In this episode, I'll talk about the supplements my family uses daily to maintain a balanced gut, as well as the protocols I put into place to make sure we never run out of the things that bring us wellness. If your intuition is calling you to focus on your family's gut health, then this episode is for you.
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Sending love and wellness from my mama heart to yours,
XO - Juniper Bennett
Founder of ōNLē ORGANICS
In this episode, I'll talk about the supplements my family uses daily to maintain a balanced gut, as well as the protocols I put into place to make sure we never run out of the things that bring us wellness. If your intuition is calling you to focus on your family's gut health, then this episode is for you.
Click HERE for show notes.
Thanks for listening! I would love to connect with you ♡
Click HERE to shop my gut balancing supplements.
Sending love and wellness from my mama heart to yours,
XO - Juniper Bennett
Founder of ōNLē ORGANICS
Welcome to Episode 29; Is Supplementing Necessary to Maintain a Balanced Gut?
I remember it all so vividly. Waking up on the West coast of Vancouver Island. The air was cold and humid. We were camped at a provincial park where we were warned to not leave our dog out children outside or out of our site. That the week before a dog was attached to a leash outside, its owner went inside for a quick minute to go potty and the poor dog was attacked and killed by a pack of wolves. In the spot right next to ours.
Now I know many people might turn around and head somewhere else. But this is why we have traveled next to full-time for the last 7.5 years. To feel the wild. To experience nature right outside our door. To live a life full of adventure and a level of safe exposure that pushes us to expand into our highest selves. When we began the long and windy, sometimes one lane, drive toward this wild Canadian coast we did not know just how wild it would actually be. Maybe the fact that there is only one road that leads to this area should have been an indication but this is how we intentionally travel and overall choose to live life. We get an idea, if it speaks to our intuitions we put it on the map and go. We fully trust that our intuition and the universe will only allow us to go where we are meant to be which of course means we know we will always be safe. If something doesn’t feel right we turn around. This is true for our travels and a metaphor for our life.
So after the wolf warning and settling into our spot we leashed up our sweet Walter dog, who by the way is a highly trained family protection dog and gives us an extra layer of security. I should also mention that there were rangers all over. This park wouldn’t be open if it were unsafe. We felt very confident and unafraid because we knew if we followed the safety rules given to us that we would be fine. So I wrapped our itty bitty baby Bird into the baby carrier, Ty threw Remi in a backpack and we each held Luna and Akis hands as we headed out on the provincial trail system right from out front door. We were drawn to this place but just like everywhere we travel, we did’t research it before hand. We like doing it this way. We just show up and are surprised beyond our imaginations at the adventures to be had. So you can imagine our surprise when the mossy trail quickly turned into a steep forested mountainside that lead us to the most beautiful and secluded beach we have ever been to. The ocean salt hung so heavy in the air we could taste it. The tidal pools, the rangers patrolling back and forth where the sand met the forest. My children running and jumping the waves and squeezing in pure delight. The driftwood teepee that captivated our imaginations for hours.
I remember it all so vividly because it was a fond memory that will forever be burned in my heart. We were living vulnerably and big. We chose intentionality over fear and often times when you do that you come to life in new ways.
It was here on the west coast of Vancouver Island where I noticed a small rash on Birdie. He was four months old at this time and up to this point had been the most content and healthy baby. I had an amazing pregnancy and water birth, he was a whopping 10 pounds and pure perfection. This spot of a rash came out of nowhere and spread rapidly. I remember going from feeling so alive on this remote beach to feeling worried. Had I eaten something? Was he allergic to the sand or the ocean?
This rash evolved into sour smelling poop, reflux, restless sleep and a fussiness we had never seen in him. Something was clearly wrong but we couldn’t pinpoint it. Which is silly because if you know my story you know that we went through this with our second child a few years earlier. We fought for his health for 2.5 years before learning that all of his symptoms were connected to a gut imbalance. We healed his gut and his symptoms went away.
Well I had blocked our experience with our second child out of my head because it was 2.5 years of living in pure survival mode. It took me a little time to piece it together for Birdie but once I did it was like strobe lights turned on. I knew it with everything in me he had a gut imbalance. So we followed the same protocol that we did with our second child and sure enough - his skin healed, his poop went back to normal, he started sleeping and he was back to his content old self. Of course it took a little time but once we started we noticed improvements right away.
