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.
Inspirational Success Stories
Inspirational success stories from people who healed their chronic issues naturally. For these stories, we talk with individuals who struggled for years with serious health problems — from MS to Crohn’s to rheumatoid arthritis to psoriasis and many more ailments — and tried everything they could think of within the conventional medical system without success.
Then, each one turned to a holistic, integrative approach that focused on getting to the root cause of their issue rather than simply covering up symptoms. With this shift, every person we spoke with was able to find true healing through lifestyle changes and reverse their symptoms either mostly or entirely. They were able to find their healthiest self, without any of the side effects or risks that come with pharmaceutical prescriptions, invasive surgeries, or other medical procedures.
Read these stories to be inspired by what’s possible when you take your health into your own hands.
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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.
How Rachel Winard Used Ayurveda As a Natural Treatment for Lupus
The founder of Soapwalla went from never being sick and having great skin to suddenly having all sorts of weird illnesses.
Joy Fennell on Healing Rheumatoid Arthritis Naturally through Food
After she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and prescribed a regimen of powerful drugs, Joy decided to take control of her health. Through lifestyle and diet choices, she found her path from bedridden to thriving.
Treating MS Naturally: Diane Capaldi’s Amazing Success with the Wahls Protocol
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at 24, V Capaldi healed herself using diet and lifestyle changes alone. That’s right— no drugs, no doctors.
How the GAPS Diet Helped this Woman Heal Lyme Disease
Carley Smith goes by “The Fairy Gutmother” moniker, but the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner isn’t just administering wisdom to make others’ (health) dreams a reality, the Grand Junction, CO woman used these methods herself to turn around her health.
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.
How this Economist Used Spreadsheets to Heal Autoimmune Disease
Mette was 14 years old when she was diagnosed with her first autoimmune condition, psoriasis. She noticed three red dots on her neck, then woke up the next day covered in them. “The shock in and of itself was pretty disturbing to a young girl,” she told WellBe. This was the beginning of a decades-long struggle with chronic illness, which led to five more diagnoses, a ton of drug prescriptions, and, ultimately, the realization that she wasn’t far from death. That’s when she decided to take control of her treatment, find true health — and found a company, Mymee, that helps others do the same.
How Sakara Life’s Whitney Tingle Healed Severe Cystic Acne with Diet
Whitney Tingle had struggled with severe cystic acne ever since puberty, and had tried seemingly everything to get it to go away, including some shockingly aggressive treatments laden with side effects. But nothing the doctors recommended worked, and eventually she decided she had to figure it out herself. She dove into the world of nutrition, searching for the best foods for clear skin, and discovered how connected diet is to every aspect of our health — a discovery was the catalyst for co-founding Sakara Life, a clean meal and supplement delivery service. Read on to learn Whitney’s full story, as well as the best foods for skin repair and more.