About Michele

Something snapped in me back in 2014, the day I sat in a chair on my patio, listlessly watching my young toddlers play in the grass. When my youngest asked me to come play, I had to, for the umpteenth time that month, say no because I didn’t have the energy to get out of the chair. It was heartbreaking. That was no way for a mom to live. Nor was bearing the heart palpitations, hair loss, irregular periods, low-grade fevers, chills, brain fog and the myriad of other symptoms of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis I felt but was too scared to speak out loud.  

That day I decided I had to make a change. I may have been alive, but I wasn’t living. Despite having gone from doctor to doctor without answers or solutions, I researched and searched and finally found a helpful doctor who put me on the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP diet). It was rough, not gonna lie. This was back even before anyone knew about the diet and hardly any recipes existed, so options were limited, bland, and took forever to make. I sometimes felt like it was a second full-time job! Yet, as I looked at my kids I knew I couldn’t give up so I started to make systems and strategies - and delicious recipes - to make it so much easier.  

Now I’m so thankful I persevered because it helped me go from that helpless mom to one who camps, hikes rigorous mountain trails with my family, loves yoga, Pilates, and Barre workouts, volunteers for hours every week at school, and best of all - plays with my kids for as long as I want. All of my symptoms are gone and I feel a vibrancy and zest for life that I didn’t even know was possible!