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Health Habit, Willows, CA (2026)

12/27/2025

The holidays are wonderful, but they’re also one of the biggest cortisol stressors of the year for women.

There are more obligations, more decisions to make, more travel, more cooking, more “holding it all together" so everyone can enjoy the magic of the season...

Cortisol itself isn’t the problem, in fact we need it to help us through these wonderfully stressful days.

What matters is how well your body clears it once it’s no longer needed.

And that's the piece that no one ever explained to me in the decades I took adrenal supplements and tried to "manage my cortisol."

Because after cortisol does its job, it has to be processed in the liver and packaged so it can leave the body through urine and bile. That processing relies heavily on phase 2 liver detox pathways.

And here’s where it gets interesting.

Those same phase 2 pathways are also responsible for packaging estrogen and thyroid hormones so they can be cleared from the body (through urine and bile).

So when holiday stress is high and cortisol demand goes up, it can compete for liver clearance capacity. If those pathways are already sluggish, hormones don’t exit efficiently and they can recirculate instead.

That’s often why women notice:
• more mood swings and anxiety
• bigger stress responses
• thyroid symptoms flaring
• swinging hormones without an obvious reason

It’s not that your adrenals need fixing, it’s that the exit routes are backed up.

This is why I don’t guess.

Inside my program, we use simple urine testing to see exactly how cortisol, estrogen, and thyroid hormones are being metabolized and cleared, and which phase needs support. That clarity shows us exactly where to focus instead of chasing symptoms or wasting money on supplements that address the wrong thing.

If the holidays have pushed your stress up and your hormones feel out of balance, this is where to start.

Right now, you can lock in 2025 pricing when you enroll before the end of the year, and start after the new year with a clear, grounded plan.

Send me a DM to lock in your savings and get started.

12/23/2025

Lately, I’ve been taking enrollment calls with women who feel stuck in their current hormone approach. Women who have tried a lot and still don’t have clear answers about why things aren’t improving.

My work looks different from most thyroid and hormone programs because we don’t start by chasing symptoms.
We don’t guess.
And we don’t assume the thyroid is the problem just because the labs say so.

Instead, we look at why thyroid issues, estrogen dominance, and high cortisol so often show up together and where they actually intersect. In my experience, that intersection is almost always in the liver and hormone clearance pathways.

This is the piece many doctors miss, and it’s the reason so many women feel like they’ve done everything and are still stuck.

When hormones aren’t being converted, cleared, and exited properly, the body can’t move forward no matter how “perfect” the diet is, how many supplements have been tried, or how many medication tweaks have been made.

Inside my program, The Healthy Thyroid System, we use simple urine testing to uncover exactly which pathways are stuck. That clarity removes years of guesswork and gives us a calm, strategic place to focus, personalized to your body.

As we head into the final week of the year, I want to share this for those who are ready:

Women who enroll before the year wraps up will lock in current pricing for 2025 and receive a bonus month inside the program.

If you’ve been waiting to feel “ready,” just know this, readiness usually comes after clarity, not before it. And clarity is exactly what this work is designed to provide.

If this resonates and you want to take the next step, DM me and we’ll talk through what that could look like for you.

12/22/2025

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how fragile life is. We often take our health for granted until something happens that makes us appreciate it. We walked through years of that with my husband as the cancer slowly took away various functions in his body.

Early this year, the leukemia got on the nerves in both of his arms, causing “drop wrist/palsy,” which meant the nerves were paralyzed so he couldn’t lift his hands. He could still move his fingers and figured out creative ways to keep doing daily tasks with minimal help.

During this time we read the Bible account in Mark chapter 2 about the man who had palsy. It was more meaningful because of Willie’s recent palsy diagnosis.

The story tells of a paralyzed man who is carried by his four friends to Jesus. The crowd was so big that they couldn’t enter the house so they removed the roof and lowered the bed down to Jesus. When He saw the faith of these four friends He told the sick man that his sins were forgiven, then he healed him.

We talked about how our goal as a family is to carry each other toward Jesus for forgiveness of sins and physical healing. Willie wasn’t strong enough to pull himself in that moment, but my son and I were lifting with everything we had.

A few days later, we had a fun family night with a fire and s’mores. Willie had a small cough and was feeling tired, but that was common for him. The next day it turned into pneumonia and he went into septic shock and was placed on a ventilator.

My son and I prayed in a bathroom that day and both felt overwhelming peace that everything would be OK. We could feel angels carrying the bed with us and knew that Willie would pull through.

When he woke up the next day, he sobbed with gratitude.

“Keep dragging my bed, baby,” he said. “I’m not done yet!”

