So many of us come to ancestral foods because of our own or our family’s health. We’ve tried what the mainstream medical model has to offer and we’re done with it. We want to look for and work with alternatives.

And that journey can be a lonely and fraught one. The world doesn’t provide much support for taking this road less travelled and yet, when doing hard things and making tough decisions we sooo need support.

That’s why we wanted to bring this episode, taking your health in your own hands, to the podcast. To offer perspective, support and encouragement to you, wherever you are on your health journey.

In it, Alison talks with her husband Rob. Between them they’ve had 40 years attempting to manage their health outside the mainstream.

They cover what taking your health in your own hands means and why you’d want to do it. They share some examples of where they’ve done this in our their lives including fertility, digestion, sleep and eyesight. They share what you need to be aware of along the way, what helps, how food plays into the journey, how to know when to call in help, the resources they’ve used and what this attitude to life and health has given them.

They also, in a special aftershow for patrons of the podcast, cover applying this philosophy to children, sharing some of the healing journey they've been through with their son. To access the aftershow, you can join our patreon community at the companionship level or above, there are details below.

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What we cover:

• What taking your health in your own hands means
• Why you would want to take your health in your own hands
• Some examples of when we've done this: Alison's PCOS-induced infertility and her insomnia; Rob's digestive issues and his eyesight
• What drove us to this
• What you need to be aware of along the way
• How does food play into this?
• Other things that help
• How to judge when to call in help
• What resources we've used
• What this attitude to our health and our life has given us

And in the patreon-exclusive aftershow:

• How we've applied this philosophy to our son's health
• His digestive issues and a food poisoning incident
• Thing we wish we'd done better
• Special concerns when you are handling your child's health yourself
• Gifting self-responsibility as an attitude by modelling and by what we say

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