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When is it OK to splurge on your gut-healing diet? A nutritionist’s guide

When is it OK to splurge on your gut-healing diet? A nutritionist’s guide

by Alexa | Jun 23, 2025 | IBD, Living with chronic conditions

So you’re following certain eating guidelines to heal your gut and reduce uncomfortable symptoms like bloat, urgency, gas,and more. You’re wondering, “When is it OK for me to indulge in a food that may or may not trigger me?” I got you. Maybe you’re on vacation and...
5 ways you could be self-sabotaging your own healing

5 ways you could be self-sabotaging your own healing

by Alexa | Jan 22, 2025 | IBD, Living with chronic conditions

Preventing yourself from healing through autoimmunity and chronic illness might sound like something you’d never do. However, this happens more than you know. It could even be happening right now. Yes, it’s true. And I’m here to gently lift the veil,...
Why you feel unsafe on the chronic illness journey and how to restore trust in yourself

Why you feel unsafe on the chronic illness journey and how to restore trust in yourself

by Alexa | Dec 19, 2024 | Living with chronic conditions

Have you been on a health journey with Crohn’s, UC, or another chronic diagnosis and resonate with feeling unsafe, unstable, and unpredictable in your own body? It’s less of a common theme and more of a ‘given’ that someone with long-standing...
Why eliminating more foods isn’t solving your gut issues

Why eliminating more foods isn’t solving your gut issues

by Alexa | Dec 15, 2024 | Featured, IBD

Have you ever done an elimination diet or removed the big food triggers like gluten or dairy to improve your Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms? Have you ever felt disappointed that it didn’t make as big of a difference as you expected? Maybe...
Herbal Medicine for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: An East Asian Medical Approach

Herbal Medicine for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: An East Asian Medical Approach

by Alexa | Nov 5, 2024 | IBD

Written by guest author: Marc Wasserman Ph.D. L.Ac. Dipl.O.M. Introduction and Fundamental Theory of East Asian Medicine The roots of East Asian Medicine are ancient, thousands of years old. Yet, the system and tools it uses for diagnosis, treatment and disease...
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Hi, I'm Alexa! I'm a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and writer supporting the IBD and autoimmune communities. My remote practice guides individuals through nutrition and lifestyle healing so they can be empowered in their health and not overruled by it!

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If you're new here, HELLO!🙋‍♀️ I've had this IBD If you're new here, HELLO!🙋‍♀️

I've had this IBD focused account since 2012 and I've been an NTP since 2017🥝🧀🍒🍣

Gut health and nutrition is quite literally my life☺️

I love to help the newly diagnosed learn how to live with a chronic diagnosis as much as I love helping someone who's had IBD for 20 years and has never really healed their gut, get through a flare and get more safe foods in their diet.

I also know how limiting the narrative of living with IBD is and I love sharing my food and my health to show you what's possible. 🌟

If you're someone that doesn't like being told, "You can't do that," or you have a strong feeling that there's more you could do for your health, and you despise feeling like a victim, you're going to love it here.

Share with me, what brought you here?? What are your health goals? ☺️🥩🤸🏼‍♂️🍳🫜🥕
Be awareeeee 💀 People are jumping at the bit to t Be awareeeee 💀

People are jumping at the bit to tell you holistic approaches won't work.

Either they simply know nothing about them or tried unsuccessfully.

Heck, my own pedi GI at the time of getting diagnosed discouraged me from functional medicine (and that's putting it very lightly — he was completely condescending and flexing his God complex).

You'll find snakes in the comments of any social post even hinting that we have some influence over chronic conditions 🤨

They're everywhere.

But THEY are not living in your body and don't face the consequences of you doing, or not doing.

Healing is personal and you're allowed to do it your way. Be brave and follow what you feel called to do. It could actually change the course of your life! 👀🙋‍♀️

#selfhealer #chronicillness #ibd #crohns #ulcerativecolitis
These clients are different ages, with different f These clients are different ages, with different forms and severities of IBD, and guess what: not one of them is a special unicorn for healing their biggest GI issues!!

They're all just people who knew in their bones that there was MORE to health, even with IBD, than living through pain, anxieties, and uncertainty.

If you're ready to stop being the person reading these client wins and start being the client doing the winning, comment or dm me "self-healer" to let me know it's time :-)

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If you've gotten a diagnosis then you've already b If you've gotten a diagnosis then you've already been put into the box of limitations.

From social media, from stats, from providers, from sally's mom's gardener's daughter 🥸

But it's a trap. Don't fall for it.

This box makes you believe that the story starts and ends with a diagnosis. It's where it starts but it's FAR from where it ends. 🫡

#selfhealer #chronicillness #youcanheal #girlinhealing #functionalnutrition
If you love leading a wellness-focused life, shari If you love leading a wellness-focused life, sharing health tips with your friends, and value freedom in your life, I bet you'd feel the same as me👀👋🏼

I never get tired of these three benefits of being a self-employed NTP. It combines my passion that's close to my heart, creativity, and freedom. (paid partnership @ntatraining)

Plus, this work is so needed in our world 💚

If this sounds like you, learn more at the next free webinar: https://www.nutritionaltherapy.com/webinars/ntp

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