Well Hello! It's been quite a long time, eh? I don't know what prompted me to reread my blogs tonight, but something did, and I'm glad.
I've been feeling a bit burned out lately... unmotivated maybe. I had started getting hyped up about my upcoming nutrition 2 course, then my favorite teacher was let go... so that sucked. Then... I reread my blogs! Not too shabby for a girl who cringes when people call her a "writer." I'm not a writer, nor am I a pro at punctuation or sentence structure (as I'm sure you can tell). I like to think that I'm just a thinker... plain and simple.
So it's been about 7 months since my last blog. Let's catch up. I am still in school until April, but just finished the core herbalism course!! WOOHOO!! I have added "herbalist" to my list!! (my favorite title so far!) Now, I have a lifetime more of learning more about the wonder of plant medicine. :)
I'm still doing hair, but have restructured my prices to fit the current economy. Check it out here!
The main point of this quick blog is to see if I can have the discipline to blog more often. I have a few more thoughts on what I want to do with this degree, and learning to write everyday might be appropriate.
Thank you to all of you that have been my support team over the last year, especially very recently. I appreciate each of you.
Be well!
Katy
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
I was having a really good day...
Then I decided to get on Facebook. I realized that I have been un-friended. (yeah, I'm aware that un-friended isn't a word.)
I know why... and I am so sad. I keep writing stuff and deleting it because I don't even know what to say. I just want people to know, man. I just want them to make educated decisions... especially for their children who don't have a say.
How can you know that almost a million people die every year from iatrogenic deaths, and still put your faith into a system that OBVIOUSLY isn't working?!? (wait, it's working to keep taking your hard earned money that would be way better spent of the right foods to PREVENT disease)
How can you know that pharmaceuticals, TAKEN AS PRESCRIBED, kill hundreds of thousands of people a year and still give them to your children as a first option?
How can you know that there are cases of fibromyalgia, lupis, ms, asthma, autism, digestive disease/ disorders, mental disorders, ETC, ETC that are discovered everyday that are not any of those diseases at all... just food allergies, and not have yourself and your children tested? (Healthwaves in AZ) (example: Lupis diagnosed by allopathic doctor when a naturopath found that the only disorder is a serious allergy to gluten. Once she removed gluten 100% from her diet, she became symptom free. There was never lupis.)
How can you not want to know what you are eating and feeding your children? How can you feed them things that are not really food that are hurting them?
Once again... I love my parents. I would not take a single day back or change a thing because I wouldn't be where I am now. But to get here, I had to get really sick. And that could have been prevented. I don't blame them... they didn't know. That's why I'm telling you...
Please... take care of your children. Don't set them up for disease by feeding them not-foods and filling them full of toxic, immune suppressing pharmaceuticals.
I'm not selling anything other than the idea that we should all empower ourselves with knowledge. I'm not even telling you to believe in what I believe in. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to be educated about your own health.
* on a personal note, there is a great possibility that we are going to be going gluten free. I don't have an allergy, but Johnnie has a slight one. He has severe asthma, and we have an appt with a naturopath that I saw lecture on asthma and weening people off of asthma meds. Johnnie has agreed at this point to do what the doctor says. My first guess is that we are going to have to finish cutting out sugar and all gluten. When this happens, we will blog about the process. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what changes take place, but I am pretty nervous. I'm not much different than those of you who think that changing is too big and difficult. It is hard... it is difficult... but it is also 100% necessary to get and stay healthy. So... wish us luck!
Then I decided to get on Facebook. I realized that I have been un-friended. (yeah, I'm aware that un-friended isn't a word.)
I know why... and I am so sad. I keep writing stuff and deleting it because I don't even know what to say. I just want people to know, man. I just want them to make educated decisions... especially for their children who don't have a say.
How can you know that almost a million people die every year from iatrogenic deaths, and still put your faith into a system that OBVIOUSLY isn't working?!? (wait, it's working to keep taking your hard earned money that would be way better spent of the right foods to PREVENT disease)
How can you know that pharmaceuticals, TAKEN AS PRESCRIBED, kill hundreds of thousands of people a year and still give them to your children as a first option?
