Originally I started this blog as a way to catalog my journey as a solo diner, who was just discovering how big of a role food intolerances played in my everyday life. I started out by posting a few recipes I created or modified. I spoke specifically to creating meals for one person, focusing on my goals to eat a more well rounded and healthful diet, all while avoiding those foods to which I had adverse reactions. I wrote a few articles about my 10 day cleansing process and how I was able to, through an elimination diet, determine that it would be best for me to go completely gluten and dairy free. I shared my struggles and successes in rethinking how I shopped, cooked and even in relearning to bake gluten free!
If you'd like to learn more about how this transition has brought me to where I am today, or to try any of my recipes, please feel free to check out my older posts. 😀
So, I bet you're thinking, why relaunch the blog? Why rebrand? And why now?
I hope to answer those questions a little more in depth as we continue this journey together but the short answer is that I am still learning and still discovering and I want to share it all with you!
I hope that something I have gone thru or a topic that I might discuss in one of those posts might help you or someone that you know!
I know what it's like to feel overwhelmed and that I was all alone trying to figure out what was going on with my body. I get how hard it is to make a lifestyle change; to do what I felt would be the most positive thing I could do for myself and how much harder it was to convince anyone else that what I needed to do wasn't a fad diet or just the latest trend. Over the years it has gotten a lot easier, but my journey is far from over and I feel I still have a lot left to share.
I have made a commitment to not only try eat better but to live better. This includes using more natural products, retraining the way I think about everyday wellness, considering more carefully what I choose to put on and into my body (foods, medications, supplements, healthy and beauty products, etc...) and how that affects me. It also means not treating symptoms but finding solutions, no longer hiding what makes me different, but embracing it. On top of all that I am making my own kind of happiness, and chasing my dream of being self-employed in a rewarding career.
I hope you will choose to tag along or share my story with someone you know that may be on a similar journey.
Cheers!
