Currently, I'm going through one of the hardest challenges I've faced. And while I truly value transparency, I know in my heart that at this time, it's best not to elaborate on the details. But instead to focus on the message in my experience that feels timely.

You’re reading this because you are part of my community and you care. The inner circle of this Live Unprocessed team has held me in strength and continue to show up for me again and again. So please know that I am ok.

Over the last 3 years, this community has walked with me through some really difficult times and while I may be the "leader" of this community, I'm reminded through these experiences that the way I lead is through connection ~ connecting with you through vulnerability, connecting individuals & community, and sharing life together.

Each day, as I face a new phase of this experience, I remind myself that I will get through this. I will come out stronger. I visualize that day, that time, when the storm has clea...

Are you dealing with Seasonal Allergies?

The weather begins to shift and suddenly, you find yourself with a runny nose, sneezing, itchy or watery or irritated eyes?

Do you experience respiratory symptoms when you change your environment?

Congestion or mucus? Itchy or scratchy throat? Feeling sluggish or your body is achy or heavy?

All of these symptoms are communication from your body that it's asking for a little more support while working hard to regain balance. Your body is working on overdrive because your bucket is overflowing. 

The most important things that are often missed when considering seasonal or environmental allergies involve: 

1. Your overall foundation ~ how much is your body currently "working on" before the additional invaders are introduced
2. Your channels of elimination ~ how well can your body get rid of the extra burdens?
3. Your immune efficiency ~ how powerful is your immune system to rid the invaders and build up a tolerance and how many areas are tri
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You can’t out supplement a poor lifestyle. 

This statement will always ring true. 

If you’re familiar with my story, you know I’ve walked many paths towards holistic health. 

From living in a constant state chronic & acute illness and leaning on buckets of OTC meds, antibiotics, and occasional steroid injections when those couldn’t calm the storm. 

To dropping everything -cleansing my system and life of the daily chemicals - from food, skin & hair care, cleaning products, you-name-it. 

I even eliminated anything that remotely resembled any kind of supplement. If it wasn’t whole food based and mostly in its original form before I used it, it wasn’t part of my routine.

Your life is a cycle of lessons.

And for me, learning from experience - and often extremes, offers the most valuable feedback to truly understand your why behind your choices and where balance comes together.

My first pregnancy cast a spotlight on major lifestyle imbalances. I had recently left my manageme...

Nature ~ fierce, calming, vibrant, quiet. An undeniable mirror of life. Nature provides an abundance of resources. And as life gains speed, it’s easy to overlook or breeze right past exactly what you need to balance your system as it grows right beside your mailbox 

The current norm in lifestyle doesn’t hold space for appreciating the gifts of nature and all their uses. Identifying herbs and knowing how to use them is a skill often lost among generations.

And yet nature has its way of reminding you by subtle yet breathtaking displays that stop you in your tracks, even for a moment, filling you with a mesmerizing inspiration that warms you from the inside and invigorates the sensation of your own heart beat.

And if you’ve been blessed to awaken early enough to witness the slow rise of the sun casting delicate yet powerful rays against the stable and awe-inspiring mountain range, you too can feel alpenglow in your soul.

Our friend, Rachel Leigh, a mama, forager, herbalist, and nat...