That’s when it hit me. What we did to heal our children was so gentle with zero negative side effects. Why wouldn’t we live that way as a lifestyle? So I committed to an experiment. For two months I wanted to see what would happen to our family’s overall health and happiness if we followed the protocol which among a few other things included taking an Alkaline Liquid Silver supplement and a powerful probiotic. I don’t even know how to put this into words that will do our experience justice but this experiment changed our lives.
Without even knowing it my husband and I definitely had minor gut imbalances for likely most of our lives. Balancing our gut bacteria with this protocol made us come to life. Our entire family started sleeping better, our moods were more stable, we had more clarity than ever before and following our intuition got even easier. We had a good life prior to this experiment but in comparison - it was a fine life. We were now thriving.
About a month into this experiment I had a dream. Something you need to know about me is that I have clinical ADHD. I have never medicated for it but have spent my whole life learning how to get by. When I balanced my gut I gained a clarity and focus that I had never experienced before. This dream I had was a vivid one. A brand of the best quality supplements that I could share with other family’s. I could help other children suffering from unexplainable symptoms like colic, eczema, reflux, restless sleep, yeast infections, sour smelling poop, food allergies, intolerances and sensitivities. In this dream I saw my labels, I felt the texture and I watched myself actually do it. I woke up with my new sense of focus and clarity and I went for it. The first big dream I have had the ability to pursue.
I followed this dream just like we choose to travel. I didn’t know what to expect but I knew it deep inside of me that it was right. I didn’t know if it would be safe or successful from any external reassurance, I just knew it that just like in our travels - when something feels right we jump. So I jumped big.
I worked on partnerships with doctors and manufactures to create the absolute best quality products. This started in January 2020 I officially launched ōNLē ORGANICS in June of 2020. As you know, this is shortly after the pandemic hit. I didn’t have all the logistics figured out and thank goodness I didn’t waste a second trying to. Most times living fully looks like jumping without knowing where you will land. Because of the pandemic the tenants who had been renting our house decided they wanted to terminate their lease early to quarantine with family on the east coast. So we took the opportunity to go home and quarantine on our safe little piece of heaven in Montana.
I turned a little cabin on our property into a warehouse and I filled orders out of there twice a week. As I started to grow I hired a friend to help fill the influx of orders. During this time our family was deeply called by the road so I left order fulfillment in the hands of my trusted friend and employee. We were experiencing steady growth though and in March of 2022 I realized that my business was only going to grow as big as my space would allow and it was time to expand. So my little Birdie who was two at the time and I flew home from the California/Mexico border, packed up my warehouse and moved my whole business to a fulfillment center. This move was beautiful. This isn’t any old fulfillment center. This is a small, family run business and they take great care in fulfilling my orders exactly how I ask. This might seem like a silly thing to even mention here but I take my packaging very serious. I believe wellness is our greatest gift and in living true to that dream I had, I want your orders to arrive feeling like just that. A gift you can’t wait to open.
Moving to the fulfillment center has been an incredible leap in me being able to support more families. The only part that has taken time to adjust to is that I can’t just walk across my bridge and grab bottles of supplements when we run out. I have to order them, just like you.
We take every single one of my ōNLē ORGANICS supplements every single day to maintain balance within our bodies and we have never missed a day since we did that experiment up in Canada. Whelp?
After avoiding it for so long, my family finally caught Covid in June of 2022. As I do whenever we catch a cold or virus, I upped our dose of Cleanse because it is a natural antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral supplement. A little everyday is miraculous for our bodies, a little bit extra during times of sickness and it is incredibly supportive in healing.
I upped our dose of Nourish Probiotic to help keep our gut bacteria strong and balanced while we fought Covid.
At the same time I also upped our dose of Balance CBD because it helps all of our bodily systems like our immune, nervous and digestive systems maintain balance. Certainly I wanted to support our bodies in this way.
It felt like I was drowning in exhaustion. And as a family of six it felt like it took forever for it to cycle through our whole family. And wouldn’t you know it. I ran out of my own supplements. Yep! In the middle of Covid when it was most important, the day my husband landing funky while skateboarding with our son in our yard and broke his leg, I ran out of the supplements that I, in the very depth of my being know support our bodies more than anything else.
I quickly placed an order and because the fulfillment center ships orders out the same or next day I got them really quickly but all of this was unnecessary. It created stress on top of an already stressful time 2that I didn’t need. And I made a promise to myself that it would never happen again.
Here is what I ordered and why . . .
