While I was raised Catholic (and attended church every Sunday growing up), if I’m being honest, I never truly knew or understood who Jesus Christ really was when I was a kid. I’ve always prayed to Him and I never stopped having faith in Him (He always answered my prayers as a kid!); however, in
On my own healing journey (inspired by my clinical encounters with others), I’ve spent 10+ years exploring the spiritual meaning of allergies through various means. For context, shortly after developing pretty sudden-onset irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in my early 20s, I also started developing allergies to a wide variety of foods and was diagnosed with
As a holistic gut health dietitian and former energy healing practitioner who has been in remission from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) since 2014, one of the many questions I was forced to unpack at a certain point on my healing journey was: What is the spiritual meaning of gas and bloating? And if you’re reading
In the past few decades as the New Age movement has continued to grow exponentially, the popularity and uses of crystals have since expanded past amulets and religion/spirituality, evolving into an entire branch of complementary alternative medicine (1). For over a decade, I identified as a crystal healing practitioner – until the summer of 2025,
Given my history as a former Reiki practitioner and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferer (and my career now as a functional dietitian who specializes in gut health), this article is near and dear to my heart. While I previously endorsed Reiki as a complementary alternative medicine intervention for indirectly supporting IBS relief (due to its
