by Lauren A Jennings | Feb 24, 2017 | Emotions, Nutrition
If you or someone you love has a chronic or mental illness, this post is for you. It’s for you if your physical, mental or emotional brokenness crushes your spirit. It’s for you if you’ve been to the best doctors that you can afford, and...
by Lauren A Jennings | Feb 10, 2017 | Nutrition
Victory moment today: I have spent the last month retracting a GAPS stage after struggling to balance going back to work, losing my husbands father and my hours-a-day healing regimen. An evening of coffee enemas when I feel great? Whaaaaat?!! No way! I also went back...
by Lauren A Jennings | Sep 19, 2016 | Emotions, Nutrition, Spirituality
For years, I have been in the Valley of Achor. Sandstorms. Mirages. Heatstroke. Hosea can relate. Hosea lives a crummy life. His wife, Gomer, is a prostitute whom he has to repeatedly bring back home after she has a wild night on the town. Gomer is just like...
by Lauren A Jennings | Jun 9, 2016 | Emotions, Nutrition
I woke up this morning feeling like I was run over by a mack truck. I’m exhausted, emotional and weak. So much has happened over my two-month hiatus from the blog. I have the urge to write today because it’s been a bad day, the worst I’ve had in a...
by Lauren A Jennings | Feb 12, 2016 | Nutrition
The hardest thing to give up in my nutrition makeover for better mental health was chocolate. I adore those dark blocks of velvety goodness. Many wellness companies are getting wise and making sugar-and-gluten-free chocolate available, but it often comes with a hefty...
by Lauren A Jennings | Jan 22, 2016 | Emotions, Nutrition
On the day I am writing, my Boxer-pitbull-and-God-knows-what, Thor, is curled up on the couch. We put him outside this morning before the rain and sleet hit. The forecast called for a wintry mix today and while we’ve yet to see snow, the sub-freezing...
