It's really empowering to take care of yourself :)

And inspiring for the rest of us. I also eat rubbish because it's faster than cooking when I don't have my son with me... and it noticeably affects my energy and mental state.

They're calling the gut the "second brain" these days you know. THAT is how much gut health and diet impact mood and mental clarity. It's massive.

I don't know what chronic pain you suffer with. Awful and hard, I would imagine. I know a bit about it because I ended up with some pretty severe PTSD after a scary life challenge and over two years of trying to "fix" it, it moved into my body.

As all mental stuff that hasn't been addressed does.

I ended up with chronic pain in my back for almost two years.

Fixed now as I processed the trauma eventually. It took a lot of time and effort :/

If you haven't had the pleasure of discovering Gabor Maté yet (When the body says No) I would really recommend him highly. He's bordering on genius if not the real deal.

Sending love and strength and happy to see you back up! You've been in my thoughts. ❤️