I have been a patient most of my life and it seemed natural for me to become a nurse. I always joke that I love working with people, and I don't mind things that are "gross" - thats nursing!

The problem was that after 15+ years of working in the health care system, I started to see how it profits off of people staying on medications rather than true healing. I felt like I wasn't allowed to be honest about health vs a life of medications and I decided to work towards leaving my career and becoming a coach.

Despite being around amazing doctors and healthcare professionals, who really do want to help (the system is what is broken), my health didn't get better, and neither did the health of my patients. When I was only 16, my doctors gave me a lifetime sentence of medications, and I had no hope of change - in fact they told me to accept my fate (I would most likely keep gaining weight and would probably get diabetes). In my 20's and early 30's, weight loss felt impossible and I lived with fear that my health and weight would continue to get worse, not better.- confirmed by my doctors. I felt like my body controlled me, and it felt hopeless.

At 30 I found p$ychedelic medicines which changed everything for me. I learned that my happiness and joy were up to me; it was up to me to create the life I wanted. A difficult mushroom trip kept me in a negative loop about my weight. I didn't want to be overweight anymore- I hated it, I didn't feel good, and I knew something had to change. The gift of a difficult trip is that it often shows you what needs to shift- I was determined to find a way to change.

I finally took matters into my own hands. It took time, but eventually, I learned that many of my symptoms (weight gain, blood sugar issues, skin problems, depression, PCOS, brain fog and more) had to do with insulin resistance and not a personal flaw. From there I found the Ketogenic Diet (a temporary solution) and later, I found fasting (the permanent solution). Fasting saved my life.