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Breakthrough Integrative Healing

I use a targeted natural health system to help people get to the root cause of their health issues.

Empowering holistic wellness through integrative healing. 🌟 Offering personalized support in functional medicine, mindset mastery, and nutrition to help you unlock your body's innate healing potential. 💫 Join us on the journey to vibrant health! This system combines functional lab testing with nutrition and mindset strategies that is fully tailored to each individual. I can help with:

*Digestive

Disorders such as SIBO, IBS, Crohn's, IBD, Bloating, Constipation, Diarrhea, Leaky Gut *Interstitial Cystitis *Candida *Lyme's *Mold *Lupus *Fatigue *Anxiety *Depression *PMS *Hormone Imbalance *Arthritis *Migraines *Histamine Intolerance *Food Sensitivities *Eczema *Weight Gain *Autoimmune Conditions *ADHD *Sinusitis and MORE!

04/25/2026

🌿 LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) is a blood marker that not many doctors or practitioners test, but it's really important when it comes to metabolic health.

It's an enzyme found in almost every cell in your body.
Its job? Helping convert glucose into energy.

This is a marker I like to see in a specific range. Too high and it indicates tissue damage (including your liver!), infection or even systemic oxidative stress. Too low can mean low cellular energy or low key nutrient deficiencies.

💡 Why I Test It

LDH helps me understand how well your cells are functioning.

It’s one piece of a bigger puzzle that helps connect symptoms like fatigue, slow recovery, and low resilience back to what’s happening at the cellular level.

With this marker, I can spot patterns of stress, energy production, and healing capacity in your body which are all things we can do something about. ✨

04/22/2026

Unpopular Opinion: Eczema is an INTERNAL issue.📢

Your skin is the MESSENGER, not the problem. It's literally screaming "something's wrong inside!" and we keep trying to shut it up with steroids instead of listening.

🔎Here's what I see when I run labs on clients with eczema:

Nutrient deficiencies
Overloaded detox pathways- Your body pushes the toxins out through your skin
Leaky Gut - allowing undigested protein into your bloodstream
Food sensitivities creating inflammation
Gut dysbiosis - out of whack microbiome
Histamine Intolerance

Want clear skin? Stop treating the symptom. Start investigating the root cause. Your gut and your liver will thank you. And so will your skin. 💚

04/20/2026

Detoxification isn't a juice cleanse.

Your body is running a three phase detoxification process RIGHT NOW where it's converting toxins, packaging them up, and shipping them out.

But if your Phase two is backed up or sluggish...these toxins hang around...and recirculate.

Juice cleanses aren't going to cut it.

I use FUNCTIONAL LABS (genetics, organic acids, blood work) to find out exactly where you need support - then give your body what it's actually asking for.

No guessing, No trendy teas. Just personalized protocols based on YOUR unique detox pathways.🌿

04/16/2026

HNMT (Histamine N-Methyltransferase) is responsible for breaking down histamine inside cells, especially in the brain, nervous system and airways.

While DAO handles breaking down histamine from food in the gut… HNMT handles histamine internally. This is the kind that affects your mind and mood, and it's responsible for clearing histamine from your body.

When this gene isn’t working efficiently, histamine can build up inside the body. This can look like:

Anxiety or feeling “on edge”
Racing thoughts at night
Insomnia (especially waking between 2–4am)
Headaches or migraines
Sensitivity to smells, foods, or environments
Chronic congestion or asthma-like symptoms

Basically… your nervous system feels like it’s stuck in overdrive.

HNMT relies heavily on methylation to do its job. So if you have:

MTHFR mutations
High histamine symptoms
Poor stress tolerance

…there’s often a methylation bottleneck affecting HNMT.

If taking anti-histamines or a low histamine diet doesn’t affect your symptoms, it may be your body’s ability to process and clear it that's the issue.

Your genetics can be a BIG piece of that puzzle. ✨

04/14/2026

The debate is real: to coffee or not to coffee...

If you choose coffee, you want to eliminate the toxicity of plastic coming into contact with your hot coffee. ☕️

04/08/2026

I don't use the DUTCH test just for s*x hormones...I use it for cortisol patterns too.

Here's why ⬇️

Your saliva cortisol can look "normal".
The DUTCH, though, will show metabolized cortisol. This is how much your body is actually producing and breaking down.

