Cara's Story

My healing journey

Hey! I’m Cara, thanks for stopping by. 🙂 Here is a little background on me and why I started this blog.

October 2018 is when I started my journey toward deeper healing in my body and my acne. The year prior brought lots of stress and changes in my life and I was left with a body that was out of balance and was desperately in need of some healing so I started studying deeper into functional nutrition and the Medical Medium books/information. Since doing so, my life has been changed drastically. I no longer stress everyday about my acne and underlying mystery health symptoms. And I have tools to turn to when my health gives me challenges.

Iv’e always been interested in wellness and nutrition my whole life. The problem was, I knew the power of food, but I was always lost because nothing ever seemed to really move the needle as much as I wanted it to. It wasn’t until I started implementing certain healing protocols into my life that things started to really shift for me.

I went completely gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg free and did my best to avoid soy, corn and canola oil too. (I still do this today) Those choices alone have done massive things for my health and my skin too. My body aches and nerve pain disappeared, my chronic nausea and skin issues started to vanish as well. Scroll below to see pictures of my acne healing process.

Still to this day when my body wants to “flare” up with symptoms I always know exactly what to do to feel better and that is freedom to me!

Why I started my blog

Adhering to specific diets can be frustrating at times and tricky especially during holidays for instance when you just want those old favorites, but you know they will make you feel sick or have flare ups. It can also be difficult if you aren’t interested in spending a lot of time in the kitchen testing out recipes, or cooking all the time!

I know so many people out there decide to eat the way I do because of the massive shift they notice in their health or because of common allergies as well. That is why I am so passionate about creating a place for people to go so they can be confident that they are eating something that will align to their protocol AND be super tasty. I believe you can have both.

My blog is to inspire those who feel like they are running out of ideas and inspiration to cook healthy, and to get excited again about making feel good recipes that taste amazing!

I decided to finally start my blog in 2021 after years of creating and testing recipes, and contemplating if I should start! My love for food started way back as long as I can remember. I went to culinary school in 2013 and am so happy to make food my main focus again!

I want to do everything I can to make sure there are amazing food options out there for the person who is adhering to a similar diet or someone who is interested in eating healthy, healing ingredients. My goal is that you won’t even miss those old favorites you used to love!

I do admit that once in a while I do eat a little processed sugar and some of my recipes may have this. But, I am always working on making my recipes as clean as possible for me and for you!

Healing my acne

Healing is not always linear. I have acne flares and other symptom flares here and there. The most freeing thing for me is knowing something that I can depend on that makes me not just look my best but FEEL my best without fail. That is so freeing to me.

See photos below of my acne healing journey!

Note- I did not use any medication or topical products on my skin to achieve these results. This was all internal shifts. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in my life is that anything showing up on the outside is a reflection of what is going on on the inside.

I share these for the soul purpose of sharing my story and motivating those on a similar path!

Also, my healing journey isn’t all about my acne, there are also many internal shifts that have taken place in my body that you can’t take pictures of since changing my diet.

Thank you for being here! If you want a custom recipe made by me of something you haven’t been able to have because of dietary restrictions, send them my way! I love the challenge of creating it! 🙂

Cara 💕