Monica's Blog

Anxiety and Depression: When it's NOT "in your head"

If you’ve been dealing with anxiety and/or depression symptoms and you’re doing all the “right things”… but you still don’t feel like yourself, you’re not alone.

And here’s the part that most people never get told:

Sometimes, what looks like a “mental health issue” is actually your body waving a g...

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Brain fog causes you’re probably not considering

Have you ever felt like your brain is moving in slow motion?

  • You can’t focus the way you used to

  • You forget what you were about to say

  • You read the same thing again and again and it still doesn’t make sense

  • You feel spaced out, even after sleeping

This is brain fog. And here...

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When a diagnosis is useless and does nothing to help

 If you can't get a diagnosis or you’ve been misdiagnosed (passed from specialist to specialist with no real answers), you already know the emotional whiplash:

  • Relief: “Finally… a name for this.”

  • Panic: “Wait—so what do I do about it?”

  • Frustration: “Why isn’t anything actually helping...

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Peri / Menopause symptoms aren’t just "part of life"

If you’re in your late 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s and you suddenly feel like your body has a mind of its own—sleep is weird, your mood feels unpredictable, you’re getting hot flashes or night sweats, your energy is gone, your weight is shifting, your brain feels foggy, and your cycle is changing—welcome to...

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New Year health resolutions for Mystery Symptoms

New Year, New You… Without the BS

Every January, the internet turns into one giant group project:

  • “I’m going to eat perfect.”

  • “I’m going to work out every day.”

  • “I’m going to take all the supplements.”

  • “I’m going to fix my hormones.”

  • “I’m going to get my life back.”

An...

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The holiday "symptom trap" and how to avoid flaring up!

Let’s talk about what happens every year around the holidays:

You’re doing “fine”… and then suddenly you’re bloated, tired, not sleeping, your skin is acting up, your mood is all over the place, your joints feel stiff, your brain fog is back, and you’re sitting there thinking:

“Why does my body ha...

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Are your healthy supplements making you feel worse?

If you’ve ever stood in front of your supplement cabinet thinking,
“Well… it can’t hurt, right?” — this is for you.

Because yes… it can.

As a holistic health practitioner who specializes in mystery symptoms, I see this constantly. Someone comes in taking a prostate formula, a hormone-balancing ble...

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The truth about animal protein & why plants can't cut it

Your body may not be getting enough of the right kind of animal protein—especially red meat—for your immune system and nervous system to actually repair, protect you, and work properly.

I know this goes against mainstream media and messaging that love to blame red meat for everything. But most of t...

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Why you need cholesterol and you are not statin deficient

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 ...

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Thanksgiving gratitude: your diagnosis doesn't define you

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...

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Why "Biohacking" is a bullshit band-aid that misses the mark

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...

Most ...

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The hidden link between eczema, psoriasis, + gut health

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...

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