What if your body suddenly seems to react to everything?

Foods you've eaten for years. Supplements that used to help. Strong smells, changes in weather, stress, exercise, even your own hormones.

In this episode, Elizabeth sits down with Hey Hey MAE lead practitioner Krista to unpack Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), histamine intolerance, and their common connection to POTS. Together, they explore why these conditions are becoming increasingly common, what symptoms can look like, and why they often point to a deeper story of immune dysregulation.

Lauren and her family were already doing so many of the “right” things — eating clean, supporting gut health, limiting gluten, using raw milk, exploring holistic therapies, and trying to stay ahead of recurring illness naturally. But despite all of that, the strep just kept coming back.

What started as a simple sick day call for her children quickly uncovered a much deeper immune story involving chronic infections, Lyme disease, Epstein Barr virus, immune dysregulation, candida patterns, and a body stuck in survival mode.

Jamie had done all the “right” things—gluten- and dairy-free, focused on gut health, and living a holistic lifestyle. Yet she still struggled with recurring illness, fatigue, IBS symptoms, anxiety, and inflammation despite normal lab work.

In this episode, Elizabeth and Jamie explore how chronic infections, immune dysregulation, and unresolved pathogen burden can be the missing piece behind long-standing health issues. After a difficult season of strep, mono, walking pneumonia, Influenza A, and repeated antibiotic use, Jamie discovered deeper factors affecting her recovery, including Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses.

Together, they discuss functional immunology, clinical and classical homeopathy, rebuilding immune resilience, and learning to trust your body again.

In this episode, Elizabeth talks with Kelly Riley, MS, NTP, founder of Foundations Nutritional Wellness and Osteostrong Westfield Indiana, about the healing journey that unfolded across her entire family. What began as support for her daughter Sloane’s anxiety, gut issues, and inattentive ADHD quickly uncovered deeper patterns of Lyme, Babesia, Mycoplasma, strep, immune dysregulation, and chronic inflammation affecting multiple family members — including Kelly herself after a Botox-type filler injury.

Why do some people recover from illness while others stay stuck in cycles of fatigue, allergies, gut issues, anxiety, chronic infections, or autoimmune symptoms?

Why do others who get a tick bite contract Lyme Disease and others don’t?

In our season opener, we're unpacking the immune system, chronic inflammation, triggering events, and the functional immunology lens that drives nearly every client success story we see.

Your body isn't broken. Your symptoms are communication.