It’s been three months now since Willie died and I have often felt him dragging my bed. I’ve been surprised at how light my burdens often feel because of the unseen help from my angel, and the support of good friends in my life. If you are in need of healing this Christmas season, then choose the people who are heading toward Jesus to carry you forward. I’ll see you on the path, dragging a bed ❤️

12/19/2025

If you've been chasing candida without assessing liver function or bile flow, this may be the missing piece. Send me a DM or check out my Thyroid Clarity Class to learn more.

12/17/2025

Turns out my mom isn't the only one with expired food in her cupboards...

I just found several half-used containers of coconut oil that outdated 3 years ago. 😅

There was a time when I was obsessed with coconut oil and bought into all of the hype about it helping with thyroid issues. It promised me healing from my hair to my toenails and I needed a win.

And to be fair, it did help me feel better...at first.

I had better energy, less bloating, and felt like I had found the golden ticket. Until everything came crashing back a few months later, no matter how much coconut oil I ate, swished, or slathered on my skin.

It wasn't until I was earning my Master's Degree in Nutrition that I discovered the missing liver piece that had me stuck.

Coconut oil is rich in medium-chain fats, which are easy to digest and don’t require much bile. For women dealing with bloating, sluggish digestion, or thyroid issues, that ease can feel like relief.

But here’s where it often backfires, especially on the hormone side.

Thyroid and hormone balance depend heavily on liver and bile flow.

Once hormones have done their job, they’re packaged by the liver, sent into bile, and escorted out through the gut. That process needs a clear fat signal to work well.

Coconut oil doesn’t provide that signal.

Because it requires very little bile, it doesn’t encourage strong bile release or hormone clearance. Over time, this can mean hormones are recycled instead of removed even though digestion feels “better.”

So while coconut oil can be helpful short-term for digestive comfort or quick energy, it’s not the fat I rely on when the goal is long-term thyroid and hormone balance.

As women move into perimenopause and beyond, clearing hormones becomes more important than simply tolerating food and that’s where fats that stimulate bile flow matter most.

If you also have containers of expired oils and you’ve felt stuck despite “doing all the right things,” send me a DM.

Sometimes the next step isn’t adding more, it’s finding out exactly what your body needs and cutting out the rest.

12/15/2025

I frequently hear complaints from women who feel their health was derailed by a colonoscopy.

They followed their doctor’s advice to get their “pipes checked” and even though their colon looks great, their body feels off.

Many women suddenly experience skin break outs (especially on the jaw line, forehead, and temples), anxiety, hair loss, and hormones that feel chaotic and unpredictable.

It can feel confusing because on paper everything looks “normal,” but weeks or months will pass without things returning to normal.

What often gets missed is how the body clears hormones, especially in women with thyroid issues.

Many women with thyroid issues already have slow bile flow and liver clearance. Then a colonoscopy prep, which is often a very large magnesium-driven flush, moves things fast. It triggers a rapid liver detox that can be too rapid for a system that is used to running at a glacial pace.

When the liver can’t keep up, hormones don’t exit gently.

They get stirred up, mobilized, recirculated, and the body looks for other exits often through the skin or nervous system.

The colon may be clear, but the hormone pathways are more backed up than ever.

The win in this unfortunate event is it can help reveal that your body is asking for help with liver drainage, bile flow, and gut support so thyroid hormones can move through the body the way they’re meant to.

If you’ve had a colonoscopy and thought, “Something shifted afterward,” you’re not imagining it!

Comment below and share your story or send me a DM and I’ll show you how to get out of the hormone loop.

12/11/2025

Postpartum moms, this one’s for you. Especially if you’ve been hit with gallstones or kidney stones after having your baby.

Here’s what most women are never told:
Bile flow slows down dramatically during pregnancy.

It’s one of the body’s natural adaptations when hormones rise, digestion slows, and bile becomes thicker.

For most women it’s not a problem until after delivery, when the massive hormone crash hits and the liver suddenly has to clear EVERYTHING out at once.

Now imagine this:
➡️ If bile flow was sluggish before pregnancy (especially true for women with thyroid issues!)
➡️ If liver detox was already strained
➡️ If mold, yeast, bacteria, inflammation, or environmental toxins were quietly piling up…

Then postpartum becomes the moment the body finally says,
“I can’t keep up.”

And that’s when symptoms get loud:
*Gallstones
*Kidney stones
*Extreme bloating/constipation
*Hormone crashes
*Anxiety + mood swings (talk about rage!)
*Itching, rashes, or histamines
*Dark patches on skin or under eyes
*Foot tingling or pain in arch
*Fatigue that isn’t just newborn life

I experienced this too and was told it’s “normal after delivery” or it’s “just your hormones.” It wasn’t until I started digging into my own liver function that I was able to support my detox systems that got backed up with the flood of hormones.

That’s how I learned that hormones do not regulate themselves.

