March Digest
I think this book is about to change my life
March is here!
I told Tyler I am feeling hope for the first time in forever1. As y’all have heard me drone on and on about, I’ve been in this bubble of “wait wait…no not yet. But it’s close so be ready. But wait. Not that close. Try to relax.”
But I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and she bright. 😎
VMP HAS A NEW OWNER 🥳
I cannot tell you the extent to which the Lord made clear to Lindsay (the new VMP owner) and me that this was God’s plan, but it was remarkable. Even as we went through the standard process necessary to make things official, it all felt silly because we both said, “But we know this is God’s plan. Can’t we be done with all this?” Behind the scenes, God left us so many confirmations that I hope to share one day but for now, we get to celebrate that the thing we both thought might be too good to be true was in fact TRUE. Praising God to be on this side of VMP and it’s new biggest fan. I cannot wait to follow along.
WHILE WE’RE TOSSING EVERYTHING
In the mold remediation process, we had to throw out a good bit of our stuff. And it’s been a sacrifice to get rid of the toxins in our home. So while we’re at it, I’m trying to clean up some of the products. Toothpaste was one of the last holdouts for me. I love a good fresh clean feel and some of the non-toxic options don’t cut it. I ordered Boka during Black Friday and I have to say, the whitening toothpaste made me excited to brush my teeth. I don’t know what it is. It’s not crazy strong. It’s actually gentle but something makes it feel extra clean. It’s not cheap but if I’m spending two months and an insane amount of money to remediate our home, why would I not consider what I’m sticking in my mouth at least twice a day every day?
CONNECTING WITH THE GIRLS
Life has been exhausting lately and when that happens, I typically want to retreat and get away from people, which is not the best response when you have kids who might take it personally. I got these coloring books and markers, and the other day when I’d typically go get alone time, I asked them if they wanted to color, and it was such a sweet time AND relaxing.
ALREADY CAN TELL THIS IS 🤯🤯
I love sharing what I’m reading each month (below) but I had to share a bit more about this one. The Entitlement Cure by John Townsend (one of The Boundaries guys). I had someone share they were reading this and kind of identified who the book could be helpful for, and I couldn’t help but think “this is me!” and it’s sabotaging my life. So I ordered it immediately and started reading, and on every page, I just keep praying and asking God to help this knowledge sink deep because I feel so know this is an area I struggle and one that feels impossible to change on my own.
SIMPLE FOOD HACKS I’M TRYING
I just finished Glucose Revolution and it is so simple but also, revolutionary in how I think about food. It was written by this gal who’s Instagram covers a lot of the book so start with her Insta if you life and get the book to go deeper. Essentially, flattening our glucose spikes from sugar or carbs isn’t just about not eating sugar and carbs. The order we eat and what we pair it with matters too, and makes me feel like I can really do this.
CURRENTLY READING
The Entitlement Cure by John Townsend
Delighting in Jesus by Asheritah CiuCiu
The Deep-Rooted Marriage by Dan Allender and Steve Call
Next, I’ll be sharing an extra post about my Sabbatical plans!
Val
That was for you Frozen moms.
I’m so glad Val Marie Paper will live in. It is the #1 thing that has grown my prayer life. You work so hard and purple who follow your soundtrack absolutely love the wisdom you share.
Delighting in Jesus is 100% on my wishlist and I’m hoping to get to it this year. Every book you post about sounds good, I just need more hours in my day (don’t we all). I was so happy to learn about The Way Out by Alan Gordon. It has really helped me confront my pain head on and it’s nearly gone. I’m getting ready to try getting off my nerve pain medication and see if I’m still good.
Like you I have my struggles with pain and fatigue. I’ve known for a long time there is a connection to our food supply and I went paleo in 2003. I did great for a long time on paleo but multiple, large, high stress situations set me back quite a bit and certainly made significant changes to my body. At 51, I’ve been trying to lose weight for a year with no change in my weight and I’m over 200lbs-it makes no sense. I recently found out I have PCOS so that’s caused a lot of research in areas I’ve never looked at before including long periods of fasting, carnivore diet, oxalates, phytic acid, lectins, mast cell activation syndrome, hormone optimization, therapeutic peptides and so much more. Just trying to find the solution to my pain and the discomfort of being in my body.
Last year, I found a hormone specialist to optimize my hormones, I started Lindywell, while re-starting paleo. Doing that, in lost no weight, but I certainly felt my core become more stable. In January I started weights and had some very small loss (.6lbs every 10 days) My goal is to lose a one/week (not unrealistic at my weight) so I decided to start carnivore about 10 days ago, as the ultimate elimination diet. I’m eating more calories, more protein and more fat. I did have a couple days of oxalate dumping (READ: Toxic Superfoods) which not everybody had but I’m losing more than 1lb/week, I can lift more weight, I’m not starving most of the time, fasting is a breeze and I feel up for doing more activity. I’m considering an 8 week cycle of peptide therapy of MOT-C and Tesamorelin to target belly fat and repair damaged mitochondria, which is a problem for persons with PCOS.
Well….maybe this was TMI but I feel like I started on my healing path through your posts. Thank you for that. I will certainly be praying that your mold mitigation brings you relief. Keep spreading the good news!