Introduction - My healing story:

In this blog, I will reference books, websites, podcasts, and more, but I also want to be intuitive, letting my creativity guide me. My hope is that what interests me will resonate with you. I aim to speak from the heart.

This blog is a healing outlet for me. It's been a long time since I wrote creatively—probably not since university, where I studied Cultural Anthropology. What a joy it was to access incredible academic writing on psychology, history, and anthropology. I did well because writing has always been one of my favorite outlets. Essay writing was a pleasure for me!

That was 18 years ago.

Now, I’m a mother to a 14-year-old boy and have been married for 16 years.

When I was newly pregnant, I read What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff (2018). The book lists various conditions that can cause miscarriage, and after having a 12-week miscarriage the year before, I didn’t want to go through that again. I decided to get some blood tests, which led to a diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease, or hypothyroidism. From my research, I believe it developed during a stressful and traumatic time 18 years ago, when I wasn't taking care of myself.

The Louise Hay affirmation for hypothyroidism is: “I CREATE a new life with new rules that totally support me.”

For those unfamiliar, Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease, and having one autoimmune disorder can make you susceptible to others. Low energy is a common symptom across autoimmune diseases, and for me, it’s been the most challenging. It explains why my creativity was put on hold. I’ve been overweight for 18 years, and my hair has thinned significantly.

While I was pregnant, I visited a thyroid specialist in Lismore once a month to adjust my thyroxine levels until I had my baby. After that, I stopped going—I’m not sure why. I continued taking the medication prescribed by my local doctor, though.

When my son was still small, I started counsseling and later tried kinesiology because I was feeling overwhelmed and panicky, unable to cope with everyday life. Thankfully, this symptom has lessened over the years with kinesiology. The medication never seemed to make a noticeable difference. What really helped was cutting down on “busyness” and overscheduling—learning to say “no.” Through kinesiology and my own research, I realized that I had created this “dis-ease” through people-pleasing habits and weak boundaries.

I believe diet plays a significant role too—cutting out sugar, dairy, and gluten (for starters!)—but without addressing underlying behavioral and psychological habits, dis-ease will manifest in the body in some way.

*“Dis-ease” is how we describe any condition in kinesiology that makes life not easy!