Hi all, my name is Anneliese (pronounced On-uh-LEE-suh) Myers, and I am from Yakima WA, which is a medical desert as well as a literal one. I am a Christ follower and mother to a beautiful 2 year old girl. I have a history of miscarriage, and also underwent a cascade of health issues following a stress-filled lifestyle, with COVID-19 being the straw to break the camels back, as it were. No formal diagnoses but I have historically struggled with severe food sensitivities, low O2 sats, ice pick headaches, tingling in the hands and feet, and postpartum psychosis and severe insomnia, to name a few. Tri-weekly B12 injections and a focus on magnesium and potassium has brought most of my symptoms to a manageable level, and while most doctors look at my labs and tell me I’m a healthy young woman who they can’t do anything for, I want to believe there is full healing for me that will allow me to run my own household well and carry future pregnancies to term. Shifting to whole foods has already dramatically improved my health over the last few years, and I have been shocked by how ‘unnatural’ the lifestyle I grew up in truly is and have been seeking to research more traditional methods myself. I find it really difficult to guard myself against even unspoken worldviews that permeate many other proponents of traditional medicine, and found Christine after desperately searching for ‘Christian herbalist’ on Substack. What a blessing to find someone who has gone this road before, done research to a rigorous level, and presents her findings in the context of a Christian worldview. Exactly what I needed to reinvigorate me in this endeavor. in the next 90 days I would like to further improve my sleep. Even after implementing the foundational 5 at maybe a B- grade for consistency, along with the work I’ve been doing for a year to guard my circadian rhythm and up the magnesium, I chronically wake multiple times a night and frequently cannot get back to sleep. My muscles are still tight and twitchy so I feel like magnesium is somehow still the issue. The tart cherry juice is definitely a help, but something is still off somewhere.

I’d love to see opportunities for local peer-to-peer connection (eg. I’ll make a double batch of calm gummies if you make a double batch of broth this week and we’ll swap!) as well as mentor-mentee relationships (eg. I’ve walked through [this particular health issue] before and am willing to share the knowledge I’ve gleaned with others). I love that the internet is making it possible to receive this information from generous and gifted people like you, and I am also craving finding people to live out these concepts in person with.

Thanks Lisa, and good to ‘meet’ you here!