The last several years have been wrought with health and wellness issues for me personally. It’s been heartbreaking, frustrating, confusing, isolating, and most of all it has been educating. Through all of it, I learned. The struggle created puzzle pieces that connected new and old things that I was going through, and while I wouldn’t wish struggle on anyone- I’m grateful for it.
Have you struggled with anything involving health and wellness? I know that falls under a big umbrella, it could truly mean anything. What started my journey of trying to puzzle piece my way to better health was my journey through postpartum. While I have always struggled with migraines and feeling fatigued when I probably shouldn’t have, in my younger years I just chalked it up to “it is what it is” and got through it the best I could. It wasn’t until I had my second baby and my first had only just turned 2 that I realized just getting through it wouldn’t cut it anymore; I had to take care of myself to take care of them. My second postpartum journey began with postpartum anxiety and depression and over the course of a year it also led to me realizing I had issues with my hormones, blood sugar balance, cortisol, etc. It felt like a lonely journey, but looking back I know now I had my friends and family patiently waiting to help me when I asked for it.
Besides regularly going to therapy, I didn’t pursue any medical help. I had several people suggest it- my therapist even offered a couple times to get me a prescription for an anti-anxiety or anti-depression medication. While I have absolutely nothing against those medicines, I have good friends that have had their lives improved drastically by them, I just knew that there was something causing these issues and I wanted to find a solution to whatever that something was. Should I have at least gone to a doctor to have my hormones checked? Probably. But after dealing with migraines for so long I had a pretty pessimistic view of what a doctor could do for me. In my experience they didn’t ask enough questions to get to the root of the problem, they just threw something at you and hoped that it helped. Don’t get me wrong, I know there are amazing and caring physicians out there that take the time to help their patients but just knowing my past with the medical industry I decided to move forward on my own and try to solve the puzzle that was my health.
It’s been a long journey and it’s not even close to over -it honestly probably won’t be over until my soul leaves this earth- but I’ve learned a lot, and figured out a lot, and still have A LOT of questions. I’m not even close to a medical professional, I’m nearly a mom who cares about what is going in and on my children’s bodies and a woman who cares about healing myself and anyone else as far as mind, body and soul go.
We live in our bodies everyday. We feel what happens inside and out of them. Only we know the thoughts and emotions that live in our mind and our souls. Who better than us to know best what our bodies need? We have the keys to keep our bodies well as best as we personally can. Yes, sometimes we’ll need medical intervention to heal things out of our control, but we can also handle the things that are in our control.
I’m excited to share things that I’ve learned and how I’ve implemented them, but I’m also excited to learn and grow with this blog and this community. My hope is to create a safe space for anyone who needs it (myself included) to: learn- take what you want, leave what you don’t, heal, and feel beautiful from the inside out with a whole body health approach.