They rely on your liver and bile system to clear out the used-up hormones so your body can make fresh, balanced ones.

Without healthy bile flow hormones recirculate, inflammation builds, bile thickens, and stones can form in the gallbladder or kidneys.

This is why so many breastfeeding + postpartum moms come to me with symptoms no one ever connected to their liver.

But there is good news!
We help postpartum women restore bile flow gently, safely, and effectively, even while nursing.

Hormones stabilize and baby snuggles are the only important thing on your list.

If this sounds like you, send me a DM and I'll show you the next step.

12/10/2025

It seems women with thyroid issues are constantly being diagnosed with SIBO in the functional medicine world.

When I was in the height of my Hashimoto’s battle, I was diagnosed with SIBO too.

I would bloat no matter what I ate: vegetables, protein, “safe foods,” even water started causing acid reflux and pressure in my chest.

I tried the herbs, powders, strict diets, IV infusions, and even antibiotics, but nothing created lasting relief.

Fast forward to when I was earning my master’s degree and diving deep into liver function when suddenly the pieces clicked:

👉 Bacteria overgrow when bile isn’t flowing.

The bacteria associated with SIBO cause two big problems:
1️⃣ They gobble up sulfur from your food and release gas that makes you miserable. (weight gain, constipation/diarrhea, skin breakouts, food allergies, autoimmune flares, etc.)
2️⃣ Your liver needs that sulfur to clear used-up hormones so if bile doesn’t move, hormones can’t exit.

They recirculate, causing the the cells to become resistant to thyroid hormones and keeping you stuck in a loop of symptoms.

This is why killing bacteria only works temporarily.
It’s why so many women feel better for 2–3 weeks on a SIBO plan, then crash again.
And why I stopped chasing bacteria in my protocols this year.

Instead, I now focus on restoring liver + bile flow first, and the results have been incredible:
✨ Women are walking away from bloat for good.
✨ Hormone imbalances are correcting without extreme protocols.
✨ Weight is shifting without endless pills and detoxes.
✨ And gut symptoms are resolving because we fixed the real bottleneck.

When I applied this to my own body, everything changed. My gut balanced, I could tolerate foods again after a full year on the AIP diet, and my thyroid stabilized without meds.

If you’ve “treated SIBO” already and still feel stuck or you’re tired of protocols that only help temporarily, it’s time to check your liver.

Send me a DM and I’ll show you the next step.
You don’t have to keep chasing bacteria.
There’s a simpler, smarter, more effective way forward.

12/08/2025

Doctors are quick to prescribe estrogen, testosterone, progesterone in creams, pellets, injections, or pill forms to women in perimenopause and beyond.

But here’s the part almost no one is talking about:

👉 Women with thyroid issues often have sluggish bile flow and compromised liver detox.

And your liver + bile are the ONLY way hormones leave your body once they’re used.

So when your labs show “low estrogen” or “low testosterone,” it’s not always because you aren’t making enough. Many times, it’s because you aren’t clearing what you did make.

If hormones can’t exit, they recirculate, confuse your receptors, and your body starts dialing down production.

It’s like buying green bananas every week,
but they just sit there, turning brown.
Eventually, you stop buying more because the old ones never got eaten.

Adding more hormones to a system that can’t clear them is like stacking bananas on top of old bananas.

It doesn’t fix anything, it just creates a bigger mess.

And this is exactly what’s happening to so many women.
A recent client gained 30 pounds after hormone pellets were inserted (and this was based on a questionnaire she filled out, without a single lab drawn!)

Her liver was already backed up, and the pellets pushed her system into overload.

Once we assessed her bile flow and got her liver “unstuck,” her hormones began clearing again, her weight dropped, and her thyroid panels finally balanced. And this all happened without doing an aggressive detox, going on a restrictive diet, or adding in a dozen supplements!

This is why the FIRST step in any hormone conversation is checking liver + bile function, not adding hormones.

Most doctors aren’t trained to look here.
But this is what I do every single day.

If your hormones feel “off,” if you’ve gained weight on hormone therapy, or if your thyroid won’t stabilize, Send me a DM.

I’ll show you the exact next step to take so your liver, hormones, and thyroid can finally work for you instead of piling up.

12/05/2025

When my husband died in September, I wasn’t sure how I would feel about the holidays. We had spent the past year in hospitals and clinics and had been running so hard for so long that the thought of celebrating anything felt too heavy and overwhelming.

It’s been almost 3 months now and I’ve been surprised at how much LIFE my husband has been putting into the afterlife. My son and I feel his presence often and he has continued to participate in our family in profound and meaningful ways. But having him physically gone is so painful, especially during this holiday season that he loved so much.

Christmas is a celebration of broken things in our house.