If that number is high, it can mean your body is overproducing cortisol & clearing it quickly just to keep levels looking normal. Your body is intelligent like that. It will adapt.

So on paper? You look fine.
But in reality? Your body is working overtime.

This is why testing deeper is important. 🌿

04/07/2026

Everything you do, every day is either a deposit or withdrawl from your future health. Choose wisely. 🌿

04/01/2026

Interstitial Cystitis has root causes - not just symptoms. Sharing some of the biggest ones I see (and experienced myself). 💛

03/31/2026

Ever feel like your emotions are more intense than they should be… or harder to come down from?

It's often believed that your genes determine your destiny. That's not necessarily true, but they do influence how your body processes things like stress, mood, and neurotransmitters.

And one gene that plays a big role in this is MAO-A.

MAO-A is an enzyme that breaks down your neurotransmitters - primarily serotonin.

Mutations here will slow the break down. When it's slower (+/+) serotonin and stress-related neurotransmitters hang around longer than they should.

This can look like:

• Feeling emotions very deeply
• Irritability or mood swings
• Anxiety or feeling on edge
• Overthinking or rumination
• Trouble “letting things go”
• Feeling overwhelmed more easily

A build up of serotonin also can interact with histamine systems contributing to histamine-related issues.

This looks like:

• Headaches
• Flushing
• Skin Reactions including Itching
• Sinus Congestion
• Racing Heart
• Food Reactions

Most people treat these as separate issues:

“I have anxiety”
“I have histamine intolerance”

But in some people, they’re connected through slower breakdown pathways.

Most people assume:
👉 “Low serotonin = I need more”

But if MAO-A is slower, adding more serotonin support can sometimes make you feel even worse:
• Increase irritability
• Increase emotional intensity
• Make you feel overstimulated

If you're experiencing any of these symptoms, it's worth knowing your MAO-A status. Better yet, pair it with an Organic Acid Test and you can see much more easily what's happening with your serotonin. 🌿
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03/25/2026

You can do all the "right" things for your health, but if you're in a toxic relationship, it's going to affect your ability to heal.

Relationships impact your nervous system, your stress hormones, your energy - all of it.

Sometimes rather than adding more supplements and routines - you need to create distance from what's harming you. 💛

03/24/2026

Welcome to the supplement graveyard 💀

Half-used bottles.
Things you “heard were good.”
The ONE that was supposed to fix everything.

We’ve all been there - trying all the things hoping one will be the answer.

A collection of “maybe this will help” purchases all
taken without knowing:
• What you’re deficient in
• Which pathways need support
• What your body actually needs

We thought testing was too expensive, so we thought we'd try this one other supplement and maybe that was the answer. But when you take time to add up all those useless supplements in your drawer - or cabinet - or tote... You realize you could have run the tests and found out what you really needed verses trying things that worked for that one influencer you follow...

Supplements can be powerful…
but only when they’re targeted and intentional.

If you're ready to stop guessing, reach out! I'd love to help you find out what your body really needs to heal. ✨

03/20/2026

COMT is a gene that helps break down neurotransmitters like dopamine, adrenaline, and norepinephrine.

In simple terms:
👉 It helps your body “turn off” the stress response.

When COMT is slower (which can be very common), those stimulating chemicals can hang around longer than they should.

This can present as:
• Overthinking or racing thoughts
• Feeling “wired but tired”
• Trouble relaxing or winding down
• Increased anxiety or stress sensitivity
• Sensitivity to caffeine
• Hormone-related mood swings

COMT also plays a role in breaking down estrogen, which means it can impact:
• PMS symptoms
• Estrogen dominance patterns
• Hormone balance overall

And this is where it gets even MORE important…

A lot of people are told to take methylated B vitamins (like methyl folate) because of an MTHFR variant.

But if COMT is slow, adding more methyl donors can actually increase stimulation.

This can lead to:
• More anxiety
• Racing thoughts
• Feeling “wired” or overstimulated
• Poor sleep

This happens because you’re essentially adding more fuel to a system that already has a hard time clearing it.

So when it comes to genetics....it's really important to look at MORE than just MTHFR, which seems to be the current trend.

Look at the full picture. If you're experiencing any of these symptoms after taking methylated vitamins---this could be why. 🌿

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