My Story
My Story
My wellness journey has been a long one. I have been sick on and off since I was an infant. From constant ear infections as a baby and needing tubes put in, to asthma with breathing treatments by age four to allergy shots by twelve. The list goes on. I was constantly having new symptoms which landed us back at the doctor's office and waiting on new test results. I remember the doctor appointments and every time we left feeling all of those frustrated emotions because the test results wouldn't show anything and the doctors would try a new prescription to see if that would help. One particular series of visits when I was in 8th grade I was having severe stomach pains. Before I ate I would get them almost like hunger pains but when I'd get a couple bites in they would be so bad I couldn't continue. I lived on peanut butter and jelly because that was the only thing that didn't hurt. This went on for almost six months. One of the last doctors we went to told my mom and I that I wasn't breathing right during track practice and to take a pill for heart burn. After that we stopped going to see doctors for these symptoms. My parents did everything they could to try and find answers but we just didn't know what we didn't know. That was the moment I just decided it was something I'd have to figure out how to live with. I just started keeping it to myself. It was hard as a fourteen year old to have doctors and other adults make you feel like it was all in your head or that you were making it up for attention or to get out of something or whatever they thought. So I learned to suffer in silence.
I managed this way into my twenties. 2016 was the tipping point when my husband and I lived in Arizona. I was no longer managing the symptoms and they were getting worse. My allergies were constant. I almost always felt as if I had a sinus infection. My asthma wasn't any better. I was using my inhaler a lot more frequently. This started me on the search for answers. Through tons of my own research, hour upon hours of reading countless articles and blog posts. I found out that I have histamine intolerant which is an autoimmune disorder. So, basically my body is over reactive to things it conceders harmful to me and can manifest in many ways. I have learned to look at my flare ups as an early warning sign. I am overloading with something it sees as toxic. What I found to truly be some of the biggest problems for myself was chemicals that were constantly burdening my body. These chemicals like formaldehyde, parabens, and phthalates just to name a few, were in 95% of the products I was using daily. This was one of the small things that make such a difference in my health.
My Hope
My hope is that I can provide other busy moms and dads with the product education they have been looking for but have not had time to do on their own. Offering better alternatives to everyday products and simplify their shopping. Also being able to help families save time, money, and their health. Sharing the knowledge I've learned over the past few years on ingredients and their side effects has become a passion of mine. So many illnesses and health issues linked to these common ingredients found in everyday products but we rarely hear about how dangerous they can be to our health. I hope I can start to change that and help bring the awareness needed. Too many times companies and people prey on busy parents by making empty promises or products that do more harm than good. I've been there and now i want to help save others from going through the same thing.