We’ve always had big dogs and a high energy son that inevitably break something each year. I used to feel sad when my favorite ornaments were shattered, but cancer taught me to see things differently. As we walked through 13 years of treatments, there were times when our lives felt like they were perpetually breaking and we learned to rely on the Savior, who is the only one who can repair anything.

So we started gluing our broken things and setting them on the mantle for display. It’s our version of a nativity that features a pair of Christmas moose who have both been broken and glued multiple times. Mrs.Moose is my spirit animal with her visible breaks, slightly unhinged, yet she keeps standing and smiling.

Isaiah prophesied, and Jesus confirmed that He is the one who came to heal the brokenhearted and bind up our wounds. He is both the healer of broken things and the one who broke the bands of death that would have consumed my husband.

I’m so grateful to celebrate my personal Savior this holiday season. It’s the most meaningful Christmas my son and I have ever had because without the birth, life, and mission of Jesus, our family would be forever shattered.

But He is the everlasting glue!

For my fellow grievers and anyone with broken things that need mending, I am sending you love and hope the celebration of our Ultimate Healer this holiday season can provide some binding of your wounds.

12/04/2025

Have you seen the gallbladder flush on social media that involves drinking a cup of olive oil with lemon juice added? It claims to flush the liver and bile, but it can back fire for women with thyroid issues.

People post pictures of green balls that they p**p out after doing the cleanse and claim it helped them with weight loss, digestion, hormone imbalances and skin health.

But here's what really happens:

When you drink huge amounts of olive oil at once, your digestive system cannot possibly emulsify or break it down.You end up p**ping out bright green “stones” that look so convincing, but they’re not gallstones.

One study tested these congealed blobs and discovered they were balls of undigested fat formed in the intestines when the oil mixes with bile and enzymes. They might look like stones, but they aren’t real stones, and they absolutely do not mean your gallbladder was “flushed.”

And for women with thyroid issues it can create bigger issues!

When you overwhelm the liver and gut with that much fat:
*Bile gets backed up instead of flowing
*Estrogen can’t clear
*T4 → T3 conversion slows down
*Inflammation spikes
*Detox stalls

In other words, a fat-heavy flush can worsen the exact hormone issues you’re trying to fix.

This is why in my practice, we support bile flow safely and gently with:
✨ small daily amounts of specific fats for your body
✨ targeted liver nutrients (based on testing, not guessing!)
✨ bitter foods
✨ restoring drainage
✨ supporting thyroid conversion before touching “detox” or requiring a "flush"

We don't force or overwhelm your systems. Instead we focus on opening the pathways so your body can do what it was designed to do.

If you’ve tried a gallbladder flush and still feel bloated, inflamed, or “off,” then your liver is simply asking for support on the right steps for your body.

If you want to understand what’s really blocking your thyroid + hormone balance, watch my thyroid clarity class in my bio to learn about the testing I run to uncover what your practitioner may have missed.

Have you ever done a gallbladder/liver flush? Share your story in the comments!

12/01/2025

If you’ve been drinking collagen hoping for better skin, thicker hair, stronger nails, improved gut health or reduced joint pain, but nothing is changing...

It is because collagen doesn’t go straight to the weak areas when you drink it. Here's what really happens:

✔️ Your gut breaks collagen down into amino acids
✔️ Those amino acids enter your bloodstream
✔️ Your body uses them wherever it needs them most

So to actually make collagen for your hair, skin, and joints, your body has to rebuild those amino acids back into collagen.

And only ONE type of cell called Fibroblasts does that job.
(Think of them as tiny collagen factories inside your tissues.)

But here’s the part most women have never been told:
Fibroblasts can’t build collagen without T3 hormone.

So if you're on T4-only thyroid medication (Synthroid/Levothyroxine/Tirosint):
➡️ Your liver must convert T4 → T3
➡️ If that step is sluggish, blocked, or overwhelmed
➡️ Your fibroblasts never get the T3 they need
➡️ and collagen never gets built, no matter how much you drink

This is why so many thyroid women say:
“I take collagen every day but nothing is happening.”
“I’m losing hair.”
“My skin still looks tired.”
“My joints hurt.”

It’s not a collagen problem.
It’s a conversion problem.

And this is exactly why in my practice I always investigate liver function + bile flow FIRST before recommending collagen to anyone.

Because if the thyroid → liver → T3 → fibroblast pathway isn’t working,
you’re pouring collagen into a system that can’t use it yet.

If you’ve been doing “all the right things” but your body still isn’t responding, this is your missing piece.

Send me a DM and I’ll show you how to get your T3, your liver, and your collagen-building pathways working together again.

***PS- Due to high demand, I extended the Black Friday sale until the end of this week so there is still time to save $500 of of any of my programs. Send me a DM for more info.

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