How can you know that there are cases of fibromyalgia, lupis, ms, asthma, autism, digestive disease/ disorders, mental disorders, ETC, ETC that are discovered everyday that are not any of those diseases at all... just food allergies, and not have yourself and your children tested? (Healthwaves in AZ) (example: Lupis diagnosed by allopathic doctor when a naturopath found that the only disorder is a serious allergy to gluten. Once she removed gluten 100% from her diet, she became symptom free. There was never lupis.)
How can you not want to know what you are eating and feeding your children? How can you feed them things that are not really food that are hurting them?
Once again... I love my parents. I would not take a single day back or change a thing because I wouldn't be where I am now. But to get here, I had to get really sick. And that could have been prevented. I don't blame them... they didn't know. That's why I'm telling you...
Please... take care of your children. Don't set them up for disease by feeding them not-foods and filling them full of toxic, immune suppressing pharmaceuticals.
I'm not selling anything other than the idea that we should all empower ourselves with knowledge. I'm not even telling you to believe in what I believe in. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to be educated about your own health.
* on a personal note, there is a great possibility that we are going to be going gluten free. I don't have an allergy, but Johnnie has a slight one. He has severe asthma, and we have an appt with a naturopath that I saw lecture on asthma and weening people off of asthma meds. Johnnie has agreed at this point to do what the doctor says. My first guess is that we are going to have to finish cutting out sugar and all gluten. When this happens, we will blog about the process. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what changes take place, but I am pretty nervous. I'm not much different than those of you who think that changing is too big and difficult. It is hard... it is difficult... but it is also 100% necessary to get and stay healthy. So... wish us luck!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
I thought I needed to add a little to the last post. I was tired, and don't know if I finished my point. I do not want to sound cold or uncaring. Actually, the opposite is true. I care a lot... about everyone. I am learning that I cannot just care enough to overcome other peoples obstacles, and that it is more in their hands than mine.
I am going to use a quick example...
A very dear friend of mine has always struggled with acne. She does everything she thinks is right, but has never had it under control. We talked yesterday, and she said things like "I have been using these chemicals on my face for so long that it must have built up a resistance, so I have to use more!" I understand. My flat out suggestion is for her to stop putting anything on her face, other than washing with an organic plant based cleanser. (which would be WAAAY less expensive than all of the other things that she continues to buy as to "hide" the acne.) As I said that to her, I realized what I was asking. I have been 40 lbs overweight for the last 6 years or so. I obsessed about it everyday, and I wanted it to change, but I didn't understand that I absolutely had the power and ability to do it. My asking her to stop putting things on her face would have been like someone telling me to walk around naked when I was 40 lbs overweight. That's terrifying.
Bottom line is that there is no magic bullet that will promote healing. Healing and health are a life long process (and how much you put in is how much you get out). I would love to try to help everyone, but I simply cannot recommend an herb to "mask" a symptom. Herbs don't work that way, pharmaceuticals do. There is a beautiful patience that comes with working with your body. I just started making a tincture that is an endocrine tonic. I was on birth control hormones for 16 years, and now my body is a mess. It will take an entire lunar cycle to make the tonic so I have to be patient. A tonic, by definition, works over time... so more patience while the herbs gently do their jobs . My choice is to take herbs that will support the healing of that particular system, which will then allow that system to fall into line with the others, creating homeostasis. That's our goal folks, homeostasis.
Be well,
Katy
I am going to use a quick example...
