Monica's Blog
Cholesterol, Blood Pressure & the Truth About Why Meds Aren’t Fixing the Real Problem
If you’ve ever been told your cholesterol is “too high” or your blood pressure is “dangerous,” you probably felt that familiar panic that sends people straight to medication.
But here’s the part nobody is talking ...
Thanksgiving has always been a season of reflection for me—not the shiny, picture-perfect kind, but the grounded, honest kind that comes from living through the messy middle of life.
And if you’re someone who has been living with chronic mystery symptoms, normal labs, and doctors telling you you’re...
Biohacking is not healing. It’s just a new band-aid with a fancier name. It makes you feel like you are fixing the problem when you actually might be making things worse and not even realizing that what you are doing is causing this other new symptom "over here" that you didn't have before...
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If you’ve been struggling with eczema, psoriasis, or other "annoying" skin issues, you’ve probably tried every cream, lotion, and “fast-acting” product that promised relief. Maybe it helped for a few days… and then the symptoms came right back. Or it helped....but didn't fix it!
That’s because ecze...
I always say "If you think something is wrong....you're RIGHT!". Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, including your doctor! When it comes to your health, no one is coming to save you. You have to be your own health advocate and make informed choices—or you risk losing years of your life and countle...
If you’ve been chasing symptoms for years—trying new supplements, elimination diets, or detoxes that only help for a little while—you’re not crazy and you’re definitely not broken. You’ve just been trying to manage symptoms instead of actually fixing what caused them in the first place.
A whole bod...
When your body starts whispering—or shouting—through symptoms, even if it's not showing up in labs, it’s communicating. Those headaches, rashes, mood swings, and digestive issues are your body’s language for “something’s off.”
Yet, in our medical system, symptoms are often treated like enemies to b...
If you’ve ever been told you’ll have allergies forever, that’s simply not true. If you struggle with seasonal allergies, food sensitivities, skin reactions, or environmental triggers like dust and mold—you’ve probably tried everything from allergy meds to shots to restrictive diets. And while those ...
Are you dealing with symptoms that don’t make sense and nothing seems to work?
You’ve seen multiple doctors, specialists, maybe even a naturopath or two… yet your labs are “normal,” your diagnosis is unclear—or worse, you’ve been told it’s all in your head. Meanwhile, you’re still battling fatigue,...
So many holistic doctors and naturopaths are still running the same playbook as conventional medicine. The only difference? Instead of a pharmaceutical, they’ll hand you a “natural” supplement or hormone and call it a day.
But let’s be real. That’s not the root cause.
Why That’s Not Real Healing: ...
The Hidden Impact of Scar Interference
Your nervous system is constantly sending messages between your brain and your body to control digestion, hormones, immune response, and more. When a scar—whether from a surgery, piercing, tattoo, or cyst removal—sits over key neurological or acupuncture point...
If you’ve been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto’s, Graves’ disease, or thyroiditis—and you’re on thyroid meds like Synthroid or levothyroxine but still don’t feel right—there’s a reason. And it usually won’t show up in labs. Labs don't explain WHY the thyroid numbers are off...
