Welcome to the blog!

Hello and welcome to my blog as I chronicle my healing journey using the GAPS diet and protocol as outlined by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride.

To get started I will share a little about myself. I live in the Midwest, south central Kansas, specifically. I grew up here and continue to live here near my family.

I am a practicing registered nurse of over 10 years while mostly working with adult patients in inpatient-hospital settings including women's health, cardiology, and orthopedics and neurology. I am in the process of starting a health-coaching service to assist people with their personal wellness and health goals on an individual and in-depth basis. I will primarily be focusing on helping women and those with digestive ailments.

I decided to begin the GAPS diet to heal my gut after a rather lengthy antibiotic regimen to treat tertiary Lyme disease. In all, I was on one or more oral antibiotics for Lyme disease from January 2012 to April 2014 with some intermittent use during the last year.  I stopped all my antibiotic therapies in Spring 2014 and have been off them since. Now, I continue to have some residual Lyme-related issues like thyroid and hormonal imbalances and some remaining difficulty with sleeping, but most of my major symptoms and Lyme-related complications have been resolved.

I have heard so many things from friends, both online and in my area, who have used the GAPS diet with great success to heal various gut, brain, psychological, and digestive issues. I hope to do the same following the GAPS program for the next 6-8 weeks. I plan to transition to a mostly Paleo diet after going off of GAPS as maintenance for my health.

On this blog I plan to share recipes I have created or tried personally that are GAPS-approved, post photos of my food and fermented food creations, and share my progress, both the successes and setbacks in my healing journey. Feel free to read along and share in the comments about your own experience on the GAPS protocol, dealing with Lyme disease, or other related health matters.

I will not be giving out professional or personal advice on this blog, but please do contact me via email or on Facebook to follow my health coaching page for more information and input into GAPS and healing gut and brain ailments.

Happy reading and healing in your own journey toward better health and well-being!