Wellness and Nutrition Blog

Chronic Contemplations Part 1: Movement is medicine.

Living with chronic illness has its difficult moments, but I’ve always said it’s a bit of a “blessing in disguise”. At 22 years old, I was forced to listen to my body. It had a new credential after all – “HLA-B27 positive, Ankylosing Spondylitis.” This diagnosis felt empowering (there’s potential to heal a diagnosis). People…

September 2, 2021

Behavior Change

How To Build New Habits

Just start…and let your brain do all the changing An essential feature of the brain is its plasticity (neuronal plasticity). This essentially means that it’s malleable and flexible, neuronal connectivity and circuitry can be re-routed, ready and capable to be continually shaped by you. And this isn’t just metaphorical. Changing your mind, redirecting your path,…

August 31, 2021

Chronic Disease

Chronic Contemplations

I started this blog while teaching English in South Korea. I had just been diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis and I was learning to navigate my own dietary restrictions and developing my own toolkit of lifestyle interventions. It made my day to share my recipes and experiment in my tiny apartment kitchen. Nutrition and functional medicine…

August 31, 2021September 3, 2021

Chronic Disease

Start building your toolkit and see your health transform

What is the value of slowly building your own toolkit? 1. The body has an innate ability and desire to heal. Giving it some kindness and grace overtime gives the body the nudges it needs. Support your body like you would your own team, family, friends, etc. 2. Slowly adopting new “bite-sized” lifestyle changes will…

August 31, 2021

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About Me

Hi, I’m Kirsten. I’m passionate about educating and empowering people to find what works best for them, advocate for themselves, to develop their own set of diverse healing tools to prevent, manage, and/or mitigate their disease. Let’s start with food!