Lower Toxic Life

I’m sharing a real week in my life —focused on what truly matters now:

– Simple Easter brunch and table setting/decor

– Food prep and mostly carnivore, low-carb meals

– Daily movement with resistance bands and functional fitness

– Amazon unboxing (low-tox swaps + home essentials)

– Morning routines: sunrise, journaling, EFT tapping

– What I’m reading and learning (including A Course in Miracles)

– Reflections on artist's dates, other lives we might have chosen, retirement, and creating a life you actually want

This is not a typical vlog…

It’s Holy Week, leading into Easter, and I’ve been reflecting deeply on faith, love, loss, and what it really means to begin again.

I also gave up coffee for Lent (46 days!)—and surprisingly… I didn’t miss it. I'm committed to living with less noise. Less pressure. More clarity, health, and peace.

What would you like to see more of in these weekly vlogs?

Did you give anything up for Lent?

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions

If you’ve ever wondered whether carnivore is too extreme… or quietly one of the simplest ways to feel your best—this conversation might shift your perspective.

Today I’m joined by Laura Lynch, who at 72 years old is strong, lean, and thriving—and living proof that it’s never too late to redefine your health.

But this isn’t just about what she eats…
It’s about how she lives.

In this conversation, we talk about:

We also get into real-life situations that so many people wonder about…

✅  Traveling on carnivore
Laura shares what it was like spending time in Italy—how she approached meals, what she chose to eat, and how she navigated it without stress.

✅  Her Lion Diet phase

She also experimented with a more strict version—just ruminant meat, salt, and water—and shares what she learned from simplifying even further.

This isn’t about being perfect.
It’s about removing what no longer fits… and finding a way of eating and living that supports strength, clarity, and freedom—especially in this stage of life.

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions

In a world of morning routines, mindset hacks, and constant noise…
my dad was living a different way.

He was a Texas farm boy, raised during the Great Depression.
Up with the sun. Chores before comfort.
A man of few words… and steady actions.

He didn’t study Stoicism.
He didn’t read philosophy books or talk about mindset.

But looking back… he lived it.

In this show, I’m sharing the quiet, powerful lessons I learned from my dad—
about simplicity, discipline, emotional steadiness, and living within your means.

Lessons that feel more relevant now than ever.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, overthinking everything, or chasing more…
this might be the reset you didn’t know you needed.

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

If you’re in that in-between season of life… this is for you.

As the 60s approached, I found myself asking questions I didn’t expect:

What defines me now?

Do I want/need more money… or just more life?

What does a meaningful day actually look like?

I’m not quite retired… but I’m no longer interested in hustle culture.

I’m choosing to live a slower, more intentional life—one that prioritizes peace, presence, and what actually matters.

I’ve been calling this chapter my Cavewoman Chronicles —a return to simplicity, intuition, and a more grounded way of living.

This channel is evolving into something more real, more honest.

You’ll see my life as it’s happening—not perfectly packaged, but authentically lived and experienced.

If you’re also rethinking things… slowing down… or redefining what matters, you’re not alone.

I’d love to hear from you:

What are you redefining in this season of your life?

What are you letting go of?

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions 

This is a space for women who are done with hustle… and ready to feel at home in their lives again.

Grief doesn’t just bring sadness.

Sometimes it brings guilt.
Regret.
Anger.
And emotions we didn’t even know we were carrying.

After my dad passed, I started noticing something important: many of the feelings that surfaced weren’t just grief—they were stories I had been telling myself for years.

Stories like:

“I should have visited more.”
“I should have done more.”
“I should have carried more of the responsibility.”

In today’s episode on Lower Toxic Life, we’re talking about toxic guilt and repressed emotions—and how many women carry emotional burdens that were never truly theirs to carry.

Because emotional toxins can be just as heavy as physical ones.

In this conversation we explore:

🌿 The difference between healthy guilt and toxic guilt
🌿 Why daughters often feel responsible for aging parents
🌿 How repressed emotions show up in the body
🌿 The emotional detox that happens during grief
🌿 What well-meaning friends often get wrong about supporting someone who is grieving

Healing doesn’t mean pretending everything was perfect.

Sometimes it simply means allowing ourselves to feel the full truth of our emotions without shame.

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions

When we talk about lowering toxins, we usually mean food, products, and environment.

But what about emotional toxins?

This episode is deeply personal. I’m sharing a year of my life that cracked me wide open — aging parents, my 29-year-old daughter’s cancer diagnosis, hospitalizations, assisted living, falls, a stem cell transplant, moving my dad in with us, and ultimately walking him home peacefully.

And through it all?

Guilt.

Decades of it.

Not visiting enough.
Not helping enough.
Not asking enough questions.
Not being enough.

The “shoulds” we quietly stack on ourselves as women.

On Lower Toxic Life, we talk about reducing inflammation in the body. But chronic guilt, resentment, repression, and overwhelm are inflammatory too. They don’t just live in the mind — they live in the nervous system.

In this episode, I share:

How caregiving stress impacts the body

The emotional weight many women silently carry

The illusion of “doing everything right”

Why guilt is often self-created

How I found peace before and after my dad’s passing

What we gave each other in his final 10 months

And how I’m choosing to model something different for my children

If you are navigating:

Aging parents

A child’s health crisis

Midlife transition

Burnout

Suppressed anger or resentment

Or decades of guilt

This conversation is for you.

