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Tracy shares heartfelt stories, practical tools, and profound insights to empower your healing journey. Drawing from the triumphs over autoimmune disease and cancer, Tracy offers hope to those battling chronic illness, rare diseases, or seeking vibrant wellness.
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As a health practitioner and detox coach, I've spent years advocating for a Holistic lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of removing toxins from our lives and choosing whole or minimally processed foods. However, my journey took a surprising turn. For 15 years, I lived an organic, health-focused lifestyle, making my children’s food, exercising daily, drinking smoothies, and cleansing my body. Yet, at 40, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Read MoreNever stop believing in your body’s ability to heal itself has been my mantra since January 22nd, 2015.
Read MoreThat day changed everything for me. There was Tracy B.C. (Before Cancer) and the Tracy after. Ironically, I loved that B.C. woman. She had been on a journey to heal her inner demons, insecurities, and pain—some of which stemmed from childhood struggles that many of us wrestle with. By the time I hit my 30s, I had come to terms with some deep truths I didn’t like about myself, the people I had hurt, and the challenge of forgiving myself. I believed I had climbed the mountain of regret, dropped the backpack of shame, and finally found my stride. Then I was knocked down—or rather thrown down the mountain—into an uncertainty I fought hard to escape, to no avail.
went from being fit and healthy to a hot mess as a teenager.
At 17, I was just a normal physically active teen with dreams and ambitions, but that all changed when I was diagnosed with "the kissing disease"-mononucleosis, seemed benign at the time but this was the first drop in the bucket in my chase for health. What followed was a cascade of ailments—multiple cases of strep throat, dental issues after my wisdom teeth removal; a few root canals and several cavities-unraveling my once pristine dental record, the college liquid standard American diet didn't help but what really tipped my bucket was a bad case of food poisoning that seemed to change my gut microbiome for over 25 years.
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