Hey Beautiful!

I am so grateful you are here.

Health can feel scary at times.  So scary, in fact, that I have heard people tell me they would rather not know what’s going on with their health.  The only reason I can possibly come up with is that at least they don’t have to worry about something they don’t know exists.

For me, the knowing is empowering.  The not knowing is the scary part!

Don’t get me wrong, there has definitely been a time in my life where I believed knowing was scary.  It probably stemmed from feeling like there is so much noise in the health and wellness space.  

Everyone has an opinion about what we should eat, what we shouldn’t eat, which supplements we need, which are the best, and which ones are a waste of money.  There are so many different products out there, and everyone says they have the best one!  It can be so overwhelming that it’s easier to choose to ignore it all.  Yes, I have found myself there in the past!

I definitely don’t remember health being the center of conversations when I was growing up.  I don’t remember my parents taking any supplements.  I only vaguely remember taking Flintstones vitamins at one point, although those could just as easily be a memory from a friend’s house.  Either way, I’m pretty sure I would now classify them more as candy than health food. 🤣

Health didn’t seem like such a big issue then.  We ate food.  We lived our lives.  We went to the doctor when something was wrong.  I believe the main reason was that the quality of our food was different then and the need for supplementation wasn’t as strong.  As our food supply and lifestyles have changed, our need to intentionally support our bodies has changed too—but our habits and thinking took longer to shift.

I’d say my dad was the reason things started to change in our family.  In 2004, he found out he had cancer.  That diagnosis started him down a road of learning about health, although initially, it wasn’t really for himself.  The doctors had taken care of the cancerous spots on his kidney, and, in his mind, he was good to go.  He thought what he learned might help someone else someday.

In 2010, the cancer came back.  Then came surgery for the removal of his kidney, followed by annual check-ups, a five-year cancer-free diagnosis, and then, in 2019, a Stage 4 diagnosis.  Let’s just say that fueled his fire to learn everything he could about supporting his health.  Because when you learn information that you believe could change—or possibly even save—someone’s life, you have a tendency to drag everyone you love along for the ride.

Somewhere along the way, I found myself on the bus. 🤣

I had always made relatively healthy choices for our family.  I cooked most of our meals from scratch.  Very little came from cans or boxes, and we mostly saved chicken nuggets and other kid-favorite foods for babysitter nights.  Not that I was necessarily health-conscious, but I knew it was better for us than eating more processed foods.

But as I got older – you know, when our parents start to know some things again- I started to pay a little more attention to people’s health and possible connections.  One day I heard a statement that caught me off guard.

Our babies don’t start with a clean slate.

It was such a lightbulb moment for me.  Of course they don’t.  I just hadn’t thought about it before.  Our children begin with the slate we give them.  Then, as they make their way through life, the choices we make for them—and eventually the choices they make for themselves—continue adding chalk marks to that slate.  Eventually those choices catch up with us.

That realization made me want to tell every young woman I met how important it is to optimize her health before having children.  I wanted women to have information that could help them make better choices for themselves and their families.  I would even explain the importance of testing instead of guessing, using a fatty acid profile test to raise awareness of possible imbalances.

Without realizing it, I had become passionate about something:

empowering people with health information they might not otherwise have.

Then, as God often does, another door opened and I was introduced to biofeedback analysis.  The ability to empower people came to a whole new level.

I shared my initial experience a few weeks ago in The Signs I Almost Missed.  My first analysis showed me areas of my health that I hadn’t realized might need additional support.  Although my initial instinct was to be afraid, I quickly chose the opposite.  I used it to become empowered!  Empowered with new information, which would allow me to make changes and monitor whether those changes appeared to be making a difference.

So I changed my supplementation and began using biofeedback to track patterns over time.  I also started testing my family and close friends.  After about eight months of watching my own results and those of roughly a dozen people close to me, I became convinced of the value of giving people another way to become more aware of their bodies.  

And that brings me to today.  I’m currently on a road trip, meeting with people, doing analyses, and helping them become more aware of areas they may want to focus on.  And yes, sometimes the information can feel a little scary at first, but I’ve watched it shift from a little fear to a little empowerment as people process it internally.

That happened earlier this week.  I worked with three siblings, ages 15, 16, and 20.  Their results showed similar cardiovascular patterns that stood out enough to get our attention.  Was that a diagnosis?  Absolutely not.  But seeing a similar pattern in all three gave them information worth paying attention to.

That’s empowering.  Because I don’t believe our genetics automatically have to become our destiny.  Knowing our family history and potential vulnerabilities can give us one more reason to take care of our bodies today.

I also met with a family who had been trying different supplements, looking for what worked best for them.  And that brought up another question I think many of us have:

How do I know if what I’m spending money on is actually helping me?

That’s one of the things I appreciate about having another tool for tracking changes over time.  Biofeedback analysis is not a diagnostic tool, and I am not a doctor.  It doesn’t replace bloodwork, medical testing, or appropriate care from a healthcare professional.  What it can do is provide wellness information and patterns that may help you ask better questions, become more aware of your body, and decide where you may want to focus your attention.

For me, that’s key, because the older I get, the less interested I am in simply adding years to my life.  I care about the quality of those years. I want to be the person who still believes 20 years from now that it’s not just “old age” and that I can still feel great!  And I want the people I love to have that opportunity too.

Legacy Reflection

What if taking care of your health isn’t only about you?

What if the choices you make today become part of the legacy you leave for the people you love?

Are there some signs you have been ignoring because dealing with them feels a little scary?

What is one choice you could make today that your future self, and maybe even future generations, would thank you for?

Maybe that’s why I’ve become so passionate about helping people look beneath the surface.  Not to bring fear, but to bring awareness and help them to see that health insights can bring knowledge, power, and choices.  If you’ve ever wondered what’s going on beneath the surface, or whether what you’re already doing is actually supporting you, I would love to help you explore it.  You don’t have to understand everything about health.  You just need a place to start.

Love ya!
Laura