Lowering toxins isn’t just about what’s on your plate.

It’s about what’s in your thoughts.

If this resonates:

✔️ Subscribe to Lower Toxic Life
✔️ Share in the comments — do you struggle with guilt or repressed emotion?
✔️ Grab resources and connect with me

Let’s heal — body, mind, and spirit.

See you in the next episode.

Watch on YouTube

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions 

At just 33 years old, Mary Ann Peters has lived through more than most of us face in a lifetime. A lifelong battle with anorexia, a septic infection that nearly took her life, amputations, and years of trying to heal a body that felt broken.

And yet—Mary Ann radiates hope.

In this raw and powerful conversation, she shares how:

Anorexia shaped her relationship with food from her teenage years

Sepsis and amputations forced her to confront life and faith head-on

Surrendering to God brought peace and purpose in her darkest hour

The carnivore diet shifted from restriction to true nourishment

Community and connection gave her strength to keep going

This is not just a story about food. It’s about faith, resilience, healing, and the power of surrounding yourself with like-minded people who believe in better.

✨ If you’ve ever struggled with food, body image, chronic illness, or faith—Mary Ann’s courage will inspire you.

Watch on YouTube

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions 

✨ One year ago, I thought I was eating all the “superfoods” — leafy greens, nuts, seeds, sweet potatoes, berries — only to discover they were loaded with oxalates that were slowly wrecking my health.

On September 1, 2024 I started easing into Carnivore (more like keto at first). By February 2025, I went all-in, meat-based. What happened next? Oxalate dumping hit hard — painful crystals stored in my joints, skin, and tissues started to release. It was rough, but it was also the breakthrough I needed.

Over this year I’ve:
🥩 Cleared brain fog and gained steady energy
💪 Healed joint pain and inflammation (except during oxalate dumping phases)
🏋️‍♀️ Regained muscle strength and consistency in the gym
🍳 Simplified my kitchen — two meals a day, no cravings, no food noise
💰 Saved money ditching expensive produce, powders, and “health” foods

A huge turning point for me was attending the Steak and Butter Gang meetup in Montana. Being surrounded by like-minded people who understand this lifestyle was truly life-changing. It reminded me how powerful community is when you’re on a path that most people don’t understand.

💡 If you’re curious about Carnivore or want to deepen your journey, don’t do it alone. Find your people — it makes all the difference.

📌 And speaking of community, I’ll be at MeatStock 2026, and I’d love to see you there!
👉 Use my referral code LTL for $50 off any ticket: MeatStock 2026 Tickets 

This is my honest look at the good, the bad, the challenges, and the lessons from my first year on Carnivore. If you’re curious about this way of eating, or you’ve tried it and struggled — I hope my story encourages you.

#Carnivore #CarnivoreKeto #CarnivoreDiet #HealingWithMeat #OxalateDumping #MeatHeals #MeatStock2026 #SteakAndButterGang #CommunityHeals

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions 

Shelli, the Queen of Carni, shares her journey and remarkable transformation: losing 80 pounds in just 6 months while embracing the carnivore lifestyle.

Shelli shares:
✅ How she overcame people-pleasing and set life-changing boundaries
✅ The mindset shifts that made her weight loss sustainable
✅ Why self-love and making friends with your body are essential
✅ How community support accelerates your health journey
✅ Beginner tips for starting carnivore or keto without overwhelm
✅ How to focus on health, not just weight loss (because weight loss is the side effect!)

If you’re curious about the carnivore lifestyle, struggling with energy, weight, or mindset, this video provides real-life advice, encouragement, and actionable steps.

Follow Shelli on social media to join her journey:

YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram: @QueenOfCarni

💖 Reminder: Your body is your teammate, not your enemy. Self-love, patience, and consistency are the keys to transformation.

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

📌  Join us at MeatStock 2026 - referral code LTL for $50 off Any Ticket 

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions 

Think carnivore is too restrictive? You’re not alone—most people assume eating only animal-based foods means sacrifice and deprivation. But in reality, carnivore simplifies your life, removes food noise, and creates what I call food freedom.

I break down:

🥩 Why carnivore feels restrictive at first (and why it really isn’t)

🍳 The 3 simple food groups that give endless meal variety

⏳ How carnivore actually saves you time, money, and stress

🧠 The freedom from sugar cravings, food obsession, and inflammation

👉 Grab my FREE Carnivore Beginner’s Guide + Shopping List here

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

✅ Carnivore Curious Playlist

✅ Curating a Life of Health, Wealth, Happiness and Joy Over 50, 60 and Beyond Playlist

🏃🏻‍♀️ My  functional movement playlist

📌 Affordable, In-depth Blood and Labs, Self Order:

Go to LowerToxicLife.com - start lowering the toxins in your life - shopping lists, food labels and ingredients, recipes for cooking and personal/home care products and more!

Subscribe On YouTube here! 

Recipes for Healthy, Nutritious meals; DIY toxic free home made personal care and cleaning products!

My Research and Data Links 

Book a FREE call with me to discuss your health and questions