Rewilded Wellness

The Most 'Boring' Health Work (And Why It's Revolutionary)

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In this birthday month deep dive, I'm sharing the profound realizations that have emerged from 11 years of quarterly hair mineral testing and my journey into constitutional herbalism. As we transition from Leo's fixed fire into Virgo's mutable earth energy, it's the perfect time to explore what real, lasting health transformation actually looks like.

Spoiler alert: it's not what wellness culture has taught you to expect.

After 44 hair tests and working with hundreds of clients, I've discovered that the most revolutionary thing you can do for your health is also the most "boring" - getting your foundations right through slow, constitutional medicine. But here's why this approach is actually radical: it works WITH your body's intelligence instead of against it.

In this episode, I explore:

🌾 Why seasonal transitions (...

You're Not Broken (But That's Not the Whole Story): Why We Need Nuanced Conversations in Wellness

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In this episode, I'm calling out the spiritual bypassing that's everywhere in the wellness space right now. From "you just need courage, not healing" to "you're not broken" - these oversimplified messages are missing the complex reality of being human.

After 11 years of quarterly hair mineral testing and watching my body respond to life, I've learned that we need BOTH courage AND healing. We need nuanced conversations that honor the whole human experience - the beautiful AND the messy.

I break down why the "positive vibes only" approach to wellness is actually keeping people stuck, why your body isn't broken but might still have terrain worth addressing, and how we can hold multiple truths simultaneously without falling into victim mentality OR spiritual bypassing.

This is abou...

Your Evolution from Swimming Upstream to Flowing with Your Body's Wisdom

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I've been soaking up this magical Leo season, picking berries at local farms and making plant infusions that feel like exactly what my body needs. It got me thinking about flow versus force - and how we've all been conditioned to swim upstream against our bodies instead of working with their natural wisdom.

In this episode, I'm sharing what my garden taught me about healing, why I've made some bold boundary decisions in my practice, and how to move beyond the endless root cause hunting that keeps so many people stuck in health rabbit holes.

I dive into a powerful case study of a 49-year-old client whose previous functional medicine approach had her on hormone precursors to "fix" imbalanced labs, while completely missing the terrain story her body was telling. When we looked at her hair mineral analys...

Composting vs. Cleansing: Why Parasite Obsession Keeps People Stuck

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Recently I shared some things on Instagram about the dogma in the holistic health community and what the opposite of it is. The opposite of dogma is fluidity - staying open to new information and evolution. It's discernment - using wisdom rather than rigid rules. It's embodied knowing - trusting your body's intelligence over external authorities. It's adaptability - adjusting based on what's actually working. And it's curiosity - staying in questions rather than fixed answers.

And then I asked people what dogma - or things that they've been told they have to do to heal - are they confused by. And one of them was 'Do I have to do parasite cleanses?'

Which is a great topic, so I figured it was worthy of its whole entire own episode. Because let's be honest - parasites are being talked about everywhere these da...

Your Body Isn't Meant to Be Forced Into Submission

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What if the way we've been approaching healing is fundamentally imbalanced? In this episode, I share a deeply personal journey from forcing protocols to embracing flow, and why this shift matters for all of us - especially women.

I open with a story from my recent new moon ritual at the wild spring where I collect my water, exploring how our relationship with the elements can become medicine rather than just another item on our wellness checklist.

Then I dive into a conversation I had with Amanda from The Healer Revolution podcast (episode drops in September!) about an intuitive choice I made before a recent massage - taking the homeopathic remedy Cuprum Metallicum to support my fascia and connective tissue. This seemingly simple decision opens up a much bigger conversation about copper as the metal of Venus, the archetypa...

Making Sense of Detox: What Hair Tests and Methylation Really Tell Us

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Why aren't your detox protocols working? In this episode, Lydia breaks down the missing piece most people overlook - your cellular electrical system. Learn why supporting individual detox pathways fails when your foundational cellular charge is compromised, and discover what your hair test is really telling you about your body's ability to eliminate toxins.

Topics covered:
• Why your cells need electrical charge to detoxify
• The truth about methylation vs. glucuronidation pathways
• How to read your hair test as an adaptation story
• Why cell danger response shuts down detox genes
• The foundation that makes all protocols actually work

Perfect for anyone frustrated with detox protocols that aren't delivering results.

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What if the very thing you think is helping you heal is actually keeping you stuck?

In this episode, we're diving deep into why the "root cause" paradigm has gone too far - and how it's creating the very stress response you're trying to heal from.

I'm sharing the difference between two energies: the Ouroboros (chasing your tail, consuming your own healing energy) and Magnetism (aligning with your body's natural intelligence).

You'll discover:
• Why hunting for THE root cause keeps you in fight-or-flight
• How to shift from chasing solutions to creating conditions for healing
• The interference problem that's drowning out your body's signals
• Why co-regulation with people and environment matters so much
• The difference between correction and integration models
• How the built environment disrupts your body's natural magnetism

This isn't about adding more protocols to y...

The Poison Ivy Principle: Why Your Body Won't Hold Onto Minerals (And What This Means for Your Healing Timeline)

*A personal story that changes everything about how we understand Cell Danger Response and mineral wasting patterns*

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What started as a simple garden cleanup turned into a profound revelation about why so many people struggle with mineral supplementation - even when they're doing everything "right."

In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of my severe poison ivy reaction and the unexpected parallels it revealed about mold exposure, environmental toxins, and why your body might be operating in permanent survival mode.

The Hidden Connection Most People Miss

Just like poison ivy lurks invisibly in winter gardens, mold exposure and environmental toxins often affect us without our awareness. When your body finally recognizes the threat, it launches a ma...

Trusting the Unseen: Embracing the Quiet Growth of Healing

A Message from My Heart: Trusting What Your Body Knows

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*I hope it offers you support and insights on trusting your healing process.

Many of us are walking through a landscape that feels unfamiliar—like we’re on a journey with no clear map. If you’re feeling exhausted, confused, or like you’re moving through fog, I want you to know: You are not alone in that.

From my own experience, I’ve learned that your body knows what it needs, even if your mind is arguing with it or trying to push you to do more. For years, I have worked with hair tissue mineral analysis, trying to understand how to support others—and honestly, I’ve realized that I haven't always been able to do that as effectively as I want because I was still caught in my own process.

What I’ve come to see is this: When your body perceives safety, it begins to remember how to heal. But ...

*This blog post is adapted from my podcast episode exploring the critical distinction between integration and correction in the healing journey.*

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For years, we've been conditioned to view our health challenges through a correction lens. We see symptoms as problems to fix, imbalances as defects to correct, and healing as a linear path from broken to fixed. This correction mindset has us constantly searching for the perfect supplement, the ideal protocol, or the magical diet that will "fix" what's wrong.

But what if our symptoms aren't actually problems to fix? What if they're messengers carrying information about what our system truly needs? What if our mineral imbalances aren't random malfunctions but intelligent adaptations to our unique life circumstances?

Understanding the Difference

When we approach health through correction, we operate from what I call the "fixing mindset." This perspective sees the body as a ...