From Food Wars to Gentle Lunar Cleansing
My Personal Journey with Food & Why I Now Do Gentle Lunar Cleansing ~
My Early Years ~ Food? Not friends.
Growing up in “the last generation of feral kids” – where kids stayed out until called home or risked being given chores – family dinners were not peaceful. Between being laughed at while eating and watching my stressed mother struggle to feed everyone (nothing was “good enough”), I wanted to escape and never experience that as a mom (but I did! lol).
My childhood solution? Covert pantry raids and bathroom picnics with Little Debbie Doritos in the dark. When Mom started delegating cooking duties, my contribution was fish sticks and french fries – hardly gourmet, but yay fish?! (Dad’s house? Bologna, velveeta and fries
While we did have some beautiful moments baking and creating together (my mom was excellent at this, and my daughter inherited that same gift), the concept of “healthy, inspired meals” wasn’t on my radar even though mom tried hard.
Corporate Years ~ Avoiding the Kitchen
I left home, ate microwave pasta and ramen in college and trade school while working numerous jobs and began climbing the corporate ladder of creative departments. It wasn’t built into my healthy consciousness to truly plan meal prep – but my body had other plans. My body demanded my presence in my own kitchen!
My Wake-Up Call ~ Health Demanded Attention
Throughout my teens and into my thirties, I dealt with persistent hip and gut issues that no medical solution seemed to resolve. Nothing felt right inside my body but no viable answers.
Thinking about pregnancy in 2003 marks the beginning of my spiritual awakening. I was fortunate to learn cooking wisdom from my Southern mother-in-law along with deep soul-level conversations. I started meditating, practicing Kundalini yoga, and took my first Reiki training while pregnant with sweet soul #1. I was exercising, eating well, working, and mothering – trying to build a healthier life. But instead of thriving, I started getting sicker.
The Spiral ~ Wellness Backfired
After moving back to my family home when my son was young, I gradually reintroduced many foods I’d previously avoided. Two hip surgeries later, I received labels that would define years of my life: chronic inflammation, autoimmune disorder, and fibromyalgia.
The pain medication route became a spiral – always doing too much to truly sustain myself, but never feeling like I could “do enough.” As my marriage fell apart and I felt less and less like myself, I returned to the tools that had initially called to me: food as medicine, yoga, and meditation.
Breakthrough #1 ~ There’s Healing in Surrender
Ironically, it was a complete health breakdown that led to disability. The forced pause of hip surgeries and autoimmune flare up actually gave me a ‘bottom’ to push off of. During this time, I stepped into a big personal reset. I got certified as a Kundalini yoga teacher, traveling one weekend a month while single-parenting.
I received powerful healing tools and was introduced to sustainable eating and fasting practices. I discovered kitchari, an Ayurvedic cleansing dish made with mung beans that became a game-changer in my healing journey.
I was finally eating well during what my son calls my “vegan phase” (though I wasn’t actually vegan – that’s just his childhood “trauma” from the experience. 😆).
The Deep Dive ~ Facing the Past
My second pregnancy brought new health flare-ups, and at 39, repressed childhood trauma began surfacing. I became a Reiki master during this time, but what followed were seven to eight years of profound loss and transformation — a ‘dark night of the soul’ I kept trying to climb out of but was forced to stay until I mastered my own ‘dark landscape’.
My mother passed five months after meeting my second sweet soul, my father passed a few years later — I dove deep into feminine healing through yoga, shamanism, Tao, tantra, embodiment work, and emotional healing – including shadow work and inner child healing and women’s moon centers.
Through sacred circles, wise women, reconnecting with my body and voice, water, the moon and my own cycles, I found my way back from the brink of “Who even am I?” to discover my own Presence in the eye of life’s ever-moving storms.
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Breakthrough #2 ~ Embracing My Wholeness & Pleasure
Fasting has become an ongoing participant in my healing story. It helps my body and mind shift gears while allowing my soul to feel lighter, and I use intermittent fasting most days. I’ve incorporated gentle lunar cleansing and I’m currently expanding my water fasting capacity while working to reduce cellular inflammation through my journey with Kangen® electro-reduced alkalized water — in conjunction with my ongoing embodiment and kundalini offerings!
Join our co-facilitated FaceBook group ~ Sacred Waters ~ A Fasting Circle for the Sensitive & Sovereign. We host 3 Free Gentle Lunar Cleanse events each month during the new moon, 11th day, and full moon! Just three monthly lunar cleanse days — more detox and vitality with less effort (go at your own pace & level!). Our community provides safe fasting and intermittent fasting information with full support throughout your journey.
As always, please share any fasting plans with your healthcare provider.
My journey from food battles to sacred healing continues to evolve, and I’m honored to share these tools with others walking similar paths of transformation.
PS ~ Check the video to learn about moon cycles, lunar fasting and the gentle ways we can create more balance and vitality!
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