I’d like to share how the first 2 secrets, from my series “8 Secrets to Becoming a Holistic Healer,” recently helped me. Just to recap, the first 2 secrets are:
knowing who the top healers are, and
understanding holistic health foundations and toxins
Last summer, I had a severe hypothyroid “attack.” I call it an attack because the effects were sudden and devastating. (Watch this lesson on YouTube or continue reading below…)
My attack was so severe that I thought, for the second time in my life, that I could possibly be on my death bed. I didn’t fully understand what my condition was. My symptoms were extremely varied - I had bloody urine, I felt extremely cold - to the point where it was over 105° Fahrenheit outside yet I was wearing a down winter jacket and sipping on hot tea in the hot sun for an hour outside so I could warm up, and I was extremely tired.
Even though I didn’t know the name of my condition yet, I knew the foundations of health and healing, so I knew I could begin helping my body heal immediately, and I wasn’t afraid. I started resting, drinking lots of liquids - especially in the form of herbal teas to boost my immune system. I started mega-dose vitamin C therapy, and immediately started destressing - which meant removing as many stressful activities from my daily life as much as possible. I started optimizing my Vitamin D levels through supplements as well as time in the sun. I improved tremendously, but I still wasn’t 100%. However, with as much as I know about the foundations of holistic health, I was able to “manage the situation” to the point where people were no longer urging me to go to the hospital or emergency room.
With the help of my husband, who also happens to be very holistic-minded, I was able to self-diagnose my condition as hypothyroidism. Because I had a name, I could then start searching through my TRUSTED sources regarding my condition. Three of the experts that taught me a lot about what I know about holistic healing all agreed on many things. I immediately purchased the supplements and herbs they recommended. I also knew about a certain diet that helped several people of hypothyroidism and other auto-immune disorders, so I started incorporating that as well.
With the help of my new found protocol, I was able to get back to feeling even better than before my hypothyroid attack. I also know how to avoid these attacks in the future, and when another one happens, they are much less severe because I know exactly what to do. I know that when I do have these attacks, it’s because I’m not living the way I should be, which includes not eating the way I should for optimal thyroid health.
Unfortunately, there are people with much less severe hypothyroidism who are never able to figure out what they have, and are therefore never able to get any kind of help, even sometimes from doctors, as many of them also have difficulty diagnosing it because the symptoms can often be confused with other conditions. And because
