I’ve just returned from a 2 week Chi Gong retreat in Kauai. This is my longest Chi Gong immersion ever and a major focus of the retreat was improving digestion. …
How to tackle sensitivity and emotional eating
I’ve written before that people with digestive issues tend to be highly sensitive. My own sensitivity has been my biggest gift and my biggest challenge in life. I feel and …
How Tara Rosas healed herself with the GAPS diet
I love healing success stories. They reinforce the strength of the human spirit. Many people write me daily to thank me for sharing my story and giving them hope. The …
How I healed acid reflux
When I got ready to write about this topic I started getting e-mails from blog readers about it. It’s like the universe was reading my mind. Acid reflux is a …
The best remedy for stress
Sometimes solutions to complex health problems are so obvious they get overlooked. I’ve been having some mood problems for a few months now. I wrote about it a while back …
Lessons learned from healing leaky gut
I hope the lessons I relearned while healing my husband’s leaky gut, over these past few months, are helpful to you. It’s definitely ironic that my husband, who’s always had …
The best DIY healing tool for IBS
You don’t have to be a writer to use one of the best tools ever invented for healing digestive issues. A journal. There are two ways to use journals to …
Can copper toxicity make IBS worse?
Many people e-mail me to ask what I did specifically to heal my gut so completely? I’ve been pretty transparent about most of it. I spent a year eating a …
IBS success story: Paleo recipes and managing stress
I met Ceri at a Paleo potluck and we bonded over IBS and Paleo recipes. She has become a friend. I asked her to write a guest blog because …
What to eat when everything bothers you
We can learn a lot about the natural healing process from animals. Animals don’t go to doctors (at least wild ones don’t). When they are sick they instinctively fast and …