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09/09/2026

What if it’s not the food, but your nervous system?

If you feel nauseous, bloated, headachy, or fatigued after eating, it may be time to look beyond the food itself.

Your nervous system may be playing a bigger role than you realize.

I was there once, too.

I did the smoothie cleanse for a month, drank bone broth between meals, and committed to eating no inflammatory foods.

When symptoms weren’t changing, I realized it was more about body’s physiological stress responses and less about the food itself.

To watch my story recovering from Lyme and grab my FREE guide to get your healing started, click here: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=JJz3Yn&g=YzQgiL

I think one of the hardest things about growing is realizing that some of the things you once did to protect yourself ar...
09/05/2026

I think one of the hardest things about growing is realizing that some of the things you once did to protect yourself are not the things you need anymore.

The version of you who learned to push harder, keep going, stay small, make everyone happy, or always have a plan was doing the best she could with what she knew.

But you get to learn something new.

You get to ask yourself, does this still feel like me? Does this still serve me? Is this actually the life I want?

And sometimes the most courageous thing you can do is stop abandoning yourself just to stay comfortable, successful, needed, or understood.

Growth isn't always becoming more.

Sometimes it's becoming more honest about who you are.

And giving yourself permission to live from there.

If this resonated with you, check out Episode 138 of the Vital-Side Podcast where Karden Rabin and I talk about ways to start conversing with your younger self and process stuck emotions: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MjlGNMuv7sWzkZJV6kEzD?si=2YkUzwu2TJGmGZ8oRqEdZA

There’s a certain freedom that comes with realizing you don’t have to have every answer right now.You don’t have to know...
09/03/2026

There’s a certain freedom that comes with realizing you don’t have to have every answer right now.

You don’t have to know exactly what’s next.
You don’t have to make every decision today.
You don’t have to keep pushing just because you can.

Maybe this season is less about figuring it all out and more about asking:

What do I need?

More rest?
More boundaries?
More quiet?
More movement?
More time outside?
Less explaining?
Less doing?

I’m learning that taking care of myself isn’t selfish or something I have to earn after everything else is handled.

Sometimes self-preservation is the priority.

So BRB while I stop trying to hold everything together and start taking better care of the person holding it all.

Give yourself a few minutes to come back to yourself before the day begins. 🤍 Try the morning meditation and start your day from a place of calm, not chaos: https://vital-side.com/pages/meditations

09/01/2026

You can’t always think your way out of a dysregulated nervous system.

You can’t simply talk your way out of what your body has been carrying.

And you can’t rationalize your way out of feeling sick.

Your symptoms are real.
Your body’s responses are real.
And healing isn’t always a matter of thinking differently.

Don’t let yourself—or anyone else—gaslight your experience of healing.

Your body may need safety, regulation, and time—not just another explanation. 🤍

The tools I teach inside Rewire are the same tools that helped bring me out of this. They’re the tools I used to help my nervous system move out of survival and begin experiencing more safety.

If you’re ready to learn more about nervous system regulation and how it can support your healing, head to the link: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=JJz3Yn&g=TtKnYV

Having a young child can make nervous system regulation feel… impossible sometimes. 🤍You may not have an hour to meditat...
08/30/2026

Having a young child can make nervous system regulation feel… impossible sometimes. 🤍

You may not have an hour to meditate, journal, or do a full nervous system practice—and that’s okay.

Even 10 minutes to yourself can make a difference.

Step outside. Take a few deep breaths. Sit in silence. Put your phone down. Let your body settle before jumping into the next thing.

Regulation doesn’t have to be complicated or take hours. Sometimes, it’s simply giving yourself a few quiet minutes to come back to yourself.

You don’t need a perfect routine. You just need moments of safety woven into your day. ✨

If this resonated with you, Reset was created for moments exactly like this. 🤍

More tools, more regulation, and more support for your nervous system—so you can feel more grounded even in the middle of a busy day.

