by

THRIVE

You are so worth it

 

Want to be part of something big?

See, I have this thing… and I’m so passionate about this thing, and I know that this thing is something big.

And I want to share this thing with you, so badly.

It’s a project that is far reaching… I’m on a mission that could add quality years to your life, and tens of thousands of dollars to your bank account. I’m currently trying to quantify exactly what that would mean to you.

But for now, I can give you some rough estimates. I’ll use myself – 5 years ago to give you an idea of what I mean…

5 years ago, I was on 2 prescription medications: cabergoline for elevated prolactin & consequent infertility, and a beta blocker called nadolol for wonky heart beats.

I think that these were generic meds, and I had some insurance to help cover the costs - so my out-of-pocket cost was something like $10/mo ($120/year) for these prescriptions, I was pretty lucky. Without that coverage, I would've paid more like $300/mo ($3600/year!).

But the larger cost of taking those prescriptions stems from the fact that those medicines were designed to relieve my symptoms. And they did. My prolactin levels came down, I got my period again, and my heart stopped randomly flipping out. A fun side effect of both of those drugs was low blood pressure. No matter how hard I worked out at the gym, I could not get my heart rate up above 140 bpm. That was interesting for sure. I wonder what the long term effects of that would have been. Hmmmm.

My doctors were content with this drug solution - and I was too. Hell, it didn't cost me much and my problems were solved.

Anyway, back to the larger cost. There was something going on in my body that was causing my prolactin to elevate, and my heart to flip out. And for sure, it wasn't a cabergoline and nadolol deficiency. While my body was screaming at me loud and clear that something was wrong, I was busy trying to silence it instead of listening to it.

Here's where I get to be arm wavy - because I know how this story really ends 😉

If I had stayed on that path of medicating my (not life-threatening but scary) health issues, I might have set myself up for some more serious health issues. If you can't tell if your body is sick (because you're treating the symptoms), then you sort of run the risk of actually having compound health issues.

But in my case, I had a wake up call. Somewhere between my doctor failing me and my instinct telling me that I wasn't designed to be medicated, but I WAS designed to heal.

I also looked around me - observed the health issues that my family was tackling - and decided that the various thyroid diseases, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, dementia, and gall bladder disease that is prevalent in my family - was not going to take me down. There must be things that I could do to decrease my chances of any of these diagnoses.

Because 75% of chronic disease.... it's preventable.

AND $3 out of every $4 spent on health care are attributed to chronic disease management. Here are some estimates for the cost of chronic disease:

(I have a hard enough time saving for retirement - these numbers are scary)

So there's a huge potential cost for our health care - and an even bigger cost to our quality of life down the road... that we have a whole lot of control over.

More than you may realize.

My own health journey has me pretty fired up to share. So fired up to share that I've found new purpose in life.

Which is actually a huge positive feedback thing for me... and my health. HUGE.

Here's where the something big comes in. I've started a group coaching program that I call THRIVE. It's a program for women who are tired of feeling shitty. For whom conventional medicine & dietary advice is failing. Who have open minds and are ready to make change. For women who aim to gain health in a way that makes perfect sense.

And when you do gain health - and you're ready to pay it forward - I have you covered too. For me, part of thriving means having more to give - and I hope to give back to our community in some way.

I know that life is expensive today. We all have lots of bills. This part of the reason why a group coaching approach makes sense. The individual investment is relatively low, and the rewards can be enormous.

And the community, support, and accountability - well, it's super nice.

Right now, and through the end of April 2014, I'm offering 2 for 1 if you enroll in the THRIVE program with a friend. That's 50% off.

It is currently offered in 2 locations in Madison.  The group at Jules Pilates Studio on the west side of town meets every other Wednesday from 5:15-6:45 pm, and the group at Chrysalis Hair & Body on the east side of town meets every other Sunday from 2:30-4:00 pm.

AND if you'd like to try it before you invest - just RSVP to me... I'll set you up.

Bring a friend :)

You are worth any investment really... You are so worth it.