A very dear friend of mine has always struggled with acne. She does everything she thinks is right, but has never had it under control. We talked yesterday, and she said things like "I have been using these chemicals on my face for so long that it must have built up a resistance, so I have to use more!" I understand. My flat out suggestion is for her to stop putting anything on her face, other than washing with an organic plant based cleanser. (which would be WAAAY less expensive than all of the other things that she continues to buy as to "hide" the acne.) As I said that to her, I realized what I was asking. I have been 40 lbs overweight for the last 6 years or so. I obsessed about it everyday, and I wanted it to change, but I didn't understand that I absolutely had the power and ability to do it. My asking her to stop putting things on her face would have been like someone telling me to walk around naked when I was 40 lbs overweight. That's terrifying.
Bottom line is that there is no magic bullet that will promote healing. Healing and health are a life long process (and how much you put in is how much you get out). I would love to try to help everyone, but I simply cannot recommend an herb to "mask" a symptom. Herbs don't work that way, pharmaceuticals do. There is a beautiful patience that comes with working with your body. I just started making a tincture that is an endocrine tonic. I was on birth control hormones for 16 years, and now my body is a mess. It will take an entire lunar cycle to make the tonic so I have to be patient. A tonic, by definition, works over time... so more patience while the herbs gently do their jobs . My choice is to take herbs that will support the healing of that particular system, which will then allow that system to fall into line with the others, creating homeostasis. That's our goal folks, homeostasis.
Be well,
Katy
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
late night rant.
So... I have something that I want to get off of my chest. I want my viewpoint on something to be understood. I want people to read this with an open mind, and without defensive walls up.
I am going to school for holistic health care and herbalism. I am learning so much, and I can't believe how uneducated I have been about the most important thing that I own... my body. I realize now that most of us know more about our cars or our computers or cell phones than we do our own bodies. Our bodies are all that we have to get us through an entire lifetime. That's huge! I never put much thought into taking care of myself. Well, I did spend every single day for the last 6 years thinking about my weight and how it had gotten out of control. I was physically sick, but I only worried about how it made me look on the outside.
I changed everything. It all started with a 6 week sugar detox. I literally only ate meats and green vegetables for 6 weeks. It sucked, but it saved my life. There is an earlier blog that will fill in the details if you don't know my story. Now, I am changing everything in my life one step at a time.
I am realizing that I am spending most of my time alone. A few people have expressed concern that I am not being social enough. Relax kids, I am in learning mode, and couldn't be happier. I am so excited about my new life and the path that we (my partner and I) are on.
That being said... I find myself getting excited to share my newly acquired knowledge. I don't ever aim anything that I say towards anyone in a negative way. I simply believe 100% that our entire country is so disillusioned with what health looks like, that we have all but given up. So many people are living in pain and sickness when they have the power to change it! I am walking, breathing, pain-free, living proof. I'm not trying to sell you anything. I didn't starve myself or even do any crazy exercise. I want people to embrace their bodies as the amazing healing machines that they are!
I am all about sharing my knowledge. However, I am having a hard time with people's excuses for poor health. I just read another study on how obesity is NOT hereditary! Did you ever stop to think that people with obese parents end up obese because of lifestyle? My parents are not obese, nor do I think I got obese (although they say 30 lbs overweight is obese and I was 40 lbs over). I don't remember my sugar ever being limited or even talked about. I don't blame my parents, they didn't know! (Hint: I am always blaming lack of education... not the general public, not doctors, etc.) My dad is insulin dependent with his diabetes. I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes about 5 years ago. Now, diabetes is nowhere in sight for me because I have control over not getting it because I choose to eat the right foods to avoid it! Genius!!
I'm really tired, and I am cutting this short so I can go crawl into bed before my partner has to get up in an hour.
My point is that there is absolutely no question that we have a lot, and I mean A LOT, of control over our health. We need to step up and own it. I like to say things to get people to think, not to offend. Do you want to grow old naturally and healthy with your partner? Do you want to still be healthy enough to enjoy your kids when they are adults, or are you just setting them up to have to care for their sick parents? Do you want to keep dumping hard earned money into unnecessary health care? (unnecessary because we create so many illnesses ourselves)
I am predisposed to diabetes, heart disease, being overweight, breast cancer, ms, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, digestive disease... etc etc etc etc...
here is what I say to that... BULL S&!?T!!! I took control, and I plan on living a very long, healthy, and happy life with the man that I love and our little animal family.
