Food fear creates a frozen gut.An initial food reaction may have had a physical cause, but the emotional memory of it can harden into something deeper. The body contracts. The …
Is the Oura Ring Worth It?
We live in a time where we can measure almost everything by ourselves: sleep cycles, heart rate variability, stress, glucose, metabolism. Tracking our biometrics is popular with biohackers and those …
How to Tone the Vagus Nerve for your Nervous System Type
As nervous system work becomes more mainstream, especially for gut healing and chronic health issues, the vagus nerve has (rightfully) received a lot of attention. In this post I tell …
Is stress or trauma causing symptoms?
Understanding Completion vs. Interruption in Healing Healing happens when something in us finally gets to complete its cycle. Once you understand this, your relationship with stress and your nervous system …
Why Your Body Is Not Healing: The Nervous System Stress Pattern That Keeps You Stuck
When the Body Can’t Slow Down. Does this sound familiar? Your body feels like it is moving at one hundred miles per hour while your mind begs for rest. You …
Root causes for SIBO: holistic approach
When SIBO Keeps Coming Back: Treat the Roots, Not Just the Bugs If you’ve done the antimicrobials and the low-FODMAP diet—and your SIBO keeps boomeranging back—you’re not alone. Killing overgrowth …
Is stress denial driving gut symptoms?
Everyone has different strategies for dealing with stress. Some people magnify it to create an urgent response while others repress it, pretending it’s not there. Both are survival strategies that …
Best low cost test for stomach acid and adrenals
In my experience, low stomach acid and depleted adrenals are among the top causes for gut infections and overgrowths like SIBO, LIBO (large intestinal bacterial overgrowth), yeast and parasites. Which …
How to find hidden h. pylori
Why do I recommend getting a GI Map stool test, when you can get stool tests for free at your doctor’s office? The GI Map is expensive at $425, but …
Minerals and IBS
The GI Map and SIBO test has been a great tool for finding the root cause of digestive issues that are “not in your head”. The GI Map stool test …