Two Adult Gut rebalance kits and four Kids Gut Rebalance kits. All sickness greatly impacts our gut bacteria. 70 percent of the immune system is ruled by the gut. So making sure that we are nurturing our gut bacteria back into balance after experiencing covid was incredibly important.
When your gut bacteria is out of balance your immune system isn’t as strong. Not only that but there are other viruses like Epstein Barr, lymes disease and strep that can lie dormant in your body. When any sickness arises and your gut bacteria is naturally but negatively impacted, your immune system is compromised and these other dormant viruses can essentially be triggered to wake up. There are 60 different variations of Epstein Barr and 9 out of 10 adults have antibodies for this virus, meaning it is not unlikely that it is dormant in many of our bodies right now without us knowing it. Well guess what kills Epstein Barr? The exact same supplement that kill excess bad bacteria in your gut. That’s right! Cleanse, which is a supplement in the Gut Rebalance Kits.
So in the midst of all of this, as I just mentioned - my husband was skateboarding with our son and he fell and broke his leg in several places. He needed emergency surgery, had a rod and so many screws and plates put in and gosh, you know how many medications all of this entailed. Of course his gut bacteria was greatly impacted by all of this so rebalancing his gut right away was critical for not only helping him heal but also for his mental health. 95% of your serotonin is produced in your gut so if we were to leave his gut unattended to he would definitely have had a much harder recovery. Both physically and emotionally.
Okay! So that is why I ordered our gut rebalance kits. They contain enough supplements for a 64 day rebalance and wow! Within a few days of starting everyone started sleeping better, I developed hives on day 11 of having Covid and two days into my rebalance my hives were nearly gone. Our brain fog lifted and we within a week we could finally see a light at the end of the covid tunnel.
The Kits weren’t the only thing I ordered that night though. To make sure I would never every be in a situation like that again I set up subscription order that will send me all the supplements and products that our family needs every single month without me having to remember to order. What this looks like is after our full Gut Rebalances we will take our usual doses of 2 tsp Cleanse and 1 Nourish capsule everyday. In the subscription I included enough Balance CBD so we can all have our daily dose, a bottle of Relieve because it’s a must have, never run out of product. My go to for all things skin like rashes, cuts, burns, scrapes, bug bites and so much more! Also, a bar of Wash bar soap and one bottle of Rejuvenate. This is my one ingredient facial moisturizer that will 100% change your skin. So that’s in my subscription order. Automatically shipped to me every month so I am sure to never run out again. And yes, I know you’re thinking “well Sar, that’s easy for you to say - it’s free for you.” But no, my friend. This is not the case. I pay full price because after all, I myself need to support my own business in growing and expanding so no more walking across the bridge and snagging what I need off the shelf. I have a team now that holds me accountable so I am right here in this, making an intentional effort to prioritize my family’s gut health right along side you.
So this is why I have a subscription order to my own business. When we start traveling again it will be a bit harder because we won’t have a solid address but I will be sure to figure it out. Because everything we do is better when out guts are balanced and our immunes systems supported.
Before I wrap this episode up I want to answer a question I know you might be dying to ask. . . is supplementing necessary to achieve gut balance?
In my family’s experience and healing our children and then pursuing the experiment I shared with you followed by all the research I did in building my business, yes. Supplementing is important for achieving and maintaining gut balance. In brief here is why. . . The natural good bacterias that once lived in abundance on our fruits, vegetable and grains are greatly depleted making it so we don’t get sufficient amounts of good bacteria. While at the same time our exposure to toxins, pesticides and chemicals is greater than ever before and these are not only harmful to our good bacteria but in many cases even feed the bad bacteria. So yes, supplementing is important. And just like I always say and mean with my whole heart, this episode is not to sell you. It is to empower you with knowledge so you can listen to your intuition and lead your family’s wellness. This is just the why behind my brand. To educate and share the exact supplements that have brought abundant health and happiness to my family. Because I know it with everything in me that your family can thrive! And just so you know, if you are considering incorporating gut balancing supplements - when you subscribe you get 10% off and you can set your frequency to whatever you need.
The last thing I need to share with you today is that while supplementing is an important part in achieving and maintaining gut balance, it is just that. Supplements supplement however you live. My family not only supplements, we live a very gut nurturing lifestyle all day everyday. I teach this entire lifestyle in my course Happy and Healthy From The Inside Out. This course is the ultimate step-by-step guide that has now changed so many lives. If you would like to learn more you can attend my free introductory masterclass. I will link it along with my course and the Rebalance Kits in the show notes.
Thanks for being here, mama! I’ll talk to you soon.