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Shelby Townsend, The Holistic Nurse, Odessa, MO (2025)

11/20/2025

Imagine a period without the dreaded pain and severe cramping.
You know it’s coming — not because you’re uncomfortable — but because you’re so in sync with your body.

Can you picture a day when you no longer wake up sad or in a dark place a week before your period?
Instead of fighting the ebb and flow of your hormones, you begin to lean into your feminine energy.

You rest when your body asks for rest.
You move when you feel momentum.
You honor your rhythm instead of forcing yourself through it.

All of this is possible for you.

The severe pain, cramping, bloating, and nausea?
Not normal — just common.

The deep sadness, anxiety, and fear that show up with each phase?
Not normal — just common.

It’s time we take control of our bodies.
It’s time we take back our health.

2026 — we work through this together. 🌿✨

11/17/2025

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥… 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦…

🌙 𝗣𝗠𝗗𝗗… 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗧?! 🌙

Let’s talk about what no one is talking about enough — 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘺𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 (𝘗𝘔𝘋𝘋).

If you feel like you turn into a completely different person before your period — anxious, angry, depressed, exhausted, disconnected — 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭.

PMDD is your body’s way of screaming for attention, not medication.
You don’t need to be “fixed”… 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱.

When you start to learn about your body and honor what it needs in each phase of your cycle — 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 — your hormones stop working against you and start working for you.

✨ You’re not broken. You’re just disconnected from your rhythm. ✨
It’s time to reconnect, respect your cycle, and root yourself back into balance. 🌿

11/14/2025

🌤️ Why Your Vitamin D Is STILL Low… Even When You’re Taking High Doses 🌤️ (And REMEMBER: optimal Vitamin D levels are CRUCIAL to your mental health!)

So many people ask,
“Why is my vitamin D low even though I’m taking massive supplements?”

Here’s the truth 👇

➡️ No K2
Vitamin D needs K2 to move calcium into your bones and out of your bloodstream.
No K2? Your body doesn’t use the vitamin D you’re taking.

➡️ No Magnesium
Magnesium is the activation key for vitamin D.
Without magnesium, you’re basically swallowing vitamin D that your body can’t convert into anything helpful.

➡️ No Sunshine
Supplements help — but they can’t replace the way your skin naturally synthesizes vitamin D from sunlight.
Even 10–15 minutes outside can make a huge difference.

Your levels aren’t low because your body is failing…
They’re low because your body needs cofactors, not higher doses.

✨ Support the whole system — not just the supplement. ✨

11/12/2025

𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
Suffering quietly. The ones who have to try just a little bit harder. Your life experiences and genetics made it more of a challenge... and I see you. 🖤

You’ve hit a wall. You’re struggling to get out of bed. Caught in that vicious cycle of wanting to feel better—yet the fatigue, anxiety, or depression feels like it’s controlling you.

But it’s not.
𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚. 💪

I recently hit that wall myself. My diet hasn’t been top-tier, and my exercise routine is no longer a routine—and I’m feeling it.

And let’s be honest… exercise doesn’t come easy for anyone. It’s so easy to find excuses.
I struggle with asthma. I feel like I’m sick all the time. I have neck and spine issues and chronic pain that make it challenging to stay consistent on my bad days.

But here’s the thing:
𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. 🌿

Last night, I was feeling the bloat, the pain, the fatigue—and I told myself: no more.

At 4 a.m., I lay there repeating, “I’m getting up at 4:30.”
(Yeah, I know, it’s early—but this is what works for me.)

When 4:30 rolled around, I had to have a whole conversation with myself for nearly 30 minutes:

> “Your mind is telling you you can’t do this—but 𝗬𝗢𝗨 are in control of your thoughts.”
“Nobody is coming to save you. 𝗬𝗢𝗨 have to get up and put in the effort.”
“You got nine hours of sleep. You’re not tired—that’s just your mind playing tricks on you.”
“You’re going to feel so much better once you do this.”

So I did it.
I got up. I worked out. I dry brushed. I showered.
And I felt amazing. ✨

You are worthy of love 🖤 That includes love for yourself babe.

11/09/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀—𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱, 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆...
It was hard for anyone who hadn’t experienced those symptoms to truly understand what I was feeling—because the feeling never went away.

It was heavy.
I could only explain it as feeling like I was trapped in a box, and the walls were closing in tighter and tighter. I felt restricted....suffocated.

My nervous system was completely dysregulated. And no matter where I turned, nobody could really help me.
They wanted to—but the only tools they had were talk therapy and medications.
Neither worked for me. In fact, they often made things worse.

It wasn’t until I started my journey of shadow work that I began to heal.
I turned inward. I started processing how I felt, not just what I thought.
I learned to channel the energy and move it out.
I set boundaries.
I began cycle syncing.
I healed my gut.
I prioritized myself.

