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The One Basic Principle Any Healing Journey Needs.
Healing, whether it be from an autoimmune disease, unintegrated childhood trauma or both because they probably are more connected than you realize, can be a multilayered process. Healing comes from your ability to have insights and make observations that give you more information into your bodies inner workings. It is your ability to mend and integrate what’s “off” that allows your body and mind to operate in harmony. Without harmony, your body and mind may experience disruption. During this healing journey, there is one primal harmonious need that we often overlook. Healing comes from your ability to feel safe. Whether you are working from the outside in like changing your…
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Healing Alopecia Areata as a Vegan: The Nicolas Huart Interview.
There is a large vegetarian and vegan community out there who suffer from autoimmune issues and are looking for a healing option that coincides with their lifestyle, beliefs, and food choices. After a good amount of vegetarians and vegans reached out to me looking advice I scoured the internet for proof that healing alopecia areata as a vegetarian or vegan could be done. I found Nicolas Huart, who graciously shared his experience with me here at GreenBananaGirl.com. Yes, You Can Heal Alopecia Areata as a Vegan or Vegetarian. (Nicolas Healed His as a Vegan) Most people are familiar with healing alopecia areata using the AIP diet, which is the eating plan…
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How to Celebrate the Small Wins During Your Autoimmune Healing.
With an autoimmune condition, it’s sometimes hard to look on the bright side, mostly because it feels as if your body is trying to kill you. The idea of healing through an autoimmune disease is synonymous with the physical manifestation. Even if you aren’t seeing physical or major internal improvements, you may still be going in the right direction. Make sure you are receptive to your progress so you can celebrate the small wins of your autoimmune healing because I promise you, they are there. How to Recognize the Small Wins of Your Big Autoimmune Condition. If you have alopecia like I do, hair growth is success. If you…
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The Alopecia Journey: The Thoughts and Emotions that Come With it.
This is an awareness post for the thoughts, fears, and emotions that people have at some point on their alopecia journey. Out of all the auto-immune dis-eases, alongside Psoriasis, it is one of the most visible because of its very clear physical symptoms. For people who are currently in a stage of new hair loss, noticing a patch, seeing new hair growth, or deciding whether to shave their entire head, there are a lot of feelings that are revealed and concealed when the hair starts to fall. This post is for you. The Beginning of Your Alopecia Journey; When You Realize You Have it: I won’t look good bald. This…
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The Top 8 Homeopathic Remedies For Alopecia Areata
I've used Homeopathy as a natural healing modality for EVERYTHING, with Alopecia Areata as no exception. It is a gentle energetic healing method that works WITH your system rather than against, which in these times of immune system defecting are preferred. There are a number of homeopathic remedies for alopecia areata that will help activate your immune system healing.
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10 Unmistakable Signs Your Body is Healing from Inflammation.
If you haven't gone to the depths of your body soul to heal yourself, you may not recognize the signs of healing. It is a gentle, subtle, and sometimes confusing process but there are 10 unmistakable signs your body is healing from inflammation.
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My No-Fail Tips for Being Successful on the AIP Diet.
When it comes down to Auto-Immune Diseases they all have one thing in common..inflammation. The Auto-immune Protocol is a special science based diet that may be able to help you with your current inflammatory situation. It's a strict protocol with two phases: Elimination and Reintroduction.
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Understanding Alopecia and the Stages of Hair Growth.
I changed my diet and I’m still losing hair! This is a common phrase we alopecia folks say to ourselves. There is more to hair loss than just diet, though diet is a HUGE factor in how I re-grew my hair. Your hair has its own hair growth cycle and understanding how that works can help put your mind at ease when you notice the strands and tears coming down in the shower. What are the stages of hair growth? Hair growth has four stages where your hair follicles either shed, rest, or grow. Losing hair is actually a very natural part of that hair growth process. In fact, we…
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How to Make Kombucha like a Home Brewing Hippie.
Learn how to make easy homemade Kombucha like a Pro.
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Part 3- The Effect of the Auto-immune Diet for Alopecia Areata and How I Grew My Hair Back.
What really happened on the autoimmune inflammation diet with my alopecia areata? Month 1 and 2– I didn’t see much hair growth but I felt GREAT. I wasn’t tired, sluggish and any sort of mind fuzz was gone. I had incredible energy and my body snapped into some muscular super hero shape. Mind you I was riding horses three times a week and doing heavy manual labor (I was a tour manager) but the diet change really turned me into a health mutant. I am already in shape but I had to make sure I was eating A LOT to keep me at a healthy weight and not waste away. I…
