conditions
The four knots I am slowly untying
They are connected: thyroid, liver, gut and skin all talk to each other. This is how I think about each one and care for it day to day.
Hashimoto's
The autoimmune thyroid diagnosis that started all of this.
Consistent medication and labs with my doctor; warm, cooked food; protecting sleep; and learning how stress fits into the picture.
Liver
The quiet organ doing too much, for too long.
Gentle, warm meals, bitter greens, fewer things that overload it, and attention to the body's rhythm rather than pushing through.
Gut
Where so much of the thyroid and skin story actually lives.
Simpler, warmer food; ginger, cumin and fennel; unhurried meals; and a more curious relationship with digestion.
Skin
The most visible part of an inside-out story.
Gentle topical care alongside attention to the gut, liver and stress — and letting go of the idea that clear skin is the whole goal.