About

I am so excited to share my journey through eczema, Topical Steroid Withdrawal, and leaky gut / SIBO with you! YOU are the reason I started this website. For those of you suffering with eczema, gut issues, autoimmune diseases, or any other chronic health issues, my hope is that the information on this website will lead you to your path of healing. I have experienced the beautiful healing effects of Functional Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sound Healing, Energy Medicine, Yoga, Ayurveda, Reiki and more, and sharing this information with you gives me an inner joy that is hard to explain.  
“I couldn’t shake hands with people and, what’s worse, I couldn’t give my sweet children a bath because even something as harmless as water was far too painful.”
used steroid creams for over 25 years to treat eczema on my hands and it eventually reached a point where it covered both hands and all ten fingers and formed little oozing, painful blisters under the skin. I couldn’t shake hands with people and, what’s worse, I couldn’t give my sweet children a bath because even something as harmless as water was far too painful. The steroid creams clearly were not healing the problem and I later discovered that they may have been causing the rash to worsen over time. I believe my skin became addicted to steroid creams!

I also struggled with leaky gut and SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) that was possibly caused by overuse of antibiotics. In 2010, my OB/GYN put me on a daily antibiotic for 8 months of my pregnancy and then in 2014 my dermatologist put me on a daily antibiotic to treat the eczema. SIBO is very difficult to treat and many believe that SIBO is actually the root cause behind most Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) cases.