About me

I am a beautiful contradiction, a tale of two cities… well, really a tale of 7 or 8 cities, but that’s for another time.  I’m a Registered Nurse by trade but one who takes the road less traveled.  I believe in medicine, heck, that’s what supports my lifestyle! However, what I have found over the last several years, is a belief that things can be better! They can be prevented! In 2010 I begrudgingly began a journey (I’ll tell you that story later on) that would ultimately change my thinking and my beliefs!  I began to see the importance of prevention through eating well, exercising, simplifying life, and changing the way I was thinking. I became addicted to wellness and became disenchanted with the “sick care” system I work in.  Now mind you, I am a Neonatal ICU nurse so I don’t see too much sick care… but babies are not supposed to be born sick or premature- and I’ve seen LOTS of that.  And so it again fuels my veracious appetite for wellness…  And so I have become a beautiful contradiction in my nursing practice!  I care for these sick newborns and support their families through one of the hardest times in life… meanwhile believing that there is a better way.  That we can all be healthy and can do it without drugs.  Don’t get me wrong; drugs are important and necessary but what if we could change our health by making small, simple lifestyle changes, by eliminating the toxins that we are surrounded by, by choosing a simpler way.  It’s so logical…and so simple… but I know it is hard to embrace. Trust me! I held out for a long time being skeptical… until I dropped my pride and embraced it… and found, it was SO simple!! And it worked!

So, you are probably wondering then, what has brought me to this blog…  Well… I fully embraced a holistic lifestyle and began to change many things in my life- remove toxins, exercise more, eat an almost vegan diet- MORE WHOLE FOODS!! However, what I didn’t change was the stress of my job and didn’t quench the insatiable ambition that resides within me, that ALWAYS wants more.  I found myself embracing a new Nursing Manager position and moving to Denver after having completed 2 NICU renovation projects in 2 years and then caring for a patient and his family that needed everything I had in the year after… And now what I found in this new position was a HUGE need for culture change that just about took everything I had left! But we did it!  I DID IT! I DID IT ALL!  And felt amazing accomplishment because I had done it well!!!!!!  What I didn’t expect was the wasteland that was left in the wake… 2 failed relationships, friendships stressed, and a body that was ultimately giving out on me… YELLING at me to stop.  But I didn’t listen!!  UNTIL I was driving home one night and had one thing in mind, “get home safely and go to bed!”  I had been hit by the proverbial train and couldn’t function! I could only close my eyes and sleep.  But rest wouldn’t ever come.  I knew something was wrong and so sought care from a Naturopath.  What i found was I had an extremely low iron level (24-and remember I live at altitude) and thought that was it.  But, she had some great intuition and sent me to an Endocrinologist who took one look at me and knew what I had….. In October, 2014 I  was diagnosed with Severe Adrenal Fatigue and was grateful to know what was going on with me and grateful that the treatment was completely natural!!!!

I am now 4 months into my recovery and am starting to feel normal (I forgot how good that felt) most days. I am still on this journey and continue to tweak my treatment plan and add things that fuel me and fill me!  Through my initial phase of information seeking, I began to see a huge need to put solid information and advice about Adrenal Fatigue out for people to read.  AF is a newly forming diagnosis and not recognized in a lot of mainstream circles. I struggled for a bit to find positive information that would help me and so had to put a lot of it together for myself. And so, here I am now, on the road to recovery, and want to share this (and lots of other things!) with you!

This blog is dedicated to my journey, how I’ve treated this debilitating disease, and how I have journeyed back to health and wellness, and how I am rebuilding my life.  I hope you enjoy this journey with me and I sincerely hope it helps you with yours!

~Meredyth