The other day, my husband Ty and I were at Costco. We were an aisle over from the detergent section. I remember it being quite strong so naturally, I held my breath and quickened my steps to get out of there but didn’t really think much of it. Well, until Ty caught up to be in tears laughing. He said “When does it end? How far does this go? What is it going to be like in 50 years? I mean we have been married for 16 years and you have changed so much! You used to buy that detergent and now you just acted like you were walking through a bar full of smokers.”
We laughed so hard!
In the days since then, Ty’s question has been ringing in my ear. “When will I be done?!” The answer is easy. It’s never.
We are never done evolving, expanding, learning and healing. I am sharing this story with you because the same is true for your gut health. You will never be done healing your gut.
So many people come to me when they themselves or their children are experiencing symptoms of gut imbalance. Symptoms like skin rashes, bloating, yeast infections, chronic hives, allergies, inflammation, autoimmune disorders, depression, anxiety and so many others. They purchase my Women’s or Children’s Gut Rebalance Kits, work through my course that you get free access to when you purchase the kits and once their symptoms are healed they naturally assume their guts are forever healed.
I was this same way when I healed my son. He had struggled with symptoms for 2.5 years. Once I finally learned how to heal his body I followed the healing protocol perfectly. Once his gut was balanced and his symptoms healed, we went back to our old way of living. We stopped supplementing and resumed eating some of the foods that feed bad bacteria, yeast and parasites. I thought we were done and that his gut was forever balanced.
When we landed back at the naturopath a few weeks later with his symptoms creeping back, I was so defeated. Was there something wrong with my son?
No. Nothing was wrong. His body learned what balance felt like and he wasn’t for a second going to let us backtrack.
All I can compare it to is, if you are a person like me who grew up with artificial scented candles, drenched yourself in Victoria Secrets Love Spell body spray and spent time as a teenager smelling all the different soaps at Bed Bath and Beyond and loved every bit of it all. And then grew up to learn how horrific artificial fragrances are for your health, got rid of all of them and detoxed yourself. You now can no longer be an aisle distance away without instantly feeling sick. You get a headache and maybe even nauseous. You didn’t know that something was bad for your health, you learned about it, eliminated it and now that your body is pure - you cannot go back.
Healing the gut isn’t exactly the same. You won’t have an aversion like with smelling artificial fragrances but you will never want to go back to living with any level of imbalance.
Our family’s microbiome journey has evolved so much since our son’s experience and what I have learned is that our gut bacteria naturally fluctuates. It ebbs and flows with stresses in life, our hormones and immune systems. Balance isn’t a destination of a place. It is a process. A beautiful dance that only us lucky ones participate in.
What I learned from my son's experience and am now able to support others in understanding when they come to me asking “when will I be done? is that our microbiome health is like exercise. You would never have the expectation that you could go to the gym for sixty days, get really fit and then be done and your body would maintain that fit state forever. Heck no. Your fitness is a forever commitment and your gut health is the same.
And again, the beautiful part is that just like my son, once you experience how wonderful gut balance feels, you will never go back. It is a state of such abundant thriving that most people don’t even know exists. After watching our sons healing our whole family committed to our microbiome balance. Everything has to pass our gut health filter in order to fit into our lives and I am here to tell you, I never knew life could be so good.
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