The Story of WellBe Founder Adrienne’s Mother’s Suicide
Adrienne shares the story of her mother's suicide and how it led her to quit her job and found WellBe.
holistic mental health
Here you’ll find stories related to holistic mental health. As we’ve learned through our research and interviews, the importance of the mind-body connection cannot be overestimated. Our mental, psychological, spiritual, and emotional state of mind has a direct impact on the physical health of our body, and vice-versa. To this end, any holistic approach to healing must also address mental health, and do so in a holistic manner that prioritizes root cause healing over symptom masking (aka, the same way we advocate for healing physical issues).
Holistic mental health touches countless different topics, and experts from a number of different disciplines can share relevant insights. We’ve spoken to integrative psychiatrists, children’s psychologists, meditation gurus, energy healers, mindfulness advocates, and many more experts — not to mention the people who have healed mental health issues naturally, often through addressing physical root causes.
Read these articles to learn more about holistic mental health and be inspired by those who have overcome mental health struggles naturally.
Ally Hilfiger on How the Long-Term Effects of Lyme Disease Landed Her in the Psych Ward
Imagine suffering from range of ailments that totally controlled your childhood and then having a psychotic breakdown at 18 that led to institutionalization. For Ally Hilfiger, now 32, that was the reality of the bulk of her childhood. When she was 7, Ally Hilfiger was bitten by a tick, but not diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease until 19. For all those years in between, she had to deal with severe fatigue, joint pain, difficulty retaining information, fainting spells, shooting pains, migraines, and serious anxiety attacks. No one could figure out what was causing her physical and neurological complications.
Dr. Maya Shetreat on Helping Kids Heal Through the Gut-Brain Connection
Dr. Maya Shetreat sat down with WellBe to discuss the connection between the brain, immune system, and gut, and how she heals kids' brain conditions with food.
How Elissa Goodman Said No to Chemo In Favor Of Natural Cancer Treatment — And Healed
Holistic nutritionist Elissa Goodman talks with WellBe about how she healed from Hodgkins lymphoma without chemo.
Filmmaker Kelly Noonan Gores on Healing Illness with Your Mind
Kelly Noonan Gores, director of the eye-opening documentary "Heal," sat down with Adrienne to talk about her film, the natural power of the body and mind, and how it all fits into Western medicine.
Choosing a Nutrition Expert: Should You See a Nutritionist, Nutrition Coach, Dietitian, or Health Coach?
As many of us know, the buddy system shouldn’t be underestimated. It’s not that we don’t know what to do, it’s actually doing it that proves to be difficult. Food is so cultural and habitual. Undoing decades of habits (including eating dishes from places we’ve always loved) because of health concerns is a big task for someone to do alone. We looked into a few types of nutrition experts to help you find the person who will optimize your health. Is it a nutritionist? A registered dietitian? A health coach? Watch our guide video to learn more.
Jennifer Esposito on How 30 Years of Untreated Celiac Disease and the Effects of Gluten Wreaked Havoc on Her Body and Mind
For 30 years of her life, the actress, health advocate, and author struggled with a stream of physical ailments, searching in vain for a diagnosis and effective treatment. Finally, she found out she had celiac disease.
Health Research Wrap-Up: October to December 2020
Well, it’s finally happening: this seemingly endless year is coming to an end at long last. If you’d told us in January everything this year was going to bring, there’s no way we would have believed you! And yet, here we are. Obviously, wellness news (and all news) this year has been dominated by the coronavirus, and so throughout 2020 we’ve done our best to share the most significant developments in these health research wrap-ups. But, as we’ve said before, your best defense against COVID or any other disease is maintaining good overall health, and many WellBe readers are still struggling with other chronic symptoms and conditions (that might make it harder to fight COVID-19). That's why we think it’s as important as ever to highlight health news and research that’s not COVID-related.
Jessica Flanigan on Practicing Self-Love and the Limitations of the AIP Diet
Clinical nutritionist and author Jessica Flanigan shares the story of how she found a revolutionary path to healing when her life fell apart around her.