Hey there!,

I’m so glad you’re here, truly ☺️. Since you just joined, I wanted to introduce myself and give you a little more context on who I am, what I’ve been through, and why I started this in the first place.

My name is Jacque (pronounced Jac-key), and I was born and raised in Southern California. I’ve always loved creativity, storytelling, and expressing myself but for most of my life, I didn’t feel good in my body.

Since I was a kid, I dealt with severe asthma and allergies. I’d wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air, rush to urgent care, and live on daily allergy meds just to function. I couldn’t eat most berries, I was allergic to cats and bees, and seasonal allergies hit me hard.

As I got older, it didn’t get better - it got more complicated.

I looked “fine” on the outside, but on the inside, I was constantly bloated, exhausted, anxious, breaking out, barely eating, barely sleeping.

I had zero energy, poor digestion, eczema, and felt like I was always sick.

At 26, I went to my primary care doctor to get some answers. They ran blood tests and called me the next day saying my results had triggered a reaction on an HIV test.

They weren’t sure yet and needed to retest but the way they spoke to me, the cold tone in their voice, made it sound like they were already certain.

I was terrified. I’d only been with my husband, but for a split second I wondered , “did he cheat on me?”

He immediately went to get tested. Thankfully, his results came back negative.

But after that? Nothing.

No one called me. No follow-up. I was left completely in the dark.

I had to chase them down just to find out that my second test was negative. It had been a false alarm all along.

And they treated it like it didn’t even matter.

As for all my other symptoms? They just kept prescribing allergy meds.

That was my breaking point. I realized if I wanted to feel better, I was going to have to figure it out myself.

So I did. I started researching everything, gut health, holistic medicine, food as medicine, acupuncture, herbal support.

I went deep. I tried things. I kept what worked.

Slowly, things started to shift.

And for the first time in my life, I actually feel at home in my body.

This newsletter is where I share what helped me.

No gatekeeping. No BS. Just real tools, routines, and mindset shifts that helped me get here—and I hope they help you too.

Thanks for being here. Truly.

Talk soon,

Jacque