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Calling All Humans! (I need your insight)
I’m launching. It’s official. I’m quitting my job & committing to working full-time on the one thing that I think will make the biggest different to our planet right now. I need your feedback on my...
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Paleo Family Toolkit (just until the 28th~)
The Paleo Family Toolkit is available until November 28th and includes my e-book Helping a Loved-One Heal. You can learn more about the toolkit by clicking through or reading more below. This toolkit...
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A Giveaway (and an update~)
I’ve been working on some really exciting projects that I can’t wait to share with you. And I’ll be back to blogging regularly soon! In the meantime here’s a quick update: My new website is almost...
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Toxin Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT)
I first learned about Toxin Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT) from Dr John Cline, Matthew’s Functional Medicine Doctor. TILT made sense because it describes a tipping point: how toxins accumulate in...
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Summertime Parsley & Blood Orange Pasta (AIP)
One of the beautiful things about living a long way from the equator is the long sunny summer evenings, when there’s still hours of day after suppertime. We’re in that season now in the Northern...
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Boring is the New Wonderful
Yesterday was boring. By that I mean, ordinary. It was an ordinary Saturday. Like the weekends I remember. From our life before. Here’s how it went: We woke up early. Noted that the #3 kid will likely...
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Helping a Loved-one Heal
I wrote a book to support the process of healing. It is the culmination of 2½ years blogging, the last 8 years caregiving for someone with chronic illness, and my 20+ year career creating intentional...
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Moules-frites (AIP)
In our old life, we had a restaurant habit. A favourite was a neighbourhood brew pub that featured locally-sourced food, and my top-pick from that menu was always the Moules-frites. Moules-frites...
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How We AIP
This week the worldwide community of Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) bloggers has banded together to highlight how we each live our healing protocol lifestyle–in real life. We are each committed to taking...
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Crustless Butternut Pie
After almost 2½ years on the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP), we’re finally in reintroduction territory! Matthew has reintroduced coffee, white rice (occasionally), soaked and dehydrated pumpkin seeds, and...
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Top 3 weight management strategies on the Autoimmune Protocol
This is the 4th in a series of posts about Women, Weight and the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP). Find the first on Joanna Frankham’s blog. This post focuses on the top-three strategies for weight management...
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Biohacking Update: 28 months on the AIP
Matthew returned to work this week. When he took disability leave at the end of 2013 we thought he’d never work again. At that time, he was taking 6-8 hydromorphone painkillers a day, as well as a high...
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Being an Advocate
As a caregiver, you may need to advocate on behalf of a loved-one in the medical system. In a crisis situation, when someone you care about can’t speak for themselves, advocacy is straightforward: they...
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The Shadow Side of Caregiving
This is the fourth in a series of posts: The first explores ways that caregivers can support a loved-one as they embark on a healing protocol; The second considers self-care for caregivers, including...
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Sustainable Caregiving: your needs matter too!
Compassion and exhaustion. Anguish and anger. Constant worry. Trying not to let it show. Caring for a chronically-ill loved-one is difficult and demanding. And most of us don’t have mentors to help us...
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How to Talk About ‘Alternative Health’ with Doctors
Many of us have gone beyond mainstream medicine. We’ve taken the parts of it that work, and have moved on to some form of ‘alternative’ health care. For me that means using therapies like grounding, as...
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Autoimmune Citizen Science
Vivek Mandan Many people who improve their autoimmune symptoms want to share what they have learned, so others can benefit too. Most people just start a blog. Vivek Mandan is creating Autoimmune...
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Self-care for Caregivers
If someone you love has a chronic health condition, you need to get really good at taking care of yourself. Especially if they have an illness that is going to affect you in the long term. For a...
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12 Tips for Caregivers: supporting your (reluctant) loved-one to start a...
Some people are motivated to begin a healing protocol on their own. Some are well enough. Can think clearly. Make plans. Set goals. But others require help to get there. If someone you love has a...
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