Head to the link for more info: https://vital-side.com/pages/reset-7-day-course

08/28/2026

Here’s one of my favorite breathing exercises to use in the moment I feel stressed. 🤍

Try the 3–6 Breath the moment you notice stress rising.

Inhale gently through your nose for 3 seconds.
Then slowly exhale for 6 seconds.

Repeat for a few rounds, keeping the breath comfortable and relaxed.

The goal isn’t to take huge breaths or force yourself to calm down. It’s simply to give your nervous system a signal that you can slow down and soften.

Try it before you react, when you notice your body tensing, or anytime you feel yourself moving into that “I need to fix this NOW” state.

Three seconds in. Six seconds out.
A simple way to pause, reconnect, and remind your body: I’m safe in this moment.

Ready to go deeper? Rewire is our 6-month brain retraining program designed to help you understand your nervous system, shift survival patterns, and build tools for lasting regulation.

✨ Learn more about Rewire:
https://vital-side.com/pages/vital-side-membership

My nervous system started regulating when I realized…No one is perfect.I will never be perfect.And I don’t have to be.Fo...
08/26/2026

My nervous system started regulating when I realized…

No one is perfect.
I will never be perfect.
And I don’t have to be.

For so long, I thought perfection would keep me safe. If I could just make the right choices, say the right things, and avoid mistakes, I could avoid disappointment, conflict, and failure.

But perfectionism never made me feel safe. It kept me on high alert.

So, I replaced my pursuit of perfection with safety.
Safety in knowing I can make a mistake and still be okay.
Safety in knowing I don’t have to get everything right.
Safety in knowing I can be human.

Maybe healing isn’t becoming perfect.

Maybe it’s feeling safe enough to stop trying to be. 🤍

And if you’re ready to start creating more safety in your own nervous system, I created a free guide sharing my personal healing story, the tools I used to recover, and the basic steps I started implementing.

✨ Get the free guide here:
https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=JJz3Yn&g=YzQgiL

08/24/2026

Your body isn’t working against you.
It’s working for you.

The symptoms you experience are often your body’s way of communicating, protecting, adapting, and keeping you safe.

Inflammation is a response.
Pain is a warning.
Hypervigilance is protection.
Mucus is a barrier.
Fatigue can be a signal to slow down.
Your nervous system is constantly scanning for ways to keep you alive.

Your body was designed with an incredible capacity to adapt, protect, repair, and heal.

Healing isn’t about silencing every symptom or convincing your body that it’s broken.

It’s about listening to what your body is communicating, creating safety, and giving it the conditions it needs to do what it was designed to do.

Your body isn’t broken. It’s been protecting you. And it may just need support remembering that it’s safe to heal.

If this resonated with you, Reset was created for moments exactly like this. It’s a simple place to start with more tools, more regulation, and more support for your nervous system.

✨ Head to the link to learn more about Reset:
https://vital-side.com/pages/reset-7-day-course

Life can take you in directions you never expected.The things that once felt like fun, connection, or even just *what ev...
08/21/2026

Life can take you in directions you never expected.

The things that once felt like fun, connection, or even just *what everyone else was doing* can eventually give way to something deeper. You start asking different questions. Looking for different things. Realizing that maybe your body has been carrying more than you knew.

And sometimes healing looks a little unconventional, moving your body, feeling your emotions, making space for the parts of yourself you once pushed aside.

But before we can safely go into those deeper places, we need to create a foundation of safety in the body first.

**RESET** was created to help you start there—to begin shifting out of survival mode and teaching your nervous system that it’s safe to slow down, feel, and be present.

If you’re ready to start creating that foundation, head to the link so you can take the first step: https://vital-side.com/pages/reset-7-day-course

08/19/2026

If you have been this patient, 👋🏻 because it was me too. The crazier thing was - I AM a practitioner. And to be gaslit by doctor after doctor with my chronic symptoms was painful to experience. It changed the way I practice medicine. It changed everything. For my FULL story of recovering from nervous system dysregulation, head to the 🔗 and get my FREE guide: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=JJz3Yn&g=YzQgiL

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