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My Journey to Health, Healing, and Breaking Free
Health isn’t some cookie-cutter formula. It’s messy. It’s frustrating. And if you’ve ever tried to live outside the neatly packaged version society shoves down our throats, you know it’s anything but easy. Rooted & Growing is where I spill the real story of my health journey—living with chronic illness, breaking free from the diet culture that’s been shoved in our faces for decades, and finding my own path to healing.
Living with chronic illness? It’s like trying to stand still in a hurricane. No matter how hard you try, the world keeps spinning. But, after years of stumbling through it all, I’m finding my footing. This space is where I’ll share what I’ve learned about reclaiming my health on my own terms, what it actually means to eat for energy (not for the next diet trend), and how I’m unlearning everything I thought I knew about wellness. Spoiler alert: it’s not easy, and it’s not pretty, but it’s real.
What You’ll Find Here:
Chronic Illness, No Filter – The messy, hard truth of living with a condition that refuses to be ignored, and how I’ve learned to navigate the chaos.
Unlearning the Food Lies – How I’ve been duped by the food industry and the myths about what’s “healthy,” and how I’m undoing it all for my own sanity and health.
Saying No to the Food Industrial Complex – Why I’m done buying into a system that profits off our health—and how I’m choosing to fight back by making my own rules.
Personal Growth & Healing – The ups, downs, and in-betweens of taking control of my body and finding healing by stepping away from mainstream wellness nonsense.
I’m not here to offer some perfect, polished solution or sell you a one-size-fits-all diet. This is my journey, warts and all. I’ll tell you about the mistakes, the wins, and everything in between. There’s no goal of “perfection.” It’s all about being healthier, stronger, and feeling like I’ve got the reins back in my hands.
Living with chronic illness is like trying to navigate life on a rollercoaster where you don’t control the speed, the turns, or when it stops.
This is my messy, hilarious, and brutally honest journey of unlearning everything I thought I knew about food, health, and why everyone around you suddenly turns into a junk food dealer the second you try to do better.
I fell down the rabbit hole of nutrition, gut health, and hidden sugars — and what I found completely changed how we eat.
Let’s start with a simple truth: The food industry doesn’t care about you. Not your health, not your well-being.
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