Choice is yours.... seriously, it's in your hands. The idea of a lifetime in pain and sickness was enough to convince me to figure it out.
Once again, I am very willing to share my information with anyone that wants to listen. However, I am not able to work with people who choose to complain about everything without trying to change anything. I am too empathetic, and it sucks all of my energy out. I want to save my energy for people who are serious about being well. If you continue to do the same actions, you will continue to get the same results. Period.
I will walk in your shoes with you... I have already worn them.
Katy
I am going to school for holistic health care and herbalism. I am learning so much, and I can't believe how uneducated I have been about the most important thing that I own... my body. I realize now that most of us know more about our cars or our computers or cell phones than we do our own bodies. Our bodies are all that we have to get us through an entire lifetime. That's huge! I never put much thought into taking care of myself. Well, I did spend every single day for the last 6 years thinking about my weight and how it had gotten out of control. I was physically sick, but I only worried about how it made me look on the outside.
I changed everything. It all started with a 6 week sugar detox. I literally only ate meats and green vegetables for 6 weeks. It sucked, but it saved my life. There is an earlier blog that will fill in the details if you don't know my story. Now, I am changing everything in my life one step at a time.
I am realizing that I am spending most of my time alone. A few people have expressed concern that I am not being social enough. Relax kids, I am in learning mode, and couldn't be happier. I am so excited about my new life and the path that we (my partner and I) are on.
That being said... I find myself getting excited to share my newly acquired knowledge. I don't ever aim anything that I say towards anyone in a negative way. I simply believe 100% that our entire country is so disillusioned with what health looks like, that we have all but given up. So many people are living in pain and sickness when they have the power to change it! I am walking, breathing, pain-free, living proof. I'm not trying to sell you anything. I didn't starve myself or even do any crazy exercise. I want people to embrace their bodies as the amazing healing machines that they are!
I am all about sharing my knowledge. However, I am having a hard time with people's excuses for poor health. I just read another study on how obesity is NOT hereditary! Did you ever stop to think that people with obese parents end up obese because of lifestyle? My parents are not obese, nor do I think I got obese (although they say 30 lbs overweight is obese and I was 40 lbs over). I don't remember my sugar ever being limited or even talked about. I don't blame my parents, they didn't know! (Hint: I am always blaming lack of education... not the general public, not doctors, etc.) My dad is insulin dependent with his diabetes. I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes about 5 years ago. Now, diabetes is nowhere in sight for me because I have control over not getting it because I choose to eat the right foods to avoid it! Genius!!
I'm really tired, and I am cutting this short so I can go crawl into bed before my partner has to get up in an hour.
My point is that there is absolutely no question that we have a lot, and I mean A LOT, of control over our health. We need to step up and own it. I like to say things to get people to think, not to offend. Do you want to grow old naturally and healthy with your partner? Do you want to still be healthy enough to enjoy your kids when they are adults, or are you just setting them up to have to care for their sick parents? Do you want to keep dumping hard earned money into unnecessary health care? (unnecessary because we create so many illnesses ourselves)
I am predisposed to diabetes, heart disease, being overweight, breast cancer, ms, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, digestive disease... etc etc etc etc...
here is what I say to that... BULL S&!?T!!! I took control, and I plan on living a very long, healthy, and happy life with the man that I love and our little animal family.
Choice is yours.... seriously, it's in your hands. The idea of a lifetime in pain and sickness was enough to convince me to figure it out.
Once again, I am very willing to share my information with anyone that wants to listen. However, I am not able to work with people who choose to complain about everything without trying to change anything. I am too empathetic, and it sucks all of my energy out. I want to save my energy for people who are serious about being well. If you continue to do the same actions, you will continue to get the same results. Period.
I will walk in your shoes with you... I have already worn them.
Katy
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