all. The eyes are as unique as our fingerprint.

The healthiest person in the room can still have vulnerabilities. The most knowledgeable practitioner can still benefit from another set of eyes. And sometimes the missing piece isn’t knowing MORE - it’s understanding yourself more deeply.

That’s why I believe your eyes can be such a beautiful navigational tool alongside your health history, symptoms and appropriate testing.

Your eyes are uniquely yours.
Your health plan should be too. 👁️💜

If you’ve never had your eyes analyzed and you’re curious about what yours may reveal, send me a DM. I’d love to work with you and share this modality I’m so passionate about.

Thanks Bry for letting me creep and share your eyes, my friend! 🫶🏼

moldtoxicity

09/06/2026

08/25/2026

Going on seven years as a professional eye creeper. I love this ancient, non-invasive way of diving into people’s health and healing journey.

08/23/2026

This isn’t about excusing the unimaginable. It’s about asking why we’re so comfortable judging a woman at her absolute worst without questioning what happened before she got there. Breaking points don’t happen overnight.

Women carry pregnancies, babies, sleepless nights, households, careers, relationships and an invisible mental load that often goes unseen and unappreciated. We say we’re drowning and we’re called hormonal, dramatic or weak, or handed medication and expected to keep functioning.

Then when a woman finally breaks, everyone asks what’s wrong with her. Maybe we should have cared while she was still asking for help.

Watching some men mock and belittle women because of this case has been incredibly revealing. Women hear those comments. We remember who made them. And frankly, it’s disgusting to watch someone judge a struggling woman from the comfort of a couch while another woman in his own life may be carrying everything.

After my last baby, I was in a very dark place. I was home with three kids, driving my son to therapy in the snow with staples in my abdomen, on heavy pain medication and not even cleared to drive. My kids needed me, and I didn’t have the help I needed.

For nearly a year, I kept saying something was physically wrong and was dismissed. I was eventually diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that had been overlooked while affecting my heart. Meanwhile, I was struggling mentally and emotionally too. I remember desperately wanting everything to just stop and be quiet.

I felt ashamed that I couldn’t “do it all,” so I stayed quiet and suffered. Looking back, I’m incredibly grateful I made it through that season with my children. It’s also a major reason I chose not to have more.

If anything comes from these trials, I hope mothers feel empowered to say “I am not okay” before they reach their breaking point—and that someone actually listens.

If you see a mother struggling, lend her a hand instead of your judgment. Especially if you’re her spouse or partner.

Because most mothers are already judging themselves enough. Sometimes they don’t need someone telling them to be stronger. They need someone to help carry the weight.

08/21/2026

I believe in holistic health. Food, nutrition, stress, sleep, movement and our environment matter. I will almost always look for the root cause before suppressing a symptom.

But I’m not anti-medicine. Modern medicine can be an incredible blessing. I’m grateful for labs, imaging, emergency medicine, surgeons and specialists when we need them.

Right now, I’m navigating something with my health that required seeing a doctor because I needed an ultrasound I cannot order myself.

I have a long history of endometriosis, multiple C-sections, scar tissue and now changes with perimenopause. I simply wanted to check how things were doing.

Before labs, imaging or really digging into my history, I was given two options:

Medication or hysterectomy.

Medicate it or remove it.

At one point I was told, “But you could leave here with a pill today,” despite questioning side effects and explaining my negative history with birth control.

Stopping my period isn’t the same as understanding WHY my body is doing what it’s doing.

Why aren’t nutrition, metabolic health, environmental exposures, stress, sleep, inflammation and lifestyle routinely part of the same conversation as pharmaceuticals and procedures?

There is a time for medication and surgery. But there should ALWAYS be room for investigation, informed consent, questions and patient choice without being belittled for asking.

Sometimes our medical system feels like a legal drug cartel: suppress the symptom, prescribe the medication and move on.

Somewhere along the way, questioning that approach became confused with questioning a doctor’s authority. Patients can be treated as difficult for asking about side effects, alternatives or simply WHY.

Especially in an era of algorithms and AI-assisted medicine, critical thinking, curiosity and individualized care matter more than ever.

We deserve practitioners willing to investigate, think outside the box and have a conversation WITH us, not simply prescribe TO us.

Today reminded me exactly why I became a holistic practitioner. And why I hate the medical system.