And when I finally put myself first and did the work…
🔥 I lit that f*cking box on fire. 🔥

So if you’re feeling stuck—trapped in a constant state of dysregulation—just know you’re not alone.
It will get better when you start doing the work and turning inward.

✨ I’m creating a program for next year to guide those who have been where I was or are currently there.
If this message resonates with you, stick around.
You don’t have to go through this alone. 🖤

11/07/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲.
But as I started hitting each goal I set for myself, I thought… why not try giving up the daily caffeine?
I mean, I love challenging myself, right? ☕💪

𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗.
The headaches were unbearable at first, so I had to slowly wean myself off.
But once I got over that hump, something incredible happened…

Those unprompted panic attacks I was having? They started to fade.
The dizzy spells, the heart palpitations, the irritability that felt like low blood sugar? Gone.

When I swapped my (very strong 😅) morning coffee for warm herbal tea blends, my body started to calm down.
Even my gut issues—something I’d been battling for years—started to ease up. 🌿

Now, I’m not saying everyone needs to ditch their morning cup of coffee.
I still treat myself to a caffeinated drink here and there.
But what I am saying is… not everyone’s body handles caffeine the same way.

Small, infrequent doses aren’t the end of the world (your genes actually play a big role here 👀), but if you struggle with:

☕ Migraines
☕ Anxiety or panic attacks
☕ Depression
☕ ADHD
☕ GI issues

…it might be worth dialing it back and seeing how your body responds.
Maybe just make it a future goal—when you’re ready. 😉

My goal is always to educate, not judge. 🖤
Just helping you become more aware of what could be triggering your symptoms.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻—𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 💪

10/30/2025

I can't get on board with recipes that take a million steps and have five hundred ingredients. Im constantly working on my mental health.... I need easy and effortless 🖤

Clean, healthy, supportive meals don't have to be hard. You can literally just throw some healthy s**t together and if you feel it's a meal, then it's a meal. To keep my body supported, I pick foods supportive to each phase of my cycle and I just..... throw 'em together 🤷🏼‍♀️ I'll put the recipe and reasons it's good for us in the comments 😉

10/29/2025

Magnesium is all the rage right now (and for good reasons!) BUT not all magnesium is the same and each help support our body in different ways.

✨ Magnesium Glycinate – The calming form. Best for stress, anxiety, and sleep. Gentle on the stomach.

🧠 Magnesium Threonate – Crosses the blood-brain barrier. Great for focus, memory, and mood.

* I love combining a little of both of those for those of us consistently working on mental health

💩 Magnesium Citrate – Helps with constipation and digestion. Can be a bit loosening for some.
💪 Magnesium Malate – Boosts energy and helps with fatigue or muscle pain.
🖤 Magnesium Taurate – Supports heart health and balances blood pressure.
💧 Magnesium Chloride – Easily absorbed and great for topical use (think sprays or baths).

10/25/2025

✨🍂 Seasonal Savings on High-Quality Supplements! 🍂✨

I’ve bumped up savings this season for the general public using my Fullscript practitioner account — you can now save up to 25% on trusted, medical-grade supplements.

It honestly crushes my soul to see people wasting money on products that aren’t reviewed by a medical board or can’t afford the good ones. Let’s change that. 💛

Use my link to get your discount and check the comments for my recommended everyday vitamins to support overall health and wellbeing.

https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/stownsend1747414210

10/24/2025

Instead of "I don't have time for that" let's replace with "I don't make time for that".

Now let that sink in 🖤

10/19/2025

🖤️ Seasonal Depression 🖤

The morning air was crisp today. Fall weather is (finally) upon us 🍂🍁 and you know what else comes with these seasonal changes?

● Anxiety
● Stress
● Depression
● Brain Fog
● Burnout

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO. Here's what supplements I take to avoid seasonal depression:

1. Vitamin D3 + K2
2. Magnesium L-Threonate and/or Magnesium Glycinate (depending on symptoms and goals)
3. Methylated B Vitamins
4. Ashwaganda

Here are some lifestyle changes I prioritize to support my mental health during the fall & winter months:

1. Daily sun exposure - minimum of 30 minutes (no sunscreen & no glasses!)
2. Regular exercise (that walk outside totally counts)
3. Boundaries - set them, enforce them
4. Saying no. I love to say no to anything I don't want to do. Especially during holiday months 🎃 🦃🎄
5. Healthy diet loaded with warming foods and herbal tea blends
6. Rest - This season of life is meant to slow us down. Lean into that. Be okay with that.

10/06/2025

Vulnerability is beautiful and today I want you to own that s**t 🫶

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